In a German artillery position, even though it was cold winter, the German soldiers had already taken off their outer military coats and wore relatively thin military uniforms. They kept running towards the ammunition pile behind them to carry artillery shells and kept loading the artillery.

The artillery shells had just been loaded. The moment the shell was fired, they turned around to move the next one. The artillerymen were all sweating from exhaustion.

At this time, in the entire artillery position, although the officers were still shouting the command "Fire!" in accordance with the combat requirements, the combined sound of artillery fire had already overshadowed the commands issued by the officers, and the soldiers could only see

His mouth was moving, and you couldn't hear what he was shouting at all. What actually let them know that they were about to fire was the command flag that the officers kept waving in their hands.

Suddenly, amidst the deafening sound of artillery, a sharp roar of the "sky train" interrupted their movements. The gunners who were busy loading artillery shells and attacking the French position immediately looked towards the air.

When the roaring roar of the train came, all the gunners shouted excitedly.

"Alfred!"

Yes, there is only one type of cannon shells that can bring about this special, sharp roar of a sky train. Perhaps when the shells of a large-caliber siege gun pierce the sky, they will also make a roar like a sky train, but

That kind of roar is low and dull, just like when a train enters the station, but "Alfred" is completely different. Its whistle is sharp, like a long whistle, more like

It's the sound of a train flying through the sky at high speed.

In the past five days, every time when the German soldiers heard their "Alfred's Roar", they would stop all work excitedly, and then shout excitedly towards the sky, shouting, it seemed that

While cheering for "Alfred", they knew that when "Alfred's Roar" came, the French would not be able to support it for long.

The indestructible "Alfred" is ending this war. Of course, if the engineers and soldiers build the heavy-haul railway long enough and fast enough, maybe they can hit all the way to Paris, and then use the "Alfred" to destroy the entire Paris

Razed to the ground, of course, if necessary.

"Bang..."

Listening to the harsh roar in the air like a high-speed train passing by, the captain wearing a barrel-shaped white hat changed his expression. Although the German shelling he had endured before was shocking, for him, all that

It was still bearable. But now...listening to the whistling sound that seemed to be getting closer and closer, he seemed to see the end.

"De Gaulle, we are finished!"

A second lieutenant listened to the "Alfred's Roar" in the air and turned to look at his company commander with a pale face. Although de Gaulle looked pale, he pursed his lower lips and said with a smile.

"No, this is just the beginning!"

As a low-level officer who took the initiative to apply to the commander to come to the front line of Verdun, he had heard too many myths about "Alfred" in the past few days, and had also witnessed with his own eyes the profound

The huge crater was tens of meters long and had a radius of more than 100 meters. But it could not stop his determination to "serve France".

"Gentlemen, the German cannons can destroy our fortresses and our lines of defense, but they cannot destroy our determination to defend France. We... every Frenchman believes that France is ours and ours, absolutely.

We cannot let the Germans take it away..."

In "Alfred's Roar", de Gaulle stood on the trench steps regardless of the danger, exposing half of his body. He gave his final speech to his troops. When he emphasized over and over again, "France is ours"

"At that time, he even recalled the past in his mind, recalling scenes from his youth...

When Charles de Gaulle's father Henri was 22 years old in 1870, France was facing defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.

At that time, young Henry resolutely joined the volunteer team and received a medal that was later regarded as a treasure by his second son, who is now Captain Charles de Gaulle of the French Army. After peace was restored, due to the pressure of life, Henry had no choice but to

He does not make a living by teaching. This is a man who is knowledgeable and has firm moral beliefs. He has no weird hobbies. He loves God, loves the king, loves the motherland, loves the youth, and firmly instills the thoughts of God and the king into the younger generation.

. He has a serious expression and a pair of ivory hands, and he often composes Greek elegies. In terms of political views, he calls himself "a regretful monarchist". On Thursday afternoons, he often takes his wife and five children to scoop

They often mourned in silence in front of Napoleon's tomb or the Arc de Triomphe; on Sundays, they often took them to Versailles or Stan battlefield where he had fought and been wounded. For de Gaulle, it was precisely because of his father's influence that his childhood mind was formed.

A kind of "missing France" kind of education is through the square royal flag and concise inscriptions, through the recollection of the glory and sacrifice in the history of the French nation, through the works of famous writers such as Rostand Terteil, and epic songs, etc.

ongoing.

And his great uncle, Charles de Gaulle, whose name he directly inherited, had an even more wonderful influence on him. He wrote in a poem:

In every company attacked,

Everyone is fighting fiercely with the enemy.

They do not care about the military rank of the person who raised the military flag and issued the first muster order.

It was against this historical background that Charles de Gaulle listened to his father telling how he was wounded when the Germans surrounded Paris, and listened to his mother recalling how her parents burst into tears when they learned the news that the ambitious Marshal Bazin led the entire army to surrender.

Scene. Charles de Gaulle was still too young at that time, but his childhood memories were enough to make him realize as an adult that everything he received as a child, national humiliation and honor, patriotism and national disaster, religion and beliefs, were all at that time.

The whole of France was a topic of discussion at the dinner table of de Gaulle's family. In such a family moral atmosphere, Charles de Gaulle naturally established the ambition to serve the motherland, revive France, and reshape the image of the army, just like his

The body is the same, gradually taking shape.

The traditional literary atmosphere of this family also played a positive role in the formation of his personality. On his 10th birthday, his father took him to see Rostand's "Little Eagle". He was fascinated by this patriotic drama.

, as soon as he got home, he solemnly announced that he would be a soldier when he grew up. Later, he memorized all of the patriotic poet's works "Sirano". The patriotic poet Péguy was also a lifelong admirer of Charles de Gaulle.

The object of his poem, the patriotic image of Joan of Arc, the heroine in his poem, and his view that "France is the mother, and the duty of her sons is to serve her" have always influenced the young captain.

The education and influence he received when he was young allowed the still young Charles de Gaulle to form his "certain views on France." This is - for the revitalization and prosperity of the motherland, every citizen should make his own contribution

.And when the country's power is declining, joining the army is the best way to serve the motherland.

Of course, "serving as a soldier" for a 10-year-old child can only be a game. But his game also reflects the sense of responsibility that his young heart felt. One day, his little brother Pierre ran back crying.

When he came home, his mother asked him what happened, and he said: "Charles hit me!" When his mother asked why, Pierre said:

"We were playing war. I pretended to be a spy and was caught while delivering intelligence. I did not carry out the commander's orders..."

"Which commander?"

"It's Charles!" said the younger brother. "I didn't swallow the information, I gave it to the enemy. Charles beat me up!"….

Another time, it was also a game of war. His brother Xavier was tired of pretending to be the negative German emperor and wanted to be the king of France instead. But Charles firmly refused to agree. He stamped his feet angrily and shouted loudly.

shouted:

"No! No! France is mine!"

At that time, de Gaulle himself did not realize that these words he shouted without thinking when he was excited. Now he was once again standing in a trench with shrapnel flying, facing hundreds of people who might be killed by "Alfred" at any time.

"Roar" the devouring soldiers shouted.

"France is ours!"

At this time, the howling sound in the air suddenly collided with the ground. The next moment, in a burst of earth shaking, a strong shock wave wrapped around hundreds of tons of soil and hit from hundreds of meters away. The originally bright sky

Shrouded in smoke from the explosion, a large amount of soil fell into the trench, and the smoke and soil almost swallowed everything.

When the explosion occurred, de Gaulle fell into the trench. When he struggled to stand up from the mud covering his body, the trench was filled with the choking smell of gunpowder smoke. His mouth and nose were full of mud.

But the most uncomfortable thing was the severe pain and "buzzing" sound coming from his ears. With his somewhat blurred vision, he saw that the soldiers in the trench were all stumbling around. He struggled to stand up.

shouted at the soldiers.

"You see, the German cannons have not been able to destroy us. We will soon..."

When he shouted, he couldn't hear his own voice, and naturally others couldn't hear his words either. The roaring in his ears lasted for several minutes. When the roaring and severe pain gradually subsided, he still couldn't hear his words.

As before, he used his words to encourage everyone to give them courage and the courage to fight. In the past period of time, countless fronts were not occupied by the Germans, but suffered from Alfred.

After the shelling, the frightened soldiers gave up.

"...The existence of France now depends entirely on us. France will never fail again..."

Just as he was loudly encouraging the crowd and trying to prevent the timid and frightened soldiers from leaving the trench, there was a sudden burst of shouting.

"German!"

Looking towards the front of the trench, isn't it? Hundreds of German soldiers are passing through the shattered barbed wire fences blown up by German artillery fire. Those broken barbed wire fences hinder their progress, but their speed is not slow, very fast

They would be able to attack the trenches defended by de Gaulle.

"Gentlemen, for France!"

While shouting loudly, de Gaulle waved his pistol and pulled the trigger at the German soldiers. The nearby soldiers also pulled the trigger, and the jubilant sounds of rifles and machine guns merged into one. The German soldiers struggling between the remaining barbed wires became

In the mist of blood, hundreds of German soldiers fell, but more German soldiers rushed over from other places. In the adjacent trenches, other companies gave up.

took position.

Hearing the intensive gunfire from the first line of defense, Colonel Bourdo immediately scooped up his binoculars and

Sure enough, one company did not give up its position.

"Captain de Gaulle did not retreat?"

In doubt, he saw through the telescope that the German army launched attacks from the left and right flanks and front of the company commanded by Charles. When seeing all this, Colonel Burdo showed a look of pity on his face. He knew that this bold man

Charles is afraid... At this moment, through the telescope, he saw an officer jumping out of the trench. He was holding a flagpole in his hand, and on the flagpole was a French flag. He stood in front of the trench, as if shouting at the soldiers.

Shouting something.

Is it Charles de Gaulle!

A few seconds later, more soldiers jumped out of the trenches. Under the leadership of Charles, those soldiers held up their rifles with bayonets and rushed towards the charging German troops in the front. Among the dozens of khaki spots and gray

At the moment when the ocean hit, just when the khaki was swallowed up, Colonel Burdo, whose hands were shaking with excitement, saw Charles holding the national flag and fell down violently. He seemed to have been hit by a bullet, but before he

When it fell, the flag was firmly planted in front of the trench...

"That's our French land!"

Looking at the flying national flag, Colonel Burdo choked up and said. Having witnessed Charles's heroic actions and sacrifice, he was moved by this scene. When he put down his telescope, he looked at those who were withdrawing from the trenches in front.

The officers and soldiers said with contempt in their eyes.
To be continued...