"Quick! Fast! Get into position! "The Russian officers, having received the order, began to organize troops into positions and prepare to defend against the German offensive. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But, alas, the German attack was too sudden. Under the heavy shelling of the German army, the Russian army not only paid a lot of casualties, but at the same time the entire army was already in chaos.

A large number of Russian soldiers, like headless flies, scurried around, looking for a place to hide. Those officers simply couldn't find their own soldiers, let alone organize troops for defense.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

German shelling also continued, and explosions resounded in Lviv. Although Lviv is a large city, it has only a few hundred thousand permanent residents. When it became the most important material distribution center for the Russian Southwestern Front, the residents living here were forcibly relocated from here. The people stationed in the city are all Russian troops.

"Boom!" Several shells fell on a street one after another, and a column of Russian troops was passing through the street, causing a catastrophe. Countless Russian soldiers were torn to pieces by shells. The whole street is full of stumps and broken arms, and the scene is very terrifying, as if it is Shura hell.

A 150-mm shell hit a six-story building. A huge hole appeared in the building. Although, this shell was not able to directly blow up the building. However, it made the whole building feel crumbling, as if it would collapse at any time. The shattered bricks and stones smashed into the street below, causing many Russian soldiers passing by to break their heads and bleed.

A large number of buildings, under heavy German shelling, were reduced to rubble. It was as if the whole city was beginning to be transformed into ruins.

The defensive line of the Russian army outside the city was also the focus of the German attack. Those 75mm field guns, because of their relative lack of power and short range, focused on attacking the Russian army's defensive line on the periphery of Lviv.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Artillery shells rained down on the positions of the Russian army, destroying the fortifications they had built little by little.

The fortifications of the Russian army are still so fragile. Even a 75-mm field gun can easily destroy it. Whether it was a trench or a firing point, all of them were destroyed under the shelling of the German army. This also made the Russian army's defense line quickly become dilapidated. Of course, the reason why it is like this, in addition to the fact that the Russian army is cheating and slippery when building positions, the more important reason is that the Russian army lacks materials to build positions, such as steel and cement, etc., and can only use local materials to build with mud and wood, at most a little stone. With such a fortification, naturally you can't expect to have much defense.

Driven by the officers, the Russian soldiers who entered the defense line naturally could not escape the baptism of heavy artillery fire from the German army. Dense shells fall, often taking the lives of a large number of Russian soldiers.

It's just that no one cares about their lives. The Germans didn't care, they wanted to kill all the Russian troops stationed in Lviv. The Russian army itself does not care either. In the eyes of those Russian generals and officers, these soldiers are just tools of consumption. They are simply cannon fodder, and no one will care about them.

While the German shelling continued, the fighters of the 8th Air Force also arrived as scheduled. Hundreds of bombers bombed the Russian defense line. Although these bombers are carrying only 25 kg bombs, even such bombs still have a devastating strike power against the Russian defense line. For those who are fragile, this is not to mention nature.

Each bomber is capable of carrying bombs weighing up to five hundred kilograms. In this way, each aircraft can carry 20 bombs. These bombs fell, so that the Russian defense line was completely shrouded in gunsmoke and fire. Countless Russian soldiers were killed in the bombing of these bombers. The Russian defense line was also blown up in the bombardment.

"Oh God!"

Some of the Russian generals who were hiding in safe places to observe were all stunned by the way the Germans attacked. After so many years of fighting, it was undoubtedly the first time they had seen such a scene.

"Damn! The Germans were too powerful, right? In this way, how can our defense line be able to resist it! The generals of the Russian army couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it! Lviv is too important for us. The war materials stored here are related to the life and death of the entire Southwestern Front, and they must not be captured by the Germans. The general has given the order to die, and we must resist the German attack. A lieutenant general said. He was the commander of the 34th Infantry Corps of the Russian Army, Lieutenant General Sheremetev.

"Order the troops, get ready to enter the position. As soon as the Germans attacked, they were ready to defend against them! Lieutenant General Sheremetev ordered.

"Yes, General." The other Russian generals replied one after another. It's just that you can clearly see from their faces how unconfident they are.

Especially the generals of the 22nd Infantry Corps of the Russian Army who fled back from the rout, they were even more timid in their hearts. Outside Cheum, they had experienced German attacks. The kind of attack led by armored forces and launching a sea of mountains is simply terrifying.

Even if it rings now, I still have lingering palpitations. Not to mention the imminent arrival of a German attack, which frightened them even more. If it weren't for Admiral Dimitriev's death order, they probably couldn't help but turn around and run away.

Stry, the command of the Southwestern Front of the Russian Army. Admiral Ivanov was woken up from his sleep. Last night, he fell asleep very late. So, I want to get out of bed this morning. As a result, he was woken up by a sharp knock on the door, which immediately made Admiral Ivanov's mood very bad.

"What's going on?" Admiral Ivanov opened the door and asked impatiently.

"General, something is wrong. Lviv was under heavy attack by the Germans. Admiral Dimitryev, asked for reinforcements. The adjutant reported.

"What? Lviv was attacked, how could that be? Admiral Ivanov's face suddenly changed. On the one hand, he could not believe such a fact. On the other hand, he didn't want to believe it.

The importance of Lviv is self-evident. If Lviv is captured by the Germans, it will be a fatal blow to the Southwestern Front of the Russian army.

"Send a telegram to Dimitryev, Lviv must be held and must not fall into the hands of the Germans!" Admiral Ivanov roared.