Now that the focus of the attack has been determined, the necessary work must be done overnight. For example, in order to ensure an attack early tomorrow morning, the demining work must be done overnight.

Fortunately, in the past two days, Verdun was sunny, and in the second half of the night, there was still half a nice moon. With this moonlight, there are still things to do.

It was only at this time that Joseph locked the paper on electromagnetic induction in the safe, and then locked the safe of the paper into a larger safe. This was not because Joseph liked to play with matryoshka dolls, but because he felt that the safe in which he contained his papers was itself worth putting in a safe, because the safe was the work of a master surnamed Bourbon who lost his head during the Revolution.

There was no discovery of electromagnetic induction, and the mine detector could not be captured in Ireland, so the British still had a very clumsy way of clearing mines lying on the ground with the naked eye, and the only auxiliary tool was a long steel probe.

Demining in this way is slow, inefficient, and dangerous. If it was daytime, it might be fine, but at night, it could not be lit, and the minefield itself was within range of the Minny rifle, so it was only lit by the moon, so the speed of demining was naturally slower, and the danger increased rapidly.

So every now and then there was an explosion at the front of the French position - it was the British deminers who accidentally detonated the mine because of their actions. Every explosion made the hearts of the British feel a pain - in this explosion, it was the British elite who were lost, not the Prussian conscripts.

And the sound of the explosion also attracted the attention of the French. The moonlight was brighter that night, and the moonlight was beautiful, which was good for demining, but it was also good for the French to shoot. As a result, the British demining units, in addition to the losses of being hit by mines, added a lot of losses from bullets. And as they advanced in the process of demining, the closer they were to the French trenches, the more likely the French would spot them and hit them. So after removing the mines at most of the distance, there is really no way to go further than the mines in front. It was only after dawn that the British and Prussian conscripts could deal with them in a more efficient way.

Naturally, the number of demining troops is not evenly distributed, and more well-trained deminers are sent in the direction of the real attack, and even more novices are sent in the direction of the feint, and some of the novices have been trained for less than a month. These people naturally have a higher chance of triggering a "boom" plot, but this actually has a benefit - it can better reflect that this is the focus of the attack.

After a night of rumbling, the blood-red dawn finally appeared in the east of the Verdun fortress area.

The day's offensive began with a feint on all fronts. Last night's demining operation still had a lot of effect, coupled with the efficient demining of the current mobilizers, so the British and Prussian troops quickly passed through the first minefield, in front of which was the first barbed wire and the first French trench. Here, the feint troops, making a slight attack, retreated in the face of the French platoon fire and artillery shotgunfire.

Of course, if you completely retreat, you will not be able to contain the strength of the French army. So in these places, the way of fighting became: artillery bombardment, artillery bombardment, artillery bombardment, infantry pretending to charge, infantry pretending to charge, artillery continued to bombard slowly.

But even so, the focus of the British and Prussian attacks was revealed. Because it was only in these two directions that they were able to break through the first barbed wire and trenches and create two small gaps in the front.

Between the first barbed wire fence and the first trench, there is also a minefield, and here it can only be efficiently cleared by mobilized soldiers. Naturally, this brought a lot of casualties, but fortunately, as expected, the French troops in both areas were not adequate, and the firepower was insufficient, so after paying a certain sacrifice, the British and Prussians stepped on the corpses of their comrades and finally crossed the first barbed wire. And then what? Then the Russian army was again taught by artillery and mines in the communication trenches and trenches after the Russian army had attacked the French trenches in Italy.

It was only because of the strength and morale of the French that the French did not immediately launch a counterattack, and the British and Prussians were able to continue the attack after a little rectification, but only after a slight rectification, they found that the firepower of the French army in front of them had begun to increase significantly, although there was still no heavy artillery, but the number of 8-pounder guns fired at them had increased significantly, the number of small melons thrown by the enemy, and the frequency of the use of "broadsword" mines had also increased significantly.

"The enemy is bringing in reserves or troops from other areas to strengthen the defenses. We must get ahead of the enemy and take the key targets. The Duke of Braunschweig made such a decision at once.

The so-called "key target" refers to a high ground with a relative height of about 200 meters behind the five-story trench. If this target can be achieved, it will be equivalent to smashing a big steel nail into the defense system of the French army, and the entire defense system of the French army is in danger of being torn apart. On the contrary, if they can't take this place, then the place they occupied after shedding so much blood will basically have little effect on shaking the entire defense system, and there is a danger that they will be pushed back or even outflanked and cut off by the French army at any time.

It is necessary to win this goal as quickly as possible, before the French can react.

As a result, the Prussian and British armies stepped up their attacks on this "key target" from two directions.

What front enemy mines too much? There's no time to rub slowly, hurry up, otherwise, the French will react, don't you see that the firepower of the French on the opposite side is getting stronger and stronger? If you keep grinding, more people will die! Directly use the most efficient way - mobilize troops to clear the demining method!

However, the Prussian army was still blocked in front of the third barbed wire, and the number of French troops on the opposite side increased significantly, and the bullets kept coming, and what was worse, the "Bonaparte Little Melon" also kept throwing them. The Prussian army was equipped with similar weapons, but now the French trenches were at least fifty meters from the barbed wire, and no one except Hercules could throw the melons so far.

But the French did not know what means were used to easily throw the "little melon" so far. And it's not that one or two Frenchmen can throw the "little melon" fifty or sixty meters away, but they can throw the little melon like rain.

A "little melon" rain immediately cleared the Prussian soldiers who were close to the barbed wire. The morale of the remaining soldiers was also poured down by this round of "little melon" rain, and the Prussian soldiers, who were lucky not to be killed by the explosion, were first frightened by the explosion and lost their minds for a while, and then turned around and ran away regardless of the shouts of the officers. Even many low-ranking officers, frightened by such casualties, also ran back with them.

On the other side, the British army was still better than the Prussian army, and they also suffered a round of "little melon" rain in front of the third barbed wire. But after that, they still had the courage to continue the assault. The lobster soldiers threw the bodies of the dead onto the barbed wire fence and then tried to do so. At this moment, a long fire dragon erupted from the opposite position, crossed a distance of fifty meters, and accurately sprayed the lobster soldiers who were trying to climb over the barbed wire. The British troops were immediately engulfed in flames.

Those surrounded by flames rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames in their bodies. But these flames could not be extinguished, and soon, the British troops who were ignited were burned to charcoal, and the flames that rose into the air also prevented the people behind from continuing to move forward. Then, another round of "little melon" rain. Then the British also lost their armor and fled.

However, in general, the British still performed much better than the Prussians. Although everyone was defeated and fled, the British simply ran back to the first line of trenches of the French army, which they had managed to capture, and stopped; As for the Prussian army, although the French army did not take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, they ran back to the starting position in one go. So much so that Joseph, who had been supervising the war, was a little worried: "Isn't it too dark for us to start, don't scare them so much that they don't dare to come?" If so, it will consume their plans......"

The performance of the Prussian army also angered the Duke of Braunschweig and General Blucher. Fortunately, the French army seemed to be underprepared for the defeat of the Prussian army, and did not take advantage of the situation to counterattack and regain the lost ground. When the French reacted and began to send troops to regain the lost territory, the Prussians, or at least the top of the Prussian army, finally came to their senses, and General Blucher personally led the cavalry units and rushed over to keep the first line of trenches, and as for the second trenches, they became French again.

On the British side, the French reacted a little quicker, and they quickly took advantage of the British retreat to recapture the second line of trenches. Therefore, although the British did not run as far as the Prussians, the final effect was actually not too much. It took a whole day of fighting to finally capture a trench.

At this time, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Both the Prussian army and the British army, which performed better on the battlefield, had lost the courage to continue the assault at this time. As a result, the Anglo-Prussian forces began to move on to the defense of consolidating the positions they had already captured. As for the French army, it seems that they also consumed too much strength in the previous fierce battle, and did not launch a counterattack during this time. This long and bloody day seems to have passed like this.