The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 39 Strange, how did they make the shovel wheels smoke?
With a skeptical mind, Andrei went to ask the residents of the town and received many different answers.

Most of the elderly people who stay here are unwilling to give up the home they have lived in all their lives because they are attached to their homeland.

Many of them felt that they could no longer walk, and if they were forced to retreat, they would most likely die on the way.

Rather than die far from home, they felt it was better to perish with their homeland.

Besides the elderly, there are also some people who are either blindly optimistic or unwilling to leave for other reasons.

Although Andrei had told them that the Black Hawks would slaughter everyone in the town and recounted the horrific events he had witnessed,

However, they felt that Andrei's words were nothing more than alarmist talk.

"Sir, you're joking. Those Black Hawk Men are human too. How could they possibly kill everyone?"

Upon hearing Andrei's words, the young woman who had almost become the target of player harassment and who, along with her husband and children, hadn't left the area said with a smile:

"The war will be over soon. We've heard that the Black Hawk Empire's military discipline has always been good. Besides, they've come here, so they need someone to do the work, right?"

Andrei could only roll his eyes at such blind optimism and stopped trying to persuade him.

He didn't know where the rumor that the Black Hawk Empire's military discipline was always good came from, but when he saw the pile of corpses, he didn't believe a word of it.

Besides this kind of blind optimism, some militia members in small towns also stayed behind, willing to defend their homes with the army.

Most of these people are retired veterans. Although they are old, their military skills are still intact.

Moreover, it seems that the Cambrian Empire is quite militaristic, as almost every household among these militia members can produce one or two rifles and cannons, and they can easily kill people.

After trying to persuade him for a while and finding that it had no effect, Andrei stopped trying.

Sometimes, the choice is truly in your own hands. You can't reason with a stubborn person. Fate is such a mysterious thing!
After wandering around the town, Andrei went out again to check on his players.

Because he had traveled by car the whole way, Andrei was not as tired as other soldiers who walked.

In addition, he was very afraid that his players would do something strange and cause trouble for him, so he couldn't sleep until he figured out exactly what the players were doing!

On the outskirts of the town, a large number of soldiers were busy digging trenches and building some simple fortifications in hopes of resisting the enemy's attack.

Andrei's group of players also joined in digging trenches and began building all sorts of defensive fortifications.

Andrei couldn't quite recall whether Battlefield One had the ability to build fortifications. If he remembered correctly, he felt that Battlefield One didn't seem to have such a function.

However, these players clearly possessed their own unique abilities. It's unclear where they found the shovels, but with these shovels, they quickly began digging trenches.

Despite the incredible construction capabilities of Battlefield V, where players can pile up sandbags and create anti-tank barriers in seconds, these players here are much slower at digging trenches and building sandbags. And aside from using entrenching tools to attack, it seems their only uses are digging trenches and building sandbags.

Even so, the players continued to dig with great enthusiasm, their ferocious digging speed drawing the attention of the other Cambrian soldiers.

Although Andrei and the other players did not demonstrate any particularly amazing digging abilities, the sight of them swinging their shovels up and down like human excavators still left a deep impression on the other soldiers.

Some Cambrian soldiers looked at their shovels with a sense of dread, and tried to imitate the players' actions, but then they discovered:

I have no idea how these players manage to ignore resistance and spin their shovels at that speed. Even if they spun their shovels until they were smoking, they still couldn't do that!

Despite the fact that players dig fortifications at an absurdly fast pace and in a completely haphazard direction.

Fortunately, thanks to the game system, the trenches they dug were at least usable, with all the necessary functions. Moreover, digging trenches seemed to earn a small amount of influence points, which also allowed players to gain a small amount of merit.

Seeing that the players were all completely engrossed in digging trenches, Andrei breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to go back and rest.

The infantry regiment chose a church behind the town as its command post and field hospital. It must be said that the stone church was practically a bunker during wartime!
Andrei couldn't guarantee that the church could withstand heavy artillery bombardment, but ordinary artillery would certainly not be able to damage such a building.

However, as soon as he returned to the command post, he heard a heated argument coming from inside.

"...Excuse my bluntness, Commander, but I think we should set up the anti-tank guns on the defensive forts behind the town. They have the best view and have stood the test of time. They are definitely the best place to set up the guns!"

In front of Regiment Commander Unere, an officer wearing glasses and looking somewhat scholarly was arguing with him, pointing to a distant gun emplacement.

Andrei took a look and realized that the fort was a defensive structure built many years ago. Its height and angle were perfect for mounting cannons, providing an extremely wide field of vision, and it was also equipped with bricks and stones for defense.

However, it is clear that Lieutenant Colonel Unere has a different opinion about this fort.

"No, Chief of Staff, you're wrong. This battery is outdated!"

Lieutenant Colonel Unere frowned and said:

"As you've seen in the previous battles, the Black Hawk Empire's artillery is extremely skilled, with a frighteningly high hit rate!"

"This gun emplacement is in too open a location. We only have this one anti-tank gun left, so we can't risk it! We should hide this gun and use it to ambush the enemy!"

Glancing at the location of the gun emplacement and recalling the previous battle, Andrei hesitated for a moment before stepping forward and saying:
"Chief of Staff, if I may be so bold, I think the regimental commander has a point!"

"If it were me, upon learning that there was a gun emplacement here, I would definitely order the artillery to concentrate fire on this area first, and then we'd talk about it!"

　I recommend a new history book, the French edition of Little Generals.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)