Kingdom of Pylis, fortress defense line of Liège.
Both the Germanic 4th Army and the 5th Army were ordered, and the final general offensive was carried out on the morning of 17 August. Both the 4th Army and the 5th Army were ready to capture the Liege Fortress in one fell swoop and break through the Liege Fortress Defense. Then, together with the 6th Army, a decisive battle was fought against the Belgian Army and the Gallic Army.
After receiving the order, the soldiers of the 4th Army and the 5th Army were ready.
However, many soldiers wondered, did the army high command want them to attack the Fortress of Liege with their flesh and blood? In that case, how many casualties will they have to pay!
The changes in the Germanic Army also attracted the attention of the defenders of the fortress of Liège.
Lieutenant General Giladlemann had ordered that the defenders should be prepared for battle and must resist the attack of the Germanic Army.
At the same time, Lieutenant General Gilad leman did not forget to send a telegram asking for help, asking for more reinforcements to assemble at the fortress of Liège.
The 1st Army, the 2nd Army, the 3rd Army of the Gallic Army, and the 1st Army of the Imperial Expeditionary Force all began to assemble behind the fortress of Liège, ready to resist the attack of the Germanic Empire.
At this moment, on the railway line east of the Fortress of Liege, a train of cannons had been deployed on the railway line. The hoe separates from the carriages in front of and behind the train gun and is nailed to the ground on either side to allow the powerful recoil to be counteracted when the train gun fires.
Two 380 mm train guns, four 305 mm train guns, eight 280 mm train guns and 16 210 mm train guns all entered the position and were ready to fire.
The commander of the train artillery unit looked at the watch on his wrist and immediately gave the order to fire according to the scheduled time.
“Fire!
As soon as the order was given, a full 30 train guns began shelling.
“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
A deafening explosion sounded, and one after another large-caliber shells slammed into the distant Fortress of Liege. The huge recoil made even the huge body of the train gun shake endlessly.
Under the action of huge kinetic energy, the shell smashed into the fortress of Liège at high speed. Because the shells rubbed violently with the air and emitted a piercing whistling sound, the defenders of the Fortress of Liège and the soldiers of the Germanic Imperial Army who were preparing to attack the Fortress of Liege involuntarily covered their ear holes and opened their mouths.
Smiles suddenly appeared on the faces of Admiral House and the Duke of Württemberg.
“The Imperial heavy artillery has opened fire, and the Fortress of Liège is finished!” In the minds of both of them, this thought appeared involuntarily.
Lieutenant General Gilad Lyman, commander of the defenders of the Fortress of Liège, suddenly changed his face.
“Large-caliber heavy artillery! Damn, the Germans used large-caliber heavy artillery. Lieutenant General Giladlemann knew very well that the defense of the Fortress of Liège, although strong, could not withstand the heavy shelling of large-caliber heavy artillery.
“Boom! Rumble! ”
Large-caliber shells fell from the sky and slammed into the fortress of Liège.
The reinforced concrete poured fortress was broken down under heavy shelling and a violent explosion occurred.
The soldiers of the Billys Army hiding in the fortress were instantly blown into slag.
Especially the 380 mm shell, the power is huge. Even the strongest fortress could not hold it, and it was easily broken.
Every large-caliber train cannon shell explodes, leaving a huge crater.
The fortified Fortress of Liège was destroyed like paper paste under the heavy shelling of the Germanic Army, at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“O God! Are we equipped with such powerful artillery? It’s incredible! A Germanic soldier exclaimed.
“Long live the Empire! Long live Your Majesty the Emperor! The Empire must win! ”
More Germanic soldiers cheered.
Such a fortified fortress as the Pyles could not withstand the mighty train guns of the Germanic Army, let alone the Soldiers of Pyllis.
The train artillery unit of the Germanic Imperial Army, the shelling lasted only an hour. , fired thousands of large-caliber shells. However, this had completely destroyed the fortress of Liège.
Even the main body of the fortress buried in the ground was destroyed, and Lieutenant General Gilad Leyman, the commander of the fortress, was also killed.
The Pylisian Army unit guarding the fort suffered heavy losses.
Even the soldiers who survived were frightened. There was simply no courage to continue fighting. Under such circumstances, it would be delusional to expect them to resist the attack of the Germanic Army.
Maj. Gen. Hausen and the Duke of Württemberg saw the destruction of the Fortress of Liège and immediately gave the order to attack.
The troops of the two infantry divisions rushed straight to the ruined fortress of Liège.
The rest of the troops, on the other hand, prepared to cross the fortress line of Liège and launch an attack on the rear of the fortress of Liège.
After destroying the Liege Fortress with train cannons, the Germanic Imperial Army captured the Liege Fortress almost effortlessly. The Billys Army, guarding here, was killed quite a bit. But many also surrendered to the Germanic Army.
The Germanic Army destroyed the Fortress of Liège, broke through the fortress defenses of Liège, and launched an attack into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Belgium.
The Entente group, shocked, immediately fought back.
The 2nd Army of the Pylith Army, the 1st Army, the 2nd and 3rd Armies of the Gallic Army, and the 1st Army of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, which were assembled at the fortress of Liège, were engaged in the battle.
Although, the Allied Army has invested millions of troops here. The Germanic Imperial Army in charge of the attack was only about 600,000.
However, the situation on the battlefield is one-sided.
The Germanic Empire’s army had a strong firepower advantage, which was vividly expressed.
Although, the Gallic Army was equipped with a 75 mm gun, which performed very well and the rate of fire was very fast.
However, the 75 mm field guns of the Germanic Imperial Army were no weaker than theirs.
More importantly, the Gallic Army used 75 mm field guns as its main guns, but the Germanic Imperial Army used 105 mm light howitzers and 150 mm heavy howitzers as its main guns.
The huge gap in caliber gave the Germanic Imperial Army a great advantage in artillery.
This left the Gallic Army completely suppressed in terms of artillery.
Similarly, the Pylisian Army and the Imperial Expeditionary Force were no match for the Germanic Imperial Army in terms of firepower. This gives them a great advantage in terms of troop strength. However, it can only be supported bitterly. The war situation was very unfavorable to them.

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