It seems that the Allied army is always a little worse in time, the commander of the Russian Third Army, Dimitriev, found that the fortress was well defended after launching an attack on the fortress, and there were more than 200,000 defenders around, under the protection of reinforced concrete bunkers, the attack of the Russian troops appeared very weak, and the Russian army lacked heavy artillery in a short period of time, and when the tactics of using the sea of people failed, Dimitriev decisively asked the high command to bring a unit with heavy artillery, And Denikin, who had just arrived at the front from the Russian mainland, was captured.

I don't know if it was Denikin's luck or tragedy, just when he led the troops to the fortress of Púmiger, Hindenburg's 1 army had already arrived first, and cooperated with the Austro-Hungarian defenders to launch a counteroffensive against Russia, don't look at this army only 2 divisions less than 40,000 people, but the combat effectiveness of the German army was fully demonstrated in this battle, which can be said to objectively reflect the evaluation of the combat effectiveness of Germany, Russia and Austria under normal circumstances.

The entry point chosen by the Germans was very good, precisely at the junction of the Russian Third Army and Brusinov's Eighth Army, which, according to the experience of the Chinese Army, was generally the weakest point of the Russian Army. Moreover, in this battle, a division of the German Eighth Army, together with the most elite Austro-Hungarian local troops from Austria and Magyar, launched a counterattack under the cover of heavy artillery. In the face of the strengthened Allied forces, the Russian Eighth Army was not bad, closing the front in time, while the Third Army was decisively attacked from the flank by the superior German-Austrian troops.

If everything had been according to history, then the battle of the fortress of Pumiger would have ended in a crushing defeat for the Russian army. But at this time, Denikin's army, which had avoided the first wave of German and Austrian blows, arrived on the battlefield and was responsible for closing the gap. In order to cover the withdrawal of the remaining nearly 120,000 Russian troops from their positions. And Denikin was not stupid, and did not rush directly to the breakthrough with his troops to block it, after all, it was within the range of heavy artillery fire from Germany and Austria-Hungary, so Denikin decided to deploy his four divisions slightly further back. Although he only had a short time to build bunkers and fortifications, Denikin was able to build the defensive line in a decent manner before the German-Austrian troops arrived. And the artillery of the subordinate was also deployed behind the line of defense.

"I'm only now understanding why the Third Army hasn't been wiped out, and it turns out that the Oli people are similar to them." In the trenches, he looked at the black pressure of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers in front of him. Pavlov said contemptuously. Denikin had money from Britain and France, and China provided equipment and training, and he was really good in the Russian army. Its outstanding combat effectiveness was even affirmed by the Tsar, and there is even a saying that the combat effectiveness of one of Denikin's troops can surpass the combat effectiveness of half of the Russian ordinary army group (about 150,000 people), and the officers and soldiers in this army obviously look down on their colleagues, a kind of arrogance has existed since the establishment of the army, and after continuous development and growth. This arrogance continues unabated. And now they need to prove their worth in real combat!

Maybe it was because it started to go too well, maybe it was because the performance of the Russian Third Army was a little too poor. The Austro-Hungarian troops, who were in charge of the frontal attack, did not find any difference in the Russian troops blocking them in front, and the tactics were still old-fashioned, that is, the howitzers fired for half an hour before launching an attack. The local troops from Austria are by no means short of courage, and in the face of the Russian army, which is not superior in firepower, courage can easily crush the opponent at this time, and this time it seems that this tactic is not very useful.

Denikin still obtained some true inheritance of the Chinese Army, such as the fact that they would arrange an auxiliary defense line behind the main line. Its function is to hide behind when the enemy is shelling, and then come up after the shelling is over. Some people may say that if the other side rushes up with the shells, well, if the other side can really do so well with infantry and artillery coordination, then it will not be the Austro-Hungarian army.

"Knock back these bells and whistles!" Pavlov returned to the position with his company, and their equipment seemed to have been weakened compared to the past, at least in terms of the number of machine guns, for no other reason, General Denikin was building the Third and Fourth Armies, and the equipment provided by Huaxia was not enough for the time being, so Denikin's had to transfer some weapons over, at this time, the once unpopular 1910 automatic rifles became the darling of the army, and in the hands of an experienced shooter, they were quite powerful, And without wasting bullets, the logistical pressure was much less, and in addition, as compensation, the First Army increased the number of grenadiers and mortars, so much so that now 7 out of 10 grenades are prepared for grenadiers.

With the rise of a flare, the Russians finally opened fire at a distance of less than 300 meters from the Austrians rushing to the front, like flying locusts, the bullets were fired at the Oli people who were charging, and this elite soldier from the Austrian local troops was also experienced, and in just a short time immediately dispersed to find a hiding place, the Olidians quickly set up machine guns and mortars to search for the opponent's firepower, but to the disappointment of the Austrians, they could not find a continuous fire point, There was always a feeling that the fire on the opposite side was evenly distributed rather than a pattern of fire with machine guns as skeletons and rifles as branches, which they had never encountered before.

"Find the other party's machine gun, and then shoot him out with mortars, and we can go up and easily harvest the lives of the Russians." Before leaving, the officers kept repeating the tactics against the Russians, which was no problem against the average Russian army with heavy liquid-cooled machine guns, but not enough for the Russian army, which had a large number of automatic rifles and lightweight, air-cooled general-purpose machine guns! Especially this time, the opponent's machine gun didn't have much power at all, and the pure automatic rifle fire put this Ollie goblin in a difficult situation. It's not that the Austrians haven't seen automatic rifles, but they really haven't encountered enemy units with a large number of automatic rifles.

After the Oli people set up mortars and machine guns, they found that they could not find the target, and after trying to shoot a few shots at the opponent's position, a strange cry sounded from the air, and one by one from a distance, something the size of a small stone flew out of the opponent's trench, these things were very small, and the visual inspection was the size of a fist. But the power is much greater than that of ordinary grenades. And what's even more infuriating is that these things can always be fired in places you can't imagine, if it's a mortar, the Austrians can understand, but this guy seems to be able to fire in an ordinary trench! Even the launch position is saved!

Boom, boom! With columns of smoke rising from the ground, the machine guns that had already been fired by the Austro-Hungarian army were knocked out a lot, and the artillery crew was somewhat sharpened compared to the grenades that fell from the sky. Fortunately, the enemy on the opposite side did not seem to be fully firepower, but even so, even if the machine guns and mortars were not fully used, this wave of Austrian attacks had collapsed, but obviously the Austrians did not want to admit defeat like this, and when they couldn't get cheap, they decisively chose to drown the opponent with the tactics of crowds!

At the urging of the officer, a large number of soldiers rushed up from the rear again and rushed towards the Russian position together with the trapped troops in front, the opponent had only one company at most to defend, and the troops attacking this time were full of one battalion! In the eyes of the attacker, there is no reason to lose, at most it is a matter of how much to lose. And the mortar and light artillery units that provided cover for the Austrians also began to press forward, and the Austrians believed that no matter how ingenious their tactics were useless in the face of absolute strength!

In the face of the Oli army, which had absolute superiority in numbers and firepower, it was clear that the Russians' net of fire consisting of automatic rifles and grenadiers alone was not enough, so the machine-gun fire points located on the flank and reverse positions were gradually activated. Bursts of bullets rained down on the Austrian troops from all directions, and the front, sides, and even the rear were constantly spitting tongues of fire to knock down the Austro-Hungarian troops in pieces.

However, the firepower advantage of the Austro-Hungarian army also cleaned up the firepower points exposed by the Russians at the same time, 37MM guns and 47MM guns continued to advance, and even approached a few hundred meters to attack, and in order to deal with these artillery, the Russian army deployed in the rear of the medium-caliber mortars also fired, in the first war, the most critical duel between the two sides is the artillery duel, who can drive the opponent's artillery out of the battlefield, then will gain control of the situation, and this time also surprised the Oli people is, This Russian army is actually equipped with more than half of the artillery, and they protect their artillery very well, the mortar positions located in the rear have recommended fortifications built with logs and rammed earth, which itself is very low and takes advantage of the terrain, the direct fire artillery can not hit at all, and the range of the curved fire artillery is not enough, the range of the Austro-Hungarian 82MM mortar is a little closer than the other side, so in this artillery duel, the artillery that the Austrians worked hard to carry to the front line was dumbed after clearing a very limited number of fire points. Under the rain of bullets from machine guns and automatic rifles, the Austrian army once again returned from this attack.

"We need heavy artillery support. The Russians actually sent a large number of artillery pieces to the battalion and company level. The Austro-Hungarian officer in charge of the attack was forced to ask for help from his superiors. The Allied army on the march could not get enough artillery support in a short time, and it was more unfortunate that the encounter of this Austro-Hungarian army was not accidental, as the German-Austrian army, which was in its prime, suddenly hit a wall, and a Russian army, which had never been seen before, stood in front of the Austrians and Germans, and the attack on the whole front was frustrated.

"We now have two options, one is to continue to ram the opponent's line with human lives, and the other is to wait for the artillery in the rear to arrive. I don't know what your opinions are. The liaison officer on the Austro-Hungarian side said to the Germans.

"Remove your men and let the Prussian soldiers teach you how to fight!" In the face of the Austrians, the Germans had a complete sense of superiority, so the Germans, who had not fought enough, decisively asked to take over the Austrians in the battle, in their opinion, it was not that the Russians were too strong, but that the Austrians were too weak!

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