"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The artillerymen on both sides were doing their best to fire the shells. www.biquge.info The Russian army wanted to use artillery shells to destroy the German defense line and clear the way for the infantry attack. The Germans wanted to rely on heavy artillery to suppress the Russian artillery positions and avoid the Russian artillery from causing too much damage to their own defense lines.

In the artillery battle, the artillery of both sides could not see each other. However, this does not mean that the artillery battle was not tragic. In fact, the artillery battle was also very fierce. If you are hit by an enemy shell, you will often be crushed.

"Boom!" A 150-mm shell hit one of the artillery positions of the Russian army. After the shell exploded, a crater appeared in the center of the position, and several 76.2-mm field guns around it were blown away. Those artillerymen were torn to shreds.

The German artillery bombardment was very accurate. Under the guidance of the artillery observation balloon, it can accurately hit the artillery positions of the Russian army. As a result, the artillery losses of the Russian army began to rise in a straight line.

Only half an hour after the start of the battle, the Russian artillery had to stop. Otherwise, their artillery will probably be lost.

"Order the infantry, attack!" Admiral Letsky had no choice but to order the infantry to attack in advance. Originally, he wanted to carry out a long period of fire preparation. But in that case, they would probably have to lose all their artillery. This is very unfavorable for subsequent operations.

"Yes, General." A lieutenant general nodded.

A few minutes later, more than 30,000 Russian soldiers launched an attack on the German positions. The yellow-skinned Russian soldiers, armed with bayonet rifles, quickly rushed towards the German positions. They were in a mess, and there was no formation at all. The slogan 'Ula' was shouted loudly in his mouth, and he looked full of momentum. But in fact, how effective it is, you can imagine it.

The commander of the 20th German Army, observing the situation on the front line with a telescope, couldn't help but laugh when he saw the Russian army attacking.

"To be honest, I'm envious of the Russians." Lieutenant General Mackensen said.

"General, why is that?" The generals under him were a little puzzled.

"The population of Russia is so large that they simply do not care about the lives of ordinary soldiers, and they can be sent to death at will. However, the German Empire was not so good. For us, the life of every soldier is precious. Therefore, we have to take great pains to train them and arm them with the best weapons so that they can save their lives in battle. In this case, it is too troublesome. It's still the Russians, it's the most convenient! Lieutenant General Mackensen lamented.

The other German generals couldn't help laughing.

Indeed, the large population of Russia makes them well-manned, and when they are fighting, they simply do not care about the lives of ordinary soldiers. However, Germany is different. Germany has a small population, so it cares about the life of every soldier. As a result, they had to train every soldier to be elite and equip them with the best weapons.

Of course, everyone could hear that Lieutenant General Mackensen was mocking the Russians. If Russia had not had such a large population and so many troops, they would have been defeated by other countries long ago. It is also impossible for Russia to be one of the world powers.

"Order the front and get ready for battle! The Russians have a lot of troops, so there is no need to spare their hands and kill them all. Lieutenant General Mackensen ordered. The expression on his face was very cold, as if he didn't care about the lives of those Russian soldiers at all.

"Yes, General."

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

As soon as the Russian offensive began, it was heavily shelled by the Germans. The artillery battalions of the previous infantry regiments did not open fire. They kept all the shells for the Russian infantry.

The German 75-mm field gun, the imitation of the Frenchman's 75 miss, was improved on top of it, the main thing was to reduce weight and improve reliability. However, the maximum rate of fire is still 15 rounds per minute.

More than 100 75mm field guns frantically poured shells on the attacking troops of the Russian army, and the dense shells rained down like drops, exploding in the ranks of the Russian army, tearing those Russian soldiers to pieces.

Almost every shell explosion can set off a bloody storm in the ranks of the Russian army, taking countless lives. However, the Russian army has too many troops and has not suffered much from this. Those Russian soldiers, as if they were not afraid of death, charged with their heads down until they themselves were killed by shells.

"Damn the Germans, it's disgusting that they actually have so many cannons prepared!" General Letzsky, seeing his soldiers pay heavy casualties under the heavy fire of the German army, couldn't help but curse.

"General, there is no way around it. The artillery strength of the Germans was already much stronger than ours. Now, they are equipped with 150 mm heavy guns in the infantry, and we are even further left behind by them. The Russian artillery commander said with a bitter face.

Admiral Letzsky nodded, his heart full of helplessness. This is caused by the disparity in national strength between the two sides, and they, the soldiers, have nothing to do about it.

"Fire!"

Soon, the mortars on the German positions also began to shell, and one by one, the shells fell into the ranks of the Russian troops, once again harvesting the lives of the Russian troops.

Although the mortars were not very powerful, the Germans were equipped with a large number of these guns with a fast rate of fire and the ability to fire in a curved manner.

Mortars were now almost the best infantry support firepower that the Germans were equipped with.

"Da Da Da!"

When the Russian army paid a heavy price, it charged to a distance of about two or three hundred meters from the German defense line. But a large number of general-purpose machine guns and squad machine guns of the Germans began to shoot again.

The dense machine-gun bullets almost formed an airtight barrage, and the Russian army slammed into this barrage. But how can a fragile human body stand up to steel? The consequence of this is that the attacking Russian soldiers, like cutting wheat, fell to the ground one by one, and all of them were killed by the Germans with intensive machine gun fire.

"The slaughter has begun! It's spectacular to see these Russians go to their deaths one after another! Lieutenant General Mackensen sighed.

"General, as you say, the population of the Russians is too large. If we don't slaughter them like this, how can we win? A major general division commander said.

"Haha, yes! Let the Russians be on our line of defense, hitting their heads and bleeding! Lieutenant General Mackensen laughed.