"Boom! Boom!"
A Grenade Launcher was firing wildly, launching grenades weighing 0.5 kilograms into the Russian army queue three to four hundred meters away. Although the grenade, which weighs only 0.5 kilograms, is only slightly more powerful than a hand grenade. However, the distance of several hundred meters is beyond human reach. In addition, it is very light in weight, so one person can easily carry it with him while carrying the rifle. Two or three extra grenades for the other soldiers would be enough for a battle. Therefore, once this weapon was equipped with troops, it won the love of the German Army soldiers.
Each squad of the 8th Army Corps infantry is equipped with such a Grenade Launcher. This further improves the infantry firepower of German 8th Army Corps. An infantry squad, at certain times, can even compete with an enemy platoon.
Grenades exploded in the Russian ranks, and Russian soldiers were blown away from time to time.
"God! How come the Germany people have so many machine guns and small-caliber artillery? Are we really not facing the main force of the Germany people?" Many Russian soldiers asked themselves this.
According to the propaganda of the Russian generals, the enemy they faced was just the worst unit among the German Army. The Russian generals had good intentions and wanted to use this to build confidence in the Russian soldiers. However, after seeing the power of German military, it actually caused more fear in the hearts of the Russian soldiers.
In their opinion, the weakest arm of the German Empire army is so powerful. How powerful must the elite army be!
"Click, click, click!" A General Purpose Machine Gun was firing crazily. A chain of bullets was all used up in less than a minute, and the barrel of the gun had turned red.
At least hundreds of Russian soldiers were killed by this General Purpose Machine Gun. However, there are still many Russian troops in front of the position who are attacking crazily, so the German military soldiers dare not slack off for a moment.
"Boom!"
A 76.2mm artillery shell fell from the sky and hit this firepower point. This Heavy Machine Gun was suddenly blown into parts and scattered everywhere. The machine gunner was killed on the spot.
This Heavy Machine Gun was destroyed, which caused a vulnerability in German defensive line. The Russian soldiers, who had been suppressed and lying on the ground, unable to move forward, immediately seized this opportunity, got up from the ground, and began to charge.
However, these Russian soldiers had just taken a few steps and were knocked to the ground by oncoming machine gun bullets.
German military's firepower point layout is very scientific, usually two or more machine guns, forming a cross firepower point. In this case, even if one of the machine guns is destroyed, the other machine guns can still use firepower to block the enemy's attack path. Provide sufficient time to bring up the prepared machine guns.
German military used powerful firepower to successfully resist the Russian attack. And it caused the Russian army to pay heavy casualties. But at the same time, the Russian artillery was also causing casualties to German military. The falling shells are taking away the lives of brave German military soldiers one by one.
German artillerymen, is suppressing the Russian artillery. Although, under their shelling, many Russian artillery positions have been destroyed. But it will take time to completely destroy all the Russian artillery positions. Despite their efforts, they still could not completely destroy the Russian artillery in a short period of time.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A 150mm heavy Howitzer position of German military, with six 150mm heavy Howitzers, was firing fiercely. The target of their shelling was an artillery position of the Russian army.
The 150mm heavy-duty Howitzer shells weigh dozens of kilograms, and their power is far beyond that of small-caliber artillery such as the 76.2mm field gun. Almost every shell that falls leaves a huge crater in the ground.
The Russian artillery position has been almost destroyed. Of the dozen 76.2mm Howitzer originally deployed here, only two are still firing. The other cannons had been destroyed, and some even had their barrels twisted into twists. The corpses of artillerymen on the ground were scattered everywhere. Some are even just a pile of minced meat.
The last two cannons on the Russian artillery position were not able to hold on for long. Just two minutes later, they all shut down one after another. German military's heavy artillery began to shift targets and continued to bombard the next Russian artillery position.
As the Russian artillery positions were continuously destroyed by German military's heavy artillery, the threat they posed to German military became smaller and smaller. This allows the soldiers of German military to focus more energy on dealing with the Russian infantry.
The Russian generals also realized this, and the situation seemed to be becoming increasingly unfavorable to them.
"General, our artillery has suffered heavy losses. Up to now, more than 60% of the artillery has been lost. The remaining artillery will not last long." Artilleryman Commander reported to General Leiningen-Kempf.
General Leiningen-Kempf's brows could not help but frown tightly. Although they had caused certain casualties to German military in the previous battle, German military's firepower was too powerful, making it impossible for the Russian army to break through German defensive line, and the losses were very high. Once the Russian artillery is destroyed, this will further reduce the threat of the Russian army. It will be even more difficult for the Russian army to break through German defensive line and escape.
"Let the artillery continue to fire. No matter what, we must continue to attack the Germany people." General Leiningen-Kempf ordered.
"Yes, General." Artilleryman Commander nodded, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
The Russian artillery was not very strong to begin with. After this fierce battle, it will cause heavy damage to the Russian artillery.
"Let our cavalry prepare and launch an attack in ten minutes. This is our last chance. If the cavalry can seize this opportunity and break through the Germany people's defense line, we will be able to break through their encirclement. If the cavalry fails, then we are really doomed." General Leiningen-Kempf said.
"Yes, General," replied the commanders of the two cavalry divisions.
Russian 1st Army Corps, there are only two cavalry divisions. In the previous battles, these two divisions also lost many people, and now only more than 6,000 people are left. But even so, this is already the most powerful assault force in the hands of General Leiningen-Kempf. He had high hopes for this cavalry, hoping that they could seize this last opportunity and bring victory to the Russian army.