Iron Powder and Spellcaster

What is a Heavy Shock Trooper?

The best armor, the best horses, and the best warriors.

However, these three items are too expensive, so whether in the empire that is constantly fighting, or in the alliance that has enjoyed thirty years of peace, the heavily armored shock cavalry is regarded as a relic of the old era.

With the introduction of swift horses, half armor and scimitars into the army, only Plato among the republics still retains a small force of heavily armored shock cavalry out of tradition - Lieutenant Colonel Chris Varley knows this .

But the lieutenant colonel also knew another thing - the heavy shock cavalry of the First Republic of Plato had long been exhausted in the Great Wasteland Battle and the Civil War.

Varley, Saner, Chloe... none of the parliamentary army commanders could have expected that the "rebels" would invest such a cavalry at this time and place for the first time.

Rolling thunder spread over the battlefield. In Lieutenant Colonel Varley's field of vision, a cavalry officer with shining armor suddenly rushed out of the smoke on the south bank, galloped onto the broken bridge that had been burnt to charcoal, and jumped at the end of the bridge. rise.

As the horse's hind hooves left the ground, the last remaining structure of the wooden bridge on the west bank finally failed to hold up and collapsed. The cavalry officer's horse stretched its hooves as hard as it could and landed firmly on the east bank.

The allied infantry who witnessed this scene burst into cheers that could silence the clouds, and the appearance of the cavalry officer was just the beginning. Hundreds of cavalry, also wearing armor and holding lances vertically, followed the cavalry officer and emerged from the smoke screen. Filed out.

They drove their dexterous hot-blooded horses to jump off the short cliff on the west bank, and rushed up to the river beach on the east bank with their remaining momentum.

There were constant cavalrymen falling off their horses as they climbed up and down, and it was unclear whether they were alive or dead, but the cavalrymen behind them still did not hesitate when they jumped off the short cliff.

Seeing the astonishingly long spears in the hands of those cavalrymen, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Vallee almost broke his silver teeth.

Although those strange cavalrymen do not have heavy horses under their crotches, and although those strange cavalrymen are only equipped with half-body armor and three-quarter armor, there is no doubt that they are an extinct force that relies on devastating impact to fight and is regarded as It is a heavily-armed shock cavalry with the ability to make the final decision, and it is a shock cavalry specially designed to deal with infantry phalanxes!

"Turn the cannon!" Lieutenant Colonel Varley waved his arms in an attempt to make the last resistance: "Turn the cannon!"

In fact, there was no need for an order from the lieutenant colonel at all. As soon as the old gunner Suter discovered the "rebel" heavy cavalry, he immediately called on the gunners to turn the muzzle.

However, the eight old-fashioned cannons of the Parliamentary Army had no steering mechanism at all. If they wanted to "turn around", they could only use thick and long wooden stakes to pry the gun mounts bit by bit.

The gunners pressed their shoulders against the wooden stakes, their faces turned the color of pig liver, and they tried their best, but they could only make the cannon move an inch.

During the first four charges of the "rebels", all the artillery in the artillery position was turned to the north - the direction from which the enemy cavalry was coming. All the musketeers and most of the halberdiers were also concentrated in the large square formation to the north.

When the "rebels" finally showed their trump card, the southern phalanx that bore the brunt did not have a single gun or cannon that could fight it.

Near the broken bridge, the parliamentary army musketeers who had just retreated from the West Bank fled in all directions. When the officers of the Second Infantry Brigade of Leiqun County, who had just been ordered by Colonel Bode, saw the county's cavalry attack, they also led their soldiers to jump into the river, shouting and following the cavalry to attack the east bank.

The "rebel" cavalry who forcibly crossed the river bend ignored the fleeing parliamentary army musketeers. The first detachment to cross the river was like a bone-picking knife, passing through the gap between the parliamentary army's left wing and the center army with ease, and pounced on them. Artillery position on the hillock.

"It's over." Lieutenant Colonel Varley's rational judgment was ruthless.

"It's broken!" Colonel Saner's expression also changed. He no longer had the leisure and calmness before, and shouted sternly: "Blow the trumpet! Let the cavalry mount their horses!"

On the roof of the church bell tower, Colonel Bode clung to the window frame and stared at the mound on the other side of the river without blinking.

The piercing horns, the flying lead bullets, the fire from the muzzles, the faces of the soldiers distorted by fear... Thousands of scenes on the battlefield are condensed into a picture, as if a long time has passed, and it seems like only a blink of an eye.

When time moved again, the Leiqun County cavalry armed with long guns and wearing plate armor had already smashed into the phalanx on the south side of the artillery position.

Under the hillock and on the bank of the river, the heavy cavalry from Leiqun County who were to cross the river later had already formed an attack formation. Under the leadership of Captain Lauzon, the sixth round of charge was launched towards the artillery positions of the "puppet government forces".

The parliamentary army has also discovered the fatal rift between the right wing of its own front and the central army. The southernmost phalanx of the parliamentary army's right front and the Chinese army's formation supporting the right wing are trying their best to move closer to each other, desperately trying to prevent the second advance of the "rebel" cavalry. It penetrated our own front line for the first time.

"Close the formation! Go through!" Luo Song took the lead, guiding the entire charge echelon on his own.

More than 160 cavalry members of the charge echelon commanded by the captain gathered their formation while galloping, and before the enemy closed the gate, they once again penetrated the enemy's front line from the gap of less than 20 meters between the two square formations.

When the Leiqun County cavalry passed by the enemy formation, the spears in the hands of the "pseudo-government army" soldiers could almost scratch their feathers and the tails of their horses.

The roars of orders came one after another, and puffs of gunpowder smoke spewed out from the phalanx of the parliamentary army. The musketeers opened fire at the "rebel" cavalry passing by.

The two sides were so close that there was no need to aim. Every time a gunshot was fired, a Leiqun County cavalryman fell from his horse.

The Leiqun County cavalrymen all leaned on their horses' necks to avoid the attack, which made Captain Luo Song furious.

"Stand up your chest!" Luo Song roared like thunder: "That's a bullet! It's not shit! Stand up straight!"

The distance from the river bank to the mound is less than a mile, and it's almost there in a blink of an eye. After getting rid of the interception of the parliamentary infantry phalanx, nothing could stop the charge of Leiqun County's heavy cavalry.

The light cavalry that was the first to charge had withstood the enemy's fiercest firepower for them, and the heavy cavalry detachment that charged from the previous echelon had also given way to the battlefield.

When he was less than 150 meters away from the enemy's artillery position, Luo Song lowered his rifle.

The charge horn sounded immediately, and Lei Qunjun's heavy cavalry no longer deliberately controlled the speed of their horses. Instead, they stabbed the horses' ribs without mercy, leveled their lances, and roared towards the already crumbling enemy.

Outside the parliamentary army's artillery position, there were fallen horses and mutilated human corpses everywhere, with intestines and bones tangled together like snagging ropes made of flesh and blood.

Lauzon tried his best to level the lance, while using his knees to control the horse to jump over the corpse.

According to the specifications of the Alliance Army, the super-long spear issued to the Phalanx spearmen is five meters long.

The length of the special lance in Luo Song's hand is one meter longer than the super long gun issued to the infantry.

This meant that the spear in his hand was extremely difficult to control, and Luo Song's legs had to tightly clamp the horse's belly to barely maintain balance;

This also means that the spear in his hand will pierce the opponent's chest before the opponent's spear tip pierces his horse.

The phalanx on the south side of the artillery position had been destroyed by the previous charge of the Leiqun County cavalry and was almost disintegrated. The "hollow square matrix" that was originally an approximate parallelogram was also squeezed into a triangle during the continuous retreat.

The cannon located in the southwest corner of the position was exposed outside the phalanx, and a parliamentary lieutenant with blood on his face was trying to reorganize the soldiers who still had weapons in their hands.

Luo Song jumped over the gun mount and the wheel. After a moment's hesitation, he rushed towards the parliamentary lieutenant whose face was covered with blood.

Everything happened so fast that the lieutenant had no time to dodge and was sent flying with a scream. With a crackling sound, the spear in Luo Song's hand also broke into two pieces.

At the same time, other Leiqun County heavy cavalry also rushed in front of the enemy.

A Leiqun County cavalryman pinned the enemy to the ground with a special spear in his hand at one moment, and at the next moment his horse was penetrated by a dense forest of guns. The corpses of the war horses remained unabated, and together with the riders on the horses, they smashed straight into the brown-clothed soldiers, mowing down several spearmen.

Luo Song abandoned the broken gun without hesitation, drew his sword and rushed into the gap in the enemy's formation. He stepped over two enemies who fell to the ground, chopped off half of the halberd-wielding sergeant's head with one knife, and then thrust out his body and pierced the heart of another enemy.

With a "dang" sound, Luo Song received a heavy blow on his back. The armor dispersed the power, but the severe pain still made Luo Song's breathing stagnant, and the huge momentum almost knocked him off the saddle.

Luo Song glared angrily, swung his arms, turned around and slashed back, chopping off the arm of the enemy who was pointing the musket at him.

At this moment, another lead bullet hit Luo Song's protective face. A huge dent was made in the steel protective screen, and the broken iron piece flew into Luo Song's left eye.

Luo Song's vision suddenly fell into darkness. The severe pain and blood made him unable to see with his uninjured right eye.

He didn't know where the enemy was or where his subordinates were. He roared like a beast in a trap and slashed in all directions with his round saber.

With the harsh sound of gold and iron, Luo Song's saber struck an iron plate heavily. Without hesitation, he immediately put away his sword and struck again.

But I heard a breathless voice coming from where the saber fell: "Senior! It's me!"

Luo Song recognized the owner of the voice. He endured the severe pain and opened his right eye, and saw a pair of familiar eyes wrapped under the helmet. He turned around and looked around. Three Leiqun County cavalry slashed left and right, trying desperately to block the enemy from outside.

Other men who were attacking the enemy also discovered that the captain was wounded and were desperately moving towards him.

A short melody came from outside the phalanx - it was the call to arms!

The next round of charge is coming soon, and the Leiqun County cavalry who are fighting must give up the battlefield to the next charge echelon as soon as possible.

Luo Song used brute strength to snap the buckle and tore off the helmet, which was already covered in blood and sweat. He covered his left eye and looked around with his right eye open, raising his knife and pointing directly at the weak southeast corner of the enemy's line.

"Let's go!" Luo Song shouted through gritted teeth.

At this moment, an invisible string holding a huge weight suddenly broke.

The parliamentary soldiers had also reached their limit. A soldier in brown dropped his weapon, turned around and ran down the hillock.

Immediately afterwards, like a fortress made of gravel being destroyed by the strong wind, the large square array on the south side guarding the artillery position of the Grand Council Army collapsed.

[Not four thousand words, sorry, Orz]

[Currently, the primary goal is to ensure updates every day, so I will post as much as I write every day]

[Some additional notes: Is a lance, which is longer than the spearman's spear, a super weapon that allows the cavalry to break through the pike phalanx? ][The answer is: no]

[First of all, it should be noted that there is no solid evidence for the fact that [the lances of the Hussars were specially lengthened to fight against the infantry phalanx]. This is actually a scene from the Polish movie [Torrent]]

[The lance of the Polish cavalry is about 5 meters long and has not changed much. The length of infantry spears has continued to change with the development of the times, with the longest being 6 meters, to 5.5 meters, to 5 meters, and then to 4.4 meters. So a Polish writer of the late seventeenth century would say, "The cavalry lance is longer than the infantry lance." But if you go back to the sixteenth century, this is not true]

[But have there been any attempts in history to [use ultra-long lances against infantry phalanxes]? Of course there are. Just like the war between the Diadochi dynasties, each Diadochi kingdom continues to lengthen the already ridiculously long spears]

[The super-long guns used by infantry square formations are themselves designed to cope with the length of lances. Even the super-long guns are constantly lengthening because the lances are constantly lengthening. This is a spiral process] [Finally, the lances were eliminated. The infantry spear also eliminated itself]

[PS: [Torrent] Another far-reaching impact of this movie is that it changed the image of the Hussars in the mass media into [real cavalry with wings on their backs]. However, in the actual objects preserved in the museum, the wings are actually mounted on on saddle]