Chapter 1549： Crossing the Dnieper II

Chapter 1549 Crossing the Dnieper River 2

Everything was doomed after the tank’s tracks stepped onto the river bank. The Russians still didn’t learn at home. They just arranged minefields on the outer positions, but did not arrange anti-tank barriers (like pyramids, for example). The small concrete cone) even the barbed wire is only the most common, not the special viper barbed wire. Even if the latter is blown off, it may still jam the track when the tank passes by, although it is impossible to actually block the armor. The advance of the troops, but after all, it can delay time.

The forces and artillery deployed in the forward position were destroyed. Following the passage opened by the artillery, a team of soldiers rushed in the depths under the cover of tanks.

However, there are always some bunkers stuck in positions that make the Germans very uncomfortable. The artillery in the distance cannot be hit, and the 75MM artillery in the vicinity is not powerful enough. At this time, a temporarily modified tank came to the front desk. A variant of the cricket tank called the fire-breathing beast is specially designed to deal with solid bunkers and sweep trenches.

After the turret was removed, a flamethrower was installed on the front of the tank, and the ammunition was replaced with fuel tanks and compressed air bottles. In order to ensure survivability, this tank will use the saved weight to increase the front and side defenses. After losing a large number of flat-fire artillery, the Russians could only watch these fire-breathing beasts comfortably walk to a place less than 100 meters away from the target, and then use a fire dragon to take away all the lives in the entire bunker!

Although there is a division of about 16,000 Russian troops on the opposite side, although they have obtained the best equipment that the Russians can gather at this stage, after repeated losses, the Russian army is obviously exhausted. They are even in the Bavarian Army. The attack lasts no more than 2 hours!

Within 2 hours, the troops that had landed had already breached the opponent's position 5 kilometers deep under the lead of the tank. At 10 o’clock in the morning, that is, 4 hours after the attack, a pontoon bridge that can pass heavy equipment has been built. Assault boats are used as bridge piers, and prefabricated bridge slabs prepared in advance are used as bridge decks. , The entire bridge was thinking of spreading across the river. For this floating bridge, which is like a noose around the neck of the Russian army, the Russians have nothing to do.

When it was twelve o'clock noon, tens of thousands of German soldiers on the other side were already eating their lunch. In the front, the armored forces have penetrated the Russians' defense lines, and started to cut their positions, and then eat them bit by bit with the cooperation of the infantry!

The other landing points also launched operations at the same time. The multi-point attack made the Russians who had little strength feel unable to cope, and the few remaining reserves were quickly filled on the battered front. However, before they arrived at their positions, they had to pass the Bavarian Air Force first!

Hundreds of bombers and attack planes are as deadly as the sword of Damocles hanging high above the Russians. They searched for all the Russian legions moving in the wilderness, and then like a dragon descending from the sky, they used hot bullets and great power. The bomb tore the Russian marching to pieces. A large number of carriages were thrown directly onto the road, and then became excellent targets for machine guns and bomb attacks. Accompanied by a series of high-explosive bombs and incendiary bomb attacks, a transport team that was several hundred meters or even thousands of meters long turned into a pile of ashes in the flames of loud noises and explosions.

And the large-scale cavalry troops that the Russians are proud of are more vulnerable to the threat of roaring down from the air. Even if they are dedicated military horses, they may be able to be calm when facing crazy bullet-spitting machine guns, but when falling from the sky When the bombers of China sent piles of bombs and flames over their heads, these animals were far from strong! According to the description of previous Air Force pilots, several single-engine fighters carrying machine guns and anti-infantry fragmentation bombs can easily break a regiment of cavalry to pieces. Even after the bombing is over, these frightened livestock will take a long time. In order to calm down, and in the case of bad luck, perhaps after a few times of control, these cavalry will become infantry... (All horses ran away, or hung up...) Therefore, when the Air Force air attack began later, the first reaction for the Russian cavalry was to mount the horse.

"The number of Russian troops is very small, even less than we expected. Of the five landing points we set up in the first batch, two of them have almost no defensive force. We can now take a bigger step. It would be better to transport all of it as soon as possible, and then try to penetrate as deep as possible.” On the night after the attack began, after reading the battle report, Prince Leopold made a new request.

And just three days after the Bavarian Army began the battle of crossing the river, the Austrian Army in central Ukraine also began to cross the river. Although they faced a relatively strong resistance from the Russian army, the Germans on the northern front drew part of their troops and quickly marched south, preparing When they outflanked the Russian Army's flank, the Austrian Army’s face-to-face enemies were finally shaken. Under the original insufficient strength, the Russian army, which had the potential to forcibly mobilize troops to launch an attack on the southern front, eventually suffered from the consequences. They no longer have enough. The forces blocked the German and Austrian armies from attacking on the vast Ukrainian plains.

Just as the German-Austrian regiment was advancing in northern Ukraine Borusinov, located in southern Ukraine, also received reports from the northern front. According to the staff of Borusinov’s side at the time, when he heard the news that the entire North Dnieper defense line was breached, this Russian who had maintained a high morale, never gave up at any time, and was always trying to turn the tide of the war. The general seemed to be a teenager suddenly old, and he kept whispering something to himself. We even suspect that he can no longer hold his position.

The thing that Borusinov had been most worried about finally happened. The German and Austrian army did not rescue the Hungarian army that was on the verge of collapse as he envisioned, but still launched an attack on the most vulnerable and deadly part of Russia. It can be expected that in another month, the main grain-producing areas in northeastern Ukraine will fall into the hands of the Germans, and then they will divide their forces and cut off the Russian north-south railway line. Donetsk and even the Transcaucasus are attacked, and the most important industrial base in southern Russia will face destruction!

At this moment, Borusinov knew that he had lost everything! Even if he immediately mobilizes troops east of the Dnieper River, it may not be too late. Even if some troops returned to the East Bank, he would definitely not be able to stop the German and Austrian soldiers in the field environment without fortification zone!

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