Chapter 339 Shocking the World (1)
The bombardment of the artillery temporarily summoned by the German infantry lasted only five minutes because the German artillery had no ammunition, and it was only the firepower of the two divisions showing their power, and there were no other heavy artillery. So after the artillery was stopped, the German soldiers were extremely disappointed to find that those damn bunkers were still splashing machine gun bullets at them like money.
For an entire afternoon, nearly 200 German corpses were piled up in front of the No. 184 bunker, and compared with other bunkers, the lucky ones of the No. 184 bunker were not a little lucky. From the outside, the shooting hole had been hit by the German counterattacks everywhere, but no bullet was successfully shot into the bunker, and no one of the ten soldiers in the class was injured. At this time, Xue Yue issued a secret order to retreat, because not far from No. 184, the No. 186 and No. 187 had been blasted by the German grenades, and No. 184 has now lost the support point. The result of continuing to defend the dead is likely to be lifted off by the German army with the same method at the next point. Since the order to hold on for fifteen days, every soldier is now extremely precious to Xue Yue.
At 5 pm, the last bullet in the heavy machine gun was fired. Under the leadership of the squad leader Sergeant Shi Jinrong, the whole class opened the door of the bunker and started running wildly towards the battalion headquarters. The German army, who had just been repelled, did not retreat too far. They were organizing the sixth wave of suicide squads to send grenades. Now they discovered the intention of the Chinese defenders of the bunker No. 184, so they fired. Two unlucky comrades were knocked over to the ground by the German army without hesitation. The others hurriedly dragged them. This was also required by the military regulations. You can surrender, but you must never abandon your comrades who were injured on the battlefield, otherwise you will face the trial of military law. In the end, the largest of the two soldiers could not be rescued. The German bullet penetrated his lungs from his back.
The same battle took place on the defensive positions of the 62nd Regiment, 63rd Regiment, and 64th Regiment. The German army suffered 4,000 casualties, but only advanced less than fifty meters. It was a very frustrating result. Lt. Col. Effenberg's troops suffered more than 40% casualties. According to the order of the German General Staff, he was allowed to rotate. He immediately rode a horse to find his division commander. He had to tell the division commander some of his thoughts. When Marshal Hindenburg saw the battle report on the front line in the command of Nancy, his expression on his face became very exciting. This was unimaginable. In a small area, the imperial army suffered 4,000 casualties after such a large number of shelling, but he could not take it down. What was this situation? Marshal Hindenburg was so angry that he was about to leave.
When did the Chinese become so capable? Marshal Hindenburg remembers very clearly that sixteen years ago, the old senior Marshal Waldesi was very easy to beat the regular army of the Qing Empire and the millions of boxers with only 20,000 coalition forces. It has only been so many years since the Chinese, the sick men of East Asia, dared to wrestle the arm of Europe with the elites of the empire.
In Paris, a cocktail party is being held. Diplomats and politicians from the Allied Powers such as Britain, France, Italy, etc. are enjoying the best Bordeaux reds here, while exchanging views on the war. It is worth noting that although the National Government in the South has diplomatic departments, it does not set up foreign institutions. Therefore, the person who represented China at the cocktail party was Hu Weide, the Minister to France of the Beiyang Government. Because the National Government sent troops to Europe, the Chinese diplomats stationed in France have become valuable now. However, today, today The drink party was obviously not a friendly party. From the beginning of the party, French Prime Minister Crimson made the most sincere protest towards our Minister Hu Weide, protesting that the damn Chinese army did not conscientiously fulfill the obligations of the coalition forces. Now, the poor French army was thrown directly in front of the fierce German man and was beaten up. All of this was caused by the incompetence of the Chinese army. The poor Minister Hu Weide could only endure Crimson's roar with a pale face without saying a word.
The diplomats attending the meeting in Japan held wine glasses and sneered on the side, as if it was a pleasant thing to see the Chinese make a fool of themselves, but not every Japanese is like this. Nagata Tetsuyama, the military officer of the Japanese Embassy in Denmark, held the wine glasses with one hand and held the glasses frame on his nose with the other hand.
Less than two meters away from Nagata, British Prime Minister Lloyd George was talking with Japanese Prime Minister Masato Desaurus Hirota Hirota, the special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Masato Desaurus, which was also a feature of Japanese diplomacy during this period. Masato Desaurus, who was a soldier, served as the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Japan, which determined that many major diplomatic affairs could not be discussed by Masato Desaurus himself, so the special envoy shouldered the mission that originally belonged to the foreign minister.
"Mr. Hirota, it seems that the Chinese army is indeed not as reliable as your country's army. I still hope that your country can send troops to Europe to beat the Germans with us. As for the financial and equipment issues, we can talk about it." Prime Minister Lloyd George now looks like a personal trafficker, hiring troops everywhere that can bleed the British Empire.
Hirota Hirota nodded and said, "Of course the Great Japanese Imperial Army is more reliable than the inferior Chinese army. They have defeated Russian warriors, but this matter is not a trivial matter. I cannot express my opinion here, so I can only ask the imperial government. Now it seems that the weapons and loans that your country spends on the Chinese people have been wasted. This really makes us, as friends of your country, feel sad."
Nagata Tetsuyama could understand English. He frowned unconsciously after hearing the conversation between Lloyd George and Hirota Hirota.
In Europe for several years, Nagata Tetsuyama, a rationalist, is much clearer than the domestic guys who are self-confidant and observant in the well.
Chapter completed!