C373 The wail of war shook the sky (1/2)

Before the Second World War, trench warfare and field warfare were once regarded by military scientists as one of the most devastating forms of war. The masterpiece of this war was the Battle of Verdun in the First World War.

In February 1916, Germany's carefully prepared battle of Verdun began. At that time, the German Army and the French army had both built a very strong and long trench, so breaking through to any side would not be that easy.

At the beginning of the battle, in order to break through the French trenches, the German Army artillery group poured more than 100 thousand rounds per hour into the French positions. The bombardment lasted for 12 hours, and more than 2 million rounds of artillery and incendiary bombs were concentrated in a triangular area about 14 miles around Verdun, in an attempt to create a ”dead zone” in front of the French positions, allowing the German soldiers to walk on dead bodies.

Never before in history had there been such an intense barrage of artillery shells that rained down like a torrential downpour, causing the earth to tremble. The first line of defense of the French Army was completely engulfed in flames and smoke. The German Army's cannons were bombarding them like thunder, each charge rising and falling in waves, the ammunition shells piling up like mountains, razing the trenches, blowing up the fortresses, and blowing up the forest into pieces.

After the artillery barrage, German Army began to attack the entire army. The enemy and our light machine guns were inclined to fire like a tsunami, countless soldiers were not killed by the bullets, but were cut into pieces by the chain bullets.

Soon after, the two armies began to fight with their blades, fighting with their lives on the line. Many soldiers in the cold weather were frozen to death, and then they were woken up by the gunfire before being thrown into battle.

Facing the fierce attack of the German Army, the French army resisted desperately. Under the slogan ”Don't let the enemy pass”, they used their bodies to block the enemy's path of entry, and suffered heavy casualties. After a few days of fierce fighting, the French army was outnumbered. The first line of defense was lost and the front was cut in half, cutting off all communication routes behind them.

At the most critical juncture of the campaign, the French general Betan, 60, was appointed commander of the Battle of Verdun, and asked for support from the citizens of Paris. In just a few days, the French people had spontaneously formed a civilian transport fleet of more than 4,000 vehicles, delivering 190 thousand troops and countless arms supplies to the front lines in a week.

This battle was a typical battlefield, a war of attrition. The war went on for 10 months. Both sides participated in the war with a great number of troops and suffered great casualties. By the end of the war in December, both sides had lost more than 700,000 people. Verdun was riddled with wounds, and the deepest crater was ten stories deep. This massive bloodshed was known as the Verdun Meat Grinder.

For some reason, when Prince Karl said the three words ”meat grinder”, countless information about the battle flooded Xiao Letian's mind, including the scenes in the movies and television productions.

He was still clutching the charred 'whip' tightly with one hand and was staring at the pile of meat in the meat grinder with the other hand. He felt like he was going to vomit something, but he couldn't.

Prince Karl raised his head and looked at Xiao Letian who was like a sculpture. Somehow, he felt that the Chinese man in front of him did not belong to this world, but instead, he felt that he was like an undefeatable god.

Even though his face was pale, even though his legs were trembling nonstop, even though his eyes were filled with confusion … You can see countless weaknesses in him, mortal weaknesses.

But it was so strange, when all these weaknesses were gathered together, he actually gave people a strong mental pressure, he was actually able to release a feeling of invincibility.

He did not know what kind of demon the prince was afflicted with, but he had actually jumped off his horse and solemnly saluted in the direction where Xiao Letian was standing.

It was only then that Xiao Letian noticed the existence of the prince. He shouted with a sobbing tone of voice, ”The gates to hell have already been opened. From today onwards, the intensity of the war will only get more and more intense … What kind of door did I open? The most brutal form of trench warfare, why start with me? I don't want to lose my reputation! ”

”Wuwuwu …” Did you see that? Look at how many people have been killed in the battle! I don't understand why this road is so difficult. ”Just how many lives do we need to fill in …”

Xiao Letian had already lost control of his emotions, hot tears flowing down his cheeks. His wails had infected the entire battlefield, all the survivors looked at the surrounding corpses and mountains of blood and grief, and started to wail in their hearts.

”Old Xiao... Old Xiao, what happened to you? Don't you dare scare me! ”Hurry up and wake up …” At this time, Luo Huo was in the middle of clearing up the battlefield. After raising up a few corpses, he saw Xiao Hexin, who was lying on a pile of corpses, unknown whether he was dead or alive.

”Ah, Old Xiao … Don't scare me! ” Luo Huo's eyes were glued to his tears as he dug frantically into the pile of corpses. Finally, he dug up Xiao Hexin who looked like a bloody gourd.

At this time, Sima Yun also rushed over, with one hand on the Old Xiao's pulse and the other on his breath, he tried to find out if there was any hope! Old Xiao isn't dead, he's still alive! ” He quickly tore open Xiao Hexin's military uniform and splashed the remaining water on his body.

”Legs... ”My legs are numb …” This was the first sentence that the awakened Xiao Hexin said. Only now did people realise that a bayonet had pierced Xiao Hexin's left knee.

”medical soldier! Fuck, where's medical soldier? ”Are they all dead …” Luo Huo and Sima Yun cried as they carried the heavily injured Xiao Hexin.

Xiao Hexin was holding onto his class monitor, Tian Chanzi. Right now, the class monitor who loved to scold him the most had already turned into an ice-cold corpse, the six bullet holes on his chest could clearly be seen.

”Tian …” Oh God... What's the matter with you? Didn't you say that you are a barbarian cow among the Chinese people? Didn't you say you wouldn't die? ”Why did you leave us …”