With the addition of these additional heavy firepower, the long-range firepower and anti-armor power of the same level of the Russian ** regiment surpassed that of the Austro-Hungarian regiment. And the tanks and tank destroyers are a little worse than the Austrians, but the Russian ** regiment is in a defensive state, and the problem of fewer armored units is not too big.

"I'm going to fight the Austrians again, and I don't know what progress they've made after more than ten years." General Gallen's words were full of hope and a hint of apprehension. This battle was Russia's surrender to China. The success of the war has a direct bearing on the strength of China's support for Russia in the future. I can't afford him not to care!

If you want to say that the historical grievances between Austria-Hungary and Russia are very long, from the time of the Three Emperors Alliance, when Germany, Austria and Russia formed an alliance, Austria and Russia looked at each other unpleasantly. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was bent on annexing the Balkans, while the Russian Tsar was to be the protector of the Yugoslavs. Both sides are very interested in this European powder keg. From a very early on, they fought openly and secretly. And during the first war, the two sides fought in the dark on the Eastern Front. To this day, the Russians still look down on the Austrians who have been defeated repeatedly on the Eastern Front, and the Habsburg royal family, which has always looked at the top, looks down on the declining Russia. And by chance, the Russian ** regiment that had passed through the Chinese armed forces finally met the old enemy again!

"Famous generals of the Soviet Union in history, don't let me down!" Just when the two sides were about to fight, Xu Jie, who was far away in Beijing, said to himself with a bad taste. There is no reason for the Russian generals in this plane to be worse than in history, the willingness is very simple, there is no great purge in this plane, and most of the generals who can fight in World War 1 have been retained, and their knowledge and experience cannot be worse than in history.

The Russians did not disappoint Xu Jie, and Blyukher, who assumed the pseudonym of General Gallen, and his men carefully prepared a huge trap for Schrager. And after receiving the additional long-range firepower provided by Huaxia, General Gallen was more confident. At this time, his opponent was also very confident, because just a few hours earlier, the Bohemian division under the command of General Lübenin, the most elite of the Austro-Hungarian army, had finally arrived, and this force from the most powerful industrial provinces in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was far better equipped than the others. (Bohemia is in what is now the Czech Republic.) Needless to say, the level of industry in the Czech Republic. Ready to go into battle. Schrager really couldn't think of any force that could block the attack of the 3 elite divisions! Seeing that it was almost time to pick peaches, Schrager naturally threw aside the Turks as cannon fodder. The final victory and glory must belong to the empire and His Majesty the Emperor, and the Turks should gather the prisoners of war on the sidelines and fight!

Then the Austrians plunged headlong into the net of fire that the Russians had prepared for them! The elite Austro-Hungarian Legion fought in the style of the German Storm Commandos, and the Austrians did not have as many tanks to splurge as the Germans. Therefore, while developing armored forces, it did not let go of infantry assault tactics, and the tactics of elite infantry with supporting firepower to break through the opponent's defense line were one of the important tactics of the Austro-Hungarian Army, and today, the Austrians finally had the opportunity to practice their hands on the opponent. At the same time as the attack of armored forces. Elite infantry will also attack on one side to contain the opposing forces.

Long before the official attack, the sappers and commandos who were currently on departure began to clear the obstacles under the cover of night. Armed with mine detectors, blasters, and vices, they infiltrated the Russian front and began to destroy the annoying minefields and pit viper barbed wire, arranging blasters to open a passage.

A sapper carefully peeled off the floating soil after discovering a mine with a mine detector, and then groped with both hands to find the detonating fuse of the mine, the ignition device of the mine was on the back, and if you wanted to eliminate it, you need to flip it over, after determining the position of the fuse of the mine. He tried to flip the mine over, but he didn't notice the wire attached to the edge of the mine. With a crisp sound, under the drag of the wire, another jumping mine in the lower part of the mine was touched, and a swarthy thing jumped up, and less than 1 second later, a large number of steel balls sprayed from above knocked the soldier and his colleagues around him into a sieve!

The Russians were caught off guard by the mines and flares they had deployed, and they even hung the canned food boxes they had eaten on wire, which would make a screeching sound if they moved a little bigger. This was followed by beams of searchlights and a rain of bullets! The Austrians not only did not make much progress in the night's tossing, but smashed their heads under the defense of the Russians!

"Tigers don't wield. You treat me as a sick cat! "Schrager, who originally intended to win at a small cost, was disgraced by the Russians' defenses, and since small means are not used, let's start a fight! As soon as dawn was the next day, the murderous Austro-Hungarian regiments attacked! Surrounded by tank No. 4 and Vespa tank destroyers, as well as various assault guns. Hordes of Austro-Hungarian soldiers attacked in various vehicles.

The Russians are obviously calmer than the Iranians, if purely in terms of patience is even stronger than the average Chinese army, they are like wolves hiding in the grass, patiently waiting for the opponent to be on top, even if there is a snake next to them they will still be unmoved, even if the fangs of the poisonous snake are hovering on their necks! These seasoned hunters are unimpressed!

The whole position was silent. There is a weirdness that people can't fathom. Whether it was the long-range fire suppression at the beginning or the launch of the attack, the Austrians failed to make the Russians move after several rounds of suppressive shooting from 700 meters away, during which pillboxes or bunkers were destroyed from time to time, but even after watching the surrounding comrades being blown to pieces, under the pressure of the officer's bullets, no one opened fire without authorization, just for this alone, General Gallen's troops are worthy of admiration! The Austrians were overwhelmed by the unexpected strangeness of the other side. When the distance between the two sides was shortened to 400 meters, and the infantry began to get out of the car and prepare for battle, the Russian position on the opposite side suddenly erupted like a giant beast that suddenly woke up!

A barrage of shells of all kinds poured into the Austro-Hungarian attacking troops like waves, and shells and bullets jumped directly at the crowd and vehicles. Tank No. 4, which was at the forefront, bore the brunt! AT SUCH CLOSE RANGE, THE 57MM GUN COULD PENETRATE THE FRAGILE TURRET AND GUARD ARMOR OF TANK 4, AND THE SOUND OF SHELLS EXPLODING AND TEARING ARMOR WAS INCESSANT. In order to give full play to the combat effectiveness of the weapons in their hands, the Russians held back in the enemy's artillery suppression and close firing, and did not give the opponent a fatal blow until they were close to the distance!

At such a distance, the firepower density of the Russian ** regiment even surpassed that of Huaxia! After the tanks on the front were destroyed by dense artillery, the remaining infantry died even more of a mess! A considerable part of the infantry had just come off the half-track or truck before they could deploy, and before they could deploy, they were cut off by large-caliber machine guns like sickles, and the Austro-Hungarian infantry, which did not have enough armored transport vehicles, was very vulnerable, and the large-caliber machine guns alone could completely overwhelm the opponent. THE ROAR OF THE M2 12.7MM MACHINE GUN RESOUNDED ACROSS THE BATTLEFIELD, AND THE POWERFUL 12.7MM*99MM MACHINE GUN BULLETS EASILY TORE AT THE TRUCKS AND HALF-TRACKS IT HIT. The alternately arranged bullet chains of incendiary bombs and armor-piercing shells are completely soft and hard, and at a distance of less than 300 meters, the fragile armor of the half-track carrier cannot block the attack of steel-core armor-piercing shells!

As soon as the infantry groups were deployed, they were beaten into a cloud of blood by a dense rain of bullets. Flaming red spears stabbed flesh alleys in the Austro-Hungarian Legion's attacking formation. In addition to direct fire, howitzers of various calibers, located behind the main positions, began to fire. Ten seconds later. Huge fireballs and towering pillars of smoke rose in the formation of the follow-up troops!

Although he was caught off guard by the enemy's fierce firepower, Schrager was not unguarded, behind the spearhead of the attack, the self-propelled howitzers and heavy mortars accompanying the attack quickly entered the attack state and began to suppress the exposed Russian firepower points, and at the same time, the tanks also began to release smoke to cover the troops and temporarily retreat. 2 divisions of Austro-Hungarian elite troops plus additional subordinate troops give Schrager sufficient capital to fight with the opponent! The opposite side is not the Huaxia Legion. He wanted to see how many guns the other side could swap with him!

However, this time, Schrager had some calculations, the Russians did not have as many long-range artillery and even howitzers as their opponents, but at such a close distance, the low-cost mortars with extremely fast fire were enough to share the pressure of the howitzers. When the howitzers of the Austro-Hungarian regiment opened fire, the Russian artillery immediately began to fire at the opposing side, the Russians had the advantage of preset positions, and the Austrians had the advantage of mobility. Flames rose from the rear of the two armies, and then flew in an arc in the air towards the opponent.

The Austrians lacked heavy mortars. In order to destroy some solid bunkers, it was necessary to rely on heavy howitzers. Although tanks can theoretically be destroyed by multiple shots, the opposing anti-tank guns are not vegetarian either. After separating some howitzers to support front-line operations, the Austro-Hungarian regiment's counter-battery firepower was no better than that of its opponents! Columns of smoke rose behind both sides, and from time to time loud explosions meant that a gun emplacement or a self-propelled gun had been destroyed. But even so. The two sides did not retreat, and the Russian artillerymen watched the impact point get closer and closer to them like the footsteps of giants, but they were unmoved, until the last grenade was fired before being blown to pieces by a shell.

Similarly, the Austrians were under tremendous pressure. The thin steel plates did not give the combatants a sufficient sense of security, and shrapnel rained down on the fragile armor, and from time to time some shrapnel tore through the armor, and the latter jumped into the fighting compartment to create a havoc in it. Fragile walking equipment also cannot withstand the close misses of large-caliber grenades. The shrapnel propelled by a violent explosion can directly penetrate the skirt slabs, destroy the suspension, break the tracks, or deform the load wheels. If you hit the engine compartment or the ammunition compartment, you may be destroyed directly.

The artillery of both sides suffered heavy losses in this round of brutal fire. But no one can completely overwhelm their opponents. The battlefield suddenly fell into a stalemate. Let the heavy artillery units open fire, I need them to use their range advantage to completely destroy the opponent's support firepower. After much hesitation, Schrager finally decided to put this trump card in advance, and these guns were originally intended to attack the Huaxia logistics base and airfield from a long distance at the last moment. But now it has to be used here. He knew that his heavy artillery was not rich either in terms of quantity or ammunition reserves, and this was overdrawing his combat effectiveness!

WHEN THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN REGIMENT'S 150MM CANNON BEGAN TO ROAR, GENERAL GALLEN'S FACE WAS FILLED WITH A HINT OF HELPLESSNESS. IN AN ARTILLERY DUEL, RANGE IS EVERYTHING, A HOWITZER WITH A RANGE OF 15KM AND A CANNON WITH A RANGE OF 25KM CANNOT COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER, ALTHOUGH HUAXIA STRENGTHENED SOME 155MM CANNONS FOR HIM, BUT CONSIDERING THE NUMERICAL SUPERIORITY OF THE AUSTRIANS' LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY AND THE POSSIBLE EXISTENCE OF 170MM HEAVY GUNS. General Gallen really didn't dare to bet! With air support uncertain, this is his biggest trump card.

"Howitzer troops withdraw from the battlefield, this line of defense has realized its value, this line of defense is destined to be unbearable, and when the follow-up Russian troops withdraw, the Russian troops still fighting on the front line may only be abandoned, after all, people must be left to delay the opponent, and these broken people will die!" Although he couldn't bear it in his heart, General Gallen obviously had no better choice. In addition to the advantages of concentration, another reason why the Germans concentrated a large number of heavy weapons was that as long as these technical equipment could be retained, even if the infantry suffered more losses, it could quickly recover its combat effectiveness. The Russians have always believed in artillery, so between infantry and heavy firepower, the Russians chose the latter!

However, even so, after the withdrawal of Russian support fire, the resistance of the Russian front-line troops was still fierce. Schrager was surprised by the strength of his will to fight. "The Russians' subordinate combat units are very vulnerable, they lack the automatic weapons and support firepower they deserve, the number of machine guns in the platoon units is much lower than ours, and although there are semi-automatic rifle replacements, the firepower is still weak. Although there are more mortars, most of them are small and medium-caliber mortars. Lack of direct-aim firepower. But they were armed with a large number of submachine guns, and the density of fire at a distance of 150 to 200 meters was terrifying. The Austrians summed it up after the war.

However, at this time, the Austro-Hungarian Legion encountered this unbalanced way for the first time, after the long-range artillery successfully expelled the opponent's howitzer troops from the battlefield, the Austro-Hungarian infantry, which had been suppressed, rushed into the battlefield, and then fell into a bitter battle, the two sides fired frantically at a distance of tens of meters or even more than ten meters, and the roar of the submachine guns resounded through the trenches, and the two sides fought for each section of the trench one by one, and even repeatedly sawed several times in individual areas! Yes, although the Russian army resisted very stubbornly, with the support of tanks and armored vehicles, the Austro-Hungarian regiment finally seized the position after paying a huge price.

"General, our first line of defense has been lost. The other side is trying to cross the middle ground. The chief of staff proposed whether to conduct fire interception of enemy troops? Now the positions of the long-range artillery of the Germans have not changed, they cannot reach our artillery. A staff officer whispered.

"Wait. The battle has just begun. General Gallen said, shaking his head.

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