Chapter 1525： Borusinov offensive one

Chapter 1525 Borusinov offensive (1)

On July 11, 1913, when the sun jumped out of the horizon again, the battle line that had been silent for a long time instantly became noisy. On a battle line that was more than 600 kilometers long, the Russians attacked across the board and concentrated their forces at 5 points. An offensive was launched on Shanghai, and only half an hour later, telegrams and phone calls from various places flooded the base camp of the Hungarian Army!

"What's the matter? Did those front-line guys see the situation clearly? The main attack of the Russian army is everywhere? Do they think the current Russian army is a year ago? How can they still attack?" Karl Grand Duke's angry roar resounded throughout the conference room. And the Lieutenant-General Seckett on the side ignored the already neurotic Grand Duke. He was looking at the battle report in his hand to evaluate the current situation. Just this morning, one of his divisions was also attacked. From the current point of view, it does not seem to be a feint. This has cast a shadow on him again, having been in a bad mood recently!

At this time, Major General Fedor von Bok was leading his division to resist the Russian attack. In order to put the Bork division into battle as soon as possible, General Sekkert also specially allocated some materials and equipment from the other two divisions and the military to support Major General Bok. Now, his army equipment level is relative to the general German division. Said it was slightly beyond!

The number of 17,000 people is not a lot at all. The whole division has more than 180 machine guns and 110 artillery of various calibers. Although the 77MM rapid-fire guns accounted for 70%, the number of artillery has far exceeded that of ordinary German divisions. This unit was built into an offensive fist, the only shortcoming is that the logistics support is a bit poor. The number of horses is not enough. Although it lacks the support of large-caliber artillery and military artillery, both Major General Bok and Lieutenant General Secot think that even if he can't attack, his defense should not be a big problem, right?

This time, however, the Germans' thinking went wrong. In order to completely smash this hard bone, Borusinov concentrated nearly 300 various artillery pieces for the attacking Russian army of the three divisions! (The artillery group mentioned above is additional, not counting the artillery of the three infantry divisions responsible for the offensive!) So, Major General Bok was a bit tragedy, and he suddenly felt that he was vaguely back to the Western Front....

After 45 minutes of artillery preparations, large swaths of the Russian army rushed towards the German positions like a tide. They concealed very well. They took advantage of the weaknesses of the Germans who were not familiar with the terrain when they first came to the position. The most recent assault position of the Russian army. Only 300 meters away from the German front line! After a long period of firepower suppression, the Russians can almost step into the opponent's trench with a lift.

After the tempering and baptism of many battles, the Russian offensive tactics have also been improved. A large number of 57MM artillery and 76.2MM (3-inch guns) were deployed to the front line, and some were accompanied by infantry charge. At a distance of less than 500 meters, these direct fires are more deadly than mortars!

Dozens of rapid-fire guns that fired at close range immediately suppressed the firepower of the German outermost cordon. Twenty minutes after the infantry launched an impact, the outermost cordon was declared lost.

But elite is elite after all. Although it was caught off guard by the Russian army with superior firepower, in the main defense line, relying on a large number of machine guns, excellent fortification design, and excellent tactics, the Germans blocked the first place in the Russian army. The wave attacked, and with the counterattack of the German artillery that gradually reacted, the Russian artillery that went out was also suppressed.

On the 10-kilometer front, 8,000 German troops and more than 20,000 Russian troops smashed into one group. Countless artillery shells passed through the air with piercing screams, and the violent explosion sound became the main theme on the battlefield. The tongues of flames from hundreds of machine guns cut the vast plains, and like death's sickles, they harvested the lives of German and Russian soldiers on the battlefield.

"Concentrate the firepower and attack those rapid-fire guns! Come one by one!" The 105MM howitzer and 150MM heavy howitzer at the rear of the battle line were concentrated. Bock knew very well that in this situation where the opponent has an absolute advantage, he can never talk about precious artillery. In order to counter the opponent’s long-range firepower, because there is no essential difference between the artillery of the two sides, even the Russian 107MM artillery has a longer range, and the full-howitzer configuration on the German side for long-distance combat will definitely suffer. The infantry assault used to suppress the front is also not acceptable, because the front line is too long, and after the artillery is dispersed, it cannot effectively contain the attack of the soldiers in groups.

At present, the biggest threat to the German position is the rapid-fire guns that accompany the advance of the infantry. Simple blasting and machine gun shooting cannot pose a threat to the German army with a large number of machine guns and submachine guns. Small-caliber mortars cannot destroy the top cover. Bunker of wood and large thickness of rammed earth. Only those rapid-fire guns can quickly and continuously fire at a certain point of the bunker, thus completely disintegrating this support point!

The group of more than 20 howitzers of various calibers pierced their opponents like sharp and flexible short swords. The rapid and fierce shelling began to destroy the rapid-fire artillery groups that accompanied the movement of the Russian army one by one. These howitzers were deployed in the rear, in Russia 107MM The cannon’s strike range was outside the range, but at the same time it relied on the curved trajectory to avoid the direct-point strike of the Russian 3-inch rapid-fire gun. After successfully destroying the rapid-fire artillery firepower of at least 4 Russian artillery companies, the entire front stabilized Relying on highly qualified officers and soldiers and excellent tactics, Major General Bok successfully delayed the frontal engagement to the bladder Bureau...

"General Seckett, our situation is currently very bad. The Russians have concentrated their incredible firepower and launched an assault on us. We do not have long-range suppression artillery, so we can't resist the opponent's attack at all. They are numerous, at least ours. Two times, and there are sufficient reserves. At this time, we are fighting with the enemy along every trench and fortification. One battle line has changed hands 5 times in one day! If this fight continues, I The reserve team will be vacated soon." General Bok said anxiously on the phone.

In fact, the so-called balance of power is only temporary. In head-to-head battles, the **** of war naturally tends to have more people and more artillery. The military strength of the two sides is basically similar. The Russians have at least 2.5 times the strength and firepower superiority of the Germans! Whether it continues to be consumed or waits for the redeployment of Russian artillery positions, Bock cannot resist. Needless to say, the former, as for the latter? The performance of the 107MM cannon is good after all. After adjustment, it can completely suppress the 105MM light howitzer. At that time, if the German artillery retreats further, it will be difficult to effectively support the frontline battle!

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