Lu Jianzhang and others immediately got in touch with the French High Command, and the two sides agreed on the details of the participation of the Chinese [***] team, and the two divisions of the Chinese [***] team were included in the battle sequence of the French Sixth Army and participated in the battle. The same will be a lot of casualties.

As a member of the [***] team, it is absolutely impossible to make people look down, Lu Jianzhang and Long Jiguang were originally the governors of a province in China, but after the defeat of the Protectorate War, they had to lead the troops to Europe, but since they arrived in Europe, they know very well that their every move represents China, the long-lost blood is stirring in the chest, and the sense of pride arises spontaneously, Lu Jianzhang came to all the soldiers in a military uniform.

"Brothers, we are about to go to war, we are not fully prepared, but I hope that you can show the courage of a Chinese man, to fight, to fight, I have received the news, the country is negotiating with Britain and France the return of tariffs and other rights, our victory will be a great solidarity with the domestic negotiations, this war is not the war for power and profit in the past, but for the country to fight for lost power, to wash away the shame, to fight for our parents and relatives to live better, is to fight for the country, brothers, Tell me, will you sacrifice your life for your country, the Horse Leather Shroud? ”

"Yes! Willing! We do! ”

The crowd in the field was excited, most of these soldiers were original bandits, and they all had a ruthless spirit in their bones, and what they most wanted was to kill the enemy on the battlefield, Qiao Yu had used these bandits to participate in the Qingdao Campaign at the beginning, and had long estimated that these people could also be sent to Europe, so although it was a labor reform, the food was excellent, and at the same time the formal military training content was increased, and now these people have been guided by French instructors to say that their military quality is not weak.

To be able to make contributions to the country and to be on the battlefield is also their greatest wish, what soldiers value is the word honor, and fighting here can win all kinds of power for the country that has lost decades, a sacred thing surging in the chests of these soldiers, and everyone unconsciously shouted loudly with their throats.

The earth-shattering roar made the French people in the same military camp hear in their ears, and many people couldn't help but pout: "It feels so good to be ignorant, they are just cannon fodder, and they can be so happy to die!" A wounded French soldier said with an exaggerated expression.

The companion on the side shook his head: "We were also so elated two years ago, everyone is cannon fodder, I hope they can live to understand this truth!" More than a dozen French soldiers pointed and pointed, Lu Jianzhang and the others did not look at these French soldiers at all, and the squadron immediately set off and rushed to the front line of the Somme.

After passing through Paris, it was as if they had entered another world, full of towns and villages destroyed by war, muddy roads everywhere, and the remnants of the French retreat from the front line, as well as a number of logistics vehicles, which made the already bad road conditions even more congested.

"Lao Lu, you have led the troops for many years, you look at these French soldiers!" Long Jiguang asked Lu Jianzhang with a smile, Lu Jianzhang put all his thoughts on his team at first, and really didn't pay attention to the situation of the French soldiers.

The biggest characteristic of these French soldiers is quiet, weird to the extreme quiet, even if there is a collision on the road, there is not much noise, just numbly waiting for the road to be slowly dredged, everyone's spirit is gone, walking on the road is a group of walking corpses, at a loss to know the future tools of war.

Suddenly, Lu Jianzhang found that some French soldiers yawned and looked very strange, leaving snot and tears together, only to see these people hurriedly take out some white powder from their arms, put them in cigarettes, light the fire, and take a puff very intoxicated.

Seeing this, Lu Jianzhang opened his mouth widely, these French soldiers actually took drugs, insisting is too surprising, isn't opium something that the great powers made specifically to harm the Chinese, how can they themselves take drugs, and they are so blatant, is there no one to care?

Zhang Xiaohuai also rushed over at this time, looked at these French soldiers, and he also shook his head: "Two brothers, I'm afraid the French are finished, even if they win the war, they will lose their souls!" ”

Just as they were talking, a heroic voice suddenly sounded in the middle of the [***] team.

"The ancient road and barren mountains are fighting hard, and the people of Li are miserable and their blood is red. The lights shine on the yellow sand, the sky is dark, and the dust is lost and the stars and ghosts cry. The name of loyalty and righteousness is important through the ages, and the strength of the body is light..."

The desolate and agitated sound made all the French soldiers on this road stop and look in surprise, although they did not know what the Chinese were singing, but this generosity and heroism still shocked everyone's spirit, a big road divided into two sides, one side is the majestic, high-spirited squadron [***], on the other side is the decadent and confused French, at this moment I really don't know who is the sick man of East Asia.

Lu Jianzhang, who was over fifty years old, was also radiant at this time, his face was full of red light, "Sing well, sing the majesty of the Chinese [***] people, the name of loyalty and righteousness is important through the ages, and the strength is light!" Brother Long, Brother Zhang, it was only at this moment that I understood the value of a soldier, and I was just a vain in the first half of my life! ”

Long Jiguang and Zhang Xiaohuai also looked excited, the folk songs and operas in the [***] team were endless, and in a trance, the [***] team did not go to the war, but to participate in the temple fair.

After three days of arduous trekking, Lu Jianzhang led two divisions of the squadron to finally rush to the front line of the Somme, in the eyes of the commander-in-chief Xia Fei, this squadron is just a consumable, a tool that can allow the French [***] team to reduce casualties.

It's just that because of the requirements of the Chinese side, Xia Fei didn't dare to go too far, after all, he also knew that it was the Chinese laborers that the French military industrial enterprises could run smoothly, the French army was responsible for the front south of the Somme, about fifteen kilometers, and the two Chinese divisions were assigned a range of about two kilometers, Lu Jianzhang commanded the troops to quickly put into the battlefield, and the replaced French soldiers looked very excited, and they finally didn't have to consume their lives in this damn place.

After coming to the battlefield, Lu Jianzhang and the others also frowned, the situation here was far worse than imagined, every inch of land was smashed by artillery, coupled with the continuous rain, the ground was very slippery, the trenches were damp and abnormal, and there were an astonishing number of dead bodies that had no time to deal with, and they were emitting a rancid smell, which made people sick for a while.

"Commander-in-chief, no wonder the French can't stand it, this is hell on earth!" Lu Jianzhang glanced at all the soldiers and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, let's straighten out the trenches as soon as possible and prepare for a more brutal battle!" ”

These Chinese [***] people endured the feeling of nausea, cleaned up the trenches, set up machine guns and cannons, and were very busy, while Lu Jianzhang, Zhang Xiaohuai and others all went to the headquarters to carefully study the battle situation.

"Commander-in-chief, I have studied this battle, and to this extent it can be said that it is all a problem of British and French command, caused by the old ways and poor coordination, but we are soft-spoken, and we can't change anything at all, we can only try our best to hold the position and prevent the Germans from counterattacking, I think the most important thing is to guard against the German machine guns, although the role of machine guns is also very emphasized in the domestic Sichuan army, but there is no way to compare with the scale of Europe, so our tactics should be more flexible, Be sure to use the machine gun as the first target to destroy! ”

Lu Jianzhang nodded: "Chief of Staff Zhang, when I was in China, I heard that Qiao Shunqing didn't sell a lot of steel chariots to Britain and France, isn't that thing able to defend against machine guns, why didn't Britain and France use it?" ”

Zhang Xiaohuai was also at a loss, Britain and France are really elm's heads, why don't they know how to use new weapons, in fact, Zhang Xiaohuai also scolded one less country, that is, Germany, Qiao Yu secretly handed over the design drawings of the tank to Germany, and sold some armored vehicles to Europe earlier, but it still did not change the intransigence of the high-level leaders of Britain, France and Germany.

In fact, this can't be completely blamed on them, whether it is a tank or an armored vehicle is a new type of equipment, the technology is very immature, the failure rate is amazing, now the battlefield on the Western Front is full of trenches, muddy ravines everywhere, these ten-ton monsters frequently lie down, so that countries have a headache, and when Xia Fei organized the Battle of the Somme, Britain and France occupied an absolute superiority in troops, and victory seemed to be within reach, so they did not think of using new weapons, and only regretted it when they fell into a stalemate.

When the three of them were discussing, the alarm sounded outside, it turned out that the German Air Force had killed it, and it was fighting with the French Air Force in the air at this time, the air force conditions of World War I were still very simple, and they could only rely on the machine guns equipped on it to fight, so it was like a knight decisive battle of the Air Force, you and I looked thrilling, but these Chinese soldiers who had just come to the battlefield did not have the opportunity to see the duel of the planes, and they hid in the bunkers, and after a while, several planes fell to the ground in the sky, He was smashed to pieces and died along with the pilot.

As soon as the short air battle ended, bursts of artillery came over, half of the sky was red, the Germans got rid of the initial passivity, began to mobilize more troops to the front line of the Somme, with enough troops, the Germans also began to continue to counterattack, the two sides continued to fight back and forth on the narrow front.

Soon the German artillery shells also began to violently attack the position of the [***] team, after the heavy shells exploded, the ground shook, as if to break people's eardrums, in the Chinese battlefield can fire thousands of shells at a time is already very remarkable, but in Europe this shell is not enough an appetizer, the German artillery is like a hail, constantly smashing on the position, but fortunately, after more than two years of bloody fighting, Shuangfa has made a lot of progress in building the position, Able to protect the soldiers to the greatest extent, after a long time, the sound of the artillery finally faded, and the soldiers had already seen the black German soldiers rushing towards them through the periscope.

(To be continued)