Although he said "I will consider it", Joseph had no intention of weakening his defense in exchange for his attack power during a reckless wave. Since the British cannons have not yet been in place, hurry up and make the turtle shell a little stronger.

However, the tricks in Joseph's mind, those with conditions, are almost ready. Those without conditions can still not create conditions. But isn't there still time? If you don't have any hammer, you always feel a little uneasy. Otherwise, hammer a wonder?

Of course, Joseph knew that the wonders were a disaster, so he would rather continue to hammer the fortress. It was Joseph's hammering a lot of fake targets in one breath. By the way, he forced the government to place a lot of new orders to the "Military Industry Federation" to make up for the gap in the misappropriation in the arsenal.

In addition, Joseph also arranged a person to send an urgent report to Napoleon every day, asking Napoleon to come and help his life. However, the guy Napoleon was walking slowly with his army, and the British cannons began to gradually come into place.

"That bastard, he just wanted to let the enemy run into blood and run out of his head, and then come up and take advantage of it! I'm sure this kid is thinking that way, surely!" After receiving Napoleon's reply, "The road conditions are too poor, the soldiers were too tired when crossing the Alps, the weather was not good, anyway, they haven't launched a large-scale attack... I don't understand why you are panicking?", Joseph made such a judgment angrily.

Joseph's judgment was indeed very correct. Napoleon thought so. And Joseph himself thought about it. If the commander of the fortress was still Rubel, he would probably suggest Napoleon to do this. Since he would do this, Napoleon would definitely do this!

After the cannons arrived, the British began to attack according to the old routine in Liege. The so-called old routine is naturally: cannons, cannons, and cannons will be bombarded. Yes, the infantry will not rush for the first time, and wait for the cannons to slowly bombard for a few days before bombing some defensive facilities are almost done.

So Joseph happily saw the fake targets he built, which began to collapse under the attack of British artillery; while calculating how much gunpowder the British spent, how long the gun barrel life, and how much time it was.

However, the time spent is actually the most useless, because Napoleon stopped the troops and repaired it. It is said that Napoleon complained to Chief of Staff Bertiere: "What are the British doing? They are so slow! We have already delayed time like this, why are they still procrastinating there!"

The British spent several days, using artillery fire to hammer all the fake targets that Joseph had built for several days. Then they told the Duke of Brunswick: "The rest depends on you. You chew this section, and then we will bombard it for a few more days. This will not take long before we can take Verdun."

So the Prussians confidently put on an offensive posture. After all, the zigzag chest wall in front had been smashed to pieces by the British fire that they didn't want. It should not be difficult to seize this chest wall.

Just as the Prussians set up their offensive formation, the Duke of Brunswick saw from the telescope that behind some broken chest walls, some French soldiers were protruding their heads.

"The French are really brave and they have always been there, but as soon as we attack, they can't stop us by relying on such a broken chest wall." The Duke of Brunswick thought so and issued an order to attack.

The Prussian soldiers approached the French army's chest wall in a formation, and the French began to shoot at the Prussian army. The Prussian army used volleyball guns to protect the scattered soldiers to continue approaching.

At this time, a series of explosions suddenly came, and several Prussian soldiers fell down with their legs in their arms.

"Is this?" Brunswick was shocked.

"This is a mine," replied Major George Cavendish, the liaison officer sent by the British to the Duke of Brunswick. "We often encounter this thing in Ireland. But it seems that the mines in the French seem to be much less powerful."

The Duke of Brunswick suddenly remembered that the Poles seemed to have used such things. However, in order to ensure that they would not be hit hard by passing through the underground supply line of Prussia, the Poles have always used these things mainly on the Russian territory. Therefore, the Prussians have only heard of the French having such a despicable thing, but few Prussians were lucky enough to ride on this "terrestrial plane" in person.

In the previous battle with the French army, the Prussians also encountered the Northern Legion that was not Bonaparte system. They were not equipped with such despicable weapons. So this was the first time that the British-Public coalition forces encountered a sinister guy like landmines.

However, although the mines caused a lot of losses to the Prussians, relying on mines alone could not stop the Prussians from continuing to move forward. The Prussians gradually approached the chest wall. After the Prussian soldiers approached, they turned around and fled.

"The morale of the French has also dropped a lot," said a Prussian.

"It's good that they can still have such morale." Major George Cavendish said, "After the continuous defeat, the morale of the soldiers of most countries should be very bad at this time. Moreover, they are retreating, not retreating. Look at the routes of the French running, they are not straight."

"Well, when they were running away, I mean, I knew how to avoid bullets when they retreated, and I was not panicked." said another Prussian major general.

"It's not just dodging bullets," said Major Cavendish. "They are avoiding stepping on their own mines. I've seen those Irish rebels running like this when they pass through minefields."

"Have you fought with the rebels supported by the French in Ireland?" the major general asked curiously.

"Yes, General Blücher, I have fought with the rebels in Ireland," replied Major Cavendish.

"I heard that the Irish rebels are very good at fighting?" said another Prussian officer.

"The Irish rebels are very cunning and fierce. One of my cousins, Viscount Anderson, died for landmines in the battle with them," said Major Cavendish. "In contrast, the French are much easier to deal with. However, today's attitude reminds me of Ireland."

At this time, the Prussian scattered soldiers who were chasing had already crossed the collapsed chest wall. Of course, at the cost, fifty or sixty of them would not have to worry about not having enough food in the future. The other fifty or sixty would definitely be inseparable from kidnappers in the future.

Of course, the French army also paid the price. In the previous attack, five or six people were killed in the French army. When they were retreating, more than ten more people were killed.

The Prussian stragglers continued to move forward, ahead of which was the first barbed wire of the French army.

The French people who ran over lay down and skillfully climbed over the barbed wire from several predetermined positions. In those places, a little space was left under the barbed wire, which was just enough for people to climb over.

But the Prussian scattered soldiers behind them could not do this. They first had to pass through another minefield when they chased after him. Although they didn't know much about landmines before, the comrades behind them who were lying on the ground holding their feet and wailing with blood, letting them understand what was a mine array.

So after taking down the chest wall, they stopped at the chest wall and hid behind the chest wall to wait for the opportunity. Anyway, the military order given to them was to seize this chest wall and open a passage for subsequent attacks. As for what to do after taking down the chest wall, what will happen next? Anyway, the superiors didn't say that if they didn't scratch the water at this time, would they really hit the head up?

Even though they occupied this chest wall, the troops behind them could not follow immediately, because there was still a minefield between the chest wall and the main force of the British-Public coalition forces.

"If you look closely, you can still find the landmines." Major Cavendish said, "After all, trips and ropes are still exposed on the ground. We have a dedicated mine demining team, all of whom are the most experienced personnel, and they can quickly open up a safe passage in the minefield."

So the experienced British mine demining team set out. However, their mine demining speed was not as fast as Major Cavendish said. Of course, this may also be because the Major's standards on speed were different from them. In short, the Major's servant had prepared morning tea for the Major.

"After the morning tea, the passage should be cleared out." Major Cavendish said.

As Major Cavendish expected, at noon, the safety passage was finally opened. More infantry followed. They planned to reliably repair the remaining chest walls of the French and then continue to launch an attack.

However, what they did not expect was that this chest wall was originally a fake target and a bait. The French artillery behind this chest wall had already been calibrated, and even had a test-fire here before the chest wall was built.

As a result, when the Prussians gathered behind this chest wall, the French pulled off the camouflage net that was covered with eight-pound cannons not far away and immediately fired a volley. These cannons were half buried in the trenches, with only the barrels higher than the ground, and then covered with a camouflage net. It was basically impossible to be discovered in the distance. The firepower of this volley was not particularly fierce (Joseph did not allow all cannons to fire, so that they could be kept for the future), but the accuracy of the hit was amazing. There were only ten cannons firing, but the shells fired accurately hit the target, causing dozens of casualties in an instant.
Chapter completed!