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As the fog dissipated, in addition to the Luftwaffe planes, the French Air Force planes also unceremoniously appeared on the battlefield, and they were immediately shocked by what was happening on the battlefield.The entire battlefield is really too chaotic, there is no battle line, no front and rear, and soldiers from both sides are fighting desperately together.This was more tragic than all previous battles and battles. French pilot Wenger wrote in his future log: "The combat effectiveness of the Chinese is really amazing. Can you imagine fighting more than 40 troops on a front of more than ten kilometers?" Do the Germans engage in open-air combat? At least the French army does not have such courage, and the Chinese seem to be possessed by Napoleon the Great at this moment, but the Germans were actually beaten by them. In the sky above the battlefield, none of them could get out of the fierce fight with the Chinese... I suddenly felt that this damn war had finally reached its final moment."

The information about the battlefield obtained by the French army from various channels was quickly sorted out by their staff and sent to Marshal Pétain. Admiral Nivell, who was talking endlessly about punishing ***, was relieved of his post.However, Marshal Petain was still a very humane person. He did not order Admiral Nivelle to be sent to a mental hospital, but sent him back to Paris to recuperate in consideration of his face.Then after knowing the latest situation on the front line, he decided to participate in the decisive battle launched by the Chinese, so he immediately gave an important speech to the 10,000+ defeated French army in the Fortress of Verdun, "Children, I know you are exhausted, I know you are depressed, but I must tell you that you are heroes, it is your heroic struggle, and now the door of the Goddess of Victory has opened to the French Third Republic. Now the Germans and our Chinese Allies are fighting to the death, our allies need our support, believe me, as long as we show up on the battlefield in time, the German army will collapse, and the balance of victory will be in our favor, let the war begin at Verdun and end Go to Verdun. Now I want to know how many French warriors are willing to join us to beat up the goddamned Germans. Believe me, this is the last battle, and many years later, you can proudly tell you You, grandson, are part of this battle."

After listening to the speech, the French soldiers of the Verdun Army, which had been demoralized, asked for replacement weapons, and then silently followed Marshal Pétain's army to the Lorraine area. . .

On May 1917, 5, during the whole day, the two sides fought exhausted. At night, everyone stopped fighting consciously, and there were piles of corpses on the entire battlefield.In fact, both the squadron and the German army were disrupted, but as the battle progressed, everyone formed their own battle groups.Soldiers of different ranks and numbers chose to lean together and defend a region. Now everyone is not fighting to defeat the enemy, but to survive.Often, where a battle group is located, there are no enemies within 100 meters around, and some of them only have the corpses of the dead in battle, and now it is a bomb. If these corpses are not dealt with in time, they will cause plague at any time, but no one has them now. Mind to take care of this.The officers began to work hard to restore the establishment, but this proved to be useless and futile, and there was even a great risk that people wandering around in the night were likely to be shot and killed by both the enemy and us.The officers quickly realized this. Hundreds of dutiful hapless dudes had been shot, and all they could do now was to stay where they were and wait until dawn.

At this time, both the German commander Ludendorff who fled to Famek and the French commander Marshal Petain already understood what the overall situation was?

Ludendorff realized that one of the important reasons why the German army has not been beaten by the Chinese is that the Chinese have a serious shortage of troops. This has caused the Chinese to only create chaos but not destroy the German army.But the German army, which is superior in numbers, was also entangled by the Chinese like snakes because of the chaos, and for a while they didn't know how to kill these damn Chinese.But if you don't want to get out, Marshal Petain's hundreds of thousands of French troops are [-] kilometers away. As long as these guys arrive, the German army will be dead.

Ludendorff realized that he would definitely suffer a big loss in this battle, but he still had to find a way to save a little bit. After all, once so many German troops were lost in the Lorraine area, no matter whether the Kaiser or not He will replace himself and Marshal Hindenburg, and the defense of Germany still needs troops.

So Ludendorff immediately sent the latest order to all the combat units that could be sent by telegram, ordering them to give up the fight with the squadron and concentrate all their forces on a centripetal attack on Droy Tormont.This is the best solution that Ludendorff can think of at present. He must find a way to concentrate the power of the German army. The Germans still tried their best to let them break out towards their position or march directly towards Luxembourg.That's all he can do, and the cloud of failure has enveloped the German army.

As for the expeditionary force, the Chinese officers and soldiers are now red-eyed. Hunger, fatigue, and the threat of death make these soldiers drowsy after nightfall.The officers are still performing their duties, arranging sentries in turn to prevent enemy attacks, because there are enemies everywhere now, but obviously this worry is unnecessary.Because the German army has never fought such a terrible battle, and now they are also lethargic.What's more serious is that after entering this daytime melee, the soldiers were all under the threat of death and consumed a lot of ammunition in their hands.And because everyone interspersed with each other, the display of the entire battlefield was not clear at all, and neither side could get ammunition and supplies.Maybe we will fight again tomorrow morning, and everyone will only be able to play with bayonets.

Jiang Baili, deputy chief of staff of the expeditionary force, realized this, so no matter how chief of staff Zhu Zhixin complained about Bai Chongxi's arbitrary decision, he urged Zhu Zhixin to lead the team to the battlefield with him and complete the fatal blow to the German army.

"Chief of Staff Zhu, if in the end Commander Bai and Brother Shiwan were trampled to death by the German army because they could not get reinforcements, I think your political future and mine will come to an end. Although Chairman Wang Zhenyu He is a good talker, but if you lose more than 20 of his troops in Europe and have no results, I believe his good temper will disappear without a trace. Think again, under the national government and you Among personal honors, which one will Chairman Sun Wen choose?"

Jiang Baili focused on Zhu Zhixin's key points in almost every sentence. After hearing this, Zhu Zhixin couldn't help but gasped and said, "Then listen to you, Brother Baili, and let's go. Alas, Bai Jiansheng's deeds have won everything." After this battle we still have to report to the military committee, this is simply a joke with the lives of the soldiers."

What Jiang Baili wants is to send troops, and as for you arguing with each other after the war, it has nothing to do with him.

The five divisions of the expeditionary force on the first and second lines of defense in Verdun immediately received orders to attack, including the Sixth Division, which had suffered a lot in previous battles.Jiang Baili's order is also very domineering. It does not require a neat organization, but only requires that it be rushed to the vicinity of Droy Tomont as quickly as possible, and shoot at the Germans you can see.So the troops of the five divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Army began to run all night.There is only one purpose, to catch up and kill the German.

Around 5 a.m. on May 21st, the squadrons of five divisions led by Jiang Baili were put into the battlefield one after another. .At this time, the established squadron appeared on the battlefield. Although the total strength still failed to overwhelm the German army, its destructive power definitely increased geometrically.The German army is currently implementing Ludendorff's latest order, and when this situation comes out, it is naturally a bit chaotic.

However, this panic did not last long, because of an accident, the two German divisions who were initially responsible for intercepting the French army also appeared on the battlefield inexplicably.This is not an order from Ludendorff, it should be the result of their division commander's own decision.And the time and place of the appearance of these Germans was very coincidental, saving the entire German army and killing themselves.The German guys disrupted the five Chinese divisions that were beating the German army at once, and they pierced straight through the waist of the squadron under Jiang Baili's command.Jiang Baili was also a bachelor, so he directly ordered the follow-up Seventh Division and Eighth Division to post it immediately to mix with these two German divisions, and the situation on the battlefield became even more chaotic.Later, Jiang Baili also got the information of the French Air Force, and he immediately judged from the attack intensity of the German army that the strategic intention of the German army was to take down Droy Tomont.So without a word, he ordered Zhang Zizhong's Sixth Division, which was still well-organized, to go all out to assault Droy Tomon and stick there.Jiang Baili had only one idea, as long as the German army could not finally join forces, then when the French army arrived, all they could do was surrender.

After Zhang Zizhong received the order, he immediately put aside the enemy who was fighting in person, and charged forward with all his strength towards Druva Tomon. The key point that determined the fate of the two warring parties appeared in Druwa Tomon, and when Bai Chongxi met Jiang Baili The first sentence he said was: "Tell Zhang Zizhong, even if the entire Sixth Division is wiped out, they will stick there like nails, and the German army is not allowed to join forces..."