By this time, the Russian army on the entire Eastern Front was in mourning. In the south, more than 300,000 people led by Kuropatkin were blocked in Odessa by his old rival Goltz. Fortunately, Makarov's Black Sea
The fleet provided him with protection, otherwise the Germans would have driven him into the sea. But this was not a long-term solution. Goltz had more than 20 large airships in his hands, and he would fly to Odessa every day when he was bored.
Throw coagulant decoy bombs to create panic among the gray animals. More than 300,000 Russian troops are now crowded in this port, and the population density is very high. Even if the accuracy of those airships dropping bombs at high altitudes is relatively poor, the effect is considerable.
But if Odessa is abandoned, then the Dro coalition of these four armies will be completely liberated. The next step is to go north along the vast Ukrainian plains and attack Kiev, or to fight along the Black Sea towards Sevastopo.
Well, this depends on Baron Goltz's mood.
The eight Austro-Hungarian armies in the center, adding up to 150 troops, were like a steamroller fiercely impacting the defense lines of the six Russian armies. Fortunately, the fighting on this front was relatively reassuring to Nikolai. Although the Austro-Hungarian army
The army has Skoda cannons, but the Chinese-made 280 cannons that the Russian army has just equipped can be said to be on par with them, and the unparalleled mobility of this heavy artillery is still very advantageous. As for the quality of the soldiers on both sides, although
The Austro-Hungarian army has a slight advantage, but the problem is that the Slavic soldiers under Emperor Joseph have never been very interested in fighting the Russian army, so the advantage of the Austro-Hungarian army is basically useless.
However, the Russian army on the northern front was in an extremely difficult situation. After the German Ninth Army captured Pinsk, it continued to move forward along the Pripyat Valley. The Seventh Army was also advancing step by step towards Minsk, and the Twelfth and Thirteenth Army were also advancing towards Minsk.
The attack group formed has also captured Lutsk. The target is obviously Kiev. The German Eighth Army in the north is marching towards Riga. The Allies' target in this battle is already clear, which is Kiev.
Two elite German armies attacked Riga and Minsk respectively to pin down the Russian army in the north. The remaining eleven German and Austrian armies swept across the Ukrainian plains. If the Allies' campaign objectives were achieved, then the entire west of the Dnieper River would belong to them.
This is the largest granary in Europe.
Nikolai frantically searched for cannon fodder and pushed it to the Ukrainian battlefield, but the gray animal had long been frightened by the coagulated qi decoys. As long as he saw the airship appearing, it would still be defeated even if it did not drop bombs. In this case, he had nothing to do, but fortunately
At this time, the 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns shipped from China finally arrived.
Zhitomir is the gateway to Kiev. This is already the place where the retreating Russian army has a decisive battle. Once this city is lost, the German army can basically say that it is approaching Kiev. Nikolai is heading south from Zhitomir to Wenzhou.
Nicha went to Nikolayev on the Black Sea and established a long line of defense. A total of thirteen army groups were deployed. Although the troops were strong, it was obvious whether those trembling gray animals looking up to the sky every day could hold on. Even
Nicholas himself was unsure, after all, this was just a hastily established line of defense.
In the fearful eyes of the gray beasts, an air fleet consisting of a hundred airships appeared. The few dozen Falman fighter jets that the Russian army had in hand hurriedly took off to intercept. But then the German fighter jets escorting the airship rushed over.
They came up and ended the battle with a forty to two victory that made the gray animals even more desperate. Then the air fleet came over in a swaggering manner. At this time, some of the gray animals were already subconsciously trying to run away.
"Calm down, Russian warriors, Kiev is behind you. For the sake of the Tsar and Russia, stick to your post!" The officers' lips trembled and their faces turned white to encourage morale. In fact, they also knew that when the demonic fire from hell came over, they would be in danger.
I'm afraid it's difficult to do this. At the same time, sporadic gunfire rang out. Of course, it was not for shooting at the enemy. The German army had not attacked yet. It was for executing deserters. These gunshots had some effect. Considering that I
Behind them is Kiev, and the gray animals really want to resist heroically. Of course, this presupposes that they don't let the demonic fire of hell burn their heads.
But obviously this is just an extravagant hope. Those giant airships that cover the sky are still approaching slowly and unstoppably. The gunfire of executing deserters gradually increases. When I see the airships flying and descending,
, after understanding that they were about to start dropping bombs, the gunfire used to execute the deserters was changed from pistols to heavy machine guns, and it was seen that those gray animals were about to collapse again.
But at this moment, countless flames suddenly spurted out from the bunkers on the forward position, and the red light spots of tracer bullets pierced the airships in the sky like countless lines of fire. Almost a dozen airships were launched in an instant
At the same time, flames burst out, and then exploded into a burning torch and fell to the ground.
The gray animals that were preparing to escape were stunned for a moment, and then they made a deafening sound.
The dense lines of fire shot from the ground were still piercing the remaining airships. Those airships were frightened and hurriedly raised their altitude. However, unfortunately for airships filled with coagulated qi decoys, this work took a long time, and they did not wait for them to rise quickly.
From then on, more than a dozen airships were turned into torches. The remaining airships ignored their mission and began to throw down heavy coagulation bombs in a panic to speed up their ascent.
At the same time, the escorting fighter jets swooped down one after another and fired downwards with their Chinese-made 12.7mm machine guns. At this time, the German pilots also saw clearly what caused them heavy losses.
Inside, there are countless small-caliber artillery pieces with strange shapes. They can't even be called artillery. The caliber is only slightly larger than their 12.7mm machine gun, but this super-large-caliber machine gun has a terrifying rate of fire. Next to it,
The shells seem to be spraying outward because this weapon has four barrels.
Seeing the German fighter jets rushing over, those 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns immediately changed their targets. The terrifying firepower with a fire rate of more than 1,500 per minute instantly shattered more than a dozen German fighter jets into pieces. At this time, those gray
The animals were completely dumbfounded. They were jumping and cheering excitedly in the trenches, admiring how their anti-aircraft machine guns brutally hit the German air fleet that had once made them fearful.
But at this moment, a harsh whistling sound suddenly came from the sky, scaring them into hurriedly getting back into the trenches. Then dense explosions rang out all around. The Germans saw that the airships had been severely damaged, and they had stopped shelling in order to avoid accidentally damaging them.
It started again, but it didn't matter to the pair of gray animals. They were afraid of coagulated gas decoys, but they were not afraid of shelling.
The German air fleet suffered what can be said to be its heaviest losses since entering the battlefield. One-third of the one hundred airships that attacked were blown up by the super-large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns that suddenly appeared from the Russians, and the rest were also destroyed.
They had to throw all the coagulated qi decoys outside the target area to escape. Even the new fighter jets that provided cover for them lost more than 30. In the words of the pilots who returned, this kind of shooting height can exceed two meters.
Once the thousand-meter anti-aircraft machine gun fires, almost no airship or fighter jet in the sky can escape. The rate of fire is so fast and so powerful that a bullet can destroy an airplane without any pressure.
Now the German General Staff was dumbfounded. How could they fight like this?
Then bad news came one after another. This kind of weapon also appeared in the hands of the Russian army in Odessa, and then Minsk, Riga and other important theaters that the Russian army must defend began to appear. However, Baron Goltz lost almost all the airships.
There, a very useful news was sent back. This kind of anti-aircraft machine gun poses almost no threat to airships above 2,500 meters. The only remaining airship in his hand even dropped a coagulation decoy bomb at this altitude.
Two bunkers were burned down.
After learning the news, Admiral Mackensen, who was responsible for attacking Zhitomir, immediately mobilized the remaining airships and launched another air attack on the Russian army in Zhitomir. The result was indeed as Baron Goltz said, in 2500
If you drop bombs at a height of more than 1 meter, you don't need to worry about the Russian anti-aircraft firepower. But the problem is that the effect of dropping bombs at such a height is very poor, especially for targets like trenches. If you drop a hundred solidified qi decoys, there will be one
If two of them hit the target, the incense will burn high.
But if not, as soon as the altitude drops, it will immediately become the target of the Russian anti-aircraft machine guns. There is almost no other possibility. It is suicide for the airship to go below 2,500 meters. Even the aircraft is very dangerous at this altitude.
No matter how sad the Germans are, the courage of the gray animals has been restored. Although there are still some unlucky ones who have been hit by coagulation bombs, the casualty rate is not much different from that of shelling. It is a sea of fire from the previous bombing.
Compared with this situation, it was completely bearable. And they soon discovered that this kind of machine gun could not only shoot down airships and aircraft, but also pose a certain threat to German tanks. As for attacking infantry, it could be said to be cruel.
In this way, as the effect of airship bombing dropped sharply, the morale of the gray animals suddenly soared, and the German attack on Zhitomir became extremely difficult, especially since the Russian army also began to use heavy artillery purchased from China here. The German casualties increased day by day, and the battle
It has returned to a tug-of-war of bloodletting. Fortunately, the entire battlefield situation is still favorable to the Allies at this time. They have so far captured one-third of Ukraine, almost all of Lithuania, and one-third of Belarus.
The forwards of the Eighth Army have even set foot on the land of Latvia. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!