Under the concentrated fire attack of the hunter regiment, the German side suffered a large number of casualties, not only the two regiments that had attacked before were crushed, but the first trench line was broken. And because of the onslaught of the rout, morale was severely hit.

Even, the input of divisional reserves could not stop the offensive of the French. The French hunters were already deeply wedged into the German line and entangled with the German soldiers, making it impossible for the Germans to give full play to their artillery superiority.

Closely supported by dense machine guns and artillery, the sharp armoured spearheads of the French Hunters not only routed an entire German division, but also broke through two German trench lines in succession to the bottom of each of their lines.

As more soldiers abandoned their defensive lines and ran to the rear, the first line of German defense was breached.

Amid the sound of metal grinding, Major Miller poked his head out of his command car. In the thick and choking smell of gunsmoke, he brought his eyes close to the periscope telescope, and he muttered his emotion to himself.

"Oh my God, I can't believe that we broke through one of the German lines, and it was such an amazing encounter."

Major Miller had always known that his hunter regiment had a strong offensive ability, but he never imagined that his hunter regiment could easily penetrate a German defensive line.

He maximized the magnification of the telescope, and saw various obstacles in front of the next German line of defense.

Looking further ahead, the soldiers on the next German front could be seen running around in panic, and it seemed that the German commanders could no longer count on them to defend effectively.

"What a pity! The next front is in sight, but we must stop attacking! ”

It was a pity that seeing the panic of the German soldiers, Major Miller understood that the remaining resistance in front of him was nothing more than barbed wire or anti-infantry mines.

Biting his lip, he almost couldn't help but give the order for his men to move on and continue to deliver fierce and extremely effective blows to the Germans, completely destabilizing them and eventually crumbling.

"Report to the commander, we have received a telegram from the military headquarters ordering us to quickly retreat and get out of the battle!"

"Sir, according to statistics, one-third of our troops and combat vehicles have been damaged to varying degrees, and the ammunition stock is insufficient."

Major Miller glanced at the German front with some reluctance, and then left them behind. After all, he was a soldier, a soldier whose duty was to obey orders.

"Order, quickly destroy the equipment and chariots that cannot accompany you, and at the same time screen the identity of the prisoners, take only the officers, and dismiss the rest of the prisoners. Let's go back! ”

A surprise attack that lasted only an hour and a half came to an abrupt end with unbelievable results. Such a short assault not only stopped the German attack, but also broke through their first line of defense.

This was not only unthought of by Major Miller, who had carried out a "short assault", but even the German commander on the Verdun side, whose Royal Highness the Crown Prince had just received the news, did not dare to widen his eyes in disdain.

This was enough to make him let go of the hypocritical kindness he had always shown to his officers.

A harsh, cruel conversation that sent chills down the backs of the officers and soldiers who heard it began. If I had to define the words of this prince who was keen on glory and fame, his language was as cold as the blue wolf who snarled at the moon at the end of last month.

"What! What the! I could hardly believe what I heard, we, our soldiers of the German Empire, were abandoning their positions, abandoning their duties, and oh my God, oh my God, was it true that what I had heard? ”

The crown prince was clearly shocked by what he had just heard, and he held his head in his hands. The fox-like face showed a shocked expression, and the words in his mouth were repeated nervously.

"Fight back, fight back, why don't you use artillery to blast these bastards to hell, along with those cowards, to bomb them all to hell!"

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"Your Highness, they broke into our line of defense and mixed with our soldiers, so my cannon ......!"

A cold sweat broke out on the head of the Chief of the General Staff, and before the offensive, the line of defense was broken through, and in any case, it was a situation that could not have been worse.

In particular, a defeat of one of Germany's finest infantry divisions, including the garrison behind them, was utterly intolerable at the hands of a small French force.

Is that why they retreated? Damn it, can this also be called a reason? No, these damned infantrymen abandoned their lines of defense, gave up, understand! They fled, they cowardly! ”

A barrage of doubts interrupted the chief of staff's smug explanation, and Prince William waved his arm.

"Attack, we have to stop their attack, and then immediately turn to attack!"

William's face flushed, and the coldness in his eyes was a hundred times colder than the current winter.

"That defeated division, their commander should be ashamed, ask him to immediately reorganize his army, and then I will mobilize two more divisions to attack from three sides, we are going to eat this French army, you know, we are going to completely annihilate them. I'm sure they're the 1st French Assault Cavalry Division, which has just been transferred from Nancy, and they're the only French mobile force in the entire Verdun direction, and we'll just have to eat them......"

The chief of staff was passively pulled by Prince William to the battle map, and felt a sense of sadness in his heart in the face of the red arrows on the map stretching out from the direction of the French army, which had broken through their defensive line.

In his eyes, His Royal Highness Prince William, who could do anything for his personal prestige and glory, was planning to personally destroy the long-planned campaign of the Chief of the General Staff, Falgenheim, for the purpose of depleting the living forces of the French army.

However, as the chief of staff of the German Fifth Army, which was personally led by His Royal Highness the Prince, he could not fail to entertain His Royal Highness's order, even if this order revealed complete madness and cold-bloodedness.

As for the crying face of his chief of staff, who was about to go up to the gallows, the German Crown Prince Wilhelm didn't care at all. Both anger at the infantry and dissatisfaction with the defeat in the battle led him to make the decision to attack immediately. At least in my heart, I think that this decision is enough to cover up the damage to his reputation caused by this offensive defeat.

"My Chief of Staff, look at the map, it's time for us to speak!"