The Rise of the Empire

However, having will and courage does not mean winning the war. The battlefield is still a place where material determines spirit. Unlike the Bavarian Army, which has been reborn and started to move towards mechanization and air-ground integration, the Czech Army is basically in sync with the times in terms of equipment system. It has some more 150MM heavy howitzers, and the light guns are all rapid-fire guns. The level of artillery equipment may be the same as that of France in history. The army is flat. There is a greater advantage in the number of automatic firearms such as machine guns and submachine guns. However, taking into account training and morale factors, the combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the French. The French dare to play onboard under the firepower of heavy artillery and machine guns!

What Ruprecht needed was a force that could fight hard, so the Czech Legion had to endure the baptism of blood and fire, and Baron Merlin's regiment was now going through this painful process of transformation.

The Russian attack seems to be coming very slowly, but the more it does, the more uneasy it becomes for Baron Merlin. Although the Russians do not have a large number of long-range heavy artillery like Bavaria, the Russians, who are unique in their approach, are equipped with a large number of 107 and 122MM medium-caliber medium-range artillery. , the so-called better than the superior, more than the inferior, there is no trick in fighting the Germans, but it is still good to suppress the Austro-Hungarian Army, which mainly uses medium and short-range artillery.

After repelling the third Russian attack. The four 75MM artillery pieces attached to the main position were repositioned, from the rear of the position to the sides, in order to move these artillery pieces, which weighed more than one ton. The Czechs spared no effort. The machine gun positions were also reset. Once the two sides engage in battle, the defender's firepower and deployment are exposed, which is equivalent to losing one-third. Taking advantage of the opponent's attack gaps to re-adjust the firepower deployment is a required course. However, not everyone understands this truth, and not everyone who understands it. Do it.

The Russian artillery once again broke the silence of the battlefield. The roaring artillery shells landed intensively on the forward position. The soldiers who were busy in the trench quickly entered the artillery hole behind the position under the leadership of the sergeant. That was A semi-buried bunker reinforced with logs would be fine as long as it wasn't directly hit by a medium-caliber shell. The winding trenches also provided the most basic protection for those who did not have time to enter the bunker.

As an officer trained at the Bavarian Military Academy for several years, Baron Merlin knows that the most important way to improve the combat effectiveness of the army is to make the soldiers in his hands veterans as much as possible, and then make these veterans his loyal subordinates. Of course, they have to attack, but Merlin is still very responsible to the ordinary officers and soldiers, just like the classical knights to their retinues. The latter is loyal to them, the former is guaranteed to bring glory, and the soldiers try their best to ensure that they return home.

The Russian artillery fire was not very fierce. Their number of heavy artillery was not large, and a large amount of ammunition had been consumed in previous battles, and there was a lack of replenishment. Although the Russians concentrated their forces as much as possible to prepare for a breakthrough, the only remaining artillery was At best, it can only be suppressed. The battle between infantry determines the outcome, and this also makes the war more bloody and cruel!

"The Russians lack long-range firepower, so we can safely stick together and rely on machine guns and submachine guns to offset the Russians' strength advantage. Trust our friendly forces, they will not reveal your backs to the enemy. After all of you leave the battlefield safely, I would never go back before, I swear on the name of my family!"

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

The Russian attack is always slow. They simply cannot catch up with the infantry immediately after the artillery support ends.

And because of their own long-range firepower support, their infantry starting position is still relatively far from the defensive position, a full 800 meters away! Therefore, Baron Merlin even had time to hold a small meeting with his battalion commanders and company commanders to boost morale and reiterate the key points.

The figures of the Russian soldiers were looming in the smoke, and they were swarming over like a tide. 1,000 meters away, the roar of the MG07 machine gun broke the tranquility on the battlefield. The remaining dozen machine guns made a sound like a chainsaw. People are timid. In less than a minute, a 250-round canvas belt turned into shell casings all over the ground. Bullets like locusts flew across the battlefield, harvesting unlucky lives from time to time.

Frontal blocking, side horizontal shooting, no matter how the Russian skirmisher line is arranged, there is always one direction where the machine gun can attack the opponent with maximum efficiency. The tongues of fire continuously cut the Russian infantry into small pieces, either suppressing or Kill each machine gun to block the opponent's attack path as much as possible.

Naturally, the Russians could not be beaten in vain. The long sound coming from the air alerted the defenders. The Russian mortars were finally in place. They hid behind the infantry and fired high-explosive grenades at the exposed machine guns. point. At the same time, the Russian machine gun team carrying the Maxin machine gun also added machine guns to both sides of the attacking troops to provide cover for the troops.

The roar of machine guns on both sides resounded throughout the battlefield. The supported Russian soldiers climbed up from the muddy ground and rushed to the defensive position 300 meters away as if on stimulants. "Quick shooters, go up!" Under the order of the company commander, carrying The soldiers with semi-automatic rifles rushed to the front line. When the Russian soldiers approached within 200 meters, gunshots like exploding beans suddenly rang out across the entire position! Countless bullets flew towards the attacking Russian army from all directions. Although they were not as coherent as machine gun shooting, they were superior in number. Hundreds of semi-automatic rifles fired all 20 bullets in their magazines in a very short period of time. , tens of thousands of bullets erupted at a distance of 200 meters, catching the Russians by surprise.

But it was obvious that the Russians had no way out. The soldiers behind them stepped on the bodies of their fallen colleagues and launched a final hand-to-hand charge. In this bloody battle, the Russians boast that they are not afraid of any opponent! They shouted long live and stretched their bloody bayonets forward. The cold bayonets shone coldly in the sunlight, ready to drink the blood of their opponents at any time.

"Brothers, follow me!" In Baron Merlin's regiment, if you want to be a company commander, the first requirement is to be able to lead the riflemen on the front line during hand-to-hand combat! Those who escaped were either killed by Russian bullets or cleared out. Just like the duel between spearmen in the cold weapon era, in the last few dozen meters, two rows of sharp bayonets were pressed against the opponent.

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