ATTACK OF DEADS August 6, 1915, something happened that was included in the worlds history, entitled Attack of the Dead. 60 Russian soldiers routed the 7000th German army. On the western borders of the Russian Empire was only three forts, one of which, Osovetskaya, jokingly referred to as toy - it looked so modest even compared to its neighbors - the Brest-Litovsk and Modlin. In case of transfer of the German army in the offensive command requested Osovetskaya fortress to hold 48 hours. Fortress held six months ... 7321 In September 1914 the German army tried to march to take the fortress (40 Landwehr battalions against a Russian Infantry Regiment) and suffered such losses (only killed and wounded - 6,000), which hastily retreated to their original positions. 6728 Recovered and prepared, in January 1915. Germans began the siege has all the rules. To do this, were delivered the famous Big Bertha - siege guns 420 mm caliber, 800-kg projectiles which breaks through the two-meter high steel and concrete slabs. Funnel from such an explosion was 5 meters deep and 15 in diameter. Under Osovets brought four Big Bertha and 64 other powerful siege guns - only 17 batteries. Before the storm to the Commandant General Osovets Brzhozovskaya German envoy arrived. Kaiser polished officer said that this time the fortress will not stand before the raid, and offered to surrender. Then the German general Brzhozovsky offered voluntarily remain in the assault on the fortress and give a receipt that Teuton agree that he would be hanged if fortress stand. The most terrible enemy was at the beginning of the siege. February 25 the Germans opened fire on the fort, bringing it to a hurricane. So 7 days. The fortress was released about 250,000 heavy shells only! And all for the siege - up to 400 thousand. Scary was a fortress - it was shrouded in smoke, through which it is in one or else escaped huge tongues of fire from the explosion of shells; pillars of earth, water and whole trees flew up; the earth trembled, and it seemed no one will come out of this whole hurricane of fire and iron - says one of the survivors. Artillery duel of two (only two!) Naval guns of Kane vs. 17 siege artillery batteries Germans ended with the infamous 8:1 in favor of the Russian. Germans hastily rolled again. Do not Osovets was chronicled the names of his heroes unknown: and those of two 150-mm guns Kane direct hits destroyed the German 420-mm Big Bertha and someone whose gun pressed to the ground broke on the Russian infantry positions the 14th division Landwehr? Under artillery fire killed all his company, and he miraculously survived and deafened by explosions, just released a live tape for tape - as long as the Germans were not hurled grenades. They accomplished a feat remained nameless. August 6, 1915. become advocates for Osovets black day: Germans used poison gas. At 4 am on the Russian position drip dark green mist mixture of chlorine and bromine. Masks from the defenders was not. All living outdoors in the bridgehead fortress was poisoned to death - recalled party defense. - All the greens in the fortress and in the immediate area on the path of the gas has been destroyed, the leaves on the trees turned yellow, curled up and fell off, blackened grass and lay down on the ground, flower petals flew around. 1249891319_12326-49 14 battalions of Landwehr (not less than 7000 people) moved after wave emissions. They were not going to attack. On cleaning. Convinced that the living will not meet. What happened next, well described publicist Vladimir Voronov: When the German chain approached the trenches of deep-green chlorine fog descended on them ... counter-attacking Russian infantry. The scene was horrific: the men walked into the bayonet of persons swathed in rags, shaken by a terrible cough, literally spitting out pieces of light on the bloody shirt. These were the remains of the 13th Company 226 th Infantry Regiment Zemlyanskii - just over 60 people. But they plunged the enemy in such horror that the German infantrymen, not accepting the fight, rushed back, trampling each other and hung on their own barbed wire. And by him with clubs wrapped chlorine Russian batteries started hitting seemed already deceased artillery. Several dozen half-dead Russian soldiers routed the three German infantry regiment! Nothing like the world did not know the art of war. This battle will go down in history as Attack of the Dead. 1248692777_21 German soldiers were shocked and demoralized. Parts involved in the assault had to completely reshape. 16569-043135-47bf24798dc13b13771e6e2af31a130c Here you lay torn to pieces inside - reconstructs events have our contemporary - and just feel terrible pain and offense. The right hand of your dead ones, and on your left you alone dead. All the dead. And youre dead. Left you, probably one, and live you can have five minutes left in agony and bloody vomit. And then you see his eyes burned the green mist 7000 Germans. Themselves come to you! Do you stop a bullet or three if you can still go? Do you have a full five minutes to avenge his death and the death of all his comrades to kill many, many Germans, the whole 7000. And you need to take the time to kill them more. When the Germans fled, Russian defenders died ... unfinishedcemetary8ro Fortress German troops did not storm more ...
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