Chapter 1041: The 1st artillery on the Eastern Front
Slide 1041
The second shell fell on the outside of the cannon nest, and the slender body was like a sharp sword, cutting off the reinforced concrete cover outside the cannon nest! After the explosion, the gunhouse collapsed by one-third, and dozens of Austro-Hungarian soldiers who had not had time to escape were smashed into a mass of meat.
What was really terrible was the third shell. This shell was centered on the top of a 210MM heavy howitzer. The concrete cover with a thickness of 1.5 is as vulnerable as tofu! This shell left an obliquely long perforation on the top, and then directly hit the 210MM howitzer ready to fire in the gun nest! The artillery weighing nearly 10 tons was instantly torn apart. A wave of fire spread to the surroundings and ignited the propellant nearby. Two minutes after the hit, a violent explosion sounded through the entire battlefield, nearly 100 The meter-high dust column rushed into the sky like a volcanic eruption. When the dust dissipated, the gun nest, which was more than 3 meters high, was wiped from the ground, leaving only a huge crater! A whole company of soldiers turned to ashes with their artillery!
When the large-caliber artillery is almost full of bullets, and the knife is bleeding, the medium-caliber artillery surrounding the Lviv Fortress is also fighting. Compared with the suppression of the Russian Army's large-caliber train guns, the medium-caliber artillery group is fighting. In China, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has a certain advantage, first of all because the Austro-Hungarian Army is the first to start. The removal of a considerable part of the 3-inch guns deployed by the Russians at the front directly led to a decrease in the Russian firepower. Although the 122MM and 152MM howitzers behind were outside the range of the Austro-Hungarian heavy artillery, they were too powerful for hiding in the gun nest. The Austro-Hungarian artillery in China is not powerful enough. Although the 107MM artillery fired directly and fiercely, it lacked a range of fire. After knocking out the outermost bunkers and machine gun bunkers, he could only stare at the target behind the wreckage.
The fire suppression on both sides continued for 4 hours. During this time, the number of shells consumed by both sides exceeded 150,000 rounds. This figure is very alarming even on the current Western Front. After all, the current Western Front is not final. Stabilize... Then this was just the beginning. The Battle of Lviv could even be the first large-scale fortification battle against the fortification zone in World War 2. Both sides were not fully prepared for this battle. In the rest of the day, although the large-scale attack composed of hundreds of artillery stopped, the battle between the small artillery group and the heavy artillery never stopped, and there was hardly a minute of silence on the battlefield! With the help of reconnaissance planes and observation posts from both sides, the long-range heavy artillery repeatedly searched for and destroyed the opponent!
In addition to the large-scale artillery battle between the two sides of the Lviv fortress area, the Russian army also launched an offensive on the west and east fronts of the fortress area. Although the firepower density and artillery level are not comparable to the fortress area, it is the first time for Russia and Austria-Hungary! In the field environment, for the first time, the Russians gathered 50 barrel artillery and 20 trench guns on a one-kilometer front for fire preparation. This was unprecedented for the Russians, so it was breaking through the surface of the Austro-Hungarian Army. It's very easy when you are in position.
The two wings of the Russian army obviously implemented Borusinov’s idea of multi-point breakthrough and rapid advancement. A total of 11 breakthrough points on both wings were assigned the firepower of no less than one division’s artillery. At the same time, it was guided by elite infantry and rapid-fired guns. The near support is based on a breakthrough. After tearing the gap, the cavalry divisions filed in, widened the gap and advanced in depth.
Different from the firepower preparation of Thunderbolt when attacking fortresses, the firepower preparation time for field breakthroughs is relatively short, generally the longest is 40 minutes, and the firepower will not extend far. After all, there are not so many long-range artillery, so you can clear what you can see. Just one click. Most of the Russian cavalry attacked after 20 to 30 minutes of fire preparation. They successfully crossed the no-man's land in front of the front, and then crossed the trenches and outer bunker. And rushing to the depths, the Cossacks brandished sabers and rifles in their hands, followed by horse-drawn machine guns, towed artillery and even a few truck guns.
However, when the Russians were progressing quite smoothly, the firepower of the Austro-Hungarian Army also surprised the Russians! In some of the breakthrough locations, the Austro-Hungarian Army gathered a large number of self-propelled artillery to block. These artillery placed on the ground of trucks or cricket tanks are expensive, but they are worth the money. Their mobility greatly compensates for the range. Of inadequacy. When the Russians moved towards the breach, these artillery also quickly changed their positions, and at the same time under unified command by radio, they carried out a short but fierce fire attack on the incoming Russian army!
When a few small black spots appeared not far away, the Russians didn't care. They continued to move forward, only to arrange a small group of troops to guard, and after a while, the Russians regretted it. On the flanks of this cavalry regiment, 4 150MM self-propelled heavy infantry artillery sneaked under the cover of a company of infantry. Come here, and use 50KG high-explosive bombs at a distance of less than 3,000 meters to make those Cossacks suffer a bit!
This kind of weight is smaller than that of ordinary howitzers, and the range is shorter than that of ordinary howitzers. The shells fired by Dongdong are on the same level as ordinary howitzers! Suddenly, 45KG shells exploded huge pits about 1.8 meters in depth and 7 meters in diameter on the ground! And the preset grenade bomb dropped a storm of iron rain on the cavalry's head! The originally neat formation was achieved by successive artillery fires~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and this is just the beginning. The maneuvered 75MM rapid-fire guns, 105MM howitzers and a small number of 150MM howitzers are aligned from different angles and distances. The target attacked, although the firepower was not fierce, but the accuracy of the attack was very good. Under the correction of the reconnaissance plane overhead, one shell accurately landed in the middle of the cavalry queue, dispersing the marching corps.
A limited number of long-range artillery aimed at the heavy units behind the cavalry. These double-horse-moving carts are the key to the Russian cavalry's continued combat capability. On the open field, the carriages were flying high explosively. Destroyed by bombs or incendiary bombs, after just over forty minutes of interception and firing, the cavalry division may need 2 hours to gather the troops again, and it takes half a day or even a day to wait for the arrival of subsequent supplies to continue the attack.
"The Russian artillery fire is fierce and concentrated. The artillery of the Austro-Hungarian Army is flexible and changeable." This is the first impression left by the field artillery of the two sides in the battle of Lviv. And now, the fight between the two sides has just begun!
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