(Both new books are expected to be released this weekend, and the new books, including the fantasy one, are being revamped, pausing updates, and preparing to be changed to Slavic mythology.) ）

"Your Excellency President Napoleon, if you can calculate the actions of the other side, what do you think Great Britain wants to do now?"

"Do you still need to guess? The other side should be ready to attack the Suez Canal, after all, they believe that our forces are now concentrated on the southern front. The Suez Canal is one such gap. Break that gap, and they will be able to occupy our most important transportation routes, and you will be holding us hostage. It took a lot of effort to get Congress to buy the Suez Canal at a great cost. In such a way, let alone the Tuileries Palace, even I will not agree. ”

"Since the British commander wanted to go from the Suez Canal, looking for a breakthrough. Then we'll just count it. ”

"How do you count it?"

"The time has come to test the strength of French and German artillery, and it will be a decisive battle, announcing the end of the old era and the birth of a new one."

Conrobert's eyes were half-squinted, recalling his previous conversation with President Napoleon before the war, and then opened his eyes suddenly.

With the Emperor no longer in the room, Conrobert is now alone in guarding the Suez Canal.

The memories are over, and then it's time for the show of the French artillery units.

It's just that Conrobert doesn't know why Napoleon defined this battle plan as little Verdun.

The towns near the Suez Canal were covered with artillery from Schneider and Krupp outside the wilderness, and if the enemy approached, they would launch a fierce attack on them, and they would not care about the lives of the charging British troops.

Don't be cowardly, just cowardly.

With a near-suicidal charge, the British proved to the world that times had changed.

The use of artillery fire and trenches brought the whole era into the era of the war of 1914 in advance. A heroic charge was tantamount to a senseless sacrifice, and what the British got in the end was not the Suez Canal, but a bunch of icy death list figures.

When the figure of the lobster soldier appeared in their sight, they were already in the aiming range of the artillery fire. However, the British only launched a surprise attack in a hurry, and did not carry enough artillery at all.

"Call me!"

At the command of the commander-in-chief, the entire artillery position rumbled, and the artillery produced by Schneider and Krupp began to bombard the charging lobster soldiers.

The dirt was lifted, and the cannonballs that fell into the crowd were blown apart in an instant.

The smell of dust mixed with the smoke filled everyone's lungs, and the terrifying sight warned everyone that this was their hell.

The blood all over the ground stained the whole earth red.

Severed limbs and wreckage, and the desperate eyes of the soldiers before they died.

The charging lobster soldier kicked the corpse at his feet, and there was no movement. He looked left and right, and there were wounded people struggling in pain everywhere, covering their wounds desperately with unskilled movements, and the heart-rending pain made their whole face hideous; Someone held a hand and looked around blankly, not knowing which direction to go.

Then the artillery bombardment did not stop, and the French and German took advantage of their artillery superiority to deal devastating blows to the charging British soldiers in an orderly manner.

All they saw was a raindown of artillery fire falling from the sky, and then tossing the surrounding soldiers to the ground. The bright clothes of the lobster ice are excellent mobile targets in the eyes of the artillery reconnaissance troops, who can aim at the target anytime and anywhere, and then deliver a devastating blow.

Burning and exploding.

The scorching waves of air turned the land of yellow sand into a hell on earth.

The soldiers who escaped from the artillery fire and continued to move forward did not know that what awaited them next was a real nightmare.

The Maxim heavy machine guns were loaded and on standby, and they aimed at the soldiers who had already rushed to the trench in a scattered manner, and then pulled the trigger.

Flesh and blood flying.

The British, who thought they had stepped out of the artillery coverage, now knew how impenetrable the French defense was. The machine-gun fire sent the last few people still standing.

When the artillery fire stopped and the British troops were forced back, only the people who were lying down under the yellow sand remained.

The body was buried in the sand.

The Duke of Cambridge was anxiously awaiting the return from the front in the command, believing that if the French did not have enough troops to garrison them, the British would be able to take the first or second round of the charge.

However, the report from the front made the Duke of Cambridge's heart cold in half.

"What? More than half of our troops were killed or wounded, and they only advanced two kilometers? How can it be! Is there a mistake in intelligence? ”

"Yes, General, it is true that we have advanced only two kilometers. The other side, the opponent's firepower was too fierce, and directly blocked our troops. ”

After reconfirming the correctness of the information, the Duke of Cambridge was somewhat devastated.

The Duke of Cambridge was a conservative in the British Army, and his combat mindset was still stuck in the Crimean War. He believes that offense is the best defense, which is why he dismisses the reform of the civil service system a decade ago. However, now it seems that there is no problem for the British to take the lead in the charge, even if they will be suppressed by artillery fire at the beginning, as long as they rush to the opponent's position, the British army will not admit defeat in hand-to-hand combat.

"The vast majority of our soldiers did not fall under artillery fire, but fell under their machine guns when they rushed in front of each other. The French firepower strongholds were too strong to break through. ”

Hearing this reply, the Duke of Cambridge only felt dizzy. I never thought it would end like this.

He was a little unsteady on his feet and almost fell to the ground. The Duke of Cambridge leaned on the table, and finally said with a grit of teeth, "Stop the attack, and also dig trenches, mobilize artillery units to quickly replenish them, and make up for the shortcomings of the attacking troops' lack of artillery." We're going to use the French methods against them. ”

"But aren't we going to seize the Suez Canal?"

A distraught George asked rhetorically, "Do you think we have a chance to take it now?" The French are more fierce than we are, and they finally know why the front is so deadlocked, and the weapons of Great Britain are completely insufficient to deal with them! ”

The Duke of Cambridge was dizzy with anger, and he knew that he could not act rashly now, or he would fall straight into the trap. A rash charge would only cause more damage, and he had to preserve his strength as much as possible, or he would have to wait to be court-martial like Wolseley.

The idiots of the British Army are simply deadly. Their rifles and artillery were already completely behind the French and Germans, but this group had not seen through the inferiority of the British so far. Still blindly confident.

If weapons are not reformed, there is only a dead end waiting for the British. The stupid Committee on Light Arms was still arguing over what Britain should be equipped with, but it never occurred to them that they had already fallen behind France and Germany in all respects.

In this disadvantageous situation, George had no choice but to adopt a defensive strategy to maintain the balance of the situation.

"Wait a little longer, I'm going to wear them down with a tug-of-war. If we don't charge with enough firepower to change the situation, then we'll have a bloody tug-of-war with them. ”