Li Yinpei angrily scolded the French, and the shells that came from the Verdun Fortress to the north drowned his murmur. ⊙, as countless whistlings broke through the air, one after another of the shells exploded on both sides of the road, and the shrapnel and mud splashed high, and the dusk became even darker.

The armored division avoided the shells before they fell. In addition, according to Li Yinpei's observation, the cannon was too uneven. According to the principle, any area near Verdun should be surveyed and mapped by artillery in advance. The artillery should be named by the map by the area. Now, not to mention that the test firing is required before the shelling. Even if the German army is not familiar with the terrain, the artillery fire after the test firing is sparse, and the shelling targets are even more crowded and there is no fire distribution plan. If this kind of artillery is in the Fuxing Army, then from the regiment commander to the battalion commander to the company commander and finally to the cannon leader, they should be pulled out and shot! What is the thing they are shooting? They are just a waste of artillery shells.

The information obtained from the French army was that two elite German military advisors were stationed in Verdun. The feasibles could tell if there was any one at a time. This cannon made Li Yinpei see that this was definitely not an elite German advisor. The reason why an infantry division could become an elite is because it had elite artillery, elite infantry, and extremely tacit understanding of infantry artillery coordination. Now with the artillery level shown by the Germans, I believe that the infantry level is not much higher.

Thinking of this, Li Yinpei suddenly laughed. This battle is easy to fight. When he laughed, he took the battlefield call that the communications soldier had already connected, and shouted to Yu Jichun, the battalion commander of the reconnaissance battalion on the other side of the microphone: "I am Li Zhichu, report the situation ahead immediately!"

"Report to the commander, the fortress has weak defense, and the German soldiers are either old or young. They are all rookies..." Yu Jichun shouted the special words of the Fuxing Army on the other end, which immediately made Li Yinpei happy. He inferred from the artillery that the opposite side was definitely not an elite German army. He did not want the reconnaissance battalion in front to draw this conclusion from age. In this way, the reserve division of the German Sixth Army should be stationed here.

Although Yu Jichun's report was sought to be brief, there were many things to say. The phone was finally said for several minutes. Just when Li Yinpei hung up the phone, the cannons of the self-propelled artillery brigade were also powerful. At this time, the German fire had not stopped, but the cannons behind were ringing, and the neat and deafening sound of the artillery stimulating everyone's nerves. The self-propelled artillery brigade was composed of the elite artillery forces from the entire army, in order to provide rapid, accurate and effective fire support to the armored troops. Now they can fire in just ten minutes, which is completely up to the word "speed".

When the cannon sounded, Major General Lin Datong, commander of the 9th Army, Colonel Fang Xingwang, commander of the 27th Division, and two statute officials appeared in front of Li Yinpei. After the armored division broke through, the infantry division immediately followed up quickly, which was a fixed mode of the Fuxing Army's combat. Although it was more than fifty kilometers, the 9th Army still assembled all the trucks of the entire army and rushed over.

The commander of the army, Lin Datong, was a fellow townsman of the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force, Lin Wenqian, and both were from Ruian, Zhejiang. However, when he was in the special class of Nanyang Public School, he, Guo Bi of the General Staff, and Xiang Xiang, the commander of the 4th Army, were called the three masters of Ruian, who were called the special class of Nanyang Public School. Time flies, and more than ten years have passed. The achievements of the three masters of Ruian were actually under the inconspicuous Lin Wenqian at the time. It is really sad. Who would have expected that Lin Zhouxie, who was unknown and taciturn at the time, could become a pillar of the country. Lin Datong was not jealous of his classmate. Instead, he was extremely happy, and often felt that he should perform better so that he would not embarrass his fellow townsman. Because of this, he followed the 26th Division to the Verdun Extension Position.

"What's going on before?" Lin Datong asked after returning the gift to Li Yinpei.

"There are about a brigade in front of the German army. However, now the German army is generally incomplete. Look at the elderly and young. They should be the reserve division, with low tactical literacy. The Moor and the First Armored Battalion are attacking." Li Yinpei spread out the map of Verdun Fortress and briefly said, and then pointed to several key points on the periphery of the fortress and emphasized: "When the French retreated a few years ago, it destroyed the defense system on the west side. Although the Germans also had the intention of repairing after the occupation, the military situation was urgent and there was no time to repair it at the beginning. Then when the trench war began to be fought in the front, things were put down again, and this time it happened to be cheaper for us."

"Team Commander Li, the French army brought a more detailed map this time." A staff officer who came with Lin Datong faced Li Yinpei.

Lin Datong fully understood the significance of occupying the Verdun Fortress, and also knew that occupying the fortress was not the director of the armored division, but had to go on his own, so he had been studying the fortifications on the west side of Verdun since he obtained the combat plan. It was precisely because of this that he led two French people, both of whom were officers who were stationed and destroyed the place.

"Okay! It's better if there is." Li Yinpei said happily. He saw the two Frenchmen opening a newly drawn large map, which was much more detailed than the small map he had in his hand.

The hilly area where Verdun Fortress is located is actually a branch of the Argon Mountains. This mountain range that runs northwest to northeast is cut from south to north by the Mas River, forming the Mas River Valley area. Verdun City is located at a turning and fork in the river. The mountains cut by the Mas River are surrounded by it from the north, northeast, and east. This is also the ferry of the Mas River. Therefore, the city began to be built 1,500 years ago, with ancient churches and monasteries standing on this small town with only 15,000 people.

At first glance, the entire Verdun Fortress looked like the lungs of a human body. The difference is that the trachea that is more straight like the Maas River does not extend below the lung lobes. At the same time, the lower ends of the two lung lobes are slightly outward, not surrounding the Maas River flowing from the south like the map, and the lung lobes are not as small as those on the map, with large sizes in the west and fat on the east.

This ancient small town called "The Key to Paris, the Oriental Gateway of France". There are countless fortresses built in various eras, but the fortifications of any era are not as huge and majestic as the modern French Republic. Today, the defense system of the entire fortress is divided into four channels, with a depth of nearly 50 kilometers and a width of about 112 kilometers from north to south. There are countless fortifications and bunkers in various sizes, and all positions are cleverly arranged on hills and forests full of deep trenches and high and low undulations. With narrow-gauge railways inside, the transportation trenches connect all the trenches, bunkers, and hidden parts, which can be said to be well-connected.

However, this huge fortress did not play any role for the French army. After the German army approached Paris from Belgium, it eventually abandoned it; similarly, it did not play any role for the German army. Even if the fortress was destroyed, it was extremely dangerous. However, there were not so many Germans to defend, and the French army stationed here had as many as eleven divisions. When the German army's large-scale offensive attempt became increasingly obvious, three more divisions were sent, and seven other divisions were on standby in the Baldic and Saint-Mon areas.

Now there are only two divisions in Germany that symbolically garrison here. Although only two divisions are needed to be stationed on the west side of the fortress, Saint Miller at the southern end has been broken through by the 2nd Armored Division, so one of the two divisions has to be drawn to the south. The German army, which lacks manpower, can only shrink inward and try to guard the key points to garrison.

The German army was in short supply, and France deliberately destroyed before retreating. The two factors combined make it difficult to capture the fortress not as high as imagined. After listening to the French introduction and combined with the information obtained from the front-line reconnaissance, Li Yinpei breathed deeply. However, the good news was not over. After the white-faced Philosopher's words, another short-faced lieutenant colonel excitedly said a lot of words, and saliva sprayed onto Li Yinpei's face.

At this time, Lin Datong said: "When the French army evacuated the Verdun Fortress, they not only blew up some of the weak fortifications in the west. They also left a backup plan, which was to hide two tunnels, and the exit was buried with soil and wood. As long as the engineers were sent to find the entrance and explode the exit in the middle of the night, we could go around the rear of the German army."

It is not uncommon for Li Yinpei to have such a back door for Verdun. But he is rigorous and serious about the Germans who will not search carefully after occupying it? Li Yinpei looked at the French with some doubts. Fang Xingwang, the commander of the 26th Division who understood his mind, said, "Teacher Li, please take a break first. When the infantry brothers open the path, your armored car rushed to the end. He took the bird in one breath... Verdun."

The bandit Fang Xingwang of the past was actually the commander of the first division under the suggestion of Li Erhu. Although this was a bit incredible, he was always capable of pulling people up to occupy the mountains and become kings. This time he sent troops to Europe, he thought about how many beautiful battles he could fight, one for serving the Prime Minister of the Party and the other for glorious ancestors. Now he happened to encounter an opportunity like Verdun, which was famous for thousands of history. The old bandits' eyes were red, and their lips were bitten, waiting for Li Mengpei to agree. At this time, the armored division was in front of him, and they did not give up the place, so it was difficult for the 26th Division to unfold.

Li Yinpei knew what he was going to do when he saw Fang Xingwang's appearance, but he didn't care about the credit. He thought that his soldiers were more expensive than the infantry division. It would be better for infantry to fight in this kind of attack. Besides, it would be dark later, and even if the attack was attacking, it would only be night battles. During the day, the vision of the chariots was limited, so it would be even more difficult to see clearly that night.

After thinking about this in his mind, Li Yinpei smiled and said, "The siege of the city is indeed done by the infantry brothers. You are ready now, and I will inform the front to hand over all the positions to you."

As soon as Li Yinpei agreed, whether it was Fang Xingwang or Lin Datong, his face also smiled happily. Fang Xingwang, the old bandit, patted his thigh and shouted: "It's so good! I'll invite you to drink another day."

Fang Xingwang's banditry spirit has not changed. Lin Datong, who was smiling, suddenly smiled and said seriously: "Okay, you have to drink and beat Verdun before drinking. Give your people half an hour, and immediately take over the affairs of Commander Li in half an hour. Before dark, before dark, you must launch an attack and try the Germans' weight."

"Yes, I guarantee to complete the task!" Fang Xingwang's banditry spirit was only revealed inadvertently when he was happy. If he really wanted to get serious, the training of the Revival Society for more than ten years has allowed him to be reborn.

After Fang Xingwang saluted, he hurriedly ran out to arrange tasks of each regiment. At the same time as the sun set, there was a fierce sound of cannons on the front line. Because it was getting dark, the preparation time for artillery fire was extremely short. In less than half an hour, the artillery fire extended behind the enemy, and the infantry also launched a tentative attack. The opposite side was only the German reserve division, but the training on the western front made the Germans extremely slow to react to artillery fire, thinking that the cannon would definitely hit tomorrow morning. He never thought that the infantry would start attacking as soon as the Chinese fired.

Fortunately, the trench on the innermost side of the fortress was all arranged in extremely steep hilly areas. Although the barbed wire under the mountains was broken by the artillery fire of the armored division before, it was extremely difficult to descend and rush up to the German trench. The German lookout post stationed on the front line soon saw the colorful enemy troops rushing out of the bunker in small waves and running towards some low-lying areas that are convenient for impact and breakthrough. The clothes and the grass below the trench are so contrasting that if they were not for the long rifles and blasting tubes in their hands, it would be really difficult to find these rabbit-moving enemies.

"French..." The lookout whistle screamed, and the Maxim machine gun on the sentry also fired. As soon as the firepower appeared on his side, the attacking party had been paying attention to the alert mortars and immediately smashed them with a roar. However..., the fire point of the two consecutive 80 mortar shells was still aimed at the advancing infantry for a moment and poured out the fire. Moreover, as this fire point opened fire, more fire points also emerged, and the interlaced machine gun bullets formed a fire net in the entire open area. The assault infantry could only crawl on the grass, and took out the engineer shovel behind them and began to excavate fortifications on the spot.

"Verdun's firepower points were solidified by cement and steel, but there had been no war here for several years. The weeds on the bunker made people unable to see where the fortifications were." In the field bunker less than two kilometers away from the firefighting battlefield, Li Yinpei said to Fang Xingwang. "The attack just now by the Mojian Brigade was also ineffective. There are only two ways to really occupy such fortress turrets: one is to approach civil engineering operations, and then bury explosives under the turret to send him to heaven. Then use a large caliber heavy artillery to bombard him. Now look at the tunnel left by the French, otherwise we would be attacked by inside and outside."

It is best to be able to occupy the Verdun Fortress before the German army comes to aid, but if it is not occupied, the Fresh Army can only stand on three fortifications outside, resist reinforcements outside and defenders inside.

Fang Xingwang also knew that the mortar could not knock off the fortified firepower point, but seeing that the two 80 mortars could not stop the German firepower point at all, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, and then said, "Damn it, it's really a hard bone!" After he said that, he looked back and looked at the empty turret behind him. If the German troops were enough, even if the 26th Division was piled up, it might not be able to advance here.

When Fang Xingwang spoke, the situation on the front line changed again, and the German artillery fire also came. Although it was still sparse, the momentum after the explosion was extremely amazing. The grass and soil were blown up dozens of meters high. This was the fortress cannon. The French had already destroyed it before the evacuation, but they didn't expect that several more doors would appear.

The fire point cannot be destroyed. Fortress cannons began to bombard, and in this case it was impossible to attack the enemy positions occupying high places. The commander on the front line saw the fortress cannons coming. The mortars fired at the exposed fire point of the German army again, but this time it was not high-explosive bombs but smoke bombs. At the same time, the retreating troop sounded, and the soldiers who had already shrunk in the shallow trenches jumped back in the craters of the German artillery shells, and several people were dragging the wounded soldiers.

"The retreating is very... beautiful." Lin Datong, the commander who had been watching the fire exchange without saying anything. He was not happy or angry on his face, and he didn't know whether he was praising or talking nonsense.

"Captain..." Fang Xingwang's face heated up, and he wanted to explain but didn't know how to explain.

"It's okay. If you don't try it, how can you know the Germans' weight? I think these Germans are just going to be." Lin Datong said. He seemed to be very satisfied with the performance of the Germans. The enemy on the opposite side was just solid fortifications and there was nothing to be afraid of. After saying that, he asked again: "How to fight next?"

"Next..." Fang Xingwang stuttered a little, and then said, "Then the artillery bombarded with all its strength. Civil engineering operations were approaching, and every once in a while, launching a feint attack to attract the attention of the Germans to the front." After saying that, he added: "Although it is impossible to hit, the minimum sound of the cannon can cover up other sounds."

Fang Xingwang's order had been issued long ago. When the sky was completely dark, the divisions, military personnel and armored divisions in the rear fired fire at the German turrets. More than 200 artillery pieces gathered in a place, and the roaring movements were shocking. Countless red lights were seen across the sky, while the turrets on the opposite side were like firecrackers baked by open flames, and suddenly burst into flames.

When the artillery fired with all its might, an elite engineer squad led by the French, followed the mark on the map and began to look for the tunnels left by the French army retreat several years ago. An hour and a half later, the engineer battalion leader came to report with a look of bad luck: "Report to the sir, the two tunnels cannot be connected, and Germany has destroyed them long ago!"

"What!!" Everyone was counting on what the French said was useful, but they didn't expect that the authenticity would have been destroyed long ago. In this way, they would either use their lives to build turrets like the Japanese, or use large-caliber heavy artillery to blow forever like Germany.

Seeing a room full of Chinese people, the red-faced Lieutenant Colonel of France, who led the team, spoke a lot of French again. The translator immediately reposted his words, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel said that the authenticity was blown up by the German army. We can only fully test the German defense range to see if those fire points are missing. If there are any missing, the incomplete firepower network can allow us to take the ort-de-regret battery on the right in the shortest time possible, which is what we call the 475 highland. The left side..."

"That's so troublesome!" The old bandit who had too many rifts interrupted the translation immediately. "Why do you have to compete with the Germans? He is just a few people. Let's circle the mountains as a unit, and drill wherever there is a loophole. If the Germans want to defend all sides, they will be divided. If one divides the troops, there will be loopholes in the firepower. After all, this fortress is too large. The Germans are not strong enough to defend according to fortifications. If they don't rely on fortifications, they have no danger to rely on them."

"This is the reason." Chief of the Army Staff Wu Guanqi immediately agreed and looked at the Army Commander Lin Datong.

"Well. I will immediately generate electricity to the 8th Army next to the mountain. Let's go around in both directions. We are responsible for the west and north, and they are responsible for the south and east. As long as you find any weaknesses, immediately organize superior forces to attack the tough situation!" Lin Datong immediately ordered, and a hidden and seek game began immediately.

The game of the mountains really grasped the weakness of the German army. The two dissatisfied German reserve divisions had a total of less than 19,000 people. Even if they only defended the west, it was very difficult to defend the west. Now the enemy launched an attack from the west and south at the same time, and it would be even more difficult to split the troops. The place where a battalion needed to defend was only one company, but if the entire fortress was to be defended from all sides, the more than 18,000 people would probably be broken into squads.

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, the Souver Fort, which was only one squad in the east, was garrisoned by the Second Regiment of the 8th Army Division, and the city of Verdun, the core of the fortress, was completely opened in front of the Fuxing Army. As soon as the east was broken, the German troops arranged everywhere retreated from the fortress and prepared to retreat into Verdun City to fight street battles with the enemy. As soon as they entered the city, they met the Second Regiment who had already rushed into the city. Street battles started in Verdun City, and naturally the German troops who were defending from all sides withdrew from the fortifications. Therefore, the Fuxing Army, which was blocked from the Fourth Defence Belt, all rushed into the Maas Valley. When the battle reached this point, it was just a matter of how many casualties killed and killed the German army. At 4:30 in the morning, the German troops retreated into the city were divided and surrounded; at 7:00 in the morning, the last German army surrendered.

The whole world is paying attention to the battle of Verdun, but the officers and soldiers of the Revival Army who are throwing their blood on Verdun are not aware of it. From 2:00 pm, the heads of state who knew that the Chinese attacks were looking forward to the attack. French President Poungare, Prime Minister Crimson, Commander-in-Chief Betten, Chief of Staff Foch all refused other matters and were waiting for the Chinese people's good news; while the generals of the Supreme Commander of the German army only hoped that Verdun's two divisions could defend the defense line, even if they fought until the last one.

On the other side of the strait, King George V of England and the wartime cabinet couldn't help but look at the door during chatting, hoping that someone would send a telegram. The German army had set up its formation and one hundred divisions were ready to drive the expeditionary army out of the sea. If the Chinese failed the attack, then Britain would consider whether to continue to increase troops to the French mainland or to prepare for the army to withdraw from France; New York and Washington on the other side of the Atlantic, Wilson and Wall Street tycoons were also paying attention to the French war situation. If the Chinese won, it would mean that the European war returned to normal, and all that was left was how much time would it take to win.

In Beijing and Tokyo, although at night, the lights at Yin'an Hall and Matsukata Matsukaya's residence are on. Both China and Japan hope that the Revival Army will restore the situation in Europe in this battle and then gain more benefits from foreigners.
Chapter completed!