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There was a rumbling thunder in the night sky, and the sky shone with artillery fire that shot eastward for miles, making the sweltering night even hotter. On the other side of the fire, a dilapidated farmhouse has been completely transformed, from a barn on a farm to a hotel. The wooden tables in this "inn" were crowded with soldiers, who were enjoying a simple meal—a large plate of mashed potatoes, a small slice of bacon and a glass of wine that might have been mixed with water.

In Ireland, even the food of the soldiers is very ordinary, and for the Chinese soldiers, who are accustomed to eating rice and steamed buns, every day is mashed potatoes, which is undoubtedly a kind of torture.

Damn it!

The soldiers from China were eating and complaining about the food, they were fed up with it.

"Oh my God, I'm going crazy with mashed potatoes all day long!"

"Shouting God? It's useless, this is some kind of God's territory......"

"What the hell is God, I'm in a hurry to tear down his temple......"

The big guy talks about God without the slightest reverence.

Heathen!

For Westerners, the vast majority of Chinese are pagans, they do not believe in God, at least not in the God of Western populations, but not all of them are pagans, in fact, in China, there are many people who also believe in Catholicism.

Li Jiesen and Ma Pingliang are believers, but when their comrades-in-arms said this, they rationally chose to remain silent, they had just arrived in Ireland with reinforcements half a month ago - half a month ago, the expeditionary force finally ushered in the largest reinforcements, a full regiment of reinforcements! Although they are not new recruits, they are curious about everything here for the first time in Europe, where everyone has to learn, adapt, and finally, they have to adapt to everything in front of them, just like their comrades.

Even if the comrades-in-arms cursed God there, as believers, they only chose to laugh it off, as soldiers, integrating into this group was the first lesson they learned after entering the barracks.

For the soldiers who were behind the battlefield, the ease was short-lived, and for "new recruits" like Jetson Lee and Ma Pingliang, who had just arrived in Ireland, it was just a process of adaptation, listening to the sound of shelling in the air, and then knowing that they were already on the battlefield, and the next thing they would be on the battlefield would be.

Soon, they were taken to the front along with their rush team.

"All everybody has to do every day is to fortify the trenches."

In the trench, the platoon commander pointed to the shoulder-high breastwork and let go of a handful of soil to float to the ground of the trench.

"If it's loose like this, then it will definitely not be able to stop the bullets, and when it rains, it will also be drenched and rotten, in the trenches, the breastwork is your most reliable reliance besides the rifle, of course, you need to build it an inch or two high, but also make it a little stronger, don't think that the shells from the British will blow it up, if it doesn't have it, or it's not strong enough, then I'm afraid it's you who will be blown up!"

Veterans are needed to explain everywhere on the battlefield, and the experience of veterans is bought with blood, even the most well-trained recruits are inseparable from the experience of veterans, just like in this trench, veterans tell the newcomers what they need to pay attention to, what they need to be careful about, and of course, how to survive in the trenches.

"We and the British, now we are fighting each other, our artillery is fast, but the British artillery is powerful, we are mainly mortars, and the British are mainly naval guns, a shell hits, if you are unlucky, maybe you can blow up a platoon, of course, this possibility is almost non-existent, but, now the big guys are shelling here, thousands of shells will be fired every day, if you don't tidy up the trenches, then the shells will definitely put you in order......"

In the face of the veteran's advice, Li Jiesen and Ma Pingliang remained silent, they were not recruits, in fact, they were all veterans who had been conscripted before the war, but even as veterans. They were still shocked by what they saw.

The trenches were no strangers to Li Jiesen, Ma Pingliang and other recruits, but they were still the first time they had seen and been in the maze of trenches like the one in front of them, which were full of mud and rats running everywhere.

And this seemingly good trench, in fact, there are dangers lurking everywhere, as a fortification, these trenches are not permanent fortifications, but simple fortifications, this kind of fortifications can only barely block the whistling bullets and fragments, and every shelling, will make the trenches change, if they want the trenches to continue to protect themselves, they have to constantly repair the trenches, all of which shocked them, but still like everyone else, desperately repaired the trenches, after all, this is related to their lives.

Compared with the trenches and breastprints that are always loosened and deformed in the shelling, for the soldiers in the trenches, there is a safer existence in the trenches - the anti-artillery bunker, which is both the bunker and their home, compared to the trench, this is undoubtedly the safest place, there is a more than one meter thick soil and wood above the wood above the head to protect the soldiers in the bunker, even if the shells fall on it, it is just a big crater, There will be no effect on the soldiers in the bunker, and the fighters will rest here, relax their tense nerves here.

These anti-artillery holes are large and small, the large ones can accommodate a squad, and the small ones can only accommodate two people, the large ones are used as a resting place for the soldiers, and the small ones are the soldiers who dodge the shelling when they are on alert, this is the real hole, but it can only barely fit in two people, and this little space is also their "home".

"This is your territory."

The platoon commander introduced Li Jiesen and Ma Pingliang to their anti-artillery hole, an entrance that was only one person wide, and the inside was a black hole with anti-artillery shells.

"You've got to put some dirt on top of it, a shell exploded next to it yesterday. Now it can't stop the guy flying straight over, and you can't do it without adding soil. Also, you have to hang up the food you bring with you. If you put it on the ground, the rats here will get rid of it in a few minutes, don't think that those cookies or anything are yours, you know, in case of an offensive battle, maybe you need cookies or something to keep ......"

The biscuits in the platoon commander's mouth refer to the 2.5 kilograms of compressed biscuits wrapped in oiled paper in each soldier's bag, those biscuits are the necessary marching dry food for each soldier, and those biscuits can only be eaten under specific circumstances, such as during the war, when the logistics cannot be guaranteed, according to the combat experience of the troops, 2.5 kilograms of compressed biscuits can allow the soldiers to eat normally for 5 days, and if necessary, they can eat for 10 to 12 days. But in any case, the compressed dry food in the soldiers' bags is, according to the troops, the life-saving food of each soldier. Even here, once the trumpet of the charge is sounded, they may have to rely on dry food for their personal rations for the next day or two.

"Here, the division of labor is very clear, the corpses go to the rats, and the food goes to us. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, sir!"

As soldiers, they have no choice but to say "yes", for soldiers, they must obey orders, especially they are still "recruits", for the front line, as long as they have not been to the front line, then the front line, will always be just a recruit!

The sergeant platoon commander then took the two to a place where it was known at a glance that it was an officer's bunker, with only two makeshift beds and even a desk, an oil lamp hanging from a hook hanging from the beam, and a captain in military uniform was drinking tea, he was leaning over some maps, as if he was trying to figure out how to break through the British lines.

"Sir, a new recruit is coming!"

The captain looked up, he looked at the recruit and said.

"You just came from China? Do you have tea? I mean green tea, black tea, as long as it's tea! Don't take those foolish leaves,"

For soldiers on the front line, many domestic things always make them feel cordial, and the two newcomers hurriedly shook their heads.

"I've got cigarettes from Northwest Africa, sir,"

Li Jiesen hurriedly replied,

"And the vinegar brought from there, the vinegar of Boss Qian."

"Uh,"

The answer to the question made the captain snort, and then said.

"Vinegar. Good thing, are you from Shanxi? ”

"Yes, sir."

After receiving this answer, the captain stood up. Compared to ordinary people, he is very tall, at least 1.8 meters, and his arms are full of muscles, which makes him look very strong and very threatening at first glance.

"Sit down in a chair."

The "chairs" he refers to are two planks placed on a box of ammunition.

"You're from the Northwest African colonies? Is it a colonial force? ”

Li Jiesen just wanted to speak, but Ma Pingliang interrupted him.

"No, sir."

"Oh, it seems that you are really new recruits, and you haven't been to the front line yet."

"Yes, sir."

"Do you know what to look out for on the front?"

Li Jiesen nodded hurriedly,

"Yes, sir."

The captain grimaced, then scrutinized his new subordinate before snorting and nodding reluctantly. Then he looked at Jetson Lee and said.

"You guys just don't understand bullshit!"

"Yes, sir."

"Hmm!"

For the obedience of his subordinates, the second lieutenant's snort was a sign of approval. He took a piece of paper from the pile in front of him and read it aloud.

"On the front line, there are a lot of things to be aware of, and what you need to be careful about is not to show your head...... Well, and there's the fact that you have to keep your ammunition dry at all times...... And so on and so forth...... Ordinances and Regulations...... And so on and so forth...... And to maintain hygiene...... Wait, you know? You know the! ”

The captain looked at his subordinate and said,

"You don't understand at all, and when you do, you'll have to pay the price! That price is life! ”

The chief's words caused the two of them to immediately fall into a long silence.

"I tell you, you have to obey the orders of the veterans here, they want you to live, you know?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Well, remember, listen, and live! Do you understand? ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Alright, let's go down!"

After the commander's instructions, the two of them left the bunker with the platoon commander and returned to their "room", leaving the two young men alone in their new home. Li Jiesen looked at Ma Pingliang, Ma Pingliang looked at Li Jiesen, and both of them had confusion in their eyes.

After a long moment, a smile appeared on Jetson Lee's face.

"Alright, buddy, it's not a big deal."

Ma Pingliang also nodded and said,

"No, what's the big deal."

The two of them pretended to be relaxed and walked into the black hole of the anti-artillery, and after entering the entrance of one person, they found that it seemed to be more spacious than they had imagined - almost 1 meter wide and 1.5 meters long, and there was a strange smell of soil mixed with it.

"This place seems pretty good!"

Sitting in the anti-artillery hole, Jetson stroked the earthen wall with his hand, which was damp, and then seemed to feel the weight of the dirt above his head. Then he remembered what the platoon commander had said earlier: a direct hit would make them both finish.

But who would be so unlucky?

"A month!"

Suddenly, such a sentence came out of Li Jiesen's mouth, and when Ma Pingliang was surprised, he only heard him continue there.

"Dublin has been fighting for a month!"

One month!

The battle had been going on for a month, and until now, it was still going on, and even as far away as Africa, they knew the name of the Dublin meat grinder. And now, they have become the minced meat in this meat grinder, or rather, the minced meat that is being filled into it.

"How long are we going to stay here, you say?"

"The devil knows,"

The two sat on their beds, stared at each other, and then, for no apparent reason, began to laugh out loud. The two of them laughed, seemingly unconcerned about all of this.

Just as they were laughing, the sound of an explosion suddenly came, and then they heard the officer's whistle in the trenches.

"Shelling, get into cover ......"

In the next moment, the sound of cannons was everywhere in their ears, and at this moment, Li Jiesen, who was in the dark, asked as if he remembered something.

"Hirara, did you bring candles? It's too dark here......"

Ma Pingliang was stunned for a moment, and just when he wanted to pick up the backpack, he suddenly asked as if he remembered something.

"That, that, is there a store around here?"

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