Shire and his 105th Infantry Regiment stayed in the French Army trenches for two days.
This was to prevent the German Army from suddenly launching a counterattack and losing the hard-won positions. Shire believed that it was necessary to cautiously rotate defenses before the footing was stable. Only after the reinforcements from the rear gradually came up and adapted to the positions could the 105th Infantry Regiment withdraw.
Trench life was worse than imagined.
It could be seen that the French Army had tried to build trenches along higher elevations, but the 2.5-meter-deep trenches still inevitably seeped water.
In many places, the water accumulated up to the thighs, making it impossible to construct tunnels, which could collapse at any time or even drown the people inside.
There was almost no dry place in the trenches. Even Shire's command post had water up to the ankles, and the military boots made a "splashing" sound on the ground, sticky and wet.
