.What does it mean that this kind of sheets and earthen pots appear?

It means that this army has completely lost its sense of honor in this battle. Behind this make-do phenomenon, the low mood of the officers and soldiers is hidden. Realizing the change in the mentality of the officers and soldiers on the front line, Castelno immediately

He was so angry that he even ignored that General El was a lieutenant general and he was only a major general. He immediately ordered him to find someone. He replaced the unsightly bed sheets with suitable tablecloths and the cheap earthen jar with

got decent porcelain.

However, what displeased Castelno was that during his inspections of frontline troops in the following days, similar anomalies continued to appear.

On his way to patrol in a car, when he met the first French soldier standing guard, he asked the driver to stop the car, and then walked down to talk to the young soldier. The soldier looked at the young soldier who came out of the car.

When he was general, he did not make the soldier feel any emotions. Castelno found that the posture and behavior of this young soldier were normal, in any case normal, but his mental outlook was a little abnormal. That kind of salute

Where was the quickness that characterized him, that smart and sharp mannerisms? Where was that confident expression when he grinned? Where did all this go?

And these are precisely the unique marks of the French soldiers that he has been familiar with in the past. Now, these marks of the French soldiers that Napoleon and Joffre were proud of have all disappeared on this battlefield... God

…

During his inspection of the front line, Castelno met many soldiers along the way. During the conversation, almost all the soldiers showed that they had lost confidence in themselves and their commanders. They did not believe that they could win, and they always looked forward to it.

Almost everyone did not believe that the troops could retreat. They could hold the defense line, and they also did not believe that France could win. It seemed that overnight, after the Germans acquired super artillery, everything changed.

Not only the soldiers, but also the officers were not much better than the soldiers. All the division commanders and regimental commanders Casterno met shook their heads at his order to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, believing that no matter what kind of plan was implemented,

Defense, facing the German super artillery, will all fail. In short, what he saw from both the soldiers and the officers was a team that had lost confidence and was hesitant about looking forward and backward. How could such a team hold on?

here?

All this only made Castelno so angry that he cursed at the participants at a high-level military meeting:

"Listen, you guys, if Emperor Napoleon knew what the French army is like now, he would be so angry that he would roll in his grave in the Invalides! Look at the Germans, what are they doing? They are attacking here, they

We are preparing to attack Paris! And now what about us? Our soldiers have lost confidence, and so have our officers. Can super artillery change everything? No, super artillery may change many things, but it cannot change the self-confidence of soldiers.

, Confidence is gone, courage is gone, how can we protect France? In a word, if this continues, each of us will become a sinner of France, and in the end France will be finished with these cowards! I

I want you to remember that you are French! You should stay here and stay here at all costs. As long as the Second Army arrives, the Tenth Army and the Twentieth Army arrive, then Verdun

Come on, don’t forget that our grandfather once defeated Prussia with Emperor Napoleon and fought to Moscow together..."

Scolding and scolding, Castelno also knew in his heart that he had no idea whether these troops could defend this place.

After arriving in Verdun, Castelneau continued to exert his influence and authority in order to revive the defensive battle and temporarily restore a stable situation. Wherever he went, decisions and orders followed.

OK. He reiterated his order to guard the Meuse River highlands and prevent the enemy's advance on the right bank at all costs. The 20th Army and the 1st Army, which had arrived on the battlefield at this time, followed this intention and entered the battle. While taking these emergency measures

, Castelneau had telegraphed Pétain, ordering him to command not only the French 2nd Army, which was now moving, but also all the troops in the Verdun fortified area.

And just when he was about to leave Verdun, he witnessed the power of the German super cannon for the first time. After the explosion that shook everything in the world, when smoke clouds hundreds of meters high rose into the sky, Castelnot was

The scene in front of him was so shocking that he even murmured to himself.

"Ah! Napoleon, Napoleon, if he were here now, there would be nothing he could do..."

At this moment, he seemed to understand why the soldiers here lost their courage. No power in the world could stop this...
Chapter completed!