C2861 A war!

The soldiers could feel that the officer was different from usual. The whole Sedan Fortress was filled with the solemn atmosphere before the final battle. After setting down their breakfast, the soldiers gathered behind the officer, quietly watching him devoutly sharpening his sword.

"Is this the last battle?" the old soldier asked.

"No …" This is my last battle, it might not be yours! " The officer said indifferently.

"Why?" the veterans asked.

"Because today, I will be the first one to charge in. I will die in battle before you, not after …"

The crowd burst into an uproar!

"Brothers!" This damn war should be over. I've had enough! "However there are many options for ending it!"

"The easiest is to hang the white flag, walk shamelessly into the enemy's POW camp, and work hard for them like slaves!"

"Or... Or maybe we can go even crazier and use our death battles to exchange for heavy casualties. "

"Using our unyielding fighting spirit in exchange for the enemy's respect, in exchange for a fair truce!"

Raising his sharp military knife, the officer of the morning light calmly said as he looked at the blade, "Why are we fighting? Is it for the motherland and honor? "

"Yes, of course! But in the end, we fought for our own benefit! "

"Look in the mirror and see ourselves. We have dedicated our lives to the army, so what can we do if we leave the military camp? Who else has the skills to make a living? If we leave the army, what will we eat!? "

The officer said emotionally, "Not just you, but me as well. All three generations of my family have joined the army. Other than fighting, I don't know anything else. If the empire collapses, I'll soon be destitute!"

"If the Empire is finished, you will all be reduced to prisoners of war … Even if you lot are fortunate enough to walk out of the POW camp, does the great France still have a place for you all to stand on? "

"There is no craftsmanship, there is no land. In the end, all you can do is work in the factory …" However, many of you are not young anymore, so how long can you keep selling your labourers? "

"The Revolution is about to break out again! Once the Empire collapsed, who could guarantee that they wouldn't counterattack? "You must know that we are the direct descendants of His Majesty the emperor. Who in the new government would be so confident about using our army?"

"There is no more stable iron rice bowls to eat, no more warm military camps to live in. All of us have to face the torrential rain outside the barracks alone!"

"I still have some family property to eat, but what about you? What else do you have besides the ability to fight? How do you all live your lives! "

All the soldiers in the squad were dumbfounded by his words. They seemed to be enlightened but they didn't fully understand what he meant. They were like ostriches hiding their heads in the sand, unwilling to face reality.

But today, the Chief had placed the cruel truth in front of him!

"Sir..." We... What can we do? What choice do we have? "The battle has already reached this stage …"

"Of course there's a way! No matter how desperate the situation is, we cannot give up hope! "

"In this situation, there is only one way, and that is to continue fighting to the death …" Beat them until the Prussian is terrified, and use this war to force them to negotiate equally! "

"To push the peace through battle, not to surrender without a fight!"

"As long as we can reach a ceasefire with the Prussian, we can immediately get reinforcements and reinforcements. At that time, the Ba Zan Corps will be in cahoots with us, and those ambitious people in Paris will no longer have the chance to cause trouble!"

"With the empire here, our job is here. With the empire gone, we have no hope!"

This sentence rekindled the hope in the hearts of the soldiers. Recalling the years of war in Crimea and the great deeds of the Qing Empire in the East, countless veterans were extremely excited.

"We can only fight to the death!" The only thing left to do is to fight to the death! "

"Old soldiers won't die!" The Empire is indestructible! "

Often, desperate situations could make an army famous. The hundred thousand French soldiers of Sedan Fortress had already been forced into a corner, and under the encouragement of the noble officers, they unexpectedly burst out with unimaginable fighting strength at this most critical time.

The previous dejection had been completely swept away, and the entire stronghold entered a tense atmosphere of preparation for battle. Countless soldiers piled up sandbags and built layers of shooting positions, and countless soldiers carried ammunition box s and transported weapons back and forth.

The sour sounds of sharpening stones grinding against sharp blades could be heard everywhere. All the soldiers looked at the Prussian army outside the city with eyes filled with fury!

At seven in the morning, after the soldiers of the Prussian army's camp had finished eating breakfast, their teams started to gather at the camp. Xiao Letian climbed to the tallest watchtower at the north side of Sedan City at five in the morning and paid close attention to the battle.

"This is the last battle! Don't let me down, Frenchmen. Fight harder, fight harder! The more your military officers and veterans are killed on the battlefield, the harder it will be for the France to recover from military injuries in the future! "

"Good boy!" Be obedient... Obediently become a second rate military power, that is your destiny! "

Suddenly, a loud and clear bugle call sounded out from the Prussian army position, it was not a bugle, but hundreds and thousands of bugles blowing at the same time. At that moment, the strict looking Prussian army in the camp started to move towards the outside of the camp, and very quickly, within ten kilometers of the encirclement, they formed the first wave of attack.

All the soldiers stood on alert, their bayonets sharp like a forest.

Seeing this, Xiao Letian hurriedly took out two lumps of cotton and stuffed them into his ears: "The cannon battle is about to begin! Hahaha … The largest cannon battle in nineteenth century has begun! "

In order to fight in Sedan, Lao Maoqi had prepared 700 Krupp afterloading steel gun s, and just the delivery of artillery shells had organized 4 of them!

For the sake of this decisive battle, Prussian had shown his all!

7: 35, Following General Command's command, the 700 cannons surrounding Sedan City began to fire at the same time!

Boom! Boom! Boom! The sky and the earth were filled with the sounds of artillery fire. Smoke rose up from the ground like dark clouds, and the artillery shells rained down on Sedan City.

Xiao Letian felt that the watchtower beneath his feet was about to collapse from the impact, the sounds of the cannons firing could still be heard clearly.

In almost an instant, Sedan City had become a sea of fire. These modified cannonballs used the latest type of explosive, and its power was completely different from the previous flowering bomb s.

The flames from the explosion filled the entire city. Amidst the shock wave, countless French soldiers were blown up into the sky, their arms and legs were blown off. Sharp cannonballs cut into the soldiers' stomachs and their intestines flowed all over the ground, unable to be saved!

"Looking for cover... The enemy's shelling won't take too long... The enemy infantry will attack soon... "

"Looking for cover... "Dodge the cannonball …"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Amidst the explosions, Sedan City trembled from the explosion!