Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 191 The First Day on the Somme

Li Mu was awakened by the muffled sound of the cannon. The next moment, Li Mu sat up suddenly. Looking around, all the soldiers in the fortress opened their eyes, and they all went out towards the small culvert. look.

At this time, there was a dense noise outside, but the sound suddenly changed after just breathing.

The rumbling sound got closer and closer, and even after a few sounds, a shell exploded not far from the fortress.

"Don't go out! Squat down with your head in your arms, don't go out without my order!" Li Mu turned around to comfort the panicked soldiers, but he also looked outside at the moment, hearing the screams contained in the noise outside , Li Mu took the helmet on the side and walked out alone.

Pushing open the wooden door of the fort, the sound outside suddenly became clear, the rumbling cannons were still dull, and in the trapezoidal passage in front of him, there were soldiers running hurriedly.

Li Mu hurried out and saw that the battlefield was a bit hectic at the moment. Many soldiers got out of the trenches, and then went towards their preset trenches, and one or two of them were unlucky. The ghost was affected by the shells, dragging his stump and screaming.

"Go back! Don't come out! Now is the time for shelling! Go to some people and drag the wounded soldiers into the fortifications!"

Li Mu reprimanded these people loudly on the spot, telling them to return to the fortifications immediately. Now is the time for the bombardment by the British and French allied forces, and the entire defensive position will be completely exposed to firepower. But at that time, for the troops to charge, the enemy's artillery fire will extend, and this will be the key area to be hit.

Going to the ground to defend at this moment is courting death.

Li Mu's shout also made some people stop in their tracks, and they all ran back in a panic under Li Mu's scolding, while Li Mu dragged the crowd towards the surrounding trenches.

Finding an officer along the way, Li Mu asked him to organize the soldiers to go back to the fortifications, and wait for the sound of the artillery to stop before coming out, while he climbed up from the deep trench and lay down on the edge to watch the situation outside.

By the river in the distance, there is the front line of Germany, and the defensive troops are also the permanent troops here. At this moment, the scene there is even more tragic.

The shells whizzed down, every inch of the ground was covered by the explosion, and the white smoke from the explosion was almost covered by the raised soil, and the howitzers almost cut off a lot of the soil in the position.

Li Mu just glanced at it, then slowly shrank back.

Such a scene is extremely shocking, but being exposed here at this moment will only be courting death. Li Mu also has to go back to the fortifications, wait for the artillery fire to pass by, and then prepare to meet the enemy.

At least the troops led by Li Mu are fortunate. After all, in the second-line positions, there is enough time to react after the artillery fire ends, but those soldiers in the first-line positions must start work in the shortest time after enduring the most intense artillery fire. Launched among them, and then immediately prepared to meet the impact of the Anglo-French coalition forces.

Li Mu only let a few brave soldiers observe the enemy's situation in a few special fortifications, and the others all rushed back to the bunker, and the sound of the artillery began to get closer and closer the moment Li Mu re-entered the bunker.

It was the Anglo-French coalition forces firing extended artillery fire.

When the shells fell from the sky, there was a strange whistling sound, and Li Mu could also hear this sound in the deeply buried bunker.

First it was a slender sound, which gradually grew harsh in my ears, and then it turned into a buzzing sound at the last moment, and then it was shaking, and the sound like thunder rang in my ears at the same time.

This kind of sound also has an indescribable penetrating power, and the humming sound was transmitted directly into the body. At that moment, Li Mu only felt that his internal organs were severely pinched.

And the sound of such explosions gradually became one piece, and the whistling sound had never been heard in the ear, and the feeling of the shock wave hitting the internal organs again and again also faded.

In just a moment, some people in the bunker couldn't bear it anymore, some people vomited out the overnight meal, some people's pants were soaked, and a disgusting smell began to spread in the entire airtight bunker.

Li Mu frowned fiercely, but still pricked up his ears to listen to the movement outside,
The sound of shells was very heavy, but soon the sound of these shells gradually eased. At the same time, some sounds came from outside, among which there was a faint sound like popping beans. It was obvious that this was from the defenders in front and those attacking troops. The Anglo-French coalition forces have begun to pick up the fire.

Li Mu couldn't figure out what was going on outside now, but when he heard the sound of the cannon gradually fade away, and then the soldiers who had been standing guard shouted for them to go out, Li Mu immediately picked up his gun and turned to look at the soldiers behind him .

"Go, go, go, get out immediately!"

Li Mu shouted loudly, those soldiers who had already widened their eyes came out of the bunker one by one, Li Mu ran at the front, and the first thing he did when he went out was to find the heavy machine gun team.

The soldiers who controlled the heavy machine guns had already rushed towards the previous machine gun positions with heavy machine guns. However, many places in the trench were blocked by the soil blown up by the shells. Li Mu had to order the soldiers to dig out the soil. open.

The battlefield was a bit messy, but Li Mu immediately climbed up to the edge of the trench, poked his head carefully and looked into the distance.

But with just a quick glance, Li Mu's eyes widened in an instant.

Because at this moment, at a distance of 1000 meters, there are densely packed figures of soldiers.

There were soldiers in front of the entire front line, and the British and French allied forces charged in such a dense array on such a position.

Li Mu suppressed the horror in his heart, and then hurriedly looked at the German position on the other side. There were already gunshots on that front line, and Li Mu could see some bullets flashing past from time to time in the gloomy weather.

The frontline position was already very anxious, and the first position was not too far away from him. Li Mu immediately turned his head and asked all the soldiers to climb up from the trenches to the edge, ready to fight.

The shouts of officers echoed from all over the position, and young soldiers hurriedly climbed up to the edge of the trench, and then hurriedly got down, holding their rifles tightly in their hands.

Most of the rifles in their hands were five-shot Mauser rifles. Li Mu also had a long rifle like this, and a small pistol on his waist.

Li Mu urged the soldiers to lie down on the ground with the ammunition. At this moment, a figure rushed over and slammed down next to Li Mu.

Li Mu turned his head and saw that it was Raffle, who was putting on his iron-pointed hat and holding two Mauser rifles in his hands. He handed one of them to Li Mu, and quickly picked up his own, Pulling the bolt, he fumbled in his pocket for a moment to reload it, but found that it was already full of ammunition.

"Calm down, soldier." Li Mu said slowly, and immediately pushed the opponent's gun bolt.

Ralph quickly raised his head to look at Li Mu, and stretched out his neck to look at the situation in the front. At the moment, he seemed to be shocked by the scene in the distance, and froze there.

Li Mu hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull him back, and Raffle said to Li Mu in a panic: "Major, aren't you afraid?"

"afraid of what?"

"Those British and French, they resisted our attack in Verne. The company commander said that those guys wearing round hats are all descendants of vampires."

"Afraid they drank our blood? Raffle, you have a weapon in your hand. This is not a fire stick." Li Mu said with a straight face, and at the same time pulled down a soldier on the other side.

"But sir." Laph's young face was a little nervous. "But the company commander said that you just came out of the military academy. You must have never seen such a scene. You will definitely be scared when the time comes."

Hearing these words, Li Mu turned his head to look at the other party, but he was stunned for a moment, but he was also a little surprised at the moment.

After Raffle reminded him like this, he realized that his fear of the battlefield had subsided unconsciously. Watching the enemy army start to attack, he was actually very calm, and even felt that this was a common thing.

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(End of this chapter)