The biggest difference between a cannon and a cannon was the installation of a hydraulic recoil device.
The recoil produced by the cannon fire was directly offset. This prevented the cannon from moving after firing, and the gunner could continue firing.
Therefore, the firing speed of the cannon was several times faster than that of the cannon.
In another time and space, it was originally the Gauls who invented the world's first barrel recoil cannon a few years later, the famous 'Miss 75', the M1897 75mm field cannon.
During the First World War in another time and space, the 75mm field artillery of the Gauls also shone brilliantly.
However, the Gauls were too confident in the power of the 75mm field artillery, so they were equipped with too many of these cannons, but not many large-caliber heavy artillery with a larger caliber and longer range. On the battlefield, they were crushed by the heavy artillery of the Germanic people.
However, Grand Duke Michael had developed this cannon without hesitation and equipped his troops with it.
The 105mm light howitzers and even the 155mm heavy howitzers equipped by the heavy artillery brigade all used this device.
This also allowed one cannon under Grand Duke Michael to be comparable to three or even five others. With the same number of cannons, Grand Duke Michael's firepower was even more powerful. In future wars, they would naturally be able to take advantage of it.
"Fire!"
After Grand Duke Nikola's artillery opened fire, Grand Duke Michael's artillery also opened fire.
As soon as the cannons were fired, Grand Duke Nicholas and the others were shocked.
"Boom! Boom!"
Explosions continued to ring out, and they could clearly see the artillery shells being fired at their artillery positions.
Soon, some artillery positions were covered in smoke and fire.
The smile on Archduke Nicholas 'face had already disappeared. His expression turned extremely ugly.
The artillery of Grand Duke Michael's troops gave him a different feeling.
"Your Excellency, the rebel army seems to be equipped with a lot of cannons, and their numbers are much higher than ours!”Archduke Agelni's expression was solemn.
"Not only do they have more cannons than us, but their caliber is also larger than ours!”Admiral Mirolaf said.
" Yes." Grand Duke Nikola nodded." It seems that we have underestimated Michael." Before King Alexander passed away, he had given him so much inheritance, and he had used it to buy cannons from other countries.”
Before Alexander III died, he had given Grand Duke Michael a large amount of wealth. Everyone in the Russian Empire knew this. Grand Duke Nikola naturally thought that Grand Duke Michael was using the money to buy artillery and other weapons and equipment. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the army to have such powerful cannons.
Archduke Agelni and Admiral Miroraf nodded.
"Humph! If he thinks that he can defeat us like this, then he's simply indulging in fantasy. War was never won by the side with more cannons. In the end, he still had to rely on people. We have the Empire's most elite guards. In terms of the number of troops, they were much more than him. Therefore, there's no way that Michael is a match for us!”Archduke Nicholas emphasized confidently.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Archduke Agelni and Admiral Miroraf agreed.
In terms of artillery, Grand Duke Michael's artillery quickly gained the upper hand.
With the advantage of the caliber and firing speed of the cannons, they were almost suppressing the archduke's artillery.
Artillery positions were destroyed one after another. A large number of cannons were blown up, and the artillery was blown into pieces.
In less than half an hour, Grand Duke Nicholas 'artillery had suffered heavy losses.
This forced Grand Duke Nicholas to order the artillery to withdraw from the battle. Otherwise, it wouldn't take long for the artillery to be completely destroyed.
The firepower preparation had failed. However, Grand Duke Nicholas did not lose his confidence because of this. Instead, he looked as if victory was in his grasp.
This was because the Russian army had never won on the battlefield because of artillery. It was because of the people. They had a large number of cannon fodder. They relied on these cannon fodder to exhaust the enemy's strength and finally obtain victory.
"Order the infantry to immediately enter the battle. Let the troops of the Western Military Region and the Northern Military Region attack! He wanted to let that little bastard, Mihail, know how a war was fought!”Archduke Nicholas ordered.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Archduke Agelni and Admiral Miroraf both replied.
Soon, the army under Grand Duke Nicholas 'command launched an attack.
The Western Military Region and the Northern Military Region had transferred over 200,000 troops. Apart from the artillery and cavalry, the rest of the infantry were all thrown into the attack.
More than 180,000 people launched an all-out attack on the defensive positions of Grand Duke Michael's troops.
The gray military uniform was like a tide, surging towards the defense line.
Grand Duke Michael naturally saw everything through the binoculars. However, he didn't have any expression on his face.
"Order the frontline troops to execute the second battle plan!”
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