Before World War II, trench warfare and positional warfare were once considered by military scientists to be the most lethal form of warfare. The representative example of this war situation was the Battle of Verdun during World War I.
In February 1916, Germany's carefully prepared Battle of Verdun began. At that time, both the German and French armies had built very strong and long trenches. It was not that easy for either side to break through.
In order to break through the French trench positions, at the beginning of the battle, the German artillery group poured artillery shells on the French positions at a density of more than 100,000 rounds per hour. The bombardment lasted for 12 hours, and more than 2 million artillery shells and incendiary bombs fell densely. In the triangular area of about 14 miles around Verdun, they tried to create a "death zone" in the French forward positions, allowing German soldiers to advance on dead bodies.
History has never seen such intense artillery fire. The shells were flying everywhere, pouring down like rain, and the earth trembled. The French first line of defense was completely shrouded in smoke and fire. The German artillery bombarded them like thunder. The successive charges were higher and higher. The ammunition casings piled up like mountains, leveling trenches, blowing up bunkers, and destroying forests. Exploded into pieces, the mountain completely changed its appearance.
After the bombardment, the German army began a full-scale assault. The light and heavy machine guns of both the enemy and ours were tilting their ammunition like a tsunami. Countless soldiers were not killed by bullets at all, but by the bullet chains that fired continuously and cut their bodies into countless pieces.
Immediately afterwards, the two armies began to fight hand-to-hand, fighting to the death. In the cold weather, many soldiers fainted from the cold, and then were awakened by the sound of cannons, and then went into battle.
Facing the fierce German attack, the French army resisted desperately. Under the slogan "Don't allow the enemy to pass", they blocked the enemy's approach with their own bodies and suffered heavy casualties. After several days of fierce fighting, the French army was finally outnumbered and the first line of defense fell. The front line was cut into several sections and all communication lines with the rear were cut off.
At the most critical moment of the battle, the 60-year-old French veteran Pétain was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Verdun and requested support from the Paris citizens. In just a few days, the French people spontaneously organized a private transport team with more than 4,000 vehicles. , delivering 190,000 troops and countless arms and supplies to the front line within a week.
This battle was a typical positional war and a war of attrition. The war lasted for 10 months. Both sides participated in the war with large numbers of troops and suffered heavy casualties. By the end of the war in December, both sides had suffered more than 700,000 casualties. Verdun was devastated. The deepest bomb crater was as deep as 10 stories underground. This large-scale bloody fight was called the "Verdun Meat Grinder." .
I don't know what happened, but when Prince Carl said the words 'meat grinder', Xiao Letian's heart suddenly flooded with countless information about the First World War, including scenes from film and television works. The same thing came to mind.
He was still holding the burnt 'whip' in one hand and holding the remaining blood war flag tightly in the other hand. He stared at the pile of minced meat spit out from the meat grinder with blurred eyes. He felt like vomiting in his heart, but Still can't spit anything out.
Prince Carl looked up at Xiao Letian, who was like a sculpture. He didn't know why, but suddenly a feeling came over him. He felt that the Chinese in front of him did not belong to this world at all, and he was like an invincible god. .
Although his face is pale, although his legs are shaking constantly, although his eyes are tired and confused... you can see countless weaknesses in him, the weaknesses of mortals.
But it's so strange that when these weaknesses are brought together, he can actually give people a strong mental pressure, and he can actually release a feeling of invincibility.
I don't know what kind of demon possessed the prince, but he actually jumped off his horse and solemnly performed a military salute facing the direction where Xiao Letian was standing. His mouth was hesitant to speak, and there were thousands of words in his stomach that he couldn't even utter.
It was only then that Xiao Lecai discovered the existence of the prince. He shouted with a cry, "The door to hell has been opened, and the intensity of the war will become more and more fierce from now on... What kind of door did I open?" The gate? Why does the most brutal form of trench warfare start from my hands? I don’t want to bear this reputation!”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Xiao Letian lost control of his emotions and burst into tears. His cries infected the entire battlefield. When all the survivors looked at the mountains of corpses and seas of blood around them, they not only felt sad in their hearts, but also howled loudly.
"Old Xiao...Old Xiao, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me! Wake up quickly..." At this time, Luo Huo was cleaning up the battlefield. After lifting up several corpses, he saw at a glance that they were lying among the corpses. Xiao Hexin, who does not know whether he is alive or dead.
"Old Xiao... don't scare me!" Luo Huo's eyes were covered with tears. He dug in the pile of corpses like crazy, and finally dug out Xiao Hexin like a bloody gourd.
Sima Yun also rushed over at this time. He pinched Lao Xiao's pulse with one hand and felt his breath with the other. "There is still help! Lao Xiao is not dead, Lao Xiao is still alive!" He quickly tore open Xiao Hexin's military uniform, Pour the remaining water in the kettle over him.
"Legs... I can't feel my legs..." This was the first sentence Xiao Hexin said when he woke up. It was only then that people discovered that Xiao Hexin's left leg was penetrated by a bayonet at the knee, and the wound oozed out. It's not bright red blood but black and purple blood.
"Medical soldiers! Where are the damn medical soldiers? Are they all dead..." Luo Huo and Sima Yun burst into tears holding the seriously injured Xiao Hexin.
Xiao Hexin's experience is still lucky. The three live treasures of the Hamburg recruit camp are now crying. Steven is holding his squad leader Tian DaPaoBan. Now the squad leader who loves to scold him has become a It became a cold corpse, with six bullet holes clearly visible on his chest.
"Tian...oh God...what's wrong with you? Didn't you say you were a wild bull among the Chinese? Didn't you say you wouldn't die? Why did you leave us..."
Steven was already crying. How could he not cry? His squad leader just threw him down at the most critical moment and blocked those fatal bullets with his body.
All survivors on the entire highland were grief-stricken. Daniel and Grant knelt on the ground, holding pieces of corpses in their hands, shouting the names of their comrades.
"Luka...is it you? Please tell me, is this you? Woohoo...Tim, my good buddy, how did you become like this? We were bragging together by the campfire last night , why are you like this today..."
"We can't fight back... Wuwuwu, why are you all turned into pieces... Ah! God, please save them, why can't they fight back? Why are you all turned into pieces? Already..."
The whole battlefield was filled with cries. The lieutenants were crying, and the recruits in Hamburg were also crying. In the end, even Prince Carl and the senior staff officers of the Second Army were in tears. To be honest, in Europe at that time, no one was crying. I have seen such brutal trench strangulation.
"Xiao...what do you want? As long as I can do it, I promise you..." Karl wiped his tears fiercely, walked up to Xiao Letian and said.
At this time, Xiao Letian no longer cared about Karl's identity. He grabbed the prince's military uniform and shouted, "What do I want? What is the difference between what I want and what you Prussians want? What two suffering nations want?" Doesn’t rising mean victory?”
"Why are you still here? Lead the troops to fight... Sadowa is waiting for you. Do you want the Second Corps to be a passer-by? Apart from repaying the victims with victory, what else can you do!"
Xiao Letian's roar woke up Karl, and the prince turned around and left without saying a word, "All troops attack! End the battle as quickly as possible, and use Sadowa's victory to honor the dead... Don't let the blood of the victims be shed in vain!"
Groups of cavalry rolled eastward around both sides of the Stone Bridge Highlands. Without anyone's orders, all the soldiers solemnly saluted the highlands. They were paying tribute to the heroes.
Not only the cavalry, but also the infantry and artillerymen who were rushing forward passed by Shiqiao Highlands. When they saw the fluttering battle flags, they subconsciously raised their hands to salute. At that moment, no one in the 120,000-strong army was moved.
Xiao Letian's tears have not stopped since the end of the battle. In the end, he was jumping and shouting on the battlefield like crazy, "My brothers, your souls don't go far... I beg you to gather under this military flag." Come on, I want to take you home. There is your tablet in the Temple of the God of War. Your sacrifice will not be in vain. I will let you enjoy the incense and worship for eternity..."
"Uuuuuuuah...Brothers, don't worry on the road to hell. I, Xiao Letian, will take care of your descendants...I should have told you before, do you know? What is Wang Huaiyuan doing now? He is using countless Manpower and material resources are being used to find relatives for everyone..."
"Most of you are victims of the war, and many of your family members have been separated... But don't be afraid. Wang Huaiyuan has used his connections across the country to find your relatives and clans! I won't lie to you... it's true We have found quite a few of them, and I, Xiao Letian, are raising your relatives for you..."
"Sir!" Countless survivors, whether they were Chinese or Hamburg recruits, cried loudly at that moment. They knelt down beside Xiao Letian, wishing to take their hearts out.
Where can you find such a great man in the world? No matter from the East to the West, no matter whether you look through five thousand years of historical data in China, who else but Xiao Letian can really love soldiers to this extent?
That Qing Dynasty? Will those fat-headed officials shed a tear for these big-headed soldiers? There is only one Xiao Letian in China, and there is only one Xiao Letian in the world. With his unique temperament that is completely different from this era, he completely conquered all the soldiers present.
At this time, the person who could best control his emotions was His Highness King Yi, who had seen the big scene. He wiped his tears fiercely and stood up to speak loudly.
"No one can die in a war! If you want to prove yourself in front of the Europeans, how can you do it without bloodshed? Xiao Letian, stand up... Ever since you formulated such a strategy, ever since you took everyone on this road of no return , you should be mentally prepared like this!"
"Stand up like a man. Instead of crying, you might as well figure out your follow-up plan... Haven't we succeeded today? We have held the high ground, and we have established our authority over the whole of Europe! What else can you do? Regrettably……"
"Leo! This part is not allowed to be filmed. We are all pinched! We cannot show our weakness to the world. We want Europa and the East to see our strong side. We will always be the winner!"
King Yi yelled and cursed, waking up everyone present. Xiao Letian took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, as if he had exhaled all the pent-up emotions in his heart.
"Yes, that's right! We are the victors, and now is the moment when we reap the fruits! Sima Yun stayed behind to lead everyone to clean up the battlefield. Luo Huo and Xiang Shaolong followed me to Sadowa! I must see this battle with my own eyes Finish with him!"
Among the rolling crowds of the Second Legion, Xiao Letian took the lead, followed by Prince Carl's Guards Cavalry Company. A group of men and horses ran like a dragon towards the east.
On the high ground of Stone Bridge, the songs of the soldiers could be faintly heard: "I go up the mountain as a tiger, I go down to the sea as a dragon, I am a great hero in the world..."
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