The wheel of history entered on May 15, 1917, and the Germans, who emphasized scientific rigor, did not hesitate to aim the muzzles of 1,500 heavy guns at the defense line of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Verdun area. Waist-high shells were placed on the edge of the gun emplacements, and the positions of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were silent......

Europeans and Chinese fights are different, Europeans are always you punch me and punch, compared to liliang and endurance, Chinese always emphasize dodging and effective attacks. And in the war with the Germans, this Chinese general named Chongxi Bai made me understand this characteristic of the Chinese, they fought the most beautiful battle in the whole European war, although the damn guy Fuxi did not agree with this - Henri Philippe Petain's "Memoirs of the European War" In fact, it was not too much of a secret that the Germans were going to attack Verdun, and the French army canceled all attacks after quelling the mutiny in the western sector of the front at the end of April. Then, under the coordination of Marshal Petain and Marshal Foucy, nearly 400,000 French troops from the two armies were successively transferred to the Ardennes area near Verdun for rest. Since it was not clear how large the German attack would be, Petain was not in a hurry to add more troops to the Verdun area, after all, with the Chinese army already having almost half a million troops in this area, the pressure of more logistical supplies would be very heavy.

But after the war broke out on May 15, Marshal Petain and Marshal Fuxi realized that the problem was somewhat serious, because this time the scale of the Germans was directly increased. Field Marshal Hindenburg, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, also devoted the greatest efforts to this campaign, with 600,000 rested German troops (including 200,000 elites from the Eastern Front), 600 aircraft, 4,000 artillery pieces of various types (1,500 heavy guns above 105mm), and German tanks that had just left the factory. In short, all the troops and equipment that Germany could concentrate at present were put into this operation, which was named the Second Battle of Verdun by the German General Staff.

If this alone was not enough to make these two well-informed French field marshals feel too much worry and fear, according to the usual path, it was nothing more than the German army made a certain breakthrough, and then was blocked by the French army's layers of resistance, and then the French reinforcements came up and drove the German army back. The result of zuihou is that they each have hundreds of thousands of casualties, and then they go back to their own homes and find their own mothers.

But the course of the Battle of Verdun this time clearly exceeded all expectations, and the Germans carried out a seven-hour fire attack on the first line of Chinese defense, and then, then, and then, very easily, broke through two lines of defense held by Chinese troops in succession, and appeared in front of the third line of defense guarded by the Franco-Indian-Australian and New Zealand forces. The unprepared coalition army was defeated by the Germans, the army of four divisions was unceremoniously routed, the soldiers fled to the fourth line of defense with tears, and then the commander of the Verdun area, Admiral Nivel, angrily scolded: "That group of Chinese are all ** raised, they must have gained the benefits of the Germans, the fifteen-kilometer-deep defense line was actually broken through the whole line in less than three hours, no, damn it, there was no resistance at all, the Germans went directly to my fourth line of defense." ”

Field Marshal Hindenburg did not expect the breakthrough to be so easy, although he also came to the conclusion in advance that the Chinese army was vulnerable, but when the German army so quickly assaulted to the farthest position that the German army could reach in the last Battle of Verdun, Field Marshal Hindenburg was still stunned for a moment, and then happily ate up the bread and milk in front of him. According to the report of the German commander: "The fortifications of the Chinese army were almost destroyed, these guys from Asia obviously did not build their fortifications well, and at the same time, except for the positions in individual areas that were still in the hands of these Chinese, the entire front was easily broken through by the Germans, although there was resistance, but it was very sporadic and powerless." ”

When he received Nivel's report, Petain was stupid at the time, and Fuxi jumped up in anger and scolded: "Fuck, where are these yellow pigs? More than 200,000 people, even if you stand and let the Germans shoot them, you can't kill them so quickly! ”

Petain was more calm than Fuxi, he quickly calmed down, called the staff officer who was about to leave, and said: "Ask Nevel, how many Chinese soldiers have retreated to the fourth line of defense, and let him hold the fourth line of defense no matter what, reinforcements will arrive in one day, damn it, why did it become the situation last year again?" ”

Half an hour later, the report sent back by the staff officer surprised both Petain and Fuxi: "What, not a single Chinese soldier has retreated to the fourth line of defense?" ”

This is not only Marshal Petain, but even Marshal Fuxi, who was thunderous before, also calmed down: "It seems that things are not so simple, it is impossible for so many Chinese soldiers to flee back from the front line without one, since it is impossible for them to surrender to the damned Germans in a formation, then we can only understand that they deliberately opened the defense line to let the Germans in, what do these guys with long braids want to do?" ”

Petain threw the telegram and said: "Let the Air Force send reconnaissance planes, I want to know what is really happening on the positions of the Chinese?" ”

In fact, everything is going according to Jiang Baili's Jihua......

At nine o'clock in the morning of May 15, 1917, the German army began the largest artillery bombardment since the European War, and heavy artillery shells smashed into the defense line of the Chinese Expeditionary Force without half a moment's hesitation. According to German intelligence, there were at least 240,000 Chinese soldiers from Asia on these targets, all of whom were all British equipment.

It's a pity that this information is a bit outdated, Bai Chongxi played an empty city plan, and the positions originally guarded by a regiment became a platoon.

The only thing that really left the defenders was the 6th Division's Zhang Zizhong's stronghold of Fort Wol, which was closest to the Germans, although the probability of being hit by artillery problems was the highest.

However, Zhang Zizhong and his soldiers are hiding in the bunker, and he will not take the lead even if you bombard, because most of the bunkers have been built by the French army a long time ago, and the newly built bunkers are also very strong, so that the casualties caused by such a large-scale artillery bombardment are naturally limited.

The two German infantry divisions responsible for attacking this area were much more tragic than the German troops who had successfully broken through in other areas, because they had real hard bones in front of them.

And on the left flank of the entire battlefield, Bai Chongxi and the armies of the four divisions participating in the assault were waiting for the change in the situation on the battlefield, and then looking for a gap for strategic counterattack.

"Jiansheng, the industrial production capacity of the great powers is really not comparable to ours, if such a ferocious firepower is placed in Asia, it is estimated that no one can withstand it" Jiang Baili sighed involuntarily.

Bai Chongxi nodded and said: "Now I admire Dashuai more and more, it is said that he has never been to Europe, but his thinking is to develop heavy industry and economy, for this reason I would rather slow down the pace of our expansion, and would rather unify half of China first. ”

Jiang Baili was just about to nod and suddenly laughed: "I estimated that Fuxi's beard of that old French man was about to be cocked up by you." If we do this, it is estimated that not only the French, but also the Germans are not prepared, and they will naturally hide when there is a gap between the front and back. Shall we report Jihua to the coalition forces? ”

Bai Chongxi shook his head and said: "It's still not necessary, these French are all old and stubborn, and if you look at the range of the German army's firepower, they are basically the key defensive areas on the defense layout map that we reported to the coalition headquarters. Brother Baili, I will ask you to command the three divisions here to respond on the right flank. I'll send you a telegram when I'm successful, and then tell the French about our jihua, their secrecy isn't in place at all, no wonder the Germans have killed them like ......pigs in the past few years."

As Jiang Baili analyzed, the Germans began to worry about young Werther after experiencing the joy of the initial easy breakthrough. You must know that the entire German army from top to bottom, although they estimated that the Chinese were vulnerable, but they did not think that they could break through the defense line with just one blow. You must know that this place is all too familiar to the staff officers of the German army, and last year here nearly half a million German lads died. Almost every 100 meters has to be fought repeatedly to succeed, so in the follow-up jihua, the follow-up speed of the follow-up troops is designed to be slow.

The vanguard of the German army rushed to Verdun in three hours and the first line of defense was the fourth line of defense, and the entire fifteen kilometers of depth was easily penetrated by the Germans, and the only fierce battle took place in the third line of defense, where the Allied army of about four divisions collapsed. At this time, the Germans did not know that the follow-up troops were still entering the first line of defense in an orderly manner, and the German staff immediately went crazy, and they began to urge the soldiers to move forward. At this time, if Admiral Nivel of the French Army dared to organize the army to counterattack, then the nearly 70,000 troops of the five infantry divisions of the German vanguard would be easily defeated by the French army after fighting for more than three hours without replenishment of ammunition and materials. Unfortunately, Admiral Nevel was frightened by the speed of the German assault, and he only cared about scolding the Chinese bastards, and did not dare to order a counterattack.

The commanders of the German army apparently recognized the disconnect, and decisively learned the lessons of the Battle of the Marne, and all the men and horses decisively retreated to the third line of defense, waiting for the follow-up troops to come up.

When Field Marshal Hindenburg saw the report of this situation, he could only cry and laugh and curse: "Didn't I say that? Chinese vulnerable, weishenme your follow-up jihua is still so slow, damn it, it's cheap french now......"