"Mr. Zhou, what should we do now? We all listen to you! ”

Lu Xiucai was a little more sensible and waited for Zhou Yu's reply.

Zhou Yu squinted his eyes and silently calculated the date in his heart, raised his head and said: "The mission still has to be carried out, we can't confront those British officers head-on, they have the right to kill us on the battlefield, and they don't even need a reason, and we don't have enough self-protection ability now." ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was too early for the German army to surrender in World War I, even if they retreated from Verdun until after the onset of deep winter, the fate of his group of Chinese workers was really confusing.

However, as the representative and spiritual pillar of the workers, Zhou Yu knew that he must not show frustration, and he must make himself believe that they can and must live.

The Chinese workers of Task Force C13, who had been ordered to be removed again, packed up early the next morning, and set out on the road south under the supervision of 100 British soldiers.

However, this time Williams quietly equipped everyone with twenty more bayonets, which finally gave these Chinese workers more ability to protect themselves.

Of course, Zhou Yu didn't want these at all, they also had to collect as many guns as possible on the battlefield, only with thermal weapons can they teach their companions how to use firearms, even if there are not enough bullets for them to practice, they must first figure out the basic firearm structure.

Leaving the jungle town in August as the heat of the Somme region was unbearable, Zhou Yu and his C13 team once again entered the chessboard-like area of engagement.

Thankfully, the nearest side of the trench was still under the control of the Allies, which was a blessing in disguise for them as they wanted to pass through the area.

"Hell! Laborers over there, do you think you're a big man who has come to enjoy? Hurry up and repair the trenches in front of Lao Tzu as before! The enemy attack could come at any moment, and damn it, I even lost a shoe! ”

As soon as Zhou Yu's team entered the trench area, they were stopped by a rude British officer, who ordered them to repair the trench immediately with an almost barbaric attitude.

"Sir, we have received an order to go south to reinforce the Verdun theater, there can be no delay, I must leave now."

Zhou Yu stood at the front of the line, trying to reason with the sergeant who didn't seem much stronger than a beggar.

"Go to the TMD military order! More than half of Lao Tzu's men were killed or wounded, and if we can't rebuild and strengthen the trenches here within an hour, none of us will want to live! ”

The sergeant said extremely angrily and took out his pistol and put it on Zhou Yu's forehead, which made the hearts of the laborers behind him tense and frightened.

"Here's a few people! Show me these maggot-like creatures, no one is allowed to leave without trimming the entire trench! ”

Zhou Yu resisted the urge to do it and gritted his teeth and endured it, he knew that these soldiers were about to be tortured and crazy by the purgatory-like battlefield, at this time they were like a tight spring, which could collapse at any time, and even the slightest stimulation would cause a catastrophe.

Although he was sure that he could escape from the other party's shooting, the fate of the others would undoubtedly be tragic.

Zhou Yu pressed down with both hands and told the labor brothers behind him not to act rashly.

"Sir, let's go repair the trenches and ensure that the task is completed within an hour."

"You'd better do what you say! Hurry up, you stupid pigs! ”

In the face of the sergeant's unreasonable insults and shouts, Zhou Yu endured it, and led 400 Chinese workers to pick up shovels and begin to repair the trenches in front of him that had been blown beyond recognition.

After more than a month of tug-of-war, the large area originally occupied by the Entente was once again returned to the German army, and the front of the two sides seemed to have returned to the starting point.

The only difference was that the no-man's land in the middle of the battle had become more muddy and emitted a foul stench mixed with the smell of gunsmoke.

Zhou Yu knew that it was too late to bring it back, and the stench emitted by the corpse that had been fused with the mud cannon fodder!

Coupled with the scorching heat of August, there is a high probability that there will soon be an epidemic of plague diseases here.

"Mr. Zhou, in fact, we can escape quietly."

Liu Banxian squeezed to Zhou Yu's side and put forward his own suggestions.

Zhou Yu slowly shook his head and said: "No, we have four hundred, not forty or four, if the latter can still find a chance to slip away, but the goal of four hundred people is too big, and the British army that has already killed the red eye will definitely not let us go at this time."

We are now like travelers walking on the ice, we must be very careful with every step, and if we are not careful, we will fall into the ice cave and never recover. ”

"Damn, this battle is really embarrassing! Even the people on our own side don't look down on us, we are really fooled this time! ”

Wu Xiaolong, the master of the dart, said and took off his felt hat to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and angrily threw his hat on the ground.

At that time, he also boarded the ship bound for France for 30 oceans a month, but he didn't expect that he had been in the Somme River for more than a month, and they didn't receive a piece of the ocean at all, and they had to tie their lives to their belts every day, which was really a big fool!

"It's useless to talk about this now, everyone listens to Mr. Zhou's words to quickly finish repairing the trenches here, and continue to hurry when they are finished."

Lu Xiucai was relatively rational among these people, and while helping Zhou Yu to persuade everyone to calm their emotions, he asked in a low voice:

"Mr. Zhou, as you said, the goal of four hundred people to act here together is indeed very big, it is better for us to learn from the ancients and break it up and move south.

As you taught us before, if you don't put all your eggs in one basket, you have a better chance of surviving. ”

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "What you said is exactly what I want to do, that's right, it's really a good way to break it into parts, everyone is crowded together, the goal is too big, and the end can't take care of each other, it's really bad." ”

Zhou Yu was mentally thinking about how to divide these four hundred people into separate groups in order to quickly and secretly pass through Somme and the war zone.

Suddenly, at this moment, his ears moved slightly, and he frowned and looked at the no-man's land outside the trench.

In that thick and choking smoke of gunpowder, there seemed to be some dark shadows looming.

"Oops, there's a situation ahead! Could it be that the Germans have already launched a counterattack? Be careful, everyone! Those who have guns take out their guns, and those who don't have guns hide all their bayonets! ”

Zhou Yu, who had a loud alarm bell in his heart, immediately ordered the labor brothers on both sides, but these four hundred people were not regular troops after all, and the order was conveyed quite sluggishly, and the people who were standing at the back of the team and heard the instructions were still at a loss, and they didn't know why they were hiding.

Perhaps they had lived too comfortably in the jungle village before, and had forgotten the terrible scene of the days before the battle began.

Suddenly, the first German soldier wearing an iron helmet and a rifle rushed out of the thick fog, followed by the second, third, and fourth, and more and more German soldiers crossed the no-man's land.

With their appearance, several whistles in the sky sounded from far and near, as if they were ringing in everyone's ears.

"Everybody take cover and get down! It's shelling~~~! ”

Zhou Yu only had time to grab the dog baby next to him to protect him, but he was swept to the ground by the air wave not far away.

The explosion rained down on him, and the shock wave from close range made his ears buzz, unable to judge the situation on the battlefield for the first time.

Cannonballs in the sky continued to fall on the laborers mending the trenches, blowing up fountains of blood from stump limbs.

Many laborers were scratched by shell fragments and fell to the ground with a scream like killing pigs.

Zhou Yu shook his head like lead and tried to raise his head from the mud and severed limbs.

And the German advance troops, who had completed a round of shelling at this moment, were already less than twenty meters from their trenches.

"How did the enemy come so suddenly? Didn't the nerds of the British army notice it at all? ”

Zhou Yu, who didn't have time to think about it, took out the pistol he captured on the battlefield from his waist, pulled the insurance, and shot all the bullets in the magazine at the crowd.

He could clearly report that his shot had hit two enemies, and the rest of the bullets had all fallen into the dirt, without even a single splash.

Due to the impact of the shelling, Zhou Yu couldn't concentrate on slowing down the time and space around him, so he barely shot in this situation, even if he only hit the target with two shots, the other laborers can be imagined.

The laborers who had secretly hidden their pistols from the Germans reacted and pulled the trigger indiscriminately in front of them.

Some of them didn't even look at it, like Liu Banxian, who just poked his hand out of the trench to finish the bullets, but he didn't have time to care where the bullets went.

Although the marksmanship of the laborers did not cause any damage, the sudden sound of gunfire still slowed down the charging German soldiers and made them a little more fearful.

"Mr. Zhou~~Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid~~~ Will we die? Will it die here?! ”

The dog baby grabbed Zhou Yu's clothes and trembled violently while crying.