Chapter 1553 Azov Sea Offensive 4

As the Russian army deepened, the directional mines and jumping mines originally hidden in the trenches were triggered one by one. In the semi-enclosed space, the lethality of these weapons was greatly enhanced. Before the Russian troops who entered the trenches could react from the smoke, a group of infantrymen carrying submachine guns and submachine pistols had already rushed in front of them. MP submachine guns called bullet sprayers were matched with large-capacity drums. Quickly harvest the opponent's life.

The German troops who were familiar with their positions always appeared where the Russians least expected them. In this hide-and-seek battle, the Russian troops who entered the position first were overwhelmed by dense mines and the fierce close-combat firepower of the Germans. At this time, the subsequent reinforcements were suppressed by the remaining German mortars and machine guns.

The machine gun teams alternately moved their positions. With the cooperation of smoke screens and mortars, they hid from the Russian flat-fire artillery attacks. After the Russian troops who entered the position were wiped out, this attack actually failed. After all, The Russians did not have unlimited artillery shells. They needed to re-transport artillery shells from the rear, and the offensive forces also needed to reorganize.

"The worst we can do is just do it again. If we can't defeat them once, we can attack them twice or three times! Sooner or later we can drive them out." The Russian officer in charge of the attack said nonchalantly. Generally speaking, the Russians have never been good at sophistication compared to the troops of other great powers at the same time. In addition, Russia has a large population, so they are very willing to drag down their opponents to death at a higher human cost than their opponents.

However, what he didn't expect was that the situation on the battlefield was constantly changing. While the front line seemed to be shaky, changes deep inside the front line could completely change the situation of the battle!

"The battleship Prinz Eugen has replenished its ammunition and has taken over the important task of frontal fire suppression, so our truck guns can be used to support the docks. The inland river gunboats we need are also in place and can move along the river. This time , we can break each other’s backs!”

At this moment, the Germans had readjusted their firepower deployment. The truck guns that had been withdrawn were strengthened and transferred back again. The arrival of a group of river gunboats equipped with 88mm and 105mm artillery put a crisis on the Russian flank. However, there was a lack of The Russians with their investigative techniques knew nothing about this!

When the Russians were preparing to launch the 10th attack, when a large number of infantry entered the position amidst the scoldings of the officers, when the artillery regained ammunition, and when the forward positions were deployed, several gray-black figures appeared on the river on the flank of the battlefield. Appeared in the sight of the Russians, the Russians saw this, but they did not care at first, because many Russian personnel and ammunition were transported across this river, and because this fleet was backlit, it did not I didn't immediately recognize the German naval flag above.

Four 850-ton destroyers temporarily played the role of gunboats. They removed their torpedoes, and each ship was equipped with two 105mm guns and three 88mm guns. The four destroyers did not immediately attack the Russian forward position. They chose to swim upstream and directly aimed at the 107mm cannon and 122mm artillery positions behind them.

These are the backbone of Russian firepower. The 3-inch rapid-fire cannon in front has to be handled by someone else.

Two seaplanes once again flew over the battlefield. The Russians were no longer surprised by this. Although it was at the Russian home court, there were only a handful of aircraft that could fly in the entire Donetsk Garrison! The Russians really have nothing to do with these planes, but fortunately, they are just reconnaissance planes, not bombers, and they don't even do low-altitude strafing. Is this why most Russians ignore them?

"Found it!" Two seaplanes finally found the long-range artillery position from the chaotic rear of the Russian army. Two companies of 122mm artillery and one company of 107mm artillery were deployed not far from the river bank. At the same time, there were A temporary dock for unloading supplies needed by frontline offensive forces.

The Russians' arrangement was good. There was a hill between their artillery position and the river, which just blocked the view from the river bank. And what is certain is that the Russians must have hidden observation posts somewhere. Alert for possible attack from the river bank.

The roar of a series of artillery broke the calm on the river. From the Russian observation post, they could see a series of fireballs rising from the water in the direction facing away from the sun, and the shells roared towards the Russian army 6,000 meters away. Artillery positions, although the lethality of the 105mm and 88mm artillery is relatively limited, they are also quite deadly to the Russian artillery positions that have not even been constructed!

It has to be said that the combat quality and vigilance of the remaining Russian artillery are much worse than before. Perhaps they feel there is no threat, or perhaps just to save effort, the Russians have accumulated too many beside the open-air artillery positions. ammunition, and at this time, when suddenly attacked, various hidden dangers can be fatal!

The first wave of artillery shells hit very far, and a considerable part landed in the area behind the artillery position used for parking carriages. But then, with the help of aircraft, the German river gunboats began to correct the data, and then used tons of artillery shells like rice. Gradually cover these artillery positions.

Pillars of smoke rose into the sky in the artillery position, and countless shrapnel and flames spread in the position, spreading death wantonly. The air-burst shrapnel made all soft targets have nowhere to hide, and the steel rain falling from the sky easily harvested the lives of the panicked Russians. Smash them to the ground like wheat.

At the beginning, the Russians still tried to fight back. However, more and more high-explosive shells killed Russian troops next to the artillery position. When a shell landed on the ammunition pile piled somewhere, The Russian efforts were in vain. Hundreds of artillery shells placed a big dazzle in the middle of the Russian position! The fierce guarantee swept through the small artillery position like a steel storm.

And just after the long-range support artillery in the rear was destroyed, the rapid-fire artillery unit in the front that was almost on the Germans' heads was also severely damaged. The mobile-attached 75mm truck gun suddenly appeared in a place where the Russians did not expect, and then fired at 12 times per minute. The rate of fire easily blew several exposed artillery positions into pieces. After losing artillery support, the remaining German troops once again repelled the Russian attack with the help of river gunboats and machine gun fire. At this point, the Russian offensive in the northeast direction completely failed, and the freed river gunboats even had the power to clean up the Russian transport ships upstream!

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