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    June was bloody on the Western Front.  .

    Jagged trenches intertwined on the French plain, with barbed wire, wooden fences, sandbags, bunkers and cold gun barrels protruding.  The thick yellow poisonous gas floated back and forth in the direction of the wind, and the mud pit was filled with corpses dripping with thick juice.  Priests, wearing blood-stained robes, opened their Bibles and prayed silently for them.  While cleaning their guns, the soldiers used their free time to tell a joke, and blood spilled from time to time in the cold gunfire.

    Just six days before the May 10th incident that shocked the world, the Second Battle of Artois began.

    In order to retaliate for the Battle of Ypres, and because the German army still held a geographical advantage on the Western Front, the French staff headed by Foch believed that it was necessary to counterattack to prevent the entire defense line from being breached in the event of a strong attack. After a long period of consideration,  Later, they chose to start the Battle of Artois again, and concentrated the powerful forces of 37 infantry divisions and 5 cavalry divisions to launch a fierce attack on the German salient.  In addition to hoping to restore the disadvantage on the Western Front, it also hopes to help the increasingly dangerous Russia to reverse the Russian army's difficulties in Galicia and Poland and pull the German army back to the Western Front to reduce pressure on the Eastern Front.

    The two Battles of Artois in the parallel world were not successful, and more than 500,000 Allied troops were lost in vain. The German army also found the flaw in Verdun through repeated trials.  Combat power, to withstand the German army at Verdun and drag it into the cruel meat grinder, perhaps the second battle of Paris is about to begin.

    So what about in this time and space?

    When early summer arrives, the sea breeze blowing from the Atlantic Ocean makes the green grass of the Champagne plain full of life. During this traditional European holiday that is supposed to be a leisurely holiday, gun smoke and gunfire turn this place into a hell on earth.

    Ordinary German uniforms, steel helmets brought from China, Mauser rifles, bullet pouches, engineer shovels, bayonets, water bottles, gas masks and two grenades.  By the way, a domestic Sten submachine gun and a four-power telescope captured from the French army.  Like most German soldiers, Liu Mingzhao chewed the unpalatable dried meat sent from Munich and drank the muddy water of the Somme River with everyone.  The railway from Brussels to Amiens passes by, and on a clear day you can even see the panoramic view of the city of Amiens in the distance.  Everyone knows that Britain and France are gathering more troops there in an attempt to seize the strategic initiative on the Western Front.  The German soldiers around him looked serious.  They never worried about the stupid human wave tactics of Britain and France, they only worried about the terrible poisonous gas falling from the sky.

    This is the position of the Bavarian volunteers. The brave and fearless Bavarian soldiers have made the British and French idiots suffer a lot.  ^

    ??^Everyone in the 16th Infantry Regiment knows at this moment that there is a special infantry class composed entirely of Chinese cadets.  Squad leader Liu Mingzhao, deputy squad leader Long Yun, machine gunner Dongfang Chen, deputy machine gunner Lu Han, grenadier Le Shiwen, assaulter Xiao Jinyun (nephew of Xiao Anguo), Meng Lang, blaster Zhang Wei, infantryman Liao Changfeng  etc.

    Please remember these are as young as 21 years old.  The name of the oldest person to be 30 years old!

    Over the decades, a total of 587 Army students dispatched by the Republic of China who studied at the Rhine Army Academy in Germany later emerged many talented generals. In the German Army during World War I, there were a total of 107 Chinese non-commissioned officers active on various fronts, but there were never any  A small group emerged from the blood and mud of Artois as they did and entered the world's military arena together!  Many years later, the famous American war reporter Mr. Sampson gave them a very vivid name.  German Nine.

    There are a total of 12 Chinese soldiers and 3 Bavarian German infantrymen in the Chinese class. Originally, those three seats were also partners who came to Europe to study, but many people have sacrificed since the Fortress of the Burning Sun.  Of course, these young military academy trainee cadets have not yet shown much talent. Like all young people in the trenches, they enjoy a short period of peace.  Liu Mingzhao and Long Yun competed for the French telescope to observe the outside.  Dongfang Chen held the German-made Han II light machine gun and inspected the receiver. Lu Han and Meng Lang stuffed bullets into the machine gun magazine. Leshiwen carried two large bags of 50mm grenades from the supply station and boasted about grenade launchers with his German colleagues.  He "helped invent" it, and Zhang Wei is teaching three new German friends to speak Chinese.  The expression on his face that he was a teacher out of his heart tricked the three idiots into giving away their treasured cigarettes.  Liao Changfeng, who was keeping watch at night, was snoring, and the rest of his friends were huddled among the other German teams, bragging and spanking.

    "I cannot explore the time when this small group was formed, nor do I know what made them finally follow their commander and launch one terrible but glorious war after another. I interviewed many Bavarian World War I veterans who were familiar with them.  , everyone pointed to one time. June 12, 1915. This was the day before a big turning point in the Second Battle of Artois. Five reserve motorized infantry divisions coming from the Rhine River had arrived behind them and were waiting for orders.  118 terrifying steel behemoths were crossing the border of Belgium and France on a train. That day, the 3rd Battalion of the Bavarian 16th Regiment, where the Chinese squad was located, received an order, and the official official who conveyed the order was the annoying mustache, and thenA group in charge of half of the steel torrent in the East was born!  ¡±¡ª¡ªSingner Sampson, American freelance writer.

    "It was a bay-red Don war horse. The F¨¹hrer has been in love with Cossacks and Don horses since then." A Bavarian veteran who was present at the time recalled this.  But the fact is that His Excellency Adolf on the horse was thinking about whether to kill it, because this damn Slavic war horse did not understand the fighting will of the great Prussian Empire.  minute.

    "Captain Heidfeld, the regiment commander needs you and your battalion to support the bridge. No matter what, the bridge must be protected until noon tomorrow." Lord Adolf jumped off his horse and rushed into the battalion headquarters. This man because he wrote to King Ludwig III of Bavaria  The young Austrian messenger who the letter asked to go to the front line was very famous in the regiment headquarters, not only because he was promoted to corporal when he arrived, but also because he had a eloquent mouth and was said to be able to recite several Nietzsche's masterpieces.

    But Battalion Commander Highfield hated Nietzsche because the French used rough paper when printing Nietzsche's books, which could not be used to wipe their butts.  Of course, he hated this task even more: "Is this true? Let us have a battalion to protect the bridge until noon tomorrow? God! There are two regiments of French idiots on the opposite side!" "We can't draw more troops, and reinforcements will be needed in the middle of the night.  To reach it, the railway bridge is very important to our counterattack."

    "Okay, this is a damn mission." The reserve captain from Bavaria nodded. Like all German officers, he was full of complaints before setting off, but after receiving the order, he became resolute and calm.  The battalion was quickly prepared for departure.

    "Liu Mingzhao." His Excellency Adolf was filled with excitement every time he saw the army setting off, even if it was just an ordinary infantry battalion.  He immediately shouted when he saw the Chinese class packing their things.  It has to be said that he is very talented in language. In just a few contacts, he can pronounce Liu Mingzhao's Chinese name with a relatively accurate pronunciation.

    Liu Mingzhao and the others also knew Adolf, and even had a very good relationship with them, because they had to rely on these messengers if they wanted to get news from the outside world and the motherland in the quagmire of war.  Long Yun threw a pistol seized from the French officer. Liu Mingzhao caught it and handed it to Adolf: "Corporal Adolf, this is a trophy for you."

    "Is it from a French idiot?"

    "It's a colonel, we caught him."

    "It's great, I like it very much." At this time, Adolf was still a promising young man. He didn't have much racial discrimination and was very welcoming to people who helped his country.  Of course, he also brought feedback, pulling out a thick stack of Eastern News cut from newspapers from his small bag and handing it to Liu Mingzhao.  Thousands of miles away in the whirlpool of war, being able to get news from home made the Chinese class excited, but before they had time to look at it more, Battalion Commander Highfield shouted.

    "Come on, come with me!"

    There is not a word of unnecessary nonsense, but the deep and deep voice is so inspiring. This is the German soldier!  They have the best tactical literacy, the strictest discipline, the best equipment, and an iron will.  The Chinese class, which has been fighting life and death with them in the trenches for almost a year, has also gradually understood what a real soldier is in fierce battles.

    The troops began to walk towards the railway bridge five kilometers away. After a moment, cheers broke out. Looking up, they looked up and saw several Haidongqing aircraft with the Iron Cross logo like hawks facing the French Newport fleet appearing on the other side of the Somme River.  .

    Zhang Cai was also a dispatched student from the Republic of China. He and 15 other partners came specifically to learn aircraft manufacturing and driving. After the war, they were incorporated into the German flying team as agreed at the time.  It seems that being on the battlefield delayed my studies, but in fact, I learned more while repairing the aircraft with those professional mechanics than in the years in the classroom.  This time, his mission was to cooperate with the Army to protect the railway bridge, but at this time he did not know that his Army partners were below, because his attention was attracted by those Newports.

    As the leader¡¯s inner arm danced, Zhang Cai quickly tilted the control stick to the left, and the war eagle roared and quickly lowered its altitude.  Before the French pilots could understand what he was going to do, the Haidongqing, which had four shootdown marks engraved on its nose, quickly lowered its altitude and passed under their belly.  When all the heads were turned back, Haidongqing in the pupils was already rising almost vertically. The 260-horsepower engine burst out with strong power. In a moment, it rose to a height that the Newports could not reach, and drew a line in the sky.  After a beautiful arc, it flew upside down and was forced into the middle of Newport.

    The trigger was pulled, and two mg8 aviation machine guns protruded with long tongues of flame. One Newport was hit and its wings were broken. The second Newport just started to circle, but was overtaken by two rolling and killed again.  !

    Dazzling!  Unrivaled!

    In the tall aerial observation tower of Amiens City, just before arrivingXue Muhua, a civilian observer on the front line and the first-generation ace pilot, deliberately exclaimed to Zhang Xiaozhun who was also coming: "It was Yu Lei who turned! The Germans actually learned the combat maneuvering skills we invented."

    The French translator and his colleagues were furious

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