The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 122 Strange, why would the enemy send paratroopers here?

"Commander, the enemy airships seem to have flown far away. It looks like they're not coming for us!"

Beside Andrei, an excessively young staff officer whispered something.

"Wait a bit longer. Tell everyone to stay hidden in the woods and not make any rash moves. Be careful that thing doesn't launch another surprise attack!"

While holding binoculars and peering nervously through the gaps in the trees, Andrei spoke to his staff officer without turning his head.

"Commander, you said the enemy suddenly dispatched two airships in this place. What are they here to bomb? I don't think they're coming for us!"

Beside Andrei, Lieutenant Colonel Yuri, the deputy commander, also ran over, looking into the distance with curiosity and asking.

He had been busy calming the soldiers down and telling them to find a place to hide, so it seems he had finished his work.

Upon hearing this, Andrei shrugged.

"I don't know, I have no idea! How would I know what that thing is for? Maybe it's going to bomb Petrograd?"

Andrei said he was also confused. According to his speculation, large airships like this should bomb larger targets when bombing from high altitudes, right?

For example, cities or something.

Otherwise, if they want to bomb small targets on the ground, given that this thing is at least two or three thousand meters high, how can they accurately bomb it?
Even a slight error when dropping the bomb can result in a difference of hundreds of meters when it lands on the ground!

"Hey, Lieutenant Colonel Nikolayev, can you guess what those airships are bombing?"

After thinking about it, Andrei decided to ask the most experienced veteran in his team.

Although he couldn't understand how an old man like Nikolayev, who looked like he had been retired for who knows how many years, could suddenly be incorporated into his unit, and even as chief of staff.

However, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

The old man's greatest strength is that he has experienced many wars, so he has a wealth of experience in many areas.

Even though, according to him, the times are changing too fast and he can no longer keep up with the current war, judging from his usual performance, Andrei thinks he is still very reliable.

Compared to the tense appearance of Andrei and his group, Nikolayev was not nervous at all. He even leaned against a tree, covered his face with his hat, and took a nap.

Hearing Andrei's shouts, the old man groggily got up.

"I'm not sure. When I first joined the military, airships hadn't even been invented yet!"

Nikolayev first waved his hand, but then, after frowning and thinking for a moment, he guessed:
"However, if we consider this thing as a cannon with an extremely long range, I think it should be used to strike certain targets in our rear, either to blow up factories or to blow up roads."

"If it's a road bombing, the enemy is unlikely to trigger such a large airship. It's too cumbersome and can't accurately bomb delicate objects!"

"So... you can check if there are any factories around here! If there aren't any factories around here, this thing is most likely headed for Petrograd!"

After Nikolayev's reminder, Andrei quickly pulled out a map and started flipping through it. He only needed to draw a circle and glance at it to notice:

There happened to be a heavy-duty mobile machinery factory located less than 10 kilometers away from us!
Wait, what is this walking machine?
Upon seeing this word, Andrei immediately thought of a bunch of armored vehicles with legs that roamed around aimlessly. Considering that he hadn't even seen tracks since arriving in this world, he figured this walking machine was probably one of the culprits behind the skewed technological development of this century.

Just then, Andrei suddenly received an urgent telegram.

"What's going on? Enemy paratroopers just attacked the Luga No. 1 Heavy Mobile Machine Factory. We need to take it back as quickly as possible?"

After reading the telegram, Andrei raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

To be honest, he thought the enemy was going to bomb the factory, but he never expected that the enemy would actually drop paratroopers into the factory!
So, it turns out there are paratroopers in this world too?

Andrei had just had this idea when he shook his head and laughed.

Of course there will be. Parachutes aren't exactly high-tech, especially in this world where bombing often involves airships. Airships have a much greater carrying capacity than transport planes, so they can carry more paratroopers at once.

So, according to this logic, the two heavy airships that flew over earlier were actually there to transport paratroopers, not to bomb the enemy directly.
He didn't quite understand what the point was of the enemy suddenly sending paratroopers to attack the factory near Luga at this time.

It's important to understand that while paratroopers are a type of soldier who are inherently destined to be surrounded by the enemy, this doesn't mean that ordinary people would simply throw paratroopers behind enemy lines and leave them to die.

They could have easily blown up the factory with bombs, but instead, they deliberately sent paratroopers to occupy it.

So unless the enemy is absolutely certain that they can reach this point before the paratroopers are wiped out, sending their paratroopers is basically no different from sending them to their deaths!

Since the enemy is confident they can arrive here before the paratroopers are wiped out, doesn't that mean...?

"Damn it! There might be an enemy force approaching us soon!"

Upon realizing this, Andrei's expression instantly turned horrified; this was completely different from what he had imagined!

According to his thinking, the enemy should not have captured Pskov yet, and Luga is located behind Pskov!

So, which enemy unit suddenly attacked, managing to bypass Pskov and reach the rear?
And how exactly did they fight their way here, and when did they cross the Luga River?
Andrei quickly shared his conjecture with the deputy commander and chief of staff. Upon hearing Andrei's words, the two lieutenant colonels were equally shocked, their faces instantly turning grim.

Without time to think too much, Andrei immediately ordered them to report the idea to the rear command as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, he ordered his troops to speed up their advance toward the heavy mobile machinery factory located on the outskirts of Luga.

He couldn't worry about that now; he had to annihilate this airborne force first, and then consider other things!
He was still confident that it was just about annihilating an airborne unit!

Although theoretically, the troops that can serve as airborne troops are definitely the elite of the elite, don't forget that there are quite a few armored units in his unit!

Using armored vehicles to fight against paratroopers who only have light weapons shouldn't be a bad idea, right?

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(End of this chapter)