The Second Thousand and Seventy-Nine Chapters Are Like a Broken Bamboo One
A German artillery officer put his eyes on the artillery mirror and carefully observed the British position less than 800 meters away. Beside him, there were 10 flat-fire guns of various calibers lined up. Not far away is the British army's position, but most of them are very relaxed. For many veterans who have been fighting for more than half a year, this battle is the most comfortable battle they have ever experienced.
"The British never thought they were so weak today!" The German artillery officer observed the British positions on the opposite side, marking the bunkers and firepower points on the map. When the British army launched a desperate counterattack, the German army also launched an offensive. As usual, the two sides suppressed each other with a round of shelling. Although the previous British army was weaker than the German army in terms of artillery, at least the two sides could fight each other. Past. But today is different. Less than half an hour after the German heavy artillery was fully fired, it completely suppressed the two British armies on the opposite side! This is something that has never been done before.
So, after several trials, the German army discovered that the British army on the opposite side was not luring the enemy, but was really dying. As a result, some daring German front-line commanders ordered the artillery units in charge of flat fire to move forward directly, put the artillery on the British foreheads and slowly, and then methodically cleared the firepower points of the British troops on the opposite side.
After a series of fierce battles, the British Fourth and Fifth Group Armies in the south were really hollowed out. Not to mention that after the war, they were the first to face the German raiding forces. The fighting in just a few days made the southern The two British armies lost more than half of their long-range support artillery! Many of the artillery pieces were new, and they were directly dealt with by the British after firing less than 100 rounds. Then, for the counterattack last night, the two armies separated some of the artillery pieces from the front line, and the final result was, Now the artillery that can deal with the frontal German assault is less than 20% of the previous ones! It would be a ghost if he could beat his opponent!
"Fire!" The flat-firing artillery unit pushed to the British's forehead let out a burst of roars. These shells fired at close range are more deadly than the howitzers at a distance! Accurate strikes and super high rate of fire give these artillery unparalleled lethality at close range. The British bunkers might as well have a line of defense constructed of thick rammed earth, concrete and wood. However, in front of the German 105MM cannon flat fire But that's all!
Two 105MM cannons stared at a huge firepower point, and the Germans were well placed in the opponent's blind spot of firepower. The two artillery pieces alternately tilted the armor-piercing projectiles towards the target at a rate of fire of more than 6 rounds per minute! The sharp shells roared and crashed into the bunker, causing a large part of the outer rammed earth layer to collapse. The Germans were very patient and kept shooting like water droplets piercing a rock. Groups of flames exploded on the bunker At the beginning, yellow soil clods flew around, and then concrete blocks. The continuous shooting broke the hard shell little by little. Finally, when the rising smoke column was mixed with a lot of wood, it meant that the bunker had been hit. The core of the bunker, because inside the bunker there will be some huge logs supporting the ceiling!
After occupying the superiority in air and long-range firepower, the German frontline artillery beat the British defense line unscrupulously on every battlefield. At first, some British troops tried to counterattack with rapid-fire guns or mortars, but every time the British fired A single shell will be suppressed by several times the firepower. The Germans even moved the mine throwers, which can only hit a few hundred meters but can throw hundreds of kilograms of shells into the opposite trench, to the front line. In the past, bloody and slow The offensive turned into a one-sided massacre. The German artillery and machine gun fire easily cut the opponent's positions and then crushed them!
To be honest, the German army facing the British army is not very elite. The most elite troops of the German army on the western front were incorporated into the first two army groups. Although the German army opposed to the entire British army has a large number of heavy artillery ,
But there is a lack of tanks and assault guns. As a result, the German army could only advance slowly with the more primitive tactics of Stormtroopers and artillery. However, what the German army did not expect was that the British army on the opposite side was even weaker. Even these somewhat retro tactics could not be stopped by the two British armies in the south at this time.
The Germans launched an offensive according to their own steps. The long-range artillery crazily rained bullets on the British artillery positions, logistics facilities and roads behind the position. The barrage of dense shells formed an impenetrable wall of fire. These walls of fire Moving irregularly between the various positions of the British army, easily shredded any British who tried to cross here.
While completing the long-distance fire blockade, the frontal offensive troops also launched an offensive with the support of direct fire and mortars. The Vickers machine gun and 25-pound rapid-fire guns that made the German offensive troops fearful before The firepower preparations have been suppressed or destroyed. Except for the fish that escaped the net or the ubiquitous snipers, the deployment of the German army has not been greatly hindered. Almost like an armed parade, the German army broke through the forward positions and then thought about developing in depth.
After entering the main position, the resistance of the British army became fierce. The rapid-fire guns and a large number of machine guns hidden in the anti-slope position once blocked the pace of the German attack. The powerful but cumbersome Wicks family was abandoned, and the lightweight Lewis machine guns and mortars became the biggest trouble for the German army. The British seldom fired 2 bullets in one place. These experienced machine gun teams usually kept transfer position. They used the cobweb-like trench system to play hide-and-seek with the Germans. The British mortars on the reverse slope used their ballistic advantages to stop the German advance.
Bullets like migratory locusts flew around the ground, and the unique sound of aerial mortars was endless. Every shell fell, accompanied by the blooming flowers of death, thousands of fragments harvested all the life they could touch like the scythe of death. The German attacking party was pinned down among the trenches, bomb craters and bushes. The British seemed to have temporarily stabilized the situation.
Several huge figures slowly emerged from the gunpowder smoke. These steel behemoths appear to be similar to the German wolf tanks, but remind them that they are bigger. However, unlike the huge turret on the wolf tank body, the new guy's turret is very small, and it is very ridiculous to match it with a slender pipe. By the way, there is another point, there is a small cart behind these chariots, and there is a round pot on it.
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