The combat strength of the Cossack cavalry was undoubtedly formidable. Every one of them was a valiant warrior, a presence that made people pale at the very mention of them. Especially in the age of cold weapons, they had been unmatched. Even after firearms rose to prominence, they still possessed powerful combat strength.
However, with the development of technology and the emergence of automatic weapons, the cavalry's room for survival had inevitably been squeezed. Once the Armored Forces appeared, cavalry would gradually exit the stage of history.
Although the German military's 8th Armored Division was equipped with crude tanks, crude as they were, they were still tanks—not something the sabers in the hands of the Cossack cavalry could destroy.
Thus, when two Divisions of Cossack cavalry appeared on the battlefield and saw over a hundred iron monsters rumbling toward them, every one of them froze. Some even involuntarily looked at the sabers in their hands. Were they really going to use those sabers to deal with those iron monsters? They could not help swallowing hard. Even the bravest Cossack cavalrymen probably harbored such doubts at that moment.
"Sir, are those iron things what we're supposed to fight? They don't look like something we can handle!" a young Cossack cavalryman asked with a miserable expression.
"Coward! The sabers in the hands of the Cossack cavalry are invincible. For hundreds of years, we have defeated countless enemies and won endless glory for our people and our country," the officer rebuked him.
The Cossack cavalry received no military pay. Their income often came from spoils captured on the battlefield and wholesale plunder after defeating the enemy. Therefore, the Cossack cavalry were exceptionally brave, eager for war, and fought without fear of death. To them, without war, there was no income.
Major General Andrei