"Boom!" There was a huge thunder and a wave of light, and several German soldiers were swept away by the aftermath of the 75-mm field cannon. The earth was cracked, the air was rushing, and a piece of shrenchel grazed Lieutenant Colonel Felix's cheek and danced violently; The lieutenant colonel's face instantly turned white, and he suddenly fell to the ground of the field command post with a dog eating. His heart was pounding, and his eyes were full of happiness for the rest of his life.

Five hours earlier, a sentry on guard duty in the Ardennes had reported to Felix the presence of a large number of French troops in the mountains and forests. At the time, he was still a little hesitant about this information, thinking that it might be that the Sentinel was delirious because of his inner eagerness to fight; However, the intensive artillery fire that our own troops were suffering this time undoubtedly fully confirmed what the sentry said about the reconnaissance!

The only thing that made Felix fortunate was that thanks to the timely reporting of the reconnaissance sentinels, he was able to gather a regiment of his own troops during this time, and quickly set up a defense along the border town of Artiso adjacent to the foothills. However, Felix was still unsure of repelling the French. For judging from the current artillery preparations of the French, they have at least amassed nearly one division in the Ardennes Mountains; And since most of the strength of the German Fifth Army was invested in the advance of the southern troops, Felix currently has only one infantry regiment in his hands, and he is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength!

The artillery fire is beautiful, and the red light is like a rainbow. From time to time, German soldiers were hit by French shells, screaming one after another, and suddenly fell to the ground and convulsed to death. As the Germans had not expected such a powerful thunderous attack from this area, Felix's infantry regiment did not build a solid trench defense here; In the face of the fierce onslaught of French 75mm artillery, they began to suffer casualties before they had time to dig an improvised trench. The German officers and soldiers were furious. Lying in the trenches and scolding the French. But he couldn't do anything about the situation in front of him. German soldiers who had been insulting others with airships and heavy artillery. At this moment, I finally tasted the pain of being suppressed and ravaged in firepower; Although the Germans were armed with more mortars than machine guns, due to the range, none of these high-throw ballistics could reach the French cannons.

After an hour of hard work, the French artillery fire finally subsided. When the German officers and soldiers came back to their senses, they saw countless French soldiers in blue shirts and red pants coming out of the mountain road and sweeping straight towards the German position. Thousands of armored cavalrymen with sabers-wielding swords fluttered from the wings, and the hooves of the horses were dense and fast. The sound of killing shook the sky. Although this branch of the military has withdrawn from the stage of history, it is still as powerful as a rainbow in this specific battlefield that has rushed down from a high place!

When the French cavalry rushed to about a kilometer in front of the German position, the Maxim heavy machine gun on the German position burst into a rapid roar like a storm; A string of golden-purple bullets was instantly increased to a speed of more than 900m/s, and they spun wildly and flew towards the oncoming French cavalry. For a time, thousands of steel bullets danced wildly in the air, like a poisonous snake spitting letters, breathtaking.

"Pounce!" With the distinctive light sound of a barrage of bullets entering the flesh. The tall war horses in the front row were the first to be pierced by countless steel bullets, and they neighed and cried sadly. The four hooves bent and tumbled forward like a boulder. The knights on the horse were caught off guard, and they all flew into the air in a scream, and then rolled and slammed into the hard ground, their bones and tendons broken, their skin and flesh blooming, and their flesh flying. Dozens of people even crashed headlong into the boulder on the side of the road, and in an instant, red and white splashed, brains burst out, and they died on the spot.

The German machine gunners were overjoyed, and the machine guns fired wildly. The superiority of the German Maxim machine gun, fed by the chain, over the French cartridge-fed Hatch Chase machine gun, was undoubtedly demonstrated at this moment; The heavy machine guns roared and roared, and the muzzle flames were incessant, sending strings of spinner steel bullets at the French troops in a flash of lightning. Wherever the bullets went, the French cavalry in the rapid charge all fell and tossed, turning into rolling gourds on the ground. At the same time, the German infantry also began to use their 98K rifles to fire an orderly and continuous salvo at the French cavalry, and the number of French cavalry who were knocked to the ground suddenly increased in the crisp sound of gunfire. The horses in front of them were frightened, raised their heads and neighed, and the speed of their forward rush suddenly slowed down; The cavalry in the rear was rapidly gathering layer by layer, hitting and pushing back and forth, and making a mess.

The sound of horses' hooves, neighing, whipping, the roar of cavalry...... Many voices mingled in the French charging array, like boiling water roaring and drumming in a pot. The French cavalry slowed down with the momentum of the charge. The German machine guns took advantage of the situation to open fire, and brass shells were quickly projected out of the gun body, and a large number of French cavalry were swept away. The corpses were strewn and blood shot out, and the blood of men and horses mixed into a strange dark red, seeping into the dirt, but more often flowing down the road, and the thick smell of blood rushed down.

"Boom!" The red light burst into flames, the air waves flew sideways, and a German machine gun that roared to itself was suddenly hit by the thunder fire, and in an instant, the body of the gun exploded, and fragments shot out in all directions. After a short time, there was another burst of explosions on the German position, and several German machine guns, which had been frantically harvesting the lives of a large number of French cavalry, were silent. A gap appeared in the tight line of defense made by machine guns. The French cavalry, who had suffered heavy losses, were overjoyed when they saw this, and they turned their horses' heads one after another, whipped their long whips, and urged their mounts to rush forward again. Although there were still a large number of horses or cavalry hit by bullets along the way and thrown to the ground, it was a world of difference compared to the one-sided slaughter that was wildly strafed by German machine guns!

In the command post occupied by the Germans, Lieutenant Colonel Felix's mouth was wide open, and his face was full of anger and horror. Originally, he thought that the French army in front of him had only one division at most, and he might not be able to hold out until friendly troops came to help, with the advantage of machine guns and mortars; But in their current form, the French forces that broke through into the Ardennes were definitely more than these forces, and they had already formed an overwhelming superiority over their own troops. And if only that's it, the French have largely learned the skill of coordinating the charging infantry and supporting artillery; In the face of their hastily established machine-gun positions, the French army in front of them has posed a mortal threat to their own troops!

"Boom!" The red mangs exploded, the air and light surged, and the bloody and bright red fire waves rushed in the middle of the French army's columns, and nearly 100 French soldiers were blown into bloody cakes and flesh. The field artillery battery and the German artillery units with a total of four mortar platoons also began to open fire on the attacking French troops, and the waves of fire exploded one after another, and the debris flew indiscriminately, swallowing up the lives of a large number of attacking French officers and soldiers. Although the 75-mm infantry guns of the German Legion were inferior to the Schneider 1897 75mm field cannon of the famous French Army in terms of power and rate of fire, they were also unambiguous in fighting flesh-and-blood infantry and cavalry; Not to mention the fact that they also have mortars of 60 mm and 80 mm caliber as fire support, and their firepower at close range is no weaker than that of a French division! And because these German artillery pieces were hidden in places that the French front-line troops could not directly see, the 75-mm guns in the rear of the French army could not accurately counterattack, and could only shoot indiscriminately at the imaginary positions of the German artillery, and the effect could be imagined. Every time the French army took a step forward, it had to pay a huge price in casualties. In a short time, the front of the German position was covered with a thick layer of human and horse corpses, and at first glance, it looked like the defense of Salbul, which slaughtered 34,000 French troops in one day.

However, unlike the battle at Salbul, the Germans did not build a well-established defensive line here. In addition, the French artillery provided good support for the infantry charge, knocking out many temporary machine gun positions set up by the German army, and the density of German firepower was much worse than before. With the opening and cover of the corpses of the robes, the French officers and soldiers gradually approached the front positions of the German army; Mortar shells exploded in the crowd of French troops, the flames were rolling, and shrapnel was flying, but it could not stop the French army from pouring in front of the Germans one after another!

"Whew!" When the French army rushed to a place less than 50 meters away from the German army, the German army threw wooden-handled grenades flying in the sky from the first line of trenches, and the attacking French troops were blown up all over the ground with corpses and screams. At this moment, the desperate offensive in the French field regulations finally played its due role; In the face of these deadly grenades flying in the sky, the French officers and soldiers roared angrily and forcibly pressed towards the German positions with a thunderous force. In the smoke of gunpowder, among the corpses that fell to the ground, countless French soldiers swept through the waves of thousands of sails on the side of the sinking boat, carried a round of German rifle and light machine gun fire with their flesh, jumped into the trench with a loud sound, and their bayonets flew like lightning. Several German soldiers armed with grenades had no time to react, and they were suddenly pierced through the chest, and in an instant, blood shot out, and they fell to the ground and died.

The gap in the German line had been opened. Hundreds of French officers and soldiers roared into the trenches through this gap, sweeping them on both sides. Although the French suffered far more casualties in the jagged trenches than the Germans with grenades, the gap in the line grew wider as time went on, and the situation gradually became out of control with the influx of numerous French troops. Felix gritted his teeth and picked up a Madsen machine gun next to him, he had already decided to personally lead the assault team and launch the most rear-end assault on the loopholes in the lost position! (To be continued......)

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