Chapter 97: Combat Readiness

However, after looking at it for a few minutes, Lieutenant Sean did not notice anything unusual except for the white snow.

At this time, his eyes, which were a little painful from the reflection of the snow, began to become red and swollen, and Sean couldn't help but doubt his previous feelings.

"Could it be that this time the feeling is out of order. Or is it that these days are too stressful, and this suddenly relaxes, but it is not very adaptable? ”

Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Lieutenant Sean rubbed his sore eyes and muttered to himself with a puzzled expression.

"What's not quite fitting in? My baby. ”

At this moment, Major General Oprah's loving voice sounded from behind Lieutenant Sean.

"Ah, General, why are you here too?"

Sean, who heard the voice of the Major General, hurriedly turned around and was about to salute, but was pressed down by Major General Oprah's hand.

"Son, did you find anything?"

Major General Oprah took the telescope from Sean's hand and asked Sean as he looked in the direction Sean had just observed.

"General, I always feel that some danger is approaching today, so I took a look, but I didn't find anything just now, it seems that I felt wrong, maybe ......"

"Wait, your feeling is not wrong, the enemy is really coming, it's fast, you immediately sound the alarm and get everyone ready for battle, damn it, when did these Imperial lackeys have become so smart."

Before Sean could finish speaking, Major General Oprah, who was holding the binoculars, ordered anxiously.

"Ah, it's really here!"

Although his feelings were fulfilled again, Sean was not glad at all, said in surprise, quickly took out the sentry from his upper pocket, and blew anxiously as he ran towards the temporary camp.

That's right, the enemy discovered by Major General Oprah was the lightly armed "Iron Wolf Pioneer Battalion", and this elite imperial army only took half a day to cover the distance of more than ten kilometers in a straight line.

If this is in the plains, this speed is not fast, but this is a snowy mountain, not to mention the snow, let's just say that this winding ridge can approach the distance that the major general's telescope can observe at this time, and such a speed is not something that ordinary troops can do.

The hurried whistle woke up the officers and men who were basking in the sun, and when they heard the whistle of this emergency assembly, they did not think that it was an enemy attack, and thought that the major general had temporarily changed his order and was preparing to set off ahead of schedule. So when Sean hadn't returned to camp yet, everyone just sat up and packed their bags, and there was no tension before the big war at all.

"Enemy attack, everyone...... Ahem...... Get ready for battle! Hurry up, hurry up! ”

Sean, who rushed back to the camp, saw everyone like this, he couldn't help but feel anxious, and he couldn't take a breath, and immediately shouted anxiously to the officers and soldiers, but he was almost out of breath, you must know that it is not easy to walk in the snow just now, although it is the top of the slope here, but the snow will sink half of the calf when you step down.

"What?"

"Enemy attack?"

Sean's warning, of course, everyone knew that it couldn't be a joke, but they didn't react for a while, you look at me, I see you stunned there.

This is the gap between the elite and the non-elite, but fortunately, some officers and veterans were stunned for a moment and reacted immediately, quickly grabbed their weapons, and began to line up in battle formation under the leadership of their superiors.

"Heavy machine gun company, hurry up and lift the heavy machine gun to the high ground and assemble it immediately."

"Engineer company, you immediately distribute the tools to the fellows, and hurry up to dig improvised fortifications on the left side of the hillside, and be sure to be ready before the enemy arrives."

"All the soldiers immediately cooperated with the engineer company to preset their positions, and when they found the enemy, they immediately entered the battle state."

"Logistics, logistics, preparation of ammunition and grenades......"

The whistle just now had already woken up Davis, who had fallen into a good memory, but his position just now was on the starting position of the logistics, and there was still a little distance from the combat company, although he reacted the fastest, but he was still one step slower than Sean in a hurry. But he was worthy of being the first lieutenant of Major General Oprah, and although he was a step slower, as soon as he arrived here, he began to command the combat missions of the various companies in an orderly manner.

Although everyone didn't dare to slack off in the slightest after reacting, the enemy came too quickly and suddenly.

The preparations made by the troops just now were in a state of opening, and at this time, they suddenly had to switch to a combat state, and there was simply not enough time, so the sappers had to let everyone simply dig a trench that was not deep.

However, inspired by the igloo before, the clever sappers brought all the boiling water for cooking to the trenches, and poured a scoop of hot water on the snowy trenches, and soon the soft snow formed a solid breastwork.

However, the problem of the trenches was temporarily solved by the clever sappers, but the machine gun company, which had set up the heavy machine guns, had problems again.

"What, the heavy machine gun's box is all frozen!"

Major Davis, who was directing everyone to prepare for battle, was also dumbfounded after hearing the report of the deputy of the heavy machine gun company, originally in this sudden battle, the heavy machine gun company was the greatest hope for defense, but at this time, this accident happened, which suddenly made Major Davis's heart pinch again.

"What's the situation?"

At this moment, Major General Oprah also returned to his position, and when he saw Major Davis with an anxious face, he quickly asked about the situation.

"Report to the general, because we were preparing to march just now, all the heavy machine guns were disassembled, and when we assembled them and prepared for commissioning, we found that all the gun oil in the receiver was frozen, not to mention the machine springs inside, and even the outer safety hammer could not be opened."

Seeing Major General Oprah coming, the company mate of the heavy machine gun company explained with a bitter face.

"Can you use boiling water to dissolve those gun oils?"

Seeing the sappers who kept pouring water into the trenches, Major General Oprah tried to ask.

"General, we tried, but it didn't have much effect, the receiver of the heavy machine gun was too thick and slippery, this kind of ghost weather, boiling water was splashed and froze before the temperature could be transmitted."

It seems that the ideas of the major general were also tried by these machine gunners, but apparently it did not work out very well.

"Then let the logistics send the red-hot coal stove and roast it for me, the enemy is not far from here, you must be fast, this battle is up to you, you know! Damn it! I just saw that this incoming Imperial army is a powerful invincible iron wolf regiment. ”

"Yes, Major General, guaranteed to complete the task."

Although the major general's method did not know whether it had any effect, at this time, the heavy machine gun and the deputy could only guarantee it head-on.

The "Invincible Iron Wolf Regiment" is famous among the three armies of the empire, although everyone thought that this team had been withdrawn by the empire, but after the battle of Mingguang Fort, those officers and soldiers who escaped had already told everyone about the strength of this team, and at this time all the officers and soldiers heard that it was this army that was attacking, and they all became more nervous all of a sudden.