Chapter 45: Frontal Breakthrough
The next morning, the well-repaired Austrians prepared to launch an attack and deal a fatal blow to the Russian troops on the high ground.
Through two previous successful defenses, the Austrians had firmly controlled the southern part of the highlands.
But it will take a long time to completely capture the entire heights, not only to destroy the enemy's living forces, but also to sweep away the hidden Russians.
It is undoubtedly difficult to do both at the same time. But the Russian army was also greatly damaged by the two attacks, and it was difficult to recover for a long time.
And the Austrian army only needs to seize the opportunity to start a decisive battle with the Russian army in preparation, and after annihilating the main force of the enemy, the entire highland will naturally belong to Austria.
Even if there might be a threat from scattered Russian partisans, it would not hurt, after all, they would be difficult to concentrate and would not be adequately supplied; What is there to worry about fighting against such a person?
So Vasalai was so confident that he ordered the whole army to be doubled and asked the artillery observers to calculate and adjust the trajectory.
At noon, the Austrian troops approached the Russian positions from three directions.
The frontal leader was the first to encounter the enemy and was caught in a fierce firefight.
The left flank tried to maneuver to the flank of the Russians, but they were also unable to move due to the enemy's counterattack.
The right flank was ambushed, and the local mountain people united with the Russians to strike at the Austrians from the low.
Although the Austrians were heavily damaged, they reacted in time, and after the machine guns were mounted, the Russians fell to the ground in a hurry.
This is an excellent opportunity to blow up several people with just a few shots in the suppressed crowd.
However, due to the division of troops, the Austrians placed only 2-4 mortars in each direction of attack. Such a small number could hardly have caused any casualties, at least the Russians, who had superior manpower, did not care about these casualties.
The Austrians had prepared reserves, but only five mortars, and they were all sent after a head-on firefight.
The attentive Russians also seemed to notice this, and they gradually weakened the frontal offensive and threw themselves into the flanks.
The Russian army began to adjust, but the Austrians could not see it at all. In their eyes, there were still hundreds of people lying on their stomachs on the hills, but they no longer dared to advance under the fury of the machine guns.
It seems that the Russian army just wants to run out of ammunition for the Austrians and then launch a fatal blow.
After making sure that the Russians had been squatting in the pit waiting to be bombed, some Austrian officers tried to have their machine guns fire intermittently, and this brief vacancy was filled by infantry.
Seeing that the fire was weakening, the Russians did not retreat, but boldly leaned out and tentatively fired at the machine gunners.
The superb marksmanship killed many Austrian machine gunners on the spot, and although another person immediately went up to control the machine gun, it still gave the Austrians a certain amount of intimidation.
Helplessly, the Austrians had to maintain a high level of fire suppression, so that those people could not find out.
The Austrians also tried to let the infantry advance under cover, but the terrain was very rough and muddy, making it difficult for the soldiers to walk.
When the Russian troops hiding behind the rocks saw it, they lay down and pretended to be dead. As soon as the Austrians approached, several Russians would open fire in unison, taking advantage of their unpreparedness to take down a group of Austrians.
The Austrian officer was very angry, but there was nothing he could do but report the situation to Vasa.
Knowing the dilemma of a frontal attack, Vasalai ordered artillery to bombard the Russians on the heights, and then ran to the front line to direct the battle.
Hundreds of shells blasted the huge rocks to pieces, and the rushing debris had long since been dyed red, and the battlefield was full of blood and carnage.
After the bombardment, Vasalai ordered part of the infantry to climb the hill, while the other was close to the friendly forces and covered them.
In order to prevent accidental damage, the machine-gun fire gradually stopped, and only the mortars continued to smash the Russians hiding behind the rocks.
The Russians on the hill saw Vasa pointing and pointing around, and they thought he was the Austrian commander, and they reached out of cover to try to snipe him, despite the Austrian troops who were close at hand.
Fortunately, this time with the cover of the infantry, they poured ammunition on the Russian army and killed many people.
Listening to the whistling sound that crossed his ears, Vasalai not only did not fear, but became full of enthusiasm.
Senwal on the side hurriedly grabbed him and dragged him into a hidden place, trying to calm him down.
But Vasalai was already on top, and did not listen to him at all, pushed him out with one arm, then drew his command knife, rushed out of the cover and shouted:
"Soldiers! Charge with me! ”
The muddy ground was full of people struggling, and the sudden appearance of such a brave young man could not help but attract the attention of many people.
When the Austrians saw their regimental commander rushing out, their blood boiled: those who were still on the hill climbed more vigorously, those who were down the hill rushed out of their positions, and the machine guns regained their anger and vented it on both sides.
But he was not the commander of the Russians; When the Russians saw this, except for those on both sides of the hill who were suppressed, the Russians in the middle raised their guns and shot at him.
But as if blessed by God, he was surrounded by fallen soldiers, but he was not shot a single shot.
The dead Austrians did not seem to be dead, and they focused their hopes on Vasalai and let him avenge them.
Vasalai became more resolute and angry, and he rushed up the hill without stopping, and soon took the place of others as the first man.
The first to ascend represents the supreme glory, but it also represents the extremely unavoidable death. At this moment, seeing that Vasalai was about to climb the mountain, no matter what kind of blow the Russian army suffered, they turned their guns and wanted to kill Vasalai.
When Senval, who was still hesitating at the foot of the mountain, saw this, he quickly grabbed a gun from the ground and fired the bullet at the threatening Russians.
Suddenly, a piercing scream caught everyone's attention, it was Vasalai who had climbed the mountain and hacked a Russian soldier to death.
Unlike the shrew-like screams, Vasara's roar is simply Tarzan's overpower! It is possible to crush everything, including the psychology of the Russians.
The Russians, who were close to Vasalai, could not stand his lion-like majesty and climbed into the distance.
The Austrian soldiers, on the other hand, were encouraged to climb the mountain with all their strength after seeing their commander take the lead in climbing the mountain and killing the enemy.
Soon, after Vasa, several groups of Austrians poured up the mountain to fight the Russians at close range.
Then, the loopholes of the Russian army grew bigger and bigger, until they could not withstand the madness of the Austrians at all.
When the two armies collided with each other, the entire mountain peak was full of blood; The earth shook and the mountains shook, making the Caucasus mountains cry.
Deserters began to appear in the Russian army, and they did not dare to look back at the battlefield where they were still fighting, leaving the last shred of dignity on the way to escape.
The sky was gradually darkened, and the Russians' frontal line was pierced, which undoubtedly marked their end.