1825 My New Daming

Chapter 231 It's okay, Mao Xiong is just careless (please subscribe, please collect)

After an hour of artillery preparation, more than 600 75mm field guns and 105mm field howitzers fired a total of [-] shells!

Although this kind of firepower density is incomparable with the 20 to [-] rounds of ammunition released in an hour during World War I and World War II, it still gives a group of bears who have never seen the big scene of shelling a sense of heaven and earth falling apart!

When the shelling came to an abrupt end, the Rakshasa Army's offensive starting position was already full of jubilation.

Such a violent shelling must be able to kill all the living things on the Turks' position, right?

Nicholas I, who came to the front to supervise the battle, also thought so, so he wiped away his tears and said to Grand Duke Mikhail who was standing by his side as the imperial herald: "Mikhail Pavrovich, go quickly!" Give Marshal Wittgenstein an order to launch an attack immediately, and must achieve a breakthrough before the reinforcements of the Turks' reserve team come up!"

"Nikolai Pavrovich," Grand Duke Mikhail reminded, "Should we wait for the telegram from the airship in the sky that undertakes the reconnaissance mission before deciding whether to launch an infantry attack?"

It turned out that at this moment in the sky there was a Flying Dragon [-] airship equipped with a radio station condescendingly observing the effect of the bombardment.

"No need," said Nicholas I, "the effect of the shelling is good enough, now is the best time to break through!"

Nicholas I said this, of course, not because he didn't know the anti-aircraft effect of the "Bagua Machine Gun Array". Zhuge Weidao married his own sister anyway, and he also expected the Raksha Kingdom to become a great success in Eastern Rome and then disrupt Europe!
Therefore, Zhuge Weidao had already told Nicholas about this matter.However, Zhuge Weidao did not tell Nicholas how to break the "eight trigram machine gun array".Of course, it’s useless to talk about it. Neither the “Water Tank Tactic” nor the “Storm Commando Tactic” can be developed overnight.As for destroying the enemy's position with overwhelming firepower, it is more difficult than engaging in "water tanks".

Because that requires the production of tens of thousands of artillery and hundreds of millions of shells—whether in World War I or World War II, the production of shells by the major players is in the hundreds of millions!
Not to mention today's Mao Xiong, even Daming, the world's largest industrial country, has not yet formed such an astonishing production capacity of shells-in peaceful times, no one would launch a production line with an annual output of [-] million shells!Moreover, if so many shells are to be produced, the production line of shells alone is not enough, and there must be production lines for various charges, fuzes, primers and shell casings.Of course, there must be enough cannon, and there must be vehicles or horses to draw the cannon and transport the ammunition.

In short, even if Nicholas knew that the artillery preparation for the previous hour was not effective, he had nothing to do.He brought a total of hundreds of thousands of shells, which was the amount that hit the city of Constantinople. It is impossible to use them all on the first line of defense of the Turks, right?
And now the entire Rakshasa Army's artillery reserve is only a few million rounds-according to the experience of defeating Napoleon last time, this number is enough, so it can't all be used in Constantinople, right?

Therefore, Nicholas would rather kill a few more people than save some shells. After all, Rakshasa has to defend against Prussia, Austria, France, the British Empire and the Ming Empire!
Mikhail received Nicholas' instructions, so he had no choice but to pick up the phone in the shelter and give Marshal Wittgenstein an order from Caesar.

Of course, Caesar's orders must be carried out, and Peter Wittgenstein, who was able to rise to the top and become a marshal, knows the truth.

So less than 5 minutes after Mikhail's phone call, red flares went up just before the Rakshasa Army's offensive launch position!

The signal flare conveyed the order to launch an attack.

On the offensive positions everywhere, in the trenches, behind the parapets, there are already full of fully armed Rakshasa infantry!They also saw the shelling just now, not only saw it, but also cheered. "Hurrah! Hurrah!" the voice shouted louder than the roar of the cannon.

After all, these bears don't know how fierce the artillery fire in the war of the new era is?Even those veterans who participated in the Napoleonic Wars felt that victory was in sight when they saw the tens of thousands of high-explosive shells fired before them.

How could the backward Turks be able to withstand this level of shelling?Even if the French emperor was resurrected, he would be helpless in the face of this level of firepower, right?
Those veterans who once fought against Napoleon's army are now either officers or non-commissioned officers, and their past experience has made them confident to the point of blindness.

In several major breakthrough directions, the officers and non-commissioned officers of Rakshasa, seeing the signal flare rising, turned out of the trench and behind the parapet without hesitation, drew out their sabers and pointed forward, and at the same time raised their arms and shouted. : "Ulla! Ulla go!"

Immediately afterwards, Mao Xiong's soldiers turned out, all holding their bayonet-mounted Suvorov rifles, shouting "Ulla! Ulla!" and charged with their heads covered.

Most of these bear infantry smelled of alcohol. They all had a glass of vodka to boost their courage when they launched the attack, and now they started to rush forward with the help of alcohol.

Mao Xiong's infantry is also equipped with water-cooled machine guns, but the number of equipment is not very large, that is, one company is equipped with one.

These machine guns also move forward with the infantry, but they will not rush directly into the Turks' trenches, but will be re-set up 1000-1500 meters in front of the Turks' trenches, and then the muzzles will be raised, roaring, The bullet belt shook wildly, and a series of powerful heavy bullets poured out like a river of fire, passing over the heads of the charging infantry, and finally landed on the Turks' position.

Some mortars also moved to the front like machine guns, and after they were erected, they began to pour shells on the Turkish positions.In an instant, another burst of bullets rained down on the Turks' forward positions!
At this moment, the Turkish artillery suddenly fired.The artillery shell landed among the charging crowd, shooting up balls of fireballs, exploding countless small shrapnel, and the shrapnel was engulfed by the shock wave and passed through the crowd.Immediately, pieces of flesh and blood were brought up, reaping the lives of the brave and fearless Rakshasa soldiers.

However, the shelling density of the Turks is even lower than that of the Rakshasa, only about 1/10 of the latter.This kind of firepower is certainly not enough to block the bayonet impact coming up like a tide.

In order to rush through the dangerous area being blocked by artillery fire faster, the Rakshasa officers and soldiers who drank too much vodka even accelerated their pace of charge!
If you look down from a high altitude, you can find waves of gray skirmish lines, just like rising tide waves, flocking to the Turks' positions composed of ditches and barbed wire.

Wu Chuanzhen, who was watching the battle from an airship, already knew something was wrong.In his position, of course, he can find that the Raksha people's shelling is not effective.The Turks have very little to lose!
Moreover, he could also see the reserve team of Turks wearing Little Red Riding Hood, moving quickly through the traffic trench!
Suddenly, deadly tongues of flame appeared in front of the Turks' position, rolling over the Rakshasa who were charging.

The density of these flame tongues is extremely high, and they are cleverly arranged, which can completely form continuous crossfire!

The vanguard of the Rakshasa, who was still immersed in the charge just now, plunged into the fire net built by the Turks with machine guns, and was cut down row by row like ripe wheat.

But the charge of the Raksha people was not immediately repulsed. They continued to go up wave after wave, and quickly rushed through the trench and rushed to the barbed wire wrapped around the wooden posts.

Because of the precedent of the Battle of Peshawar, the Raksha infantry was equipped with vise, relying on one or two barbed wire, it is impossible to stop their progress.

But at the same time as the charging Rakshasa infantry cut the barbed wire, the new Turkish army infantry who had moved to the forward position had already set up their rifles.

Lethal bullets from rifles and machine guns shot at the Raksha officers and soldiers who were temporarily blocked by the barbed wire...

(End of this chapter)