Chapter 1043: Russian offensive one

Slide 1043

When the two sides approached 1200 meters, the Russian artillery positions deployed behind the positions finally showed off! A sound similar to a heavy artillery came from a distance. Ten seconds later, a grenade shot fell on the offensive infantry formation and exploded huge plumes of smoke!

"The Russians have heavy artillery?!" Seeing Major General Julian staring in astonishment at the plumes of smoke rising up to ten meters high in the distance, this is definitely not the power that a 105MM artillery can possess! At this moment, the frontal attack also had problems.

Under a bunker, a long tube stretched out. From the appearance, the steel behemoth covered by the camouflage net is 6.5 meters long and the car is about 3 meters wide, but the height is very low. Less than 2.5 meters! From the appearance it looks like a track is a huge artillery on the ground! Then there is a battle cabin surrounded by steel plates at the rear. Of course, in order to reduce the height, these steel plates are either torn down or laid down. A thick and long artillery was placed abruptly on the car body.

"Get ready to fire!" An armor-piercing projectile weighing 15.4KG was loaded from the stern of the gun. If the prince saw these things at this time, he would definitely say a word of madness in shock! Can you not be shocked? The Russians actually put an M1910 107MML28 cannon on a ten-ton tank! An armor-piercing bullet 15.4KG! The muzzle velocity is 635 meters per second! Who can resist this thing thrown into World War I? ! If nothing else, just relying on this artillery, the combat effectiveness of this thing is definitely not low! The Russians have given full play to their fine traditions, and they don’t wear deep enough to make up. Russians rarely work on the aspect ratio. They are generally used to solving problems in bullet weight and caliber...

(What? You said you can’t put it down? Look at the Rhino tank destroyer in the second battle in history, but the car body of more than 20 tons actually puts an 88L71...)

A long flame suddenly flew out from the position close to the ground, and the smoke from the shock wave immediately covered the entire gun position after the gun fired. A 15.4KG armor-piercing projectile passed a distance of 1000 meters in less than 2 seconds, and then was lucky enough to crash into the lead Hu Feng assault gun! This gun directly hit the thickest front armor of the Hu Feng-style assault gun. In addition to the front armor, there was a gun shield! However, this has no use for eggs. In front of the 107MM cannon that can be described as luxury, a large hole measuring half a square meter is directly opened! The front of the entire car body was almost sunk by the entire body, and then the artillery behind it and the crew were blown to pieces!

After a loud noise, the first half of the entire Hufeng-style assault gun was blown into flowering buns, and only the second half of the car body was still intact. Kill a Hu Feng in one blow from 1000 meters away! This has never happened in previous wars!

However, this was only the beginning. After the remaining vehicles advanced less than 100 meters, another armor-piercing projectile directly blasted a cricket tank to pieces! The violent explosion directly blasted the thin turret into the air several meters high! And at this time, facing a well camouflaged position, the tankers of the Austro-Hungarian Army did not even find the opponent's position!

In this case, the team’s cooperation and the quality of the commander are absolutely tested. As a tank commander, in the face of a sudden heavy fire attack, the first thing to do is to release the smoke screen, then retreat, while searching the battlefield to find the target. The howitzers or large-caliber mortars used as cover need to kill the exposed artillery. This tactic seems very simple. But it's hard to say whether it can be used well. What caught the Austro-Hungarian Army off guard was that at this critical moment, the Russian howitzers began to fire deep!

A heavy artillery shell landed in the attacking crowd, breaking up the already chaotic formation. The power of the 122MM shell is not comparable to that of a 3-inch artillery or a 105MM howitzer. When a shell falls, it smashes a 1.2-meter deep pit with a diameter of 5-6 meters directly on the ground! Thousands of steel **** from a grenade shot fell among the Austro-Hungarian soldiers like raindrops, wiping groups of soldiers directly from the battlefield.

The 105MM artillery at the rear tried to suppress the opponent’s artillery, but when the number of artillery on both sides was about the same, the Russian artillery with a higher projection amount would naturally have an advantage. According to the words of a later Austro-Hungarian officer who participated in the war, it also covered one artillery. It takes about 25 rounds to use a 105MM artillery, while the Russian 122MM howitzer only needs 15 rounds!

At this time, the Russians no longer retain their firepower. I have to say that the M1910 122 howitzer is definitely a classic piece of equipment. The weight is only about 1,400 kg, and the 21.4KG fired shell is 150 of the German 105MM howitzer. %! Although the range is a little closer, it is also 8,700 meters. It is less than 1 kilometer shorter than the Prussian 105MM gun. In terms of weight, it is lighter than the French M1897 and the German 105 howitzer! And the firepower output and flexibility are far superior to the former! Although the M1897 has a faster rate of fire, its weight is only one third of others... The shooting world is also sad, and the shooting range is not as good.

When the number of artillery is not much different, the Russian suppressed artillery has an advantage! what? How does it compare with the Bavarian 105MM artillery? Naturally, it is incomparable. Although the Bavarian 1909 artillery shell is as heavy as that, the range is over 12 kilometers... No matter how fierce the fire is, what should you do if you can't reach it? Of course, the gun weight is up, and the load is 1800KG. But for the Bavarian Army, there is little difference between using a cart to tow a 1800KG artillery or a 1400KG artillery....... And because of this, the frontal battlefield of the Austro-Hungarian Army has fallen into a great disadvantage~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But fortunately, the number of artillery owned by the troops on both sides is not enough to determine the final outcome of the battle. The Russians The 107MM self-propelled artillery at most solved the Austro-Hungarian armored threat, while the 122MM howitzer at most had some advantages. When the heavy equipment was not enough, the confrontation between the infantry and the cavalry also had a decisive influence on the battle situation.

However, in the subsequent battle between infantry and cavalry, Major General Julian experienced the most memorable scene in his life! The cavalry units that first came into contact were the two cavalry regiments on the left wing followed up in steps. These cavalrymen followed their original routines under the cover of artillery and machine guns and turned towards the flank of the Russian position. When they rushed out of the hilly area, they saw that they passed through. When the open ground was able to outflank the Russian flank, dozens of carriages appeared in front of them!

"When the investigation started, did you find these things?" The officer in charge of the command said in surprise. But at this moment, the arrow has to be sent on the string, and the front has become a pot of porridge, and is in a disadvantageous situation. Whether it can break the game depends entirely on his performance! Then the officer issued an offensive command that was enough to make him regret!

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