Expedition to Europe

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At half past one, the chef prepared hot meals and fragrant wine to cheer for the soldiers who were about to go to war.

The rice was white rice, which was shipped from faraway Indochina, which was later Vietnam and Thailand. The dishes were all kinds of canned food, ranging from soybeans to beef. A considerable part of them were American products. Americans made a fortune with the help of the war. There were rich varieties of wine, from Erguotou sent from China to Dutch beer. The most popular one was champagne brewed locally in France. In terms of eating, the French are almost as talented as the Chinese.

Qin Zhiyuan poured a full glass of champagne, raised it above his head, and saluted all the soldiers: "I Wu... Wei Yang!"

Champagne is the sparkling wine distributed by the French. In order to inspire the morale of the soldiers, the French government provides a large number of various champagnes, just like the British rum and the German brandy. Qin Zhiyuan's troops have no upper limit on the distribution of supplies. From cigarettes to champagne, basically, they replenish as much as they use up, and all of this is paid for by the French government.

"I Wu... Wei Yang!" The soldiers roared in unison, raised their wine bowls and drank them all.

All that should be said has been said, and Qin Zhiyuan did not act like a child. He stood on the viewing platform of the parade ground and saluted every soldier. The soldiers will go directly to the starting position when they leave here.

"Thinking that these are all our fathers and fellow countrymen, it's really worrying!" Qin Zhisheng said softly standing beside Qin Zhiyuan.

"You have to pay as much as you want to get!" Qin Zhiyuan was reluctant to let his brothers fight, but this is the only way for the Chinese to obtain a commensurate international status, and Qin Zhiyuan had no choice.

When a country is so poor that it can only sacrifice its people, what Qin Zhiyuan can do is to reduce this cost as much as possible.

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At three o'clock, the French artillery bombardment has been intermittent, giving people the impression that "we are tired too". The "no man's land" between the German and French positions is silent, except for the "rustling" sound of some insects, which is so quiet that it makes people palpitate.

The observation post on the German position tried to open his eyes wide, operating the periscope to constantly patrol the front of the position. They are the third batch of observation posts. The first batch was executed for false reporting of military intelligence during the day, and the second batch was also executed for false reporting of military intelligence at night. They don't want to miss any clues, and they don't want to be executed by military law for overreacting.

Chen Kangjian led the way, carrying a shotgun, a bullet bag tied around his waist, a Mauser pistol hanging on it, and 60 rounds of No. 12 bullets stuffed in it; an M1915-style shoulder bag hanging on his chest, which contained 10 Mills grenades; holding a large pliers in his hand, he crawled towards the first barbed wire fence of the Germans.

During the bombing during the day, the first barbed wire fence had been completely destroyed. Chen Kangjian successfully crossed the first set of barbed wire and rolled into the anti-tank trench that had been blown into a large trench.

"I'm hot, our ladder was carried in vain..." Wang Dingshan muttered in a low voice.

"Hush..." Chen Kangjian glared at Wang Dingshan fiercely, and his face covered with oil paint was as terrifying as a ghost.

Wang Dingshan covered his mouth and nodded repeatedly to show that he understood, put down the ladder in his hand, and pulled out the engineer shovel with his backhand to touch the opposite side.

After reaching the anti-tank trench, there is the second wire fence, which is also damaged in many places. The Germans have not had time to repair it, so Chen Kangjian and his team passed through smoothly.

The third wire fence was repaired by the Germans overnight because it was close to the German trench. Chen Kangjian tried to cut the wire with pliers.

"Bang..."

If it was daytime, such a sound could be ignored, but in the quiet night, such a sound was like a bolt from the blue.

Chen Kangjian clearly heard someone exclaiming from the German position.

"Quick, cut the wire, quick!"

Now is the time to race against time. Chen Kangjian yelled and waved the pliers to "snap, snap, snap" and cut several wires in a row.

"Grenade!" Wang Dingshan reacted the fastest. He took out a grenade, knocked it on his helmet, and threw it out.

Only 20 to 30 meters away from the German trench, Wang Dingshan's grenade was thrown directly into the German trench.

"Boom..."

The grenade exploded violently, like a signal gun for the start of a war in the dark.

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Kapi, command center.

Qin Zhiyuan sat in the main seat with his eyes closed. The teacup in front of him was already cold, and Qin Zhiyuan didn't even touch it.

Misha came over to take the teacup away and handed him a cup of freshly brewed tea.

"Qin, are you worried?" Pierre didn't wear a coat, only a khaki shirt, the top two buttons of the shirt were not fastened, and the sleeves were rolled up at the elbows.

"Don't worry, we have done what we can do, and the rest can only be left to fate. I believe that as long as there is effort, there will be gains." It would be a lie to say that he was not worried, but Qin Zhiyuan couldn't write his worries on his face. He had to give others confidence and confidence in himself.

"This is the first time they have taken on a task independently. God bless them." Pierre looked at the empty coffee cup in his hand depressedly, stood up and took the cup in front of Qin Zhiyuan and drank it all.

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"I still think..." At this time, Hunter still wanted to persuade Qin Zhiyuan.

"Hunter, we have no choice." Qin Zhiyuan interrupted Hunter.

"Yes, we have no choice!" Hunter sat down, took a Camel in his hand, and tried to light it with a lighter several times but failed.

"Smash..."

Pierre lit the lighter and handed it to Hunter.

"Thank you!" Hunter lit the cigarette, took a deep breath and stopped talking.

The red and extinguished cigarette butts and the blue smoke rising up were as unpredictable as a confusing battlefield.

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"Brother, there's a fight over there, shall we fight?" Just as the grenade thrown by Wang Dingshan exploded, Xu Sheng, a fellow villager of Ge Lifu, crawled along the individual bunker to Ge Lifu and asked in a low voice.

Less than 50 meters away from where they were hiding, a team of Germans were transporting supplies to the first line of defense. The Germans were in a hurry, hurrying along under the illumination of their headlamps. Each of them was carrying a box of varying sizes. Although it was hard to tell what was inside, it was probably food or ammunition that was in short supply on the front line.

"Wait..." Griff squeezed out two words from his throat.

The German machine guns hadn't fired yet, which meant that the Germans hadn't reacted yet. Griff didn't want to be exposed so quickly. He was waiting for the moment when the Germans retreated, or when the German reinforcements arrived.

"Master Ge, it's all done." Cheng Feiming was ordered to cut off the German telephone and telegraph lines. Although the Germans had buried them underground, Cheng Feiming still found and cut them off successfully.

Griff rolled up his sleeves, rubbed the dial of his watch vigorously, and with the help of the flickering explosions in the distance, he could barely see the time clearly.

It was 3:30 in the morning.