Expedition to Europe

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After repelling the German attack, Qin Zhiyuan ordered the troops to start cleaning the tunnel.

The first to bear the brunt were the bodies of the German and French armies. The bodies of the French were easy to deal with, as they had been wrapped in white cloth with names and other identity information written on the outside, and they could be transported to the rear for burial.

The Germans were more troublesome.

Qin Zhiyuan called Charles and asked him if there was any way to hand over the bodies of the Germans to the Germans for disposal. Qin Zhiyuan didn't have much hope for this, but Charles said there was a way. Then, he used a wireless telegraph machine that had just been delivered to send a clear text telegram through the public channel. Not long after, the radio station received a telegram with the word "agree" written on it.

This is good. As the bodies were moved out of the tunnel, four high-power hair dryers started working, and fresh air was injected into the tunnel, and the environment in the tunnel suddenly became brand new.

After the Germans stopped shelling, Indian laborers began to deliver supplies to the positions, with grenades being the most important. Captain Falcao of Capi squeezed out another company to garrison the positions in the extremely short supply of troops. On the position less than 400 meters long, David's men, Bastien's men, Qin Zhiyuan's men, and the reinforcements that were added three times later were concentrated. Although the organization was relatively chaotic, the total number of people exceeded 700, and Qin Zhiyuan was finally able to keep a reserve team.

Half an hour later, the bodies of the Germans were sent to a place about 500 meters away from the French position, including the bodies left on the outside positions, all of which were moved by Indian laborers, waiting for the Germans to send people to receive them. Some of these bodies were already rotten, slippery and smelly. The disgusting smell could be smelled through the gas mask. Qin Zhiyuan looked at the Indians who were working hard and secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, the Chinese workers had become the Chinese Legion, otherwise these disgusting jobs would have to be done by Chinese workers now.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhiyuan felt his hands were a little slippery, and he couldn't help rubbing them on the walls of the trenches.

The Indians also brought a lot of white ash, and Qin Zhiyuan ordered to sprinkle the white ash in the tunnels, on the one hand for disinfection, and on the other hand for moisture prevention.

Qin Zhiyuan arranged all the lightly wounded soldiers of the French army and the Sixth Regiment in the hall. The door of the room where the gold was stored was the key part. The door was full of empty ammunition boxes, and it seemed that there was no other secret inside. Qin Zhiyuan planned to use all the tunnels outside the hall to accommodate the British.

The British came from afar. If they had to guard against German artillery fire during the battle, the British would definitely hide in the underground tunnels. Qin Zhiyuan had no reason to refuse such a reasonable request. He could only play hard to get and mark out their respective territories to prevent the British from discovering the gold.

When everything was completed, Qin Zhiyuan was not waiting for British reinforcements, but for the German attack.

According to the agreement between Charles and the other party, the war would resume at three o'clock in the afternoon. Before that, the Germans had just collected all the bodies and were ready for battle.

At three o'clock, not a second more or less, the Germans started the bombardment on time, fully demonstrating the Germans' punctuality and rigor.

Except for the observer, everyone else hid in the tunnel like a mouse, waiting for the observer's notice. The observer's observation point was in a fork next to the trench, where there was a trench periscope to monitor the movements of the German army.

Solid permanent fortifications were built around the observation point with cement and logs. If it was not directly hit by heavy artillery, there was no need to worry about safety. The probability of being directly hit by heavy artillery is about the same as the probability of winning the Christmas lottery.

The Germans' firepower preparation time this time was particularly long. Qin Zhiyuan looked at his watch and it was a full forty minutes. Qin Zhiyuan estimated that the Germans fired at least five or six thousand shells.

When the artillery fire began to extend to the rear, the observer blew the copper whistle in his hand, and the French and Chinese troops filed out, racing against time to enter the battlefield and race against time with the Germans.

The Germans learned their lesson this time. As soon as the artillery fire extended, the arranged skirmishers launched a charge, and the speed was very fast. They no longer moved forward slowly, but increased the speed from the beginning.

"Riflemen and light machine gunners, get ready, fire at 500 meters. Grenadiers, get ready, throw grenades at 100 meters." Heavy machine guns need a certain amount of time to prepare, and they can start shooting after the preparations are ready. Qin Zhiyuan couldn't follow the routine. From the beginning, he felt the determination of the Germans to attack this time and responded immediately.

The distance between the German skirmishers was very close, only about seven or eight meters away. Qin Zhiyuan felt that there was an opportunity, so he immediately ordered to call for artillery support, and ordered Charles to come to the position to observe the starting position of the German army and directly carry out firepower strikes.

The Germans were very fast. Starting from a distance of 1,500 meters, it took only about four or five minutes to reach 500 meters. Considering that the Germans were still carrying equipment and running in the hills, this speed was already very fast.

Just when the German front line just reached 500 meters, the light machine guns and rifles on the French position opened fire together, and the French artillery shells also flew over at the right time. The guns and artillery intertwined, turning that area into a place of death again.

The Germans were fearless and continued to rush forward despite the bombardment of artillery shells and the accumulation of bullets, one team after another, one after another, one after another, one after another.

The heavy machine gun was finally ready. When the heavy machine gun began to roar wildly, cheers rang out from the French position, as if the outcome was already decided and the French army was invincible.

At this moment, the German army used mortars to fire smoke bombs, and the French position was immediately engulfed in thick smoke. The firing range of the heavy machine gun was disturbed, and they could only rely on the guidance of tracer bullets to attack the Germans with experience.

"Grenadiers, prepare grenades." Qin Zhiyuan felt that he could already hear the howling of the Germans, and immediately ordered the grenadiers to start throwing grenades.

When the line of sight is obstructed, the range of grenades is the right time to use.

"Understood!" Zheng Dali led forty or fifty Chinese soldiers and French soldiers with strong arm strength, shouted, and threw the grenades in their hands together. Since it is a group killing, it is better to throw them together, at least the killing density will be a little higher.

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After the first row of grenades were thrown out, Qin Zhiyuan clearly heard the screams and curses of the Germans. Very good, since it worked, Qin Zhiyuan paused for four or five seconds and ordered another volley of grenades.

In the thick smoke, some Germans finally rushed to the position, but unfortunately there were too few of them. Before they could stir up any waves, they were stabbed down by Chinese and French soldiers.

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When the smoke gradually dissipated, a dense layer of corpses had been laid in front of the French position, one next to the other, and they continued to line up to the starting position of the German army.

Although the casualties were heavy, the Germans had no intention of stopping. They lined up in an incomplete line of skirmishers and continued to advance towards the French position.

"Artillery attack, artillery attack!" Charles shouted in fear and misery, and at the same time, the heart-wrenching whistling of artillery shells came in the air.

"Fuck!" Qin Zhiyuan knew that this was bad. The Germans were ready to perish together, and they actually used artillery to attack while the infantry was still charging.

This was the rhythm of mutual destruction.

The French position suddenly fell into a bitter battle.