On July 11, 1913, when the sun jumped out of the horizon again, the front line, which had been silent for a long time, became noisy in an instant. On the front line that lasted more than 600 kilometers, the Russians attacked the entire line and concentrated their forces to launch an offensive at 5 points. Just half an hour later, telegrams and phone calls from all over the Hungarian Legion base camp!

"What's going on? Have the guys on the front line seen clearly? They found the main Russian attack everywhere? Do they think the current Russian army was from a year ago? How can they still have the ability to attack?" Grand Duke Carl's roar sounded throughout the conference room. Lieutenant General Seckett, who was standing beside him, ignored the already nervous grand duke. He was looking at the battle report in his hand one by one to evaluate the current form. Just this morning, a division he belonged to was also attacked. From the moment, it seems that it was not a feint. This once again cast a shadow on his mood that had been not very good recently!

At this time, Major General Fedor von Bock was taking his division to resist the Russian attack on the front. In order to get the Bock Division to fight as soon as possible, General Seckett also specially transferred some supplies and equipment from the other two divisions and the military headquarters to support Major General Bock. Now, his army equipment level is slightly higher than that of ordinary German divisions!

There was no small amount at all when the 17,000 people were organized. The entire division had more than 180 machine guns and 110 artillery pieces of various caliber. Although 77mm rapid-fire cannons accounted for 70%, the number of artillery guns was far exceeding that of ordinary German divisions. This unit was built into an offensive fist, and the only shortcoming was that the logistics support was a bit poor. The number of horses was not enough. Although there was a lack of support from large-caliber artillery and military artillery, both Major General Bock and Lieutenant General Saikot believed that even if he could not attack, the defense should not be a big problem, right?

However, this time, the Germans' ideas were deviated. In order to completely break this hard bone, Borusinov concentrated nearly 300 various artillery for the Russian army of the three divisions attacking! (The artillery group above is additionally assigned, and the artillery among the three infantry divisions responsible for the attack was not calculated!) So Major General Bork was a little tragic. He suddenly felt that he had vaguely returned to the Western Front...

After 45 minutes of artillery preparation, a large area of ​​Russian troops rushed towards the German positions like a tide. They hid very well, taking advantage of the weaknesses of the Germans who had just arrived at the position and were not familiar with the terrain. The Russians' nearest assault position was only less than 300 meters away from the German front line! After a long period of firepower suppression, the Russians could almost step into the opponent's trench with just a raise of their foot.

After many battles, the Russian offensive tactics have also been improved to a certain extent. A large number of 57mm artillery and 76.2mm (3-inch artillery) were deployed to the front line, and some were accompanied by infantry charges. At a distance of less than 500 meters, these direct firepower was more deadly than mortars!

Dozens of rapid-fire guns that were approaching the firepower of the German outermost cordon was immediately suppressed. 20 minutes after the infantry launched the impact, the outermost cordon was declared lost.

However, the elite are elite after all. Although they were caught off guard by the Russian army with superior firepower, they relied on a large number of machine guns, excellent fortification design, and excellent tactics in the battle of the main defense line. The Germans blocked the first wave of attacks by the Russian army. With the gradually reacting to the counterattack of the German artillery, the artillery that advanced to the Russian army was also suppressed.

On the 10-kilometer-long front, 8,000 German troops and more than 20,000 Russian troops were killed in a group. Countless artillery shells passed through the air with harsh whistles, and the violent explosions became the main theme on the battlefield. Hundreds of machine guns sprayed fire tongues cut the vast plains, and easily harvested the lives of German and Russian soldiers on the battlefield like the sickle of the god of death.

"Concentrate firepower and attack those rapid-fire guns! Come one by one!" The 105mm howitzer and 150mm heavy howitzer located at the back of the front line were concentrated. Bock knew very well that in this case where the opponent had an absolute advantage, precious artillery should never be used to counterattack the opponent's long-range firepower, because there is no essential difference between the artillery between the two sides, and even the Russians' 107mm guns will have a longer range. The full howitzer configuration of long-range combat with the Germans will definitely suffer. It is not possible to suppress the frontal infantry assault, because the front line is too long, and after the artillery is dispersed, it cannot effectively curb the attack of groups of soldiers.

At present, the biggest threat to the German positions are those rapid-fire cannons that accompany the advance of infantry. Simple blasting and machine gun shooting cannot pose a threat to the German army with a large number of machine guns and submachine guns, and small-caliber mortars cannot destroy the bunkers covered with logs and large-thick rammed earth layers on the top. Only those rapid-fire can quickly and continuously shoot at a certain point in the bunker, thereby completely disintegrating this support point!

More than 20 howitzers of various caliber were concentrated stabbed at the opponent like sharp and flexible short swords. The rapid and violent artillery began to destroy the rapid-fire gun group that accompanied the Russian army's movement one by one. These howitzers were deployed in the rear, outside the strike range of the Russian 107mm cannon, but at the same time, relying on the curved trajectory to avoid the direct aiming strike of the Russian 3-inch rapid-fire gun. After successfully destroying the rapid-fire gun fire of at least 4 Russian artillery companies, the entire front line became stable. Relying on high-quality officers and soldiers and excellent tactics, Major General Bock successfully delayed the frontal battle to the bladder bureau...

"General Secker, our situation is currently bad. The Russians concentrated incredible firepower to launch an assault on us. We did not suppress the artillery long-range, so we could not resist the opponent's attack at all. They were numerous, at least twice ours, and there were sufficient reserves. At this time, we were fighting with the enemy along every trench and fortification. A front had changed hands five times in a day! If this continued, my reserves would be aired soon." General Bock said anxiously on the phone.

In fact, the so-called balance of power is just temporary. In a head-on battle, the God of War naturally tends to be the one with more people and artillery. The forces composition of both sides is basically similar. The Russians' strength and firepower are at least 2.5 times that of the Germans! Whether it is continued to consume or wait for the Russian artillery to re-deploy the positions, Bock cannot resist. Needless to say, the former is, as for the latter? The performance of the 107mm cannon is good after all. After adjustment, it can completely suppress the 105mm light howitzer. By then, if the German artillery retreats further, it will be difficult to effectively support the battle on the front line!
Chapter completed!