Calf-thick stakes burned with a crackling sound, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke billowing from the shells had passed. ↗ The sun is obscured by black clouds, and the earth is dyed blood-red.

A cannibalism between the most powerful race on earth, the human race, is fighting each other. Far more ferocious than the most brutal lion pack in the African savannah.

Colonel Mackenson climbed onto the captured position with a grim look on his face and wandered around the position.

The French lost 300 men, plus the lives of 500 Blue Ribbons, to take the position. But it doesn't seem to work!

The squadron even had time to remove all the bodies of their soldiers when they retreated, and further outside the position, the barbed wire fence in circles could not be seen with the naked eye.

It's a genius way to do it. Trenches plus barbed wire!

The Chinese used this method, and twice the strength of the French army, to besiege 15,000 French troops in Fuhai. Today is the nineteenth day.

Food for the troops began to be tight a week ago. The hateful enemy, before the French soldiers set foot in the county town of Fuhai, transferred all the people, livestock, and food here, and even the wells in the city were filled, and the rivers outside the city were all thrown with dead bodies.

The Vietnamese made great sacrifices to keep the French troops in Phuoc Hai and waited for the arrival of the squadron.

Then, the situation suddenly fell to the Sino-Vietnamese coalition forces!

Mackensen initially did not believe that the Chinese rebels really had the power to surpass the French soldiers. Like most of the officers of the French army, he took the initiative to sign up for this expedition with a sense of revenge and shame. The French army was always targeting the Chinese rebels, not the Vietnamese new forces. Everyone was full of confidence in victory, thinking that they could wash away the shame of the past!

The result is in Wing Lung City. Vu Trong Binh first taught them to formalize the existence of the new army in Vietnam. Then in Fuhai, in a trap pre-designed by the enemy. They really saw the bravery and cunning of the Chinese rebels!

Trenches and layers of barbed wire, just want to be caged. Trapped the French army to the death!

The shells did not cause much damage to the barbed wire, and the Chinese and Vietnamese soldiers hiding in the trenches were able to wantonly slaughter the French troops who were blocked by the barbed wire.

At night, they hang bells from the barbed wire. Oh, and McKensen will never forget that night attack ten days ago.

The French, with their own blood, made the best interpretation of the importance of barbed wire on the battlefield. But during this period, there is also the credit of the Gatling ten-barreled heavy machine gun, an indelible credit.

Even from the enemy's point of view, Mackensen can swear to God. After this battle, France found a way to deal with the Germans. That's trenches + barbed wire + machine gun fortresses!

With the permanent fortifications, even the gray cattle of the Russians could not break through this side of the line! It is destined to have a place in the history of warfare.

McKensen had two infantry regiments under him. An artillery battalion, an expatriate battalion, an engineer company, a baggage battalion, and a chaser company.

He was a colonel brigade commander. The commander of a provisional brigade. With 4,300 troops in the brigade and 3,000 Blue Belts, Lieutenant General Radmiro had high hopes for Mackenson. He hoped that McKensen would lead his troops out of the enemy's encirclement.

It's just a pity. Mackensen's forces have been fighting for a week, and his troops have breached four lines of defense against the Sino-Vietnamese coalition, and he has even found a way to break through the barbed wire fence as much as possible. With a military blanket. The five blankets were put together and laid over the barbed wire, so that the attacking troops could easily cross the barbed wire.

However, this method is also easy to focus on by the enemy's heavy machine guns, and the actual effect is not very ideal.

So now, the day when Mackensen will break the siege is still far away.

More than 300 corpses appeared in front of McKensen in the same posture they had taken at the time of their death. The battle was short-lived. But the brutality was something McKenson had never seen in his twenty years of military career.

The French soldiers were extremely shocked by the fighting power that erupted in the face of exhaustion. The near-suicidal charge brought McKenson to tears.

But what about the squadron on the other side?

These people tempted their soldiers with the aroma of food and demoralized the troops on their side. The means are bad. But in battle. They have accurate marksmanship and skillful coordination of long and short weapons. Start at a distance of one kilometer. In the final hand-to-hand combat, there was hardly anything that their weapons could not cover.

They tend to transcend the lethality of the weapons in their hands. Kill enemies from as long distance as possible. But when necessary. They are also not afraid of death. Carrying grenades and even explosives bags, McKensen saw three times in a week.

Such an army is just as brave.

However, the butt determines the head, and the head determines the mouth.

Mackenson pointed to the corpses everywhere and coldly said to Lieutenant Colonel Henry and the newly appointed commander of the 76th Regiment, Major Lawrence: "The enemy's stubborn resistance has been completely crushed by us!" Now, I command you to continue your march towards the East! ”

Ignoring the fifth line of defense, which is visible to the naked eye. When you open your eyes and talk nonsense, you mean the present.

on the fifth line of defense.

"Chen Jing, you have worked hard!" The front-line troops retreated, and Liu Zhuo greeted them. Behind him is the fifth line of defense, which is still at the same level as the previous four.

Layers of barbed wire, criss-crossing trenches, communication trenches, anti-artillery holes, artillery positions, ammunition depots, field hospitals, pillboxes, ......, are all available!

Some of the soldiers in the trenches were napping with their eyes closed, trying to recuperate before the upcoming battle. On the artillery position, the artillerymen were nervously calculating the number of shots they had already calculated, and some of them were arranging the ammunition one by one.

The battle soon began.

Groups of blue ribbon soldiers rushed ahead, and behind them were a group of French soldiers who were no longer lined up. The muzzle of the gun forced the blue ribbon soldiers to brave the rain of bullets and bullets to step forward. From time to time, soldiers fell in the artillery fire, but the following figures still trembled and rushed towards the barbed wire.

Soon, French artillery also began to bombard. Thunder rolled on the ground, and everywhere there was gunsmoke and thunder.

The dense bullets hit the crowd of blue ribbon soldiers, and many of the blue ribbon soldiers who rushed to the front row did not say a word, and their bodies fell to the ground, and the soldiers who did not die continued to move forward despite those fallen teammates.

Until nearly half of the five or six hundred Blue Belts died, the fear of death overwhelmed the fear of the French GIs in their hearts. The remaining Blue Ribbon soldiers lay on the ground in groups, some crawling backwards secretly.

Looking at the dead position, Mackenson's face was as usual. Major Lawrence, who had just been transferred from Fuhai City to serve as the commander of the 76th Infantry Regiment, was terrified. He couldn't help but be afraid. He dispatched nearly 1,000 men, and lost three or four hundred men in one attack, so if there were three or five more such attacks, not only would he wipe out all the remaining blue ribbon soldiers, but even the 76th Infantry Regiment would disappear as a whole.

"What? Scared after such a short time? Why are these foreign devils so soft? ”

Retreat after only one attack! Chen Jingwei shouted in the rear. Compared with the appearance of the French army during the offensive war of the fourth line of defense, the enemy now seems to be a different person.

The vision darkened, and a lieutenant officer burrowed into the headquarters of the 76th Infantry Regiment. "Major Lawrence, Colonel Mackenson orders your regiment to go on the offensive, keep on the offensive!" The visitor was one of McKensen's staff officers.

"That's murder, murder. Not a war. You can't attack, I won't let my soldiers die. ”

"Now the offense is to die. With more dead, we can break through the enemy's fifth line of defense. Major Lawrence, this is a military order. It's not something you can bargain for! ”

"Please do it now!"

……

In the city of Fuhai.

Lekment, a reporter for The Times, was looking at the coffee in front of him with a look of resentment. He really doesn't like to drink this thing, black tea is afternoon tea. And there were no sandwiches, no scones, no cakes and fruit tarts, just two pieces of sugar, oh God, the shortage of supplies in Fuhai had made the proud Gallic rooster lose face.

Opposite Lekment is Frank, a journalist for the French news agency Havas, the world's first news agency, founded in 1835 by the Frenchman Havas after himself. It was one of the most influential news agencies in the world in the 19th century. Frank's status is no lower than that of Lakement, and even a little higher. Although he and the French army are his own people.

Unlike Lakement, who doesn't like coffee, Frank is a caffeine addict and will definitely be a caffeine poisoner in later generations. Having a cup of coffee at your leisure is Frank's favorite.

In Da Nang, in Si Chen, when the French army first entered Fuhai, Frank leisurely sipping coffee was so suitable. But now, looking at the coffee in front of him, Frank's face couldn't stop it.

"Jimmy, you know, the troops are starting to kill horses, and we're completely out of food. Do you know what the staple food is tonight? ”

Lekment simply looked away from his coffee. "What's going to eat tonight? Horsemeat? I've heard that thing is poisonous. It needs to be boiled to be sloppy before it can be eaten. ”

"Horse meat? Yes, there will be horse meat. But it's definitely not enough for the two of us to eat. That's to be distributed to everyone. Not a staple dish, it's a side dish. Our staple food is what Mr. Ma used to eat......"

"Yes, Jimmy. Don't feel disgusted, it's just beans and wheat bran, it's so sad. I can't imagine facing the ...... of the upcoming dinner."

Frank looked devastated. And Lekment's English gentleman and arrogance were also shattered in his face.

"Jimmy. We...... You can go to the other side, can't you? We are journalists, not soldiers with guns. We, we can also go to the other side and do an interview, can't we? ”

Lekmant's face was glazed. "I ......, can we, do we?"

"It's ...... A betrayal! ”

"Hi man, this is by no means a betrayal. We are not soldiers, we are journalists, journalists ......"

In a corner of Fuhai County, such a scene is being staged. (To be continued......) R527