Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

One cannon after another began to roar, and shells rained down on the Gauls and the Sunseters’ defenses.

The Germanic Imperial Army used a total of eight armies and eighty infantry divisions this time. Plus eight heavy artillery brigades, 8 cavalry brigades, as well as 3 armored divisions. The total strength of the army has reached 1.6 million.

The number of guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm alone is very large. Of these, the 150-mm heavy howitzer reached more than three thousand. In addition to this, there were more than 3,800 105-mm light howitzers, and more than 1,400 75-mm field guns.

All the guns added up, more than eight thousand. Moreover, the proportion of heavy artillery is very large.

The entire northern front of Gaul is actually only more than two hundred kilometers.

On average, the Germanic Imperial Army committed more than forty guns per kilometer of front.

This density is already very terrifying.

You know, the Germanic Imperial Army did not count mortars in this. Especially the 120-mm heavy mortar is also quite powerful.

Even if it does not appear in fire preparation. However, when the infantry is attacking, these heavy mortars will also be fully fired, providing fire support to the attacking infantry.

Although the Gallic Army and the Imperial Expeditionary Force of the Empire of the Sun have also gathered a lot of troops in the northern part of the Gallic Kingdom, among them, the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th armies of the Gallic Army, plus the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th armies of the Imperial Expeditionary Force of the Empire, a total of 11 armies, with more than 2.2 million people.

In the face of the eight army groups invested by the German Imperial Army, 1.6 million men. The Gauls and the Sunset undoubtedly had a great advantage in terms of strength.

However, in terms of artillery fire, they were at a disadvantage.

In the Gallic Army, the 75 mm field gun was the main force, and other calibers such as the 105 mm light howitzer and the 155 mm heavy howitzer were less armed. In the Imperial Expeditionary Force, the 76.2mm field gun was also used as the main force, and the 114mm light howitzer and 152mm heavy howitzer were less armed.

Coupled with the artillery equipment of both sides, the Gallic Army and the Imperial Expeditionary Force of the Sun Never Set were inferior to the German Imperial Army.

So much so that although the Gauls and the Suns were superior in strength, they were half a pound and eight taels on both sides in terms of the number of artillery. Moreover, in the comparison of heavy artillery of more than one hundred millimeters, the Germanic Imperial Army occupied an absolute advantage.

This led to the beginning of the shelling of the Germanic Imperial Army, although the Gallic Army and the Imperial Army of the Sun Never Set also launched heavy shelling. However, in the artillery battle, they were suppressed to death and were completely at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, in the past month or so, Gauls and the Sunrise Empire have expected that the Germanic Imperial Army will definitely launch a large-scale attack. Therefore, they mobilized a large number of civilians and built a series of strong fortifications in the northern part of Gaul.

Trenches up to two meters deep, pulled with barbed wire. The machine gun firing points were even more reinforced. Together with mines, pillboxes and traffic trenches, they form a strong line of defense.

The advent of automatic weapons allowed the defending side to rely on strong fortifications and permanent fire points, and had a great advantage in battle.

If the attacking side wants to break through the enemy’s position, it has to pay a very heavy price.

This is also the reason why both sides have paid extremely heavy losses in another time and space war.

At this time and space, after the outbreak of the war, the Germanic Imperial Army easily broke through the defense line of the Billies with its powerful firepower and the powerful assault ability of the armored forces, so that the Gauls and Sunset people who reinforced the Biliz Kingdom also paid a heavy price.

After the battle, the Sunset and the Gauls also learned the lesson and changed their tactics.

Trench warfare came into being.

In addition to infantry trenches, the Gauls and Sunseters even dug anti-tank trenches to intercept the armored forces of the Germanic Empire.

The tanks and armored vehicles invested in the battle by the Germanic Empire had a strong breakthrough ability, which left a deep impression on the people of the sun and the Gauls.

The Empire and Gaul also carried out research on tanks and armored vehicles.

It’s just that it is unlikely that the troops will be equipped in a short time.

As for anti-tank weapons, they were developed. Specialized large-caliber anti-tank rifles, as well as anti-tank guns converted from two- or three-pounder guns.

These anti-tank weapons, combined with anti-tank trenches, as well as explosive kits and cluster grenades, made it impossible for the Gauls and Sunseters to fight back against the armored forces of the Germanic Empire.

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

More than eight thousand guns of the Germanic army opened fire fiercely, as if the shells did not cost money at all.

In the battle plan drawn up by the Germanic General Staff, before the infantry attacked, the artillery would carry out fire preparation for three days, firing more than two million shells, and using the shells to plow the positions of the Gauls and the Sunseters several times, destroying their fortifications as much as possible and reducing the casualties of the troops during the attack.

And the Gallic Army and the Expeditionary Force of the Sun Never Set Empire were not to be outdone. Even if their artillery fire was much weaker than that of the Germanic Imperial Army. However, their artillery is also opening fire bravely.

This is the collision between powerful industrial countries.

Strong industrial manufacturing capabilities, capable of producing an extremely large number of weapons and ammunition for use on the battlefield. It was a feeling like the sky was falling apart.

The great wars in Europe have always been like this.

Powerful industrial countries simply do not take ammunition seriously. Because of their strong industry and convenient transportation support, their logistics are often smooth.

This allowed the artillery of both sides to show their great strength on the battlefield.

The title of artillery, the god of war, is even more vividly expressed in such a big war.

Of course, compared to the heartiness of the artillery.

The infantry is much more pressing.

In the face of heavy enemy shelling, the infantry could only shrink in the anti-gun hole, or simply lie at the bottom of the trench, praying that the enemy’s shelling would end quickly, praying that the enemy’s shells would not fall on their heads.

In such a magnificent battle, the lives of ordinary soldiers seemed too small.