I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

In fact, the reason why Joan of Arc was able to enter the upper echelons of the army in the first place was not because of her own abilities.

At that time, the people in West France had very little confidence in defeating Germany, because in their view, the combination of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia was almost unbeatable.

After all, this era does not yet have such advanced networks, and not everyone can understand the international situation.

Germany borders West France. In recent years, their strong industrial capabilities have deeply impressed the people of West France.

At this time, Joan of Arc's existence happened to come into their sight.

The name of the general who met Joan of Arc in the village was Laman Arnold, the adopted son of the French commander Joseph.

After meeting him, Joan of Arc chose to join the army and accompanied them.

At first, they thought Joan of Arc was just a girl who happened to be as famous as the saint in the past.

But later, after she made several judgments that were almost prophetic, and all of them were correct, Raman began to gradually pay attention to her opinions.

With the victory in several battles, her name gradually spread among the army, and soon reached Joseph.

Joseph was keenly aware of the label attached to Joan of Arc.

Claiming to be a Joan of Arc, a woman, and possessing some kind of special intuition, it perfectly poked the heroic fantasy in the hearts of West French people.

So they publicized her name in the country.

Who knew that her abilities exceeded Joseph's imagination, and the subsequent battles she commanded were enough to be recorded in the annals of war.

With the performance on the front line as a basis, her name became louder and louder in West France for a while, and many supporters appeared.

Many people say that she is the reincarnation of Joan of Arc, who saved West France hundreds of years ago.

And this time, she came to West France again.

She will also save the country again.

"The enemy's purpose is not to occupy Verdun." Joan of Arc made a definite conclusion on the sand table in front of her.

She glanced at everyone present.

"Instead, they use large-scale firepower to consume our physical strength. The enemy wants to make Verdun our graveyard."

The expressions of the generals around him changed and gradually became serious. In fact, they also noticed something.

The firepower of these waves of offensives by the Allied Powers is really too terrifying.

"Then should we retreat now?" Raman asked.

"How to retreat and where to retreat?" Jeanne asked.

They fell silent.

"Behind us is Paris, and we have no way to retreat." Joan of Arc's voice was low.

"The souls of the two hundred and forty-two children who died in the bombing of Paris are still crying. We will not let this happen a second time."

"They made a big mistake. After breaking through our defenses, they did not immediately attack the weakly defended west bank of the Meuse River and occupy Verdun.

Probably because they were afraid that we would give up the attack on Verdun.

Moreover, this style of heavy firepower coverage has too high requirements for logistical support. This is also the direction in which we are making breakthroughs. "

Joan of Arc placed her hands on the edge of the sand table, leaning forward slightly, overlooking the sand table in front of her, as if the entire battlefield was under her control.

The location and situation of the German army at this moment also appeared in her mind.

Her eyes flashed.

"They will pay for their arrogance"

Under Joan's order, the entire army on the front line began to move at an alarming speed.

The existence of engineer mechas greatly increases the speed of frontline position construction.

In a very short period of time, the Allied forces quickly built a defensive position in Verdun spanning both sides of the Meuse River, with a frontal width of 112 kilometers and a depth of 15 to 18 kilometers.

There are four defensive positions in total, the first three are field defensive positions, and the fourth is a solid position composed of the fortifications and two fortification zones. It is condescending and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

West France mobilized the 3rd Army, which has 11 divisions, more than 630 artillery pieces, and mechas.

Five divisions defended the area north of Verdun, three divisions defended the area east and southeast of Verdun, and the other three divisions were deployed as reserves on the west bank of the Meuse River south of Verdun.

After that, the French army used the Bardique-Verdun road, which was the only road that maintained contact with the rear, to continuously transport troops and supplies to Verdun. Within a week, they organized 3900 trucks, 19 transport mechas, and transported 2.5 personnel. , tons of materials.

This was the first large-scale automobile transport in the history of war.

Joan of Arc keenly grasped the arrogance of the Allied forces, and before they occupied Verdun, she fully strengthened Verdun's defenses and chose to engage in positional warfare with them.

A large number of reinforcements from the Allied Powers entered the battle in time, which strengthened the defense in depth and had a significant impact on the course of the entire battle.

Massive Allied bombing could not go on forever because the industrial capabilities were there, and this was when positional warfare came into play.

In the first few days of the second week, Joan of Arc even led the army in a large detour blitzkrieg, destroying several railways built by Germany.

By the end of the month, the German army had consumed a lot of ammunition, and because the railway was destroyed, the strategic reserves did not arrive in time. Their attack power dropped sharply, and the two sides began to fall into a stalemate.

It can be said that the Allies did not choose to occupy Verdun, which was definitely a huge mistake, which caused them to lose the best opportunity to break through the Allied defense lines. .

In early March, the Confederates began to shift tactics. First, the frontal attack width was expanded to 30 kilometers.

Immediately afterwards, the attack direction began to be shifted to the west bank of the Meuse River, in an attempt to encircle Verdun from the west, while eliminating the threat of French artillery on the west bank, and continue to strengthen the attack on the east bank.

The difference was that the German army no longer launched a hasty attack, but began to advance steadily.

However, this strategy also met with stubborn resistance from the French army. In the end, they only occupied a few small strongholds. They did not achieve the strategic purpose and instead paid greater sacrifices.

At this moment, in the camp of the German army,

Malfoy, the commander of the German army responsible for attacking Verdun, began to roar angrily at the general beside him.

"If you can't even break through the first line of defense, what use does the empire have for a general like you!?"

Malfoy also has an identity as the eldest son of William II, the Crown Prince.

Compared with governing the country, military merit is the easiest way to gain prestige, so many princes have military ranks.

But if this battle ends in the defeat of the German army.

Then not only will his status be unsafe, but even the throne of his father who is far away in his own country will be challenged.

So he was feeling very irritable at the moment.

"We missed the best opportunity to attack. The enemy has many defensive methods, and there is also a guerrilla team wandering near our logistics line." The general said slowly.

"Is there nothing we can do?" Malfoy continued to ask.

The general was silent for a moment, "It's not like nothing."