"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The artillerymen on both sides were trying their best to launch the shells. The Russian army wanted to use artillery shells to destroy German defensive line and clear obstacles for the infantry attack. German military wants to rely on heavy artillery to suppress the Russian artillery positions and prevent Russian artillery fire from causing too much damage to its own defense lines.
In Artillery Battle, although the artillery on both sides cannot see each other. However, this does not mean that Artillery Battle is not tragic. In fact, Artillery Battle is also very tragic. Once hit by enemy artillery shells, they will often be shattered to pieces.
"Boom!" A 150mm Shell hit an artillery position of the Russian army. After the shell exploded, a crater appeared in the center of the position, and several 76.2mm field guns around it were blown away. The artillerymen were even torn into pieces.
German military's shelling was very accurate. Under the guidance of artilleryman Observation Balloon, it can accurately hit the Russian artillery position. This caused the Russian army's artillery losses to skyrocket.
Less than half an hour after the battle began, the Russian shelling had to stop. Otherwise, their artillery may be completely lost.
"Order the infantry to launch an attack!" General Letsky had no choice but to order the infantry to launch an attack in advance. Originally, he wanted to make long-term fire preparations. But in that case, their artillery would probably be lost. This is very detrimental to subsequent operations.
"Yes, General." A lieutenant general nodded.
A few minutes later, more than 30,000 Russian soldiers launched an attack on German military's position. Those sallow-looking Russian soldiers, holding rifles with bayonets in their hands, rushed towards German military's position quickly. They were a chaotic mess, with no formation at all. He shouted the slogan "Urra" loudly, looking very energetic. But in fact, one can imagine how effective it is.
German military 20th Corps Commander used a telescope to observe the situation on the front line. After seeing the Russian army launching an attack, he couldn't help but laugh.
"To be honest, I envy Russians." Lieutenant General Mackensen said.
"General, why is this?" The generals under his command were a little confused.
"Russia has too many people, so they don't take the lives of ordinary soldiers at all and can let them die at will. But, German Empire can't. For us, the life of every soldier is precious. So, we have to work hard to train them and arm them with the best weapons so that they can save their lives in the battle. This is really troublesome, Russians is the easiest thing to do!" Lieutenant General Mackensen sighed.
The other German military generals couldn't help but laugh.
Indeed, Russia has a large population, which makes them have sufficient soldiers. When fighting, they don't care about the lives of ordinary soldiers at all. However, Germany is different. Germany has a small population, so it cares about the life of every soldier. This forced them to train every soldier into an elite and equip their troops with the best weapons.
Of course, everyone can hear that Lieutenant General Mackensen is mocking Russians. If Russia didn't have such a large population and such a large army, they might have been defeated by other countries long ago. Russia simply cannot be ranked among the world's great powers.
"Command the front line and prepare for battle! Russians has many troops, so there is no need to hold back. Kill them all." Lieutenant General Mackensen ordered. The expression on his face looked very cold, as if he didn't care about the lives of those Russian soldiers at all.
"Yes, General."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As soon as the Russian offensive began, they were violently bombarded by German military. Artillery Battalion of the previous infantry regiments did not fire. They saved all the artillery shells to use against Russians's infantry.
German military's 75mm Field Gun, imitation French's Miss 75, have been improved upon, the most important thing is to reduce the weight and improve reliability. But the maximum rate of fire can still reach 15 rounds per minute.
More than a hundred 75mm Field Gun madly poured artillery shells at the Russian attacking troops. If the dense artillery shells fell like raindrops, they would explode in the Russian ranks and tear the Russian soldiers into pieces.
The explosion of almost every artillery shell can set off a bloody storm among the Russian army's ranks, taking away countless lives. However, the Russian army had too many troops and was not affected by this. Those Russian soldiers, as if they were not afraid of death, kept their heads down and charged until they themselves were killed by artillery shells.
"Damn Germany people, they actually prepared so many cannons, it's really abominable!" General Letsky couldn't help but cursed as he watched his soldiers suffer heavy casualties under the fierce fire of German military.
"General, there is no way around this. German artillery is already much stronger than us. Now, they have equipped their infantry with heavy artillery like 150 mm, and we are even further left behind by them." Russian artilleryman Commander said with a bitter face.
General Letsky nodded, feeling helpless in his heart. This is caused by the gap in national power between the two sides, and they, the soldiers, have nothing to do about it.
"Fire!"
Soon, the mortars on the German military position also began shelling. One by one, the shells fell into the Russian army's queue, once again harvesting the lives of the Russian army.
Although the mortar is not very powerful, German military is equipped with a large number of such artillery guns that have a fast rate of fire and are capable of direct fire.
Now, mortars have almost become the best infantry support firepower equipped by German military.
"Da da da!"
After the Russian army paid a heavy price, they charged to a place about two to three hundred meters away from German defensive line. But a large number of German military, General Purpose Machine Gun and Squad Automatic Weapon, started shooting again.
The dense machine gun bullets almost formed an airtight barrage, and the Russian army slammed into this barrage. However, how can the fragile human body fight against steel? The consequence of this was that the attacking Russian soldiers fell to the ground in rows like cutting wheat, and they were all shot dead by German military with intensive machine gun fire.
"The massacre has begun! Watching these Russians go to die one after another, it is really spectacular!" Lieutenant General Mackensen sighed.
"General, as you said, Russians has too many people. If we don't massacre them like this, how can we win?" said a Major General Division Commander.
"Haha, yes! Let Russians hit our head on our defense line and bleed!" Lieutenant General Mackensen laughed.