The next morning, nothing came back to life.
The long Ypres front line was extremely terrifying. There were almost no living creatures, no birds, insects, ants, and even the extremely resilient mice and cockroaches were nowhere to be seen.
Corpses were everywhere; human, animal, and plant. A strange smell permeated the air, whether from the remnants of poison gas or rotting corpses, one could look around and feel as if the end times had arrived.
The command post of the 79th Infantry Division of the 26th German Army, this was a semi-enclosed bunker fortification.
Major General Jonas sat on an ammunition box, drinking coffee while skimming through the French newspapers delivered by the signalmen.
Actually, he didn't need to look to know that the entire world was extensively reporting on the poison gas warfare initiated by Germany, and without exception, all were condemnations:
"Poison gas warfare is inhumane. We should ban its use!"
