"Your Excellency Commander is right. The machine gun firepower and small-caliber artillery of the Germany people are very strong, but it does not mean that their artillery fire is really powerful. Didn't they respond at all when we bombarded them before? As long as we can use powerful artillery fire to destroy their defense line in one fell swoop, the final victory will definitely be ours." As soon as General Samsonov's words were spoken, Russian generals responded immediately.
Other Russian generals also said the same thing. However, they also have a question in their minds, that is, is German artillerymen also hidden?
No matter what, General Samsonov, I still plan to give it a try. If it really doesn't work, think of another way.
The Russian artillery quickly completed preparations. They carried out all the remaining shells. But even so, one cannon was only allocated twenty or thirty shells.
There's no way around it. Who made Russia's transportation facilities so bad? It is not that easy to transport a large amount of war materials from the Russia hinterland to the front line. In addition, the Russian army is now undergoing full-scale mobilization, occupying a large amount of railway transportation capacity. It will be even more difficult for the frontline troops to obtain more supplies.
"General, Russians's artillery is ready again. They obviously want to use artillery fire to destroy our defense line." A staff officer reported to Lieutenant General François.
Over a small forest not far from here, a hot air balloon was floating at an altitude of hundreds of meters. The German military observer above could clearly see the movements of the Russian army and promptly used the radio to communicate with the German military on the ground.
"Order our artillery to prepare! Artillery Observation Balloon also takes off. Once Russians's artillery fires, suppress them immediately and destroy them all!" Lieutenant General François ordered.
Even though Lieutenant General François only has four Infantry Division in his hands, the number of artillery is not large. The Russian army opposite has ten Infantry Division artillery pieces. But even so, Lieutenant General François is not afraid.
After 8th Army Corps was reorganized, the artillery of each Infantry Division has been greatly enhanced. Together with the Artillery Battalion cannons of each regiment, the entire Infantry Division has a total of 54 75mm Field Guns, 36 105mm Light Howitzers and 18 150mm heavy Howitzers. Four Infantry Division, a total of 216 doors 75mm Field Gun, 144 doors 105mm Light Howitzer and 72 doors 150mm heavy-duty Howitzer. In terms of number, it is no more than the ten Infantry Division of the Russian army. You know, the Russian army's Infantry Division usually only has 48 76.2 mm field guns. This is still at full capacity. If the replenishment cannot keep up, half of the capacity is considered good.
Russian Northwestern Front Army is the main force attacking Germany. Thirty Infantry Division are fully manned and equipped with enough field artillery. But that's all. The Russian army's 76.2mm field gun has a slightly larger caliber than German military's 75mm Field Gun. But both the range and power are far inferior to the new artillery German military. Not to mention the rate of fire, there is absolutely no comparison. 75mm Field Gun equipped with 8th Army Corps, but the imitation French 75mm Field Gun, has a maximum rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute. This speed is three times that of the Russian 76.2mm field gun.
Russian 2nd Army Corps, there are only a dozen 105mm field guns. As for cannons of larger caliber, there were none. The current Russian army is not Soviet Army from another time and space that valued artillery. In terms of artillery fire, there is no way to compare with the Europe powers.
"Fire!"
Following the Russian army's Commander order, more than four hundred Russian cannons began to roar. The gunners worked hard to stuff the shells into the barrel one by one, and then fired the shells out.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
With roars one after another, artillery shells roared and smashed into German military's position. Smoke and dust were flying again.
However, the German military soldiers on the position had already received the order and retreated to the fortifications, leaving only a small number of observers on the position. Therefore, the Russian artillery bombardment could not cause much damage to German military at all.
Seeing their own artillery starting to show its power, General Samsonov and other Russian generals could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. The seriousness on his face also dissipated a lot.
However, just a few minutes later, their expressions changed drastically.
Three minutes later, the German military bombardment launched a counterattack. According to the data obtained by the observer on Observation Balloon, German artillerymen directly aimed at the Russian artillery position.
"Fire!"
Under the command of Commander, the cannons began to roar one after another.
Previously, when the Russian artillery fire was raging, they did not get the order to fire, so they had to remain silent and let the Russian artillery show off its power.
Now that the order for bombardment has been issued, they naturally no longer need to hold back.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The 150mm heavy-duty Howitzer, 105mm Light Howitzer and 75mm Field Gun opened fire one after another. The roar of hundreds of cannons was like thunder.
Under the influence of huge kinetic energy, the artillery shells roared and smashed into the Russian artillery position.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
When a harsh whistling sound came from the sky, the Russian artillerymen on the artillery position raised their heads one by one Panic. As artillerymen, they naturally knew what these sounds meant. This is clearly the harsh sound caused by the high-speed flight of the cannonball and the violent friction with the air. This also means that the Germany people's cannonballs are about to hit their heads.
"Run! Germany people's shells are coming."
"God! The Germany people directly covered our artillery position!"
The voices of Panic sounded out one by one, and the Russian artillerymen Panic fled in all directions.
Artillery shells fell from the sky one after another and hit the Russian artillery position.
"Boom!"
The explosion sounded, and the air waves spread in all directions, and many Russian artillerymen were blown away. Even the cannons were blown up and down in the explosion. There are also cannons, even the barrels are twisted into twists.
As for the artillery, many were torn to pieces.
German military's heavy artillery was very powerful and caused great damage to the Russian artillery. One artillery position after another was directly destroyed.
The Russian generals looked at this scene with their mouths open, and they were all dumbfounded. Although they had guessed before, German artillerymen might be hiding his strength. However, now they know how powerful German military's artillery fire is.