Chapter 1351 Night Battle 1
Chapter 1351 Night Battle 1
At the same time, searchlights are also very important as providing night lighting. Not only are they easily destroyed when placed directly on the front, they are also easy to dazzle the eyes. Therefore, a large number of searchlights are deployed on the sides of the position. Easily provide lighting. At the same time, some searchlights were also installed on the vehicles to facilitate mobile deployment.
The most difficult problem to solve at night is the aiming problem. Therefore, no matter how tired they are, the artillerymen on the front line still need to choose appropriate markers for ranging and sighting, and use this as a standard for calibration. The whole process was completed before the last ray of sunlight fell, and when darkness once again enveloped the earth, another battle began!
Nighttime can be a problem for the defense, but it can also be a problem for the offense. Budyonni pushed forward along the remaining trenches with a German-made semi-automatic rifle he bought privately. This rifle was sold by Bavaria during the Russo-Japanese War, and it is still more stable to use than the Mosin Nagant rifles that are heavily equipped by the Russian army. And precisely because of this rifle, he was assigned to the commando team... He is a character who rushes up next to the leading soldiers and then uses fierce firepower to suppress the opponent.
However, for Budyonny, who was participating in a night battle for the first time, problems arose less than half an hour after setting off, because he actually got lost... That's right, just lost. As a follow-up force, Budyonny had no idea about the conditions of the trenches dug by the front troops, and the illumination bombs and artillery shells falling from time to time also made the Russian army afraid to make large-scale maneuvers on the surface. They all approached along the trenches, and then launched the final attack. charge. However, after stumbling like this, Budyonni found that he really couldn't find his former brother... Because there were several troops on the move at the same time, they often bumped into each other. After running around randomly for a while, they really didn’t even know where they were... However, it is precisely for this reason that Budyonny escaped. At the same time, I also became an audience member!
The first casualty of the Russian army tonight was actually in the trench. When approaching the offensive position, a Russian soldier felt that his foot seemed to touch something. Then, with a crisp sound, hidden in the trench Explosives on the bottom and side walls are activated! Accompanied by a series of dull explosions, about a platoon of Russian soldiers destroyed the booby traps deployed in a 12-meter-long trench! These booby traps were originally deployed by infantry at the intersections of trenches or at the border points of traffic arteries. The violent explosions naturally attracted the attention of the German troops not far away. After several illumination bombs rose into the sky, the Russian troops advancing in the dark were directly exposed to the strong light.
Like a mouse with a bright flashlight pointed at it. The sudden bright light caused many Russian soldiers to subconsciously turn around and cover their eyes. And on the battlefield, when your back is turned to the enemy, it means that you are not far away from death! The sound like tearing oilcloth sounded again. A series of tracer bullets directly blocked the entire battlefield. Behind the machine gun position, the infantry mortars and infantry artillery that were determined to shoot at Morohara launched artillery attacks on the trenches. The Germans were clearly aware that the opponent would use the intricate and large trenches to move, so the muzzles were aimed at those important The meeting point!
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As grenades fell into the trenches one after another, the trenches originally used to protect the soldiers turned into tombs of the Russian army in the light of fire. A considerable number of soldiers were directly taken away by the shells exploding in the trenches without even reacting. ! Flying shrapnel and broken limbs became the main theme of this Russian offensive force. The tragedy was not just this one, another unit was discovered during the attack and was covered by firepower when it broke through an open area. Although the latter's follow-up artillery destroyed several searchlights, the almost coverage-level long-term attack still effectively deterred the opponent!
Of course, under a full-scale attack, some Russian troops successfully launched a charge. As a result, the originally quiet night sky seemed to be boiling, and the battlefield that had been silent for less than 3 hours once again fell into fighting. If the battles during the day relied on heavy artillery and tanks, then the battles at night tended to involve infantry and weapons below the regiment level. The German army on the front line analyzed the firepower density of the Russian army and considered that the Russian army was only launching a limited assault, so it did not require too much firepower support above the division level.
"During the night part of the Battle of Brest, both sides were full of confidence in themselves. The Russians believed that they had the advantage of a surprise attack and the superiority of troops to deal with the German troops who had been fighting all day. The Germans believed that they had the advantage in advance. The plans set up and the equipment and quality advantages of their own troops! The daytime battle could not satisfy both sides. Under the high moonlight, the two sides started fighting again!" An American military historian after the war described the scene at that time.
Night has indeed greatly weakened the advantage of long-range firepower. It is difficult for hundreds of artillery pieces to control a front line of nearly 100 kilometers at night. With the advancement of the Russian army, many places have finally entered into intense close combat and even hand-to-hand combat!
"Fire flares!" A German company commander contacted the mortar team behind through a field phone. After a while, the flares rising one after another illuminated the area more than 300 meters in front of the position like daylight! Groups of Russian troops distributed in line uniforms were instantly exposed. The machine gun teams deployed on both wings quickly seized the opportunity under the guidance of the commander and suppressed the opponent with fierce side fire. Immediately, shooters and grenadiers holding semi-automatic rifles began to focus on attacking the enemies in the front. Under the superior ammunition projection, the attacking Russian troops were mopped up in pieces. In order to expand the impact of the strike, a searchlight began to scan the entire battlefield!
boom! In the distance, in the darkness, a burst of fire suddenly jumped out at a distance of about 500 meters, and a 3-inch artillery shell shot quickly towards the searchlight. Because of the long distance, the shell was lit up. At the same time, Another searchlight suddenly lit up, and a thick beam of light was fired in the direction of the other party's fire.
"Tracer bullets, three rounds of burst fire, range measurement!" Behind the infantry front, a Wasp tank aimed the vehicle body at the exposed fire point by adjusting the speed of the track. The machine gunner fired a series of tracer bullets, and the gunner responded according to the tracer bullets. The impact point and the exposed outline of the opponent were roughly measured!
A 75MM shell was fired from the muzzle, and then after a slight correction, three more shells were fired. The continuous falling shells finally destroyed the target one after another. At this moment, while solving the opponent's biggest threat, the infantry of both sides finally got closer to within 150 meters!
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