Carl x pressed the binoculars in his eyes, trying to see through the smoke whether the winged cavalry''s charge had been defeated. But the smoke was so heavy that he looked down on nothing.
"Your Majesty, no one can resist such terrible gunfire." Prince boguslav comforted when he saw that Carl X was so anxious. However, the prince''s words are not pure comfort. To be fair, the quality shown by the Swedish artillery can really afford the word "terrible". Boguslav admitted that it was good for the best artillery in his army to fire a shell in front of a torrent of winged cavalry.
"Yes, no one can resist. But they are not human, they are angels!" muttered Carl X.
As soon as Carl X''s voice fell, thousands of troops leaped out of the thick smoke in the middle. The winged cavalry rushed over the guns in front of them and nailed the stunned Swedish artillery to the ground.
The winged cavalry instantly destroyed the Swedish artillery, and they rushed towards the first line of defense of the Swedish army.
The Swedish spearmen pointed their spears obliquely to the front. The end of the spear was inserted into the soil. Everyone also pulled out the short broad sword and thin long sword around their waist. The eyes of the Lancers are full of perseverance - who will win the final victory when the cavalry gun collides with the infantry spear?
Everyone wanted to know the answer, but it was not the Polish winged cavalry''s spear that first knocked down the Swedish Lancers, but the Polish pistol cavalry mixed with the winged cavalry.
It turned out that countless war examples in the Borui War showed that the well-trained spear infantry array after Gustav''s reform could completely block the attack of the winged cavalry. In the face of the terrible spear forest, even the winged cavalry could only be defeated. Therefore, the commanders of the Republic developed a new mixed charge strategy after countless deduction, that is, a team of light cavalry armed with firearms was placed in the front of the winged cavalry charge. They rushed to the Swedish long gun array against a hail of bullets and artillery bombardment. At the moment when the winged cavalry was about to engage the enemy, The Musketeers approached and shot the Swedish infantry in the front row. As soon as the first row of Swedish infantry fell, the super long lance of the rear wing cavalry immediately filled up and poked into the chest of the second row of infantry.
This time, this tactic was clearly a success.
No one thought that the Swedish long gunmen square collapsed so quickly. Before the Musketeers behind the Swedish long gunmen opened fire, the long gunmen square had been rushed and turned upside down. The Musketeers fell under the horse''s hoof without even firing a shot.
What is more tragic is the Swedish dragon cavalry guarding their wings. Their clothes and armor are thin, and several people string gourds when they are impacted by the super long lance of the wing cavalry.
This is almost a replica of the battle of kirhom in 1605. At that moment, commander sapega almost saw that history was about to repeat itself. He waved his Scepter again. With a wave of saber, Mikhail and other officers of the armored Cossack cavalry team and the Dragon cavalry team led their cavalry to rush forward, ready to expand the victory.
But today''s Swedish army is no longer the Swedish army in the war of kilholm in 1605. Although the Swedish army on the front line was defeated, they formed a small square array of at least a few people and more than a dozen people, tenaciously like a reef in the sea.
This made the victorious wing cavalry unable to drive the routed soldiers to attack their own army, so as to break the second line of defense of the Swedish army, so they can only rely on their own strength to continue the attack.
As the impact of the winged cavalry weakened, the Swedish army in the second line of defense finally resisted the winged cavalry. They supported each other with infantry and cavalry, moved forward slowly, and twisted the winged cavalry without speed bonus into the scuffle. This immediately turned the charge into a bitter battle, because on the stagnant front, every "Gustav thunder" of the Swedish Musketeers caused great losses and psychological pressure to the Polish cavalry.
But when thousands of new poles suddenly joined to reinforce the struggling wing cavalry, the second line of the Swedish army began to be chaotic.
Seeing that the second front was in danger, Carl x immediately put his guard and 300 Swedish pistol cavalry into the battlefield.
These Swedish pistol cavalry are also good at wall charging. Their mounts took small steps. Each Swedish pistol cavalry pulled out his broadsword and put the handle on his knee as a short spear.
The 1.5-meter-long refined steel blade will mercilessly pierce any enemy wearing light armor. When facing the winged cavalry, the sharp broadsword can also pierce into the abdominal joint gap of the winged cavalry armor to kill the enemy. Moreover, the Swedish pistol cavalry still has excellent high-quality pistols in their hands. The three hundred cavalry had three hundred pistols. The fire of the Musketeers close to the two squadrons showed "Gustav''s thunder" on the horse, which killed the Polish cavalry everywhere.
The greater crisis came from the artillery of the Swedish army. An artillery unit equipped with ten guns reinforced the infantry and cavalry caught in the hard battle. They built a "separation wall" on the flank with artillery fire, so that any large-scale cavalry support will suffer heavy losses in the artillery fire.
Commander sapega, who was at the back of the front, watched the situation develop in a direction that was not conducive to his own side. At this time, the commander of sapega really regretted that he had not reserved a wing cavalry squadron as a reserve team. Because sapega found a great negligence of Carl x, that is, after he put his guard into the battlefield, Carl X had no strength to protect him except a dozen officers.
At this time, if a squadron of winged cavalry could suddenly kill the enemy chieftain Carl X.
It was at this time that argildas led a squadron of winged cavalry to the battlefield. The arrival of argildas gave commander sapeja hope. At this moment, the commander sincerely thanked God and the goddess of national protection for hearing his prayer.
Commander sapeja ordered an orderly nearby to quickly call the commander of the winged cavalry.
After a while, argildas came to commander sapega.
"Commander, algerdas, captain of the wing cavalry squadron of the mercenary regiment, salutes you," algerdas said.
There is only one famous mercenary regiment in the Polish army. When commander sapega heard that algerdas claimed to be the captain of the wing cavalry of the mercenary regiment, he understood.
Sapega said, "so you are the man of leader Pedro. Argildas, the situation is urgent. I order you to lead the wing cavalry squadron to immediately go straight into the past and attack Carl X. now he has sent his guards to the battlefield, and there is no one around him."
Algerdas did not expect that the commander of sapeja should hand over such a major task to himself. He was excited at the thought of what honor and reward he would receive if the assault was successful.
Argildas said to commander sapeja, "commander, argildas from Lithuania will not live up to your expectations. I will definitely catch Carl x alive."
"It doesn''t matter if you die, algerdas," sapega added hastily, fearing that algerdas would be timid in order to catch him alive.
Argildas saluted and returned to his squadron.
Argildas held the super long lance in his hand. He issued a war declaration to his companions in the wing cavalry squadron: "our team has only one goal: the head of King Carl X of Sweden."
The cavalry gave a shout of joy. Immediately, the cavalry Squadron, which controlled the outcome of the war, launched a charge. As the leader of the whole team, Algirdas pushed forward regardless of the bullets and shells fired from the two wings and the long guns stabbed nearby - anyone and horse in front of them were hit to the ground.
Carl x did not expect that he would become the target of "decapitation". When he realized that the wing cavalry was coming for himself, Carl X was stunned.
Argildas led 20 real winged cavalry to kill Carl x, and the auxiliary cavalry in the squadron blocked the Swedish soldiers trying to rescue Carl X and bought time for the raids of argildas and others.
At a critical juncture, Carl X''s attendant, Fogel, came to Carl X''s horse. He grabbed the reins of the king''s horse.
"Your majesty! Save Sweden, save yourself, avoid! Avoid!"
Prince boguslav also persuaded Carl x to leave the battlefield and go to the third line of defense.
But Carl x knew that he could not retreat, otherwise the chain reaction would make the soldiers who were still fighting lose their fighting spirit completely.
Carl x, who is full of military characteristics, said: "it is useless to give in to them. We must resist, we must resist. Otherwise, we will die in glorious war."
With that, Carl x pulled out the Scottish broadsword around his waist, and the Spurs on his boots stabbed into the belly of the war horse. The war horse ran forward in pain.
The officers and generals on the left and right, as well as Prince boguslav, saw that Carl X was so, so they had to follow up.
An adjutant headed for the third line of defense. He called reinforcements to rescue the king.
The two cavalry met and the two sides were killed in a regiment.
Algerdas'' first super long lance had long been broken when it stabbed the chest armor of a Swedish pistol cavalry. At this time, he was holding a spare super long Lance.
Argildas did not fight with any Swedish cavalry because he knew his goal, King Carl X of Sweden.
Finally, argildas found the trace of Carl X in the scuffle crowd.
The Swedish king, wearing cavalry armor, a high helmet and waving a Scottish broadsword, was so dazzling.
Argildas straightened his super long Lance. He deliberately opened a distance to make his charge more powerful.
Carl x obviously didn''t notice that he had been watched. He shot down a winged cavalry and was looking for the next target.
Argildas held the cavalry gun under his arm. He urged the horse to the highest speed.
Twenty steps, ten steps, closer, closer.
When argyrdas'' super long lance was about to touch Carl X''s back, Carl x just turned around. Algerdas saw that Carl X''s eyes were unbelievable and desperate.
"Your majesty!"
Prince boguslav, who was fighting nearby, saw this scene and shouted in despair.
The tip of the gun touched Carl X''s chest and made a crisp sound.
Then it broke.
Compared with the traditional Western European lance, the wing cavalry super long lance is made of fir, hollowed out in the middle, and then the cross sections of the two materials are bonded together, which makes the wing cavalry super long lance lighter. Compared with the traditional Western European lance, the wing cavalry super long lance is more slender, usually 4.5 to 6.2 meters. This length better protects the rider. When facing infantry who also use long guns, they can first kill the enemy, and this length also makes the power of gun clamping charge further.
But everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Because the middle of the super long lance is hollow, when the super long lance hits the rough breastplate of ordinary infantry, they can break it. However, it is easy to break when encountering thicker and better forged breastplate.
Carl X''s cavalry armor is undoubtedly from the master''s excellent works. With strong armor, Carl x survived the fatal blow of argildas.
This accident was not expected by algerdas and Carl X. In an instant, they both stared at each other, and even the surrounding air seemed to freeze.
But soon, they woke up almost at the same time. Argildas threw away the broken super long lance, pulled out his saber and split it towards Carl X''s left shoulder.
Carl x raised his sword to block. But after two stops, Carl x began to feel numb in his mouth and sour in his arms. After all, Carl X was a king, not a soldier.
Carl x knew that if he went on like this, he would die under the knight in front of him. He dashed away with a false sword.
Of course, algerdas will not let Carl x go. He rode hard after him. However, Carl X''s Mount was one in a million, which was overtaken by the ordinary war horse of argildas. At the beginning, the tip of argildas''s knife could still touch Carl X''s back. Slowly, the two had separated.
In a hurry, argildas threw his saber out as a javelin with his last hope. Just then Prince boguslav had come to the side of argildas.
Boguslav pulled out the pistol at his waist, pointed it at argyrdas''s ear and pulled the trigger.
The head of the unarmed algerdas was torn off with his helmet.
It was not until the thick smoke shrouded in the original position of algerdas'' head dispersed that algerdas lost his head and his rigid body fell off his horse. Carl x covered his ass in shock. It turned out that altgildas''s last blow did not kill Carl x, but pierced his king''s ass.
Argildas died with his dream of reviving the family.
At this time, the Swedish soldiers in the third line of defense went into battle after receiving the order. They killed and retreated the wing cavalry squadron attacking Carl X and completely rescued their king from danger.
After a cruel scuffle, the Polish cavalry who failed to defeat the Swedish army suffered high casualties. The casualties of Polish wing cavalry units involved in the assault alone were as high as 16%. Considering the greater loss of war horses, there are more cavalry who lose combat effectiveness.
The cavalry casualties of Mikhail vorodyavsky and others were even greater, and more than a thousand people fell on the battlefield.
As night fell and the simple bastion was conquered by German soldiers, the Polish cavalry finally withdrew from the battlefield.