Xiafei looked gratefully at these veterans who deserved respect. They had fought for France all their lives. Military camps and battlefields had become everything in their lives.
Such people deserve a peaceful and happy old age!
But Xiafei was full of worries at the moment, because just now he did see something flying in the central tower... it seemed... it seemed like a white flag!
Xiafei shook his head and didn't dare to think any more, "The hallucination must be my hallucination! It's almost sunset, and the marshal's plan is about to succeed. How can the white flag be waved?"
"Sir... I saw hundreds of Prussian soldiers approaching quickly from the front... I can't see the military flag clearly... The military flag seems to be broken!"
"Don't worry so much, the cannon is ready to fire!"
In the battle just now, Joffre had organized three successful ambushes, each of which caused a large number of casualties to the Prussian army, but he himself did not suffer much damage.
Joffre, the commander-in-chief of France in World War I, had always been known for his good defense. It turned out that when he was eighteen years old, his ability to be good at defense had already been revealed.
He cleverly hid himself in the gap between the two defense areas, and used the ruins as cover to start gathering the defeated troops. The mountain-like ruins of the streets in Sedan City provided a very good hiding place for his cannons.
He knew that the heavy bronze cannon couldn't move quickly, so his plan was to hit and run and delay!
Each cannon was hidden in a shooting position at a very dangerous angle, piled on top with bricks, tiles and even broken wood. The loaded cannons were quietly waiting for the Prussian army to approach.
Surrounded by the cannons were heavily armed veterans. Once they discovered that the Prussians were approaching, they would first fire to disrupt the enemy's charge formation, and then launch a surprise attack at close range.
Kill as many as you can, take advantage if it's cheap, and retreat immediately to organize a new line of defense.
Moreover, Xiafei has also planted a lot of bombs in every position, which will be detonated as soon as the enemy rushes up!
Relying on such watertight defensive measures, Joffre ambushed three times and actually wiped out more than 400 Prussian troops, and also gathered more than 200 defeated French veterans.
Smart brains are always admirable. In an era when compulsory education was not universal, scholars were a very respectable group.
Although the veteran had rich battlefield experience, when he heard that this eighteen-year-old lieutenant was an officer at the Paris Military Academy, even Marshal McMahon thought highly of him.
None of these veterans dared to look down on the young people, not to mention that the young man's command of the three ambushes was really beautiful. He perfectly executed McMahon's overall strategy of delaying time and increasing enemy casualties.
Now, Xiafei actually hid four cannons and more than 200 veterans, while the Prussian army rushing forward only had 400 soldiers at full strength.
Looks like this ambush is going to make a lot of money again!
"Everyone... get ready..." Just when Xiafei was about to call for gunfire, an unimaginable scene suddenly appeared in front of him.
The four hundred Prussian troops charging ahead suddenly dispersed and seeped into the ruins like mercury pouring down the ground.
"What's going on? Have we been exposed..." At this moment, a dozen grenades were suddenly thrown out from the ruins of the Prussian army on the opposite side, and explosions occurred around Xiafei's position.
Xiafei didn't know that the unit on the opposite side was the elite unit that relieved the Chinese army. The adjutant of the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Guards Infantry Regiment was the one who captured No. 5 with Wang Chen. Prussian Lieutenant of the Bastion!
This was really a fateful battle, as if there was some kind of causal law connecting them. The two big guys from the First World War actually collided and sparked for the first time in Sedan City.
The twenty-one-year-old Prussian lieutenant was leaning behind the ruins of a brick wall, holding a rifle with a bayonet in his hand and looking ahead with cold eyes.
"Everyone, be careful...Other troops have been ambushed three times, we can't suffer the same losses!"
"There must be a very cunning enemy on the other side... This guy is good at using cannons to ambush, we can't be fooled!"
"Use * to clear the area and test whether there is an ambush on the other side!"
Boom boom boom...* was thrown out, and flowers bloomed around Xiafei's position. Now Xiafei became nervous.
"Damn, there's a smart guy on the other side! Be careful...forget it, the cannon on the far left opens fire, let's give the enemy a false target first!"
One of the four cannons opened fire to induce the Prussian army to launch an attack in that direction, and then the other three opened fire one after another!
Boom... with a muffled sound, the cannon hidden in the ruins opened fire, and the shells directly hit the ruins of the Prussian army's position!
Although the French artillery shells had delayed fuses, the power of a direct impact at close range was too great. The fuses ignited directly, and the blast of air immediately rushed everywhere.
The sky was full of gravel and dirt falling down, and the hiding Prussian soldiers were all like dirt rats. The 21-year-old lieutenant shook his head to shake the dust off.
"Send two platoons of troops to test the attack...and prepare a company of troops in the opposite direction to prepare for a charge!"
"Be careful when sailing a thousand-year-old ship. This is what the Chinese military officers taught me!"
Kill... Two platoons of Prussian troops rushed out with shouts. At this time, Xiafei gave an order, and two more cannons opened fire. The Prussian troops who rushed out were immediately swept away.
At this moment, a company of soldiers hiding in the opposite direction finally determined the hiding place of the French army, and more than a hundred tiger-like soldiers rushed out angrily.
Xiafei was shocked when he saw it, "What a cunning enemy... Who is directing the battle? Damn... don't fire the cannon yet, fix the bayonet and prepare for melee combat!"
Who is the lieutenant opposite? I am afraid that in a few decades Xiafei will be upset that he did not fire the third artillery today. At this time, a running messenger rushed out from the rear of the Prussian army.
"Hindenburg! Lieutenant Hindenburg... has new orders..."
"Your troops are advancing too fast... The regiment commander asked you to stabilize the attack... Three field artillery pieces have been pushed from the rear. This is to support you!"
"Prepare to accept it!"
"Yes! Hindenburg, resolutely complete the mission..."
Paul von Hindenburg!
Defeated Russia in World War I and was awarded the title of Marshal! After the war, he was elected as the president of Germany! And he was the only German politician who could suppress Hitler before World War II!
When Hindenburg passed away at the age of 87, no one in Germany could curb Hitler's ambitions!
At this moment, Hindenburg is just a 21-year-old lieutenant, a young man who extremely admires the Chinese leader and is chasing after him for his autograph!
On the opposite side, Xiafei is only 18 years old at the moment. The commander-in-chief of the French army in World War I, today is just a young artillery lieutenant who gathered the defeated troops.
If either of these two people died in this encounter, it would be a huge loss to their nation!
