However, before Qi Lin's plan could be implemented, a group of more than 30 British troops had already rushed into the trench where they were under the cover of fire.

In World War I, the bloodiest and most brutal was hand-to-hand trench warfare.

During the Battle of the Somme, the light and short MP18 submachine gun had not yet come out, and both the G98 rifle used by the German army and the Enfield rifle of the British army were not conducive to the battle in the trenches due to the problem of too long length.

The British were approached under the cover of shelling and poison gas bombs, and the German soldiers, who were caught off guard, were killed with bayonets by the other side in the first look.

These people, who said they were British, were actually Indians, with thick turbans around their heads and bulky gas masks on their faces - during World War I, India was still a colony of the British Commonwealth, and due to the scarcity of troops within the British, a large number of Indian soldiers could only be recruited as a supplement.

These Indians naturally had a lower status in the army than the British, so many of the charging send-offs were left to them.

After several people were killed by these Indian soldiers, the German soldiers reacted, immediately shouted and raised their weapons, and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Indian soldiers, and for a time the trenches were chaotic.

Qi Lin also participated in this trench battle, holding a sharp trench thorn in his left hand, and a trench staff with a heavy metal staff head in his right hand, squeezing directly to the front of the battle line, and every time the trench staff fell, the skull of an Indian soldier was shattered.

"Kill them! Above! Give it all to me! ”

The German second lieutenant finally remembered his identity as an officer, and while commanding his men loudly, he drew his pistol, climbed to the firing table at the edge of the trench, which was made of planks and rammed earth, and opened fire condescendingly at the Indian soldiers.

However, the second lieutenant only killed one man, and an Indian soldier from a distance shot him, the bullet passed directly through the face, broke the cervical vertebrae, and then pierced through the back of the neck—the second lieutenant could barely let out a scream before he collapsed.

"Damn it!" Qi Lin stabbed the Indian veteran in front of him, who was estimated to be in his fifties and had a large white beard, looked back at the second lieutenant who had died in battle, and immediately shouted: "Retreat!" Retreat! Step back around the corner and get the flamethrower! ”

In addition to the Indians who were leading the way, many British soldiers rushed to this position under the cover of tanks, stood outside the trenches and shot inside, and the casualties of the German soldiers suddenly increased.

After dropping a dozen corpses, the Germans finally retreated behind the corner of the trench - and this was when Qi Lin helped them break the back, otherwise the casualties would have been even higher.

Of course, Qi Lin himself was also hit by two cold shots, but these two shots were shot in the shoulder, and one shot knocked off half of Qi Lin's ear, which was not too heavy, with Qi Lin's ability to resist beating and recover, these two shots would not affect his combat effectiveness at all.

A hammer smashed half of the head of an Indian soldier who rushed towards him with a saber, and then kicked the Indian soldier in the chest, and the body immediately flew backwards, knocking over several people behind him in a row.

Only then did Qi Lin seize the opportunity and quickly ran behind the corner of the trench.

Due to the strict character of the Germans, the corners of the trenches were all standard right angles, so that even if a shell fell into the trench, as long as it hid behind the corner in time, it would not be injured by shock waves and fragments, and similarly, in the event of trench warfare, the right angle corner could also buy the defender more time and opportunities.

As soon as Qi Lin rushed into the corner, he threw his only grenade backwards, and with a loud "boom", the Indian soldiers who caught up were instantly blown over.

"Flamethrower!"

Qi Lin shouted loudly, and the German soldiers who retreated first immediately took out the flamethrowers that were sealed in the box and specially prepared for trench warfare, connected the pipes of the fuel tank, and a thick tongue of fire directly swept most of the trenches.

The Indian soldiers, consumed by the tongues of fire, could still let out a terrible howl at first, but soon the screams faded into a faint voice, and the bodies covered in flames fell to the ground, curling into piles of charcoal in human shapes.

As for the British soldiers who stood outside the trench and shot into the trench, Qi Lin didn't have to worry about this at all, and the two nearby machine-gun positions just fired a round of strafing, and these unsheltered soldiers were thrown to the ground.

After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the British troops who rushed into the trenches were finally wiped out, but Qi Lin's original plan was almost half of the way up - including himself, only eight of the Germans survived, and all of them were wounded.

"Corporal, I'...... What do we do now? A German soldier with a wounded arm asked, the second lieutenant died, and Qi Lin became the highest-ranking person in the German army.

Qi Lin looked at the seven German soldiers, three of whom were slightly injured and were in a situation where they could still fight normally; Three were seriously wounded, one had his leg broken by a trench stick, and the other two had also been shot, and the less wounded soldiers were being asked to help bandage their wounds.

As for the last one, it is hopeless - although he is still alive, the bullet passed through his back, shattered the lobe of his lungs, and a large amount of blood is spilling from his mouth and nose.

Qi Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, if this was a real battle, then these German soldiers would have been excluded from the battle sequence, and Qi Lin would only let them retreat to the rear to recuperate, but he knew that these people were all virtual "MPCs" from the computer, to put it bluntly, they were "props" that Qi Lin could use at will during the test process, even if these people died, it was just a bunch of 0 and 1 changes.

Thinking of this, Qi Lin didn't have any burden in his heart, and said with a serious face: "The battle is still ongoing, and we can't retreat now, otherwise this position will not be able to hold." ”

"But...... We just can't hold on anymore...... Or...... Or...... Let's run......"