After a period of preparation, the Romanian army finally made preparations for the war.
On June 1st, a joyful holiday for children of later generations, Romania began its military campaign on the Hungarian plains.
In the early morning, the red sun appeared in the sky, pouring light and heat on the earth. When the light shone on the heavy artillery, it drew long slanting shadows. The officers and soldiers on the artillery position were busy carrying out pre-war preparations.
Prepare to check the status of the artillery for the last time. Because next, these 150-caliber howitzers and cannons will be the opening of the battle, allowing the Austro-Hungarian army to taste the power of Romania.
Behind the front line, soldiers preparing for the first wave of offensive were resting before the battle.
They slept back and forth, chatted, smoked, and some went to the priest to pray. They were all using various methods to relax themselves. It can be seen from their demeanor that they have experienced the smoke of the battlefield, and they know
If you arrange your work and rest schedule reasonably, you will be an elite soldier.
In fact, in the Transylvania Army's combat plan, the first wave of attacks was to test the strength of the Austro-Hungarian defense line and provide a reference for the subsequent large-scale battle. Therefore, the first wave of attacks was basically done by veterans of many battles.
In addition, in order to confuse the enemy, this attack was a full-scale test, testing the weaknesses of the Austro-Hungarian army on a 150-kilometer defense line. Since it was a comprehensive test, the ammunition was quite sufficient. Up to 170,000 people from home
Tons of ammunition allowed the soldiers to fight openly. From this, we can see the generosity of this attack.
At this moment, a rumble of artillery fire sounded from the rear, followed by a sharp and clear whistle passing above their heads, and then a violent explosion sounded from the enemy's position in front. Some curious soldiers stood up and wanted to see the enemy in the distance.
The situation of the position, but their location is still a bit far away to see the details of the enemy's position.
At this time, someone was bored and listened to the whistle of the cannon shells to guess the caliber of the cannon.
"Hoo~"
Some thick and short sounds came from the sky.
The soldier showed off to his comrades beside him: "This is the sound of a 150-meter howitzer. You can tell it when you hear the whirring sound."
"Xiao~"
"This is a 210-caliber cannon. It screams. I know that too."
"Woo~"
At this time, there was a sound that sounded like a train, and the soldier didn't know what to say.
A voice came from behind them. "This is a 280-caliber train gun. I don't know now."
The soldier and his companions immediately looked back and were startled to find that their company commander was standing behind them.
"Hello, company commander."
Seeing the somewhat restrained expressions of his soldiers, the company commander walked up to the soldier who was analyzing the differences in the sound of artillery shells and said, "Thomas, you are not the only one who likes to chat with artillerymen, I also like it."
Obviously, the company commander's level of chatting was higher than that of the soldier, and Thomas, who was exposed, could only stand here innocently, looking embarrassed.
After piercing the opponent's skin, the company commander looked at the somewhat restrained soldiers and left without taking a single cloud with him.
After the company commander left, others immediately gathered around.
"It's pretty good that Thomas was exposed by the company commander, hahahaha."
A cheerful atmosphere suddenly filled the air.
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After three hours of fierce shelling, the Austro-Hungarian front line appeared to be riddled with holes. At this time, the soldiers who were preparing to launch the attack had already been preparing their positions for a long time. At this time, the artillery fire began to spread in depth, and the time to attack had arrived.
"It's our turn to attack."
Following the orders of the leading officers, the soldiers immediately rushed out of their positions and charged towards the enemy positions despite enemy artillery fire.
The Austro-Hungarian soldiers, who had just recovered from the artillery fire, immediately began to fight back when they saw the enemy attacking. For a while, the two sides became a hail of bullets, but this time the attacking Romanian soldiers immediately felt that something was wrong with the enemy's resistance.
An officer leading the team hid behind a rock and said strangely: "It's strange, we haven't gotten too close to the enemy yet, so why did the counterattack firepower on their position react so strongly?"
In fact, not only the officers leading the team felt it, but also the generals who were observing the position could see it. When the Romanian soldiers were still five or six hundred meters away from the front-line position, the Austro-Hungarian position opened up full firepower. This was obviously quite serious.
Unreasonable, indiscriminate exposure of firepower points can only lead to artillery counterattacks from the attackers. Sure enough, within a few minutes, a large number of 75mm artillery shells fell on these firepower points, sweeping away the suppression of Romanian soldiers. This in turn caused Romania to
The soldiers came closer to the position.
In a secret observation post, Lieutenant General Ankodar of the 1st Guards Division had just looked away from a pair of high-power telescopes. With a puzzled expression, he said to the chief of staff beside him: "The enemy's position response
, much worse than when we fought in Deva before."
"Really? Let me see what's going on."
After hearing Lieutenant General Ankodar's words, the Chief of Staff went to the telescope to observe.
After observing for a while, the chief of staff said with some surprise: "It's really like this. The enemy's resistance strength is much worse than before."
At this point, he couldn't help but ask: "Is it possible that this is a trap set by the enemy?"
Facing the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Ankodar thought for a while and said: "It's possible, but the probability is low. Where did they get the information to know where our main attack is."
The chief of staff also put this idea behind him. The main attack location can be informed to them two days in advance. The possibility of leaking the secret is unlikely. So he proposed a reliable method. "Should you ask other front-line brother troops? If they
If your situation is the same as ours, then this is a good opportunity.”
"Can."
After getting the consent of Lieutenant General Ankodar, the chief of staff immediately replied: "I will do it."
About a quarter of an hour later, the chief of staff came back excitedly with a telegram. "Division commander, this is not just the case of one of our divisions. Other divisions have reported that the enemy's resistance is declining this time. Moreover, the group army headquarters has just issued a
Call us and let us take advantage of this great opportunity."
After hearing the words of his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Ankodar stepped forward to receive the telegram. After reading it, Lieutenant General Ankodar shouted in his heart, God help me. He immediately picked up the phone and said to him, "Forward it to me.
Pick up Brigade 2.”
Within two minutes, the call was connected to the Second Brigade Headquarters. "Hey, I am the division commander. Do you have any instructions?"
The familiar voice of Colonel Zoltan, commander of the Second Brigade, came from the microphone. Lieutenant General Ankodar immediately said: "Colonel Zoltan, do you understand the current situation on the enemy's front line?"
"I have already observed that the resistance is not strong."
After hearing Colonel Zoltan's answer, Ankodar continued. "Okay, now that you understand the situation, I now order your brigade to immediately launch a full-scale attack on the enemy's front-line positions without giving the enemy a chance to breathe."
"Understood, Commander, I will organize an offensive right now."
After Lieutenant General Ankodar put down the phone, he immediately went to the high-power telescope to observe the battle on the front line.
The Second Brigade's attack came very quickly. Within ten minutes, the scene of an attack by thousands of soldiers appeared in front of us, which made it even more difficult for the Austro-Hungarian soldiers on the position to resist. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ankodar
Received a call from Colonel Zoltan, informing him that he had captured the first line of positions and could launch an attack on his subsequent positions.
At this time, Ankodar knew that the time had come, and immediately threw his brigade into the battle. After a not too fierce battle, at 11:45 noon the next day, the guard
The division commander had completed the tasks assigned to him by the group army. The 19th Division also penetrated the defense line at 1:30 in the afternoon. Now an eight-kilometer-wide gap had appeared in front of them.
The first step of the group army's plan has been reached, and it is suitable for the assault group to go into battle.
