Chapter 778: Holy Angel Sword One
After the air forces of both sides broke into a mess in the sky, the offensive on the ground also started. According to the scheduled plan, the various artillery groups belonging to the group army carried out fire suppression on the face-to-face Allied State positions for up to three hours! The well-prepared German heavy artillery units are indeed extraordinary. They have proved with their actual performance that their level is completely higher than that of Britain and France when the equipment is equal.
The medium-caliber rapid-fire guns and 105MM howitzers on the front line fired first. Their goal was to shoot down the opponent’s bunker and various anti-tank obstacles. Before the battle started, some guns even advanced to a distance of less than 500 meters from the target. The medium-caliber rapid-fire cannon can deliver more than 6 shells to the opposite bunker in one minute. Under the repeated percussions of the special armor-piercing shells, even the bunker built with reinforced concrete is covered with layers like flour. Break through!
The attack was as violent as a volcanic eruption, but after the sudden attack, there was a quick cessation to move the position. When some of the artillery was transferred from the unstable temporary position, the French counter-attack artillery came late. , The 105MM cannon and 150MM heavy howitzer deployed behind the front-line flat-fire artillery began anti-artillery operations. The Germans divided the entire battlefield into grids. When it is found that there is anti-artillery firepower in a certain grid, the heavy artillery is immediately concentrated for counter-suppression. In order to ensure the killing efficiency, some of the artillery deployed in the front are even equipped with overweight concrete armor-piercing projectiles!
While light artillery and medium-range heavy artillery cleared shallow positions, ultra-long-range artillery such as train guns and K09 cannons began to attack the Allied countries in depth, using firepower instead of troops to isolate the breakthrough positions, although such "isolation" cannot Deal with armored units, but at the same time it will slow down the French support!
After the last round of shells rolled and ploughed the position, the German armored forces launched an attack almost at the time when the last shell fell.
"Tank attack!" Major Mike, who has been promoted to the commander of a large armored battalion, participated in the first wave of attacks. With the roar of the engine, the first company in the lead rushed out of the starting position, and then the other two companies followed closely. Then a long armored spearhead was formed.
"Something is wrong!" After Captain Albert led his men from the blasthole into the position, through the gradually dissipating gunpowder smoke, he with a keen sense of smell first noticed a strange smell in the air. .
This is not only because the opposite tank is the fearsome Hu Feng, but also because the paint on the opposite tank is slightly darker than the Prussian troops. More importantly, he can feel a kind of murder, order, and an inexplicable pressure from the opponent!
The enemy’s armored assault tactics are different from those seen in the past. Whether they are French or Prussians, their attacks are simple and rough. The armored battalion will open a very wide front, and a battalion can spread out 2 kilometers wide! They simply regarded the tanks as moving bunkers, while the anti-aircraft guns on the opposing defenders used them as moving targets. After experiencing the initial fear, the defenders were not very concerned about tanks. afraid. But it's different now.
"The opponent is as sharp as a sharpened spearhead! The front of their attack is very narrow. This does not mean that the formation is too tight. On the contrary, their tanks are kept at a distance of nearly 50 meters, so they can easily move forward. And retreating, the most terrifying thing is their flexible tactics and correct handling!" After the war, Albert described the Bavarian armored forces like this.
800 meters, 600 meters, 500 meters! When the front half of the huge wedge-shaped attacking formation is only 500 meters away from the opponent's position, the tanks on the two wings are still about 800 meters away! Before the attack, Mike studied the breakthrough position. For more tortuous or diagonal positions, where the defensive line is long, it is very unwise to attack, because such an area can deploy a large number of troops and weapons. Therefore, the Bavarian armored elites chose a straight line as a breakthrough!
The wedge-shaped attacking array has another advantage. There is a vertical distance of about 300 meters between the tanks on both sides and the middle. This seemingly small distance makes the defender very uncomfortable. At 400 meters, the 75 rapid fire The artillery can already threaten the cricket tank, but at the same time, there is no threat to the tanks 700 meters away on both sides. The distance of 300 meters can make the 75 artillery grenades unable to penetrate the opposite armor! And at this time, do you fight or not?
400 meters, 300 meters! When the forward tank was almost close to the French line of defense, the first tank quickly stopped, and then used a 2-pounder or 75MM rapid-fire gun to clean up the remaining firepower. When the dense body shells and 75 grenade hits head-on, no matter how calm the soldiers are, they can't face the steel storm at such close range!
"The Dragonfly team suppressed the target, and the Hornets team began to change into a horizontal team!" When the tank at the spearhead began to shoot freely ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the tanks located on the two wings also began to change formations, changing the formation originally used for breakthrough Conducive to the play of linear battle columns. The French machine guns and grenades couldn't stop the steel monsters. The advancing armored troops easily broke the machine gun bunkers into pieces with grenade. Teams of soldiers were used by the German armored grenadiers to use mortars and machine guns. Driven out of the trenches, and then swept to the ground like cutting wheat, although the German attack time is not long, but the entire defense line has been shaky.
"Rapid fire guns fire immediately!" Captain Albert finally couldn't bear it. At this time, he couldn't care about the strangeness of the opponent anymore. He just hoped that the 12 75MM rapid fire guns deployed behind the position could block the opponent's attack.
However, it is a pity that two of them have been destroyed by flying shells. Ten 75MM guns almost launched an attack on the target close at hand. One rapid-fire gun concealed in a semi-buried bunker shook slightly. The front of the 200-meter cricket tank burst into flames.
Although they are artillery, relying on the super-high rate of fire, these 10 artillery even give people a sense of machine gun. In less than 2 minutes, these artillery fired more than 3 figures at the opposite armored unit. Cannonball! The well-concealed artillery positions and sudden blows did make the German armored forces suffer some losses, but it was just a small trouble! This will be the final performance of this rapid-fire gun position!
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