Chapter 1087 Bloody Battle 4
Chapter 1087 Bloody Battle 4
Tons of soil were thrown up and rolled by the huge explosion. Some even directly blasted away the entire trench, burying more than a dozen soldiers and their weapons deep inside. If they were lucky, they could still struggle to climb out. Under Russian shelling, the entire forward position became unrecognizable.
Fortunately, the Russian artillery fire did not carry out effective extended shooting. Otherwise, it would be terrible to be uneducated. Even if they have a lot of good cards in their hands, the ones who still can't play well are the Russians. The bombardment needs to be extended, and sometimes it even requires a double-layered barrage to advance, although it may not be technically possible now. However, it is still possible to rely on artillery to suppress the opponent's depth and use firepower instead of manpower to prevent the opponent's support. This is what the German artillery did at the Verdun Fortress.
And look at the Russians? It is the habit of the Russians to pursue excessive firepower density. This cannot be said to be bad, but you must at least coordinate the range of the artillery, right? A large number of artillery did not enter the appropriate position, resulting in insufficient firepower extension. Naturally, it hit nearby targets vigorously. However, once it was extended backwards, the only artillery that could be guaranteed to reach were the train guns and cannons, and because the position was too high. Scattered and unable to form a synergy. Coupled with the lack of effective observation methods and communication methods, it is indeed good to start bombarding surface positions, but once it extends? The effect immediately went down a few notches.
More importantly, the Germans still seemed not to pay attention to counter-artillery operations. During the preparation of Russian firepower, the German K09 long-range cannons in the rear and the captured Russian 107MM cannons relied on radios and aerial reconnaissance aircraft to lock several targets. A Russian artillery position, the Russian artillerymen who were armed to the teeth pulled out a few teeth!
After the extension of artillery firepower ended, hundreds of Russian soldiers launched the inherent Russian skill-human sea charge. Groups of soldiers rushed forward like waves, and three Russian assault groups launched an attack. At this time, the bloodiest scene on the battlefield finally began!
In the circular position, the roars of hundreds of various machine guns and dozens of rapid-fire cannons completely overwhelmed the Russian charging war cries. The fire snakes spewed by the machine guns formed a dense fire net, covering the entire battlefield. Among them, a well-defined strike system is formed. A small number of machine guns fire indirectly at a distance of 1,000 meters. Under the command of the commander, the shooter shoots bullets diagonally upward, forming a dangerous arc, and then fires at a distance of nearly 1,000 meters. An oval bullet drop area is formed at a distance of meters away. This area directly enveloped part of the Russian army's initial starting position. Although the killing effect was average, it was still effective in breaking up the Russian formation.
The real battle between the two sides is at a distance of about 600 meters. More than 60% of the machine guns and more than 40% of the rapid-fire cannons set the scale at this distance. More than 20 rapid-fire artillery groups continuously fired the artillery at a maximum speed of 12 rounds per minute. When the flattened 3-inch rapid-fire gun fired the first shell and the shell just exited the barrel, the loader fired at the fastest speed. Du stuffed a 75MM rapid-fire cannon shell into the barrel. A few seconds later, a shrapnel weighing nearly 8KG flew towards the target.
The flame frenzy composed of tens of thousands of bullets and hundreds of shrapnel and high-explosive shells per minute easily blocked the Russians' initial attack.
After all, human flesh and blood cannot stop steel. Groups of Russian troops were torn into pieces by violent firepower during the attack, but countless people still rushed forward. The entire battlefield was like the most compact instrument completing its work step by step. Thousands of soldiers fell to the ground. On the way to the charge, from the starting position to the front line of the confrontation between the two armies, a road paved with blood and fire extended.
The roar of large-caliber artillery came from the air again, and the Russian heavy artillery once again showed its power. Four new 8-inch cannons and two 10-inch cannons joined the bombardment of the German positions, and a large number of 152MM howitzers and 122MM howitzers Pour tons of ammunition towards the exposed fire points. The 10-inch and 8-inch heavy guns are very lethal to the battleships, but when used to sweep the ground, the power is too terrifying. After an entire 6-gun artillery battery was targeted, 32 The firing of 8-inch artillery shells and eight 10-inch artillery shells completely wiped out this defensive position with a length of more than 300 meters and a depth of more than 200 meters from the battlefield, leaving only a small number of fragments and incomplete limbs. Tell people that there was something here!
The Russians did not want to give their opponents a chance to breathe. Before the bombardment was over, the suppressed Russian soldiers were driven and threatened by their officers and once again rushed towards the German defense line not far away. At this time, by Under the personal command of Armored Mike, the armored assault group that was initially incapacitated finally launched a counterattack! On the side of the Russians, the sound of roaring engines that frightened all enemies came from not far away. More than 40 tanks covered in camouflage roared and crashed into the obstacles in front, just like their predecessors moving forward indomitably. Rushing over, they used artillery, machine guns and even tracks to crush all enemies who dared to resist them head-on!
The German counterattack caught the Russians off guard. The Russian offensive force, which only had light weapons and could at most receive mortar support, was outclassed by this wave of equipment. The attack with more people immediately collapsed. In the wilderness, the rain of bullets fired by the tank's machine guns and artillery at a distance of several hundred meters bloomed into flowers of death among the dense columns of Russian troops. Together with the machine guns and artillery in the frontal blocking position, they formed a staggered fire network. Faced with the steel storm that hit them almost face to face, the Russians flinched! And this situation of giving in to the war has become looser!
"Fire and shoot, don't worry about anything else. Those cowards are not worthy of being Russian soldiers at all!" A Russian officer picked up the riding crop in his hand and forced his artillery crew to fire at a distant target, where a large number of Russian troops had not yet withdrawn. Mixed in with the German attacking troops. The Russian artillery group deployed at the front roared again, and raindrops of artillery shells fell on the target area. The Russian army was horrified to find that the massacre from behind was even more deadly than the German army. However, the German tanks that the Russians really wanted to block relied on better protection to rush through the hail of bullets.
Dense shrapnel and machine gun bullets hit the heavy armor plate of the tank like raindrops. The newly added skirt plate before the attack well protected the relatively fragile suspension system on the tank body, but there were still unlucky tanks that were hit by the armor plate. The 122MM or 152MM artillery was destroyed by a direct hit.
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