Chapter 390： Monol decisive battle (middle)

Above the small town of Monol, the solemn breath seemed to be transformed into substance, which made people breathless.

It is of course the Hungarian People's Army led by Landrell that makes the atmosphere so dignified. In fact, when the Hungarian army was about to leave the city, General Salamik in Monol had already received the news. The admiral immediately ordered the troops building the fortifications to speed up, so after nearly a day and night of rush repairs, the fortifications built in Romania have begun to take shape.

When Landrell rushed to Monol with the People's Army, what appeared before his eyes was a series of fortifications, large and small. The front is barbed wire, trenches, traffic trenches, etc., and there are firepower points, machine gun positions, and flanking counterattack trenches on the side. As for the artillery positions and observation balloons behind, it is not enough to explain them one by one.

So when he saw the rolling Romanian positions, Landrell took a breath. He knew that the Romanians arrived here in about two days, but he didn't expect that the construction would be completed so soon. Although some places are still exposed, the excavated soil is still exposed, but this is no longer important for defense.

When Landrell was observing the Romanian position, General Salamik was also in a well-positioned observation post, watching the performance of the Hungarian People's Army. Watching Hungarian soldiers begin to build basic fortifications under the command of their officers, and there are people beside them organizing singing to cheer them up. Your Excellency put down the telescope in his hand and said with a smile: "The morale is good, and the spirit is better than that of the Austro-Hungarian Empire."

Yes, the Hungarian People's Army has this evaluation in his eyes. Well-equipped and well-trained, in the eyes of General Salamik, he is too far away from this Hungarian army, and at the moment he has good morale. The only thing that made him a little afraid was the enemy's strength. The army of two hundred and four hundred thousand, in terms of strength, achieved three to one with them, and this is what made him feel a little jealous.

Yes, no matter what era, the party with absolute superiority takes the initiative. This is why Admiral Salamik wanted Landrell’s People’s Army to be brought out of Budapest. In urban defense operations, the Hungarian Revolutionary Government was able to block Romania’s military front by relying on its huge military strength. Even if it can't stop it, at least it will cost the Romanian army a lot.

In this intervention, Admiral Salamik didn't want to lose too much to himself. There would be no way to explain it to the country. So luring the Hungarian army out was his only choice.

But despite the fact that Hungary had too many troops this time, Salamik was terrified, but he was not afraid at all. For this battle, Salamik prepared a lot of good things to entertain these Hungarians.

After entering a calm night, the battle between the two sides is finally about to start.

Early in the morning, the Hungarian artillery behind the position opened the horn of the war, and intensive thunder sounded from the rear. This time the artillery troops brought by Landrell were not too many, but these were the remaining essence of the Austro-Hungarian army, and the Costa heavy artillery equipped with it was also famous in Europe.

As their opponents, the Romanian artillery was not vegetarian, and the 210 and 240 large-caliber heavy artillery equipped with them immediately responded strongly. It should be known that in addition to the small number of 280 large-caliber train guns, these 210 and 240 large-caliber heavy guns are the treasures of the Romanian army.

These heavy artillery regiments that had participated in the Balkan War and just ended the First World War, but let the Bulgarians, Austro-Hungarians, and Germans all tasted their power. Not to mention the artillery training with these heavy artillery for more than ten years, that is also about to be spent on training. Therefore, the Romanian heavy gunners are not afraid of the heavy artillery of the Hungarian People's Army.

The heavy artillery of the two sides flew across the position in a fearless posture, and kept firing at the opponent's artillery position that was observed.

In a heavy artillery position in Bulgaria, the soldiers are loading shells for the heavy artillery in front of them, and the officers are constantly urging: "Hurry up, get down these Romanian doglegs and let them know how powerful our revolutionary soldiers are."

At this time, a low scream came from far to near, and the officer who had served as an artillery for many years immediately changed his expression: "Run, shelling."

Without waiting for the soldier to react after speaking, he immediately ran to the side with the strength of feeding. He remembered clearly that there was an anti-cannon hole there. Although it can't stop a direct hit, it can at least escape the impact of artillery.

The soldier who was shocked by the officer's yelling immediately broke out into cold sweat when he saw the officer's behavior. Everyone immediately fled, chasing the officer with the spirit.

It's just that people can't run through cannonballs. When they just ran two steps, a large-caliber cannonball landed directly on the side of the gun position. Hearing a violent explosion sounded, a Costa 210 caliber cannon on the gun position disintegrated directly. The soldiers who had not had time to escape on the gun position immediately disappeared. These soldiers bid farewell to the world before they even had time to scream.

The scattered broken parts are like shrapnel, attacking the surrounding indiscriminately. And two huge metal wheels, one fell in the woods and instantly knocked down several trees with a big mouth, the other fell into the nearby farmland, plowing the soil into a deep trace. The broken barrel was like a heavy hammer, hitting everything around it.

Faced with the secondary metal storm caused by the shelling, the fleeing soldiers could not escape one after another, and many people fell to the ground silently.

And the officer who evaded first failed to run into the blasthole. He was hit by a large piece of shrapnel on his leg at a distance of more than ten meters from the blasthole. The high-speed shrapnel was like a sharp cutting knife. UU reading put the one on his left. The calf was cut off the leg. The spurt of blood stained the soil under his feet.

The officer could only scream and pinch the position of his broken leg to prevent himself from dying due to excessive bleeding. At the same time, I prayed in my heart, and the medical rescue team came quickly.

In the heavy artillery bombardment of the two parties, scenes like this are very common. The comparison now is the endurance of heavy artillery on both sides. Whoever loses loses control of the artillery on the battlefield.

However, the commander of the Hungarian People's Army, Landrell, was a bit uncomfortable as the inferior side of the artillery.

"We can't go on like this, we are completely at a disadvantage. If we really have to divide the victory and defeat, our chances of winning are not great."

After speaking to the political commissar next to him, Landrell picked up the field phone and said: "I order to attack the enemy's position immediately."

While the shelling of the two sides was still going on, the Hungarian People's Army launched a rare attack.

Next, we need to look at the performance of the Romanian army.