"Don't worry, the Polish troops didn't lose much strength today," Commander Cronin said calmly: "Our move must be saved until we are sure before we attack, if we don't shoot, we will kill with one blow." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Koval leaned into the trenches and slept, waiting for the night attack of the Soviet troops.

Because they were harassed by Soviet detachments yesterday, each unit also sent some small groups in the evening to set up an ambush four or five hundred meters in front of their positions.

Soviet detachments are still as close to Polish positions as they were yesterday. Unexpectedly, the Polish troops who were ambushed were attacked by them, and they were caught off guard.

However, the darkness of the night greatly reduced the accuracy of the rifles, and the two sides exchanged fire about 500 meters in front of the Polish position.

Koval held on to the sporadic faint sound of gunfire coming from the front of the position, and looked carefully at Daugavpils.

By twelve o'clock in the evening, there was still no sign of a large-scale movement in the city of Daugavpils.

Koval had been sitting there in the trenches and pretending to sleep, but the Soviet troops had not arrived.

As the sky grew brighter, Koval opened his eyes, looked at the immobile Daugavpils and said secretly, 'You can get past today, but you can't stay without a shot.' ’

"Sir?" Mayevsky asked.

"Put things away, they can't keep going, and when they do, that's when we make a move." Koval said firmly.

"Yes, sir."

General Shimigvi ordered the artillery to begin the bombardment of Fort Dina.

Koval stood up to the rumbling cannon and thought to himself, 'I wonder how many people are going to die today?' ’

"Sir, can you take Fort Dina today?" Mayevsky asked again.

Now they are only interested in it.

"Listening to the sound of the cannon, the position of the heavy artillery has not changed, and it feels a little difficult." Koval whispered.

"Then how can we storm and take Dina Fort?" A group of bored officers asked.

"To fight this kind of battle, either you will attack with all your strength from the first day, or you will have a long-term siege, and you will be consuming the strength of the defenders day by day like now, in fact, you are also consuming your own strength."

"However, there is also an advantage to this style of play, which is that it is not prone to big mistakes," Koval said. A strong attack, on the other hand, is either a big win or a big defeat. There is no superiority between these two methods, and it depends on the specific situation at that time and the ability of the commander-in-chief. ”

Inside Dina Fort, Commander Cronin ordered the artillery to fight back against the Polish heavy artillery.

More than two dozen 76mm howitzers protruded from the fully enclosed muzzles of the castle's outer walls and bombarded the Polish heavy artillery positions. However, both sides are almost on the edge of the 7-kilometer limit range, so the hit rate is outrageously low.

"See the artillery of the Soviet troops? Measure their parameters at once and get ready to shoot! Lieutenant Colonel Biroski of the 3rd Light Artillery Regiment commanded the artillerymen from a trench just over 2.5 kilometers from Fort Dina: "Our lives depend on artillery. If you don't want to die under enemy fire, aim at your targets and kill them! ”

"Yes, sir!" The artillerymen replied excitedly.

"Gun No. 1 is ready!"

"Gun No. 3 is ready!"

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"Launch!" Biroski commanded loudly.

The Polish artillery suddenly lifted the camouflage on the 36 77mm howitzers, quickly adjusted the firing angle of the guns, and aimed at the barrels that appeared on the outer wall of Dina Fort.

Boom Boom Boom ・・・・・・

Thirty-six 77mm shells flew almost simultaneously at the outer wall of Fort Dina.

The sound of the dense artillery fire immediately shocked the Soviet artillery inside the Dina Fort, and the artillery officer followed the sound and immediately noticed the firing smoke above the cannon and saw the shells coming towards him.

"Adjust the target, the Poles are in the trenches two kilometers in front of us!" The Soviet artillery officer shouted loudly.

"Quick! Fast! Adjust your goals!" The Soviet artillerymen panicked adjusting the angle of the guns and measuring the position of the target.

Boom, boom, thirty-six shells exploded almost simultaneously on the outer wall of Fort Dina, shaking the Soviet soldiers on the façade of the outer wall.

After firing a shell from the Polish artillery in the trench, the bore was immediately opened, the cartridge case was withdrawn, and the shell was reloaded and fired.

"Did you hit?" An artilleryman asked anxiously.

"We hit three meters to the right of the target, damn it!" The Polish artillery officer shouted: "It's coming!" ”

As soon as the artilleryman pulled the rope, another shell flew out.

Inside the outer walls of Fort Dina, Soviet artillery was taken by surprise by a sudden and dense shelling.

"How's the loss?"

"Hit the artillery at close range!" The Soviet officer commanded constantly.

"Gun Position 3 is finished!"

"Gun Position 5 was blown up in pieces,"

"Someone is injured at gun position nine! Let's make it up personally! "Noisy shouts filled the positions of the Soviet artillery.

Some of the gun positions immediately adjusted their firing targets and began shelling the Polish artillery below the city, while some of the artillery positions were still carrying out the orders from the front.

A 76mm shell hit the position of the 3rd Light Artillery Regiment, splashing a puff of dust.

"Leave it alone! Keep shooting! The Polish officer fiercely shouted: "We have more artillery than them, are we still afraid of them!" Keep shooting! ”

The Polish artillery had been waiting for a long time, was well prepared, and the measured firing parameters were relatively accurate, while the Soviet artillery suffered a lot of losses in the first wave of Polish artillery shelling, and it was even more hasty to respond to the battle, and the various data of the temporary measurements deviated greatly, and were completely suppressed by the 3rd Light Artillery Regiment.

Shells were constantly exploding on the outer wall of Dina Fort and above the positions of the 3rd Light Artillery Regiment, and from time to time the firing holes in the outer wall were hit, and from time to time Polish artillery was blown away by Soviet shells.

"Hold on! Hold! Keep shooting! With a little more effort, you can destroy them! The Polish officers kept yelling, and one by one the soldiers carried the wounded artillerymen down.

Seeing that the gun emplacements were destroyed by Polish shells, a Soviet officer admonished: "Sir, what a loss it is for us to be beaten like this!" Withdraw! Otherwise the artillery will be gone! ”

The commander of the Soviet artillery gritted his teeth and ordered in a low voice: "Retreat, pull the artillery away!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

The Soviet artillerymen, who were still alive, immediately put away the gun carriage and pulled the gun back.

The sound of artillery inside Fort Dina suddenly stopped.

"We won!" Biroski excitedly shouted: "After the last round of shooting, retreat!" ”

The surrounding Polish artillery quickly fired the last round of shells, dragged the artillery to a simple bunker next to it, and the soldiers retreated to the rear.

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