"Damn it! The night attack has failed. Now we can only launch a frontal assault. Let's hope our troops can break through the Polish lines smoothly!" Lieutenant General Konev cursed.
Even if they had managed to sneak to within a few dozen meters of the Polish defenses, they could have broken through the Polish lines with ease! But now they had been discovered while still several hundred meters away. Without a doubt, they would have to pay a far greater price to reach the Polish defenses, further increasing their losses.
General Zhukov remained expressionless. He had never expected the night attack to succeed in one stroke. The enemy would not have been completely unprepared. If they wanted victory, they still had to rely on the troops fighting with all their strength in the coming battle.
"Order the artillery to open fire!" General Zhukov commanded.
Although many Russian guns had been destroyed during the daytime battle, some remained. These guns were few in number and small in caliber, but if used well, they might produce unexpected results.
Russian artillery began to roar, firing at the defensive lines of the Polish Army and the Belarusian Army. Some shells landed among the Polish Army and Belarusian Army positions, causing a number of casualties. Overall, however, the losses were not severe. Unless a shell landed directly inside a trench, it was extremely difficult to harm soldiers sheltering within. Only large-caliber artillery could do that. Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow, the Russian military's large-caliber guns could not be brought to the front.
The artillery of the Polish Army and the Belarusian Army also fired fiercely. Though firing at night greatly reduced accuracy, the Russians had committed too many troops. Using the firing data calibrated beforehand, shells still easily landed among the Russian formations, inflicting