Chapter 1053: Lviv Meat Grinder 2
"Simonov's battalion has gone up, and no news has been received so far. It is probably all over." A shaggy, bearded officer with blood on his face was facing in a crater as deep as one person. Report to his superior.
"We have destroyed all the bunkers that can be found, but whenever we want to break through here, there is always someone who can launch an attack from a position you can't think of. There is a secret tunnel under us! And there is more than one layer! Otherwise, This place should have been isolated long ago!" said a thin officer next to him.
In the garrison area, both sides tacitly stopped using heavy artillery bombardment. The Russians could not reach most of the heavy artillery, and the Austro-Hungarian Army was unnecessary. In this complicated home arena, machine guns, mortars, and flamethrowers can be used very well.
Up to now, the Russians still have a dull look. The current situation gives them the invisible feeling of an enemy. According to their original understanding, do they fight the fortress? After clearing the support points directly with artillery and engineers, wouldn't it be enough to use infantry to sweep the trenches one by one? The idea is simple! But the reason why the fortress area is a fortress area means that it must not be fought like an ordinary front! Otherwise, why would all countries spend so much effort to repair the fortress area? !
Even in a reckless army, they will never charge at this unrecognizable place that has been bombarded by artillery. They are like snails, clinging to the ground, moving forward a little bit, and searching for this opponent like a cheetah. However, it is destined that in this kind of place where the enemy is in the dark, the offensive team will always suffer, especially the offensive team without any experience!
A Russian soldier secretly raised his head and tried to record the terrain ahead. The open area was about fifteen meters long. Behind it was a broken barbed wire fence. There should be no minefields behind the barbed wire fence. The side bunker had been destroyed by half. , There is a dark fort on the right that needs attention. "We can arrange for two machine guns to suppress, and then use smoke screens to cover the engineers approaching and blast them at close range..." The soldier thought in his mind, when he was about to see and was about to evacuate, he was right there. The moment he turned his head, an 8MM bullet pierced his head easily.
"Our scout seems to be over again?" Simonov sighed after taking a look at the pocket watch in his hand. It has been 20 minutes and the person in charge of the investigation has not returned, which means he will never come back.
"Let's go, sum up the news we have now, and let the brothers prepare. We have to advance at least 150 meters today!" said Battalion Simonov. Following the order, the Russians began to prepare. The grenadiers threw a round of grenade out, and the smoke from the explosion obscured the Austrian's vision. Then the machine gun group moved forward to the predetermined position under the cover of the infantry. , And several people behind set up a mortar that had been brought over from the front, and then proceeded with debugging. A battle is about to begin!
A few minutes later, when the machine gun sounded, one by one Russian soldiers in gray uniforms began to pass between the ruined walls under the cover of firepower, and the foremost engineer rushed to the front with an explosive bag. The Austrian's machine gun started shooting, but it was not good because of angle and line of sight problems. The Russians are progressing very smoothly. If nothing happens, they can put the explosive pack next to the bunker in a few minutes and blow it up!
Puff puff, a series of dense and dull voices sounded from one side of the battle line. "It's the Austrian stormtrooper!" Simonov's heart was tight. These guys equipped with submachine guns are the most unwilling opponents to encounter in close combat. The first thing that suffered was a machine gun group. There were 11 people in this machine gun group. Seven of them were responsible for carrying machine guns and ammunition, and the remaining four were responsible for cover. After a burst of gunfire, the machine gun group was misfired, and when friendly forces arrived. , They only saw the bullet shells everywhere, a teammate who could be killed without preparation.
"Damn it, it's those ground mice again." Following the traces left by the opponent, the Russian came to the entrance of an underground passage. Nothing could be seen in the dark passage. Looking at the passage that looked like a giant monster mouth, the Russians Helplessly shook his head. They are not afraid to go down, but they can't go down. The underground is like a huge maze. After entering, they can’t distinguish the north, south, east and west, and there is more than one layer. Not to mention that they have less than one battalion of troops now and can’t extract them. With enough manpower, even if the battalion goes down, it will probably take a long time to clear it out.
It's not that no one has tried to take shortcuts through these tunnels. After entering, the two sides have fought very fiercely, and the Austrians seem to have designed certain traps. When the troops enter certain areas, the opponent will use flamethrowers or other in the tunnels. Ambush the most lethal weapons. And the Russians didn't expect to encounter this situation at all. Not to mention the necessary equipment for tunnel warfare like flamethrower, even the most basic submachine gun!
And the snipers everywhere in this fortified city also brought huge damage to the Russians. This damage is not only physical, but more psychological. No one can bear the feeling that life will be taken away by God at any time!
And this time Simonov was obviously not in a sneak attack or a sniper attack. He was in big trouble! Behind them, a lot has been designated as a safe area by the Russians. A floor was slowly lifted by a jack. Several Austro-Hungarian soldiers rushed out of the secret road after confirming the safety of the surrounding area. Then, a whole company The troops rushed out from the secret road, and almost at the same time, several other troops also came out from the ruins, from some bushes, from a manhole cover through the passage left in advance, without the Russians noticing it. , A sharp sword was put on the back of the Russian!
Ten minutes later, when the Russians' attack reached a critical moment, the heavy rain-like bullets behind him instantly flooded the last mortar gun position and the command post. The Russian battalion commander and his staff had just entered the battlefield for two days. We were sieved by dense bullets in less than ten minutes of exchange of fire! And when the unified command system was killed, the result of the Russian soldiers in this battalion was also doomed. In an unfamiliar environment, under the haunting attacks of superior enemy forces, the battalion was eventually wiped out a little bit.
The same scene was played out in the entire fortress area, and the Russian troops put in by the Allies rushed to death one after another under a bait called victory!
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