Following Lieutenant General Ankodar's order, Romania's artillery positions began to get busy. The loader put the prepared shells into the gun hall, the observer reported the target orientation data, and the gunner pulled the firing rope to hit the shells into Austria-Hungary.
On the soldier's head, the remaining shell casings from the cannon were ejected. Then, over and over again, another shell was fired into the Austro-Hungarian position.
Because there was not much time left for the 1st Guards Division and the 19th Guards Division, in order to pursue better results, the artillery fired at extremely high speeds as soon as they came up. In just thirty minutes, three basic shells were fired into the position. It was fierce.
The artillery destroyed everything on the position. Broken wood, guns, and human body parts were all blown into the sky. Even a Maxim machine gun on the position was directly hit. The machine gun parts and bullets scattered at high speed hit the people hiding in the trenches.
The soldiers caused damage again, turning this section of the trench into a blood-red Shura field.
The fierce shelling made the Austro-Hungarian soldiers defending the position miserable, which made the two Austro-Hungarian generals who were observing behind also worried. The commander of the 35th Division, Major General Arz, couldn't stand it. The main reason was that most of the positions were shelled.
They are all his soldiers. "It's not okay to continue like this. Just being beaten without fighting back will do too much damage to morale, and the subsequent battle will be difficult to fight."
Arz's words did not elicit a response from Major General Kumanek. The commander of the 17th Austro-Hungarian Division said in his emotionless voice. "The shelling has just started and I can't stand it. There will be no war without the protection of artillery."
.Patience is the virtue of a soldier. If we let the artillery counterattack now, it will be too difficult for us to fight back. And I carefully observed that the Romanian artillery is very accurate, and judging from the scale of the artillery attack, the enemy's artillery is much more than ours.
If we engage in an artillery battle with them, it will be very disadvantageous for us."
At the end of the speech, Major General Kumanek made a rare joke. "If the artillery is consumed, then the enemy can put the artillery against your and my head and fire."
Listening to Major General Kumanek's unfunny joke, Major General Arz knew that what the other person said was the most correct way. Now he could only watch his soldiers suffering under artillery fire.
The fierce artillery fire went away as quickly as it came. Half an hour after the shelling, the artillery fire raging on the heads of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers stopped. At this time, the battered position was in a mess, and the filled smoke made the soldiers choke.
I coughed for a while. Collapsed positions could be seen everywhere, and there were still blood-red human body parts on the positions. At the same time, the screams of the injured soldiers also made other Austro-Hungarian soldiers who had escaped the disaster feel sad.
At this moment, a scream sounded. "The enemy has touched inside."
This scream made the Austro-Hungarian soldiers open their eyes and observe the front of the position, but the smoke that had not yet dissipated made it difficult to see the enemy in front of the position. They only felt that there were many figures in front of the position, as if there were enemies everywhere. And at this time there were
Unable to bear the pressure, the soldier pulled the trigger in the direction of the heavy figures and fired bullets where he thought the enemy was. As if he had received a signal, there was a loud sound of gunfire on the Austro-Hungarian position, and even rattling was added.
The sound of machine guns. Except for the artillery that could not fire without orders, other weapons in front of the Austro-Hungarian positions joined in the chorus.
"Damn it, what are they fighting before the enemy comes up...Have you lost your mind...How did Doles become the brigade commander?"
The performance on the battlefield made Major General Arz furious, because he found that the positions where the gunfire was erupting were all his soldiers.
In fact, there is a reason why the 35th Division performed so poorly. The 35th Division was attacked early the day before yesterday and was driven out of Petroshani with a lot of casualties. The morale of the 35th Division was low, and then it spent a day building fortifications in Hateg before taking a breath.
. And today I just woke up and was photographed defending the Romanian attack with unfinished positions on the front line. As a result, I encountered a sudden fire attack. It is reasonable to have some excessive reactions.
Of course, the overreaction of the soldiers of the 35th Division did not last long before they calmed down. The reason why the soldiers calmed down quickly was that most of them were veterans who had been on the battlefield, and they immediately corrected their mentality after a short vent. Also
Seeing that something was wrong with the soldiers, the Austro-Hungarian officers tried their best to comfort them.
But at this time, the smoke cleared, and the real examination of the attacking 1st Guards Division came.
After the Austro-Hungarian soldiers clearly saw the situation outside the position, they no longer blindly fired. Instead, they took the lead in aiming at officers' machine guns and other targets. They also used the advantages of the position to intercept the soldiers of the 1st Guards Division in a clear-cut manner. The Austro-Hungarian soldiers responded
They showed the reaction that veterans who have experienced war should have. The soldiers of the 1st Guards Division, who were under great pressure, were not at all flustered when facing this scene. They used stones, earth bags, trees, craters and other obstacles in front of the position to cover their shooting.
, one side also used these obstacles to attack forward alternately. As the distance between the two sides gradually shortened, the accuracy of the shooting of the soldiers on both sides also greatly improved. This also caused the casualties of both sides to increase dramatically, and both sides endured the sacrifice of their own soldiers.
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But what is a little surprising is that the attackers have the upper hand. The reason is very simple, because most of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers are conscripts. Before entering the army, these soldiers were people from all walks of life and rarely came into contact with guns.
. And after the war broke out, they were not given time to train slowly, so in terms of marksmanship, except for hunters who were born, they were not very good. The Romanian soldiers are all standing armies, and most of them have enlisted for more than three years.
Energy, and most of the soldiers of the ace Guards Division have five years of military experience. Even if they have not experienced war, their shooting and tactical movements have basically become instinctive, so their shooting accuracy is much higher than that of Austria-Hungary.
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Lieutenant General Ankodar, who was observing from behind the position, saw his soldiers fighting vigorously with the enemy in front of the Austro-Hungarian position, and couldn't help but praise. "The Malmo regiment fought well, and they fought with the enemy's entire brigade defenders."
It comes and goes."
Ankodar's words convinced Major General Dortred, who was also observing the battlefield. We are all soldiers, and experts can tell when they take action. The 1st Guards Division fought back and forth with a regiment of troops and a brigade of garrison troops.
, this is the skill. Major General Dortred thought about his 19th Division and found that none of his troops could compete with this regiment.
And just when Major General Dotred was envious of the strength of the 1st Guards Division, a staff officer ran in and told them quite shocking news.
"Reporting to your Excellencies, Generals, we found that the enemy has no fortifications on both flanks."
