"Attention! French cavalry!"

Almost as the group of French cavalry rushed out of the woods, Dimir Hook heard someone sending a warning with a loud voice comparable to a tenor singer. At this moment, the advance combat troops of the 1st Marine Brigade crossed the French outer line and walked four or five kilometers, and the city of Amiens was far away. In order to guard against the sudden French artillery attack, the troops marched in battalions as units, and more than 20 naval chariots were still on the front line. The French cavalry obviously knew that the German steel chariots were difficult to deal with, so they deliberately avoided the front and attacked the German flank without the cover of the chariot.

"Stop moving forward! Unfold on the spot! Get ready for the battle!"

Seeing that the French cavalry was rushing from two or three thousand meters at a speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour, the officers of the German Marine Force issued combat orders in a hurry, and the marching team quickly stopped advancing and turned to meet the enemy. In an instant, the battalion commanders ordered the soldiers to make compact arrangements, the platoons were ordered to arrange their shooting formations, and the squad leaders ordered the soldiers to prepare for shooting. In this way, only more than a minute after the appearance of the French cavalry, the German Marine Force had moved from marching to defense, and it was not enough to achieve such an effect without strict training.

Hooker and his companions were assigned to a low-lying position. When they were in school, they all heard stories about French cavalry in history classes. In the era when Napoleon swept across Europe, French cavalry was simply synonymous with all their strength, especially the tall and large, fierce and powerful French breastplate cavalry, which left a deep impression on all their opponents on the battlefield. Although in the French-Prussian War half a century ago, the charge of French cavalry was effectively curbed by the dense gun arrays and powerful artillery fire of Prussian infantry, to this day, the French still regard the cavalry as pride, and the German soldiers could not help but be subconsciously respected them.

"The machine rifleman is lying down! The ruler is set to 1,000 meters, listen to my order to open fire!"

Hearing the battle command directly shouted by the platoon leader, Hook first squatted down and then threw down in a standard training position, and took out the magazine from the magazine bag in front of him, while his ammunition soldiers helped from the side in a kneeling position. A pair of tacit Madson light machine gunners were able to complete the magazine replacement in ten seconds, thereby compressing the fire pause time to the shortest possible level.

In a blink of an eye, the group of French cavalry swept over like the wind. However, they were not famous chest-plated cavalry. These riders were wearing brass helmets, dark blue tops, scarlet pants, brown horse boots, waving cavalry swords in their hands, and carrying cavalry short rifles. Such outfits mean that they were infantry and dragon cavalry riding on horseback. In addition to carrying out missions such as pursuit, reconnaissance, covering traffic lines, and rushing to enemy formations, this type of armed forces is also good at dismounting operations, which is equivalent to motorized infantry in the age of animal power.

Hook squinted his eyes and estimated that there were about three or four hundred French cavalrymen in front of him, that is, the size of two to three cavalry squadrons. If a small group of infantry accidentally encountered this cavalry unit, the fate would be bloody and terrifying. However, there were at least two battalions of naval infantry gathered here, including five or six mg-08 water-cooled heavy machine guns alone, and the number of Madson light machine guns was greater. The French cavalry turned their flanks to avoid German tanks and had lost the most important suddenness of the attack.

After entering the effective range of heavy machine guns, these French cavalry still did not intend to dismount and fight, but continued to rush straight towards them with their shiny cavalry swords. After a while, the roar of mg-08 came from a slightly higher position. Wherever the dense rain of bullets reached, there was a shocking scene of horses stumbled and people falling off horses.

Seeing that the German army was ready to fight, the French cavalry no longer rushed hard, and they turned decisively. During this process, several water-cooled heavy machine guns continued to attack their opponents with terrifying continuous firepower. Although the blocking efficiency of frontal strafing was significantly inferior to cross-fire and longitudinal shooting, dozens of French cavalry fell off their horses in a short period of time.

Seeing the French cavalry turning around and retreating, some naval infantry couldn't wait to make excitement, but many officers frowned at this time because they saw two small cannons pulled by horses at the tail of the French cavalry. Their barrels were short, the gun stand was simple, and the cannon wheels were huge, just like light and flexible cavalry cannons. Their structure was like mountain cannons used by mountain infantry, with a range of closer than ordinary artillery, but at least farther than ordinary machine guns. During this attack on Amiens, the German Marine Forces aimed to attack and win quickly. After breaking through the French outer defense line, the 1st Marine Brigade advanced in depth with infantry coordinated combat vehicles, and the artillery troops were still far behind. French cavalry alone were not afraid of, but French cavalry with cavalry artillery... was a tricky trouble!

Through the telescope, the French cavalry cannons parked three or four kilometers away had been deployed and entered a state of waiting for launch. The German officials quickly ordered the soldiers who were squatting and shooting to lie down. At that time, the two French cavalry artillery fire flashed and the smoke spread. After a second, the shells roared down, one shot hit the front of the German front, and one shot crossed the heads of the infantry and fell behind. Since the officers and soldiers were crawling to avoid bullets, this round of artillery fire did not cause any casualties. However, the weapons in the hands of the naval infantry could not threaten the two French cavalry artillery. They either advanced or retreated decisively, otherwise they would waste time and strength here.

There is no doubt that the biggest feature of cavalry artillery is its strong maneuver power. Infants are running, charging or advancing alternately, they may be led by their opponents by their noses. Retreat will not only affect the combat plan of a quick attack on Amiens, but will also be pursued by enemy cavalry artillery during the retreat, and the commander of the marine unit is in a dilemma. Until the French two cavalry artillery fired again, he did not make up his mind and simply let the soldiers continue to lie on the ground.

Fortunately, the battles on the battlefield were not independent of each other. The naval chariot troops leading the front line had already noticed this French cavalry and found that they did not destroy the dense gun array of infantry, but bullied their infantry with cavalry cannons. A team of Hubert-13 quickly turned their heads to reinforce. The effective range of their 37mm chariot guns is about 3,000 meters, while the two cavalry guns used by the French cavalry are more than 60 mm, and the maximum range should be above 5,000 meters. Although the range of Hubert-13's artillery is much shorter than that of the opponent, the cavalry cannon cannot fire as they go, but requires an additional process of closing and unfolding. At the same time, considering the defensiveness of the chariot itself, Hubert-13 has an overwhelming advantage over the French cavalry using cavalry cannons.

These German chariots with gray metal texture were sprayed with blue smoke on their butts, and the wheels and tracks were rotating quickly, running in the relatively flat fields. The French riders who dismounted the horse and operated the cavalry cannon quickly turned the gun mouth and fired continuously at the fastest speed. However, even if the shells fell near the chariot, they could not stop the iron guys from moving forward. Seeing that this was not good, the riders quickly put away the gun mounts, hung on the cannon, and prepared to escape. However, the gunners on the German chariot would not easily let go of these dangerous targets with excellent power. As soon as they approached the maximum range of the chariot cannon, they rushed to fire. Although the French cavalry's horses were well-trained and worn soundproof earmuffs, the shells that exploded nearby still blew them.

The four hooves were so shocked that they ran around. Two of them were dragging light ammunition out of control and ran wildly, and the other few were trying to break free from the reins. The evacuation of the French cavalry artillery group only delayed for a while, and the direct threat from the German chariots to them suddenly increased. At this point, the French dragoons who had dismounted and were ready to block the German infantry with rifles had to re-rive. Before this, the German naval chariots only appeared in Verdun and the Marne River. Because the number of combat was not large, it had not become an important force to move the direction of the war. The French officers and soldiers knew very little about them. Some of the dragoons drew out their cavalry swords, while some were carrying their rifles to shoot on the horses. They were like waves that suddenly rolled up on the calm sea, sweeping towards the German chariots.

The French cavalry swords and short cavalry guns naturally could not pose a threat to German tanks, but the commanders of the Marine Forces did not allow the enemy in front of them to be detrimental to their precious tanks. Under the command of the officers, the naval infantry crawlers stood up one after another and took the initiative to move closer to their tank troops. Some of the crews of this naval chariot unit were naval cadets who had finished the tank training course in advance, and some were gunners borrowed from warships. They were not sure whether Hubert-13 was in an invisible position on the battlefield. When they saw the French cavalry rushing past, they also drove the tanks to move closer to the infantry.

More than a thousand meters away from his own tank, Hook heard the officers sending the order to "stop moving forward and prepare for battle on the spot". The naval infantry on the flanks took the lead in firing. He threw down on the spot without thinking, set up the machine gun, and waited for the officer to order the "machine rifle to fire." He took a deep breath, opened the shooting safety in front of the left side of the trigger guard, and fired a short shot in a fast shooting state, then moved the muzzle slightly to shoot a second short shot.

On the battlefield, the French cavalry had long abandoned the flashy and dense storm-former formation and were fired by German guns and bullets. Their impact speed was slightly reduced, but they did not completely stop. Hook soon discovered that the aiming and shooting method, which was highly praised in the combat regulations, could not play a role in such a battle. Twenty or thirty light and heavy machine guns on the position were firing at the same time, which was like multiple warships bombarding the target together, and no one could tell the point of the artillery fire of the ship.

Despite such entanglement, Hook began to pull the trigger continuously. After ten seconds, the riflesmen also began to shoot in a concentrated manner, and the gunshots were even more dense. Several naval tanks also used chariot guns and machine guns to continuously attack the French cavalry.

The 30 rounds of magazines were exhausted, and Huke pulled the gun away, but the ammunition hand squatting beside him did not pull out the magazine as soon as possible. Huke turned his head and saw that the young soldier who had just turned 19 was shocked by the battle scene in front of him. His eyes were straight at the three or four hundred French cavalry in front of him, like a piece of meat sent to a meat grinder. It looked very substantial, and it was grinded into a pile of meat paste in just a few seconds.
Chapter completed!