Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 192 The War Begins

For this discovery, Li Mu was only stunned for a moment, and the sound of gunfire pulled Li Mu back to the battlefield in an instant.

"Now is not the time to talk about this, Ralph, remember, follow me closely when the time comes, and do what I say."

Li Mu said loudly, Raffle nodded his head like garlic, and immediately ignored the previous question, and also lowered his head and looked forward.

Under the gloomy sky, the battlefield mixed with thick gunpowder smoke could not be seen very clearly, only many vague shadows could be seen moving, and the scorched soil could show how anxious the battle ahead was.

A battalion led by Li Mu quickly covered the hundreds of meters long position. The water cooling tanks of the Maxim machine guns in several machine gun spots were filled with water. The soldiers held the bullet belts and stared at each other Looking at the battlefield ahead.

Taking advantage of this time, Li Mu also recruited a company commander, Frank, and asked him to control the soldiers at that time. This is a defensive battle. Even if the British and French allied forces appeared in front of them, they were not allowed to cross the trenches to meet them.

Although the officer Li Mu was airborne, but these days Li Mu was able to take out his medal and share it with them to wear and pass it on temporarily. They are still willing to listen to Li Mu's words.

At this moment, on the front line, there were bean-popping sounds one after another, and it was also filled with the roar of soldiers charging.

Li Mu could see those soldiers who had been in the same position firmly stuck in the trenches, exchanging fire with the enemy frantically.

Looking around him, he saw that the wider second-line position was now guarded by more soldiers.

The task of the first-line positions is to block the enemy's force while creating enough preparation time for the rear. Their trenches are not long enough, and their firepower has not been deliberately increased. Therefore, during the mighty attack, the front-line positions are like It was a piece of reef that was already a little loose. Under the beating of the huge waves, he used the last bit of strength to hold the gap firmly, so as not to let himself be engulfed in the waves.

"How many British and French people are there? Fifty or sixty thousand people, right?" Ravel asked with some fear as he looked at the densely packed soldiers charging ahead in the smoke.

"How could it be so small? There are at least a hundred thousand. I just don't know whether they are British or French."

A soldier next to him denied it, but he couldn't explain why, and then the eyes of several people turned to Li Mu.

In fact, Li Mu was only relying on the little knowledge in his heart for support, but looking through the binoculars, most of these attacking soldiers should be British. After all, the flat domed helmets of the British army are too conspicuous.

As for the military strength here, based on the current spread, there should be 10 people.

Li Mu's mind was a little astonished when he got this statistic. These British and French allied forces worked so hard, but on the first day, they actually dropped so many troops.

In fact, a detail that Li Mu neglected when studying historical materials is that in the Battle of the Somme, the most intense battle between the two sides was the first day of the battle. During this day, nearly [-] British and French troops were killed and injured here. , the same German casualties are approaching this number.

Just when Li Mu said that these enemies were all British, screams came from behind the sky.

Someone yelled to lie down and enter the fortifications. Li Mu turned around in a panic at the moment, but saw those roaring voices going over his head to the distance in front of him. He immediately realized that this was the artillery position on his side. The counterattack began.

Li Mu quickly stood up to appease the frightened soldiers and let them return to their trenches. At the same time, he quickly turned his head and raised his binoculars to look forward.

These belated reinforcements slammed into the front line not far away. At the same time, the artillery fire continued to extend. Obviously, the artillery had corrected the artillery fire. The soldiers overturned.

Li Mu and the others just huddled on the ground and watched the terrifying scene ahead. Whenever they saw a round of large-caliber artillery shells splashing dust waves more than ten meters high, throwing the stumps of soldiers into the sky and then Throwing it down, they all shook violently.

Such a scene is really fresh in everyone's memory, and even fearful.

Even Li Mu couldn't help but imagine how terrifying it would be if such a shell fell on his head.

This period of fierce shelling immediately helped the front line relieve the pressure, and the loss of shells disrupted those handsome offensive steps. Now they hurriedly retreated under the artillery fire, and gradually the gunfire on the position became so sparse.

The soldiers in the second-line positions all poked their heads out to look at the situation ahead. Seeing the corpses left on those positions, the battle that had not experienced anything was over, and they all looked at each other in blank dismay.

However, Li Mu hurriedly ordered the soldiers to have breakfast, and retreated from the position to the side of the fortification first, so that once the opponent started shelling again, they could quickly hide in the fortification.

After experiencing such a frightening and risk-free battle, these soldiers were also relieved at the moment, all of them were smiling, and even started to joke about who peed their pants in fright at the beginning of the battle, or who would eat overnight They all vomited out.

It was surprisingly easy on the battlefield.

But Li Muke was not in the mood to listen to what they said, because just now, the messenger named Thomas came and brought the order from the lieutenant colonel.

They asked Li Mu and others' troops to stand firm for two days. Although the battle was very cruel, they judged that what they encountered so far were small raids from the coalition forces, which were disturbances to the side battlefield.

When Li Mu received this order, his expression was astonished. The battle just now showed that the British and French coalition forces were going to fight for real, but why did these superior officers think that this was the coalition forces making a fuss? The interference battle will end soon, as long as you persist for a few days, those coalition forces will naturally retreat.

If Li Mu hadn't known the historical facts, he would have been fooled by this document.

Although it is unclear whether the above-mentioned order is to stabilize the morale of the army, or whether it really does not take the enemy's attack into consideration, Li Mu knows that this battle will be extremely cruel, and in the coming years, this place will With nearly a million soldiers dead, it will become the most terrifying hell on this European battlefield.

At first, I thought that the battle had started and I re-fortified the fortifications. When the German officers behind found that something was wrong, they would immediately send reinforcements. Maybe these soldiers of my own would be rescued, but now it seems that all of this is taken for granted.

Perhaps these thousand or so people will all die here.

Li Mu sighed silently, put away the documents, and then ordered the soldiers to eat breakfast immediately and prepare for the next battle.

And soon, the second attack of the British and French allied forces had arrived.

It was also a round of bombardment, and then the British army lined up to charge. This tactic is very simple and direct. What is even more ridiculous is that the British army seemed to deliberately let them line up to attack in order to ensure the integrity of the team. target.

The dazed British officer might have thought that such an arrangement would make the German army timid, but when they got into the range, they would know that the only thing the German army responded to was densely packed bullets.

"Thomas, do me a favor."

The battle in front became fierce again, but Li Mu found the messenger from before, and said loudly to him: "Run immediately to the other battalions on both sides of us, and tell their commanders that when the time comes, those enemies will rush to us In the front, use machine guns to drive them to the middle, and then prepare enough grenades, and throw them together when the time comes."

Li Mu said the most classic tactic, and Thomas nodded fiercely at the same time, turned his head and rushed towards the defensive position of another battalion beside him.

Li Mu, on the other hand, lay down on the position in front of him again, and Raffl next to him was still looking ahead nervously.

"Ralph, don't be tense, go and carry me a box of grenades."

Li Mu said to the young guard, Raffle nodded quickly, rushed down to get things in a hurry, and Li Mu got down again, but there was someone smoking next to him, which made Li Mu cough twice, that person hehe Smiling at Li Mu, he took out one from his bosom and wanted to hand it to Li Mu.

Li Mu waved his hand and originally wanted to ask him to put out his cigarette, but thinking that there would be a fierce battle soon, he just turned his head and said nothing.

After about ten minutes like this, the gunshots were still ringing out, and at this moment, Raffle next to him suddenly yelled loudly.

"On the left, there are enemy troops coming from the left!"

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(End of this chapter)