Seeing the Japanese begin to advance, Xu Rui, who was at the front of the cavalry formation, raised his saber and made a weak move forward. The three cavalry battalion commanders walking on the far right side of the formation immediately howled: "All of them, move forward~"
More than 1,200 cavalry officers and soldiers who were waiting in full formation spontaneously urged their horses to move forward.
The crunching sound of horse hooves trampling on the thick snow was immediately heard on the snow.
Xu Rui lightly reined in the horse, then slowed down the horse's speed slightly, and quickly returned to the queue, walking in line with the first column of the 7th Battalion, but all he saw was that the horse's head was moving, and its mane was in the air. The flying, sharp saber was raised upright on the warrior's chest, and the cold murderous intent instantly filled the entire battlefield, making the warriors breathless.
In addition to Xu Rui, the king of soldiers, even the veterans from the 7th Cavalry Division were instinctively nervous.
Needless to say, those Mongolian herdsmen who had just joined the army were so nervous that they almost suffocated.
Because of the nervousness, some of the familiar technical movements during normal training would go wrong, and even the rhythm of horse steps could no longer be kept consistent. As they walked, the formation of the independent group began to become uneven. Some people walked faster, while others walked slower. The original three straight lines became three wavy lines.
Fortunately, the distance between the three front and rear horizontal formations was large enough, so the two teams at the front and back did not get crowded together.
However, Xu Rui also knew that he could no longer let his nervousness continue to spread.
In ancient times, the reason why many armies collapsed without a fight was because some soldiers could not bear the confrontation before the war. They felt fear because of nervousness, and had the idea of retreating because of fear. Then their will collapsed and they turned around and ran away. Finally, it evolved from a single person's retreat. Everyone fled together, and an army collapsed without a fight in the blink of an eye.
Among them, the most famous one is the Battle of Feishui between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the former Qin Dynasty. This is where the idiom "every tree and every tree is a soldier" comes from!
Even if they dare not run away under the cruel military discipline, if any nervous emotions continue to spread and spread like poisonous weeds, it will seriously attack the soldiers' nerves and bodies, making their reactions slow down and their movements stiff. It is very dangerous to fight. It is very likely that he will not be able to exert even one point of his strength in the battle.
This is the reason why the survival rate of recruits entering the battlefield for the first time is low.
At this time, the commander's ability is tested. An excellent commander will always have a way to relieve the tension of the soldiers.
During the suffocating march, Xu Rui's low and penetrating voice suddenly sounded again: "Don't be afraid, everyone. If you are really afraid, just turn around and look at your comrades on the left and right! You are not alone. You are even more... You are not fighting alone, more than a thousand brothers from the entire independent regiment are always with you!"
Many recruits subconsciously looked around and found that all the brothers in the battalion were marching with them. Even the battalion commander and regimental commander were with them. Their nervousness immediately eased a lot. With the strength of the people, they became more courageous. .
However, Xu Rui's speech did not stop. He wanted not only to be courageous, but also to inspire!
Xu Rui emphasized his tone slightly, and then said: "If you still feel scared, think about your relatives at home, your parents, your wife and children. If you shrink back and run away at this time, the Japanese will come again." If you occupy Suiyuan, your parents will be killed, and your wife and children will be enslaved and raped!"
After a pause, Xu Rui's tone became louder and louder: "Can you watch your parents being killed, your wife being raped, and your children being enslaved?"
"cannot!"
"cannot!"
"cannot!"
More than a thousand officers and soldiers responded loudly.
"Would you rather live like a coward, or..." Xu Rui increased the volume to the maximum, almost tearing his throat, and the sharp voice almost pierced the void and reached the ears of the devil on the other side, "Would you rather live like a coward?" Are you going to live without dignity like a coward, or are you willing to be a man, even for just a few seconds?"
"man!"
"man!"
"man!"
Accompanied by the tsunami-like shouts of all the officers and soldiers, the tension was completely vented. Not only that, the hearts of every soldier were full of fighting spirit: for their parents, for their wives and children, to fight against the Japanese devils. , either you die or I die, come on, come on, come on, little devils!
He could be angry but not vented. Although he had not yet reached the optimal distance for charging, Xu Rui could not wait any longer.
The next moment, Xu Rui once again raised the saber in his hand and drew it forward with all his strength, roaring at the top of his lungs: "Everyone is here, charge me, charge."
"Come on!"
"Come on!"
"Come on!"
More than a thousand soldiers responded to the mountain call again, and then began the final sprint.
In an instant, more than a thousand war horses changed from a trot to a trot, and finally to a sprint at top speed. The horses' hooves trampled on the snow, and the sound of the hooves was like thunder. Three wavy lines were constantly surging, like a rolling tide, heading forward. Sweeping away, looking around, Xu Rui no longer saw fear in the eyes of the soldiers, but a raging fighting spirit, kill!
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Almost at the same time, the Japanese cavalry on the opposite side also began to charge.
Seeing the Chinese cavalry sweeping in like a tide, and their morale as high as a rainbow, Katagiri Shigeru's eyes immediately filled with a touch of fanaticism. It must be admitted that the militaristic education of the little devils is indeed terrible. They can turn everyone into a normal thinking person. The patriotic youth were completely brainwashed into fanatical killing machines.
Seeing the Chinese cavalry rushing over with loud shouts, the Japanese cavalry also suddenly became excited.
Katagiri Shigeru took the lead in raising the saber in his hand, and howled loudly: "The Empire of Japan is on board!"
The next moment, more than a thousand Japanese cavalry who were charging on horseback immediately shouted loudly.
Katagiri Shigeru then shouted that His Majesty the Emperor is on board, and more than a thousand Japanese cavalry also shouted "On board."
In order to overwhelm their opponents in terms of momentum, the soldiers of the two armies shouted louder and louder, almost breaking their throats. Each of them shouted so hard that their faces were red, and the veins on their necks were bulging. In addition, they were like a surging tide. The sound of horse hooves suddenly intertwined into a high-pitched and exciting battlefield symphony.
Even from thousands of meters away, Masahiro Baba could feel the flying music.
Without realizing it, Baba Masaro's hands began to wave, as if beating the beat. In addition to being a fanatical warmonger, this old devil was also a music lover. As the distance between the cavalry of the two armies became shorter and shorter, the old devil The frequency of waving his hands became faster and faster, so fast that he was shaking like a convulsion.
Finally, the old devil raised his hands fiercely, and then paused!
The next moment, the two waves of cavalry collided head-on on the battlefield. The sound of bones shattering when the horses collided, the sound of gold and iron when sabers clashed, and the screams of the soldiers on both sides before they died. The sounds intertwined in an instant, and the two armies were suddenly overwhelmed with people and horses.
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Set the time back half a second to the moment before the impact.
When Xu Rui had no time to react, he suddenly turned sideways and narrowly escaped the attack from the enemy on the opposite side. Almost at the same time, the saber in Xu Rui's hand also passed through the enemy's abdomen. As for his own sword skills, Xu Rui was absolutely confident, and he would not stop once he succeeded in striking, and continued to face the second Japanese without slowing down at all.
"Nisnei!" The second Japanese soldier was a veteran of cavalry warfare, and he actually targeted the enemy.
But how could Xu Rui let the Japs get what they wanted? He stretched out his knife diagonally and heard a loud explosion. The Japs' saber that stabbed the Japs' neck had been deflected. The next moment, Japs fiercely fought with the Japs' mounts. The two collided together, and with a bang, the devil's mount was knocked out.
Vaguely, Xu Rui seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking.
Xu Rui is very sure that it is absolutely impossible for the body's bones to break!
Before Xu Rui could take a breath, the third Japanese soldier rushed over at an astonishingly high speed.
This time Xu Rui finally adjusted, and slashed down diagonally before the little devil on the opposite side. The little devil didn't dodge, but also slashed down with one strike. At this time, the competition was about who was faster, without any skills at all! In the flash of lightning, Xu Rui's saber had already passed the Japanese's neck first.
The devil's head immediately flew high in the sky.
As soon as the head flew up, the Japs lost control of the saber in their hands. Then it lost its proper accuracy and almost swiped along the side of Xu Rui's neck. If there was even a slight difference, Xu Rui's head would fly up, but that's it. The slightest difference determines the life and death of the two people. Xu Rui survives, but the enemy opposite is killed!
Before killing three Japanese cavalrymen in a row, his eyes were empty, and he had already penetrated the Japanese cavalry formation!
However, Xu Rui did not rein in the horse immediately, but allowed the horse to continue to fly forward, rushing out for more than 500 meters before finally gently stroking the mane of the horse's neck, and the horse gradually slowed down until When he finally stopped and looked back, he saw that less than half of the cavalry who could still follow him were left.
Of the more than 600 cavalry who attacked, only about 500 were left behind Xu Rui.
Looking at the three cavalry formations behind him that had stopped and become much sparse, Xu Rui couldn't help but feel pity.
The war was so cruel. The comrades who had galloped with him and shouted loudly just now were lying quietly five hundred meters in front, turned into corpses. However, the Japanese did not ask for help. Seeing the advantage, Xu Rui made a rough estimate. There were at least 600 Japanese corpses lying in the middle of the position!
In the first round of the contest, the two sides should have ended in a draw!
But Xu Rui is very confident that in the second round of the competition, they will have the absolute upper hand!
Because the Japanese's technical and tactical abilities cannot be greatly improved through this round of competition, but the cavalry of their Chahar Independent Regiment can. Actual combat is the most effective way to train troops! Of course it is also the most cruel!
Taking a deep breath of cold air, Xu Rui raised his saber again and shouted: "I have them all, regroup!"