The French yelled, which translated into Chinese was probably, 'This curved fire! F * ck him! '
The soldiers in the trenches didn't have any elegance when they were fighting for their lives. Soldiers were not considered elegant gentlemen in peacetime, not to mention that France had never been considered a gentleman since the beginning of the world.
A few kilometres in front, the Russian outposts, which had been sent out in the heat of the moment, were smashed to pieces by the Hungarian armoured troops moving slowly up before the eyes of the Russians and French. The Russians couldn't call for help and were mercilessly killed by the machine guns on the armored vehicles. Some particularly brave Russians tried to go around the blind spots of the armored vehicle turrets and were immediately killed by the accompanying infantrymen.
The Hungarian armored forces easily took care of the Russian defense line and continued to attack. This time, the French didn't set up an ambush, but personally went into battle. "Rapid fire! Rapid fire! "The artillery commander shouted the order. In fact, he didn't need to shout so hoarse. The well-trained French artillery almost used Miss 75's firing rate of 30 rounds per minute to the limit.
Under such high speed, the shells whistled straight at the Hungarian armored forces and exploded after hitting the Hungarian armored vehicles. Those that didn't hit the armored vehicles also fell to the ground, bounced on the ground for a moment and exploded. A moment later, the entire battlefield was filled with smoke. Their line of sight was greatly obstructed.
It didn't take long for the barrel of Miss 75 to show a state of high heat, and a few French soldiers who were accidentally scalded couldn't help but scream. Seeing that their choice was wrong, the French officers reacted quickly enough. They immediately passed on their thoughts through the field phone, 'Don't bombard too densely, fire when you get close!'
The Russian officers watched the performance of the French Army from the side, and the degree of shock in their hearts was proportional to their ambition. A few Russian officers with excellent military skills even vaguely felt the problem of the Russians. Miss 75 was a straight-firing cannon, so this kind of cannon could be leveled and fired straight. Even so, the angle of fire caused by the mount made the French artillery curse.
Unlike the French, the Russians took the howitzer route. This kind of large arc howitzer was good for shooting at fixed targets, but it was useless against the constantly moving armored vehicles. To improve the hit rate, they had to implement fire coverage. Russia's steel production is much higher than France's, but its industrial level is much lower than France's. Russia could produce its own steel rails, but it could not produce a large number of processed steel products like France. The bombardment carried out by a thousand French soldiers was equal to the firepower of a whole army of Russia. The French could afford it, but the Russians couldn't.
The smoke and dust had yet to disperse, and the sound of guns and cannons had also stopped under the officer's orders. The only sound left on the battlefield was the sound of armored vehicles driving across the road. 'Damn it!' The French soldiers cursed under their breath. To be able to survive under such firepower, the sturdiness of the armored vehicles was far beyond the imagination of the French people.
A few minutes later, the French commander was frowning. Judging from various intelligence reports, Hungary's armored forces had extraordinary mobility. They had spent two hours in pursuit of a Russian cavalry unit, and had run for two hours at a full gallop. The armored vehicles were not left behind by the horses galloping at full speed. These steel monsters even played the trick of pursuing and attacking from the front.
Thinking of this, the commander shouted, "Get ready to shoot! These vehicles are moving very slowly, we have a chance! "
Although he didn't understand what was going on, the French commander instinctively believed that the Hungarian armored vehicles weren't moving slowly on purpose, but they couldn't drive fast enough. To survive under such fierce firepower, the armored vehicles must be thick enough. With heavy armor, the vehicles would not be able to drive fast.
The French gunners waited nervously, and the figures of vehicles finally appeared in the smoke and dust of the battlefield. The screeching sound of steel rubbing against each other was unique to the Hungarian armored forces.
"Fire!" The gunners hid behind the gun shields and controlled Miss 75 to fire accurately according to the order. At a distance of a few hundred meters, the shells accurately hit the Hungarian armored vehicles. The shells exploded on the armored vehicles, but the vehicles only stopped for a short moment and continued to move forward.
"What the hell is this?" The French gunners were also shocked. Until a scream woke them up. "There is something hanging on the outside of those vehicles."
The commander could see more clearly through the binoculars. The originally smooth armored vehicles were covered with a layer of armor made of squares, making the armored vehicles look a lot bigger. Seeing the change in the situation, the commander first ordered the gunners to continue shooting accurately. "Until the muzzle of our cannon can fire against the armored vehicles!" After shouting, he immediately picked up the field phone and called the other commanders. The French heavy cavalry was very famous in the Middle Ages, and it didn't take much time to understand how to put on armor. In fact, a corner of the French commander's brain was even active with excitement. If the armored forces could adjust their equipment so flexibly, their performance on the battlefield would be comparable to the heavy cavalry of the Middle Ages. When the formation formed by the French heavy knights began to charge, all the enemies in the way would be crushed to pieces.
After that, the French and Russian allied forces continued to fire for an unknown number of times. What they were sure of was that after every Hungarian armored vehicle that appeared in their field of vision was hit several times, the Hungarian armored forces finally chose to retreat at a distance of 200 meters.
At first, the French and Russian coalition forces thought that the Hungarian armored forces wanted to play some tricks. When the smoke and dust mostly dissipated, they saw seven or eight armored vehicles sparsely scattered on the position. These armored vehicles had been blown up. Judging from the degree of damage, the Hungarians chose to blow up these vehicles when they retreated. They didn't want to leave anything that the French and Russians could seize.
"We won!" The French and Russian coalition forces cheered. The Russians were in a better mood than the French. In the past two to three months, the Hungarian armored forces were almost invincible on the battlefield. The Russians lost every battle. Although the arrogant Russian army still had the courage to defeat the Hungarians, they really couldn't find a way to defeat the Hungarians. This' victory 'of repelling the Hungarian armored forces was especially powerful for the Russians.
The French and Russian coalition forces thought they had won, and no one in the retreating Hungarian forces thought they had lost. The French's fierce firepower left a deep impression on the Hungarian armored forces. The Red Army's system was modeled after the Liberation Army, so the division commissar personally took the lead. The IFV he rode rushed to the front and was hit by more than a dozen grenades fired by 75 mm guns. Because of the violent vibration, the division commissar's helmet still had a hole in his head from the bumpy collision. In addition to tinnitus, the division commissar had a nosebleed. The chest of his military uniform was almost wet with blood. There were many people who suffered the same injury. Some comrades even vomited blood under the shock wave.
In addition to the combat power of the troops in the IFV being damaged, the dense artillery attack of the French caused heavy losses to the accompanying infantry. The final retreat was also a wise move after assessing the combat power.
The members of the armored forces had never suffered such bullsh * t before. The indignant commanders came to the division headquarters with strong emotions. However, after seeing the commissar in the same miserable state as them, the evil anger in everyone instantly dissipated.
The division commander saw that the emotions of his comrades were still within the range of rational discussion. He quickly asked everyone to sit down and said, "This time, it's my fault for not thinking it through. We have accumulated a lot of new experience. While the memory is still clear, let's start discussing. "
"Memory my ass! It's as if there's an electric bell in my ears, buzzing. Our chief of staff has a fracture and has been sent to the hospital, "the first regiment commander said angrily.
The second regiment commissar was the same as these people. His head was wrapped in gauze and there was a large black bloodstain on the front of his clothes. He went straight to the point. "How many shells are stored in Bucharest?"
At first, everyone did not start from this angle. After hearing the second regiment commissar's question, the first regiment commander, whose left arm was wrapped in bandages and splints, slapped his thigh with his right hand. "They are using the French M1897 75mm cannon. Romania does not have a military factory capable of producing this kind of shell. All the shells are fewer with every shot."
"Besiege the point and attack the reinforcements!"
"That's right, besiege the point and attack the reinforcements! To be able to fight so skillfully, there must be a lot of French among them! "
"Will the Russians fight us to the death for the French?" This time, the third regiment did not participate in the battle. The regiment commander of the third regiment, who had to be at the end of the battle, questioned the feasibility of this plan.
The second regiment commissar said angrily, "Next time, the third regiment will be the bait and you will know how dense the bombardment is. If the French dare to do this again, I don't believe they can transport many shells by sea. If they can really transport a million shells, I will be convinced! "
The regiment commander of the third regiment was not angry. The first regiment commissar was hospitalized, and the second regiment commander was seriously injured. One of the shells inexplicably rolled under the armored vehicle that the first regiment commander was riding in and exploded, blasting through the chassis of the infantry fighting vehicle. The first regiment commander's luck was probably the worst on the entire battlefield. Therefore, the second regiment commander's anger was not surprising.
"If we want to surround them and attack reinforcements, we need to rely on infantry." The armored division commander's tone was a little low. He had been on the battlefield for so long and had experienced many fierce battles. When the armored division commander mentioned simple infantry, he felt very unfamiliar. Even though two years ago, he was also an infantry soldier.
"The Russians have radios. They will definitely inform the Russians outside of Bucharest of the new tactics. Even if the Russians don't care about the Russians' report, they will still care about the French's report. "The third regiment commander tried his best to speak in a light tone. Although he did not participate in the battle, he had seen and touched the armored vehicles that participated in the battle with his own eyes. After the armored vehicles were covered with 30mm uniform steel armor, they were finally able to withstand the grenades fired by the 75mm cannon. However, the steel armor was full of holes from the shells. Some of the steel ropes connecting the armor pieces were seriously damaged, and the armor pieces were on the verge of falling off. Once the armor pieces fell off, the protection of those parts would be greatly reduced …
The division commander saw that everyone was depressed and said loudly, "We don't have to be afraid. The industrial capacity of the Russians is not enough for them to maintain the level of equipment and firepower of the French team. "
"But what about our industrial capacity?" the second regiment commissar said angrily.
Even though they knew that this was anger, the comrades were speechless. Russia had a history of promoting industry for hundreds of years, and the industry had developed rapidly in recent decades. When Hungary was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it was part of Transleithania. Transleithania was characterized by an agricultural area. Slovakia was originally classified as Transleithania and later merged with Hungary. Slovakia was also an agricultural area, attached to the Austrian industry. Therefore, the real industrialization of Hungary actually began eleven years after the establishment of the Slovak People's Republic. Even with the support of the Min dynasty, and even if Russia's natural resources were far superior to Hungary's, there was still a huge gap between eleven years of effort and a hundred years of accumulation.
Thinking of this realistic gap, the division commander suddenly felt a strong anger in his heart. He shouted, "So what?! We are an armored army. After getting into the armored vehicles, we were given the mission to charge forward. Are we afraid of death and not moving forward just because the enemy has the power to fight back? "
After the division commander shouted so angrily, the antagonism in the headquarters was instantly pulled to a new height. Everyone was silent. When the political commissar saw this, he quickly got up and said, "After our armored army was formed, more than 90% of the armored vehicles we lost were due to mechanical failure. The rest were due to the Russians' dog sh * t luck. Large-caliber artillery hit our vehicles by blind luck. Let's all tell the truth. As soon as we got into the vehicle, we immediately felt safe. "
The political commissar was indeed a political commissar. He didn't need to shout like the division commander and could still point to the core of the problem. The comrades were still silent, but from their expressions, it could be seen that they were indeed convinced. Whether or not there was an absolutely safe environment had a huge impact on the mentality of the soldiers. As the political commissar said, in the previous battles, the armored vehicles were only destroyed by shells when they were extremely unlucky. This kind of casualty rate was completely acceptable to the soldiers.
After today's battle, let's not talk about the accompanying infantry. Nearly ten armored vehicles that participated in the battle were destroyed. The armored vehicles that went into battle were more or less damaged, and the people in the vehicles weren't safe either.
Such a loss didn't make the armored troops lose their combat ability, but it really hit the armored troops' fighting spirit. The previous era of "only the unlucky ones will get into trouble" was over. The cruel reality proved one thing. Using 20mm homogeneous armor to carry out a siege was definitely not able to withstand the enemy's firepower. The most familiar and enjoyable thing for everyone was to drive 20mm armored vehicles and charge around. That kind of good time was gone in two or three months. This feeling of loss was the most unbearable part for everyone.
Seeing that he had grasped the key point, the political commissar felt a lot more relaxed. He said solemnly, "Comrades, we've already said this, and we should have thought that the enemy isn't a target that we can hit at will. The enemy is also human, and there is no lack of smart people among the enemy, and there is no lack of brave people. A cruel battle will break out sooner or later. So in the face of these battles, how should we deal with it? What is our position? What did we get in exchange for bravely fighting? Now that things have come to this, we might as well discuss it among ourselves. "
The political commissar's words were quite informative, and more importantly, it touched on the fundamental question of who and why they were fighting for. They were all soldiers of the Hungarian Red Army, so it was clear that this kind of talk was to inspire the courage to fight to the death. Regardless of whether reason could accept bravery, biological instincts still secretly reminded their comrades to avoid death.
Seeing that his comrades were silent, the political commissar smiled and said, "Division commander, you speak first. Let's say it first, don't encourage everyone to die. We reminisce about the past and only discuss whether we can avoid war. If everyone thinks that war is inevitable, then we'll discuss how to effectively kill the enemy, not be killed by the enemy. Am I right? "
When the division commander heard this, he quickly replied, "That's right. We said many times in the past that the way to survive is to destroy the enemy on the battlefield. If the enemy on the battlefield is killed, of course we can survive. If the enemy on the battlefield is still there, no matter how we hide, we will not be safe. Of course, the most important thing now is to get rid of the idea that armored vehicles are safe. Facts have proven that if we still use the previous simple and crude tactics, armored vehicles are no longer safe. "
Under the effective guidance of the political commissar and division commander, the atmosphere in the headquarters finally moved in the direction of positive energy. The division commander quickly struck the iron while it was hot and said, "To tell you the truth, I also feel very disappointed when I see the situation. For me, I haven't had enough of the good days before! Now I can only forget about the good days before, lower my head, and fight seriously. I think even if you are unwilling, you may agree with my view. "
After the war, the Hungarian Red Army imitated the Liberation Army's summary meeting and tried to find the main points of everyone's thinking and do targeted work. The French Army did not have this system and habit. Because they adopted the policy of elite troops, the French Army had a very high level of officers. They could maintain rationality in battle, communicate effectively, and make decisions in line with the rules of the battlefield. Since the existing tactics could not be changed, the French officers began to discuss new tactical combinations.
The French's rapid-fire artillery was far better than the Germans'. The French also knew that their Miss 75 had an absolute advantage over the Germans, so they formed the school of rapid-fire artillery omnipotence. They added steel gun shields to the rapid-fire artillery and asked the artillery to push the 75 rapid-fire artillery to within 1,000 meters of the front line and suppress the German front line with a barrage of shrapnel to support the French infantry in launching their proud national skill: the bayonet charge.
This time, they relied on the basic tactics accumulated by the school of rapid-fire artillery to drive away the Hungarian armored forces. The French were full of confidence in themselves and thought that the French tactics were very effective.
As for the Russians, they also had their own traditions and characteristics. From top to bottom, the officers in the Russian Army who had 'connections' sent telegrams to their superiors to claim their military exploits. Although all the military exploits of the Russians was sending out a line and then being crushed by the Hungarian armored forces.
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