The small road was littered with hundreds of French corpses, most of whom had been killed by bullets and rockets before they could put up a decent resistance.

Because of this, Ramosilier broke through three times in a row without knowing how many enemy troops were blocking the way.

A tentative attack like this is usually not demoralizing, but it is a major blow to the defenders who are forced to stay.

Looking at the comrades who had gone and returned, the eyes of the soldiers who were forced to stay behind were full of contempt.

They didn't believe that the enemy behind them could be more ferocious than the German coalition army in front of them, look at this broken wall, look at this mountain of corpses and sea of blood, it is really a group of guys who don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings.

The soldiers under General Gaine looked at the so-called main forces with contempt and jealousy.

"Why are we at the back of the palace?"

Finally, a veteran said what everyone wanted, and this sentence was imprinted in the hearts of the soldiers behind the palace like a soldering iron.

"We fought for our country, we traveled through countless battlefields, and our boots were stained with the dirt of different countries. Each time, we were the generals who charged ahead, and won glorious victories for France again and again.

But why? When the horn of retreat sounds, it is we, the most loyal and brave soldiers, who are going to be the last to leave the battlefield? Why?

While we were still fighting for our country, those young people were still playing in the mud in the fields!

We used rifles that had been smoothed out, we ate biscuits that had been stored for decades, our clothes were tattered, and our shoes had to be worn out.

And those recruits were armed with brand-new weapons, shiny uniforms and well-polished leather shoes, and all the time there were vegetables and canned food!

When we were lamented by the arrears of our military salaries for several months, they laughed at us for not being noble enough! But I don't think it's funny, because without money, our family would starve to death!

It's not fair! This is not what we deserve! No one has asked us if we want to, and it's not democratic! We are asked to obey orders, and there is no freedom here!

Brothers! We were scammed! ”

(The recruits referred to by veterans are actually those cadets and officers who use money to get to the top.)

At this time, it is not very unusual for countries to pay for military posts, especially for countries with poor financial conditions such as the French Second Republic, "selling officials" can well alleviate the financial crisis and the problem of insufficient officers. ）

The veteran's words immediately resonated with the soldiers behind the palace, and many began to become resentful, but the French overseers were not vegetarians.

"No nonsense!"

The veterans cried wolf, but General Gain, who stayed behind, felt the danger.

It is important to know that military morale and morale are the most difficult things to master, and they are also the factors that are most likely to affect the combat effectiveness of the army.

Strong-willed and high-morale armies can often defy strong opponents to achieve amazing results, while weak-willed and low-morale armies can often create more outrageous achievements or become the backdrop for some legends.

For example, Fu Jian, who threw the whip and cut off the stream, led a million army to drive a personal expedition (another says 1.12 million), but was frightened by the sentence "The Qin army was defeated" and ambushed millions of corpses, and the water was jammed.

(Fu Jian was the third monarch of the Former Qin during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.) ）

A similar example is the battle between Wei Wushu and the Qin army, in which the soldiers of the whole country faced the first batch of Wei Wushu after Wu Qi's reform, and the Qin army was still violently beaten.

Of course, General Gaine would not cite these classic examples of the East, and Ramosillier understood the former's concerns, but he really couldn't treat them equally, after all, he was a general and a bureaucrat.

Ramosirier knew that the most important thing he should do at this time was to lead the army to break out quickly, after all, there were still General Gaine and the Overseer.

However, it was destined to be an unpleasant war, and the breakout force was driven back again for the same reason as before, that is, the enemy firepower was strong.

In addition to this, they brought back even worse news, the enemy army was cutting down trees and moving rocks to set up barricades.

There was no doubt that the German coalition wanted to trap the French in Saarburg, but Ramosilier still did not think that the coalition was capable of doing so.

After all, the number of blocking troops in the rear of Saarburg could not be too large, and the temporary positions made of wood and stones were not very strong, and as long as he turned the artillery, all problems would be solved.

It's just that doing so will further irritate the remaining troops, but he can't do that much now.

The breakout force, supported by artillery, made immediate progress, but due to the power of the enemy's rockets, they chose to establish a stronghold on the periphery first and then break through the blockade little by little.

When Ramosillier learned of the situation, he couldn't help but be furious.

"Damn! You shameless trash! The Germans are about to rush over, and they will turn you into eunuchs and send you to the colonies, and let those biu you one by one. ”

A huge shadow hung over the hearts of every French soldier on the frontal battlefield, and the soldiers who were fighting on the ground suddenly stopped what they were doing.

A large number of UFOs suddenly appeared in the sky, they were neither birds and beasts nor clouds, but a group of huge monsters composed of wood, ropes, and cloth.

There were still people in the belly of the giant monster, and those people looked down like gods on the tiny humans below. The indomitable French soldiers aimed their guns at the behemoth in the sky, but all the efforts seemed ridiculously weak.

However, this disrespectful act seemed to annoy the gods and monsters in the sky, and white smoke descended from the sky, followed by violent explosions and a terrible howl.

With the advent of the airship unit, the morale of the French army finally collapsed completely. Ordinary soldiers don't know what is flying in the sky at all, that's the gods? Or some kind of mythical monster?

They don't know, they just want to get out of here.

The officers were also shocked, but they could be sure that there was not some kind of monster in the sky, but some kind of man-made flying machine, which should be similar in principle to that of a hot air balloon.

But those officers, like ordinary soldiers, were helpless against these monsters, and all they could think of, those soldiers had already done and proved to be futile.

Panic immediately spread among the troops, and as the first soldier abandoned his position and fled, soon the second, third, and more soldiers began to flee.

The officers had not yet recovered from the great shock, after all, after being unable to think of a countermeasure, their first choice was to surrender, rather than continue to resist or continue to think.

Generally speaking, countries like Austria are still more principled, and officers and nobles can be treated preferentially most of the time as long as they surrender, at least without worrying about their lives.

But the ordinary soldiers did not think so, after all, in the long-term propaganda of the French government, it was not uncommon for Austrians to capture slaves and send them to the territory of St. Stephen's Crown to be used as serfs, or to sell prisoners of war directly to Arabs or even black chiefs.