Several British soldiers seemed to suddenly regain consciousness, raised their rifles and howled and rushed to the sides.

And Zhou Yu stepped on the wooden box on the ground, climbed up the trench that was much higher than them, and rushed outside to say hello, so that Lu Xiucai and Liu Banxian could hide in the trench along this safe path as soon as possible.

Seeing more and more friendly troops rushing into the position, Zhou Yu glanced at his companions around him, and then skimmed at the Germans who fell to the ground.

"Rifles are inconvenient to hide, find a way to hide their pistols and knives, remember to close the safety, and be careful of accidental fire."

After Zhou Yu finished explaining, he took the lead in squatting down and took out a Mauser M1912 pistol from the arms of a recent German soldier, which was the military version of the Mauser C96 pistol, nicknamed "broom handle".

From a German officer dressed differently from the rest of the soldiers, he found a Browning FN M1910 pistol.

For Zhou Yu, who loves history, this gun model is definitely a famous one, because the fuse that led to the beginning of the entire First World War was caused by this type of pistol.

In June 1914, the Assassins used this pistol to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand, setting off a chain reaction that followed.

"It's all hidden, now take a shovel and start repairing this trench, it won't be long before our foreigners will return here."

Zhou Yu's prophecy and the direction of the war in the Chinese labor team have never been wrong, and this time everyone chose to believe it without hesitation.

When they began to repair the German trench positions, they found that the opponent's trenches were dug deep and wide, and the lower part would be reinforced with wooden planks to keep out the tide, and there was a small hole dug by a man near the trench wall, so that the soldiers could shrunk in it to rest during their shifts, and it looked very safe.

"These foreign devils are so serious about digging a trench." Liu Banxian pouted and sighed.

Shovels were picked up and the trenches were mended, and wooden and ammo boxes were re-stacked under their feet so that later soldiers could step on them to shoot or climb out of the trenches.

After paying for the lives of countless soldiers, the British attack finally broke through the enemy's first line of defense and began to rush backwards in one go.

But just as Zhou Yu predicted, the British suffered a devastating blow in the second line of defense in depth of the German army.

Mortars and Maxim heavy machine guns smashed the British soldiers who fell into the trap into a sieve, suffering heavy casualties and having to turn around and flee back into the first trench.

When the laborers saw the British soldiers crawling into the trenches, they looked at each other, exchanged a knowing look, and then bowed their heads and went on to work.

"Hell! Those guys' machine guns are amazing! Broad's head was completely smashed, and Griffith's intestines were even thrown in my face! You can't rush over like this brainlessly, it's a massacre! ”

"Those stupid pigs who call the shots! They don't have brains! What drove the enemy out of the Somme in one fell swoop? This tactic is a definite failure! ”

The two British soldiers who rolled into the trench scolded so loudly that they didn't even notice Zhou Yu's Chinese workers.

After a while, several more soldiers rolled into the nearby trench, all of them disgraced, and some of them did not even know where to throw their guns, so they could only lean against the wall of the trench and gasp for breath.

Zhou Yu glanced over there and saw a familiar face.

"Lieutenant Williams? Why are you here? You should be back to Task Force C13, we need your command. ”

Williams was obviously shocked, and it took him a while to see that it was Zhou Yu who was talking to him, and coughed lightly twice to force himself to calm down.

"I wish I could command you, too, but I't

d I can't find where you are! Shells and people everywhere, see? I got shot! It's hard to say if you'll survive tonight! ”

Hearing Williams say this, Zhou Yu found that the left cheek of their chief was covered with blood, and there was even a tendency to scab.

A piece of his ear was clearly missing, presumably from a stray bullet during the charge, or from shrapnel from the explosion.

"Don't worry, my dear lieutenant, this wound won't kill you, we should take a short break here to gather more friendly troops before moving forward."

Williams listened to the bullets whizzing overhead, took a deep breath, and said, "That's what I want to say!" Which of you are connected? Who has the highest military rank? ”

The soldiers who were still complaining and scolding just now straightened up and said, "We are the sixth company and the thirteenth platoon!" Sir, the highest rank we have here is a corporal! ”

"Hell, I'm a lieutenant, and you'll all listen to me from now on! Gather nearby friendly forces, we must first stand the first line of defense! Now, sweeping up the remnants of the enemy along this trench to the left and right, I'm going to make sure there are no Germans alive here! ”

"Yes! Sir! ”

After two days of charging and baptism of war, Williams's mind seemed to be clearer, and Zhou Yu looked at him and nodded with satisfaction, which made the former have an illusion of being affirmed by the leader.

"Now, Bruce Chow, gather your men to repair this line as soon as possible, and our follow-up troops will definitely fill it up soon!"

"It's sir! We're already doing that! ”

Zhou Yu signaled with his eyes that the Chinese workers had already rotated the shovels to repair the trenches, and Williams's order was obviously half a beat slower.

"I must find Lieutenant Colonel George now, the same one who ordered the Overseer to escort you earlier, see him?"

"George? His name is George? ”

Zhou Yu silently remembered the name, and the damn bearded man used them as a human shield and stood at the front of the battle line.

If it weren't for the fact that they had prepared and trained the countermeasures in the corresponding situation, I am afraid that two-thirds of the C13 contingent of more than 1,000 people today would have to be accounted for here.

Williams was about to turn around and leave, but glanced at the rifle that Zhou Yu had handed over.

"You still know how to shoot?" He asked.

"Sir, just now when I was in a hurry, I learned everyone's shooting posture and fired a few shots, but I didn't expect to hit someone, maybe my luck is not bad."

"Your luck is indeed good, you can get the first shot, and I really regret that you are not really British."

Williams said this from the bottom of his heart, but after he finished speaking, he regretted it a little, and deliberately put on a straight face and said: "Okay, go back to work, don't let Lieutenant Colonel George see you being lazy, he is not as kind as me." ”

Zhou Yu didn't say it, but in his heart, he had already sentenced Lieutenant Colonel George to death.

On this battlefield where guns don't have long eyes, who knows where a bullet will fly and kill dear Lieutenant Colonel George? No one cares where the bullet came from.

The Allied charge was still ongoing, and after wading through the first line of German defense, choking smoke and heavy fire split them into separate groups.

All the troops are mixed together, and the comrades-in-arms around them are no longer the comrades-in-arms in the original formation, and everyone can't call each other names, so they can only decide who is in command for the time being by virtue of their ranks.

This chaotic situation also slowed the progress of the British army after passing through the first line of defense, allowing the reorganized German army to carry out a counter-offensive, which suddenly wiped out their advantage in front of the front, and almost all of them cowered in the previous trench.

As night slowly descended on the Somme, the gunfire gradually turned from dense to sporadic until the moon hung and the stars twinkled overhead, and they became seemingly nothing.

Zhou Yu was so tired that he couldn't breathe, and he leaned on the wall of the trench to get a short rest time for himself.

"Mr. Zhou, thanks to you today, otherwise I would have died."

The dog baby, who was stunned by the cannonball during the day, said with a scared face.

Recalling the thrilling scene during the day, Liu Banxian also folded his hands and bowed to Zhou Yu.

Immediately after, he took out three copper coins out of nowhere, shook them up and down in his palm, and threw them to the ground with a "snap".

"Daji, brothers~! Although the hanging photo shows nine deaths and one life, our final result is lucky! As long as everyone follows Mr. Zhou, they can save their lives, and if they don't die, there will be blessings~~! ”

Zhou Yu waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Don't put a high hat on me, if you have the spare strength, you might as well count the number of people and see how many brothers we rushed out during the day are left." In addition, the corpses of the big-headed soldiers were also piled together so that they could count them. ”

After Zhou Yu finished explaining to Liu Banxian, he looked at Wu Xiaolong and Hong Ah Ghost and said, "You two take a few brothers and search in those secret caves of the enemy to see if you can find something to eat." I don't know when the foreign devils will deliver the supplies, and then they will be able to have enough food and clothing by themselves. ”

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, let's go."

As soon as he finished making arrangements, Zhou Yu saw a figure with a hurried expression coming from the other side of the trench, but it was their task force commander, Williams.

"Bruce Chow, there's bad news and good news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Zhou Yu moved his shoulders and said, "Let's listen to the good news first." ”

"This news is indeed good news for you, Lieutenant Colonel George was bleeding profusely from a bullet through his thigh during the day's fighting, and he had completely lost his breath two minutes ago."

"That's not good news for us, so what's the bad news?"

The corners of Williams' mouth moved, and he sighed: "The bad news is that Shangfeng ordered us to let Task Force C13 move forward and explore a village not far away, where we will set up a temporary warehouse and a camp for wounded soldiers...... However, it is likely that there are still remnants of the enemy army stationed there. ”