Bertrand's heart was full of criticism, but he really couldn't disobey Abel's order. Even if he didn't want to fight in the front line, he could only do it honestly. Who asked Abel to bring Gabriel?
Where are your instructions? He doesn't dare to challenge the leader.
So he could only reluctantly call on his remaining thirty or fifty soldiers and start charging.
To be honest, this was simply torture for him. Every time he took a step forward, he was extremely entangled, for fear that he would accidentally be shot or hit by artillery fire.
Just like this, he finally reached the barbed wire fence step by step, quickly found the most secluded place to lie down, and then said to the soldiers: "Why are you still standing there, start working, and continue to destroy the barbed wire fence!"
After scolding the soldiers, he squeezed out a smile and shouted to Abel in the rear: "Captain Abel, hurry up and be ready to support me at any time!"
To this Abel just wants to say: I support you big-headed devil.
Soon the actions of Bertrand and his party attracted the attention of the Russian army, who immediately began to concentrate firepower on them.
Fortunately, the Russian army's mortar shells were limited and could not be used openly, so Bertrand took advantage. They worked hard for less than half an hour, and finally broke through a large piece of barbed wire.
This made Bertrand so happy that he almost danced and shouted to Captain Abel in the rear: "Captain Abel, hurry up, the passage has been opened!"
But Abel shook his head and said: "You charge first, I will follow immediately!"
Well, I was planning to use Bertrand as a stepping stone and step on him to move forward, which naturally made the latter even more angry. In desperation, I could only urge my soldiers to go to mines!
"Claude, and you, Joubert, move forward quickly, hurry up! Don't wait like a mother!"
Claude was also unlucky. He had been avoiding Bertrand because he was afraid that he would be remembered by him or be implicated by Lucien. Who would have thought that he would hide here and there but he would not escape. This guy would just run to where he was hiding.
Just mess around.
Actually, this was not Bertrand's intention. He was also timid and afraid of death, so he naturally burrowed wherever it was safe. Unfortunately, Claude was in the safest area, so he could only
It is said that they see the same thing as bears.
Being so close, Claude couldn't pretend not to hear, so he reluctantly crawled out of the crater and slowly climbed into the minefield.
After driving away Claude, Bertrand rudely got into the crater where Claude was hiding just now. It was obvious that the reason why he wanted to drive Claude away was because he took a fancy to this geomantic treasure.
Bertrand's company advanced slowly. After they lowered their stature and no longer foolishly strutted around to charge, even the Russian naval infantry equipped with new rifles could no longer kill the French army like they did before.
It can only be said that the battlefield is the best teacher, and it will always teach you how to do it in the most cruel way. Although the French mid-level and senior officers are still as stubborn as ever, the soldiers have learned a lot and will use the most effective method.
Save your life.
However, the situation is still not particularly favorable for the French. First of all, there are too few soldiers to break through the barbed wire fence, so dozens of people have no impact at all. Secondly, it is already late at this time, it is already four o'clock in the afternoon.
Half, it will be dark in two hours, what a mess!
"Let Captain Abel hurry up!" Gabriel urged impatiently, "If he still dares to linger in place, I will find a brave person to replace him immediately!"
Under the threat of being in danger, Abel finally made a move. He threw all his men and horses in, and more than a hundred people rushed forward with a roar.
I have to say that this is a huge mistake, because the breakthrough is very narrow, there are only four or five holes that can only accommodate a single person to pass through, and more than a hundred people rush in and squeeze into a ball, which is not a living target!
The intensive rain of bullets from the Russian army quickly beat Abel's company to the ground, and twenty or thirty people lost their lives so easily.
If you don't make a Hollywood blockbuster, don't learn such things as intensive charging. It's something that only a goose will do. Where can there be a charging method like that shown in the movie? The more modern the war, the sparser the queue must be. Really
How wide is the impact front of a company on the battlefield? It is at least five or six hundred meters away. Basically, you can't see a few people on the battlefield. Otherwise, machine guns, mortars, and grenades will be everywhere.
A big piece.
Although the war that Abel encountered was not very modern, it could definitely be a death sentence for dense formations. Dispersion and alternating cover to advance were the way to go!
Of course, Abel couldn't know these things, and even if he did, he wouldn't necessarily believe them, because this was a transitional era, and military ideas were still stuck a few decades ago, but military technology was booming, and it would be useless to say that ideas were lagging behind weapons.
After suffering heavy casualties, Abel's company finally passed through the barbed wire fence. Before they could rejoice when they entered the minefield, some of them were blown up into the sky. Abel, who was preparing to attack the Russian position with all his strength, was immediately chilled to the waist.
But it doesn't matter, he has a way. He just yelled at Bertrand: "Second Lieutenant Bertrand, what are you doing here? The commander ordered you to continue moving forward and break through the Russian position as soon as possible. Hurry up and start immediately.
Take action, I'll cover you from behind!"
Not to mention that Bertrand was stunned this time, even Claude and Lucien next to him wanted to greet Abel's ancestors eight generations ago.
How could you be so shameless as to let more than 20 of our defeated soldiers attack the Russian position? Even if Gabriel is mentally retarded, he would not think that this would be successful! You bastard must have faked the order to let us attack the mine, and you also
How despicable!
Bertrand opened his mouth as if he wanted to refuse, but in the end he did not say anything. He turned around and yelled at Claude and Lucien: "You two each lead five people and advance in two directions. I will be behind.
Cover you!"
What the hell!
Claude and Lucien were so worried that they didn't vomit blood - you are too imitating what you said. You almost copied and pasted what Abel said. I'm sorry, the reason why you don't object is because you let us support you.
ah!
Claude and Lucien felt as if ten thousand grass-mud horses were whizzing by. You can imagine how indignant they felt at this time. But the order must be carried out, and with Abel and Bertrand's constant urging, they had no choice but to stop.
Set off reluctantly.
"Lie down, move slowly, pay attention, and spread out!" Claude greeted the other soldiers and winked at Lucien...