Chapter 486: Iron Armor Slaughterhouse (First update, please subscribe)
"For the unification of Germany!"
Although the Prussian cavalry were surprised by these strange mechanical vehicles that did not require horse traction, they did not hesitate. In the Prussian army, the cavalry were either from Junker families or small landowners, and they were more eager for the unification of Germany than ordinary civilians.
As cavalry, their combat effectiveness is unquestionable. Their duty is to protect the infantry from attacks. When they instinctively engage in battle, every Prussian cavalryman's heart is filled with fighting spirit.
It's just a pity that the times seemed to play a joke on them. When they rushed forward, they were greeted by a dense rain of bullets. Amid the sound of gunfire like tearing cloth, many cavalrymen fell down before they even figured out what was going on.
When some cavalrymen wielding sabers approached the armored vehicles, all they got when they slashed at them with their sabers was the crisp sound of metal hitting each other.
"It's an armored vehicle!"
"Armored vehicle!"
Faced with the armored vehicles, the unwilling Prussian cavalry did not give up. They circled around trying to find a position from which they could hack and attack, but their attacks did not cause even the slightest damage to the armored vehicles.
At the same time, the armored vehicles did not stop their attack. The rotating turrets rained bullets at the cavalry, and sometimes they even hit the Prussian cavalry directly. The cavalry who did not have time to dodge were knocked to the ground and then crushed by the wheels. After the tragic screams, the horses and people were even crushed into meat paste.
But what was even more deadly was the machine gun. The Prussian cavalry, who were rushing forward, fell down in large numbers under the muzzles of the guns.
The armored vehicles continued to advance, and their speed became faster. The cavalry that had once galloped on the battlefield for thousands of years seemed to have reached its end today.
"Don't fight too long, don't fight too long, remember to maintain your formation! Don't make any detours, just push forward directly."
Although Zhu Sihai shouted loudly, other vehicles certainly couldn't hear him. With half of his body exposed, he could only hold a small red flag in his hand and point it at the enemy...
Cavalry, although the Prussian cavalry tried their best, they could not stop the attack of the armored vehicles. These armored vehicles were like invulnerable beasts, appearing on the battlefield without any scruples. The blow they caused to the Prussians on the battlefield was unprecedented. Facing the invulnerability and armored vehicles, the cavalry was at its end, and the infantry had no ability to fight back at all.
The Prussian soldiers who were on the march, faced with these armored vehicles rushing at them at high speed, immediately fell into a situation more miserable than being attacked by cavalry. The armored vehicles, which were charging at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, burst out with violent power while moving - the machine guns operated the Gatling guns to sweep bullets at the Prussian column. The bullets were like the scythe of the god of death, cheering and sweeping away the Prussians on the battlefield.
The Prussians were caught off guard and fired their rifles at the oncoming armored vehicles, but their shots had no effect.
"Quick, cannon, use cannon..."
Someone shouted, and the gunners who were fleeing on the road unloaded the cannon from the gun carriage. Then, they pushed the field guns and aimed them at the Mercedes-Benz armored vehicles. However, it turned out that these guns needed to be manually lifted to adjust the firing range, and it was difficult to aim the muzzle at the armored vehicles that were moving at high speed.
"Left, left..."
Heisenberg, who was operating the artillery, shouted loudly. As he shouted, the gunner raised the gun carriage and slowly stabilized it.
"Slow down, slow down..."
Finally, as he aimed the cannon at the armored car, Heisenberg hurried to the side and rear of the cannon and pulled the fuse.
"boom!"
As the cannon sounded, a grenade whizzed straight towards the armored vehicle, but the shell missed. When Heisenberg ran down from behind the cannon, the position of the armored vehicle had changed.
Bombardment!
The Prussian artillery reacted quickly. When they fired at the armored convoy, although the shells basically missed, the moment when the shells fell was earth-shaking.
The armored vehicle driver Ma Jiafu felt that the ground in front of him disappeared, and the armored vehicle of his comrades in front of him also lost track. Instead, all of this was replaced by balls of dazzling fire, balls of exploding flames and smoke that kept rising in front, behind, left and right of the armored vehicle. The shock wave from the explosion poured into the cab through the observation slits in the armored windows. The Prussian artillerymen reacted extremely quickly, and although their bombardment was very fierce, it had no effect on the high-speed moving armored vehicles.
"Give me the flare gun, load it with green flares!"
Zhu Sihai shouted loudly.
When using the gun cards, they had studied some methods of communication, and firing flares was the simplest method. In the time when there was no radio, flares were the simplest communication tool when vehicles were moving.
On the gun card, the order for firing green flares during combat is very simple - "Move forward at full speed, maintain formation, and fire freely." It means to attack the enemy's infantry and cavalry as much as possible, and inflict heavy damage on the enemy first.
After firing the signal flare, watching the armored vehicles charging at full speed on the battlefield and continuously firing at the enemy, Zhu Sihai found that his armored cluster was in an awkward situation. They had too few armored vehicles, only about a hundred of them, and it was easy for them to be trapped in a single-handed fight on this long front. Although the Prussians' rifles and even cannons could not cause much damage to the armored vehicles, they could certainly find a way to destroy the armored vehicles, such as using heavy grenades. Of course, in his heart he hoped that the Prussians did not have this ability, otherwise he would be really miserable.
The armored vehicle cluster responded directly to the commander's order, and all the armored vehicles began to speed up. They approached the Prussian infantry directly like cavalry.
They completely ignored the artillery shells that kept falling around them, nor the attacks from the Prussian cavalry around them. Knives and guns could not pose a real threat to armored vehicles.
Finally, facing these steel monsters that rushed like a hurricane, the Prussian resistance collapsed. What frightens people the most is never death, but the powerlessness in the face of death. Finally, some people fled backwards. For those soldiers, now, they can no longer care about anything else.
Staying here would just be a waste of life!
"Catch up, chase and beat..."
(End of this chapter)
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