Chương 312: The Allied Counterattack Begins

Gunfire echoed in perfect tandem with the roar of engines and artillery. The Spring Offensive of 1916 had begun, but it was not the Central Powers who had moved their pieces on the chessboard into play first.

Nay, that boast belonged to the Allies who came crashing over the German fortifications built at the edge of Luxembourg like a tidal wave of steel. Frankly speaking, the defenses were light, and the battle was brief, a mere skirmish, if you would.

It was such a rapid and unexpected victory at the border that while the Allied troops began to cheer and embrace one another for their first major win in God knows how long; the commanders began to speculate that something was seriously wrong.