The Rise of the Empire

To say whether there were any examples of large-scale cavalry battles in World War I, where they drove straight into the ground and achieved major results, it is certain that there were no. But to say, did the cavalry have a particularly outstanding performance after World War I, or did they perform as a key force to take the lead? The prince can say for sure - there is! \u003c/p\u003e1 After the war, there is only one country that still uses cavalry on a large scale and has achieved excellent results, and that is the former Soviet Union! Even on the battlefield of World War II, these cavalry were still an important auxiliary force. During the Civil War, both the Red Army and the White Army formed large-scale cavalry regiments, and the cavalry of both sides fought fiercely on the vast land, composing the last glory of the cavalry! \u003c/p\u003e Now the prince can confirm two points. First, the cavalry is concentrated and used on a large scale in civil wars. The famous First Cavalry Army has 4 cavalry divisions and a large number of auxiliary troops, with a total number of 17,000 people! \u003c/p\u003eAnd the cavalry at this time is not the cavalry in the early days of World War I. It is quite similar to the coordinated operations of various arms played by the Russians in later generations. Take the Soviet Union’s First Cavalry Army as an example. This cavalry not only has one In addition to the artillery battalion of 28 artillery pieces and hundreds of machine guns, there are also 7 armored trains and 12 aircraft! If we talk about the aviation unit of the earliest army in the world, I am afraid it was invented by the Russians, right? \u003c/p\u003eThe second point is that the cavalry of the Red Army did play a very important role in the civil war. If you describe it, it is simply a four-legged version of the blitzkrieg! There are countless interspersed raids. Not only Budyonny has a cavalry background, but even Zhukov was a cavalry company commander. Even the senior generals in the Soviet Army in World War II, most of them had a cavalry background. \u003c/p\u003eFrom the point of view of combat performance, the cavalry of the Red Army is better than that of the Cavalry of the White Army. \u003c/p\u003eFirst of all, what needs to be confirmed is that in terms of the basic quality of cavalry, the Red Army is definitely not as good as the White Army. The reason is very simple. At the beginning, many people in the Red Army had never been soldiers. Maybe they were farmers, workers or other occupations before, but there were definitely not many people who had been cavalry. \u003c/p\u003eDo you really think a fundamentalist cavalry is easy to do? Do you really think riding a horse is a cavalry? The famous Cossack cavalry tells you that the pattern Tucson is broken! A qualified cavalryman must be good at saber charge. This is a foundation, and he must be able to skillfully use various cold weapons including sabers and spears. At the same time, with the popularity of firearms, you must also learn how to use various firearms including short carbines and pistols on horseback. And drive the horses into various stunt levels! \u003c/p\u003eAnd what about the Red Army? Alas, it can be seen from a very fashionable propaganda slogan at that time, "Proletarians, get on your horse!" If the cavalry is playing saber charge, it is estimated that they will die directly in one round. \u003c/p\u003eIn fact, the generals of the Red Army do know their own weaknesses, so they will not engage in hand-to-hand combat with their opponents at all. Isn't this courting death? So what was the cavalry tactics adopted by the Red Army? Speaking of this issue, I would like to mention Makhno, a famous general of the White Army. This is an anarchist Ukrainian soldier who fought against the White Army and later the Red Army. \u003c/p\u003eAnd during the civil war, this buddy invented a kind of unbelievable but powerful weapon-machine gun carriage! The machine gun, machine gun crew, and ammunition are placed on a special four-wheeled carriage, and then dragged by two horses to fight.

Does this thing look familiar? It's a bit like the horse-drawn tanks in Beiyang during the Sino-Japanese War, right? Don't say it, it is true in theory, and it is a simplified version. \u003c/p\u003eHowever, the greatness of Makhno is that he stormed 300 machine gun carriages in one breath! A large number of machine gun carriages are running fast, moving fast, and energetic. You can treat it as a bunch of mobile machine gun positions that can be fired at any time. After the Red Army played a few times, I felt that this product was good, and then I started to learn it myself. One of them is the best among them, and the name of this buddy is Budyonny....... \u003c/p\u003e Later, the Red Army did carry forward this tactic. The Red Army cavalry may not have much other equipment, but the number of machine guns is definitely a lot! For example, the First Cavalry Army has a strength of 18,000 troops, 24 aircraft, 48 artillery pieces, and 362 machine guns! what does that mean? Even counting the logistics personnel, there is one machine gun for an average of 50 people! \u003c/p\u003eAccording to the later establishment of the Red Army cavalry, a cavalry division consists of 3,500 to 4,000 cavalry (note that this is only the number of cavalry, not counting auxiliary personnel), with 3,000 to 6,000 horses. It has 12 artillery pieces and 200 machine guns! A division has 200 machine guns! The large-scale use of these automatic weapons has greatly increased the firepower of the cavalry, which is why the cavalry of the Red Army can defeat the White Army when their basic skills are not very solid. The use of a large number of machine guns and machine gun carriages does not give the opponent a chance to fight in close combat. ! \u003c/p\u003eSome people may say, since cavalry is so easy to use on the Eastern Front, why didn't Tsarist Russia use it? The reason is simple, this tactic can only be used against the Russian Civil War parties who lacked heavy weapons, and it will not work at all against the German army with dozens of artillery pieces and a large number of machine guns in a division, especially with the help of trenches. This is even more so, let alone dealing with the German army. When facing the fledgling Polish Legion trained by the French, the role of the cavalry is very limited. \u003c/p\u003eAt the beginning, when facing the Polish army, the cavalry also played the role of high-speed raids, but soon when the Poles adapted to the attack of the Russian cavalry, the good days of the Russian cavalry came to an end. In the Battle of Warsaw from July 23 to August 15, 1920, the Third Soviet Cavalry Army was severely damaged, and the rest were forced to withdraw to East Prussia, where they were disarmed. Kamo, which broke out on August 31, 1920, In the Battle of Luo, the First Cavalry Army was intercepted by the Polish First Cavalry Division. After a battle between the two sides, the Soviet Army lost 4,000 people, while the Polish Army is said to have lost only 500 people! \u003c/p\u003eSo the cavalry is still useful in the first battle. It is not enough to be the main force to face the Russian military fortifications, but as a mobile force, it is still possible to cooperate with the infantry group and the fast army. After all, the movement speed of cavalry is still the fastest among all arms. As long as it's not an attack, it's not a big problem. \u003c/p\u003eThe third one is here~~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e