"All 12 12-inch 152 and 14o train guns involved in the campaign have been deployed. We will suppress the main plugs in Lviv and the surrounding 14 support points for up to 5 hours. In addition to these heavy artillery, more than 2oo 152mm heavy howitzers, 122mm howitzers and 1o7mm cannons will also participate in the attack."&1t;/p>

"In order to destroy the bunkers and machine gun bunkers with a total of more than 4ooo, we decided to push the 4o 3-inch cannon to the front line. We took 3 nights to complete it tonight, and the attack will be launched on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. The closest artillery to the Austrian bunker is only about 25o meters away! Almost on the other side's forehead, it opened fire!"&1t;/p>

"The total length of the opponent's line is more than 20 kilometers, and the depth is about 3 to 5 kilometers, so it is impossible to break through one point and then tear the line open. So we decided to choose ten breakthrough points to launch an attack at the same time! Each breakthrough point is equipped with independent engineer companies, artillery and sufficient machine gun fire. There are also automatic pistols, seized submachine guns and other weapons to strengthen assault firepower. As long as the cavalry on both sides can be in place and block the reinforcements of the Austro-Hungarian Legion, there is no problem for anyone." Alekseev, commander-in-chief of the Southwest Army, introduced the offensive situation to Nikolaevich and others on the huge sand table.&1t;/p>

"Is there any news over the Romanians?" Nikolaevich asked.&1t;/p>

"Ferdinand has controlled the domestic situation. Although some merchants and old friends of the kingdom still don't recognize the situation, they promise that once the war begins, they will declare war with the Allies within 5 days and attack Hungary within 7 days. Serbia also promises that once the war begins, it will carry out several restraining attacks. We will attack in three aspects at the same time. Without the Bavarian Legion still realizes it, the Austrians will definitely not be able to stop it." Kulopatkin said.&1t;/p>

Just as the Russians were preparing for the final preparations for the attack, the allies also realized the approaching of the opponent's attack. With the aerial reconnaissance, radio eavesdropping and internal personnel, Russia had completed the mobilization of troops and the reserve of combat materials, and the attack could be moved at any time. Three days ago, the prince had already arrived at Mukachevo and personally directed the battle against Russia and Romania! At this time, the prince had an Austro-Hungarian Army, a defender of the Lviv Fortress Area, and a Bavarian and Bohemian division with six divisions in place. (There are 4 divisions not yet in place, and the other 4 divisions are used as reserves to deal with the battle situation on the front line of Lviv and Romania. Half of the original two Austro-Hungarian Army were transferred to the border with Romania.)&1t;/p>

"Overall, the Russians have great advantages in terms of military strength. Although in terms of quantity, they are infantry and 18 cavalry divisions of three armies (seventh, eighth and ninth armies), as well as train guns and heavy artillery directly under the Russian 6th Army, are there a total of about 30 divisions in the infantry units, and there are about 650,000 and 120,000 cavalry. The number of artillery is currently estimated to be like this. The 3-inch gun is around 18oo gates, and various medium-caliber artillery above 10mm are above 3oo gates, train guns, large-caliber howitzers and other artillery should be around 26. There are also mortars of different calibers in addition to the number of calibers." Major General Hall, Chief of Staff, introduced.&1t;/p>

"Can the opponent's attack direction be determined?" asked the prince.&1t;/p>

"The attack direction of the two Russian armies on both sides is uncertain because they have too many cavalry and have great flexibility. The Lviv Fortress area can already determine that the opponent has at least 6 possible breakthroughs! Because they prepared a large number of artillery at the front, and also set up positions for temporary gathering of troops in the back." The major general replied.&1t;/p>

At this moment, a staff officer sent a piece of intelligence. According to the information, a prisoner they captured at noon that day confessed that the Russian army would officially launch an attack at 8 am tomorrow morning (working hours). However, the specific attack direction and combat plan were not clear. The captured person was just an artillery captain.&1t;/p>

"Damn it. The battle will start tomorrow?" Most of the people in the command were very surprised. After all, the preparation time was still a bit rushed for the Bavarian Legion.&1t;/p>

"That's right, the Russians gave us a month to prepare. Use the last few hours of today to make some adjustments. I need us to shoot a shot tomorrow!" The prince ordered!&1t;/p>

So, something that the Russians could not imagine was finally born. The Allies, not the Russian Legion, were the first shot in the Battle of Lviv. This accident seemed to indicate that the Russians' plan would not be as smooth as imagined!&1t;/p>

At six o'clock in the morning, when the sun just rose from the horizon, a black figure flew slowly from west to east. The Russians were used to these things. This was a long-range reconnaissance aircraft modified by the Allies with K-4 bombers. Almost every day, these aircraft would cross the front lines of both sides and turn around the rear of the Russian army. This flight was very fast, and it was strengthened all over, like a porcupine. Without them carrying bombs, the Russian Air Force did not intend to touch this bad head, even if the Russian Southwest Front had deployed 45o various aircraft.&1t;/p>

But today? It seems that there are a lot of these planes?! When some Russian officers and soldiers realized this, more people were making final preparations for the war that started two hours later. The heavy artillery troops in the distance began to allocate targets according to the orders, hoarded ammunition, and took out a heavy shell from the semi-buried ammunition depot in the rear. The close-range support artillery and the infantrymen who were only 25 to 40 meters away from the opponent's front line were eating today's breakfast, black bread, vegetable soup, canned or salted fish. These things are not as good as the rations at the beginning of the war, but they are definitely much better than normal food.&1t;/p>

"Start! First attack the determined vitality points and infantry assembly points, then the traffic trenches and reinforced bunkers behind them, and then the rear troop stations, transportation hubs and command centers!" Before the German and Austrian artillery opened fire, Lieutenant General Kariput, who was in charge of front-line command, emphasized again.&1t;/p>

A few minutes later, the attack order was transmitted along the telephone line to the Austro-Hungarian artillery position that was already ready. The Lviv Fortress and the rear deployed support artillery groups in total, and the 6oo many artillery groups were ready to go! The artillery group that was even stronger than an ordinary army finally leaked its terrifying sharp teeth!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!