The end of the airship unit happened in full view of everyone, and hundreds of thousands of people saw it with their own eyes, and the news naturally passed quickly.

In fact, there is no need to pass it on, Admiral Oudino's command is not far from the front line, and the battle on the ground has shelters, which cannot be seen from the command, but the air battles that take place in the sky can be witnessed.

witnessed the end of the airship unit in person, and Admiral Oudino lost his spirit.

In order to build this airship force, the French military has spent a lot of money, and nearly one-tenth of the army's annual military spending is spent on it.

Now it was just a meteor shower performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people, and it was a gorgeous curtain call, and Admiral Oudino simply did not know how to explain to the country.

Of course, here the losses were not all the airship units of the French army, but the results of the air battle have proved to the world that the sky does not belong to the airships.

"General, it's time for dinner."

The guard's voice rang out, pulling Oudino back to reality from his confusion.

"No, I'm not hungry now."

"The order is to be held tonight, and in addition to leaving the necessary personnel on duty, all officers at or above the rank of colonel in the command must attend."

The airship force is finished, but the war continues. From now on, the sky will no longer belong to France, and Oudino knows very well what that means.

Not to mention the strategic bombing, it was impossible to even reconnoiter the enemy's basic intelligence, and from now on the French army would only be bombed.

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The weather gradually darkened, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast onto the earth, reflecting the severed arms and stumps on the ground, ready-made horror movie sets.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the French camp was particularly strange, the horn of the troops had been sounded, but there were very few soldiers who had returned.

Such tragic battles in the past have not happened before. However, according to tradition, this time should be the climax of the resurrection of the corpse, but today is an exception, and there are very few soldiers who have risen from the ground.

Colonel Fuxi, who had just taken over as the commander of the Ninth Division, already had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Shout to the Austrians on the other side, we will send someone to collect the corpse."

By the way, send someone to tell those who have lost their temper that if they don't come back, they don't have to come back. The Overseer team has made a good record for me, and I'm going to train these guys well when I get back. ”

Realizing the problem, Fuxi couldn't imagine that those guys were all dead. After all, the criminal record is very important, and after seeing the Dafa of playing dead, the top brass of the French army is no longer sensitive to the casualty figures.

You must know that the officers and men of the 9th Division who have returned to the camp are only half of the total strength.

During the attack, half of the troops were wiped out in one day, and if this kind of thing really happened, he, the newly appointed division commander, would also be at the end.

Fu Xi only regarded his subordinates as having a temper, after all, the Ninth Division had been in a bad year recently, and the division commander was killed before the battle began.

It was said that they would launch an attack under the cover of the airship troops, but as a result, everyone saw the French ace troops hitting the streets, and the covering role did not play a role, but the bombing was not less at all.

After all, it's just the French airship that is finished, and the airships and naval guns of the coalition forces can still play normally, and this kind of psychological gap is still very shocking.

"Yes, Colonel!"

With that, the herald hurried out.

Collecting corpses on the battlefield is also a tradition in Europe, no matter how you fight to the death during the day, when it comes to collecting corpses, no one will stop it.

After all, there are many corpses on the battlefield, and if they are not dealt with as soon as possible, it is easy to cause a plague, which is something that neither side wants to see.

Sometimes, the corpse collection teams of the two belligerents meet and say hello, but each takes the remains of their own fallen officers and soldiers back.

Today is a typical offensive and defensive battle, most of the Austrian troops are in the trenches, the first encounter with machine gun fire, the French army does not know how to respond, just blindly rush forward, the result is naturally tragic.

The end result was that the French army was strewn with corpses, and the Austrian army had few casualties.

Even if he died in battle, he would have died on his own position, and he would have been disposed of a long time ago. So now only the French corpse collection brigade is moving.

Not long after the collection of the body began, a young officer ran over: "Colonel, something is wrong. ”

Colonel Fuxi frowned, and said very unhappily: "What's the fuss, could it be that the soldiers on the front line mutinied?" ”

The sound of artillery fire has stopped, and it is certainly impossible for the Austrian army to launch a counteroffensive, so the biggest thing is that the soldiers mutiny.

This is nothing new, that is, the Ninth Division, a French-dominated force, rarely happens.

If it were left to the Italian division, there would be a more than ninety percent chance that they would be upset if they were to undertake such a heavy casualties main attack task.

The emotional instability of the Italian soldiers was also an important factor restricting the combat effectiveness of the French army, and if it were not for these draggers, the Luxembourg defense line would have been torn apart long ago.

People of insight in the French army have long been aware of this problem. Unfortunately, there was no way, France had limited human resources and had to recruit Italian soldiers.

"Colonel, go see for yourself! I can assure you that the situation is a hundred, a thousand times more serious than that......"

Obviously, the young officer realized that the news he had brought was too shocking to be believed, and simply asked Colonel Fuxi to see it himself.

"Humph!"

After expressing strong dissatisfaction, Colonel Fuxi walked out of the command anyway.

At this point in time, it is already the time for the corpse collection team and religious people, and the safety is still guaranteed.

Coming to the front line in person, looking at the floating corpses all over the ground, and occasionally hearing the wails of the wounded, Fuxi was stunned.

All of them are dead, and even if they are not dead, they are dying now.

With the medical conditions of these years, the wounded on the battlefield for several hours have not received any treatment, and the possibility of being able to rescue them is ineffective and close to zero.

With the medical staff of the Ninth Division, they can't just bandage the lightly wounded who were withdrawn from the front, who can take care of these guys in the back.

Glancing at the audience, Fuxi returned to the headquarters in a dejected state. The problem is indeed a thousand times more serious than the mutiny, the entire Ninth Division was scrapped.

Seeing such a cruel scene, the officers and soldiers who survived were all gone.

If the enemy were to attack now, perhaps all it would take was a simple charge and the Ninth Division would collapse.

After a moment of silence, Colonel Fuxi, who had calmed down, sighed and said helplessly: "Pass the order, all the officers don't have to sleep tonight, all of them will give me troops to calm the hearts of the army, and beware of a camp roar." ”

You don't have to think about it to know that the camp of the Ninth Division is not destined to be peaceful tonight.

If nothing else, this elite unit of the French army will not be able to go to the battlefield again for a long time to come.

……

Minutes and seconds passed, and soon the casualty reports came out. In essence, the statistics are simple, Colonel Fuxi only asks for a count of the living people in the camp.

The rest, whether they were killed, missing, or captured, were counted as killed.

There was no way, there were too many officers and soldiers killed in battle, and many of them were separated. In a short period of time, it was impossible to piece it together, let alone identify the deceased.

In order to let the soldiers who died in battle get the government pension, Colonel Fuxi can only be a bureaucrat once.

Looking at the shocking casualty figures, Fu Xi couldn't believe his eyes, he was still stunned even though he had already prepared in his heart.

The Ninth Division alone set a record of 4,367 wounded and 3,816 killed in the daytime attack.

That's right, this is the highest number of casualties in a single day for the French army since the start of the war.

Behind the tragic casualties of their own side, there were few achievements in the battle. Without even touching the enemy's position, the Ninth Division was reimbursed for most of it, and Colonel Fuxi no longer knew how to describe the daytime battle.

Just when Colonel Fuxi had a headache about how to explain to his superiors, the prestige of the guards sounded again: "Colonel, there is an order from above, asking you to go to the military meeting in the evening. ”

Colonel Fuxi replied indifferently: "Got it, I'll go over right away!" The order was to double the number of sentries on duty tonight to prevent a sneak attack by the enemy. ”

……

Admiral Oudino's headquarters is not far from the garrison of the Ninth Division, just a few kilometers away, and it takes only twenty or thirty minutes to ride back and forth, which can be said to be quite convenient.

But at this moment, Colonel Fuxi hopes that the journey can be longer, so that he can face it later.

Colonel Fuxi was not the only one who was equally distressed, but all the troops who participated in the offensive today had the same tragedy.

When small tragedies come together, it is a big tragedy. Admiral Oudino, who was still crying for the end of the airship unit, was directly stunned by the number in front of him.

"Guys, is it April Fool's Day? This joke is not funny at all. ”

"Tell me, it's not true!"

……

After repeatedly confirming and receiving a positive answer, Admiral Udino, who was surging with anger, fainted directly and gorgeously.

After a period of chaos, he was finally rescued. But for Oudino personally, perhaps never waking up is the best ending.

The reality is too cruel, this fierce battle on the Rhine is a replica of the original time and space Somme and the battle, and the French army plays the role of the British army.

From today onwards, Oudino will leave a strong mark on human warfare, and he will be indispensable in the military textbooks of countries around the world in the future.

In particular, his order to "attack at all costs" fixed him himself on the pillar of historical shame.

Butcher, executioner, fool, idiot...... All kinds of filthy words will be pressed on his head by future generations.

Oudino, who came to his senses, said bitterly: "Everyone do it, today's battle is my personal command mistake, it has nothing to do with you, I will take responsibility."

The next battle is up to everyone, and the front-line commanders have returned to their troops to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the enemy from coming to attack tonight.

Philit, you are responsible for putting the situation in order here and reporting to the marshal and to the country. Tell them that I have failed the Empire......"

Today's blow to Admiral Oudino is really too great, and now there is only a lot of "self-blame" left, and he doesn't even bother to shirk responsibility.

Of course, at this time, no matter how much Admiral Oudino shirks his responsibility, he will be unable to escape the blame.

After this battle, the invincible momentum that the French army had accumulated with great difficulty was wiped out. It has become a dream to want a quick solution and tear through the Rhine defense line in a short time.