The second shell landed outside the cannon nest, and the slender body cut off a corner of the reinforced concrete cover outside the cannon nest like a sharp sword! After the explosion, the cannon nest collapsed by one-third, and dozens of Austro-Hungarian soldiers who had not had time to run out were smashed into a ball of meat paste.&1t;/p>

The real fatal thing is the third shell. This shell hits the top of a 21omm heavy howitzer. The concrete cover with a thickness of 1.5 is as vulnerable as tofu! The shell left a diagonal perforation on the top, and then directly hit the 21omm howitzer that was ready to open fire in the cannon nest! The artillery weighing nearly 10 tons was instantly blown into pieces, and a fire wave spread around and ignited the next to it. After two minutes of the hit, a violent explosion sounded throughout the battlefield. A column of dust nearly 10 meters high rushed into the sky like a volcano spray. When the dust dissipated, the cannon nest that was more than 3 meters high had been wiped out from the ground, leaving only a huge crater! A whole company of soldiers and their cannons turned into ashes!&1t;/p>

When the large-caliber artillery was almost bullet-biting and the knife was bleeding, the medium-caliber artillery surrounding the Lviv Fortress was also fighting. Compared with the suppression of the Russian army's large-caliber train guns, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a certain advantage in the fight between the medium-caliber artillery group. First, because the Austro-Hungarian army was the first to take the lead. The 3-inch gun deployed by the Russians at the forefront directly led to the decline of the Russian firepower. Although the 122mm and 152mm howitzers behind were outside the range of Austro-Hungarian heavy artillery, their power was too small and they were not lethal enough for the Austro-Hungarian artillery hidden in the artillery nest. Although the 1o7mm gun fired fiercely directly, it lacked the shooting range. After knocking off several bunkers and machine gun bunkers on the outermost side, they could only stare at the target behind the wreckage.&1t;/p>

The firepower suppression of both sides lasted for 4 hours. During this period, the number of shells consumed by both sides exceeded 150,000. This number is very amazing even on the current Western Front. After all, the Western Front has not finally stabilized... Then this is just the beginning. The Battle of Lviv can even be used as a large-scale attack on the fortification area in 2 battles. Both sides are not fully prepared for this battle. In the remaining time of the day, although the large-scale attack composed of hundreds of artillery pieces stopped, the competition between the small cannon group and the heavy artillery never stopped, and there was almost no minute on the battlefield! With the help of the reconnaissance aircraft and observation posts of both sides, the long-range heavy artillery kept repeating the process of searching for opponents and destroying opponents!&1t;/p>

In addition to the large-scale artillery battle between the two sides of the Lviv Fortress Area, the Russian army also launched an attack on the two fronts, west and east of the fortress area. Although the fire density and artillery level are incomparable to the fortress area, it is also the first time for Russia and Austro-Hungary! In the field environment, the Russians concentrated 5O portable artillery and 2O portable trench guns on a one-kilometer front for fire preparation, which was simply the first time for the Russians, so it was very easy to break through the surface positions of the Austro-Hungarian Legion.&1t;/p>

The Russian army on both wings obviously implemented Borusinov's idea of ​​breaking through multiple points and advancing quickly. The 11 breakthrough points on both wings were all equipped with firepower no less than one division's artillery. At the same time, the elite infantry was used as the guide and the artillery was close to the support of the artillery. After tearing the gap open, the cavalry division entered one after another, expanded the gap and advanced in depth.&1t;/p>

Unlike the thunderous fire preparations when attacking the fortress, the fire preparation time for field breakthroughs is relatively short, generally at most 40 minutes, and the firepower extension will not be very far. After all, there are not so many long-range artillery, just clean up the visible ones. Most Russian cavalry attacked after 20 to 30 minutes of fire preparations. They successfully crossed the unmanned land in front of the front line, and then crossed the trenches and outer bunkers. And rushed towards the depths, the Cossacks waved their sabers and rifles, followed by horse-drawn machine gun trucks, towing artillery and even a small number of truck guns.&1t;/p>

However, just when the Russians were making quite smooth progress, the fire-restorming of the Austro-Hungarian Legion also surprised the Russians! At some breakthrough locations, the Austro-Hungarian Legion concentrated a large number of self-propelled artillery to block them. These artillery placed on the territory of trucks or cricket tanks are expensive, but they are worth the money. Their mobility greatly compensates for the lack of range. When the Russians moved towards the breakthrough, these artillery quickly changed their positions, and at the same time, under unified command, carried out a brief but fierce fire attack on the invading Russian army through radio!&1t;/p>

When a few small black dots appeared not far away, the Russians didn't care. They continued to move forward, but arranged the warning of small troops. After a moment, the Russians regretted it. On the flank of this cavalry regiment, the four 15omm heavy infantry artillery secretly came over under the cover of an infantry company, and then they used 5okg high-explosive bombs to make the Cossacks suffer a little less than 3 ooo meters!&1t;/p>

The shells fired by something smaller than ordinary howitzers and whose range is closer than ordinary howitzers. Suddenly, 45kg shells exploded on the ground with huge pits of about 1.8 meters in depth and 7 meters in diameter! The preset shrapnel even caused a storm-like iron rain above the heads of the cavalry! The originally neat formation was completed by several consecutive artillery fires.&1t;/p>

And this is just the beginning. The maneuvering 75mm gun, 1o5mm howitzer and a small number of 15ommm howitzer attacked the target from different angles and distances. Although the firepower was not very powerful, the strike accuracy was very good. Under the correction of the reconnaissance aircraft overhead, a shell accurately landed in the middle of the cavalry queue, breaking up the marching corps.&1t;/p>

The limited number of artillery with a long range aimed at the logistics units behind the cavalry. These large carts pulled by double horses are the key to the Russian cavalry's continuous combat capability. On the open field, carriages were destroyed by flying high-explosive bombs or incendiary bombs. After only more than forty minutes of interception and shooting, the cavalry division may take 2 hours to re-collection the troops, and it takes half a day or even a day to wait for the arrival of subsequent supplies to continue to attack.&1t;/p>

"The Russian artillery fire was fierce and concentrated. The Austro-Hungarian Army's artillery was flexible and changeable." This is the first impression that the field artillery on both sides left on each other in this battle of Lviv. And now, the battle between the two sides has just begun!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!