Tsarist Empire: Please call me Tsarist Majesty

At ten o’clock in the morning, the grinding Russian Imperial Guards and Army units were finally ready for battle at the urging of the officers.

It was not for nothing that the strength of the Imperial Army of Tsarist Russia was in the worst position among the great powers. Not only are they low in combat effectiveness, but they are poorly armed. At the same time, things are procrastinating.

On the contrary, Grand Duke Mikhail’s army was well trained. Compared with the two, there is a world of difference.

Grand Duke Nicholas seems to have long been accustomed to the performance of the Russian army and does not care. Urgently, the Imperial Army of Tsarist Russia has never relied on individual combat strength to win wars. They tend to win wars mainly because they have a great advantage in manpower. The endless cannon fodder made of serfs allowed them to consume the enemy’s formidable troops and make them win the war.

Anyway, serfs are everywhere. The Russian Empire is not short of these low-level soldiers.

Even if there are more deaths, these generals will not care. Big deal, just re-recruit another batch. In their eyes, these low-level soldiers are just cold numbers. As long as you can win, even if you all die, it’s not a big deal.

This also made the image of the Russian Imperial Army worse and worse.

The people of the Tsarist Empire were also very resistant to becoming soldiers. If they were not forced to do so, cornered, and had no other choice, they would not have chosen to become soldiers.

Of course, mandatory conscription, then there is no way.

“Order artillery fire!” Archduke Nicholas gave the order.

“Yes, Your Excellency!” Admiral Mirolav answered.

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

After receiving the order, the artillery of the Imperial Guards and Army of the Russian Empire began shelling.

This time, Grand Duke Nicholas was still very well prepared. They carried a total of thousands of guns, which was already very powerful firepower. And, because you need to speed up the road. Therefore, there are still quite a few artillery pieces that have not been brought with them.

But even so, Grand Duke Nicholas believed that they were enough to crush the artillery of Grand Duke Mikhail in terms of artillery.

It’s just that these guns are quite a lot. However, the vast majority of them are 76.2 mm field guns. 122 mm howitzers, very few in number. All of them add up, and there are only more than a hundred doors.

This also made the shelling of the Russian Imperial Guard and Army seem fierce. But in fact, the lethality caused to Grand Duke Mikhail’s army was actually very limited.

Even if it is a civil structure fortification, as long as it is not a tofu dregs project built casually, it is enough to deal with it.

Of course, those 122-mm howitzers were powerful enough to pose a threat to the troops of Grand Duke Mikhail on the defensive line.

Fortunately, there are not many of these 122-mm howitzers.

Moreover, the artillery under Grand Duke Mikhail is more powerful, and the exchange will not let the artillery of Grand Duke Nicholas get away like this.

Although Grand Duke Mikhail deployed only five infantry divisions on the first line of defense. However , the artillery regiments of the other five infantry divisions and the artillery battalions of ten cavalry brigades were all reinforced to the front line.

This makes the artillery strength of the front-line positions very strong.

Ten artillery regiments, plus artillery batteries of various infantry regiments, plus artillery battalions of ten cavalry brigades, the assembled artillery already exceeded the troops under Grand Duke Nicholas.

240 105-mm howitzers, 900 75-mm field guns, all combat-ready.

This is still when the heavy artillery brigade did not rush to the battlefield. After all, the infrastructure of the Tsarist Empire was too bad, and the 155-mm heavy howitzers of the heavy artillery brigade were too heavy.

In addition, Grand Duke Mikhail wanted to defeat the attack of Grand Duke Nicholas in the shortest possible time, so he did not send a heavy artillery brigade.

But even so, Grand Duke Mikhail’s artillery was not inferior to Grand Duke Nicholas’s artillery in terms of the number of artillery.

And in terms of combat effectiveness, Grand Duke Mikhail’s artillery was stronger.

Not only because there were more large-caliber heavy artillery under Grand Duke Mikhail, but even those ordinary field guns, Archduke Nicholas was completely incomparable with Grand Duke Mikhail.

In other words, there is a complete generation gap between the artillery of both sides.

The artillery of Grand Duke Nicholas, or the artillery now equipped by the Imperial Army of Tsarist Russia, was a retired artillery. This is true even all over the world. However, Grand Duke Mikhail’s artillery was all barreled and retired.

The retracted gun was installed on the gun mount, and when the gun was firing, because of the recoil, it would often push the gun away from the gun position in reverse. This allows the artilleryman to return the gun to its position and then fire again.

This greatly affected the rate of fire of the retracted guns, often firing one or two shells a minute, which is very good. Even well-trained artillery can only fire three shells.

In contrast, the barrel retreat gun is much stronger in this regard.

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