Chapter 1052 Lviv Meat Grinder 1
Chapter 1052 Lviv Meat Grinder 1
Just when the prince began to arrange a counterattack and the entire Allied Army in eastern Galicia was preparing to hold back a wave of big moves, the Russian Eighth Army, with the help of heavy artillery and bombers, was still gnawing at the Lviv Fortress area! The strength of an entire group army was contained in this fortress area that stretched for more than ten kilometers!
"Damn it, since the war started, I have never seen a sunny day in the war zone again!" Colonel Pavlov looked from outside the bunker to the battlefield in the distance. The roar of artillery continued to ring out on the battlefield dozens of kilometers in radius. Pillars of smoke rose from the ground, and smoke and flames obscured the sky. Even at noon, you couldn't even hope to see a complete sun from the lookout of the bunker. Gray, black or other colors of dust are falling. You can't tell what these things are originally. They are all the products of being blown into powder by artillery and then dried by flames! They fall to the ground finer than even the finest flour. In some places, as soon as you step out, this "by-product" of human war can sink half of your legs!
However, even so, the war will still continue. How long has it been fighting now? But it’s normal to not be able to beat it in 8 days! For the Russian army, which is famous for its large population, what they are least afraid of is a war of attrition, at least in their view. What's more, haven't they already made some breakthroughs?
"Today, the first wave of commandos is ready. When will we set off?" a staff officer asked.
"Wait until one hour after the shelling here ends before leaving!" The colonel looked at the soldiers huddled together in the trenches with numb faces, and he couldn't help but feel compassion in his heart.
"This is somewhat in conflict with the command of the headquarters." said a subordinate.
"Ignore what those gentlemen say! They are just assumptions! Do you know? When our heavy artillery support begins, the Austrian artillery will also send artillery shells to us! They don't care at all whether we launch an attack, their mission Just use cannonballs here again! No one, even if you are God, can't even think of crossing the distance of less than 1,200 meters and entering the garrison area in this situation! It's absolutely impossible! I saw it with my own eyes, a black man The point fell, and then all the people within a range of nearly 100 meters were evaporated! In a few seconds, three-digit people were just finished!"
As if to confirm what the colonel said, at the other end, a group of Russian soldiers rushed out of the trench under the cover of artillery fire. They began to deploy their troops according to the drill, with each battalion in one wave, two battalions advancing in echelons, and one battalion preparing. , they shuttled between craters and ruined walls, advancing amidst smoke and flames. These people who can serve as the first wave of attacks are almost the most elite in the Russian army! They are strong, enterprising, and unquestionably loyal to the Empire, but are they useful? !
When the raindrops of artillery shells fell, when these personnel were torn into pieces by the violent shock waves and shrapnel in the field of vision, when they turned into dust and merged into the world,
The God of War speeds them up with actual actions, which is useless!
boom! An earth-shaking loud noise came from a distance. Even though he was several hundred meters away and in the bunker, Colonel Pavlov felt the ground shake! Then, an invisible shock wave and air wave came from a distance. Even in the bunker, he could feel that his lungs seemed to be squeezed by something!
An 800KG reinforced concrete armor-piercing projectile fired from the Austro-Hungarian 400MM fortress gun crossed a distance of 12 kilometers and finally hit the exposed starting position! If this armor-piercing bullet hits the horizontal armor of the battleship, there is probably no ship that can withstand such a fatal blow! This artillery shell hit here at an angle of 45 degrees. The blunt projectile easily tore through less than half a meter of soil and a layer of logs on the top of the bunker. Nearly a hundred kilograms of explosives directly destroyed the bunker and surrounding areas. The traffic trenches and shelters were destroyed together!
This shell left a huge crater on the ground that was nearly 80 meters in diameter and more than 7 meters deep. Of course, this is not just the power of the shell, but also the detonating ammunition.
"Okay, as you said, I will let them pass in an hour." The staff officer next to him said tremblingly after a while before he recovered from his panic.
"Poor children, maybe they only have a few hours left. Maybe they won't even be able to see what the enemy looks like before they die." Colonel Pavlov showed a trace of pity in his eyes.
Colonel Pavlov's task is not to command the troops to attack, but to find ways to transport the troops behind to the front. In the process of passing from the "safer area" through the blockade area and entering the front line, at least the average person's Will be eliminated by the opponent's artillery! Your ability to pass does not depend on your own level, nor does it entirely depend on luck, but on whether your opponent notices you!
Yes, that's it. According to his observations in the past few days, his long-range fire cover is actually of no use! Because the remaining artillery of the Austro-Hungarian Army is either in a solid bunker that cannot be destroyed even with a 12-inch railway gun, or in a place that you can't reach, even with a 10-inch gun with the longest range! (The 10-inch gun has a greater elevation angle.)
What? You said using artillery to suppress the opponent? Use a smoke screen to obscure your view? What are you thinking about? What others use are coverage strikes. There is no need to aim at all. The breach is only a few hundred meters wide and a little over 1 kilometer long. It’s hard to aim at it! Just cover it directly! Don't think that you can avoid this disaster by hiding behind a bunker! The soil layer behind nearly half a meter outside is soft! They are all the result of repeated bombardment by heavy artillery!
Even if these people were lucky enough to cross this area, they would only extend the time of death a little longer. Pavlov could not see clearly how the front line was fought, but it is said that a reinforced company 280 that rushed over on the first day After a day of hard work, there were only 20 people left! As for the next few days? Sorry, he hasn’t heard from the front line for a long time….
At this time, the soldiers who had arrived to fight on the front line were fighting on a quagmire-like battlefield between ruined walls and trenches, struggling in the flying shrapnel and poisonous air. They are not fighting, but more like a cruel survival, because until now, they don't know how to completely defeat their opponents. They just fight numbly, shoot a few shots when they see the enemy, and then rush forward desperately, seeing In a dark alleyway, just throw a few grenades or shoot a few times with a gun and you're done. However, this is useless!
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