Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 202 Strange Attack

The poison gas war cast a shadow on the German soldiers. Many soldiers began to sleep badly at night. At the same time, as long as there was a strong wind, their eyes would unconsciously aim at the sky, and they began to check whether their gas masks were take it with you.

But the way to eliminate this fear is also very simple, that is fierce fighting.

One of the reasons why the Battle of the Somme became a famous war in history is the protracted battle for positions and the countless casualties of soldiers.

It was another sunny day, and Li Mu had already spent two months here before he knew it, and it was September in a blink of an eye, and the heat in the temperature had not dissipated at all, and there was no breeze in the hot weather, and he was sweating constantly There was no shade around the position, and the loose soil became hot at this moment.

Li Mu sat next to the cave on one side of the tunnel and took a sip from the kettle in his hand. The water inside was scalding hot. He opened the Feng Ji button and curled up in the shade as much as possible.

The soldiers around did the same thing. Everyone seemed to be escaping the summer heat at the moment, and the battlefield was unusually quiet. The camp in the distance seemed to be defeated by the heat as well. Everyone hid in the cave like ants.

"This damn weather, it's God's blessing that I survived." In a cave not far from Li Mu, Hans had already taken off his shirt, fanned the wind with his hat, and kept complaining .

Compared with the appearance when everyone met each other two months ago, it seems that Hans has lost a lot of weight now. In fact, most of the soldiers who came here have lost weight. After all, they live in fear every day and eat less. It is very good, and every day is basically a fierce battle, so now the whole army is a little bit decadent.

"Hey, Hans, come here." Li Mu waved to the other party with some boredom. Hans bent over impatiently, sat down next to Li Mu, and then fanned with his hat.

"Let the soldiers not go to the bunker to rest today, remember to bring more water to the machine gun position, and, if you want to take a lunch break, you must take a rotation break."

Hans agreed nonchalantly, and immediately instructed Raph, who was cleaning his gun, to do something, while he found a gap, and then lay down on his side here.

"So casual, aren't you afraid that the military police will trouble you?" Li Mu said lightly, but Hans waved his hand.

"This battle doesn't look like a battle anyway, so don't worry about it."

He said so, but Li Mu couldn't do anything, he could only see Hans lying down and squeeze himself away.

Li Mu changed his position and sat down. He couldn't eat anything at the moment, so he drank another saliva, feeling drowsy, and leaned to the side to rest.

When Li Mu woke up again, he was awakened by the sound of gunfire. He immediately shouted loudly for the soldiers to go to the bunker, and he quickly rolled into a nearby bunker.

The earth-shattering cannons rang out continuously, and soldiers entered the bunker one by one. Li Mu checked the bullets with his weapon, but at the moment he also shouted at several soldiers.

"Check the weapons, support the machine gun position as soon as possible, and get as much ammunition as you can."

After Li Mu said these things, he immediately approached the entrance of the bunker, looking out constantly.

Today's shelling is unusual.

From the sound of the cannonballs outside, one can feel that it is very dense. Not only that, the equivalent of these shells seems to have increased, and the sound of some shells makes the heart and lungs feel a little suffocated.

This was a very ordinary day, but the British army suddenly increased their attacks, which immediately sent a different signal.

These British troops may have new actions.

Naturally, Li Mu couldn't just sit idly by.

The shells exploded for more than ten minutes, and finally after a few violent explosions, there was no sound, and Li Mu rushed out first.

He bent his back and told the soldiers to go to guard the position immediately, but at this time Li Mu heard the roar of others.

"Speed ​​up, speed up, those Brits are charging desperately!"

It was Hans who yelled the words, and Li Mu also hurriedly climbed up to the position, and when he looked up slightly, he suddenly took a breath of cold air.

Soldiers all over the mountains, the last time this happened was on the first day of the Somme battle, but at this moment, all these soldiers wearing oblate helmets crawled out of the tunnel, and they no longer lined up in a dense array Charge, but the number of people advancing on the ground is still endless.

What's even more frightening is that this kind of situation didn't just happen in front of Li Mu's position. On the long positions on the left and right sides, the figures of those British soldiers could be seen. They seemed to have launched a full-scale attack!
In this hot lazy afternoon!
"Shouldn't these bloody Brits be sitting in their trenches drinking that bloody black tea at this time, is their officer crazy?"

No one can figure out why these British guys would launch an attack at such a weird moment. In the hot evening, the sky will gradually darken. Will these people want to fight at night?
Li Mu didn't have time to think about these things. He just ordered the soldiers to fight back immediately, transporting weapons out of the bunker continuously, and took out all the weapons that could kill the enemy.

The familiar sound of the Maxim machine gun sounded all around, and the machine guns at the rear and sides of the position opened fire violently, and smoke and dust aroused by the bullets suddenly appeared on the ground in the distance, and those who were shot fell together. British soldiers.

The whole position became fierce, Li Mu kept emptying the bullets of his weapons, and then ordered the soldiers to replenish the firepower of the position, and the scolding of the officers and the shouting of the soldiers were everywhere.

The fiery battlefield made everyone sweat profusely in just a few minutes, and Li Mu was also covered in sweat, but suddenly a gust of wind came.

Li Mu shuddered for no reason. When he looked towards the position, the breeze came from the west, and he became more awake.

But soon Li Mu reacted, raised his head and looked into the distance, he didn't know when the sky in the west had already darkened, it seemed that a black cloud covering the sky was coming towards this side.

It seemed like a storm was about to hit.

Li Mu's thoughts were quickly pulled back by the gunshots on the battlefield. These brave soldiers attacked so fiercely this time that they were able to beat the firepower of the Maxim machine gun. They once broke through the front line and went straight to the second line. Come from the position.

These people's speed is very fast, it seems that they are competing to see who can reach the top first, and the firepower of Germany has faintly been unable to hold it.

"Grenade, grenade! Shoot them down!" Li Mu shouted loudly, and immediately threw out two grenades.

The soldiers on the entire position have now become a little mechanically numb. They just mechanically carried out Li Mu's orders, then pulled the bolt, loaded the bullet, aimed and shot, and after emptying the bullet, picked up a grenade next to it and threw it out. , everything seems to be done in one go.

Didn't Li Mu tense up and attack desperately, the sky gradually darkened like this, but it didn't seem like the sun was setting, but the dark clouds that covered the sky and the sun were coming.

The muffled thunder was covered by the explosion, and there was no powerful lightning, and the raindrops suddenly fell down.

A drop of rain hit Li Mu's hand, hit the gun, and then splashed on his face. Li Mu raised his head in a daze, and suddenly the raindrops began to fall.

The gunpowder smoke on the battlefield was wiped out in an instant, and the heavy rain even formed a rain curtain, gradually blurring the originally clear vision.

Li Mu anxiously asked everyone to maintain firepower, but after a while, the soldiers were surprised to find that those soldiers retreated.

The attack of the British army seemed to be interrupted so suddenly at this moment.

But this heavy rain became even more violent. The raindrops quickly formed puddles in the tunnel. Everyone's clothes were drenched with sweat from the inside to the outside, but at this moment they were drenched from the outside to the inside.

Everyone stopped attacking under Li Mu's call, but Li Mu was lying on the trench, watching the situation in the distance worriedly.

Was the British offensive really interrupted by such a heavy rain?

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(End of this chapter)