"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

In the eastern Carpathian Mountains, the Russian army and the Austrian army, with more than 1.5 million men on both sides, launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle on a 200-kilometer defensive line. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Whether it is the Russian army on the offensive side or the Austrian army on the defensive side, they have almost used up all their strength.

As soon as the battle began, there was a fierce exchange of fire between the artillery of both sides. The Russian army is trying to destroy the Austrian fortifications with artillery fire, and it is better to be able to destroy the Austrian army's will to resist. Similarly, the Austrian army also hopes to use powerful artillery fire to inflict greater casualties on the Russian army, so that they can be in a favorable position in the next defensive operations to complete this combat mission.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The 76.2 mm shells fired by the Russian army fell on the positions of the Austrian army, and the fortifications built by the Austrian army were blown up by the shells, and occasionally Austrian soldiers were killed. The rest of the Austrian soldiers either hid in the anti-artillery holes or lay at the bottom of the trenches, holding their heads and praying to God that the Russian shells would not fall on their heads.

The morale of the Austrian army was relatively low. They were armed with more advanced weapons than the Russian army, but they were defeated by the Russian army in the previous stage of the battle, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the morale of the Austrian army. Of course, the Russian army is not afraid of death when it comes to fighting, and their will to fight is much stronger than that of the Austrian soldiers.

"Oh God! The shelling of the Russians is too fierce, and if we stay here, we will be killed. We're retreating, aren't we? A young Austrian soldier, with fear in his eyes, said to his comrades.

"Idiot! Run away now? Do you want to be shot by the gendarmes? The commander had already given the order, and this time in the battle, without receiving the order, he would definitely not be able to retreat without permission. An older soldier scolded.

The young soldier's heart suddenly tightened, and he turned around a little weakly to see that more than a hundred meters away from their defensive line, a group of gendarmes was guarding there. In front of the gendarmes, a heavy machine gun was erected. There was no doubt that if they dared to flee this time, the gendarmes would not hesitate to fire with heavy machine guns. The young Austrian soldier had no choice but to suppress the idea of escaping and continued to squat in the trench.

Field Marshal Baron Hezendorf, in order to prevent the Austrian army from retreating without taking possession, specially sent a large number of gendarmes to the front. These gendarmes have only one task, and that is to deter those who are not determined to be on the front line, so that they can be nailed to the front line after the battle begins, and must not cause the rout of the entire front because of the escape of these cowards.

Under the deterrence of the military police, the soldiers of the Austrian army can only fight this battle hard, and will not be easily intimidated by the Russian army as before. In fact, as long as they overcome the fear in their hearts and give full play to the power of the weapons in their hands, not to mention defeating the Russian army, but holding their own defense line, there is no problem at all.

The Austrian artillery, in the fierce counterattack, achieved a lot of results. Their heavy artillery suppression caused a lot of artillery losses to the Russian army.

The Lesko front, which is the focus of the attack of the 3rd Army of the Russian army. The 3rd Army gathered half of its forces in the hope of making a breakthrough from here. After capturing Lesko, he crossed the Carpathian Mountains and attacked the Hungarian plain.

"General, our artillery losses are very large, and the artillery fire of the Austrians is very fierce. By now, we have 7 artillery positions destroyed and lost more than a hundred artillery pieces. "The artillery commander reported to Admiral Rusky.

"Damn, how can this be? The state of the enemy army on the opposite side seems to be different! When I fought with them before, their shelling was definitely not so fierce. Admiral Rusky's brows furrowed.

"General, are we going to continue shelling? If we continue like this, I'm afraid it won't be long before all our artillery will be lost. The artillery commander said.

Admiral Rusky thought for a moment, then said: "Ten minutes! Let the artillery hold out for another ten minutes. Ten minutes later, the infantry attacked! It is hoped that they will be able to break through the enemy's defenses in one fell swoop. ”

"Yes, General!"

Ten minutes later, the Russian artillery withdrew from the battle. The remnants of the cannons retreated into the woods to hide. The artillery battle just now also made the Russian artillerymen tremble. After all, although the artillery seems to be safe, the artillery battle is still very tragic. No one knows when enemy shells will fall from the sky and blow themselves to pieces.

Especially in this battle, the Austrian artillery played very well, which made the Russian artillery even more worried. Fortunately, the order to retreat was given, and they finally survived.

When the Russian artillery withdrew from the battle, the Russian infantry immediately attacked.

"Rush! Tear through the enemy's defenses and kill them all! ”

"Ulla! Ulla! ”

Countless Russian soldiers jumped out of the trenches and rushed to the positions of the Austrian army. They shouted slogans and charged forward like a gray tide, rushing to the front line of the Austrian army.

"Quick! Entering the position, the Russians attacked. ”

"Oh God! There are so many Russians. Will we be able to fend off their attacks? ”

After many Austrian soldiers entered the position, they couldn't help but feel numb in fright when they saw this scene.

"Quick, fire! Prevent those Russians from approaching our positions. If our positions are breached, everyone is dead. The officers of the Austrian army shouted orders at the top of their voices.

Even, in order to take care of the soldiers who speak different languages, they have to give orders in multiple languages. This is undoubtedly a great test for these officers.

After all, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a multi-ethnic state, a dualistic empire composed of more than a dozen kingdoms, principalities and princely states, each with its own language. Therefore, to command such a Chinese force is a severe test for any commander.

"Fire!"

"Da Da Da! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

With the commander's order, all kinds of fire of the Austrian army began to shoot one after another. Heavy machine guns, light machine guns, all began to fire fiercely. The rifles in the hands of the soldiers also began to shoot.

Suddenly, dense firepower shrouded the attacking Russian army. Countless Russian soldiers fell to the ground after being shot. It's just that even so, it still hasn't been able to scare these Russian soldiers. They crossed the corpses of their comrades and continued their attack on the positions of the Austrians.