Chapter 1,357 Crush 2
Chapter 1357 Crush 2
The chain explosions of the ammunition depot caused the collapse of the entire fortress area. When the Russians in this war zone watched their strongest "Antai" fortress area being bombed to pieces, the doomsday-like scene greatly affected the Russians. Fighting spirit. An atmosphere of despair and surrender began to spread throughout the defense lines.
At the same time, other breakthrough groups on the front line also began to use tons of ammunition to clear the Russian fortress area. At the 9 pre-selected breakthrough points, the East Prussian Army's thousands of artillery pieces of various calibers opened up with full firepower! During the continuous bombardment for nearly 10 hours. The entire Russian defense line in the breakthrough area was blown up like honeycomb!
The number of super-heavy artillery is still relatively rare. The Russians also know how to use terrain to reduce the risk of being overwhelmed by heavy artillery. Therefore, some targets must require medium-caliber artillery to approach for repeated design! At this time, self-propelled artillery equipped with a 107MM cannon or a 100MM cannon played a very important role.
"The German attack is like a very delicate surgical operation. The self-propelled artillery formation they are responsible for clearing a certain fortress group is called an assault group. This assault group usually has a large-caliber gun with a diameter of more than 8 inches. It consists of a siege gun (a short-barreled large-caliber howitzer, the gun weighs about 20 tons, and is self-propelled.) and several self-propelled artillery. The purpose of the siege gun is to enter a suitable position under the cover of terrain and smoke screens, and then use complete The ballistic trajectory and huge power opened a gap in the continuous defense line. This caused a loophole in the defense line that had almost no blind spots. Then, those medium-caliber self-propelled cannons would enter this position and gradually disintegrate the entire defense line through continuous rapid fire. " A German officer recalled the scene this way.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Large-caliber short howitzers are indeed powerful, but don't forget that their weight is equally terrifying. Not only their weight, but also ammunition consumption and transportation are troublesome. The weight of an 8-pack grenade is 100KG. About, this is acceptable, the weight of a 10-inch grenade is about 200KG. This means that a half-track ammunition transport vehicle can transport up to 6 rounds if it even transports cartridges! And if it is a 12-inch self-propelled howitzer. Okay then, sorry. One shell of this thing weighs about 350KG, and a standard half-track vehicle only transports two shells and propellant packs. And the rate of fire is indeed too slow. They are just battering rams. The vast majority of secondary targets need to be destroyed by self-propelled artillery!
And this time, the performance of the medium-caliber self-propelled artillery exceeded most people's expectations! A 107MM armor-piercing bullet roared towards a machine gun bunker in the distance. A yellow light flashed from the top of the bunker. The entire roof was overturned by the huge explosion. This is a standard semi-permanent fortification with thick rammed earth on the top and a large log roof below. However, such a bunker can almost be described as vulnerable to German firepower.
The roar of dense flat-fire artillery resounded throughout the entire front. At a distance of 800 to 1,500 meters, the self-propelled artillery with shields easily killed targets beyond the effective range of the Russians. As the shell shells exited the breech one by one,
Each bunker was reduced to debris, and then the Stormtroopers swarmed forward and quickly cleared the trenches using submachine guns, grenades and flamethrowers in their hands.
After a breakthrough was made, a large number of troops quickly expanded to both sides, threatening the flanks of other support points. Parts of the Russian defense were indeed strong, but lacked depth. When the outer hard shell is knocked off, the soft belly inside is revealed! At this time, Mackensen's large number of infantry and mechanized units had just entered the battlefield!
There is no doubt that when the German army crosses the defense lines composed of trenches, fire points, minefields and various terrains, then facing ordinary Russian troops, the rest can be described as one-sided. The attack column consisting of hundreds of vehicles of various types and a large number of infantry successfully passed through the gentle terrain and entered the southern plain area.
The roar of tank artillery and the roar of machine guns formed an insurmountable steel storm in front of the troops. They slice through everything in sight with ease, whether it's soldiers, bunkers, or towns. It swept through the Russian defense lines like a hurricane, leaving behind a pile of ruins and corpses scattered everywhere.
Even those mountains and woodlands that were considered impossible for large-scale regiments to march were also riddled with holes by the Germans. All mountain warfare and jungle warfare troops on the German Eastern Front are deployed here, and they are equipped with weapons suitable for mountain warfare. For example, various small full-tracked vehicles and various lightweight infantry artillery. Lots of machine guns and semi-automatic rifles and more. These weapons greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of mountain infantry in complex terrain. Even when the Russians believed that mountains and woods could minimize the opponent's firepower advantage and fought with confidence, they discovered that the gap between them and the Germans was not just weapons!
Germany did not use a simple front-line push tactic in jungle battles. They split each battalion-level combat unit into two arrow-shaped attack units. The two units worked in tandem to cover each other's flanks. The support weapons are behind the two arrow-shaped units. They are sharp, indestructible, and at the same time very flexible. They will not be as difficult to communicate as linear fronts. Moreover, the attack speed is too slow, the firepower is too scattered, and the reaction speed is also very slow. It is only suitable for searching but not for fighting!
When passing through rivers, bridging components transported by cars and half-tracks can quickly pave a way for troops to go deep into the enemy. If on the southern front, the Russian army still had the ideas, strength and time to take action. So on the northern front, when the long-awaited Mackensen Army breaks through the northern defense line, the Russian First Army may have no other role except fantasy.
The depth of the northern line is too small, and the opponent can easily penetrate it. There was only one army group on the Northern Front. Although the German army on the front claimed to have only one Prussian Eastern Front Army, its strength reached 400,000! It is enough to form two armies before the war! As for time, this is even more true. Even if the Russians estimate more optimistically, the Germans can penetrate the northern and southern lines within 3 days!
By that time, the entire German army on both fronts will be encircled! If you had to describe it, what would it be like? It can be described as a scene from Greek mythology! And this battle between two peerless heroes in Greek mythology can be completely reflected in Germany and Russia!
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