The wind was howling, mixed with a strong smell of gunsmoke, blowing and shrouding the sky over this war zone.

French Private Ossé was digging hard in the trench where the two men had come to dig with a sapper shovel in his hand; From time to time, a load of sand was transported from the trench and then tamped into the ground as an obstacle against direct fire and shrapnel. The thin blue military jacket was now completely soaked with the sweat of the hard-working Ossaith; A large amount of sand particles stuck to the uniform, piercing his back like rough stones.

Three months ago, Orseth was an ordinary young farmer, and his greatest wish in life was to protect the land passed down from his ancestors. However, the sudden outbreak of the war in Europe directly changed this situation. In the conscription orders and Marseillaises that spread throughout the country, the young and healthy Osseus apparently did not escape the clutches of the army, and has since become a cannon fodder in the Burgundian reserve infantry regiment. For the next two and a half months, Ossaith was fortunate enough to avoid the disastrous blows suffered by the French in the early stages of the war by participating in the assault training of recruits in the rear. Just when Orseth was secretly rejoicing in his good fortune, a letter from the military department made him fall into ice hell in an instant.

As the tendency of the German army to launch a general offensive on Paris has become more and more obvious, and the French army, which has suffered heavy losses in the early battles, no longer has enough veterans to resist the German offensive; In this case, the French command could only replace them with reservists. According to the order of the military leadership, the reserve regiment where Orseth was located stopped training and rushed to the front line in Paris ahead of schedule. Straight to the test of blood and fire. Although actual combat can greatly improve a person's combat quality in a short period of time. But this will undoubtedly be accompanied by heavy casualties; Even seasoned veterans can't guarantee their lives. Not to mention this group of pure novices who have just touched the gun!

On 10 July, the Burgundian Reserve Infantry Regiment arrived in Paris and was immediately divided into an eastern extension of the city. In order to survive after the battle, the recruits began to dig tirelessly as soon as they arrived at the position, and their tenacity and perseverance amazed the senior officers who came to inspect it. And after witnessing the German army's annihilating artillery preparations for five consecutive days, these soldiers sacrificed their lives in the reinforcement of the fortifications. At this moment, listen to the constant rumbling of artillery bombardment in the distance. Feeling the slight tremor of the ground under his feet, Orseth did not dare to slack off at all; As long as you dig down an extra inch, your life will be guaranteed one more point!

"All personnel, immediately stop the operation of one qiē fortification and enter the second level of combat readiness; It is expected that in two more hours the Germans will advance to our defense zone! ”

Hearing the clear and deep voice of the company commander, Osetden, who was struggling to shovel the earth, chuckled in his heart, and a chill of fear of death rose from the bottom of his heart. Rao is his love for the French motherland, and Cheng Dù hated the Germans, but at this moment he still couldn't help but feel the urge to flee the battlefield. However, at this moment, he has no choice but to hold his position. Fight to the death with the invading German army!

Cigarettes lit and the mist filled. Ossaith sat in the same trench as a platoon of robes. Enjoy the relaxing sensation of being paralyzed by what may be the last nerves. The sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance continued, becoming clearer and louder as time passed. The sound of artillery rumbled, the earthquake trembled, and in the midst of a rain of blood, the sonorous sound of the crawlers scraping the ground was already vivid. The French company commander did not hesitate any longer, and immediately gave the order to prepare for battle. Ossaith and more than 100 French soldiers rushed to their respective shooting ports, set up their guns and aimed, only to see that a large faint gray dot had already appeared within the distance of the rifle ruler. After a short time, the German and French armies opened fire one after another, and no other murmurs could be heard in Aossaith's ears, except for the crisp fire of his rifles.

"Boom!" A deafening explosion suddenly rang out over the French trenches, and the flames danced wildly, and earth and stones flew away. The breastwork collapsed, shrapnel flew violently, and the two French soldiers, who had opened fire a moment earlier, were instantly drenched in blood and fell to the ground in the rushing and raging air. A faint smoke of gunpowder was rising from the pitch-black muzzle of a steel chariot, and the hull of the car painted with the Iron Cross logo rumbled forward with the roar of the engine. Osseth gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger one after another on the monster more than six hundred meters away; However, to his shock, the target did not seem to have suffered any damage, and was still approaching him unhurriedly at a speed of 4km/h!

"Hell, this is a German tin can, go find the nearest Miss 75!" The French company commander, who had good experience in warfare, reacted instantly and roared loudly at the herald beside him. Two heralds landed and disappeared around the corner of the trench. Looking at the slowly approaching German armored fighting vehicles, the French company commander was anxious; Your own 75mm cannon can certainly deal a fatal blow to it, but in this chaotic and complex battlefield, timely artillery support is simply a luxury that cannot be found. And as long as the artillery is not supported, this tank that is not afraid of bullets will be in an invincible state; And the firepower of his own trench will soon lose its ability to resist under its suppression!

The German assault guns marched forward at a sonorous pace, but with the feel of a medieval hoplite, calm, strong, and deadly. The steel tracks ran over the barbed wire in front of the trenches laid by the French army without any suspense, and its broad body was also absorbing the infantry in the rear to resist the dense rain of bullets from the west. At a distance of three hundred meters, the assault gun stopped its advance momentum and began to turn its body in place, firing one after another with its 50-mm guns at the area where the French were intensively resisting.

The waves of fire roared and roared incessantly, and the sandbags of earth and stone that the French soldiers had worked so hard to tamp were blown apart, crumbling and falling continuously, and the flames were vigorously rolling. After a short time, the trench was cleared out of a vacuum area more than 100 meters long; The German infantry in the rear, under the cover of assault guns, also set up heavy machine guns and mortars at key points, and watched the area with a sharp eagle-like gaze. The French soldiers who dared to open fire here were either blown to the ground by the tailed shells falling from the sky, or were pierced through the skull by the accurate burst of the MG-07 heavy machine gun, and died tragically on the spot. Orseth saw with his own eyes that half of his head and his entire right shoulder exploded like a watermelon after a brave comrade fired a shot; The splashing red and white brains and shattered bloody skulls directly made him cool from the top of his head to the soles of his feet!

"The Germans are coming!" In the chaos of the battlefield, the screams of their own people were heard. The rain of bullets was intense, the shells fell and exploded one after another, and under the cover of machine guns and field mortars, hundreds of German soldiers began to charge at full speed. Before Orseth could fire two shots from the borehole, a thunderous explosion shattered the wall of earth in front of him, sending sand and bullets flying overhead. He glanced out quickly, and saw a large number of German infantry running past the battle-car; While some people stumbled to the ground, many more came one after another, getting closer and closer to their own trenches. German assault artillery continuously bombarded French fortifications and firing points, constantly destroying the resistance of the French army.

"Boom, boom!" A row of wooden-handled grenades was thrown into the trench and slammed into the soil and flew into the air, exploding with a loud explosion. More than a dozen French soldiers didn't have time to react, and they were directly blown up to a blur of flesh and blood, and the terrible screams were also heard clearly in the chaotic battlefield. German soldiers leapt from the ground, submachine guns and light machine guns spew out a torrent of orange-red fire, often clearing an entire straight section of trench in a matter of seconds with a single magazine of bullets. Several adventurous Germans rushed through the jagged corners of the trench and were decisively killed by a volley of rifles from Ossaith and the surrounding crowd. However, this was only a small result of the French defenders, and the French defenders, who had so far lagged behind the Germans in infantry weapons, could not withstand the German assault when the trench lines had been breached!

At this moment, a comet-like flame of light instantly crossed the sky, and a huge explosion was heard from afar. The long-awaited artillery support from the French company commander finally arrived, and a 75-mm shell flew less than five meters from the German assault gun and crashed into the ground in the rear. Just over four seconds later, another cannonball flew in; This time, the shells swept straight across the 30-mm inclined hull on the front of the assault gun, bursting into layers of red fire like roses. Although the shells failed to penetrate its armor, the violent vibrations directly caused the mechanical failure of the primary vehicle; The assault gun stopped in place, and the three members of the group fled from the observation port in panic. However, the French cannon did not rejoice for long, and was reduced to a pile of burning scrap metal under the saturation attack of German bombers in the air. At a time when the fighters and anti-aircraft machine guns of the Entente countries had not yet appeared, the German army, which had air strike power, would undoubtedly be able to occupy an unequal advantage and take the lead in the game on land.

Red light exploded, shrapnel danced, and German grenades were thrown and crushed, overwhelming the French soldiers who were struggling to hold out in the trenches. Although the support of the assault guns was lost, the gap in the trench had been opened, and the German follow-up forces were rushing to support, and the gap in the defensive line was getting bigger and bigger, and finally it was out of control. In the end, more than half of the casualties of Ossaith's troops were forced to retreat, and the entire outer defense line of Paris was completely occupied by the German army! (To be continued......)

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