The breeze blew through the Reims defensive line guarded by the 5th Bavarian Division of the LI Corps, carrying the morning mist.
(Note: LI is Roman numeral, L stands for 50, I on the right signifies "plus 1", LI Corps is the 51st Bavarian Corps of the 18th Army Group)
The Reims defensive line is located two li outside the city. It was temporarily built by the French Army when there was danger in Reims, in order to prevent the flames of war from entering the city and endangering citizens.
Currently, Reims has already been ravaged by the flames of war beyond recognition.
Not long after the war broke out, the French and German armies fought fiercely here. After all, it's a strategic location wedged between two rivers, contested several times by both sides. Nearly half of the houses were destroyed by the war, and the original population of 120,000 had sharply declined to 70,000.
Nowadays, Reims is repeatedly changing hands between the French and German armies.
