However, having will and courage does not mean that you can win the war. The battlefield is still a place where material determines the spirit. Unlike the Bavarian Legion, which has been transformed into mechanization and air-ground integration, the Czech Legion is basically synchronized with the times in terms of equipment system, with some 150mm heavy howitzers, all light guns are rapid-fire guns, and the level of artillery equipment may be the same as that of the French army in history. The number of automatic firearms such as machine guns and submachine guns has a great advantage. However, considering the training and morale factors, the combat effectiveness is far inferior to the French. The French dare to play on-board under the firepower of heavy guns and machine guns!

What Ruprecht needs is a force that can fight tough battles, so the Czech legion must endure the baptism of blood and fire, and Baron Merlin's regiment is now undergoing this painful transformation process.

The Russians' attacks seemed to come very slowly, but the more they did, the more uneasy Baron Merlin felt. Although the Russians did not have a large number of long-range heavy artillery like Bavaria, the unique Russians equipped with a large number of 107 and 122mm medium-caliber medium-range artillery. The so-called comparison is not as good as the top, and there is no way to make any difference when fighting with the Germans, but it is still good to suppress the Austro-Hungarian Legion, which mainly uses medium and short-range artillery.

After repelling the Russians' third attack, the four 75mm cannons assigned to the main position were re-placed, and they changed from the rear of the position to both sides. In order to move these artillery weighing more than one ton, the Czechs did not work less. The machine gun positions were also reset. Once the two sides fought, the firepower and deployment of the defensive side were exposed, and it was a compulsory course to use the opponent's attack gap to adjust the firepower deployment. However, not everyone understands this principle, and no one understands it.

The Russian artillery once again broke the silence of the battlefield. The whistling artillery shells fell densely on the frontier positions. The soldiers who were busy on the trench just now quickly entered the anti-aircraft hole behind the position under the guidance of non-commissioned officers. It was a semi-buried bunker reinforced by logs. As long as it was not a medium-caliber shell, it would be fine. The twisted trench also provided the most basic protection for those who did not have time to enter the bunker.

As an officer who had been trained in the Bavarian Military Academy for several years, Baron Merlin knew that trying to make the soldiers in his hands become veterans, and then making these veterans become their loyal subordinates is the most important way to improve the combat effectiveness of the army. Of course, it is necessary to attack the shaken elements and separatists among them, but Merlin is still very responsible for ordinary officers and soldiers, just like the classical knights who were loyal to their entourages. The latter was loyal, while the former guaranteed to bring glory, and the soldiers tried to ensure that they could return home.

The Russians' artillery fire was not very fierce. Their heavy artillery was not large. The previous battles had consumed a lot of ammunition and lacked supplements. Although the Russians concentrated their troops as much as possible to prepare for breakthroughs, the only artillery remaining could only be suppressed at most. What determines the outcome was the duel between infantry, which also made the war even more bloody and cruel!

"The Russians lack long-range firepower, so we can feel at ease to join us and rely on machine guns and submachine guns to offset the Russians' military strength advantages. We believe that our friendly forces will not expose your back to the enemy. I will never go back until all of you leave the battlefield safely. I swear in the name of my family!"

"Protect the machine guns and pay attention to the sides. There are also some people on the back slope. Tell the artillery not to fire casually. I always feel that the Russians will play some tricks this time."

The Russians' attacks were always slow, and they could not get the infantry to immediately take over after the artillery support. Moreover, because of the support of their own long-range firepower, their infantry's starting position was still relatively far from the defensive position, which was 800 meters away! Therefore, Baron Merlin even had time to hold a small meeting for his battalion commander and company commander to boost morale, and at the same time reiterated the key points.

The figures of Russian soldiers appeared in the smoke of gunpowder, and continued to rush over like a tide. 1,000 meters away, the roar of the mg07 machine gun broke the tranquility of the battlefield. The remaining dozen machine guns made a chainsaw-like sound that made people frightened. In less than a minute, a 250-round canvas belt turned into a shell full of bullets. Bullets like locusts flew on the battlefield, harvesting unlucky lives from time to time.

Frontal blocking and side-side shooting, no matter how the Russians' straggler lines are arranged, there is always a machine gun in one direction that can attack the opponent with the greatest efficiency. Fire tongues continuously cut the Russian infantry into small pieces, or suppress or kill them. Each machine gun blocks the opponent's attack path as much as possible.

Naturally, the Russians could not be beaten for nothing. The long sound from the air made the defenders alert. The Russians' mortars were finally in place. They hid behind the infantry and shot a high-explosive grenade at the exposed machine gun point. At the same time, the Russian machine gun team carrying the Maxin machine gun also added machine guns on both sides of the attacking troops to provide cover for the troops.

The roar of machine guns on both sides resounded throughout the battlefield. Russian soldiers who received support got up from the muddy ground and rushed to the defensive position 300 meters away like they had taken stimulants. "Gunter go up!" Under the command of the company commander, the soldiers carrying the semi-automatic rifles rushed to the front line. When the Russian soldiers approached within 200 meters, a burst of gunfire like a bean suddenly sounded on the entire position! Countless bullets were flying from all directions to attack. Although they did not have the coherence of machine gun shooting, they had won numerous results. Hundreds of semi-automatic rifles fired all 20 rounds of bullets in the magazine in a very short time, and tens of thousands of bullets burst out at a distance of 200 meters, which caught the Russians off guard.

However, it is obvious that the Russians have no way out. The soldiers behind them stepped on the bodies of their dead colleagues and launched the final white-blade charge. In this bloody battle, the Russians claimed that they were not afraid of any opponents! They shouted long live, stretching their blood-sized bayonet forward. The cold bayonet shone coldly under the sunlight, ready to drink the opponent's blood at any time.

"Brothers, come with me!" In Baron Merlin's regiment, if you want to be the company commander, then the first requirement is to take the rifle soldiers to the front line during hand-to-hand combat! Those who escaped were either dead under the Russian bullets or had been cleared out. Just like the duel between spearmen in the age of Cold Weapons, at the last few dozen meters, two rows of sharp bayonets were pressed against the opponent.
Chapter completed!