Brauchitsch flew back to Moscow without stopping, knowing that Moscow also has anti-aircraft guns, and it would be a tragedy if the airship was shot down.

Under the cover of night, the airship flew silently over the Volga River.

Almost all the soldiers were riding airships for the first time, and Daming's cargo airship was crammed like canned sardines. Porthole locations are the most sought-after, with three or four heads crammed behind each porthole.

Through the thick portholes, a little flash of light after the explosion can be seen below. Below, there is the fiercest battle in Tver on the outskirts of Moscow.

The flowing Volga River is a natural barrier, and the Russian army takes full advantage of this. A strong battlefield was built against the banks of the river, if it were daytime.

The soldiers could see the dense craters on the ground and the ant-like corpses.

It's a bit helpless to say, they should actually land directly in Tver and put into battle. Now, he had to be transported directly to Moscow by the Ming airship, and then walked back to Tver on his own two legs.

What they didn't know was that by this time the banks of the Volga had become hellish places.

"Almost!" In the hazy light of dawn, Grouchy held a telescope.

Inside the telescope, a layer of pale green smoke floated on the Russian positions on the opposite bank. Today's wind is light, and the smoke seems to be stagnant.

It is also understandable that there is no sign of human activity. This is the battlefield, and the guys who dare to come out and hang around have all become corpses.

"I just said it was a bad idea to put a chlorine bomb, and now there is no wind at all. When will the poison gas be dispersed? We don't have much time, and Li Xiu has already sent someone to remind us of the ceasefire.

Without the excuse of receiving an order from His Majesty the Emperor, it could not last a few days. It is believed that the messenger has already departed from Magdeburg, and the messenger of His Majesty the Emperor has probably also come out of Paris.

Maybe you received the order a few days later than me, and that's all the difference. ”

Inside the Joint Command, Schlieffen babbled like a.

"What if you don't use chlorine bombs? Attacked twice, with no less than 5,000 casualties, and still did not break through the Russian defenses. If we can't break through the line, how can we get into Moscow. Grouch was patient, and the stalemate made him almost mad.

He knew that Schlieffen was just a catharsis of his emotions.

The battle has reached this point, and as one of the joint commanders, the psychological pressure has reached the point of no return. If you don't vent it, you will go crazy. Grouchy himself is not much better than Schlieffen.

Schlieffen again fell silent, and most of the Prussian officers were of this virtue. There are so many people who can't say a few words all day long.

On the contrary, the French officers were much more likeable. Most people know how to tease girls. Even in such tense moments, the French military was not short of humor.

There was the roar of the airship in the sky, but unfortunately it was still very dark and it was impossible to see where the airship was.

If it was the Ming fleet, there were already searchlights shining into the sky at this time. The huge airship has no chance of escaping the searchlight.

As soon as it is locked by a high-powered searchlight, the anti-aircraft gun will fire a barrage of tracer rounds.

In the darkness of the night, tracer shells will emit a bright light to indicate the trajectory of the projectile, and then more anti-aircraft guns will fly towards the airship.

The huge airship had no chance to dodge the raindrops of cannonballs, and could only turn into a huge fireball and fall in the end.

Unfortunately, none of this had anything to do with the Prussian army or the French army.

Not to mention the searchlights, Paris, known as the center of Europe, still lights candles and oil lamps tonight.

"How can there be so many airships, flying in the direction of Moscow? This is the second batch today! "There were a series of airships flying over his head, and Schlieffen felt that something was wrong.

"You say that, it looks like our supply airship didn't come a day. My quartermaster has already reported to me if there are no new supplies. At the current consumption, the ammunition can only last three days. ”

Grouchy also sensed something, after all, the airship was out of their control. Because ......, the airships are all leased to the Ming Dynasty.

Even the pilots on the airship are all Ming people.

Even a commander like them can't command these airship pilots of Daming. Although they are very criticized in their hearts, it is a pity that they can't change anything.

Whoever made Prussia and France, not even build an airship.

Damn it, both Russia and Britain will build airships. But they kept it strictly secret, and they were not even willing to sell to France and Prussia.

This time, when we go to Moscow, we must dismantle all the Russian airship production lines. Engineers and workers were also arrested.

They had to build airships for France and Prussia!

"Our supply airship didn't come for a day. It won't be the Ming people, who want to cut off our supplies. Schlieffen asked warily.

An army of 250,000 people, if they cut off supplies, it would be a big trouble.

"Probably not, even if the airship is cut off from supplies. We also have overland supplies to replenish, but it is slower. Don't worry about it, just break through the Tver line and cross the Volga.

We will be able to fight our way into Moscow, and then there will be no large-scale battles and supplies will no longer be a problem. ”

Grouchy raised his binoculars again, and the sky slowly began to brighten.

There was a slight breeze on the ground, and the chlorine gas from the opposite position was beginning to dissipate at an extremely slow rate.

"The sun will come out and it will be better!" In the last war, Grouchy had experience using chlorine bombs.

Schlieffen gave Grouchy a blank look, and the last time they suffered was Prussia.

The sky slowly brightened, and the sun poked its head out on the horizon.

Sunlight naturally has the effect of removing all haze, and it takes longer for poisonous gas to be severe haze. However, it slowly dissipates in the sunlight after all.

Two companies of French soldiers got on the ferry with pig's mouth gas masks. Light machine guns were mounted at the front of the ferry, and the soldiers were terrified with their guns.

On the mudflats on the opposite bank, thousands of corpses were piled up. Inside the river, there are also floating corpses, floating downstream along the quietly flowing Volga River.

The vast majority of these bodies were those of coalition soldiers. Some are more complete, and the guys who were hit by shells are more unlucky. The corpse was broken into many pieces, and it was very difficult to put them together.

On the edge of the river, dense small crabs lay on the corpses. Their claws can be seen constantly feeding human flesh into their mouths.

The tragic scene made the soldiers dare not see more.

After all, it is the side that crosses the river, and the casualties to be paid are relatively large.

The soldiers paddled cautiously, for fear that the sound of paddling would startle the other side. As long as the sound of machine guns sounded, the boatload of people was accounted for.

The sun rose a pole high, and the soldiers in the boat were no different from the lice on the bald head.

With such a striking target, there was no sound of machine guns on the other side.

Grouchy held the telescope in one hand and grabbed Schlieffen's arm in the other. The fingers are very hard because of the excitement.

Schlieffen kicked Grouchy away and looked across the bank with his binoculars.

The soldiers have landed!

The glass on the eyes of the pig's mouth gas mask glistens in the sun!

The soldiers who landed could not be excited. They frantically rushed into the positions of the Russian army hundreds of meters from the shore!

The sappers who followed the brigade immediately dug a pit in the ground and buried the rough logs they had brought over. A rope was tied to it, so that the boat on the opposite side could pull the rope and move through the river much faster.

The Russian troops on the position were lying in the trenches, and some of them were lying on their backs, and they could see that they were spitting white foam from their mouths, which was very disgusting.

Dead or not, everyone was poked with a bayonet.

The positions were kept fairly intact, with bullets piled next to the machine guns. Next to the soldier's corpse, there was also a grenade with the lid unscrewed.

If they weren't dead, they would have been shot in the river, just like the corpses.

"Boom!" An unlucky fellow who stepped on a landmine so undeadly.

"The Russians are really ruthless, and they are also laying mines on their own positions. Are they not afraid that their own soldiers will step on it? Grouchy saw a soldier being blown up more than five meters high, and his body disintegrated in the air.

Then the larger pieces of corpses fell and hit the mines.

Larger pieces of corpses turned into broken pieces, and more people were blown into the sky.

Before the chlorine gas had dissipated, the smoke rose.

The pitch-black smoke went straight up, as if it was going straight to the sky.

"It's broken!" Before Schlieffen's words fell, the Russian artillery shells fell.

The shells came so suddenly, plus the explosion just now. The two companies of allied soldiers were plunged into smoke almost instantly.

Schlieffen and Grouchy glanced at each other, and as veterans, they knew that people could not survive under such conditions.

Artillery shells were densely smashed on the Russian army's own positions, and it was obvious that the Russian army had laid minefields on its own positions just to warn.

If the position is breached, the artillery will not hesitate to cover their own positions with artillery fire. They don't care if there are still people alive on the battlefield!

The artillery fire engulfed everyone, but Grouch and Schlieffen also knew that the Russian troops on the other side were also suffering casualties.

"Organize people to cross the river immediately!"

With such a density of artillery fire, the artillery fire in the adjacent area will definitely be insufficient.

The coalition soldiers, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately began to cross the river. With the rope that has just been pulled, the speed is much faster. The sappers who rushed over began to erect pontoon bridges at the first opportunity.

This time, the coalition forces launched an offensive on a section of several kilometers. The artillery fire of the Russian army could not cover such a large area!

Almost simultaneously, the artillery of the coalition forces also pushed to the banks of the Volga.

Ignoring the shells that fell from time to time on the side, there was a fierce bombardment of the Russian artillery positions.

"Your Majesty, the position has been breached. You'd better go back to Moscow, we're here. Lieutenant General Kalashnikov, once again, stumbled into Catherina's command post.

"Nope! I'll stay here, you'll have reinforcements soon. Catherine looked at Kalashnikov, whose face had been blackened by gunsmoke, and said with a smile.

"Reinforcements? Moscow is no longer left with troops. "As the commander of Moscow's city defense, how could Kalashnikov not know that Moscow's army had been evacuated.

Even the recruits, who have not yet finished their training, are pulled into the battlefield.

"The Ming have agreed to my terms of surrender, and their airship airship airlifted 10,000 men from St. Petersburg last night. And, more people will be shipped today.

In the coming days, they will transport all the troops from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Moreover, we will be provided with some weapons and equipment.

Daming promised us that after the occupation of Moscow, he would not kill innocents indiscriminately, nor would he rob civilians.

Moscow will be saved!

Kalashnikov, organize your army to continue the resistance. By noon, reinforcements would arrive. ”

"Really!" Kalashnikov couldn't believe it was true.

I didn't expect things to change so quickly.

"Why should I lie to you? Take your army and continue to resist the attack of the coalition forces. Ekaterina was a little displeased to be questioned by her subordinates like this.

Without saying a word, Kalashnikov immediately walked out and returned to the front with his men.

Although the front-line positions were broken through, it was not a problem to hold until noon.

Seeing that the troops had opened the gap, Grouch and Schlieffen fell into great excitement. As the best of the generals, Grouchy and Schlieffen immediately organized their troops to expand the breakthrough.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the pontoon bridge was finally erected.

It's still passable, but it's enough. Countless coalition soldiers ran in line across the pontoon bridge and rushed to the opposite bank.

The roar of machine guns in the distance mingled with the constant sound of explosions.

The coalition forces are bravely opening the way forward.

"Moscow is just ahead." Grouchy had an excited smile on his face.

Before his smile could fade, explosions could be heard from the front line. The explosion was so dense that it was like a firecracker.

About two kilometers away, huge clouds of smoke rose from where the coalition assault forces were located.

"Rocket artillery!" Hearing Schlieffen's roar, Grouchy's smile froze on his face.

What the rocket artillery meant, he knew quite well.

This kind of immoral stuff that the Ming Dynasty has made up can now be produced in France. It is especially effective against such large-scale swarm charges.

Only by concentrating a sufficient number of rocket artillery can cover the attacking forces in a matter of moments.

There were no field fortifications, all exposed to the surface. Where the rocket artillery has been covered, there are basically no living creatures that can survive.

A second lieutenant on a horse ran over, and without waiting for him to dismount, Schlieffen asked in a loud voice: "How is the front?" ”

"The enemy used rocket artillery, and the battalion that rushed to the front, it is estimated that there will be no living people."

"The artillery immediately shelled the smoke in the distance and continued to organize a surprise attack." Grouchy shouted as he pointed to the smoke in the distance.

Rocket artillery is not good at this, and after it is fired, it will emit a huge amount of smoke, which will make it possible to find the location of the artillery position at a glance.

For Schlieffen and Grouchy, a battalion is nothing. There are 250,000 soldiers under them, and they smash it!