The same tragic battle was still on the fourth line of defense of Verdun. General Neville, the commander of the French Verdun Army, began to fall into a state of despair. The German attack at all costs made his army less and less. The ten-kilometer-long front, 200,000 inadequate troops, lost a large number of heavy weapons. Yesterday, the entire line of defense was almost broken by the German army. Today's situation could only be worse. The reinforcements were still on the way to come, and the French commander-in-chief Marshal Betton had arrived in person. According to his latest order, all reinforcements advancing towards Verdun were asked to slow down. Otherwise, once the defense line was broken, hundreds of thousands of French troops exposed to the wilderness would become the Germans' meal.

Neville felt that he was about to become a sinner in the Third Republic of France, and his fate was like Napoleon III. This feeling was really tormenting. The ones who caused all this were those Chinese liars who were untrustworthy. God, let these damn Chinese people go to hell with me.

At this time, the supreme commander of the French army did not think about how to restore the situation, but prayed wholeheartedly to God to send himself and the Chinese to hell. In this case, it would be a hell of a defence if the fourth line of defense could be kept.

French soldiers did their best, "behind us is our motherland and relatives, and the enemy is stepping on our bodies is Paris. Don't leave shame to future generations. The brave French soldiers, even if they die, cannot let the enemy step into our sacred motherland and capital."

The high Marseille song was once again sung on the French position. French soldiers bravely fought the final death battle with the German soldiers. Faced with the closer and closer German soldiers, they were fearless. Faced with fierce firepower, they were fearless. They wanted to use their lives and blood to defend the Third French Republic,.

Marshal Hindenburg, the chief of staff of the German army, stepped on the muddy land to the front line, because General Rudendolf, who was in charge of the attack, had just promised himself that he would break through the Verdun defense line today, which was something that the Second German Empire had not yet achieved in 1916, but it was about to come true in the summer of 1917.

"Ludendorff, I want to know where your faith comes from." asked Marshal Hindenburg, who was not angry and powerful.

General Ludendolf, who was born in the lower class of the empire, reported confidently: "Please rest assured that this line of defense can be broken at any time, because the French army has no reinforcements and has lost heavy weapons. Now all they can rely on is that little bit of pitiful spirit."

There are still some historical reasons for the formation of a good relationship between Rudendolf and Hindenburg. Because of Rudendolf's middle and lower class origin and the strict hierarchical concept of the German Empire's army (he was not a noble at this time), he could not be appointed as commander. However, this arrangement formed the wonderful combination of Hindenburg-Ruddendolf, which had a significant impact on the entire Germany.

But now, whether it was Hindenburg or Rudendolf waiting, waiting for the moment when the German army broke through the French final defense line, now no matter which side knows that this moment is not far away,.

At 5:27 pm on May 16, on the left side of the Verdun defense line, the German army captured three positions in a row, tearing a three-hundred-meter-long opening on the flank of the entire French army. The French command's determination to fight was finally completely shaken. Although the combat troops below were still trying to draw the last soldier to launch a counterattack on this opening, everyone knew that this was futile. The German army, who saw the hope of victory, launched the last and most fierce attack. The fourth line of defense of Verdun was finally defeated in full swing, with more than 100,000 French troops. Like loose sand, the German army fled towards the Fortress of Verdun, and the German army did not continue to pursue. According to General Rudendorf's plan, next, about 300,000 German troops would encircle these French troops who had lost their equipment and supplies and were depressed in the Fortress of Verdun and force them to surrender. At the same time, about 160,000 German troops would bypass the Fortress of Verdun to establish a new line of defense behind it. Once the French army of Verdun was solved, the German army would be able to suppress it. I believe that the entire France would not have much power to stop the victory of the empire.

Just as the entire German command was cheering for the German army to successfully break through Verdun's last line of defense, Marshal Hindenburg suddenly asked a very disgusting question: "Has the Worburg area been taken down yet? Where are the damn Chinese still resisting?"

General Rudendolf was not responsible for this matter, but the general responsible for the attack in this area did not know how to answer. This is really shameful. General Rudendolf easily defeated the 200,000 French troops with 350,000 troops, while he attacked more than 20,000 Chinese troops with 70,000 troops, but he had no progress. It is really a shame to say that.

Just as everyone was silent, a young staff officer suddenly ran in and said, "Reported that the Metz Regional Security Command urgently sent a telegram. The Chinese army appeared in the Metz region and took advantage of the opportunity to attack the city. The troops were expected to be more than 50,000. Now the empire's army is relying on the city defense to carry out the final resistance and request the Marshal to reinforce."

What, the Chinese actually appeared in Metz. When they heard this news, everyone, including Marshal Hindenburg and General Rudendolf, was shocked.

At this moment, Bai Chongxi and Charles de Gaulle were standing less than three kilometers away from Metz. The vanguard of the entire expeditionary force was the Third Division of Haway. They rushed into the unguarded city of Metz almost as fast as possible. For the German troops who were guarding or strictly stationed in Metz, May 16 could be considered a disastrous day. Some German soldiers who had just finished their Chinese food and were about to take advantage of the short-term sunshine to take advantage of the opportunity to stroll on the street. Suddenly, watching a large group of Asian soldiers wearing French uniforms but similar to German helmets run past them with weapons. At least these German soldiers were stunned at the time. They had no weapons to resist and surrender and were not allowed to be responsible. So they could only stand foolishly on the side of the road without moving. Until someone pointed the gun at them with a black hole, they would remember to put their hands on their heads. This was the act allowed by His Majesty the German Emperor.

Also extremely surprised were the residents of Metz. They were said to be all French. However, in the past fifty years, they all existed as German citizens. However, only fifty years did not change their perception of their nationality. Just yesterday they received extremely sad and angry news that the German army's raid in Verdun achieved unprecedented success. France might be about to perish, but just after lunch today, they were surprised to find that the Allies' army actually appeared beside them. Although they were Asians, it was not important. What mattered was that the Germans seemed to have lied, and perhaps the one who was about to fail was themselves.

With the help of French soldiers assigned to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the residents of Metz quickly stood up and led the way for the soldiers of the Expeditionary Force. The key departments of the German army stationed in the Metz area were soon occupied by Chinese soldiers with weapons. The German soldiers inside were not even too late to resist. They had no idea what was going on. Is it April April April's Day?

In addition to being resisted by the German army near the Security Command, almost 9,427 German soldiers in the entire Metz area were captured without experiencing the battle and not knowing the situation. Of course, for these German soldiers, being captured may not be a bad thing, at least for them, the war is over.

At 3:40 pm on May 16, after half an hour of resistance, all 600 German troops from the Security Command were eliminated. The Chinese army used mortars and a large number of grenades in the battle for this small-scale building, and the German army suffered heavy casualties.

At around 3:00 pm, Metz's German army had already sent a message to the German army on the Verdun front. However, due to the forward movement of the command post, the telegram was sent to Hindenburg at around 5:00 pm. God still favored the Germans at the last moment, because at this time the German army had defeated the French army commanded by Niver.

The news of Metz's loss was really terrible for the German army that had just won the victory in Verdun. You should know that about 50% of the materials prepared for this battle were piled up in Metz's warehouse, and more than 100 heavy artillery transferred from the navy were also placed in Metz. What's worse is that because they are far away from the front line, Metz has no trenches and fortifications, and most of the guards are baggage units that have never been on the battlefield.

"We are in big trouble now, Ludendolf," said Marshal Hindenburg nervously, "How did those damn Chinese get there."

Ludendolf immediately pulled a military map and looked at it for a few minutes and said, "Marson Marshal, I think we may have to give up the victory that is already within our reach. Once these cunning Chinese people seized the Lorraine region, they can enter the empire's confidant land through Luxembourg, which is exactly what His Majesty the Emperor cannot tolerate. What's worse is that if we do not give up this victory, we will be unable to persist because of insufficient subsequent supplies. All we can do now is to return to help quickly, regain Metz before the Chinese, and at the same time, to return to Luxembourg first and defend the empire's portal."

"What, isn't that equivalent to opening Verdun's portal and giving up the Lorraine and the Alsace region to the French?" Marshal Hindenburg couldn't help but shout.

Rudendolf didn't say anything. He just looked at the Marshal with a painful face, cursing the Chinese's cunning in his heart, but he still insisted: "Marrior, we have severely damaged the French army. Now it seems that we and the Chinese have achieved their needs in the entire battle. What we have to do now is to return to Metz and eliminate the Chinese people or drive them away. In short, we can't continue to attack. I believe that a large number of French troops are coming to Verdun. No matter what the final result is, there will be no more enough troops in the Western Allied Powers on the Western Front to start the war. Our strategic goal has been achieved. What we need to do now is to maintain the stability of the Eastern Section so that our glorious peace can be achieved,."
Chapter completed!