As the saying goes, good steel is used on the edge of a knife. I don't know if there is such a saying in Russia. But the Russians absolutely understand this. Faced with the irretrievable shape, Samsonov decisively left the strongest fighting Denikin's corps behind to break the rear, but he still had some conscience, in addition to leaving enough infantry on its flanks to cooperate with Denikin's actions, he also left all the heavy artillery that could not be taken away to Denikin. Coupled with the artillery shells stored in Warsaw, in the face of the German army that rushed a little fast, the long-range firepower of the Russian army's broken troops was not so bad compared to the Germans, after all, most of all the artillery pieces of more than 5 tons were in the process of maneuvering or preparing to maneuver. And in order to encircle the Russian heavy group, the armored forces under the command of Mackensen did not seem to stop and wait for the idea of a follow-up force, so the two armored divisions crashed headlong into Denikin's defense. The first large-scale armored and anti-armored war of the First World War officially began Raqqa.

After breaking through the coherent defense line of the Russian army, Mackensen's armored troops moved more quickly and freely, without annoying minefields, and without all kinds of anti-tank guns hidden in the corners. After a brief respite, Mackensen's two armoured divisions and the attached Mobile Corps headed for Warsaw.

"Doesn't it look like much?" After synthesizing all the information, Mackensen scoffed at the Russian defense of one of the last and largest strongholds in Russian Poland, although the heavy artillery did not follow up. But at the same time, a large number of artillery pieces were destroyed or captured. The other side did not build coherent reinforced concrete fortifications. They just built a ring of defense lines close to each other at key points. And the number of troops deployed is definitely not much. There may be minefields between the defensive lines, but this is not a big problem, as long as they can withstand a certain amount of sacrifice. After breaking through the opponent's defensive line, the isolated Russian army has only two options: death or surrender.

After a brief period of fire preparation, as the fire extended, Mackenson's lynxes once again pounced on their target. Lynx tanks attacked the Russian positions in a wedge-shaped formation, and behind the troops were accompanied by infantry. The Germans coordinated very well, and the various units maintained a certain speed and moved in unison, stopping at a distance of about 800 meters to the position. Freedom is then followed by a free attack on targets that have been marked as points of fire. THE SLENDER 50MM TANK GUN SPEWED OUT TONGUES OF FIRE, AND PUFFS OF WHITE SMOKE ROSE FROM THE MUZZLE OF THE GUN, AFTER A BRIEF SUPPRESSION. The tank units continued to advance, then stopped, re-firing.

"Isn't that right? Why didn't the Russians fight back? Mackensen hesitated. According to the predetermined plan, the next step was for the infantry to launch a final charge. But obviously. If these rounds of attacks fail to destroy the opponent's firepower. Then the infantry will obviously suffer heavy casualties when attacking at medium and close range, these are all elite storm assault battalions, not ordinary infantry can compare.

Eventually, after a final round of rapid fire, the front-line commander, who found no problems, finally decided to launch a final attack. At this time, the distance between the two sides is only 400 meters! It was already close to the charging distance of the light infantry. And the tank can even go through these lines in a few minutes and continue deeper! However, due to the terrain, if the ramming troops want to continue the attack, they must shorten the attack surface, shrink the frontal formation into an arrow, and then continue the attack. After a brief hesitation, the German front commanders finally decided to change formations. The armored forces began to shrink, while the infantry on both sides, supported by mortars and light artillery, occupied the flanks!

Just in the contraction of armored forces. Shortly after revealing the infantry on both flanks, the firing points hidden in the bunker suddenly erupted in deadly tongues of fire. A not-so-coherent but very muffled sound rang out one after another, and one after another locust-like bullets were fired at the infantry and the sides and rear of the Bobcat tank. "It's a Russian large-caliber machine gun!" Some German soldiers who had experienced the bloody battles on the Southern Front were the first to recognize this terrible sound. With an effective range of more than 1,000 meters, a terrifying weapon that is deadly enough even with a slight rub has once again appeared on the battlefield.

This was followed by large-caliber mortars. 120MM MORTARS ARE ARRANGED ON ANTI-SLOPE POSITIONS, THESE POSITIONS CAN NOT BE ATTACKED BY EITHER HOWITZERS OR TANK GUNS, PURELY IN TERMS OF PROJECTION, 120MM MORTARS ARE DEFINITELY MUCH HIGHER THAN 105MM HOWITZERS. And in the defensive state, the ultra-high rate of fire undoubtedly makes it a truly terrifying life harvester! Shrapnel exploded at a height of more than one person, and countless steel balls were like the sickle of death reaping life wantonly, in this case, neither lying down nor standing could guarantee their own lives, and continued to attack machine guns and mines, and the retreat would also be shelled, and the Germans on both flanks were in a predicament at the first time.

At the same time, while the infantry was under heavy fire, the German armored forces were also in a difficult situation. If Denikin originally lived the life of a rich peasant, then in this battle, the firepower he had could be described as a tyrant, and a large number of artillery pieces that were not easy to take away were assigned to him, including a lot of 37MM guns and 47MM guns, which could not penetrate the front of the Bobcat tank, but Denikin provided a very good attack angle for these less powerful guns.

When the terrain narrowed, German armored forces were inevitably concentrated and exposed to the flanks, while a large number of less powerful guns were deployed here, and some of the higher gun crews were equipped with tungsten carbide shells. Its armor-piercing ability has been greatly improved. The purpose of building a circular position is not only to concentrate firepower, but also to expose the opponent's flanks to other positions when attacking a certain circular position, coupled with the obstruction of minefields, which is definitely a nightmare for armored troops without heavy artillery support! In a stream of dark red flames and white smoke, shells slammed into the Lynx's armor.

WITH A LOUD BANG, A 75MM ARMOR-PIERCING BULLET FIRED BY AN M1987 CANNON LIGHTLY TORE THROUGH THE FRONTAL ARMOR OF A BOBCAT, AND THEN THE INSIDE OF THE TANK FLASHED, A COLUMN OF SMOKE ROSE FROM THE GUN MOUNT, THE 50MM TURRET WAS OVERTURNED, AND FLAMES AND SMOKE ERUPTED FROM EVERY GAP IN THE HULL. THE TANK DEFENSE OF THE FIRST WAR WAS STILL TOO WEAK, AND IN THE FACE OF THE 75MM CANNONS THAT THE ENTENTES WERE HEAVILY EQUIPPED WITH, THESE TANKS WERE NO DIFFERENT FROM PAPIER-MÂCHÉ. AT THE SAME TIME, A LARGE NUMBER OF 37MM GUNS AND 47MM GUNS ALSO CAUSED GREAT PROBLEMS FOR THE GERMANS, PERHAPS THESE GUNS COULD NOT PENETRATE THE ARMOR, BUT THEY COULD EASILY BREAK THE SUSPENSION OF THE TANKS AND DISABLE THE TANKS.

ALTHOUGH THE GERMANS TRIED TO COUNTERATTACK WITH 50MM GUNS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SHELLS FROM ALL DIRECTIONS STILL DESTROYED ONE German tank after another. The tide of battle quickly reversed, and in the face of this situation, Mackensen only frowned, on the one hand, he ordered the accompanying howitzers to cover the withdrawal of troops, while on the other hand, he set his sights on another battlefield.

Because of the environment and the deliberate actions of the Russians, the position was cut, and no one attack surface could deploy enough tanks, and Mackensen had two armored divisions in his hands, in order to give full play to the role of these tanks, and also in order to break through at multiple points, while choosing the main attack point, Mackensen put another part of his troops into the attack in the secondary direction. Once the main direction of attack is frustrated and the secondary direction can open the battle, then Mackensen will still win, so he did not deliberately block the opponent's support with artillery fire, but let the opponent concentrate his troops in one direction as much as possible, causing the emptiness in other directions!

Judging from the movement of troops, Denikin seems to have really hit the plan, and at least 70% of the infantry and artillery in the reserve were thrown into the fight with the opponent's front-line troops. The Bobcat tank's rapid attack was definitely not ineffective, and it still destroyed a lot of firepower points in multiple rounds of fire, although it achieved an advantage in suddenness and position, but this advantage was rapidly consumed with the support of German long-range artillery fire and continuous troop increases, and the gradually increasing German heavy mortar units began to suppress the firepower of the Russian front line, and the tanks also began to name those French 75MM gun positions with long range and great power after withdrawing a certain distance.

The war quickly evolved in the direction of a war of attrition. On the other hand, the Germans attacked lightly on the secondary side and tore apart the undermanned Russian defensive line, and with the cooperation of the sappers, cleared the minefield and began to continue to advance, as the gap was torn open, a large number of German troops swarmed in, if the opponent's armored spearhead could not be destroyed, then blocking the gap could only be an empty word.

In desperation, Denikin invested his most valuable force, a total of two companies of 24 TD3 tank destroyers from Huaxia, these tank killers with 75MML30 cannons became Denikin's most reliable troops, this kind of low-profile, weighing up to 16 tons, frontal protection first-class squatting special combat vehicle blocked the opponent's attack at the most critical moment, facing 30MM inclined 45 degrees of armor plates and low profile, THE GERMAN 50MM GUNS COULD HARDLY HIT THESE PRE-HIDDEN BATTLEFIELDS, AND THE IDEA THAT THE OPPOSING 75MM CANNON COULD EASILY SHRED APART ANY DEFENSE OF THE BOBCAT TANKS. With the help of anti-aircraft artillery, the German flank assault corps finally decided to retreat after losing 14 tanks, while the remaining infantry was also routed by long-range artillery in the rear.

Although Denikin successfully fended off the opponent's first round of attack and severely damaged the Germans' armor spearhead, the huge losses also greatly reduced Denikin's defense. Having failed in a head-on breakthrough, Mackensen decided to drag his opponent on the one hand, and on the other hand, bypass Warsaw and continue to pursue the retreating Russian corps. As the German General Staff predicted, although the German Army would be defeated in a certain sub-battlefield, on the whole it was inevitable that the Russian army in Russian Poland would be defeated. It's just a question of how many enemies to destroy.

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