Chapter 11: Bloody Opérez (9) - Destroy the Outer Defenses

Although Zhang Shixin can't guarantee whether the movie he shoots can be convincing, it is much better than several forces who have been forced to withdraw their troops due to ** pressure until now, resulting in a fall short.

Although the generals, including Shasur, did not know Zhang Shixin's actual plan, they believed that Zhang Shixin had the ability to turn things around.

They also didn't want their efforts to come to naught at this point, and after Zhang Shixin said that they had a way to solve the problems they encountered, they also officially launched an offensive against Opérez City when they were ready.

Several satellite cities around the city of Opérez had been captured by the attacking troops a few days earlier, and now they had no fortifications to rely on, except for some fortresses and fortresses on the periphery of the city.

Zhang Shixin was naturally very aware of this, and he also knew that the commanders of several other friendly armies also knew that the huge city of Opezez had become a ripe peach, waiting for them to pick it.

At that time, this peach was not so easy to pick.

According to the latest intelligence, Opérez's defenders not only numbered 200,000 people, but also nearly a million civilians who were being held hostage.

These civilians were called the National Guard, but several of the generals were quite scoffing at this, because after several battles on the periphery, they had seen the faces of the great nobles of Osville.

Although they were very angry at each other's actions, they did not have the slightest solution to this problem. Only the most direct and brutal way can be used to deal with such problems.

They didn't want to do that, because it would have a considerable impact on the morale of the soldiers, but if they didn't use that kind of tactic, they would have suffered more casualties.

So, although this will cause their reputation to plummet and the morale of the people who will do it considerably, they cannot afford to sacrifice the lives of their precious soldiers.

Under this premise, many generals had to continue with their original tactics.

Even if Operez was in ruins, even if few of the people inside were alive after the end of the war, such tactics were once again in the ears of every officer and soldier.

It is said that a number of junior officers have been disarmed and imprisoned in barracks because they opposed such tactics. Zhang Shixin didn't have any opinion on this, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that his troops' surnames were biased towards mercenaries, I am afraid that he would have to have a headache for such a problem.

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The decisive battle between the Multinational Coalition and the Oswel Empire in Opérez officially began at 7 a.m. on May 6, 1936.

For those bunker fortress groups on the periphery, the coalition forces still use a rather old way of fighting to deal with them.

That is, to concentrate a large number of various types of medium and large-caliber artillery to shell the opponent.

Unlike Zhang Shixin's artillery units, which can be called "two or three kittens," several countries have a large number of artillery units, and the establishment of howitzer units can even be based on brigade level units.

How many artillery pieces are in an artillery brigade?

Every world is different, even in the world where Zhang Shixin was originally located, many countries are different.

However, the troops in the other world, according to Zhang Shixin's original world, are already supernumerary.

The military establishment of the other world is quite uniform, and the three-three system is adopted.

That is, an artillery platoon has three guns, an artillery company has nine guns, and so on.

Then an artillery brigade has as many as two hundred and forty-three artillery pieces, which is almost equal to an artillery division in Zhang Shixin's original world.

Therefore, the total number of artillery pieces of the three countries is far more than 10,000, and the shelling of this scale is of course earth-shattering.

Tens of thousands of shells per minute rained down on Operez, the capital of the Oswel Empire, in three directions except to the west, and in less than two minutes, the originally dense bunker fortress group continued to disappear into billowing smoke and dust.

The troops who were about to launch a charge could even feel the non-stop vibration coming from under their feet.

Although Zhang Shixin's artillery is not even a fraction of that of the other side compared to the three countries, Zhang Shixin has an advantage, which is also incomparable to the artillery units of these countries.

That is, Zhang Shixin's summoner gunner has the skill of Eagle Eye.

Although the number of artillery pieces in the three countries is large, there is a very big gap between the actual killing efficiency and Zhang Shixin's artillery.

Although it is said that Zhang Shixin's artillery, even if it has an eagle eye, has a hit accuracy of about three kilometers, and the VI-**-WT with the best accuracy has a radius error of about 28 meters.

This means that it is possible for the shell to fly up to 28 meters beyond the landing point. If there is a difference in height, this distance will be even greater.

However, compared with blind shooting, Zhang Shixin's artillery shelling was much more accurate.

For example, the hit rate of the artillery units of the Triple Alliance Army is about 10%, so Zhang Shixin's artillery units are about 30%.

This is a more general calculation. Because in fact, artillery long-range shelling, the accuracy of the hit is really not flattering.

Zhang Shixin's self-propelled guns in later generations, the hit rate and hit error, more because those gunners with the help of new shells and navigation systems connected to satellites, only have such data.

At the same time, advanced artillery control systems and new types of artillery also contribute to increased accuracy and rate of fire.

Before Zhang Shixin crossed over, he had heard that if modern artillery did not have those advanced things, the hit accuracy would not be too high, that is, if the artillery carried out blind fire after eliminating all scientific and technological means, the hit error of 10,000 meters would not be less than 40 meters.

Zhang Shixin originally thought that an error of 40 meters was already quite unreliable. It's just that when Zhang Shixin personally embodied this situation, he knew that the error of the 10,000-meter range was only about 40 meters, which was already very good data.

For example, if the 210mm GW Tiger P self-propelled gun has a range of 10,000 meters, the error value is about 70 meters or even higher.

This is still the result of opening the eagle eye.

If you don't turn on the eagle eye, even if the angle deviates by one minute or one second, the error may be more than 100 meters, or even more.

Therefore, it is not so much the luck of the artillery that the artillery hits the enemy in long-range shelling, but rather that the enemy who is hit is too unlucky.

Zhang Shixin did not use rocket artillery at this time, not that the accuracy of rocket artillery was too poor, but that the penetration ability of rocket artillery was weaker than that of 150mm HE shells, Zhang Shixin doubted that this thing could penetrate the concrete roof on the bunker.

The seismic resistance of concrete is better than that of steel plates, but this does not refer to the same thickness, but to the same protective effect.

No one has built a sealed iron cage that is one meter or even thicker, this does not mean much, maybe the weight of the top cover is too great, and it will directly crush the entire bunker fortress.

At the same time, the very high cost of doing so is also a factor.

Zhang Shixin knew that even the Maginot Line, except for some special batteries, only set up some movable steel plates on the top, so that the artillery could exert its power when the artillery was attacked.

In this case, Zhang Shixin's cleanup speed was even faster than that of the Three Kingdoms Alliance......

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As for? Don't the enemy have the means to fight back?

Of course not, it's just that one of them is not fighting back enough, and the other is that they don't know where the other side is shelling.

The situation in front was that in response to the Triple Alliance, under the shelling of which medium density, the artillery units of the Osvell Army's pillbox fortress group also counterattacked. But with little effect.

Because as long as these bunkers are hit by two or three shells from different angles, there will be considerable casualties among the personnel inside.

Even with some strong bunkers, they could not fully withstand the shells coming from the flanks.

Because the forces of the Triple Alliance did not take a completely frontal intensive artillery bombardment, but arranged a considerable number of oblique artillery positions.

Such an arrangement made it possible for the shells to effectively hit the slightly weak sides of the strong defensive surfaces relative to the front and top. Kill and wound some enemy troops on the flanks.

At the same time, the longer the range, the larger the size of the gun, and because of the angle of gun firing, it is impossible to place a large-caliber gun in a short bunker, because it does not make much sense.

Operez, which is located at the junction of the hilly area and the plain area, can also ensure the effectiveness of the shelling as long as it occupies a favorable vantage point. It's a two-way street, both offensively and defensively.

The Oswelt Empire was well aware that they also had a large number of enclosed batteries in the hilly areas to the north, hoping to take advantage of the location to attack the attacking army.

It is a pity that the GLP Alliance, which acts as an attack group to the north, is naturally well aware of the tactical significance of these small heights, and they have concentrated a considerable amount of artillery to shell this area at the beginning. However, since the opponent's fortress defense was quite strong, it was able to withstand even 203mm grenade attacks. Therefore, the GLP Union Army had to tilt almost 20,000 shells on these small heights, and almost completely bulldoze the surface buildings of the entire small highlands.

However, in the course of the fire, the GLP still lost some artillery and artillery units.

The situation was similar elsewhere, and although the artillery bombardment of the Triple Alliance was very heavy, their artillery positions were not hit by a small number of counterattacking shells, causing some casualties.

As for the western part of Zhang Shixin's troops' attack, the shells fired by the Osvell army's counterattack either flew directly over Zhang Shixin's artillery formation, or fell in an area of several hundred meters in front of the attacking standby troops.

Although some shells still hit Zhang Shixin's troops, the casualties they caused were quite minor.

The most unfortunate was a KV-1S heavy tank, which was directly hit by a heavy gun with a caliber of more than 203mm through the front armor plate of the hull.

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The guns of both sides came and went, and from time to time the sky streaked through rows of white and hard-to-see shells, and the beeping of the shells constantly stimulated the nerves of the soldiers on both sides, fearing that the next moment the beep came, the shells would fall on their heads, in front of them, on the sides or behind them.

The artillery counterattacks of the Oswel army became less and less, firstly, because the intensive fire of the coalition forces continued to destroy the fortresses capable of counterattacking over time, and secondly, because some of the fortresses that were quite lucky, they no longer had shells or their artillery was damaged.

Although Zhang Shixin's advance speed was fast, he would not be so stupid as to run to his death when the friendly army did not launch a general attack.

It is difficult for Zhang Shixin to advance fast, and several AMX-13s and the remaining more than 20 E-50Ms are constantly feeding back the information they have detected directly into the artillery positions.

Although Zhang Shixin's firepower is inferior to his wealthy allies, sometimes, even if he uses a helpless fortress, Zhang Shixin has a killer feature, that is, concrete destruction bombs.

In some cases, a 210mm concrete-destroying projectile can detonate the munitions placed inside the fort after it has penetrated the opponent's wall.

In some bunkers, if there is no movement after hitting two concrete-destroying shells, the gunner of the GW Tiger will have the loader reload one AP shell and attack the opponent.

If there was no way to even AP bombs, Zhang Shixin would give up destroying such a bunker fortress and directly give the other party a poison gas bomb with a reduced charge.

Although Zhang Shixin has given up the large-scale use of poison gas bombs now, it does not mean that he will not occasionally use one round according to the combat situation.

The gas bomb with a reduced charge is actually a variant of the incendiary bomb, because sarin gas is not flammable, so the system has developed an incendiary gas bomb with a charge similar to that of a high-explosive bomb, but its poison body is a mist gas instead of a liquefied poison gas that can be continuously volatile.

Sometimes, the aerosol gas bomb will be blown away by the wind before it has played a certain role, and Zhang Shixin used this point to clean up the fortress that was too stubborn.

But there are not too many such fortresses, because this is not a coastline after all, and it is more of a waste of resources to arrange a fortress at the level of coastal defense.

Therefore, Zhang Shixin's cleaning speed is so fast, it is more of a mixed tactic that uses a variety of shells.

Zhang Shixin expressed a certain appreciation for such a situation, but his heart was not dripping blood?

Such a price is too high, so high that Zhang Shixin feels very painful.

However, in order not to let the soldiers lose too much in such a battle, Zhang Shixin had no way not to do so.

At this time, Zhang Shixin was waiting for the moment of the general offensive to come.

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At nine o'clock in the morning, the coalition forces that had been shelled for two full hours (not counting Zhang Shixin's troops, who were waiting for the order to attack. Finally stopped the artillery covering.

Tanks, tanks, armoured trucks, and countless infantry rushed toward Opérez on their feet.

After Zhang Shixin received the order for the general attack, he also said to Grelian, who was watching him:

"Let's start attacking too."

After Zhang Shixin watched Grelian convey his orders, the long-awaited teams of the Elven Dragon Security Company also started their own offensive.

Zhang Shixin didn't know what would happen in the city, but when things got to this point, there was no way for him to retreat.

Yes, he looked from the periscope at the city of Opérez, where black plumes of smoke were rising, and he had no possibility of retreating for no reason. (To be continued.) )