In the Belgian army, two units were considered the king's most reliable pancakes, and whenever an emergency military deployment was needed, they were fully organized in front of them, one was the airborne assault brigade and the other was the meritorious army light cavalry.
The Hussar Regiment that saved the whole army
It is a two-handed, European classical-style sabers that symbolize armed forces, crossed together, and above the tip of the knife is a crown of pearls and gemstones studded by the King of Belgium. In front of the saber was an ancient hunting horn, as if to announce the glory of this unit, and the soldiers who were qualified to wear this emblem in Belgium were all soldiers of the Green Army, and they were really nicknamed the Fourth Hussar Regiment of the Royal Army.
The Fourth Star Corps had a special place in the Belgian army, they not only had a long history, but also had a brilliant record, in 1913, the Belgian Army reorganized to form the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, the Belgian Military, which did not anticipate that a year later this new relative, and saved the Belgian army in the German siege.
In July 1114, the outbreak of the First World War, August 3, Germany declared war on France, as a neutral country, Belgium refused Germany's request for excessive exercises, so the embarrassed Wilhelm II, ordered the German raid on Belgium and then introduced the data of the First World War, there is not much content about the belgian army's combat situation at that time, people only know that they lost the capital Brussels on the 13th day after the start of the war, in fact, these soldiers wearing bucket-shaped military hats once carried out stubborn resistance and stubborn resistance. They were actually war horse cargo bicycles, with big dogs pulling heavy machine guns to agitate, and in the wheat field prison, the Germans fought to the death, but this could not make up for the disparity in strength between the two sides. On 13 October, the sniper battle of the Leith Canal Group about the fate of Bijun launched the task of the Fourth Light Cavalry Regiment, which was to block the German army on the side of the Leith Canal, the light cavalry knew that this might be his last battle, they painfully let go of the warhorse, did not prepare the main machine in the trenches, the German army was bent on the Belgian army to annihilate the rapid and fierce battle, the heroic light cavalry finally completed the task, in a similar canal edge pool delayed the German offensive cover, the main force of the Belgian army escaped from the German encirclement, But they also made great sacrifices for it.
Then the Fourth Hussar Regiment was disbanded twice, and on February 10, 1961, in order to cope with the growing cold war threat, this unit was only twice able to rebuild the troops, eliminated the warhorses, equipped with M41 new tanks and off-road ums and new off-road vehicles, in order to maintain cavalry honor, the new number remained cavalry name, the rebuilt Fourth Hussar Regiment was deployed in Engelberg, Germany, with the task of first-line vigilance, the regiment was stationed 30 minutes away from the Yuhua dividing line, On their side was an attack on the mighty Soviet Third Army. The Fourth Star Corps was also tasked with reconnaissance of the warsaw pact movements, and as soon as it was discovered that the warsaw army was attacking, the star corps must immediately notify the Belgian corps, and at the same time quickly organize defenses to delay the enemy's offensive as much as possible.
At that time, there was a squadron in the first Qingji Corps going out, in a state of high alert, if the alarm sounded, the soldiers immediately rushed to the armored vehicles that had been filled with dan medicine, the defensive positions that had been prepared, the reconnaissance units of the new aircraft corps were some top masters, they were familiar with all kinds of weapons and equipment of the Warsaw Pact army, and they only needed to look at the shape of the cabin, and they could immediately judge the exact model of the light cavalry for the terrain of the Hats Mount Susta Plain that was rented. According to the analysis of local military experts in the encounter with the Soviet Third Army, fourth, the light cavalry regiment was actually a suicidal task, and if the war started in the Warsaw Pact's huge armored assault torrent, the cavalry regiment would not be able to resist for more than 20 minutes.
Dangerous overseas military intervention
In the early 1990s, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Cold War between the East and the West came to an end, and fourth, the Hussar Regiment also ended 30 years, like a knife dancing career, withdrawn from the Cold War front, as the Belgian Army's rapid reaction force, they began to be active in the front line of overseas military intervention, and were sent to Yugoslavia, Somalia, Rwanda and other hot spots to carry out a series of overseas military intervention missions.
On April 8, 1994, when it was the Easter holiday, the Fourth, the Golden Rooster Regiment suddenly received an order to immediately assemble its personnel, and the vehicle rushed to Rwanda to assist in the evacuation of the stranded foreign nationals, code-named The Silver Guard, in this operation, the fourth, the Hussar Regiment deserved the title of rapid reaction force, and after receiving the military order, immediately rushed to the US Air Base in Frankfurt and flew to Kenya on the c5 Galaxy transport aircraft, Transferring to the C130 transport aircraft at NaivaRobi Airport in Kenya and entering the Fourth Hussar Regiment in Rwanda, it took less than 24 hours for all personnel to be deployed from the German base to the heart of Africa.
The situation faced by the Fourth Light Cavalry Regiment in Rwanda is extremely complicated, not long ago, ten paratroopers of the Belgian airborne commando were ambushed by the Hutu militia, the Hutu militia brutally dismembered the bodies of the paratroopers, the new cavalry was always facing the same danger, a few days after a dangerous period, it was The energy of Ear Hawk, which can be described as thrilling, that day the two cargoes drove a machete armored vehicle and then marched into the Hutu militia to control the trend, the engine suddenly turned off, the armored car was lying alone in the street, and it was no coincidence that the movement could not be coincidental. The place where the armored vehicle was turned off was very close to the place where the real-name umbrella people were killed, and they were very anxious. Erzhute later recalled that I heard a sharp whistle, which was a signal that the Hutu militia had gathered, and they had found me, but they were only gathering people, and in the blink of an eye, a group of black men armed with large knives and wooden sticks surrounded my armored vehicle, these people looked very fierce, they had either just drunk alcohol or had just smoked marijuana, and everyone's eyes were blood red.
Balhote Civil Law got out of the car to repair the engine of the first division of the Hutu militia as large as a wooden stick also took armor for a while, the Balhote in the car had no way, the time was the two sides, the two sides were in a stalemate for a second and a second of difficult walking, fortunately another light cavalry armored vehicle arrived in time, the soldiers hooked Balhote's armored vehicle with a wire rope and dragged it out of the siege. Unexpectedly, not far away, the two armored vehicles encountered the roadblocks of the Rwandan army, because they were dragged by Balhote, who could not operate the armored vehicles flexibly, and accidentally knocked down the barricades set up by the Wanda army, which angered the Rwandan soldiers, and privately sounded the sound of pulling the bolts of the guns, and dozens of ak 47 rifles and RPG bazookas appeared in the armored vehicles, aimed at the two armored vehicles, and when the road was fired, the roar of the armored vehicle's engine was heard, and a team of light cavalry windmills came to the road. Belgian soldiers used vehicle-mounted 30 mm cannons against Rwandan soldiers armed with rifles and rockets. Faced with the muzzle of the black hole hole, the Wanda soldiers quieted down and shaved the ice, taking advantage of the Hubei, Balhote's malfunctioning car to evacuate the dangerous hell, which was common for relatives and soldiers in the days of overseas military intervention.
The pinnacle of the Belgian Army
Afraid of action? Afraid of slowness, the commander's order came from the headset of the Tyre listing, she shouted to the soldiers in the armored compartment to get out of the car, and then jumped from the turret to the ground herself, and the heavily armed relatives jumped from the Spartan armored car fish and divided into a small assault group, support group, at the same time, in the woods a few dozen meters away, two camouflage machetes hung with branches, armored vehicles rushed out of the bunker, the vehicle 30 mm cannon, moving towards the target Of the building where the terrorists were hiding began to shell the soldiers of the support group, Anti-tank bazooka targets were also fired, and the doors and windows of the houses were blown to pieces.
Began to assault them, and at the order of the Master, the assault group howled and rushed into the smoke-filled house, and the house heard the god of light weapons shooting, and after a few tens of seconds, a machine gunner of the assault group occupied the roof of the building, the machine gun controlled the surrounding roads, and the two sides forgave two vehicles to stop the shelling, twisted the muzzle, each guarding one direction, and the volunteer group rushed into the house to meet with the assault group to reorganize and prepare for the next round of assault.
Is a relative corps of daily assault combat training, through recent years of overseas military intervention operations, the Belgian military found that whether in Rwanda, Somalia or the Balkans, magic small-scale firefights are carried out in the urban environment of buildings, strengthen the urban combat capability of the troops, become the top priority of the Fourth Hussar Regiment, the Belgian Army has specially added a course on building area operations, and built a realistic combat village in southern Belgium, setting up a variety of environments that urban operations may encounter, For troop training exercises, the Belgian army once made a demonstration of the exercise, and the most impressive scene for the visitors was the light cavalry crossing the fire barrier in a house where the remaining terrorists were still in the corner of the resistance room, and the doors and windows were burning due to shelling. This week, eight soldiers of Bingbang, armed with rifles, jumped into the house one after another from the fire, the window openings were very narrow, and the slightest carelessness would get stuck on the burning window frames, and the light and agile movements of the hussars could be seen to be well trained on weekdays.
Factory reconnaissance is another important course of the light cavalry, the reconnaissance instructors according to the previous actual combat experience, the reconnaissance of the task of the subdivision, and respectively summarized the corresponding tactical reconnaissance unit divided into three groups, when reconnaissance terrain, two groups of Yan two parallel lines, two parallel lines for open air reconnaissance, another group ready to support the monitoring of the violin, two camouflaged teams in the target area to hide surveillance, the third group is responsible for collecting intelligence. In addition, in overseas military interventions, the investigation team also needs to perform tasks such as surprise harassment and defense of key locations.
The chess front line is always ready to resist the steel torrent of the Warsaw Pact, today emphasizes the ability to quickly deploy, fourth, the light cavalry regiment formation has also been greatly adjusted, in March 1993, in the fourth recent corps to change, your original four light cavalry squadrons were abolished three reorganized fourth relatives regiment, there is a four light cavalry squadron, three reconnaissance platoons and an anti-tank card composition, but no matter how the organization is adjusted, the relatives who appear in front of the people are always proud and confident, on weekdays, You may not have been with them, but when the trumpets sound, you will surely hear the armored vehicles of the hussars roaring.