1344 Steel Storm 2
Half an hour later, the six territories were nearly 8 meters long, and a thick and long cannon was slowly appearing in the German vision. This weapon, called the Sword of Destruction, is a very precious existence even in the German army. They installed the 175mm cannon used by the navy on a crawler gun stand. The combat weight is more than 20 tons and equipped with a 170mml45 cannon! It can fire 75kg armor-piercing shells at an initial speed of more than 850 meters!
"There is no cover that this cannon cannot be destroyed with one blow. If so, level the cannon and get close to about 2 kilometers. Even steel plates with a thickness of 10 inches will be penetrated at close range!" When Colonel Reinhardt's "Special Support Brigade" received these cannons, an engineer slapped the huge cannon body and said proudly to the colonel. And this time, the special self-propelled cannon, known as the Sword of Destruction, was finally about to show its power!
The nearly 10-meter-long cannon was leveled, and the hoe at the rear of the vehicle had been put down, pressing tightly against the ground to offset the huge rear seat pressure of the cannon. A whole squad of personnel operated around the cannon. The huge horizontal wedge cannon was opened, and a 75kg 175mm cannon shell was directly sent into the cannon along the pallet behind the cannon. Then a launching medicine bag weighing dozens of kilograms was relocked. The rangefinder next to it told the gunman the data and shooting data that the huge cannon began to slightly adjust the muzzle. When the shooting curve finally landed on the target's heavy shell, the cannon fired!
Boom! A huge fireball gushed out of the gun's mouth with the retreat of the gun body, and the subsequent muzzle impact even hanged a layer of soil on the ground! The 75kg shell flew to the bunker 2,500 kilometers away at a speed of 880 meters per second! You should know that at this distance, the 175mm naval gun can even challenge 12-inch steel armor! (In history, the 7.5-inch naval gun on the former Fearless Agility can penetrate 10-inch steel plates at a distance of 2,700 meters. It is not an exaggeration to use the hardened capped armor-piercing projectile to penetrate 12-inch non-hardened armor at 2,500 meters?)
After careful calculations by the artillery personnel, this gun happened to hit the position where the wasp team was attacking in a dense attack! Before the huge gun body was reset under the action of the hydraulic re-entry machine, the support point in the distance had been hit, and a huge ball of flame mixed with tons of debris was shot into the air. This attack was so fierce that it directly opened a hole as big as a water tank on the thick protective wall. The pierced bullet body continued to fly and hit the 120mm naval gun inside!
Accompanied by the sound of fragmentation and collapse, this support point that blocked the Bavarian Legion for an hour was finally destroyed, and the remaining five 175mm heavy artillery also followed suit and began to clear the remaining first-class fire points one by one! (Bavaria's positioning of this fire point is a bunker with a cannon of more than 100mm and a 1-meter-thick concrete layer on the front.)
The heavy self-propelled artillery of Destruction slowly but steadily destroys all targets in front of them, with a smaller caliber but more beetle-type 107mm self-propelled artillery also plays a huge role. They target second-class or even weaker targets, with faster firing speeds and faster speeds. Cannons that can accompany the advancement of the troops are always popular. After the support of artillery, the Bavarian Legion can finally break the Russians' strongest defense little by little, and then break through the entire defense little by little!
With the blown up one by one, the assault troops that had stopped set off on their journey again. They crossed the defense line and then arrived at the next defense line in a flat area by vehicles. With the support of medium-caliber flat-fired artillery and the cover of absolute superior machine guns and automatic firepower, the Russian defense line was destroyed layer by layer in the firelight in the sky like potatoes.
Infantry temptation, determine the position of the opponent's firepower point, and then carry the artillery to close the fire! When the Russians do not have armored troops to perform mobile defense, even the strong support point can be slowly destroyed by the artillery or go around directly. This defense line is indeed well built, but it is also the Russians' masterpiece on defense. They will never be able to build a second such a strong defense line!
"The Germans' attack this time is completely different from before. If their attacks were like a stabbing sword, quickly opening a passage of hundreds of meters wide and up to 1,000 meters on the defense line to let the troops pass, then this time, their attacks were like heavy hammers or millstones, directly smashing the entire defense line. Then, hundreds of thousands of German troops rushed through our defense line like floods that had broken a dam, rushing towards the north with their feet on the soldiers' bones and broken fortresses!" A captured Russian general said with lingering fear after the war.
"What's the situation now?" As night was about to fall, Curopatkin, who was on the front line, asked, rubbing his temples with a little numbness.
"The four divisions in front of us have lost contact. The last division headquarters called the last call 2 hours ago. At that time, they were surrounded by three sides. The Bavarian Legion bit them tightly like walnuts. It is estimated that it is only a matter of time to destroy it." The staff officer said.
"Didn't we send reinforcements from three divisions? Where are they now?" asked Curropatkin.
"Two of the divisions are no longer in contact. Only the Fifth Siberian Division has just contacted us. Two of the four regiments under his jurisdiction are moving slowly due to road and supply problems. The other regiment and an artillery regiment were attacked by the Bavarian Air Force, and most of the artillery and vehicles were lost. Within three days, they may not be able to participate in the war." The staff officer next to him glanced at the records in his hand and said.
"It's only 30 kilometers away, and they bastards actually said they'd go for three days?! Are they turtles?! Tell them! March overnight, even if they can only join the war with rifles and bullets, they must block me! It takes time for us to mobilize troops from the entire line of defense, and it takes time for the Fifth Army to be in place, and I need them to fight for these time!" Kuropatkin said hysterically.
"The Germans attacked very quickly. They scored 12 to 16 kilometers in a day! Bastard, our defense line almost does not work! Even if it is an accessible march, it is only about 25 kilometers a day! These gray-skinned demons!" Kuropatkin looked at the map in front of him tremblingly. One hand kept pointing on it, and he said to himself with a little nervousness.
Chapter completed!