Before World War II, trench warfare and positional warfare were once considered by military scientists to be the most deadly forms of warfare. The representative work of this form of war is the Battle of Verdun during World War I.

In February 1916, the Germans began the Battle of Verdun, in which both the German and French armies had built very strong and long trenches, and it was not so easy for either side to break through.

In order to break through the French trench positions, at the beginning of the campaign, the German artillery group poured shells on the French positions at a density of more than 100,000 rounds per hour, and the shelling lasted for 12 hours, and more than 2 million shells and incendiary shells fell densely on the triangle of about 14 miles around Verdun, trying to create a "death zone" in the French forward positions, allowing the German soldiers to advance on the dead bodies.

History has never seen such a strong artillery fire, it is really cannonballs flying sideways, pouring like rain, and the earth trembles. The first line of French defense was completely enveloped in smoke and fire, and the German artillery bombarded like thunder, and the successive charges rose higher and higher, and the ammunition shells piled up, leveling the trenches, blowing up the pillboxes, and blowing the forest to pieces, and completely changing the appearance of the hill.

After the shelling, the Germans began to assault the whole army, and the light and heavy machine guns of the enemy and us tilted the ammunition like a tsunami, and countless soldiers were not killed by bullets at all, but were cut into countless pieces alive by the chain of bullets fired continuously.

Immediately afterwards, the two armies began to fight to the death, and many soldiers were frozen alive in the cold weather, and then let the sound of artillery wake up, and then enter the battle.

In the face of the fierce attack of the German army, the French army resisted desperately, and under the slogan of "not allowing the enemy to pass", they blocked the enemy's approach with their own bodies, and suffered heavy casualties. After several days of fierce fighting, the French army was finally outnumbered, the first line of defense was lost, the front line was cut into several sections, and all the lines of communication in the rear were cut off.

At the most critical juncture of the campaign, the French 60-year-old veteran Petain was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Verdun, and asked the citizens of Paris for support, and in just a few days, the French people spontaneously organized a civilian transport team of more than 4,000 cars, and transported 190,000 troops and countless munitions and materials to the front line within a week.

This campaign was a typical positional war and a war of attrition. The war lasted for 10 months, and both sides fought with a large number of troops and heavy casualties. By the end of the war in December, with more than 700,000 casualties on both sides, Verdun was devastated, with the deepest crater 10 stories deep underground, a large-scale bloodshed known as the "Verdun meat grinder".

I don't know what's wrong, when Prince Carl said the words 'meat grinder' in his mouth, Xiao Letian's heart suddenly poured out countless materials from the First World War, including the pictures in film and television works, all of which came to his heart like a tide.

He was still holding the charred 'whip' in one hand, and the bloody battle flag in the other, staring at the pile of minced meat spit out from the meat grinder with his eyes in confusion, and he had a feeling of vomiting in his heart, but he couldn't vomit anything.

Prince Karl looked up at Xiao Letian, who was like a sculpture, and he didn't know how to feel a feeling in his heart, he felt that the Chinese in front of him did not belong to this world at all, he was like an invincible god.

Although his face was pale, although his legs were constantly trembling, although his eyes were tired and confused...... You can see in him countless weaknesses, mortal weaknesses.

But it's so strange that when these weaknesses are all brought together, he actually gives people a strong mental pressure, and he can actually release a sense of invincibility.

I don't know what kind of demon the prince has fallen into, he actually jumped off the war horse, and solemnly made a military salute in the direction where Xiao Letian was standing, his mouth stopped talking, and he couldn't say a thousand words in his stomach.

It was only at this time that Xiao Le discovered the prince's cunning, and he shouted with a crying voice, "The gates of hell have been opened, and the intensity of the war will become more and more tragic from now on...... What kind of door did I open? Why did the most brutal form of trench warfare start with me? I don't want to carry this reputation..."

"Woooooooooo......oo Do you see? Look at how many people have died on the battlefield? I can't figure it out, why is this road so difficult to walk, how many lives do you need to fill it out......

Xiao Letian's love was out of control, hot tears were rolling down, his cry infected the entire position, and all the survivors looked at the surrounding mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, not only with grief from their hearts, but also with tears in their hearts.

"Old Xiao...... Old Xiao, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me? Wake up quickly......" At this time, Luo Huo was cleaning up the battlefield, and after lifting up several corpses, he saw Xiao Hexin lying in the corpses at a glance.

"Old Xiao...... Don't scare me..."Luo Huo's eyes were blurred with tears, and he dug through the pile of corpses like crazy, and finally dug out Xiao Hexin, who was like a bloody gourd.

Sima Yun also rushed over at this time, he pinched Lao Xiao's veins with one hand, and probed his snort with the other, "There is still salvation... Lao Xiao is not dead, Lao Xiao is still alive..."He quickly tore off Xiao Hexin's military uniform and poured the only remaining water in the kettle on his body.

"Legs...... I don't feel the feeling in my leg......" This was the first sentence that Xiao Hexin said when he came to his senses, and it was only then that people found that Xiao Hexin's left leg was pierced by a bayonet at the knee, and the wound oozed not bright red blood but black and purple blood.

"The medics... Damn it, are the medical soldiers all dead......" Luo Huo and Sima Yun hugged the seriously injured Xiao Hexin and cried bitterly.

Xiao Hexin's encounter is still lucky, the three living treasures of the Hamburg new barracks are now crying into tears, Steven is holding his squad leader Tian Cannon, and now the squad leader who loves to scold him the most has turned into a cold corpse, and the six bullet holes in his chest are clearly visible.

"Tian ...... Oh God...... What's wrong with you? Didn't you say you're a brute in the Chinese? Didn't you say you wouldn't die? Why did you leave us......"

Steven had already cried into a tearful man, how could he not cry just now it was his squad leader who pounced on him at the most critical moment and used his body to block those few deadly bullets.

All the survivors in the high ground were grief-stricken, and Daniel and Grant knelt on the ground, clutching pieces of corpses in their hands, shouting the names of their comrades.

Luca ...... Is that you? Please, tell me, is this you......? Tim, my buddy, how did you become like this? We bragged together by the campfire last night, how did you become like this today......"

"I can't fight it back...... Woo woo, how did you all become piece by piece...... Yes... God, please save them, why can't they fight back? How can they become piece by piece......"

The whole battlefield was crying, the Chinese officers were crying, the Hamburg recruits were crying, and in the end, even Prince Karl and the senior staff officers of the Second Army were in tears, to be honest, no one in Europe at that time had ever seen such a tragic trench strangulation.

"Xiao ...... Whatever you want, as long as I can do it, I promise you......" Karl wiped his tears fiercely and walked up to Xiao Letian and said.

At this time, Xiao Lotian didn't care what Karl's identity was, he grabbed the prince's military uniform and shouted, "What do I want? What is the difference between what Lao Tzu wants and what you Prussians want? If two suffering nations want to rise, don't they want victory?"

"What are you doing here? Take the troops into battle...... Sadowa is waiting for you, is the Second Corps going to be a guest, what can you do but repay the dead with victory..."

Xiao Letian's roar woke up Carl, and the prince turned around and left without saying a word, "The whole army assaults... End the battle as quickly as you can, and honor the dead with Sadowa's victory...... Don't let the blood of the victims be shed in vain..."

Hordes of cavalry rolled around the sides of the stone bridge heights to the east, and without anyone giving orders, all the soldiers saluted solemnly to the heights, they were saluting the heroes.

Not only the cavalry, but even the infantry and artillerymen who were rushing forward passed by the stone bridge heights, and when they saw the fluttering battle flags, they all subconsciously raised their hands and saluted, and at that moment the 120,000 troops were all moved.

Xiao Letian's tears have not stopped since the end of the battle, and in the end, he jumped and shouted on the battlefield like crazy, "My brothers, your souls don't go far...... Please gather on this military flag, I will take you home, there is your tablet in the shrine of the god of war, you will not die in vain, I will let you enjoy the incense offering for thousands of generations......"

"Woooooooooo......oo Brothers, don't worry on the road to Huangquan, your descendants have me Xiao Lotian to take care of...... I should have sued you before, do you know? What is Wang Huaiyuan doing now? He is using countless manpower and material resources to find relatives for the big guys......

"Most of you are suffering from the war, and many of your families have been separated...... But don't be afraid, Wang Huaiyuan has used the green forest connections across the country to find your relatives and clan... I don't lie to you...... I've really found a lot, and I, Xiao Letian, your relatives, are raising ...... for you."

"My lord..." countless survivors, whether they were Chinese or Hamburg recruits, cried at that moment. They knelt beside Xiao Letian, eager to pull out this heart.

Where in the world to find such an adult, no matter from the East to the West, whether it is looking through the historical materials of China for 5,000 years, who else does it really love soldiers to this role, except for Xiao Letian?

Will those officials with fat brains shed a tear for this group of big-headed soldiers? There is only one Xiao Lotian in China, and there is only one Xiao Lotian in the world, who completely conquered all the soldiers present with a unique temperament that is completely different from that of this era.

At this time, the most controllable person was His Royal Highness the Wing King, who had seen a big scene, only to see the prince wipe his tears fiercely and stand up and shout.

"There is no immortal in war... If you want to prove yourself in front of the Europeans, how can you do it without bloodshed? Xiao Letian, stand up for me...... Ever since you have developed such a strategy, since you have brought everyone to this point of no return, you should be mentally prepared for this..."

"Stand up like a man, instead of crying, you might as well think about the follow-up plan yourself...... Haven't we succeeded today? We have held the high ground, we have established ourselves as the whole of Europe... What else do you have to regret......"

"Leo... This section is not allowed to shoot, and it is all pinched... We can't show the world our weakness, we have to let Europa, we have to show the East that we are strong, we will always be victors..."

Yiwang scolded and woke up all the people present, Xiao Letian took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, as if he had exhaled all the depressed feelings in his heart.

"Yes, that's right... We are the victors, and now is the moment when we reap the fruits... Sima Yun stayed behind to lead everyone to clean up the battlefield, and Luo Huo and Xiang Shaolong followed me to Sadova... I have to see this battle end..."

In the rolling crowd of the Second Legion, Xiao Letian took the lead, followed by Prince Karl's Praetorian Cavalry Company, and a group of men and horses galloped towards the east like dragons.

On the high ground of the stone bridge, the songs of the soldiers were faintly heard: "I am a tiger when I go up the mountain, I am a dragon when I go down to the sea, and I am a great hero in the world......"

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