The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 180 Vorontsov, our air defense is in your hands!
"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect the Black Hawk Empire to actually produce poison gas. These guys really have a low moral standard!"

Looking at the messages in the chat area, Andrei couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that the Black Hawk Empire in this world seemed even less moral than the San Dezi he remembered.

But then he thought again and realized that some things couldn't be said that way.

Although the Black Hawk Empire in this world likes to slaughter civilians, create undead, and release poison gas during wars, the original San Dezi wasn't much better.

Those infamous concentration camps turned killing into a factory-like operation. From this perspective, San Dezi was truly ruthless to a certain degree.

While that village was under attack, the factory area where Andrei was located was also under attack. Fortunately, the main targets of the attack were not Andrei's own positions, but other friendly forces defending nearby.

Two infantry regiments and an artillery battalion had just arrived on the side of the factory. These troops joined Andrei in defending the factory and built positions on the flank of the Andrei factory.

Prior to this, Andrei's players had already dug many trenches around the factory, and these newly dug trenches soon became the bargaining chips for the newly arrived friendly forces.

Anyway, Andrei didn't have that many men at his disposal, so it was impossible for him to actually occupy all the trenches that had been dug.

There are ready-made trenches, so why not use them?
Andrei didn't say anything about the guys' behavior, but he couldn't help rolling his eyes.

The reason they thought that players couldn't possibly use such a large area of ​​territory was because they had never witnessed the players' ability to infiltrate and flank.

Once they see just how fast players can run on the battlefield, they'll probably stop thinking that way.

Just then, a burst of artillery fire suddenly rang out from behind Andrei.

A full twelve 122mm heavy howitzers are bombarding an area in the distance.

Because of the great distance, the bombing zone was about 10 kilometers away, so Andrei couldn't see the enemy troops being bombed at all. He couldn't even clearly see what enemy troops were there.

But it doesn't matter, he doesn't need to think about such a problem.

Whether or not the enemy was hit was something the artillery battalion needed to consider, while Andrei's unit needed to focus on taking on the task of air defense.

At the beginning, this artillery battalion had not studied how to defend against air attacks. A neighboring infantry division even sent a telegram asking Andrei if he needed support from an anti-aircraft gun company.
Although Andrei strongly expressed that he needed more support, the infantry troops that arrived first saw the number of anti-aircraft guns in Andrei's area, and the anti-aircraft gun company that was originally going to arrive immediately disappeared.

Are you kidding them? This factory already has so many anti-aircraft guns, why would it need any more?

I wonder where Andrei got the anti-aircraft gun from, or maybe there were already quite a few anti-aircraft guns in this factory.
In any case, as things stand, Andrei's side doesn't need any additional anti-aircraft fire support at all, so sending anti-aircraft guns over would just be a waste!
Andrei felt a deep resentment towards these guys' opinions.

Damn it, isn't it true that you can never have too much support?

Why did the promised support change its mind before it even arrived?
"Attention! Enemy air force is coming!"

Just then, Andrei suddenly heard a soldier shouting nearby, seemingly a gamer. At the same time, the air raid siren behind the factory was sounded.

The sharp buzzing sound was extremely piercing, and in just an instant, all the soldiers on the position could hear it.

Immediately afterwards, a group of officers shouted for the soldiers to quickly take shelter in the air-raid shelters, although from Andrei's perspective, the enemy was unlikely to come and bomb this trench for no reason.

Every time their air force sorties, they will definitely bomb some valuable targets, and the target that most needs to be bombed right now is the artillery battalion located in the rear.

The enemy airships were about to reach the factory in the blink of an eye, and at that distance, it would be almost impossible to move the artillery battalion away.

Andrei didn't know how artillery in some anti-Japanese war dramas could be moved so easily. At least on his side, it would take about 20 minutes just to disassemble and load a 122mm towed artillery piece.

Knowing they couldn't evacuate in time, the formidable Cambrian artillerymen fought desperately.

Even knowing that the enemy's air raids were aimed at them, they were fearless and continued to bombard a distant area with all their might, as if they had not heard the air raid siren at all.

"Lieutenant Colonel Vorontsov, now it's up to you to perform with the anti-aircraft guns. Make sure you protect us!"

Amid the thunderous roar of artillery fire, an artillery officer saluted Andrei from afar, then turned and roared at the artillerymen behind him to hurry up and load ammunition.

"Don't worry, the players' anti-air capabilities won't disappoint you!"

Andrei returned the greeting and then disappeared into the underground entrance next to him.

Although he still had some faith in the players' anti-air capabilities, he was unwilling to take the risk himself and preferred to stay hidden underground.

He discovered that having other players around had another advantage: it made him able to issue commands much faster.

He only needs to tell the command to the player closest to him, and then the player will quickly send the command to the chat area, and then other players will see the content in the chat group and relay the command.

At first, many soldiers wondered how soldiers who were not messengers knew the orders that followed.
What exactly did they do to know the contents of the orders that were being given while they were on the same battlefield as me?

However, as time went on, when the players' commands were all correct, the soldiers gradually got used to the wonders of the Imperial Guards.

The elite assault team around the regimental commander is a very special unit. They have some kind of special means of communication, which is not surprising, is it?
"Little thing, you're finally here! I didn't expect you to come so quickly!"

Located on an air defense position, a player watched the small airship rapidly approaching in the sky and excitedly muttered to himself.

Immediately afterwards, he activated the stationary anti-aircraft gun and began bombarding the airship in the sky.

(End of this chapter)