And even those not directly hit, those who were sliced by shrapnel from the high-explosive shells or had their organs shattered by the blast wave, were countless.0

A nearly full-strength 1,000-man army was annihilated by half in just one volley.0

The caliber of those shells was clearly more than 100 mm, probably upwards of 150 mm.0

With no defensive fortifications or cover to hide behind, against the king of ground warfare, the infantry could only await a one-sided slaughter.0

In the distance, only the main cannons were firing. Once they got within effective range of the coaxial machine guns, what awaited them was a crossing fire of machine gun rounds...0