Only the first wave of charging soldiers numbered 20,000. The officers and soldiers in Sedan City watched in horror as the sea of people outside the city rushed toward them, endless waves after waves!
"Damn it, the Prussians are all madmen. They want to completely fill the city of Sedan with human lives!"
"They are going to use super charge density to tear apart our defense line...Brothers! This battle is not for the empire, nor is it for the emperor!"
"It's time for us to fight for ourselves! Losers have no future! We fight all our lives and we can't end up with no pension!"
"Hold Sedan...fire!"
The first wave of Prussian troops charged to a distance of 800 meters. The Mitrayotz heavy machine gun on the city wall suddenly opened fire, and dense bullets poured down the city like a heavy rain.
The machine gunner slowly controlled the shooting angle, making small adjustments to the left and right. In his eyes, the sky and the earth had turned into blood.
If he placed his hand in that position, that place would be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Watching the heavy machine gun bullets penetrate the human body, watching the power of the bullets making the enemy corpses tremble back and forth... This feeling made him extremely secrete adrenaline.
Wherever the muzzle of the gun was pointed, there was death in large numbers. The enemy's charging formation was dug out one after another by the hail of bullets.
Human lives were harvested like leeks. In the end, the heavy machine gunner couldn't hold back his emotions and shouted crazily.
"Ah...ah...go to hell...all die..."
Click, click, click... click, click, click... The more than 150 heavy machine guns on top of Sedan City were more than 150 meat grinders. The Prussian army suffered heavy casualties for a while.
At this time, strict military discipline is relied upon to maintain morale. A unit must be able to maintain high morale despite suffering huge casualties. Only then can it be considered an elite soldier.
"Officers in front...veterans follow...charge with new recruits..." Before the captain, who was wielding a saber, could finish shouting, bullets from the heavy machine gun hit his chest, and the bullets fired from his chest exploded in his back. A wound as big as the mouth of a bowl was opened, and blood and internal organs mixed together flowed down.
The captain lay down on the ground with a general cry, but his saber kept pointing forward. The adjutant beside him picked up the commander's saber and raised it resolutely, "Continue to charge... Charge with the company flag... Protect the blaster..."
This is the resilience of a strong army. If one person dies in battle, a pair will be replaced. If a company is wiped out, a battalion will be replaced. The density of life must exceed the density of bullet rain. This is the only way to win.
In Xiao Letian's eyes, a cloud of blood mist has floated over the battlefield at this moment. Death's waiter has opened the door to hell, and the souls of thousands of war dead are leading towards the abyss under the guidance of soul-calling flags.
"Hey... human life is the most despicable thing at this moment! War is no longer romantic at all!"
The long charge has come to an end. No matter how powerful the heavy machine guns are, there are only more than 150 heavy machine guns. This density cannot stop the 80,000 Prussian troops attacking in waves. Soon, the vanguard troops rushed into the 100-meter range. Inside.
At this time, countless commanders' orders came from the top of Sedan City, "Open fire...all the troops open fire..." There were rifles everywhere on the four-meter-high city wall.
The French veterans hit accurately and hard, loading bullets quickly, and the Prussian troops under the city were beaten so hard that they couldn't even lift their heads!
"Look for obstacles...shoot...protect the sappers from blasting!"
The Prussian army quickly began to counterattack. They looked for boulders, wooden piles, and dilapidated houses as bunkers and began to shoot at the city head. From time to time, screams came from the French position.
The brave engineers took advantage of the crossfire of their comrades to create a fighter plane and quickly rushed out from behind the cover. They were in groups of three or five, holding and carrying bundles of bundles.
"Be careful of the Prussian engineers..." A strange cry came from the city wall, and then more than a dozen French soldiers stood up and aimed downwards, shooting at the charging engineers.
The Prussian troops behind quickly counterattacked, and the exposed French troops were shot and fell from the city wall screaming!
Of the five engineers who rushed to the city wall, only two were left. They dragged their comrades' gun bags and piled them at the city base, lit the gun and then turned around and ran away.
Before he could run two or three steps, he was shot down by a rifle on the city wall!
Boom... there was a muffled sound, and the entire city wall was filled with dust. A huge gap of more than one meter high was blasted at the foundation of the city wall near the outside. Fortunately, the city wall was thick enough, so many bombs did not explode.
The French troops on the top of the city were shaken to pieces and fell to the ground. Some people were struggling and rolling on the ground holding their heads, and some were knocked on the forehead by the shock, and their faces were covered with blood.
"Stand up... all stand up... the wall is still there... we are still safe, keep shooting!"
More reserves rushed to the top of the city and continued to shoot down the city. The heavy machine guns roared again after a brief misfire. The first wave of Prussian troops gradually became unable to attack.
"The enemy's firepower is too strong, wait for the follow-up troops... dig shooting bunkers to find cover..."
The Prussian soldiers had learned powerful civil engineering skills from the Chinese. The soldiers began to crawl on the battlefield to minimize their own bullet impact surfaces, and then used engineer shovels to carefully dig bunkers for individual shooting.
After a while, there was a scene of flying dirt everywhere outside the city wall. The French army tried every means to kill these country rats, but these people were too cunning and always hid their bodies in safe areas.
Behind the city gate of Sedan, groups of French cavalry were fully armed and ready for battle, and a colonel was motivating the soldiers in front of the group.
"The Prussians would never have imagined that we could launch a counterattack under heavy siege!"
"Now those despicable Prussians have learned the cowardly fighting style of the Chinese, and they are digging their own graves!"
"All we have to do is rush out, chop off their heads with our sabers, and crush their corpses with our horses' hooves!"
"His Majesty is watching us from the central tower! For the glory of the empire! Kill!"
The city gate was opened with a rumble, and the French cavalry that swarmed out immediately shocked the Prussian army who were fighting fiercely. They really didn't expect that the French would dare to launch a counterattack at this time.
The sudden and rapid attack of the cavalry caught the Prussian army by surprise. The cavalry formed a trampling formation and pressed against the Prussian army.
cavalry! They were always nobles in the military services in the medieval times. Children from poor families had no chance to be exposed to war horses and receive equestrian training from an early age.
The French cavalry inherited the fine traditions of the Napoleonic Wars. Most of these soldiers are children of nobles and middle-class families. They have greater pride than ordinary soldiers!
"Charge! For the empire! For the glory of our ancestors!"
"Long live France!" A sharp blade slashed towards the Prussian army!
Rows of war horses rushed into the Prussian infantry formation like a wall, with sabers and bayonets strangled together. The combat effectiveness of men relying on the speed of horses was not comparable to that of infantrymen holding bayonets!
"Keep the formation...keep the speed...run over...disrupt their formation!"
At this moment, Xiao Letian's hands holding the telescope were full of sweat. "Countercharge? Is this still the same legion that Sharon and Metz were defeated by?"
"The morale is different! Why has it changed overnight?"
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