artillery arc

Chapter 469 Bring Me My Red Flag
When he heard the sound of the mortars, Jonard knew something was wrong.

Before joining the Komanda, Jonard served in the Highland Regiment and in the Expeditionary Force, and knew the threat that artillery fire posed to light infantry.

Although the individual qualities of the Komanda soldiers were top-notch, they were just light infantry in the face of artillery fire - even just mortars.

Jonard yelled, "Take cover! Get into a solid bunker! Get into a solid bunker!"

While shouting, he picked up two ammunition boxes, rushed down the stairs and hid in the bridgehead.

There was also an MG34 without a tripod in the bridgehead, which used the same bullets as the machine gun on the tripod on the roof.

After Jonard rushed into the bridgehead, mortar shells landed outside the bunker.

Martin and George, who were a step slower, rolled down the stairs.

"Damn it, you stepped on my face!"

"Shit, if you hadn't pushed me suddenly we wouldn't have rolled down the stairs like a ball!"

Jonard glanced at them, ignored them, and continued to pay attention outside.

The Prosen people seemed to come to their senses and turned around to rush towards the bridgehead, but then they were hit head-on by a hail of mortar shells and were blown away in panic.

Jonard laughed out loud - even though Komanda was in danger now, he couldn't help laughing when he saw his enemy typing on his own typewriter.

Martin and George, who were blaming each other, stopped, looked at each other, and then looked at Jonard together.

At this time, the phone in the bunker rang.

Jonard picked up the phone immediately: "Hello? Who are you?"

"I'm a doctor. The two of us have occupied the enemy's headquarters building. There's a radio station here that hasn't been destroyed yet. Find someone who can send a message!"

Jonard: "Can it send a message? This..."

He looked at Martin, "Wait a minute, Martin, you were in the mail room at the train station before you joined the army, right?"

"The telegraph office at the train station! The telegraph office! How many times have I told you it's the telegraph office, not the mail room! That's a big station!"

Jonard: "Okay, okay, I got it. Can you send a telegram?"

"Of course, but I don't have a code book, neither the Allied one nor the Prossen one. I can only use the universal code of the international postal system to invent a code telegram, which anyone can receive and decipher." Martin spread his hands.

Jonard opened the gate of the bridgehead and said, "Go to the battalion headquarters. There is a radio station there. We must get support from the landing ANT troops immediately, otherwise we will be killed by the enemy with sheer numbers and this damn mortar barrage!"

Martin looked at the mortar shells falling outside, and at that moment a mortar shell happened to land on the roof of the bridgehead. After the explosion, a large amount of rubble and dust fell on the three people.

Martin: "Are you sure you want me to run to the headquarters building under this kind of fire?"

Jonard took out the bagpipe he had been carrying on his back and looked at Martin seriously: "Yes, I will go with you."

Martin squinted at the instrument in Jonard's hand: "What does this have to do with you taking out the bagpipe?"

Jonard blew a long note and then tried all the holes of the bagpipe to make sure the instrument was in perfect condition.

Then he launched into "The Highlanders March On," the famous Scottish war song and regimental anthem of the Highlanders.

Then he walked into the mortar barrage, playing the bagpipes.

Martin and George looked at each other.

Martin cursed: "Either he is crazy, or the world is crazy, maybe both are crazy."

After saying that, he crouched down, rushed out of the bridgehead, and caught up with Jonard.

Martin: "You better walk faster! Get away from this damn barrage!"

Jonard continued to play the tune slowly. At the same time, a group of Prosen people discovered the two men and wanted to shoot. As a result, a mortar shell landed among them and all of them were blown away.

The mortar of the Balas people appears to be of 80mm caliber and is very powerful.

Jonard continued to play the bagpipes and walked towards the battalion headquarters building at a parade pace with a calm expression.

The doctor stuck his head out from behind the pillar at the entrance of the building and looked at Jonard suspiciously.

When the two finally entered the shelter of the building's roof, the doctor asked, "What kind of evil magic is this?"

Jonard shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe it's just probability. The mortars landed at random locations. They didn't land around us randomly."

Four big words were written on the doctor's face: I don't believe you.

Jonard: "Quick, radio!"

The doctor immediately realized: "Yes, the radio! We have been using the radio to call, but the Ants are too far away and the radio cannot reach them. We must use the radio!"

Martin stopped the two people who were about to go in and said solemnly: "I can indeed send a message, but I can only create a code." The doctor: "It's okay to use plain text. Plain text also saves the time of decoding. Plain text is very good at this time! Just create a code!"

Martin: "You said it! If the secret is leaked or if it is investigated later, you will be responsible!"

"I'm responsible." The doctor patted his chest.

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(When updating Chapter 27, there was an error in the operation, and the historical version was updated. A scene switching section was missing, so many people felt that this section about the Komanda Commandos was a bit abrupt. You can go back and read Chapter 27. The correct section has been updated. This position in this chapter just connects to the last scene switching screen of Chapter 27)
At the same time, Ant Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

Wang Zhong was talking to Emilia: "Your anti-aircraft shooting is really good. If you hadn't shot down one of the two enemy planes and scared away the other, the headquarters would have suffered heavy losses."

At this time, Katyusha said unconvincedly: "I can shoot down the enemy plane even without her! These cunning Prosen people actually flew at a very low altitude and hid from my sight!"

The magic arrows guided by little Katyusha (Ekaterina's nickname) can continue to track the enemy until they hit it even if it is out of sight.

Of course, this is not impossible to avoid. If the Plosson pilot has experience in air-to-air missile confrontations with third-generation aircraft and knows how to use F-POLE maneuvers to continuously consume the kinetic energy of the "missile", he may be able to avoid it.

It's just maybe. After all, the performance of propeller planes is far inferior to that of third-generation fighters. After using F-POLE to dodge the magic arrow, it may have no kinetic energy left and can only fall to the ground.

In short, once an enemy plane enters Katyusha's field of vision and is locked by the magic arrow, it will be unable to escape even if it has wings.

But that also requires the enemy plane to enter Katyusha's field of view first.

The enemy planes that launched a sneak attack did not enter Emilia's field of vision until they gave up the attack and turned to disengage. The little guy did not see the two BF110s at all, so naturally he could not guide the magic arrows to attack.

Emilia looked at Katyusha and said, "Your arrows have too many limitations when fighting low-flying enemy aircraft, so I took the initiative to shoot into the air. Without me, many staff officers would have died. I think it would be better for you to thank me honestly, because protecting the expeditionary headquarters is your responsibility."

The little one pouted.

Just as Wang Zhong was about to smooth things over, the communications officer came running over with a telegram: "General! Report! We received a clear message that the Komanda troops were attacked by a large number of Barras troops at the Finney Valley Bridge and are in danger."

"What?" Wang Zhong rushed over, snatched the telegram, and said as he read it, "How could such a thing happen? The Barras troops dared to fight with Komanda?"

The telegram said two things. First, Komanda had defeated the Piproson army guarding the bridge and occupied the bridge. Second, the Barras army, which had been retreating, suddenly returned to attack Komanda's troops occupying the bridge.

The enemy has mortars, and Komanda, who only has light weapons and close combat equipment, is in a critical situation.

After reading it, Wang Zhong handed the telegram to Pavlov, who was approaching, and asked, "Can the 51st Army set out tonight?"

Pavlov looked at the telegram, confirmed the situation and handed it to Popov, and replied: "No. Even if the 51st Army is ready, I don't recommend setting off now. The Plossen defeated soldiers still have considerable fighting spirit. We may be ambushed by the Plossen people if we march at night.

"Besides, we don't know if there are Prosen people waiting in the two villages along the way. We have to set off at daybreak! At that time, the visibility is good, and we can send out the air force to scout the two villages along the way."

Wang Zhong: "But the Komanda troops may not be able to hold out until tomorrow noon. They are elite troops, but there are too few of them, and they are not good at this kind of frontal combat. We must go out now to rescue them and rush to the Finney Valley in three hours!"

Pavlov: "Are you willing to gamble your soldiers' lives that there will be no enemies along the way?"

Wang Zhong thought for a moment and said, "I will personally lead the rescue team!"

Pavlov: "No, what difference does it make except that it puts you in danger as well?"

Wang Zhong: "Trust me! The troops I lead will never be ambushed or raided by the enemy!"

Because the enemy will be highlighted if it approaches within 2.5 kilometers. Sneak attack? No such thing.

Emilia: "This is really unreasonable confidence! No, although Komanda is the elite of our United Kingdom, I am against such an unreasonable rescue operation that puts the expeditionary commander in danger!"

"I think it's possible." Popov said suddenly, looking at Wang Zhong, "I think it's possible. The general will not make such a low-level mistake. He has amazing battlefield intuition. I believe he will not be ambushed."

Pavlov pondered for a moment and sighed, "I believe it too. Then General, you will lead the rescue team and set out immediately to rescue the Komanda troops fighting at the Finney Valley Bridge."

Wang Zhong slapped his thigh and said, "Great! I've wanted to go racing a tank for a long time."

Pavlov narrowed his eyes: "I knew you just wanted to drive a tank."

Emilia: "You are the chief of staff, you can't agree with the coach's unreasonable decision!"

"No," Pavlov shook his head. "Miss Emilia, when I was still a staff officer of the 3rd Rear Amur Regiment, I followed the general into battle. He really had amazing battlefield insight. He led the troops personally, and he was the only one who attacked others by surprise, not others who attacked him by surprise."

Popov also chimed in: "I know this makes no sense, but... we are secular people who believe in seeking truth from facts. The facts are here, and we cannot help but believe them."

Emilia looked at the two bears (referring to Popov and Pavlov) suspiciously, and then looked at Wang Zhong suspiciously.

Then she said, "Okay, I'll follow you. If it's a nighttime melee, my abilities will come in handy. I'll be the machine gunner that scares the enemy."

That's true, you shoot a machine gun not by relying on your eyesight, but by relying on your superpowers.

Wang Zhong: "That's it, organize a commando immediately, led by my tank No. 422. Gregory, bring me my red flag!"

(End of this chapter)