Hearing this order, Zhou Yu stared at Williams for a long time without saying a word, and the latter was uncomfortable by him, and his eyes dodged.

"Got it, sir...... Guys, rest early tonight, dig a pit and sleep in your clothes, and continue to move forward tomorrow morning while the fog is rising, and go to the designated place. ”

Seeing that Zhou Yu finally looked away, Williams breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He felt more and more nervous about facing this representative of Chinese workers than he was about facing his immediate boss.

After Williams left, the Chinese workers of Task Force C13 crowded into the trenches, all of them turning their eyes to Zhou Yu.

"This damn war won't end for a while, and if we get to that village, we'll slow down the construction progress, and those idiots will soon be beaten back by the Germans."

"Mr. Hao Le Zhou~! We all listen to you! We have just counted the number of people, and we have lost more than sixty brothers during the day today......"

Liu Banxian, who was in charge of registering the number, said with a bitter face.

Zhou Yu's expression was a little gloomy, and he sighed lightly: "Write down their names and origins, if you have the opportunity to find their families in the future, you can still help." ”

"Got it, Mr. Zhou."

After a while, the laborers who had gone to find food walked briskly back.

"Mr. Zhou~~ Everyone, let's see what we found? These foreign devils are not as good as what we eat, they all eat mice. ”

Zhou Yu looked at the wooden sticks carried by Hong Ah Ghost and Wu Xiaolong with more than a dozen skinned rats strung together, just like he had seen a mouse seller in his previous life.

"It seems that the naval blockade of the British army still has a very serious impact on the German homeland, especially since the supplies of these soldiers have been seriously insufficient, rats have become the staple food of these soldiers in the trenches, and moldy bread is a luxury."

Zhou Yu whispered to himself for a while, and then ordered: "Clean up the internal organs, dig a pit and light a fire, and be sure to cook it thoroughly before eating." ”

couldn't wait for the supplies delivered from the rear, Zhou Yu and the others could only laugh at all the rats left by the German army.

In addition to rats in the other party's kitchen, they also found two barrels of low-quality light ale, which was an unexpected discovery.

That night, the laborers of the task force ate rat meat and ate bad beer, and finally managed to deal with the dinner.

Night once again fell on the Somme war zone, and although there was still a strong smell of gunpowder smoke floating in the air, everyone was now completely immune to this smell.

Zhou Yu, who went out to listen to the news, was in a very heavy mood, and he heard the soldiers in the other trenches talking about the battle in the past two days, as if more than 50,000 people had been killed and wounded on the side of the Entente on the first day of yesterday.

In the history that Zhou Yu knew, more than 60,000 people died in the first day of the massacre of the Allies.

Although he intervened this time, his butterfly flapping its wings was too weak to form a chain reaction.

Most of the people who changed their fate because of Zhou Yu were Chinese workers, and as for those British and French forces, perhaps the only one he had the most influence on was Williams.

Since there was no time to clean up the corpses during the day, many soldiers in the trenches on both sides tried to climb out of the trenches after nightfall, and scavenged for some useful equipment or food from the corpses.

And the consequences of this will inevitably lead to small encounters.

The soldiers of both sides, who were also picking up corpses, met in a narrow way, drew their guns and fired at each other, creating a series of piercing gunshots in the silent night.

Zhou Yu ordered the Chinese workers of Task Force C13 to rest as soon as possible in two shifts, and they will be arranged to go to the village in the forest tomorrow to build fortifications, and they must be mentally recuperated.

Rubbing the pistol seized from the enemy in his hand, Zhou Yu recalled in his mind the knowledge of firearms that he had seen in books before, maybe a small and insignificant piece of information could save his life on the battlefield.

Suddenly, at this moment, Zhou Yu's ears raised his head slightly, looking towards the deep night.

He listened attentively for a few seconds, then was stunned, and hurriedly woke up his sleeping companion beside him.

"Shh~~~ Don't speak, there's movement outside, listen to the direction should be the enemy! Grab everything you have at your disposal as weapons, and take cover in the trenches, and I'll inform Williams of them. ”

The workers who were woken up couldn't help but get nervous when they heard the news.

Some of them clutched shovels, some took out short knives that they had touched on corpses during the day, and some of them could not find their weapons for a while, so they simply felt a stone and held it in the palm of their hands.

Zhou Yu quickly ran down the trench to the rear, pulled the sleeping Williams up from the hole, and stretched out his hand to the east.

"There's movement there, it should be the enemy's night attack troops."

"What? Night...... Night Raid?! ”

Williams hurriedly put his helmet on and drew his pistol.

Although it was dark and he couldn't see his expression clearly, Zhou Yu could still feel the tension exuded by the other party's body movements.

"Don't panic, there aren't many people who listen to the footsteps, it should be just a small surprise attack force, you bring some people to ambush them, and catch them off guard."

"Good...... Good! ”

Williams stammered in agreement, turned and ran to the rear trenches, and in a few moments he pulled and dragged a group of soldiers after him.

A group of people, led by Zhou Yu, lay in ambush at the east entrance by sticking to the edge of the trench.

Zhou Yu didn't speak, put his index finger on his lips to signal everyone not to make a sound, and then raised his right hand to let everyone pay attention to the signal.

There was a sparse sound of footsteps above the crowd's heads, and this time everyone could hear the movement.

However, there is a question that also surrounds their minds, since Zhou Yu heard the movement and turned around to call people back here to ambush, at least more than five minutes have passed, when did he start to find the enemy approaching? Is his hearing so good?

Zhou Yu held the shovel in his left hand and raised his right hand to his side.

At this moment, a figure slid down from the gap in the trench in the darkness.

He had a gun in his hand, his head hruned and leaned against the side wall, followed by a second, a third.

Because everyone was sticking to the inner wall of the trench, and the light was dim, the enemy who was the first to slide into the trench did not notice Zhou Yu and the others, and was still communicating something with gestures in a whisper.

However, when the tenth person slipped into the trench and was about to move to the side, Zhou Yu waved his raised right hand down sharply and shouted: "Fire!" ”

His shout sent a shudder to the enemies who had crept in in the dark, but then Williams and the soldiers he had brought with him had pulled the trigger at the same time.

Under the moonlight, the Germans, who had just sneaked into the trenches and had not had time to move, were caught off guard by this burst of gunfire and fell to the ground one after another.

After the first round of shooting, the Chinese workers who were lying in ambush on both sides also grabbed shovels, daggers, stones and other objects, and smashed them in one fell swoop.

The sound of gunfire in a small area quickly alarmed the soldiers stationed in other positions.

A few soft sounds were heard, and several lights shone in the direction where the shots rang out, illuminating the German soldiers who were sneaking forward in the dark.

"Night Raid~~~ There is a Night Raid~~~ Fire! Fire and kill them! ”

The soldiers in charge of the sentry guard shouted and pulled the trigger, and in a short time the guns of the Allied positions rang out, annihilating the group of German troops who were trying to attack at night at the front of the position, and did not let a single person break into their hinterland.

"Ceasefire ~~ Ceasefire ~~! The number of enemies attacking at night is not large, go to the soldiers of the two squads to check if there are any alive! ”

An officer attracted by the sound of gunfire gave the order, and soon the lights were extinguished, and the battlefield began to be cleared only by the hazy moonlight.

They also did this because they were afraid that their soldiers would be too conspicuous and would be targeted by the snipers on the other side, and the lights in the dark would always be so deadly.

Seeing that the enemy's night attack was unsuccessful, Williams let out a long sigh.

He looked at Zhou Yu a little strangely and asked in a low voice, "How did you find out?" They should be some way from the trenches when you come to me. ”

Zhou Yu shrugged his shoulders and explained ambiguously: "I have been hearing better since I was a child, and I am highly nervous, so I will not let go of any slight movement." There is an old saying in our country that it is better to believe it than not to believe it, and even if it is just a false alarm, I will still do it. ”

Williams nodded silently, he glanced at the Chinese workers who were talking in a low voice around him, and threw down a sentence before leaving, "I will try to apply for a weapon for you to defend yourself from above, firearms are impossible, but the short knife that I carry with me should be fine." ”