Expedition to Europe

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Just as Chen Kangjian and his team were gradually advancing, Griffin and his team also began to prepare for the harvest.

When the battle just started, there was no movement in the second line of defense of the German army. With the violent explosions and fierce gunshots, shadowy figures appeared on the second line of defense.

At first, three or five soldiers who looked like engineers came out to check the lines. How could they check them? The Germans buried the telephone lines underground and it was impossible to throw them away bit by bit. Then another messenger walked to the first line of defense, apparently to confirm the situation.

This is the meaning of Griffin and his team's existence. There were a total of 7 people in the three batches of messengers, all of whom were knocked down by Griffin and his team's cold guns.

Fortunately, the muzzle of the gun was covered with cloth, and the muzzle flame was not obvious, otherwise Griffin and his team would have been discovered.

After the third batch of messengers were knocked down, the Germans on the second line of defense began to gather. They were going to reinforce directly. The gunfire and explosions on the first line of defense had begun to become dull, indicating that the battle had begun to shift to the inside of the tunnel. Without reinforcements, the Germans on the first line of defense would be wiped out.

There was about a battalion of German reinforcements. Although they were temporary reinforcements, the Germans were still neatly dressed and well-equipped with guns, showing good personal qualities.

The Germans did not advance in a search state because of the successive deaths of the messengers, but instead used a fast march to reinforce the first line of defense directly.

The Germans quickly lined up along the communication trench, which was just in front of the hiding position of Griff and his men. Xu Sheng and Cheng Feiming installed a large number of mines and blasting devices in the communication trench, waiting for the Germans to enter.

The individual quality of the Germans was still quite good. They advanced very quickly and soon came to the middle of the communication trench, which was already a minefield.

Boom... Boom Boom Boom

The violent explosions shook the four fields. The first mine blew away three Germans, and more grenades triggered the triggering device, and the chain explosions continued.

This is actually a chain mine.

Although the German soldiers are fearless, they are not willing to die. Now there are no engineers to go forward to clear the mines. The German soldiers are frightened by the continuous explosions and dare not move forward. No matter how the officers urge them, the soldiers dare not use their bodies to clear the mines.

The communication trench in front has collapsed halfway. More than 30 soldiers died in the explosion just now, and only four or five people were injured. From the proportion of casualties, it can be seen how crazy the density of the minefield is. Entering the minefield is almost a matter of life and death.

The officers had no choice but to drive the soldiers out of the communication trench and march in a line on the ground.

This just made it convenient for Griffin and his men.

Griffin and his men carried a large number of Lewis machine guns, which used 47-round drums and could provide endless lethality.

Just when Cheng Feiming and Xu Sheng were burying mines, Griffin set up a simple position, which was stuck between the first and second lines of defense of the German army. There were eight Lewis machine guns on the left and right wings of the position.

Griff was ready to use the crossfire invented by the Germans to fight back against the Germans.

The Germans were not prepared for this, and their thinking had become rigid. In the Germans' concept, the French would never use the tactic of detour.

No wonder the Germans, the range of the Battle of the Somme was only about 30 kilometers long. If there was only one regiment of troops participating in the battle on both sides, there would be enough space for detours. But now the troops participating in the battle on both sides have exceeded 2 million, and there are more than 70,000 people confronting each other for an average of one kilometer. This density has lost the space for detours.

In the eyes of the Germans, if they want to detour, unless the French can dig tunnels to get behind the Germans, otherwise, small-scale detours will only play a harassing role and have no decisive value.

The Germans certainly didn't expect that Hu Tingfeng, who presided over the detour of the Sixth Regiment, had a family skill of digging holes.

The explosions and shooting sounds of the first line of defense became weaker and weaker, indicating that the battle had penetrated deep into the tunnels. The German commander was anxious and ordered the troops to advance quickly from the ground.

The brothers on the front line need help!

Soon, the Germans entered the fire range of Grief's ambush position.

"Ta-ta..." Grief was not good at speaking, he issued combat orders with fierce shooting.

"Ta-ta-ta..."

At least 20 Lewis machine guns roared wildly at the same time, and the flames formed a row of fire fans in front of the position, flashing like the tongue in the mouth of a venomous snake, wantonly harvesting German lives.

At this moment, life is always fragile.

Grief was in the center of the position, and his crosshairs were in a row of at least six Germans. When the gunshot rang out, Grief only felt a slight vibration of the butt against his shoulder, and the fatal bullet had already gushed out of the barrel.

Although it was still night, the visibility was still good under the reflection of the snow.

Griev could clearly see the blood mist exploding on the Germans' chests. The straight military uniforms were torn into strips by bullets, and pieces of flesh and bones exploded along with the blood mist. Helmets, water bottles, bullets, and even grenades, as long as the ammunition belt swept through them, everything was blown away, just like the German soldiers.

When Griffin opened fire, many German soldiers only had a thought of "enemy attack" in their minds. Before they could shout it out, they were hit by the metal storm that followed. Many people lay down and used their companions' bodies as cover to prepare for a counterattack. More people fled in all directions, trying to jump into the communication trench to avoid the rain of bullets.

Boom boom boom...

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There were constant explosions in the communication trench. This is not a shelter now, but a death valley.

The German commander also lay on the ground. After carefully observing Griffin's position, he called the messenger to organize the troops to counterattack. Unexpectedly, just when the messenger just crawled over, two bullets flew over, and the commander and the messenger were both killed.

The most lacking thing in the Sixth Regiment is precision shooters. For warriors whose hands, eyes, and bodies have been coordinated in long-term training, it is really simple to practice shooting skills. Aiming methods such as "three points and one line" can almost be broken at one point, and they can also draw inferences from one example.

Without their commander, the Germans fell into a difficult situation of fighting on their own.

The Germans' machine guns were MG08 and MG08/15. Both of these machine guns were heavy and inconvenient to carry, so this unit did not carry machine guns when it went to reinforce the front. As a result, the Germans, who mainly used rifles, wanted to shoot against Griffin, who mainly used Lewis machine guns, in terms of density and intensity.

In general, when setting up positions, the first thing to consider is the bunker.

Although Griffin's bunker was a simple bunker, it could also provide basic defense.

The Germans did not have it. Most of them used the bodies of their classmates as bunkers. You know, the body can be broken by bullets.

In less than ten minutes of shooting, the Germans suffered heavy casualties and could not continue, retreating like a tide.

"Brother, let's go to the front to help." Xu Sheng was very excited, holding the slightly red Lewis gun barrel and asked Griffin to fight.

"No, let's go to the second line." Griffin had an idea.

"The second one?" Xu Sheng couldn't keep up with Griffin's train of thought.

Griffin didn't answer, but patted his clothes.

German military uniform.

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