Chapter 195: , Verdun Meat Grinder (4)

Now that the focus of the attack has been determined, the necessary work will be done overnight. For example, mine clearance must be done overnight in order to ensure an attack and mine clearance tomorrow morning.
Fortunately, Verdun was sunny in the past two days, and in the second half of the night, there was still a good half of the moon. With this moonlight, there are still more things to do.
Only at this time, Joseph also locked the electromagnetic induction paper in the safe, and then locked the paper safe in a larger safe. This is not because Joseph likes to play matryoshka dolls, but because he feels that the safe in which he holds the paper is worthy of a safe in itself, because the safe is a surname Bo who lost his head in the Revolution. The work of the master next to it.
There was no discovery of electromagnetic induction, plus the failure to capture mine detectors in Ireland, so the British method of mine clearance was still very awkwardly lying on the ground with naked eyes. The auxiliary tool was only a long steel probe. Needle only.
Mine clearance in this way is slow and inefficient, and the danger is also high. If it’s daytime, it might be okay, but at night, you can’t turn on the lights. (The minefield itself is within the range of the Mini rifle). You can only rely on the moon to illuminate. The speed of mine clearance is naturally slower and the danger is also rapid rise.
As a result, the Frenchman’s frontier position made an explosion from time to time—it was the British deminers who detonated landmines accidentally. Each of these explosions made the hearts of the British feel painful. In this explosion, the British elites were lost, not the Prussian mobilizers.
And the sound of the explosion also caught the attention of the French. The moonlight was brighter that night, and the moonlight was beautiful, which was good for mine clearance, but it was also good for the French shooting. As a result, the British demining troops, in addition to the losses caused by mine strikes, added a lot of losses from bullets. And as the process of their demining progressed, the closer they were to the French trenches, the higher the chance that the French would find them and hit them. Therefore, after clearing most of the mines from the distance, there is really no way to move the mines ahead. We can only wait for dawn to let those mobilized soldiers in Britain and Prussia deal with them in a more efficient way.
Naturally, the forces for demining are not evenly distributed. The real attack direction is sent more well-trained deminers, while the fake attack direction sends more novices, and even some novices have been trained for less than a month. These people are naturally more likely to trigger the "boom" plot, but this is actually beneficial-it can better reflect that this is the focus of the attack.
In this way, the night was rumbling, and the blood-red dawn finally appeared in the east of the Verdun fortress area.
The offensive on this day still began with a feint across the board. Last night’s mine action still had a lot of results. Coupled with the effective demining of the mobilized troops, the British and Prussian troops quickly passed through the first minefield. The first barbed wire and The first trench of the French army. Here, the pretending army made a slight attack and retreated in front of the French platoon guns and artillery shots.
Of course, if you completely retreat, you will no longer be able to contain the French forces. So in these places, the way of fighting became: artillery bombardment, big artillery bombardment, the infantry pretended to charge after the bombardment, the infantry pretended to charge, and the artillery continued to bombard slowly.
But even so, the focus of the British and Prussian attacks was revealed. Because only in these two directions, they were able to break through the first barbed wire and trenches, and created two small gaps on the front.
Between the first barbed wire fence and the first trench, there is another minefield. The only way to effectively clear mines here is to mobilize troops. This naturally brought a lot of casualties. Fortunately, as expected, the French army did not have sufficient personnel and firepower in these two areas. Therefore, after making a certain sacrifice, the British and Prussians stepped on The bodies of his comrades-in-arms finally crossed the first barbed wire fence. and then? Then the experience of the Russian army after it invaded the French trenches was staged again. The British and Prussians were taught to be humans by artillery and mines in the traffic trenches and trenches.
It’s just maybe because of the strength and morale that the French army did not immediately counterattack. The British and Prussians were able to continue their offensive after a little rectification, but only after a little rectification, they found that the French army in front of them The firepower has begun to increase significantly. Although there are still no heavy artillery, the 8-pounder guns fired at them have increased significantly. The number of cantaloupes thrown by the enemy and the frequency of using "broad sword" mines are also obvious. The increase.
"The enemy is mobilizing reserve forces or troops from other areas to strengthen defense. We must get ahead of the enemy and take the key target." The Duke of Brunswick made such a decision immediately.
The so-called "key target" refers to a high ground with a relative height of about two hundred meters behind the five-story trench. If this goal can be achieved, it is tantamount to smashing a large steel nail into the French defense system, and the entire defense system of the French army is in danger of being torn. On the contrary, if they can’t take it down here, then the place they used to shed so much blood will basically have no effect on shaking the entire defense system, and there is still the danger of being pushed back by the French army or even outflanked and cut off at any time.
This goal must be won as quickly as possible before the French can react.
So the Prussian Army and the British Army stepped up their attacks on this "key target" from two directions.
What does the enemy have too many mines in front? I don’t have time to slow down, so hurry up, otherwise, the French will react. Didn’t you see the French on the opposite side getting stronger? More people will die if you drag on! Directly use the most efficient way-mobilize troops to clear the land!
However, the Prussian army was still blocked in front of the third barbed wire fence, and the number of French troops on the opposite side increased significantly. Bullets kept coming, and even worse, the "Bonaparte Melon" kept dropping. . The Prussian army is also equipped with similar weapons, but now the French trenches are at least 50 meters away from the barbed wire. Unless it is a Hercules, no one can throw the cantaloupe so far.
But the French didn't know what methods were used to easily throw the "little melon" so far. And it's not that one or two French people can throw the "melon" 50 or 60 meters away, but they can throw the cantaloupe over like it rains.
After a burst of "melon" rain, the Prussian soldiers near the barbed wire were immediately cleared. The morale of the remaining soldiers was also poured down by this round of "little melon" rain, and followed behind. The Prussian soldiers who were lucky enough not to be killed were frightened by the explosion and lost their minds for a while, and then ignored them. The officers yelled and turned and fled. Even many low-level officers were frightened by such casualties, and ran back along with them.
On the other side, the performance of the British army was better than that of the Prussian army. They also suffered a round of "melon" rain in front of the third wire fence. But after that, they even had the courage to continue the assault. These lobster soldiers threw the dead body on the wire fence, and then tried to cross the wire fence like this. At this time, a long fire dragon sprayed out from the opposite position, and over a distance of fifty meters, it sprayed accurately onto the lobster soldiers who were trying to cross the wire fence. Those British troops were immediately engulfed by flames.
Those who were surrounded by flames rolled all over, trying to suppress the flames on their bodies. But these flames could not be suppressed no matter how heavy they were. Soon, those British troops that had been ignited were burned into coke, and the flames that rose into the air prevented those behind them from continuing forward. Then, there was another round of "little melon" rain. Then, the British fled back, throwing away their helmets and armor.
But in general, the performance of the British is still much better than the Prussians. Although everyone was defeated and fled, the British only ran back to the first trench of the French army that they had finally captured and stopped. As for the Prussian army, although the French army did not take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack~www.mtlnovel .com~ But they ran back to the starting position in one breath. So Joseph, who has been supervising the battle, is a little worried: "Are we too dark to start, don't scare them all out? If so, then the plan that consumes them..."
The performance of the Prussian army also made the Duke of Brunswick and General Blücher angry. Fortunately, the French army seemed to be insufficiently prepared for the defeat of the Prussian army. When the French reacted and began to send troops to regain the lost ground, the Prussians, at least the top Prussian army, finally came to their senses. General Blücher personally led the cavalry troops and rushed to save the first trench. As for the second trench, it became French again.
On the British side, the French reacted a little faster, and they quickly took advantage of the British retreat and regained the second trench. So although the British did not run as far as the Prussians, the final effect was actually not much worse. After fighting for a whole day, he finally captured a trench.
By this time, it was three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Both the Prussian Army and the British Army, which performed better on the battlefield, had already lost the courage to continue the assault. So the British-Prussian coalition began to move into the defensive work of consolidating the occupied positions. The French army seemed to have consumed too much force in the previous fierce battle and did not launch a counterattack during this period of time. This long and day seemed to have passed like this.