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A young German soldier tried to throw a grenade at Jiang Zhiqing. Jiang Zhiqing saw this clearly. He felt a trace of fear, so he immediately turned his gun and pointed it at the young face.But when I pulled the trigger, I realized that the damn rifle had jammed. The British guy's goods are of such quality. Isn't this a scam?Old Jiang, oh no, he is still Xiao Jiang now, and he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and thought to himself, "I'm going to die now..."

Just when Jiang Zhiqing couldn't help closing his eyes, he suddenly heard the sound of the trigger being pulled clearly in his ears. When he opened his eyes, he realized that it was Chen Cheng who came up and hit the young German soldier with one shot. The grenade that had been defused immediately fell into the pile of German soldiers, and then blew up four or five German soldiers.

The explosion immediately reminded the Chinese soldiers who were also in a tense state. Everyone took out the grenades from their bodies, unscrewed the cover, pulled off the fuse and threw them forward.At this moment, the German soldiers were immediately blown over a large area. . .

These German heavy soldiers who are mainly responsible for material transportation on weekdays have never experienced such a bloody scene, and their nerves are naturally defeated.

Looking at the disintegrated German army, Jiang Zhiqing sat on the ground with a relaxed body, and sighed softly. It was too dangerous just now. If it wasn't for Chen Cheng, who was also sitting on the ground beside him panting, he would have been bombed by the German soldiers this time. flew.After Jiang Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief, he put his hand on Chen Cheng's shoulder and said, "Brother Cixiu, thank you, it was just a little short..."

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "Director Jiang, we're still talking about this now. We sent the commander-in-chief to the cemetery this time. It's a question of whether we can survive? Director Jiang, we still have to think of ways." Killing a few Germans is a big deal, and I won’t mention it if I don’t thank you.”

Jiang Zhiqing nodded and said: "Yes, hurry up and organize your people, let's charge! If we can defeat the Germans, we will defeat them. Even if we must lose, we must fight for the Chinese and let these foreigners see that we Chinese are not pussies. .”

Jiang Zhiqing's fierce offensive made the commander of the German supply unit extremely nervous. Marshal Hindenburg was here with him, and he immediately organized hundreds of German troops to block up, trying to slow down the Chinese offensive. . .

As a result, the battle situation became more and more intense, and the brave German soldiers were asked to resist the attack of the Chinese Communists.The Chinese army resorted to the method of grenades and bayonets, and the German army also lost the cover of the trenches in this hilly area, and was immediately defeated by this crazy and efficient fighting method.This powerful infantry attack method is said to have been personally proposed by Marshal Wang Zhenyu when he inspected the Wuhan 801 base last year, and he personally demonstrated it and then promoted it to the entire army. Although the team of more than 3000 people led by Jiang Zhiqing and Chen Cheng is currently Composed of different troops, but the combat tactics are the same.But in reality, the heroes of these expeditionary forces are much more fierce than the demonstration actions. They don't even lie down.

This is a pain for the German soldiers, most of them were blown to pieces even if they didn't die, but these German soldiers were also single, and they didn't say that the class and national consciousness of pulling a grenade and dying with the squadron was just a wail Lying on the ground, waiting for the ambulance to come to save yourself.It's a pity that this battle was so special that doctors and ambulances couldn't enter this battlefield where fierce fighting was everywhere to treat the wounded. Many wounded eventually died painfully because they couldn't wait for the doctor's treatment.Many years later, Bai Chongxi, who was facing death, looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window and whispered five words: "I don't deserve to die!" At that moment, what he thought of might be those Chinese and German soldiers who died in his famous battle!

The German supply troops soon discovered that they were no match for the Chinese, not to mention that the number of the opponent was estimated to exceed 70. Although their commander lacked actual combat experience, they were not stupid. They immediately canceled the counterattack order, but contracted across the board.Using the terrain to throw grenades against the Chinese, this thing is also routinely configured by the German army itself.As a result, after a mess, the most fearless soldiers on both sides died, and the rest chose to shoot each other at a safe distance to compare marksmanship, so a safety belt of about 200 meters was pulled between the two sides.However, Jiang Zhiqing and Chen Cheng didn't know that Marshal Hindenburg, the chief of the general staff of the German army, was behind the hill less than [-] meters away from them, so they stopped urging the soldiers to charge, but sent scouts to see what was on the other side. As a result, the opportunity to capture the German Field Marshal was missed.

This battle was the most classic example of World War I, a two-way circuitous battle. When the fog cleared away at around one o'clock in the afternoon on May 5, the German pilots who were flying in the sky were surprised to see what happened in Deluvatore. Within a radius of more than ten kilometers from the center of Meng, a huge battle group was formed, and soldiers from China and Germany were fighting fiercely in this battle group.

The current situation is that no one can figure out what the situation is. The only thing everyone can do is to fire at the enemy that can be seen. After the bullets are exhausted, they use bayonets and sapper shovels.No one knows where to set up a fixed position. The officers can't find the soldiers, and the soldiers can't find the officers. They are often in groups of three or five, and they just find an obstacle and stick there.I have never seen a bloodier and more frantic battlefield than here. I don't know how to end this damn thing. The only thing everyone can do is to carry out endless killings.

In such a characteristic environment, the tenacity and bloodiness of the Chinese have completely exploded. Although the total force is only a quarter of that of the German army, this statistic is meaningless in this kind of close-range melee.The German army, who was completely unfamiliar with this kind of combat situation, finally couldn't help but panic after fighting in style for a while, and this moment of panic was immediately seized by the squadron, and multiple locations were simultaneously captured. After the breakthrough, the connection between the various German units was immediately interrupted, and everyone could only fight on their own like those Chinese who didn't know how to live or die.

The number of casualties has skyrocketed, but there is no one and no conditions to count them. The wounded soldiers lie on the ground and howl, no one cares, because neither side of the war knows where the damn field hospital is?Medical personnel were also prohibited from entering the melee area to rescue the wounded, because the battlefield was too chaotic. . .

Chapter 348 Asura Hell ([-])

As the fog dissipated, in addition to the Luftwaffe planes, the French Air Force planes also unceremoniously appeared on the battlefield, and they were immediately shocked by what was happening on the battlefield.The entire battlefield is really too chaotic, there is no battle line, no front and rear, and soldiers from both sides are fighting desperately together.This was more tragic than all previous battles and battles. French pilot Wenger wrote in his future log: "The combat effectiveness of the Chinese is really amazing. Can you imagine fighting more than 40 troops on a front of more than ten kilometers?" Do the Germans engage in open-air combat? At least the French army does not have such courage, and the Chinese seem to be possessed by Napoleon the Great at this moment, but the Germans were actually beaten by them. In the sky above the battlefield, none of them could get out of the fierce fight with the Chinese... I suddenly felt that this damn war had finally reached its final moment."

The information about the battlefield obtained by the French army from various channels was quickly sorted out by their staff and sent to Marshal Pétain. Admiral Nivell, who was there chattering about punishing Chinese pigs, was relieved of his post.However, Marshal Petain was still a very humane person. He did not order Admiral Nivelle to be sent to a mental hospital, but sent him back to Paris to recuperate in consideration of his face.Then after knowing the latest situation on the front line, he decided to participate in the decisive battle launched by the Chinese, so he immediately gave an important speech to the 10,000+ defeated French army in the Fortress of Verdun, "Children, I know you are exhausted, I know you are depressed, but I must tell you that you are heroes, it is your heroic struggle, and now the door of the Goddess of Victory has opened to the French Third Republic. Now the Germans and our Chinese Allies are fighting to the death, our allies need our support, believe me, as long as we show up on the battlefield in time, the German army will collapse, and the balance of victory will be in our favor, let the war begin at Verdun and end Go to Verdun. Now I want to know how many French warriors are willing to join us to beat up the goddamned Germans. Believe me, this is the last battle, and many years later, you can proudly tell you You, grandson, are part of this battle."

After listening to the speech, the French soldiers of the Verdun Army, which had been demoralized, asked for replacement weapons, and then silently followed Marshal Pétain's army to the Lorraine area. . .

On May 1917, 5, during the whole day, the two sides were exhausted from fighting. At night, everyone stopped fighting consciously, and there were piles of corpses on the entire battlefield.In fact, both the squadron and the German army were disrupted, but as the battle progressed, everyone formed their own battle groups.Soldiers of different ranks and numbers chose to lean together and defend a region. Now everyone is not fighting to defeat the enemy, but to survive.Often, where a battle group is located, there are no enemies within 20 meters around, and some only have the corpses of the dead. It is Mayday. If these corpses are not dealt with in time, they will cause plague at any time, but no one has the intention to go to them now. Never mind that.The officers began to work hard to restore the establishment, but this proved to be useless and futile, and there was even a great risk that people wandering around in the night were likely to be shot and killed by both the enemy and us.The officers quickly realized this. Hundreds of dutiful hapless dudes had been shot, and all they could do now was to stay where they were and wait until dawn.

At this time, both the German commander Ludendorff who fled to Famek and the French commander Marshal Petain already understood what the overall situation was?

Ludendorff realized that one of the important reasons why the German army has not been beaten by the Chinese is that the Chinese have a serious shortage of troops. This has caused the Chinese to only create chaos but not destroy the German army.But the German army, which is superior in numbers, was also entangled by the Chinese like snakes because of the chaos, and for a while they didn't know how to kill these damn Chinese.But if you don't want to get out, Marshal Petain's hundreds of thousands of French troops are [-] kilometers away. As long as these guys arrive, the German army will be dead.

Ludendorff realized that he would definitely suffer a big loss in this battle, but he still had to find a way to save a little bit. After all, once so many German troops were lost in the Lorraine area, no matter whether the Kaiser or not He will replace himself and Marshal Hindenburg, and the defense of Germany still needs troops.

So Ludendorff immediately sent the latest order to all the combat units that could be sent by telegram, ordering them to give up the fight with the squadron and concentrate all their forces on a centripetal attack on Droy Tormont.This is the best solution that Ludendorff can think of at present. He must find a way to concentrate the power of the German army. The Germans still tried their best to let them break out towards their position or march directly towards Luxembourg.That's all he can do, and the cloud of failure has enveloped the German army.

As for the expeditionary force, the Chinese officers and soldiers are now red-eyed. Hunger, fatigue, and the threat of death make these soldiers drowsy after nightfall.The officers are still performing their duties, arranging sentries in turn to prevent enemy attacks, because there are enemies everywhere now, but obviously this worry is unnecessary.Because the German army has never fought such a terrible battle, and now they are also lethargic.What's more serious is that after entering this daytime melee, the soldiers were all under the threat of death and consumed a lot of ammunition in their hands.And because everyone interspersed with each other, the display of the entire battlefield was not clear at all, and neither side could get ammunition and supplies.Maybe we will fight again tomorrow morning, and everyone will only be able to play with bayonets.

Jiang Baili, deputy chief of staff of the expeditionary force, realized this, so no matter how chief of staff Zhu Zhixin complained about Bai Chongxi's arbitrary decision, he urged Zhu Zhixin to lead the team to the battlefield with him and complete the fatal blow to the German army.

"Chief of Staff Zhu, if in the end Commander Bai and Brother Shiwan were trampled to death by the German army because they could not get reinforcements, I think your political future and mine will come to an end. Although Chairman Wang Zhenyu He is a good talker, but if you lose more than 20 of his troops in Europe and have no results, I believe his good temper will disappear without a trace. Think again, under the national government and you Among personal honors, which one will Chairman Sun Wen choose?"

Jiang Baili focused on Zhu Zhixin's key points in almost every sentence. After hearing this, Zhu Zhixin couldn't help but gasped and said, "Then listen to you, Brother Baili, and let's go. Alas, Bai Jiansheng's deeds have won everything." After this battle we still have to report to the military committee, this is simply a joke with the lives of the soldiers."

What Jiang Baili wants is to send troops, and as for you arguing with each other after the war, it has nothing to do with him.

The five divisions of the expeditionary force on the first and second lines of defense in Verdun immediately received orders to attack, including the Sixth Division, which had suffered a lot in previous battles.Jiang Baili's order is also very domineering. It does not require a neat organization, but only requires that it be rushed to the vicinity of Droy Tomont as quickly as possible, and shoot at the Germans you can see.So the troops of the five divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Army began to run all night.There is only one purpose, to catch up and kill the German.

Around 5 a.m. on May 21st, the squadrons of five divisions led by Jiang Baili were put into the battlefield one after another. .At this time, the established squadron appeared on the battlefield. Although the total strength still failed to overwhelm the German army, its destructive power definitely increased geometrically.The German army is currently implementing Ludendorff's latest order, and when this situation comes out, it is naturally a bit chaotic.

However, this panic did not last long, because of an accident, the two German divisions who were initially responsible for intercepting the French army also appeared on the battlefield inexplicably.This is not an order from Ludendorff, it should be the result of their division commander's own decision.And the time and place of the appearance of these Germans was very coincidental, saving the entire German army and killing themselves.The German guys disrupted the five Chinese divisions that were beating the German army at once, and they pierced straight through the waist of the squadron under Jiang Baili's command.Jiang Baili was also a bachelor, so he directly ordered the follow-up Seventh Division and Eighth Division to post it immediately to mix with these two German divisions, and the situation on the battlefield became even more chaotic.Later, Jiang Baili also got the information of the French Air Force, and he immediately judged from the attack intensity of the German army that the strategic intention of the German army was to take down Droy Tomont.So without a word, he ordered Zhang Zizhong's Sixth Division, which was still well-organized, to go all out to assault Droy Tomon and stick there.Jiang Baili had only one idea, as long as the German army could not finally join forces, then when the French army arrived, all they could do was surrender.

After Zhang Zizhong received the order, he immediately put aside the enemy who was fighting in person, and charged forward with all his strength towards Druva Tomon. The key point that determined the fate of the two warring parties appeared in Druwa Tomon, and when Bai Chongxi met Jiang Baili The first sentence he said was: "Tell Zhang Zizhong, even if the entire Sixth Division is wiped out, they will stick there like nails, and the German army is not allowed to join forces..."

Chapter 349 Asura Hell ([-])

Unwilling to be lonely, Charles de Gaulle brought his 3400 French brothers to join the battle, but they entered the battle late, and they had a complete system and sufficient supplies, so they were lucky. By the time they rushed into the battle group, the morale of the German army had already dropped At the lowest point, de Gaulle led the troops not only did not suffer too many casualties, but also captured [-] German prisoners. Who can imagine how spectacular it is for a French army to escort six or seven German prisoners?These are things for later.

Although the German army is not good at mobile warfare, it does not mean that the German army will not fight. After a day of panic and disorder on the 20th, although Ludendorff could not be contacted, the dozen or so division commanders of the 40 German army are still somewhat talented. They immediately judged that the original roundabout strategy could no longer be carried out. Now that the troops are scattered within a radius of more than ten kilometers, the only thing everyone can do is to consider how to gather the German troops. Now even a pig knows that there are still 50 methods behind. army.

The only way is for everyone to make a centripetal attack on Drewatormont. Only in this way can the German army, which has lost its organizational system, be concentrated.

Sorry, this time Bai Chongxi wanted to go with the Germans again, so the battle on May 5 became even more tragic.Surrounding the small town of Droitaumont, the armies of both sides fought the fiercest battle. Afterwards, when Bai Chongxi learned that the German army had no commander-in-chief at this time, his jaw almost dropped to the ground in surprise.These German guys are too tenacious, are they still human?

The first two battalions of special agents who stood at Droy Tomont were almost completely wiped out, and before the Germans came to scream, Zhang Zizhong rushed into the town with the two regiments of the Sixth Division unceremoniously. , After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the German army left more than 400 corpses and was forcibly driven out.Then, then the Sixth Division was nailed to the town like a nail.

The disadvantage of Yi Luan Shuan finally came out. Because the advantage of the cannon could not be brought into play, as the battle continued for more than a day, the disadvantage of the expeditionary force was finally exposed.According to Bai Chongxi's plan, as long as the Germans can be defeated in the first place, the inferiority of troops is not a problem. After all, this is how to win more with less.

But as the battle progressed, the discipline and tenacity of the Germans still exceeded Bai Chongxi's expectations. He found sadly that these Germans were still so powerful under such adversity.

And Jiang Baili's arrival made Bai Chongxi excited for a while, it was like sending charcoal in a timely manner.But before they were happy, two German divisions suddenly appeared, and after a scuffle, the troops brought by Jiang Baili also died on the battlefield.This was completely out of his plan. Looking at Jiang Baili with an apologetic face, Bai Chongxi once again rejected the suggestion of his subordinates to move the headquarters back, and then said very helplessly to Jiang Baili: "Now look at those Are the proud and stubborn French willing to seize this opportunity to defeat the Germans..."

In a forest about 300 meters away from Droy Tomont, Xue Yue, the commander of the 61st Regiment, was lying with three soldiers panting among the dead. Coincidentally, the three soldiers were Zhao Yanbin, Ma Wenyuan and Xia beginning of autumn.It's not uncommon for the three of them to be together, and everyone's relationship is so good that even girls do it together.But the team leader Xue Yue is very strange here. As soon as everyone entered this Shura field this morning, they felt a deep sense of terror. They have never seen so many dead people die so miserable.Many of the war dead were even choking each other's necks before they died. Many of their corpses were severely injured, and the bright blood had already soaked this large area of ​​land.Xue Yue made a cold joke at the time: "Will these trees become spirits after sucking human blood?"

Xue Yue didn't know if these trees would become spirits, but if it weren't for the three soldiers in front of him, Xue Yue himself would have become a fairy.

At that time, Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the Sixth Division, decisively judged that the key point of the entire battlefield was Droy Tomont, and whoever captured it first would be able to gather his scattered troops first.So Zhang Zizhong rushed over with his troops without hesitation. The 61st Regiment received the task of guarding the small forest on the left side of the town. There is a small road leading directly to the town.

I don't know what kind of big lottery Xue Yue won. The luck is not ordinary, but quite good.The largest group of German troops came directly towards the defense area of ​​the 61st Regiment. How big is this group of German troops? The actual number of the 61st Regiment after a few days of bloody battles and running all the way to get here is only more than 600 people, which is directly tragic.What is more tragic is yet to come. Western military strategists who studied the history of World War I again many years later discovered that the ace Albert I Heroes of the German 12th Army, which made great achievements in the Franco-Prussian War, also participated in this attack.This army composed of Saxon German stick guys is very fierce, so it put tremendous pressure on the 61st regiment at the beginning of the battle.If it weren't for the grenades and ammunition that everyone carries is still relatively sufficient, the 61st regiment would not be able to persist for so long anyway, but the goddess of luck still favored the Chinese officers and soldiers who came from far away. The enemy of the 61st regiment fought hard yesterday Not in the best condition, so the Chinese soldiers were very lucky and brave enough to persevere. . .

And the 61st Regiment, which is composed of landless farmers, veterans, and patriotic students, also broke out amazing fighting power. For five hours, they just didn't drink a sip of water or take a breath. The German soldiers fought desperately.

As the head of the 61st Regiment of the Sixth Division of the Expeditionary Army, Xue Yue personally killed twelve German soldiers, and the number of people around him became less and less.The German soldiers also felt under great pressure. Every time they attacked, they felt that they had killed the Chinese completely, but when they rushed up again, they saw the Chinese staggeringly stood up from the pile of dead people and continued to fight with themselves. A very frustrating thing.

The battle lasted until after three o'clock in the afternoon. At almost the last moment, Xue Yue killed another German soldier. Looking back, he saw four German soldiers surrounded him, and there was no comrade in arms around him, whether it was the regiment chief of staff or the regiment commander. The political commissar and his own bodyguards had all died in battle, leaving him alone.After thinking about the fact that he was going to confess here today, the young Xue Yue still felt a little bit unwilling.The only thing the four red-eyed Germans want to do now is to kill the Chinese guy in front of him, especially since the gun in his hand is out of bullets.

But before they could kill Xue Yue, who was already in despair, Zhao Yanbin and the three of them ran in from another small forest.These three bastard prostitutes met to lie in the corpse and pretended to be dead during the fiercest battle. As a result, Ma Wenyuan, who was usually the most cunning, was the first to make this suggestion, but he didn't know why after hearing the cry of his comrades' tragic death They actually jumped up and killed a German soldier. Naturally, the other two couldn't pretend to be dead, but stood up and fought the Germans. As a result, a large group of Germans were recruited. Seeing that the situation was not good, the three had to flee to another area. The woods fell, and the regiment leader Xue Yue was rescued by accident. Zhao Yanbin showed off his stabbing skills on the spot, and stabbed three tall German soldiers by himself.The remaining German soldier was also very savvy, and when he saw that there were too many people, he ran away immediately, but everyone had neither bullets nor grenades in their hands this time.In the blink of an eye, Xia Liqiu picked up a stone very cleverly, stretched out his hand and threw it, and the German soldier was knocked unconscious with a single stone. Just as the four of them were about to finish the next wave of attacks, the German soldier's attack came. Never came again. . .

At 5:21 pm on May 10st, although the German army did not capture the town of Droitolmont, they managed to achieve the goal of concentrating their troops. At this time, around Druitolmont, the number of German troops was increasing. It is roughly estimated that almost [-] people have gathered. The number has not changed. It is not that the Germans are dead, but that many German troops have chosen to break out of this battlefield after receiving Ludendorff's latest order.Seeing that the expeditionary force was about to suffer a big loss, Bai Chongxi and Jiang Baili had even issued an order to abandon the sixth division and the entire army to withdraw after dark.

And Marshal Pétain's French army finally arrived at the battlefield at the most critical moment. At this moment, all the officers and soldiers of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, who had fought bloody battles for two days and one night, shed tears of excitement. The German soldiers who were running out of food showed desperate expressions, and everything was over. . .

The Verdun counterattack, to be precise, was the 520th battle, which was a battle with heavy casualties.The Chinese European Expeditionary Force paid a huge price of 61 officers and soldiers killed and [-] officers and soldiers injured.But the harvest is also rich. Wang Zhenyu personally awarded the [-]st Regiment the title of Heroes of Verdun, while Xue Yue and Zhao Yanbin, Ma Wenyuan and Xia Liqiu became good friends after the war and became the famous "three guns plus one gun" combination of prostitutes an honorable member.

The German army suffered even greater losses. A total of 13 officers and soldiers were killed, 19 officers and soldiers were captured (including the wounded), and of the 45 German troops withdrawn from Verdun, only less than 10 successfully broke through and went to Luxembourg. In addition, there were 3 soldiers. Many people are missing.In just two days of fighting, 28 casualties were actually caused. Such a number of casualties is rare in the entire world war. If the loss of the war has always been so large, then France may be able to send women to the front line.So Marshal Pétain didn't say a word when he saw Bai Chongxi, he just hugged him fiercely, and then kept kissing our General Bai's cheeks, making us Xiaobai disgusting.

Although the French army had no losses, their appearance eventually forced 12 German troops to surrender.

After the end of this battle, the German army had a huge gap in the eastern section of the Western Front, where the initiative of the entire war returned to the Allied forces.

The British "Times" declared: "This is a decisive victory, and it is the brave and fearless dragon knight Chinese who brought us victory..."

Chapter 350

No. 11 Iron Lion Hutong, Beijing, where Duan Qirui's Prime Minister's Office is located.In the Qing Dynasty, there were three mansions here: Prince He's Mansion in the east, Belfisu Mansion in the middle, and Princess Hejing Mansion in the west.The predecessor of Prince He Mansion was Bei Ziyun Mansion.In the 1733th year of Yongzheng ([-]), Hongzhou, the fifth son of Sejong, was rebuilt as Prince He's Mansion.Belle Feisu Mansion was the mansion of Prince Gong Changying in the early Qing Dynasty.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, all the buildings in the two mansions were demolished, and three groups of buildings with brick and wood structures were rebuilt: the main building in the middle is a European classical gray brick building, and there are one building in the east, west and north.There are rockery and running water in the mansion, which makes it a very livable place.

But now the owner who lives here has been unable to fall asleep in such a livable environment. Duan Qirui has suffered from insomnia for several nights in a row. He just asked his secretary to invite Xu Shuzheng, the chief of the army, to come over. Some things still need to be discussed. discuss.