"Boom! Boom!"
Mortar shells rained down on the Russian soldiers, harvesting their lives.
Although the power of mortars was not as good as howitzers and field artillery, the advantage of mortars was their fast firing rate. At the same time, the trajectory was a parabola and could fire at enemies hiding in the trenches.
Even though Grand Duke Michael had only ordered half of the mortars to fire.
However, the mortars of the five infantry divisions deployed at the front line were not few either.
This was an epoch-making weapon! In another time and space, the Russians had only developed this weapon when the war broke out between the Russians and the Japanese. However, Grand Duke Michael's troops were now equipped with this weapon.
A large number of mortars fired, causing considerable losses to the Russian soldiers. At the same time, it also dealt a further blow to their morale.
"Da da!"
The Maxim heavy machine gun set up in the camp began to fire.
The dense rain of bullets enveloped the Russian soldiers like a storm.
However, only half of the Maxim HMs were fired. Furthermore, the light machine guns remained silent. However, there were too many Maxim heavy machine guns in Grand Duke Michael's army!
Under the heavy rain of firepower, the Russian soldiers fell to the ground in neat rows like wheat being harvested.
These Maxim HMGs were like demons that were harvesting lives, crazily devouring the lives on the battlefield.
Archduke Nicholas and the others who had been watching the battle also had a drastic change in expression.
"Oh my god! How could the rebel army be equipped with so many Maxim heavy machine guns?”Archduke Agelni said.
"The rebel army's firepower is too strong. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for us to defeat them!”Admiral Miloraf also had a serious expression.
As for Grand Duke Nicholas, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
The Maxim Heavy Machine Gun had been developed for more than ten years. However, it was not widely promoted. The armies of the various countries did not have much equipment.
The Russian army only had a small number of troops.
Unlike Grand Duke Michael, who directly popularized this weapon to the infantry platoon level.
On the battlefield, even if only half of the Maxim heavy machine guns were firing, it was enough to show its powerful firepower.
The dense rain of bullets rained down on the Russian soldiers.
A large number of Russian soldiers fell to the ground, their bodies piled up in layers.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
In the trenches, the ordinary soldiers were also firing their rifles.
Grand Duke Michael's soldiers were a little nervous at first, so their aim was poor.
However, as time passed, they discovered that their defensive line had not been broken through by the Russian army. Instead, under their powerful firepower, the Russian army had already suffered heavy losses.
This also allowed them to gradually adapt to the situation on the battlefield, and their accuracy became better and better.
A large number of Russian soldiers were killed.
The huge casualties put the Russian soldiers under great pressure. No matter how apathetic they were, it was impossible for them to be indifferent to their comrades falling one after another, let alone not have any fear.
Many Russian soldiers were frightened and began to turn around and run.
Their desire to live even made them forget the cruelty of military law.
The power of a role model was limitless. Naturally, more people followed.
This caused the Russian army's attack to quickly end in failure.
"Your Excellency, the troops have been defeated. Should we let the supervising team stop them?”Admiral Mirolaf asked.
" Forget it." Grand Duke Nikola shook his head." That little bastard, Michael, has given me too much of a surprise this time." Looks like I've always underestimated him!”
The supervision team did not fire at the soldiers who had returned from the defeat, which made the soldiers heave a sigh of relief. They felt as if they had just saved their lives.
However, they were almost scared out of their wits by the powerful firepower of Grand Duke Michael's army. If they were to go to the battlefield again, they would probably not do it.
"Your Excellency, what should we do now?”Archduke Agelni was a little anxious.
This battle was too important. It directly affected who would become the Tsar of the Russian Empire in the future, and it also affected the fate of the higher-ups who had already chosen their side. Naturally, he hoped that Grand Duke Nicholas would win.
"Don't worry, we haven't lost yet, and we won't lose! Mihail equipped his troops with a large number of Maxim heavy machine guns and cannons. It seemed that this was his confidence. He wants to defeat us with a large number of cannons and heavy machine guns. However, he had underestimated the role of soldiers in battle.
The cannon fodder troops were naturally easily frightened by powerful firepower and would collapse. However, a true elite troop would not collapse so easily. And our guards are such elite troops.
Order the guards to prepare for battle!”
Grand Duke Nicholas gave the order in high spirits.
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