Chapter 498: Corpse Mountain and Sea of Blood (2,000 votes plus update)
"Get into position and get ready for battle!" The officers of the German front, shouted. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Countless Anglo-French troops began to attack, which undoubtedly brought great pressure to the German troops on the front line. But they weren't deterred. Yesterday, in the face of the strong firepower of the British and French forces, they were able to launch an attack and defeat the British and French forces in one fell swoop. Not to mention that now, it is they who are defending, and the Anglo-French forces are attacking.
"The Heavy is ready, get closer and fight. Let the Anglo-French forces get a taste of our formidable firepower! ”
A stiff general-purpose machine gun and squad machine gun have been erected on the trenches. A long chain of bullets that extends all the way to the ammo box.
"Fire!"
On the artillery positions in the rear of the German army, one by one 75-mm field guns have been raised. With the commander's order, the shelling of 75-mm field guns began one by one.
Dense shells, whistling and slamming down on the attacking British and French soldiers, were like raindrops falling from the sky.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
Dense explosions sounded in the ranks of the British and French troops, and shrapnel was everywhere, easily harvesting the lives of those British and French soldiers. The air wave of the shell explosion swept many people directly into the sky. The human body seems so fragile at this moment.
The Germans used more than 2,000 75-mm field guns to fire at the British and French forces, and the powerful artillery bombardment directly caused the attacking British and French troops to pay a great price. I don't know how many soldiers of the Anglo-French army fell on the way to the attack and were torn to pieces.
However, the Anglo-French forces used a large number of troops to attack, which allowed them to hold out even in the face of heavy German shelling. But their morale inevitably began to erod.
"Marshal, the artillery fire of the Germans was too fierce, and the attacking troops, the losses were great." Admiral Foch said.
Marshal Xia Fei nodded: "If we can win this battle, our army must also be reformed. Reinforcement of artillery and machine-gun fire of the troops. The number of troops is no longer the only factor that determines victory or defeat on the battlefield. ”
Admiral Foch nodded, but it was undoubtedly very, very difficult for them to defeat the Germans and win this time. Perhaps, what awaits them is another failure!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
Mortars and grenadiers on the German front line also began to fire, and more dense shells and grenades fell into the ranks of the British and French forces, causing their casualties to further increase.
Although, mortars and grenadiers were not very powerful. But against ordinary soldiers, there is still no problem. An explosion of a single shell can often take the lives of several soldiers.
"Damn, how much artillery did the Germans really have? Do they want to wipe us all out with these shellings? A French officer scolded.
However, in the face of the heavy artillery bombardment of the German army, they still had no choice but to continue the attack.
"Da Da Da!"
The machine guns on the German positions also began to strafe, and the dense firepower suddenly caused the attacking British and French troops to suffer a greater blow. The German units were equipped with significantly higher machine-gun fire than the Anglo-French forces. At the same time, the rate of fire of the machine gun was also faster. The crossfire of these machine guns directly blocked the direction of the offensive of the British and French forces.
Countless British and French soldiers were directly blocked there as if they had hit an invisible wall, and their heads were bleeding. A large number of soldiers, hit by machine-gun bullets, fell to the ground screaming. Their corpses were piled on top of each other on the ground, and blood flowed from them, soaking the dirt.
"Da Da Da!"
A German machine gunner, numbly pulling the trigger. A chain with 250 rounds of ammunition was used up in less than half a minute. The co-shooter immediately changed the chain so that the machine gun could continue firing, and the whole process took only a few seconds. This allowed the German machine guns to form almost uninterrupted and powerful firepower. And this, naturally, caused great casualties to the British and French forces.
"Mortars? What about 10,000 square meters of mortars? Kill the heavy machine guns of the Germans, or we will always be pinned down here. A British officer shouted.
But in the next second, a mortar shell exploded right next to him, tearing the British officer to shreds.
"Oh God! The chief is dead, what should we do? "A group of British soldiers, suddenly did not know what to do. If they could, they would definitely choose to run away and escape from this battlefield like Shura's hell.
However, to retreat without receiving an order would be tantamount to desertion. What awaits them will be a court-martial, and even a small loss of life. This made these British soldiers only able to bite the bullet and follow behind the other units to continue the attack.
"Da Da Da!"
A German general-purpose machine gun and a squad machine gun formed a crossfire. The Anglo-French soldiers who attacked here have already paid a very heavy price.
But they still can't do anything about it.
A few minutes later, a mortar came into motion, and the gunner, after aiming at the target, was ready to fire.
However, the German machine gunners also seemed to be aware of the threat, and immediately turned their guns and opened fire on the enemy. The gunners of the Anglo-French army, before they even had time to put the shells in the mortars, were beaten into a sieve.
Another Anglo-French soldier tried to pick up a cannonball and put it in the barrel.
"Smack!"
A crisp gunshot rang out, and I saw that the soldier's neck, which had been knocked off a small half, was bubbling blood.
It took a few people in a company to succeed in firing the allied mortars.
Perhaps because of their luck, this mortar destroyed a German general-purpose machine gun with the first shot, not only blowing it into parts. At the same time, the machine gunner was also killed.
"Well done! Attack, attack right away, break through the German defenses. A British officer ordered loudly.
But in less than a minute, another machine gun began to strafe. The dense bullets strafed and directly caused the soldiers of the British and French forces to fall to the ground like wheat harvesting. The rest of the coalition soldiers had to lie on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads again. Bullets flew over their heads, making people's scalps tingle for fear of being hit by bullets.
Although the Anglo-French forces organized a powerful offensive, they still broke their heads in the face of the strong German defenses.