Chapter 74 The Banks of the Meuse(1/2)
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When the soldiers came here, everything here seemed to be unaffected by the war. There were lush woods everywhere on both sides of the Meuse River, and French rural buildings were scattered between golden fields. Everything here was quiet and peaceful, but in the end, as the war progressed, the peaceful life was interrupted. Although this was not a main battlefield, the battle was still taking place around Verse.
The brutal war made the people here feel that this winter was completely different from the countless winters they had spent in the countryside before. The war changed a lot of life and also changed the landform here.
The lush forests by the Meuse River no longer exist. Even when these Philistines came here, the forests by the river were still lush. At this moment, only some broken tree stumps stood there, and the earth was completely turned upside down. After the winter came, the strong wind blew snowflakes, covering the naked earth, covering the stakes of trees and covering the cannons. The path to the public toilet behind the trenches also disappeared.
War has long changed everything here.
Later, Ryan Poongalai returned to the town. Through the manor window in the town where the officers were resting, he looked at the heavy snow outside. Ryan Poongalai and a friend ordered a bottle of Asti wine. The heavy snow was still falling slowly. Ryan Poongalai and his colleagues knew that this year's war might begin after the end of this snow.
But they didn't know where it would start. In fact, no one knew whether they launched the attack or the Germans launched the attack. There were always such and such discussions among the officers. In fact, in the past year, neither the French nor the British had been able to break the German positions, and the Germans were also unable to conquer the French or British defensive positions, and the front line was never broken by either side. Ryan Poongare and his colleagues knew that if the war continued to be so stalemate, perhaps, by the next winter, the war would continue, and for both sides, the only result would be to wait for the next year to fight again.
Captain Alfres, a friend of Ryan Poongalai, saw the priest walking carefully through the street. He knocked on the window to greet him. The priest smiled when he saw Ryan Poongalai and his colleagues. Alfres signaled him to come in, and he shook his head and left. That night, after eating noodles, the captain made a joke about the priest again.
The priest was young and blushed. Like Ryan Poongalai, like everyone else, he was wearing military uniforms, but on the erectile sacs of his gray military uniform, he was two crosses.
"Today the pastor is with the girls."
Captain Arres said as he looked at the priest, and then looked at Ryan Poongalai. The priest smiled and shook his head with a red face.
"Even if I'm with girls, I'm praying for them!"
Because Captain Alfres often embarrassed him and often scooped him up to joke, he had long known how he should deal with it.
"Pray for her?"
Captain Alfres said again:
"I saw the pastors and girls today, and it seemed that they were closer to God at that time, well, maybe it could be said that God was in their bodies."
As soon as the captain's words fell, a burst of laughter immediately sounded around him, closer to God, and God was in their bodies. It was really a pity that the captain could remember.
"God, God is here with them..."
The priest who had not noticed the "trap" was about to agree, and realized the captain's conspiracy, that God was closer to them and was still in their bodies, which was simply that he and those women...
"No. Not true."
The pastor argued that the rest of him were amused by the pastor's embarrassment, and in fact, it was a pleasure to see the captain making a priest's joke.
"The priest was not with the girl."
Then Captain Alfres continued.
"The priest never stays with girls."
He explained to Ryan Poongalai. He filled Ryan Poongalai's cup with wine, stared at Ryan Poongalai, then turned to the priest and stared at him.
"The pastor deals with five per night."
Everyone at the table was amused.
"Do you understand? The pastor deals with five people every night."
He made a move and laughed loudly. He knew that if he continued to defend himself, it would not be effective, and it might even be counterproductive. So the pastor wisely chose to remain silent, and he accepted it as a joke. He had long been accustomed to the captain's joke.
"The Pope wants us to win in the war."
At this time, the major, who had been listening to the joke, suddenly spoke:
"I heard that the Pope had prayed for us last year."
“Yes, God has always been on the side of justice!”
The pastor quickly used this topic to divert everyone's attention from him.
"Captain Ryan Poongalai is an atheist, and perhaps the war has shaken his faith in Christianity."
"anyway……"
Faced with the pastor’s accusation against him, Ryan Poongalai wiped the meal residue beside his mouth and said.
"After such a long war, even the most fanatical people would not really like war. Sometimes, I always think about a question, why, the Germans are going to engage in this war."
“This is a worthwhile question.”
Captain Alfres said seriously.
"However, I think this question should be thought of by the next generation."
Then he said to Ryan Poongalai.
"As for now, the only thing we need to consider is how France wins the war!"
Ryan Poongalai smiled and looked at the pastor, and the pastor smiled at him in the candlelight.
"God will bless France to win."
“At this time, besides God, we need will.”
Ryan Poongalai unmoved and insisted on his opinion.
"If the will disappear, even if God comes, the world will not be saved!"
"Of course, will is very important to soldiers."
Taking a sip of wine, Major Reno said:
"But faith in God is also very important----"
"We are all lost lambs before God."
Sacrifice looked at Ryan Poongalai there and emphasized.
"Lt. Ryan Poon Galai, one day, when you need it, God will save you! Of course. If you believe in God's words, God will love you like their sons."
"I've seen many soldiers die with crosses in their hands."
Ryan Poongalai did not give a direct counterattack, but used the death of others to prove something.
"They will reach heaven."
"Whether heaven exists is still a question."
Just as the two seemed to be trapped in an argument, Alfres immediately unstoppable for his friends.
"Pastor, he should meet those beautiful girls. Ryan Poongalai will give you a Verse address. How beautiful the young girls there are -- and there are few men around. Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Captain Alfres opened his hand and his thumb was facing up. The rest of his fingers spread out, like a hand shadow. The shadow of his hand was cast onto the wall. He said again:…
"You're leaving like this."
He pointed at his thumb and said,
“When I came back, I looked like this.”
As he touched his little finger, almost everyone would burst into laughter.
"look."
Captain Alfres said again. He stretched out his hand again, and the candlelight once again cast the shadow of his hand on the wall. He gave a thumbs up again and pointed the fingers in order.
"Big thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger, when you leave, you look like a big thumb, when you come back!"
They all laughed again. Captain Alfres was greatly satisfied in the finger game. He looked at the priest and shouted:
"The priests deal with one five per night!"
The laughter sounded again, and the laughter of the people instantly diverted the attention of others.
"Okay. Gentlemen."
Major Renault, who realized that he should let everyone restrain themselves, stood up.
"Now, it should be the time to end dinner. After all, the Germans will not always give us enough time to enjoy the French dinner. See you next week, gentlemen!"
"See you next week, sir..."
Ryan Poongalai, the pastor and others stood up to say goodbye to the major. When they left the room and walked into the courtyard, Ryan Poongalai noticed that the snow had stopped at this time. He looked at the sky and said as if he was talking to himself.
"I hope it won't snow tomorrow!"
Snow stopped at midnight, behind the German position opposite Verdun, in a forest sixteen kilometers away from Verdun, after twenty days of emergency repair, the two railways were parallel to the forest, around the railway. There were German officers and soldiers carrying guns and ammunition. On the railway, a giant stood in the forest. The camouflage nets and white cloth that were originally hung on the behemoth of several floors had been pulled down, and the huge tube reflected the cold metallic luster. On this "Alfred" cannon, there were dense soldiers everywhere. The soldiers kept running back and forth, removing the camouflage on the cannon, and at the same time began to adjust the cannon. The reason they worked so hard was that this was the first battle of the "Alfred" cannon, so these artillery teams mixed with the German and Krupp technicians were hoped to make all preparations before the first battle.
In a car behind the train, the huge boom has been released. In the car, a shell with a diameter of almost half a human height was installed with a fuse, with the help of a machine, an 800mm caliber shell, even the fuse is almost close to the weight of a 150mm shell. Unless it is made with the help of a machine, human resources cannot install it at all.
"Fuse is finished!"
With the order from the officer of the fuse room, the lights in the carriage lights lit up, and the boom that occupied a train began to lift the shells. In people's surprise, the huge shell was lifted out of the carriage and then rotated in the air.
"Oh my God..."
After seeing the volume of the shell, Prince William whirled out a word. Two days ago, after seeing this "Alfred" giant cannon for the first time, he was stunned by the unprecedented giant cannon. Although he literally understood the power of the giant cannon and had entered the ammunition depot to pay attention to the poor one hundred shells, at this moment, he was still shocked when he saw the huge shell being lifted up.
At this time, he finally understood why Fajin Khan declared that "it will end this war". High-explosive shells weighing nearly five tons can tear the human body within a hundred meters around. The shock wave of the shell explosion can kill creatures within a radius of hundreds of meters, and armor-piercing shells weighing nearly eight tons can even sink tens of meters thick reinforced concrete. In his opinion, the power of this cannon is too great. Such a huge cannon seems to be a bit useless for this battlefield!...
After the "Alfred" giant cannon, perhaps only a few shells on the battlefield were enough to tear open the most solid bastion in the world. In front of him, any fortress was vulnerable. As for the siege cannons in the past, they were like babies, just like the "big beta". They were not worth mentioning at all.
"By next year, Krupp may be able to make two more, but I hope they will make as many of these guns as possible. The more the better. If we can have twenty, I dare say that in less than a year we can swim in the Mediterranean and enjoy the warm sunshine of the Mediterranean!"
Noting the surprise of the crown prince around him at this cannon, Farkinhan said proudly. In his opinion, the cannon appeared at the right time, and the service of "Alfred" added a lot of victorious chips to his offensive in Verdun. With this cannon, he felt that he could even achieve "the price of "the price of killing one German soldier for every German soldier to die three people", rather than the price of killing two French soldiers at the beginning. In this way, France's blood will be exhausted in a shorter time. The French resistance will be smashed with the appearance of "Alfred".
"Alfred" will change the course of world war, and Farkinhan is convinced of this.
To be continued...