Chapter 520: Tearing

"Boom!" When the sky suddenly exploded, a violent thunder like the sky and the earth cracked, like a mad comet meteor crashed into the ground; The hurricane roared, the waves of fire rushed, and the stones, soil, plants, and people within a radius of 100 meters from the explosion point were all blown to pieces in an instant, and then under the coercion of the surging air waves, they blew colorful rolls around!

The red flames surged, the earth shook wildly, and a blood-colored red flower hundreds of meters high suddenly stretched out in anger on this vast field, and the red and gorgeous light flames rolled and tumbled like a sea of clouds, and they did not go for a long time. The Russian soldiers, who were a little far away from the explosion point, still felt an unimaginably huge wave of air slamming towards them, and suddenly their chests and lungs exploded, blood spurted wildly, and they threw backwards and flew backwards like paper kites. The flags were surging, the horses were neighing, and the central infantry units of the Russian army were suddenly in chaos; Even the Cossack cavalry, who were surrounding and outflanking on both sides, were shaken and terrified of what they were going to face next.

"Deutsche Victory!" Seeing the majesty of their Kirov airboats and the bombshells dropped were enough to burn the mountains and boil the sea, the attacking German soldiers couldn't help but burst into fanatical cheers. The troops attacking east from Bukovina were all officers and men of the 8th Army, which had been fighting on the Eastern Front from the beginning of the war, and had been in a tragic state of motherhood: they had always been reluctant to accept the new weapons of tanks, airplanes, and air boats, which were widely received by the German army. This time, the officers and men of this department finally have the support of these equipment after the strategic center of gravity of the General Staff has been transferred eastward. At present, just the starting attack of an airship has played a huge role completely different from the past; If you can make the most of all the new equipment. How could the Russians in front of them withstand the German advance?

The fire faded. The smoke cleared. A huge crater nearly 30 meters in length appeared in the eyes of everyone, and some fragments of flesh and blood were faintly visible around it. Seeing this situation, the Russian officers and men could not help but feel cold in their hands and feet, and finally the courage they had gained from the scene of the charge began to quickly escape from their bodies. Some of the frightened soldiers stumbled back with their hands and feet, only to be killed by a merciless shot from the Warseers who were mixed in with them. Based on the experience and experience of a large number of soldiers fleeing in previous battles, the Russian army set up a large number of supervision teams among the front-line soldiers, and directly shot the deserters; Although this made the Russian army grassroots soldiers hate the Romanov government even more. But it did increase the resistance that the Germans had to face in a great way.

German airships sail through the sky, like a demon god on patrol. The fanged shark's mouth paint on the bow of the ship, the Russian troops on the ground were like waves cracking, quickly dodging to both sides, and even those brightly dressed Overseers were in the wind under their feet, lest they become the gluttonous sacrifice of these hellish generals. However, in some important battle areas, the Russian army, which had no choice, could only grit its teeth and hold on, while the German air forces in the sky did not show any mercy to their enemies. With the drop of a bombshell, the ground suddenly fell into a monstrous sea of fire like a meteor, and the air waves burst out. The earth shook and the mountains shook, and the sound was terrifying. The Russian soldiers were either blown to a bloody pulp and shattered bones. Or they were thrown into the air by the air waves, fell to the ground and broke their bones and tendons, and more were frozen in place, with blood flowing from their ears, and their faces were full of panic and confusion, completely losing the will to resist.

The machinery roared, the tracks rolled, and the German tanks rumbled over the fields and rushed forward with an unstoppable momentum. Bullets struck their steel bodies continuously, sparks sparkling from the piercing sound of sharp rubbing. In the small space on the right side of the turret, the German commander was looking around intently at the loud noise of a gasoline engine, and once he found the Russian firepower, he would immediately kick the driver in front and below to stop him, and choose whether to let the gunner fire a shell or let the driver control the Maxim MG07 heavy machine gun in the front of the hull to fire a burst according to the situation. At present, the Russian army in the field has almost no strong bunker fortifications, and the 37mm guns on these Panzer I tanks are more than enough to carry out any task of destroying enemy fire points.

"Bang!" The hull of the vehicle shook violently, and a 37mm high-explosive shell was fired from the muzzle of the tank No. 065; At the same time, a Russian machine-gun position 400 meters away burst into light, and earth exploded. The roar of the Russian machine guns was silent. The liberated German soldiers immediately clashed and moved in, seizing advantageous positions to fight the Russians, while some squads took advantage of the situation to set up mortars on the front line and opened heavy fire on some places that could not be taken into account by direct fire. After nearly half a year of fighting, this lightweight, simple, and powerful weapon has been unanimously recognized and loved by German officers and soldiers, and the low cost of construction has made its popularity considerable, and even in a considerable number of infantry companies. As a tail shell visible to the naked eye crossed a graceful arc in the air, the Russian army's entrenchment point landed in a violent explosion and flames, in the vast majority of cases, the Russian army with poor combat experience can only be completely in a situation of passive beating!

After a few rounds of mortar fire, the target area was completely cleared and cleared by the Germans. Compared to the 37mm guns on tanks, even the smallest 60mm mortars in the German army were several times more powerful. German officers and soldiers alternated cover, and the offensive was like a tide, rushing into and sweeping the various areas where the Russian army was entrenched. In the face of these well-trained and skilled enemies, the vast majority of Russian troops will choose to lay down their guns and surrender after fruitless resistance, in order to save their own lives. If they resist, they will definitely only have one dead word, and if they flee to the rear, those evil warlords will not let them go. In addition, most of the officers and soldiers of the Russian army were really beaten by the German attack: those steel monsters that were not afraid of bullets, the three-winged aircraft that wreaked havoc on their artillery positions, and the giant airships that represented death and destruction were far beyond the spiritual bottom line that they could bear.

At the same time, the Russian Cossacks suffered heavy losses on both flanks. These soldiers galloping through the field on horseback were originally the most eye-catching of the German army on the battlefield; Seeing this, the Fokker fighters hovering and soaring in the sky swooped down and opened heavy fire on them with the machine gun in the nose. Unlike the previous fighters, the Fokker aircraft that were put into use on the Eastern Front this time were all anti-heaven and anti-heaven ZĂ i equipped with machine gun coordinators.

In the early days of human skies, the machine gun coordinator was one of the most important basic technologies in air combat. Because with the exception of a few propellers in the rear, the propellers of almost all single-engine fighters are located in the middle of the nose, and this position is also the best weapon installation place for fighter pilots to be able to target with the naked eye. If the machine gun is placed on the wings or in other positions, it will be difficult for the pilot, who is not in a straight line with the machine gun, to estimate the trajectory of the bullet, and the accuracy of the hit will be inaccurate. However, once the machine gun is placed in the nose of the machine, it will inevitably lead to a situation where the outgoing bullet and the propeller space overlap. The high-speed rotation of the propeller blades covers the entire nose of the aircraft, and if the machine gun is placed directly in front of the driver, then the bullets fired will inevitably damage the propeller, and it will become a tragedy that you did not destroy the enemy but ended yourself first!

As a result, the fighters on both sides in the early days of World War I were scumbags with machine gun mounts, and this situation did not change until 1916. The new Fokker fighter launched by the German army was equipped with a simple but revolutionary machine-gun coordinator, which realized the control of the machine-gun firing time, so that the bullet fired by it could pass through the gap of the propeller rotating at high speed. This technological innovation immediately had an unprecedented effect. A large number of British and French planes were shot down by the precision machine-gun fire of German fighters, creating a situation in which the Luftwaffe completely controlled the skies, which the British called the "Fokker disaster".

For ordinary people, the machine gun coordinator seems to be an extremely complex and tall weapon, but Qingying, who is familiar with history, knows the principle completely. The trick to controlling the firing time of the machine gun is to install a coaxial gear on the main shaft of the propeller, and then use a thin rod to link this gear to the machine gun safety, so that the machine gun cannot fire when the propeller blades turn to the muzzle, ensuring the safety of the propeller. Under the "creativity" of Qingying, the German engineers who had already understood the principle completed the research and development and testing of this thing in only a short time, and installed it on the new Fokker II fighter. Compared to the Fokker I, which is equipped with two machine guns on the left and right wings, the Fokker II is lighter and less expensive, but its combat capabilities have taken a big leap!

At present, since there are not many planes in the Russian army for them to hunt, these German planes have all played the role of ground attack aircraft, firing fiercely at the Russian cavalry at a low altitude of tens of meters. The layout of the machine guns in the central axis was really accurate, and the German planes flew up and down, shooting the Russian cavalry from both sides to the back, and each fighter could kill seven in and seven out, while the Russian cavalry with only sabers in their hands had nothing to do about it. Assisted by the volley of rifle rifles from the German flank, the Cossacks, who had left a large number of corpses but had no avail, had to leave in disgrace.

Under the thunderous and lightning blows of the German troops, the Russian 7th Siberian Army could not support it before evening. A large number of Russian soldiers were scattered and fled, and even the overseers themselves lost the courage to hold their positions in this unprecedented offensive. The right flank of the Russian army had been torn apart, and the Germans were pouring in like a tidal wave, sweeping every retreat that rushed towards them. (To be continued......)

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