At ten o'clock in the morning, the Russian Imperial Guards and Army troops finally got ready for battle under the urging of the officers.
There was a reason why the army of the Russian Empire was in the worst position among the many powers. Not only were their combat strength low, but their weapons and equipment were also crude. At the same time, he was also procrastinating.
On the contrary, Grand Duke Michael's army was well-trained. There was a huge difference between the two.
Grand Duke Nicholas seemed to be used to the Russian army's behavior and did not care. In a desperate situation, the Russian army had never relied on individual combat strength to win a war. They were often able to win battles mainly because they had a huge advantage in numbers. The endless cannon fodder made up of serfs allowed them to consume the enemy's powerful troops and win the war.
In any case, serfs were everywhere. The Russian Empire had no shortage of low-level soldiers.
No matter how many died, these generals would not care. At most, he could just recruit another batch. In their eyes, these low-level soldiers were just cold numbers. As long as they could obtain victory, even if they all died, it was not a big deal.
This caused the image of the Russian army to become worse and worse.
The people of the Russian Empire were also very resistant to becoming soldiers. If they were not forced into a corner and had no other choice, they would not have chosen to join the army.
Of course, there was no other way to force the recruitment.
"Order the artillery to fire!" Grand Duke Nicholas gave the order.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" General Mirolaf replied.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
After receiving the order, the Russian Imperial Guards and Artillery Corps began to fire.
This time, Grand Duke Nicholas was well prepared. They had brought thousands of cannons with them, which was already a very powerful firepower. Moreover, they needed to speed up their journey. Therefore, there were still many cannons that he had not brought along.
Even so, Grand Duke Nikola believed that they could crush Grand Duke Michael's artillery in terms of artillery.
However, although there were quite a number of these cannons, the number of cannons was not small. However, most of them were 76.2mm field cannons. There were very few 122mm howitzers. In total, there were only a hundred or so.
This also made the artillery of the Russian Imperial Guards and Army seem very fierce. But in reality, the damage to Grand Duke Michael's army was actually very limited.
Even if it was a defensive fortification with a civil structure, as long as it was not built casually, it would be enough to deal with it.
Of course, the 122mm howitzers were powerful enough to pose a threat to Grand Duke Michael's army on the defensive line.
Fortunately, there weren't many 122mm howitzers.
Moreover, the artillery under Grand Duke Michael's command was even more powerful. If they had followed him, they wouldn't have let Grand Duke Nicholas 'artillery do such a thing.
Although Grand Duke Michael had only deployed five infantry divisions on the front line of defense. However, the other 5 infantry divisions and 10 cavalry regiments were all reinforced to the frontline.
This made the artillery of the frontline very powerful.
The ten artillery regiments, the artillery companies of the infantry regiments, and the artillery battalions of the ten cavalry brigades had already gathered more artillery than the troops under Grand Duke Nicholas 'command.
240 105mm howitzers and 900 75mm field cannons were ready for battle.
And this was before the heavy artillery regiment arrived. After all, the infrastructure of the Russian Empire was terrible. The heavy artillery brigade's 155mm howitzer was too heavy.
In addition, Grand Duke Michael hoped to defeat Grand Duke Nikola's attack in the shortest time possible, so he did not mobilize the heavy artillery brigade.
Even so, Grand Duke Michael's artillery was not inferior to Grand Duke Nicholas 'artillery in terms of the number of cannons.
In terms of combat effectiveness, Grand Duke Michael's artillery was even more powerful.
It was not only because Grand Duke Michael had more large-caliber heavy artillery, but also because Grand Duke Nicholas could not compare to Grand Duke Michael in terms of ordinary field artillery.
In other words, there was a huge difference between the cannons of both sides.
The cannons of Grand Duke Nicholas, or the cannons that the Russian army was equipped with, were all retreating cannons. Even the entire world was the same. However, all of Grand Duke Michael's cannons were cannon rejections.
The recoil cannon was installed on the carriage. When the cannon was fired, the recoil would often push the cannon away from the position. This meant that after firing, the artillery had to return the cannon to its position before firing.
This greatly affected the firing rate of the retreating cannons. Usually, firing one or two shells in a minute was already pretty good. Even a well-trained artillery could only fire three shells.
In comparison, the recoil cannon was much stronger in this aspect.
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