Chapter 1,356 Shattered 1
Chapter 1356 Shatter 1
A total of 32 artillery pieces, called battering rams, were deployed! Although the caliber is smaller, it provides a very flexible tool for tactical use due to its excellent maneuverability and moderate power.
If these artillery pieces are concentrated at a shallow depth not far from the Russian positions, then the 305MM and 350MM train guns modified from naval guns are maneuvered and deployed at a depth of 8 to 12 kilometers away from the battle line. These artillery pieces will be used with the large number of K09 150MM cannons, K11 175MM cannons and other long-range artillery to attack Russian targets in depth and isolate the attack area. The number of all heavy train guns 12 inches and above is 24. The number of long-range cannons has reached about 300.
In order to quickly kill the Russians in a short period of time, the entire Eastern Front Allied Forces gathered the most powerful attack artillery group in history! Perhaps the total number of artillery pieces is less than that of Prince Leopold's artillery on the southern front, but in terms of quality, it is several grades higher than the latter!
And now, after months of preparation, the largest assault group on the Eastern Front is finally about to show off its power! At the moment before the general offensive order was issued, the largest artillery groups on the German front began to make final calibration and combat preparations for the target. They first targeted the remaining Russian long-range artillery in permanent bunkers.
"There are at least three 152MM heavy guns in the two gun forts in the A45 area. They should be naval guns. They have a long range and a wide range of fire, so they must be cleared out from the beginning and handed over to the Dora gun group."
"There is a heavy mortar group in the A32 area. There should be two 254MM mortars in it, which directly blocks the way for our infantry to charge. This must also be dealt with and handed over to the two 12-inch train guns from the Buno group. .”
"D36 gun group, this must be taken seriously. There are definitely dismantled Russian 254MM naval guns here! There are also at least two 8-inch naval guns, which are located relatively forward and pose a great threat to our rear. Tell the Danzig gun group, Let them use the 420MM heavy artillery to wipe this artillery group off the map!"
With the verification of the final attack target, when the sun rises again, the battle to end the Russian-Polish Military District is finally about to reach its climax! When the Russians believed that the German army on the entire eastern front was no longer able to launch a new offensive, on the northern front, which the Russians believed was impregnable and also the safest, the heavy hammer of the German Army struck hard behind the Russians' foreheads. !
boom! When a super-heavy reinforced concrete armor-piercing projectile weighing 1020KG, like a meteor, was sent into the sky by a 420MM heavy artillery, the entire attack kicked off with the sound of shelling like an earthquake! The first wave of four 1020KG shells accurately landed in the area marked by the Germans - the bunker of the D36 artillery group.
Under the protection of the reinforced concrete layer with a thickness of about 1.8 meters at the top,
Two 254MML40 heavy artillery stick out from the heavy protection. They are the top presence of the Russians in this fortress group. They are responsible for the task of suppressing the German army in depth once the German army starts to attack. Therefore, no matter what, they will become the first nail that the German army must remove!
According to the Russian philosophy, they believe that there is almost no possibility of destroying their fortress except by close combat blasts. If they attack frontally, they must first attack other sub-forts. If you want to take a roundabout way, you must first cross mountains and woodlands. In addition, after they saw the thick enough horizontal defense, the Russians had great trust in this fortress area guarded by 2 254MML40 heavy guns, 4 203MM heavy guns, and a large number of 3-inch rapid-fire guns!
However, history has proven that during the battle on the Eastern Front, the script will never be written according to the Russian settings. At the very beginning of the war, this fortress group called Antai, which the Germans had placed high hopes on, was the first to be destroyed!
The super-heavy artillery shell with a caliber of 420 mm hit the target like Thor's hammer, and the first shell exploded above a warehouse. The artillery shell penetrated the 2-meter-thick soil layer and half-meter of reinforced concrete like a hammer smashing an egg, and then penetrated the ceiling of at least two-story buildings, detonating hundreds of kilograms of explosives in the deepest part of the Russian fortress. !
A moment later, earthquake-like vibrations spread from the center of the bullet to the surrounding areas. Looking down from the air, a huge pit suddenly appeared on the entire ground. Hundreds of tons of rocks and soil were thrown up by a series of distant explosions. The entire ground seemed to be alive. Pieces of land collapsed downwards amidst the successive explosions. Thick smoke and fire light spewed out from the collapsed ground. And out.
"God, I feel like we caused an earthquake." An airship cruising in the sky recorded the scene at that time. According to what the Russians recorded, this warehouse contained generator backup units and gasoline...
This attack definitely not only caused the Russians to lose some of their power reserves, but also caused extremely volatile gasoline to spread in the tunnels. These oil and gas molecules and air form a deadly sol that can be ignited by just a tiny bit of flame. They spread around along the tunnel, and inexplicable explosions came from many cabins, and many Russian soldiers died in the exhaust gas produced by the combustion.
The entire Antai artillery group did not survive long. The eighth hit bomb directly hit the top bunker of a 254MM artillery. The shell was almost dropped at a 60-degree angle. The thick warhead hit the concrete layer on the top of the bunker with a diameter of about 1 meter and an incline. The hole is more than 2 meters deep! This artillery shell successfully penetrated the bunker wall and then hit the heavy artillery hard. Although the fuse was damaged and did not activate, the violent collision still smashed the artillery into pieces!
If they continue to clear up slowly at this speed, the Germans believe that it will take them about 2 hours to kill this biggest obstacle. (No way, the 420MM heavy artillery fire rate is too slow, one shot every 15 minutes!) However, a well-timed hit directly solved the problem. It may be a 420MM heavy artillery shell, or it may be a 350MM train fired by another artillery group. Cannon shells, no matter what, this shell hit just above the ammunition depot of this fortress!
"I think. We must have hit something big with this shot!" In the daytime, the consequences of this shot could be seen even from more than ten kilometers away. A dazzling white light suddenly appeared in the sky. Then a loud noise like a tsunami spread in all directions. The huge airflow generated after the violent explosion even nearly pulled down a twin-engine aircraft that was conducting reconnaissance over the Russian fortress area!
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