In September, the sky looks extra high on this day, the ground looks extra green on this day, and the style of this day looks extra soft.
The Germans were particularly crazy on this day.
The German shelling continued, accompanied by a rain of shells. Not all heavy artillery was involved. Each shot would cause huge damage, whether it was to the French, Chinese or Germans.
The French artillery was also firing crazy, and the density of artillery shells was even worse than that of the Germans. If the German artillery shells were like a drizzle, the French artillery shells were like a heavy rain.
The distance between Qin Zhiyuan's position and the German starting position was always shrouded in dust and smoke stirred up by artillery shells, covering the large and small craters on the ground, the frantically charging German troops, and the dead bodies.
, and also blinded people’s eyes and hearts.
At half past four, for a full hour and a half, the Germans finally retreated under the frenzied attacks of French artillery and German artillery. During this hour and a half of fighting, the Germans left at least 4,000 corpses behind.
The Germans have also made progress. Due to the fierce German attack, the left and right positions of Qin Zhiyuan's position have collapsed, and the German troops have occupied those positions. Now the Germans have surrounded Qin Zhiyuan's position from three directions, and the position is in danger.
Because of the crazy German attack, Qin Zhiyuan and others suffered heavy casualties. Within an hour and a half, the newly established Sixth Regiment of the Foreign Legion suffered more than half of their casualties, leaving only 53 of the 130 infantrymen and 150 of the 180 auxiliary soldiers. France
The proportion of human casualties was even higher. Of the 460 French troops before the war, there were now less than 300 left, most of whom were injured, many seriously.
After the battle, Qin Zhiyuan sent a telegram to Ferdinand Foch. In the telegram, Qin Zhiyuan wrote: My left wing is retreating, my right wing is retreating, and my front is under fierce attack by the enemy.
Great, I'm on the attack.
This telegram was not originally written by Qin Zhiyuan. It was a telegram sent by Foch himself to Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, the then commander-in-chief of the French army, during the Battle of the Marne. At that time, Foch led the French Army under extremely difficult conditions.
The Ninth Army resolutely withstood the flanking attacks of the German Third Army and the Second Army, ensuring victory in the Battle of the Marne.
Although Foch had more soldiers and stronger strength at the time, Foch at that time was in the same situation as Qin Zhiyuan now.
After Foch received the telegram, he only replied with a simple sentence: They will not pass.
This was the famous slogan put forward by Henri-Philippe Pétain, known as the savior of France, during the just-concluded Battle of Verdun. It was inspired by this slogan that the French won the Battle of Verdun.
of victory.
Although he knew about Petain's behavior in World War II, because it had not happened yet, Qin Zhiyuan could not despise Petain because of unknown things. Especially at this special moment, Qin Zhiyuan clearly knew the meaning of this sentence.
Well, they won't pass, neither the British nor the Germans.
After Qin Zhiyuan counted the casualties, he moved everyone into the tunnel, and then prepared to fight the Germans in the tunnel.
The position has been surrounded on three sides. Qin Zhiyuan has very few troops left. There are only more than a hundred people who can still fight. They can no longer support the defense on the ground. They can only concentrate their defensive forces to attack the key location of the tunnel.
Focus on defense.
The Germans have begun to carry out indiscriminate bombardment, and they have made it clear that they want to exchange lives for lives and use their superior strength to kill Qin Zhiyuan and others alive. It is foolish to continue to fight hard at this time. It is better to use the power at hand to organize a counterattack more effectively.
Smart approach.
Just when Qin Zhiyuan was thinking about how to fight back, Qin Zhisheng, Chen Kangjian, Ge Lifu and Liu Zizheng found Qin Zhiyuan together.
Mr. Qin, should we withdraw? The outspoken Chen Kangjian got straight to the point.
Mr. Qin, let's carry as much gold as we can carry, and then hand it over to the French. This way we can prove that we have tried our best. Liu Zizheng has always been safe.
Yuan, why don't you take the wounded and evacuate first, and we will stay and fight with the foreigners. Qin Zhisheng is accustomed to protecting his younger brother.
Greif was habitually speechless.
We can't withdraw. If we go back, we can only continue to be laborers and work as cows and horses at the mercy of others. Qin Zhiyuan pondered for a long time and gave an answer that was beyond everyone's expectations: This is the first time since foreigners
It has been decades since we arrived in the East and used artillery to blast open our country. As Chinese laborers, we are the first time that the Chinese have appeared in an organized form in front of ordinary people in Europe. We represent our country and we represent all Chinese people. This kind of
At that time, what kind of impression do we want to leave on the Europeans? We are cowardly, timid, and have ridiculous long braids.
Qin Zhiyuan's questioning word by word successfully made everyone breathe heavier and heavier.
No, I don’t want this. I want to establish a brand new image of Chinese people. I want to establish a heroic image of the Han and Tang Dynasties that we have lost for a long time. I want to establish an image of a strong, brave and unyielding Chinese people who are not afraid of life and death. Qin Zhiyuan almost yelled out these few words.
This sentence not only attracted the attention of the French, but also successfully attracted more and more Chinese people.
After fighting them to the end, Chen Kangjian roared angrily.
Even after fighting hard, Qin Zhisheng no longer thought about reservations.
After fighting hard, more people roared angrily.
Okay, I'll go settle the wounded. Seeing this, Liu Zizheng didn't say anything more. He used the safest way to solve everyone's worries.
Greif said nothing and followed Liu Zizheng away.
After boosting morale, Qin Zhiyuan began to arrange follow-up combat plans. Qin Zhiyuan still had cards to play. He had Zheng Dali, who could be called a humanoid mortar, enough grenades, a group of hand-to-hand combat experts, eight heavy machine guns and
With enough bullets, there are tunnels with complex terrain like a maze.
Three of the eight heavy machine guns were set up at every corner from the tunnel entrance to the hall, and strong machine gun forts were set up. Each machine gun fort was defended by two shooters and two grenadiers. The orders they received
It is necessary to hold on for at least 20 minutes. In this case, it will take at least an hour for the Germans to break through the three machine gun positions. Then, the Germans will face cross-fire from the three machine gun positions set up in the hall.
When Qin Zhiyuan and the others broke into the hall, they experienced a fierce battle. If it were not for Zheng Dali, they would definitely have to pay a heavy price for their comeback. Now the offense and defense are in different positions. Qin Zhiyuan and the others defend while the Germans attack. Qin Zhiyuan is ready to turn this battle into a
A nightmare journey for Germans.
At five o'clock, a regiment of Germans launched an attack.
The French army's position was quiet, not a single soul could be seen, there were no artillery shells as dense as a torrential rain, no brutal strafing as violent as the wind, only a few damaged heavy machine guns, and shell casings and craters all over the place.
Did the French withdraw?
The Germans were ecstatic. They cheered, jumped and sang to their heart's content, celebrating this hard-won victory. The Germans were so happy that their cheers were so loud that they covered up the whistling of artillery shells in the sky.
The flower of death bloomed in the cheering crowd, and the Germans suddenly remembered that this was a battlefield, as if they had just woken up from a dream, and rolled and crawled in search of tunnels to avoid the covering bombardment of the French.
There was only one tunnel in the position, and the Germans swarmed in like crucian carp crossing a river, without even bothering to search and advance.
Just before the Germans entered the tunnel, Qin Zhiyuan had ordered the lights in this section of the tunnel to be cut off. In this way, the Germans could not see anything when they entered the tunnel with dark lights. The French, on the other hand, could see clearly with the help of the light from the entrance of the tunnel.
Crowds pouring into the tunnel.
Hey, people inside, don't stop, keep going in, there are many of our brothers outside. Some people are shouting loudly in German, just like bus conductors, trying to keep people going in.
Just when the Germans were about to reach ten meters in front of the machine gun position, Qin Zhiyuan shouted in French to shoot.
Dong Dong Dong Dong
The sound of heavy machine guns roaring in the tunnel is like a heavy hammer, constantly hitting people's hearts, making those who hear it quicken their heartbeats, adrenaline secretions, and pupils dilate, and unconsciously fall into madness with the sound of gunfire.
.The half-meter-long muzzle flash from the muzzle and the dark red bullet chain composed of tracer bullets ejected are like the sickle of death or the sword of Damocles, running rampant and violent.
The German soldier who was running at the front was hit by the first round of bullets, and his body was cut into two parts from where he was hit. Then the bullets continued to impact forward without losing momentum, passing through the bodies of three or five people.
The mission will be terminated only after the warhead is broken into shrapnel, but before that, the brutal warhead has already created a path of flesh and blood.
Ghosts cried and wolves howled, people fell on their backs, limbs were broken, and blood splattered everywhere.
