Bialystok, East Prussian Army Command.
Chentian paced back and forth, and the staff members were busy sorting out the information of all parties and promptly indicating the latest situation on the battle map.
"Colonel Hoffman, haven't the Russian troops in the east moved yet?" Chen Tian stopped suddenly. The icon on the map representing the Russian troops in the east of Bialystok had not moved for 4 hours.
"Yes, Your Royal Highness! The 30,000 Russian troops have been building fortifications on the spot. More than 200 artillery pieces have all entered their respective artillery positions, and all the trains have left!" Hoffman replied without hesitation, Chen Tian almost every other half. Ask this question when you are young.
"It seems that they are waiting for the train to bring the troops up from behind, ordering the reconnaissance plane to monitor closely! What about the Russian troops moving toward the Kimon?" The Russian troops in the west are still in their pockets, but their own troops. Unsure of digesting them for a long time, Chen Tian was already a little irritable.
"That unit has lost its track. The Volbeck Division of the 4th Army of Kimon reported that no abnormalities were found near Kimon, and the Russian troops on the west bank of the Leif River have already moved to the area of the Leif River Bridge!"
Chen Tian looked at it. After looking at his watch, Hoffman immediately told the air team far away in Königsberg to carry out a bombing of the besieged Russian army before dark.
"His Royal Highness, let us attack!" General Francois entered the room with a voice outside the door.
"It's General Francois, why are you coming back from the front line!" Chen Tian was a little surprised but soon understood that it must be this belligerent guy who started itching again.
"After I launched a small-scale charge against the Russians on the ground, I never attacked again. Instead, I dug trench after trench on the spot. We just stared at them through the trenches, occasionally I was so depressed to bombard the opponent with a small artillery shell! Isn't Olger going to attack? His armored car is full of gasoline!" François kept grumbling as soon as he entered the door, but Chen Tian also complained about it. Looks very helpless.
"The armored army is replenishing ammunition! The Russian army launched two attacks on the bridge they defended. They also divided and wiped out a part of the Russian army three times, but the effect was not very good. The Russian army has not yet seen large-scale chaos, they The resistance is still very tenacious, which is completely different from what we encountered in East Prussia!"
"Then let us attack! I think Matthew's Fourth Army can also attack together, and our two armies are from the northeast. Squash the opponent like a bulldozer!" François said, making a squeezing motion with his hands. It seems that this guy has already had this idea, and this time he ran back to convince himself.
"The problem is that we are not rich now. With 100,000 troops to overstock more than 150,000 Russian troops, in case the Russian troops fight back vigorously..." Chentian is not very relieved of this tactic. "But the Russian army is running out of ammunition now. We can take advantage of this! What's more, our artillery has not been fully utilized!" François became more excited as he talked and even started waving his fists. "Cannon..." At this moment, Chen Tian remembered that he still had more than 600 cannons in his hand. He had been working hard to turn the East Prussian Army into a powerful new army with sufficient machine gun firepower and air support, but he somewhat ignored Cannons play a huge role in this era. "Col. Hoffman. How much ammunition do we have for our cannons?" "Report to His Royal Highness that the daily ammunition base of each cannon of our army is 320 rounds. In Bialystok, we have equipped each cannon for a day and a half. Ammunition, the artillery of the 4th Army carried a day's ammunition!" Hoffman quickly replied with a slightly trembling voice. It seems that the Chief of Staff agrees with François' proposal. "Well, let's shell out the Russian army for 1 hour first, then the First Army and Fourth Army slowly advance, supplemented by artillery fire to open the way, the armored army replenishes ammunition as soon as possible, and cooperates with other troops to attack at any time!" Chen Tian finally agreed to this attack, striving to resolve the battle here before the Russian army in the east launches an attack.
As the siege became longer and longer, the mood of the Russian commander General Luzsky became worse and worse. His soldiers only had a little ammunition with them, and one shot was lost every time they hit. There were already few cannons, and almost all the shells were exhausted. But every time he asks for help from the Russian army in the east, the other party's answer is always the same sentence: hold back the main German army.
Luzsky complained about difficulty. He and his soldiers attacked after having breakfast. It was already past lunchtime, but their food and kitchen utensils were all blocked in the west of the Leif River. Fortunately, there are a few villages back in the day. Although the Poles hate the Russians, they don't have any favors with the Germans, and the wheat has only been harvested soon. The Russian army found a lot of food there, barely enough for his troops to eat a few meals. Now they are cooking food in pots and kettles looted from the village.
"General!" The adjutant did not know that he found a plate from there, filled some strange-shaped food cooked with flour, and handed it to Luzsky. This time he found that his stomach had been gurgling for a long time.
Luzsky just gobbled up two bites, and there was thunder in the distance. He looked down at his shadow and immediately yelled: "No, the Germans fired!"
Soon, countless shells roared. With their arms on the heads of the Russians, many Russian soldiers cooking outside the trenches were hit by flying shrapnel before they even dispersed. The entire ground was almost completely enveloped by the explosion of fire, splashing mud, and gunpowder smoke, and the Russian soldiers lying on the ground were almost out of breath. Luzkis moved little by little and finally crawled into the trenches not far away. The trenches were already crowded with soldiers covering their heads. Near the German positions, many trenches were even directly forced to strike. The shell hit. Every soldier in our country feels that the whole world is shaking, the shaking people are dizzy, and the shaking people are sick. In this era, no country's army does not admire artillery, and this German military team only showed up at this time.
General Francois, who was in the frontline trenches, could hardly restrain his excitement at this time. The Russian army's position was completely covered by its own artillery fire. The temporary trenches they dug seemed to be ineffective. Since they had not been bombarded before, Many Russian soldiers simply dug a ditch to hide, and now they are paying the price for their laziness.
An hour is so long for the Russians facing death, and even longer for the Germans who are eager to charge.
Lasted one hour and two seconds shelling finally over, Francois can not wait to fight in the trenches screams: "! German warriors, Charge"
German soldiers were finally able to vent most of the day stuck in Amidst the screaming shouts, countless pointed helmets, and gray cloth uniforms gathered into a huge gray wave, instantly flooding the forward positions of the Russian army that were scarred by bullets. Half a minute later, the Russian artillery began to speak sporadically. The few machine guns were simply unable to stop the ferocious German assault team. The Russian artillery shells and bullet heads dropped into the small sand on the water surface, barely splashing a few ripples. Then it was swallowed by the turbulent waves.
The German army quickly defeated the two infantry divisions at the forefront of the Russian army with a violent tiger descending the mountain. It was not until the Russian cavalry, which was beaten by the artillery, began to slow down and launch a counterattack. General Francois ordered His troops stopped charging, formed a group in place and began to advance slowly as planned.
Soon, the Russian soldiers who had recovered from the sudden shelling began to organize defenses on the spot under the command of General Luzkiss, and five more complete Cossack cavalry regiments then launched a charge against the Germans. The three divisions of the German 1st Army have lined up on a wide flat ground. The soldiers seem to have returned to the era of pre-loaded muskets. The infantry regiments are lined up in a neat square queue. The front of the queue and between the queue are one. The half-man-tall infantry used Marksson heavy machine guns. The machine gunners worked in groups of three, one to aim and shoot, one to drag the bullet belt, and one to carry bullets back and forth from the truck or horse farm behind. The soldiers in the infantry phalanx were all equipped with sharp bayonets. The soldiers in the front row stood and raised their guns to aim, while the soldiers in the back stood on standby. More than 7,000 cavalries from the 5 Cossack cavalry regiments lined up in two rows of 2 kilometers wide cavalry formations. They charged from the front to the German infantry formation. This scene seems to appear in every war story-a group of brave soldiers. He rushed towards the enemies several times his own tastelessly and then fell one by one.
The sound of machine-gun shooting was deafening, and the infantry in the front row was busy repeating the action of pulling the bolt and pulling the trigger. The feet of the machine gunmen were quickly filled with bullet shells, and the infantry had not had time to press the second row of bullets into the magazine. , The Russian cavalry's charge queue has disappeared in front of them.
Russian commanders are like their soldiers. No one cares how strong the opponent is. They firmly believe that a bayonet is better than a bullet. They seem to have a wave of endless waves of people. No matter how heavy the casualties, they will be unyielding.
"Go forward!" General François riding on his horse seemed to be infected by the spirit of the Russians. He drew his sword and commanded his infantry to move forward slowly and firmly. Time seems to have returned to decades ago, back to the era that belonged to Napoleon. The brightly-dressed soldiers lined up neatly, advancing across the harvested fields, allowing their cannonballs and bullets to sweep down their companions one by one until they too fell.
The Russians' pitiful cannons were doing their best at this time, and the cannonballs fell into the advancing gray ranks. After the neat teams passed by, the ground was scattered with gray corpses. The pointed helmet in the eyes of the Russians is getting closer and closer, and the German army finally entered the range of the Russian infantry. After the Russian machine guns and rifles sounded, the neat German army suddenly dispersed. The soldiers began to charge in a skirmish line, and the machine guns from both sides began to come. I am going to shoot. In this field without any trenches and shelters, any bullet can easily end the opponent's life. Gradually, the German army was overwhelmed by the Russian soldiers in their imposing manner, organization, and firepower. General Ruzsky finally couldn't hold on to the two and a half infantry divisions and one cavalry division during the assembly period here. The army's already disorganized line of defense began to waver, some soldiers began to retreat and then evolved into a collective retreat. Luzsky found that more and more Russian soldiers were retreating because of the oppression of the German 4th Army from the left-wing of the Russian army. All of them barely stopped after retreating for 10 miles. At this time, there were only 120,000 left in the 180,000 Russian armies. More than 60,000 people were either killed in a sudden shelling or became prisoners of the Germans. The remaining people were suppressed into a flat area no more than 10 miles long and 13 miles wide. However, under the leadership of Luzsky, they decided to continue to resist.
The area of the pocket has been reduced by half, and the density of the encirclement has almost doubled. It seems more reasonable for 150,000 German troops to encircle 120,000 Russian troops. Unfortunately, the battlefield can never use data to determine the outcome. Luzsky led the 120,000 Russian armies to dig trenches frantically in the remaining 300 square kilometers. If there is a trench digging competition in the world, Mr. Luzsky and his soldiers can pick up without any suspense. Take the world champion. When François' 1st Army and Matthew's 4th Army arrived. The Russians have dug deep and widened some of the original trenches. Not only did they have a complete circular trench at the outermost periphery, they also dug many trenches and trenches crisscrossed inside. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is full of mud. With the sound of Qiangqiang's digging, many German soldiers even thought that they had come to the land of marmots. At this time, Olger also rushed to the scene of the accident with an armored army supplemented with 10,000 ammunition. He, Matthew, and François' command post merged into one place.
"The little rabbit hiding in the steel plate, you are finally here!" Matthew said jokingly when he saw Olger, who had arrived late.
"Well! I'm late! I think this is the terrible power that people burst out of when their lives are at stake. Although those trenches can't stop the steel plates of armored vehicles, they can stop their wheels!" Olger showed a frustrated expression.
"Don't think about it, as usual, bombard them with the big artillery!" François looked very disdainful from the side. The charge just now had the momentum of the Germans, and the feeling of fighting momentum was really refreshing.
A distance of 10 miles is just an easy trot for the cavalry and the most sweaty for the infantry, but it is more troublesome for the cannon pulled by the car and the mule. The artillery has to move forward while cleaning the corpses of the soldiers on the road. One hour later, the cannon pulled by the car finally arrived. After another half an hour, the cannon pulled by the mule fell, and the shelling finally began! But at this moment, news came that was like a bolt from the blue: a large number of Russian cavalry suddenly appeared around Kimon, and Walbeck's division was besieged...