The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 315 A Mountain of Poison Gas Bombs

"Demon! Blasphemy!!!"

"How dare they? How dare these filthy and vile warp beings set foot on the sacred land of Holy Terra?"

Upon seeing the demon summoned by the player, the servo skulls went into a frenzy, firing laser emitters at the demon as if ready to betray it at the slightest provocation.

Some servo skulls pointed their laser emitters at the players who had just summoned the demon, saying they couldn't understand what was going on with this guy at all.

He's dressed like a loyal follower of the Emperor, so how did he manage to summon a demon?
Good heavens, what kind of loyalty is this? Did this guy just walk out of a courtroom?

"Calm down, calm down. We are in a critical period and need to utilize some of the power of the subspace!"

The players who had just summoned the demons had no idea that the battle pets they had summoned would actually have faction divisions!

He quickly explained while casually taking a badge off his person and then slapping it onto the demon's forehead.

"See that? This demon has a mark of purity on its head; it is loyal!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the cunning blue-fearing demon also quickly started gesturing wildly and said:
"That's right, that's right, loyalty! I'm extremely loyal!"

"You have no idea that I have followed the Imperial Chancellor for many years, secretly sacrificing my life for the Empire, and paying countless hardships and sweat for it..."

Seeing how heartbroken this demon was, with snot and tears streaming down his face, the logic circuits of the other servo skulls also short-circuited.

What's going on? This demon actually seems to have some loyalty.
But speaking of which, who is the Imperial Chancellor the demon spoke of? Could it be Regent Macado?

Otherwise, it couldn't be the newly revived Imperial Regent Guilliman, could it?

When the servo skull asked the question, the blue-faced demon actually managed to squeeze out a rather obvious mocking expression with its grotesque face, as if it were looking down on the skull's intelligence.

"Fool, how could that be? Makado has been dead for so many years!"

"The Imperial Chancellor I'm referring to is none other than the great and ever-changing Lord Sinliech! Don't you know that the supreme mastermind has always been the invisible Chancellor of the human empire?"

Honestly, the fact that the Empire of Man's system has been able to operate for so long without collapsing is largely due to Tzeentch's efforts.

Putting aside everything else, the fact that this bulk sales model has been able to last for so long is already quite remarkable, isn't it?
After hearing the demon's words, the group of servo skulls fell silent for a moment.

The next moment, even more laser emitters were aimed at the demon!

"As expected, this devil has a completely wicked conscience; he's still trying to bewitch us even now!"

"Who has the molten lava? This demon needs to be purified with the flames of loyalty!"

After a heated argument, although the servo skulls strongly expressed their desire to kill the demon in front of them, unfortunately, control ultimately remained in the hands of the players.

Therefore, despite the skulls' great dissatisfaction with this demon, it still managed to join the player's team as a companion pet.

"Alright, we can discuss the issue of demons later. I can only say that the situation here is rather unique..."

"When you turn around and see all the other messy enemies, you'll understand. Believe me, the troubles this world has go far beyond the warp issue!"

As they spoke, some players gave the server skulls a rough analysis of the information they had gathered, which also helped them understand just how outrageous the enemy they were facing was.

After listening to the player's words, all the server-side skulls felt like they were about to short-circuit.

Wait, what the hell is this place? Is this still Holy Terra?
When did Holy Terra become this chaotic mess? Is this place even worth keeping?
But then, when they thought about the chaos and monsters that had plagued the Terran Wars of Unification, the Servant Skull felt that it was actually quite normal.

"By the Emperor, why has the sacred Terra become like this?"

The servo skull said with immense sorrow, "It's a pity that I no longer have tear ducts, otherwise I would definitely be crying my heart out right now."

The thought that the glorious Terra had become like this filled them with unbearable pain.

"Well, there's nothing I can do. I've already told you all that this is Terra during the Terra Unification Wars, so it's normal for it to be a bit chaotic."

"Think of it on the bright side. If you can help us win this war, then when we turn around, all the skulls here will be considered founding heroes of the empire. What an honor that would be!"

After listening to the player's explanation, the skull-bearers analyzed it and realized that what he said seemed to make sense!

Brilliant! This is a great opportunity to make a name for yourself!

Needless to say, if they ever have the chance to return to their own world, they could brag about it for a lifetime!
The Fearless mechs in the distance continued to fire cannons to suppress the enemy, while machine guns were also sweeping towards the players' positions.

Looking at the newly summoned demon, the player pointed to the mech and said:
"Go, help me take down that mech and prove your strength!"

"As you can see, all these skulls around you are eager to be loyal to you. If you don't prove your worth, this will put me in a difficult position!"

As soon as the player gave the command, the Blue Fear Demon immediately saluted with all three arms on its right side.

"Yes, sir! Just watch, I'll show you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the demon transformed into a ball of psionic flame and drifted forward before reforming.

It's unclear whether it was because the demon was elusive or because it was short, but it was very inconspicuous in this complex battlefield environment.

This peculiar little devil crept up to the side of the Black Hawk soldiers ahead, but still no Black Hawk soldiers noticed it.

After glancing at the enemy firing at the opposite side, Blue Fear Demon pondered for a moment, and then came up with a wonderful idea.

A Black Hawk soldier is holding a rifle and firing at a skull in the distance that is firing back at him, while reaching into his pocket for bullets.

But just as he was loading the ammunition, he suddenly heard what sounded like a strange noise in his ear.

"Watch out! There are enemies on your flank. See that huge mech? Those are Cambrian army mechs that have broken into your ranks!"

The sound initially only annoyed him, but the soldier didn't take it seriously, simply thinking he had lost his mind in battle.

But gradually, the sound repeated itself in his ears more and more often, and it seemed to grow louder and louder.

He felt a little dizzy, and when he turned his head to look at the side of his team, he was surprised to find that the scene he had just seen had changed.

The Fearless mech that had been standing on the side of the formation, constantly firing at the enemy, now appeared to him as if it were a reindeer mech from the Cambrian Empire.

He didn't know how the reindeer mech appeared, but he watched helplessly as it pointed its machine guns and cannons at his comrades, who remained completely still.

The scene was as if enemy mechs had silently crept up from behind their ranks, and because their attention was entirely focused on the enemy in front, they hadn't noticed the enemy behind them at all!
As the machine guns and cannons of the mech spewed fire again, the soldier's mind went blank, and he couldn't care less about anything else.

"Do not--!"

He suddenly shouted in a shrill voice, and then picked up a pre-tied grenade from beside him.

Amidst the horrified gazes of his teammates, he charged forward with the bundle of grenades and threw the entire bundle of grenades beneath the Dauntless mech.

The sudden cluster of grenades startled the pilot inside the mech. He never expected that his friendly soldiers would suddenly attack him with grenades at this moment!
Caught off guard, despite his best efforts to activate his mech and escape the impending explosion of the grenade, it still detonated before he could activate it.

With a deafening roar, the Fearless mech slowly collapsed. Although its main structure was not seriously damaged, the hydraulic system of one of its legs was destroyed, rendering it unable to support the mech any longer.

"Oliver, you idiot, what are you doing?"

An officer rushed over, looked at the soldiers who were standing there dumbfounded, and asked incredulously.

He never expected that while he was busy fighting the enemy, his own soldiers would suddenly throw grenades as if they were having a fit, blowing up his own mech!
Just then, two armored soldiers crawled out of the fallen mechs in a disheveled state. One of them rushed over without saying a word and punched Oliver hard in the face.

Oliver didn't realize what he had done until he was knocked to the ground.

"No! This isn't true, I didn't know!"

"How is this possible? I clearly saw a Cambrian Empire reindeer mech... This must be some kind of bizarre illusion!"

Despite Oliver's repeated arguments, the other soldiers simply did not believe him.

He was immediately pinned to the ground by several Black Hawk soldiers, his weapons were removed, and he was then tied up and thrown aside.

"Damn it, you'll have to explain these things to the military police when we get back!"

The players were astonished when they saw this, their eyes widening in surprise. They never expected that this demon would have the ability to turn enemies against them!

Good heavens, this isn't a demon, it's Yuri!
"Quickly, keep turning the enemy in! I want to play Mental Omega!"

The player excitedly urged the demon in the communication.

That said, this is quite an interesting point. Both the server skull and the Blue Fear Demon that the player just summoned seem to be able to intervene in the player's private chat and talk to their master.

Of course, according to the Servo Skull and the Demon, one of them had established a data connection with the player, enabling data sharing in their minds, while the other had established a mental link through a contract.

Players don't really care about these settings; instead, they find it quite interesting that their battle pets can actually talk.

As for why these two things still have the ability to communicate?
Perhaps it's some kind of Easter egg in the game!
Although the player was eager for their demon to continue acting as Yuri, unfortunately, the demon refused the player's request.

"Boss, I want to keep casting illusions too, but I'm not a demon who specializes in illusions, I'm just an ordinary little demon!"

"I'm good at throwing fireballs and wielding daggers. Illusion magic is really too difficult. I can only cast one a day, and the opponent can break it with just a little mental shock."

Damn! So this skill actually has a limited number of uses!

Even so, throwing fireballs is actually a good option.

At least compared to the normal attack mode, the fireball looks pretty good visually!
When the demon hurled a fireball from the side, burning a soldier to ashes, the other Black Hawk soldiers finally noticed the demon lurking there.

The unfortunate demon had just thrown out one fireball and hadn't even had a chance to throw out a second one when a barrage of bullets came flying towards it, causing the blue-feared demon to shrink back involuntarily.

"Damn, boss, it's not that I'm not capable, but their firepower is just too strong!"

Feeling the bullets flying everywhere overhead, the blue-feared demon quickly shrank even lower, afraid that it might be hit by a bullet if it wasn't careful.

Although demons generally have some resistance to physical attacks, perhaps because of their unique summoning method, their connection with the real universe is extremely fragile, and the protection from various aspects of the laws of the subspace is also severely insufficient.

In addition, there were too many bullets overhead, so He dared not show His head at all, for fear that if He did, He would be killed by a hail of bullets!
While dodging, the demon cautiously moved to the side, casually conjuring fireballs and throwing them outwards.

But without a doubt, such output efficiency is significantly lower.

In comparison, the servo skull on the other side, which is still constantly emitting lasers, looks much stronger.

Although these skulls are rather talkative, each of them possesses sufficient loyalty and fanaticism for the Empire.

The thought that those Black Hawk soldiers dared to oppose the great Emperor filled Skull with rage, and he wished he could kill all these rebels and use their blood to worship the Emperor!
Because the enemy on this side is being held back by the player, the main armored forces on the front can launch attacks without restraint, without worrying about the enemy launching another surprise attack from the flank.

As the massive Mendeleev tank rolled in, some Black Hawk soldiers, unable to withstand the pressure, jumped out of the trenches in an attempt to escape.

However, with the combined firepower of these tanks and the support of a large number of infantry, not a single Black Hawk soldier could escape at this time.

As soon as they left the trenches, the machine gun bullets flying everywhere would instantly turn them into pieces.

"Warriors, the time has come to serve the Empire!"

"Hold your explosives tight, and when the enemy's steel behemoths charge up, we'll teach them a lesson!"

Upon hearing the officer's words, the soldiers carefully gripped the explosive packs in their hands, their hands trembling as they held the fuse.

Although they had made up their minds to join the suicide squad, it did not mean that they would not feel fear before they were about to die together with the enemy.

On the contrary, at this moment they were all terrified of their fate.

If it weren't for the officer sharing his flask with them when they received the explosives, allowing each of them to take a sip of his drink, their condition would definitely be much worse right now.

"Halt! Let our infantry go in first and deal with the enemy!"

As the player's car number three drove to the front, the player suddenly shouted to the other cars in the communication.

The other armored soldiers immediately understood the player's intentions and stopped simultaneously. Behind them, the other players led a large number of infantrymen into the enemy trenches.

The Black Hawk soldiers initially thought the enemy tanks would simply run them over, because that's how their own armored units often charged into enemy positions.

This approach can indeed intimidate the enemy, but if the enemy is not successfully intimidated, the enemy troops hiding in the trenches may instead blow up the armored vehicles that charge forward.

However, because most of the Cambrian armies they encountered were in a state of collapse at the first touch and lacked sufficient morale, many Black Hawk armies particularly favored this simple and brutal fighting style.

When a group of Cambrian soldiers, bayonets at the ready, roared and jumped into the trenches, the Black Hawk soldiers, who were about to detonate explosives, were somewhat stunned.

They hesitated for a moment, then quickly threw away the explosives in their hands, turned around, picked up their guns, and began to fight the Cambrian soldiers who had rushed in through the trenches.

However, once players join these Cambrian soldiers, the battle that erupts in the trenches is destined to have no other outcome.

Many players took on the role of squad leaders, leading the charge while alerting other Cambrian soldiers to the enemy's location.

The Cambrian soldiers couldn't understand why the strange veterans leading their charge all seemed to know where the enemy was hiding.
However, judging from their tattoos and the various scriptures hanging on their bodies, many Cambrian soldiers suspected that these strange fellows were likely blessed by the gods and thus gained the ability to foresee the future.

The thought that they were fighting alongside a group of people blessed by the gods boosted the morale of the other Cambrian soldiers.

Most Cambrian soldiers were superstitious, which was the prevailing atmosphere in the Cambrian Empire.

This leads to an astonishing increase in morale when people believe that the gods are watching over them or blessing them.

Once the player and other Cambrian soldiers had successfully suppressed the enemy forces in the trenches, the remaining Mendeleev tanks rumbled up and then aimed their side machine guns and cannons at the trenches.

Under continuous strafing and artillery bombardment, the armored brigade broke through these trenches one after another, and quickly captured the enemy position set up near the intersection.

"Great! We've won! Keep going!"

Colonel Belyak shouted excitedly, but just then he suddenly saw that some of the surviving Black Hawk soldiers had released a pigeon.

Although he was killed by a rushing player with a submachine gun the next moment, he gave a mocking smile to the Cambrian soldiers present before falling to the ground and dying.

"Oh no, it's a silly pigeon!"

"Damn it, the Black Hawk Empire seems to have artillery fire capabilities too!" The other Cambrian soldiers didn't understand what was going on, but players with battlefield game experience instantly thought of the controls in the animation!

The pigeons the other side just released weren't for anything else, but to tell the artillery positions behind them to fire in this direction!

"Quick! Get away from here immediately, the enemy is about to fire!"

Colonel Belyak looked surprised when he heard a player shout, not understanding what was going on.

Just as he was about to grab a player and question him about his reasoning, he suddenly heard a familiar, piercing whistling sound from the sky.

"Scatter! Damn it, enemy artillery fire!"

"Find cover and drive the tanks away!"

Colonel Belyak's biggest worry at this moment was the six tanks in his unit.

The losses of other soldiers are negligible, and even the losses of these soldiers are somewhat insignificant, given the Cambrian Empire's vast population and its abundance of soldiers.

But the six super-heavy tanks in their team are the core of the entire attack!

If these six tanks are destroyed in the shelling, the trouble will be much greater, especially since these tanks are experimental models they are developing, making them even more valuable.

Even though the six tanks were going at top speed, this thing still couldn't go fast.

Especially when this thing crosses trenches, its speed suddenly slows down even more.

If it weren't for the fact that this thing was indeed huge, looking like a long, thin armored train, players would have even suspected that it might get stuck in the trenches!

boom!
The first shell landed on the position, kicking up a large amount of dirt and rocks.

Seeing the explosive power of the shell in the distance, Colonel Belyak's expression changed drastically, because he knew that it was the enemy's heavy artillery!

Although he had guessed from the sound of the shell falling that it was an enemy heavy artillery piece, the power of the shell still exceeded his expectations.

Following closely behind, more shells rained down on this side. Each shell that hit this position felt like a heavy hammer blow to the colonel's heart, turning his face ashen.

"careful!"

Suddenly, he saw a shell fall straight down near a Mendeleev tank and then explode instantly.

Although the flying shrapnel did not penetrate the tank, the violent explosion blew off its tracks!
Before he could say anything, a player repairman rushed up and repaired the tracks at an astonishing speed, restoring the vehicle's mobility.

"These are truly General Vorontsov's soldiers; their repair skills are simply outrageous!"

Seeing this, the colonel finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he heard what sounded like an engine in the sky.

Looking up, he noticed several planes flying overhead, their target appearing to be enemy artillery positions in the distance.

"Hahaha, that's it! This is what war should be like!"

Seeing several planes dropping bombs on enemy artillery positions in the distance, the colonel couldn't help but burst into laughter.

For no other reason than that he simply felt a sense of triumph and triumph.

Looking back on the previous wars, most of the time, they were often brutally defeated by the Black Hawk Empire's air force.

He had encountered a similar situation when he led armored forces to fight against the Black Hawk Empire's army.

They had finally managed to set up their defenses and put up their cannons, just waiting for the Black Hawk Empire to send troops into their trap.

However, the sudden appearance of several airships overhead always managed to destroy their defenses, and the bombs dropped from above often took the lives of many soldiers before the battle even began.

Now that things have come to this, he has finally experienced the feeling of being covered by the air force, and it has to be said that it was a wonderful experience.

Although the Black Hawk forces deployed several 210mm heavy mortars in front, these mortars did not play a significant role and were subsequently destroyed by the player's bombers.

Although this thing survived the player's previous bombing, because the player had already thoroughly decimated the Black Hawk Army's air defenses, the Black Hawk Army's air defense capabilities were now almost zero.

With the support of the air force and a large number of players leading infantry charges, Colonel Belyak's breakthroughs along the way were unstoppable.

Although it took considerable effort, he ultimately spent five hours leading his armored forces to shatter the enemy's defenses and finally capture the transportation hub that Andrei had mentioned.

Although the Black Hawk Army had already detected Andrei's intentions and had begun to transfer some of the supplies stored at the transportation hub, some supplies still ended up in the hands of the Cambrian Army.

These supplies weren't the Black Hawk Army's most valuable possessions; they were just some food. But even so, the Cambrian soldiers who had captured a bunch of enemy canned goods were overjoyed.

There was no other way; the Cambrian army's food was just too bad, and these gray beasts really didn't get to eat anything good on a regular basis.

So much so that when they captured a few cans of enemy food, they felt like it was a holiday.

"My God, Colonel! Look what this is!"

Suddenly, an officer shouted at Colonel Belyak.

Upon hearing the commotion, he quickly ran towards the location and discovered a mountain of bombs in the warehouse.

If it were just bombs, it wouldn't be so terrible, but the problem is that all of these bombs have a green skull symbol on them.

They knew it was a poison gas bomb from the Black Hawk Down forces!

"Damn it! Has the Black Hawk Down army gone mad? Are they planning a massacre in Petrograd?"

Upon seeing the bombs, the colonel couldn't help but curse loudly.

He knew that these bombs were dropped by airships, and their shape made it clear that they were aerial bombs.

The thought of so many biological weapons being deployed in Petrograd sent chills down his spine.

Who knows how many people in Petrograd will die or be injured after being bombed by this thing?

No, considering the location of this transportation hub, the enemy is probably not only planning to bomb Petrograd.

Volkhov, and several other areas relatively close to here, are probably all within the range of the Black Hawk Army's gas bombing this time.

"Those Black Hawk devils are absolutely wicked! How could they be so evil?"

When players saw these poison gas bombs, they couldn't help but feel indignant towards the Black Hawk Down forces.

Although the players were not afraid of this thing, they were well aware of how many casualties it would cause if it were blasted into the city.

During the War of Resistance against Japan, the Japanese devils used this thing to harm many people. Some bombs that were buried underground but were not detonated would still explode from time to time decades later.

"So... what should we do with these things?"

"Pile them up and burn them all, otherwise these things will only cause trouble!"

Colonel Belyak eventually gave the order to burn them all; there was no other way, they didn't have time to properly dispose of them.

If they had the means, they would like to transport all of these things away and bury them deep in the Siberian wilderness, but at this moment, they are still within the enemy's territory!
Before long, a large number of enemies will gather and launch an attack. They simply do not have the capability to transport all these poison gas bombs away and then destroy them in a unified manner.

In that case, the best solution would be to use fire to burn them; a raging inferno would destroy the vast majority of biological weapons.

A large quantity of flammable materials were piled up together with the bombs, and several players risked their lives to pour fuel on the bombs.

After everyone had gone far away, the players simply took out their newly acquired 120mm mortars and stuffed white phosphorus incendiary bombs into them.

"Wow, this mortar is huge!"

When players saw the mortar standing on the ground, taller than themselves, some couldn't help but sigh.

The operation of this thing feels very different from that of a 60mm mortar. The downside is that it is not as flexible as the original 60mm mortar, and setting it up and taking it down requires a 15-second waiting time.

But its advantages are that it is more powerful, has a longer range, and has a stronger firepower suppression effect.

As several white phosphorus shells were blasted into the warehouse, a tremendous explosion and fire immediately erupted within the warehouse.

As the warehouse was engulfed in flames, the fire was clearly visible even from over ten kilometers away, the players and other Cambrian soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

Some players have suggested that we try to get these shells out and load them into Cambrian airships to bombard the enemy.

However, this suggestion was immediately rejected by the other players and the Cambrian soldiers present.

While they certainly want to retaliate, they shouldn't forget that this war is currently taking place on their own territory.

In the end, by recklessly throwing virus bombs and poison gas bombs outside, it is their own land that is ultimately damaged.

"Alright, forget about that warehouse. The poison gas bombs inside can no longer harm anyone!"

"Quickly set up the defensive line and hide our artillery and tanks. We need to hold this position as long as possible!"

Under the colonel's orders, large numbers of Cambrian soldiers sprang into action and began digging trenches on the spot.

Of course, the real main force in digging trenches is still the players.

When the colonel watched these players dig trenches at an astonishing speed, completing an entire trench in no time, he still felt it was illogical, despite the players having some information interference.

"This is incredible! Are all of Vorontsov's soldiers this capable?"

"I feel that if there's an opportunity, shouldn't we send more study groups to General Vorontsov's troops for further training?"

The colonel thought to himself that although he wasn’t sure if it was a good idea, he felt a strong desire for his soldiers to learn from other people’s techniques.

If they could learn this skill, they would never have to worry about positional warfare again.

Just as they were busy setting up this position, an armored force from the Black Hawk Empire was already heading this way.

Prior to this, when the players launched a large-scale air raid on this area, General Black Hawk had already predicted the Cambrian army's next attack direction.

However, because the opposing army moved too quickly, their reinforcements had not yet arrived before this area had already fallen.

But it doesn't matter, their armored forces, along with several infantry units on the other side, will soon surround the area.

Before long, this Cambrian army, which has made such a risky advance, will be trapped like a fish in a barrel!
"Our airships, which were conducting reconnaissance in the air, spotted a large fire in the warehouse area. It looks like they destroyed our poison gas bombs."

An officer reported this to General Ron, who was making arrangements for the war. Upon hearing the news, General Ron simply nodded without showing any anger.

"Let it be destroyed. Those things were never good to begin with. I've always been against escalating the war!"

“I have said before that it is pointless to slaughter the enemy’s civilians. The living can create more value than the dead. If we keep leaving the enemy no way out, they will only fight to the death.”

At this point, General Ron sighed.

Despite his growing dissatisfaction with the Empire’s current mode of warfare, what could a mere general like him do?

He looked at the map and fell into deep thought.

But just then, General Ron suddenly thought of a problem:
Why would this Cambrian army launch a surprise attack on this warehouse district?
Did they know about the bombing plan in advance and prepare to destroy the poison gas bombs?
In his view, if the other side had known about this in advance, then this military operation would be somewhat understandable.

Although the operation was risky, they did manage to save their city.

But he always felt that the situation was not quite what he had imagined.

Logically speaking, this bombing operation should have been a highly classified event. Given the Cambrian Empire's terrible intelligence capabilities, they shouldn't have known about it in advance, right?
But if the other side did not know that there were a large number of bombs here and suddenly launched this military operation, then what was their purpose?
There is no doubt that they cannot hold this transportation hub, because there are too many Black Hawk troops around.

They might be able to quickly capture this place with a surprise attack, but the reinforcements that follow will inevitably surround the area and eventually annihilate the Cambrian army that has taken it.

No matter how arrogant the enemy is, they wouldn't think they can just go straight in like this. If that's the case, then this military operation by the other side is quite incomprehensible.

“That Lieutenant General Vorontsov is definitely not a fool; he would never allow his troops to undertake such a pointless and risky operation…”

Just as General Ron was thinking this, he suddenly caught a glimpse of another corner of the map.

Upon seeing this, his brain seemed to be electrocuted, and something suddenly came to mind.

"Oh no, could this be a feint, a diversionary tactic?"

Looking at the other side of the defensive line, General Ron suddenly realized that if Andrei launched an attack on the other side at this time, his defensive line on this side would probably have a hard time holding on!
Because he had just withdrawn his most elite armored forces from that defensive line, and the remaining infantry did not seem capable of fighting against Andrei's elite troops!
But after comparing the distances on the map, he became less certain about his previous guess.

"Surely not. Does that guy really have the guts to undertake such a risky long-distance raid?"

"This is like walking a tightrope. If the breakthrough on the other side is even a little slow, their surrounded troops will soon be thrown into the ground like meat buns, never to return. It's even possible that I could break through from the left flank."

Thinking about this, General Ron became somewhat uncertain again.

After some thought, he ultimately decided to proceed according to the original plan, and the armored units that had been transferred could not be transferred back.

Otherwise, relying solely on the infantry on the other side, he felt that it would be difficult for them to recapture this transportation hub. More importantly, their troops on the other side could not afford the consequences of having their transportation cut off for an extended period.

"...Have our engineers lay more mines and set up the defenses as well as the newly arrived batch of heavy artillery, all of which should be transported to the nearby fortresses!"

General Ron quickly issued the order, saying:
"Inform the troops at the front that you may encounter an attack from the Volkhov Front, but no matter what, you must hold them off!"

"We need time now. Even if the enemy launches an attack, as long as we hold them off long enough, their military operation will be a complete failure!"

After giving the order, General Ron breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he was still somewhat uneasy. After thinking for a while, he called General Graham, who originally belonged to the Central Army, and told his army group to be careful.

Because if the enemy really does that, then General Graham's army group will be the first to be hit.

His army group wasn't really in a big problem; if he realized something was wrong, he could easily evacuate his troops quickly. But General Graham might then be surrounded by the enemy.

(End of this chapter)