The moment he jumped back to the canal, Lynn felt a long-lost sense of stealing life in his heart, but in the face of the approving eyes of his companions, the "show" had to continue. Seeing the two companions return to the canal before him, in order to show his concern for his close comrades, he still anxiously pulled his throat and called out their names.

Because they were too close to the road at the time of the explosion, the two young soldiers who entered the reserve at the same time also had temporary hearing deafness, and only stood up to report to Lynn that they were safe after being reminded by their companions. Lynn nodded at them with an encouraging look, and then shouted in the direction of the soldiers around her, especially the squad leader, Sergeant Eric, "Withdraw, withdraw!" Retreat to the east! ”

To the west is the area under our control, but more than a dozen T-34s at the head of the Soviet artillery convoy have turned around and driven off the road, and are now shooting and driving this way. If Lynn and the others were to go west, they would easily be intercepted by Soviet tanks on the way. For now, only by retreating to the east can it be possible to escape from the pursuit of a strong enemy under the cover of night.

In fact, before Lynn shouted, Eric had already ordered a retreat to the east according to the previous plan - but he did not have a naturally good voice, and the fierce gunfire and the ensuing explosion of shells also prevented the verbal command from the leader to the rear of the line, so that a considerable number of soldiers heard Lynn's shout. In any case, the situation was very clear, and the German soldiers retreated hastily but not in confusion along the canal to the east, and when Brück and Frings had run past them, Lynn turned back and followed east. Fortunately, the number of combat soldiers in the Soviet artillery unit was limited, and it was suddenly ambushed in the field, and it was not possible to organize a large-scale pursuit force in a short period of time, only more than half of the tanks and dozens of soldiers slowly advanced towards the side of the canal, and this logical caution gave the German night commandos a chance to evacuate!

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Forty minutes later, the soldiers at the front of the line finally slowed down when they heard a dense sound of artillery and explosions in the distance behind them. Lynn, too, was out of breath, but she managed to stand up straight and look back as calmly as she looked. According to the speed of the rapid march, they were at least seven or eight kilometers away from the ambush site, and the shells of the Soviet tanks did not "rear-end" for a long time, and the fire on the side of the road could still be seen at this time. As for the sound of artillery and explosions, judging by the momentum, they should have come from a greater distance

Lübeck walked up to Lynn, gasped and said, "Has the Soviets begun to attack?" ”

Lynn turned his head to look at his companion, and after the previous battle, the gaze he cast on Lynn had changed slightly—and that was exactly what Lynn wanted. Immediately afterwards, he said in a righteous tone: "Fortunately, we fought an ambush first, I hope our troops are ready to defend after hearing the explosion!" ”

"With such a loud noise, they shouldn't be indifferent!"

The voice came from behind him, and Lynn quickly turned her head and took a straight posture towards the person who was speaking—this is the most basic etiquette for a subordinate to face a superior.

"I really didn't see the wrong person at the beginning! Lynn! Sergeant Eric looked at Lynn appreciatively, "Your judgment is very accurate!" Well done! ”

In the East, modest words are necessary; In the West, modest words are sometimes superfluous. Lynn raised her head slightly, straightened her chest, and calmly accepted the praise of her boss.

"Now...... Lynn, what do you think we should do next? ”

This is a question that commanders often encounter and often struggle, and Lynn did think about it a lot along the way, but by this time he had already made up his mind: "Keep going!" ”

"Go ahead?" Eric's tone was unsure.

Lynn analyzed unhurriedly: "If we turn back now, although we still have a chance to find and attack that Soviet artillery unit, after the previous ambush, their alert should have been raised a lot, and those tanks are something we can't deal with at all!" ”

"What about continuing to defend this road and fighting ambushes?" Eric asked again, although the battle just now was hasty, it was quite impressive to achieve such a result with a night battle team of more than fifty people.

When ordinary people taste the sweetness of one thing, their first reaction is to do it again, but on the battlefield they often have to know the opposite - the enemy thinks you will do it, but you don't do it; If the enemy thinks you won't do it, you just do it!

With this in mind, Lynn replied succinctly: "After the armored troops and artillery, it should be the infantry units and the baggage convoy!" ”

Listening to Lynn's inconclusive words, it was not difficult for Eric to figure out what he meant, he nodded convincingly, and shouted softly, "Keep going!" ”

Unlike the mixed old and weak soldiers seen in some ordinary troops, the "vampire" commandos were all strong elites, and the more than 40 people drawn from the "Nordic" division were also young soldiers. After walking about two kilometers in this way, they came to a small river that ran north-south and was more than two meters wide. It was still a traditional German territory, so the commandos had detailed information on the terrain beforehand. Eric first sent a group of "night warriors" carrying infrared night vision equipment to wade across the river and form a guard on the opposite bank, and the large army quickly crossed the river in three columns.

"Look! It was the village of Capoca, with Soviet sentry posts on the periphery and cars in the village...... The Soviets have set up the field headquarters of a certain unit here! ”

Taking turns with ordinary military binoculars and infrared night vision devices, and studying the map, Eric spoke his mind to his two lieutenants, Sergeant Enrique and Lynn.

Hearing the name Cappoca, Lynn couldn't help but think of Bokaki, a classic battle that belonged to the Tiger King Wittman, who commanded 4 Tigers and 1 Tank IV to send more than 50 British tanks and armored vehicles into the sky, and also won himself the Knight's Cross with Silver Oak Leaf issued by the Führer himself. Unfortunately, that was more than half a year ago, and although Germany was also in a situation of fighting on two fronts, it had not completely lost hope of victory. To this day, Wittmann has long been lying in an unknown place near Caen in France, and the situation in Germany is also approaching.

Putting these heavy thoughts aside, Lynn spoke, "You mean we're going to attack it tonight?" ”

After receiving Eric's affirmative gesture, Sergeant Enrique also made it clear that he agreed.

"Although the enemy's command is the best target for night raids, ...... Today's weather doesn't seem to take care of us! Although the moonlight that Lynn is referring to does not interfere with the operation of infrared night vision devices, it provides a certain viewing distance for opponents. You must know that the maximum effective distance of the "vampire" night vision devices carried by the infantry is less than 200 meters, and the infrared searchlight installed on the vehicle is 400 meters, so the darker the day, the more advantageous. As for the previous ambush of the Soviet artillery unit on the side of the road, infrared night vision devices were not used at all in such a battle, so naturally there was no such trouble.

Immediately afterwards, Lynn turned his head to look to the west and said: "The Soviet army is attacking our defensive line, presumably all the supply points and transportation hubs are running like gears, and the combat significance of any target is probably not inferior to the enemy's high-alert headquarters, I think it is better to be patient and find out if there is a more secure target to attack!" ”

Thinking about it, Eric looked at his first vice-captain, "What do you think?" ”

Although he was very friendly to the new second lieutenant, Enrique replied in a matter-of-fact manner: "We have limited time and the soldiers' energy is limited, and if we go around it and continue to search, we don't know when we will find a new target!" After all...... We've already fought a battle! ”

The two assistants disagreed, Eric frowned and thought about it, picked up the binoculars and observed for a while, then turned to look at Lynn: "Personally, I prefer a quick decision!" ”

Since both Eric and Enrique think so, Lynn has no choice but to obey.

In terms of specific combat arrangements, Lynn didn't say a word, completely listening to Sergeant Eric's deployment, but still carefully figured out the intention of these combat instructions in order to accumulate more battlefield experience for himself.