Since the focus of the attack has been determined, the necessary work must be done overnight. For example, mine clearance work must be done overnight in order to ensure the attack tomorrow morning.

Fortunately, Verdun was sunny these two days, and in the second half of the night, there was still half a good moon. With this moonlight, you could still do something.

But at this time, Joseph locked the paper with electromagnetic induction in a safe, and then locked the paper-locking safe into a larger safe. This was not because Joseph liked to play with Russian dolls, but because he felt that the safe he installed the paper was worthy of installing it with a safe, because that safe was the work of a master named Bourbon who lost his head during the Great Revolution.

There was no discovery of electromagnetic induction, and the mine detector was not captured in Ireland, so the British demining method was still clumsy and lying on the ground with their naked eyes to find it. The auxiliary tool was only a long steel probe.

In this way, the speed is slow, the efficiency is low, and the risk is also very high. If it is during the day, it may be OK, but at night, the lights cannot be lit. (The minefield itself is within the range of the Minni rifle) can only rely on the moonlight, so the speed of mine removal will naturally be slower, and the danger will also increase rapidly.

So the front of the French positions made an explosion from time to time. The British demining personnel accidentally detonated the mines because of their actions. Each explosion made the hearts of the British people hurt. In this explosion, the British elite were all lost, not Prussian mobilized soldiers.

The explosion also attracted the attention of the French. The moonlight was brighter that night, and the moonlight was beautiful, which was beneficial to mine clearance, but also beneficial to the French shooting. As a result, the British demining troops, in addition to the loss of being touched, also added a lot of damage to the bomb. Moreover, as their mine clearance progress progressed, they were closer to the French trenches, and the French discovered them and hit them became higher. So after removing the mines at most of the distance, there was no way to go to the mines ahead. They could only wait for dawn to let the British and Prussian mobilization troops deal with them in a more efficient way.

The demining force is naturally not evenly distributed. The real attack direction is more trained demining personnel, while the feint attack direction is more novices, and some novices are even less than a month in the training period. The chances of these people triggering a "boom" plot are naturally higher, but this actually has benefits and can better reflect that the focus of the attack is.

After a night of rumbling, the blood-red dawn finally appeared in the east of the Fortress of Verdun.

The attack on this day still started with feint attacks on the entire line. Last night's mine demining operation had a lot of results. In addition, the current mobilization troops efficiently cleared mines, so the British and Pu army quickly passed through the first minefield, ahead of which was the first barbed wire and the French army's first trench. Here, the feinted army attacked slightly and retreated in front of the French platoon fire and cannon shotgun fire.

Of course, if you completely retreat, you will not be able to restrain the French army's forces. So in these places, the way of fighting became: cannons bombardment, cannons bombardment, after cannons bombardment, infantry pretended to rush, infantry pretended to rush, and cannons continued to rush slowly.

However, even so, the focus of the attacks between the British and Pu army was still revealed. Because only in these two directions did they break through the first barbed wire and trenches and create two small gaps on the front line.

Between the first barbed wire and the first trench, there is another minefield, where mobilization troops can only be used to efficiently clear mines. This naturally brought a lot of casualties. Fortunately, as expected, the French army did not have enough personnel and firepower in these two areas, so after making some sacrifices, the British and Prussians stepped on the bodies of their comrades and finally crossed the first barbed wire. Then what? Then the encounter of the Russian army after they attacked the French trenches in Italy was staged again, and the British and Prussians were taught to be humans by cannons and mines in the traffic trenches and trenches.

It was just that it was perhaps because of the strength and morale that the French army did not launch a counterattack immediately, and the British and Prussians were able to continue attacking after a little rectification. However, after just a little rectification, they found that the firepower of the French army in front of them had begun to increase significantly. Although there were still no heavy artillery, the 8-pound cannons fired at them had increased significantly. The number of small melons thrown by the enemy and the frequency of using "broadsword" mines also increased significantly.

"The enemy is mobilizing reserve troops or other areas to strengthen defense. We must seize the key targets in front of the enemy." The Duke of Brunswick immediately made such a decision.

The so-called "key goal" refers to a high ground behind the five-story trench with a relative height of about 200 meters. If this goal can be won, it is equivalent to smashing a large steel nail into the French defense system, and the entire French defense system is in danger of being torn apart. On the contrary, if they cannot get it, the place they occupied with so much blood will basically have no effect on shaking the entire defense system, and they are at any time in danger of being pushed back or even being encircled and cut off by the French army.

It is necessary to win this goal as quickly as possible before the French react.

So the Pu army and the British army stepped up their attacks on this "key target" from two directions.

Why do the enemy ahead have too many landmines? If you don’t have time to slowly procrastinate, hurry up, otherwise the French will react. Didn’t you see that the firepower of the French on the opposite side is getting stronger and stronger? If you continue to procrastinate, more people will die! Just use the most efficient method to mobilize troops to clear mines!

However, the Prussian army was blocked in front of the third barbed wire. The number of French troops on the opposite side increased significantly, and bullets kept firing. What's more, the "Bonaparte Little Melon" kept throwing it over. The Prussian army was also equipped with similar weapons, but now the French trenches were at least fifty meters away from the barbed wire. Unless they were strongmen, no one could throw the Little Melon so far.

But the French didn't know what methods they used to easily throw the "little melon" so far. And it's not that one or two French people could throw the "little melon" fifty or sixty meters away, but that they could throw the little melon over like rain.

A burst of "little melon" rain immediately cleared the Prussian soldiers who were close to the barbed wire. The morale of the remaining soldiers was also watered by this round of "little melon" rain. Following behind, the Prussian soldiers who were lucky enough to be killed were first scared by the explosions and lost their minds for a while, and then turned around and ran away regardless of the officers' shouts. Many low-level officers were even scared by such casualties and ran back together.

On the other side, the British army's performance was stronger than the Pu army. They also suffered a "little melon" rain in front of the third barbed wire. But after that, they still had the courage to continue attacking. The lobster soldiers threw the dead's bodies on the barbed wire and tried to cross the barbed wire like this. At this time, a long fire dragon sprayed out from the opposite position, crossing a distance of fifty meters, and accurately sprayed on the lobster soldiers who were trying to climb over the barbed wire. The British soldiers were immediately engulfed by the flames.

Those who were surrounded by flames rolled all over the ground, trying to destroy the flames on their bodies. But these flames could not be destroyed no matter how hard they were. Soon, the ignited British troops were burned to charcoal, and the flames that soared into the air also prevented the people behind from continuing to move forward. Then, there was another round of "little melon" rain. Then, the British also ran away with their armor and abandoned their arms.

But in general, the British performed much better than the Prussians. Although everyone retreated and fled, the British just ran back to the first trench of the French army that they had finally captured and stopped. As for the Prussian army, although the French army did not take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, they ran back to the starting position in one breath. So much so that Joseph, who had been supervising the battle, was a little worried: "Is it too dark for us to start? Don't scare them all to come? If so, then consume their plans..."

The performance of the Prussian army also made the Duke of Brunswick and General Blüchel angry. Fortunately, the French seemed to be inadequate for the defeat of the Prussian army, and did not take the opportunity to counterattack and recover the lost territory. When the French reacted and began to send troops to recover the lost territory, the Prussians, at least the senior leaders of the Prussian army, finally woke up. General Blüchel personally led the cavalry troops and rushed over to protect the first trench. As for the second trench, they became the French again.

On the British side, the French responded faster, and they quickly took advantage of the British's chance to retreat and regained the second trench. Therefore, although the British did not run far away from the Prussians, the final effect was actually not much different. They fought all day before they finally captured a trench.

It was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Both the Pu army and the British army, which performed better on the battlefield, had lost the courage to continue attacking. So the British-Public coalition forces began to move into the defense of consolidating the captured positions. The French army seemed to have consumed too much power in the previous fierce battle and did not launch a counterattack during this period. This long and bloody day seemed to have passed like this.

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Chapter completed!