Early that morning, Veronica went to the headquarters of the Germans to update her battlefield map.

After jotting down the latest Polish-German forces and Russian intelligence on her map with a pencil, she turned and walked out of the busy staff headquarters, when the voice from the next room caught her attention.

It sounded like a German officer was talking to someone on the radio.

Veronica couldn't understand what he was saying, but she could sense from her tone that it must have been something very urgent.

At this time, Ruth Marie, who was walking into the headquarters, stopped beside her and said in English: "It sounds like an Air Force reconnaissance plane has discovered the Russian troops in the movement of the group." ”

"That's ......"

As soon as Veronica answered, Rosemary continued, "Looks like it's close here, damn it, maybe the Russians are going to attack today." ”

"Shouldn't the Air Force be summoned to strike first at this time?" Veronica asked curiously.

Judging from Rosemary's expression, she should have been thinking about the same question, but immediately her expression changed: "The Air Force said that all the signs indicate that the Russian flying battle queens are moving near the target area, and there are many Russian war queens on the ground, and the losses of rash air attacks will be very large." Oh no, the Russians are here for real. ”

"We knew they were coming, didn't we?"

Veronica's words made Ruthmarie smile.

"Yes, you're right."

At this time, the door of the room, where the sound had been heard, opened, and a major communications officer hurried out of the room, and instead of saluting the two battle queens in the aisle, he strode straight towards the command room.

Veronica and Rosemary glanced at each other and strode towards the command room.

By the time the two entered the command room, the communications officer seemed to have finished reporting the situation to Acting Division Commander Fernando, who was contemplating with a stern expression.

Seeing the two battle queens enter the door, Fernando raised his head and said to the communications officer: "Give the coordinates to the division artillery command post and ask them to come to a fire cover." ”

Veronica glanced at Ruthmary, who immediately translated Fernando's words to her.

"What does fire coverage mean?" Veronica frowned and asked Rosemary what the strange word meant.

"The official name is simultaneous firing, which is an artillery tactic that coordinates the firing of artillery batteries arranged in different places through guò shooting countdown devices, so that the shells fall in the target area at the same time."

Veronica's brow furrowed even tighter, and she looked at Rosemary suspiciously.

The Polish Warrior Queens unit stipulates that at least one Warrior Commander in each squad will be able to calibrate artillery, and Veronica also started as a squad leader before being promoted to the rank of colonel, and she has learned artillery calibration. As a result, Veronica was well aware of how difficult it was to coordinate the artillery batteries placed in different places so that the shells landed in the target area at the same time.

Even if there is a way to ensure the communication between the different artillery batteries and the artillery firing control command post, the amount of ballistic calculations required to carry out such an artillery bombardment is not trivial, and the artillery command post at the division level of the Polish army will certainly not be able to do it anyway, and of course the Polish army does not have the necessary communication capability to coordinate such an artillery bombardment.

Ruthmarie seemed to see what Veronica was thinking, and she smiled and said to Veronica: "I know it's hard to believe, but since Mr. Lin took control of the German army, he asked the German artillery unit to practice this tactic, for which he personally revised the artillery training manual, and also asked the technicians to develop a series of convenient calculation tools, such as logarithmic rulers or something." Through Mr. Lin's efforts, simultaneous firing is now a basic skill of the German Army's artillery units, and any divisional artillery detachment can do it. ”

"That's right," Fernando joined the conversation after the Major's communications officer left, "and the artillery detachment attached to our combat engineer division is more elite than that of the average German division, and the number of artillery is also larger, although a round of fire coverage cannot break up the Russian offensive, but it will definitely cause a large number of casualties to the Russian army, and it can also effectively hit the morale of the Russian army." ”

Fernando stood up and walked to the window to look at the busy scene in the square in front of the headquarters.

"But after that, the real test of our defence will come." In a deep voice, he continued, "Maybe it's today. Two young ladies, please take the battle positions with your troops. ”

Veronica saluted Fernando with Rosemary without saying a word, and then turned and walked towards the door of the command room.

**

As Veronica sat in her magical armored cockpit, the muffled sound of shelling came from afar, burrowing into her ears.

The German artillery fired, judging by the density of the artillery sound, there was only one artillery battery of four or five guns. Soon, however, Veronica heard that other artillery pieces had joined the fire.

Soon, the sound of artillery was so dense that Veronica couldn't tell how many guns were firing, but judging by the strength of the sound, there were at least two different artillery positions firing.

Veronica listened to the sound of the cannon as she cooperated with the technician to adjust her body. By the time the shelling stopped, she had completed all the steps.

At this time, the voice of Ruthmarie came over the radio newly installed in her body: "Teams report the situation. ”

Rosemary's English was used, and later the leaders of each Senhime squad also reported in English.

After the Germans had finished reporting, Veronica pressed the microphone around her neck and whispered, "Veronica's team has finished checking and is ready to go out at any time." ”

"Very well, Squad Veronica stayed behind as the general reserve, and the others set off with me to the first standby point on the front. The enemy may include the Flying Warrior Queen, but we are not sure if we will be assisted by the Flying Warrior Queen, so please cheer up. Complete. ”

As soon as Rosemary's voice fell, the Germans' magic armor went into action.

Veronica stayed where she was, watching the Germans pull out. Her subordinates communicated with Guò and asked, "What are we going to do?" Abandoned? ”

"We are in reserve," Veronica paused and added privately, "and the headquarters garrison, the enemy has flying warriors, and Lord Rosemary is worried that the Russians will attack the headquarters directly with flying warriors." ”

"Well, that sounds like a lot of money to us."

Veronica was just about to reply, when a sharp whistling sound was heard in the sky.

Something was being shouted outside the open hatch, and Veronica couldn't understand it, but she knew as well as the one shouting what the whistling was all about.

"Close the hatch!" She used the magic guide to communicate to her subordinates, "Take a protective stance!" ”

She had barely had time to close the hatch of her magic armor when the shells fell.

Through the armored radio, Veronica could barely make out the caliber of the Russian shells that had fallen—as Rosemary had said, the Russians had only 75mm guns and no heavier firepower.

Even if the 75mm grenade directly hit the Magic Armor, it would not cause enough damage to the battle queen inside, so Veronica relaxed and quietly waited for the Russians' counterattack to pass.

Her relaxed attitude allowed her to calmly listen to the explosion of Russian shells and distinguish the distribution of landing points. Veronica was soon convinced that the Russians had no idea where the German artillery positions were, and that they were just firing at the town, which was much lower than the German artillery in terms of density and accuracy.

The Russian shelling lasted about thirty minutes, and after the surroundings quieted down, Veronica sat up straight and turned the viewfinder of the magic armor.

"Everyone's alright, right?" She asked via the Magic Channel.

Then her men were safe, and her team was unharmed, except for Jessica's armor that had shrapnel on one side of the heat sink.

Veronica opened the hatch and poked her head out.

German soldiers are coming out of hiding and starting to clean up the bodies of the unlucky ones who have unfortunately been hit by shells.

Veronica saw that the technician in charge of her body was crouching not far away, looking at a corpse on the ground, and the other technicians who were also responsible for maintaining her body were standing behind the technician.

It seems that they lost their comrades in the shelling just now.

Veronica thought for a moment, jumped out of the body herself, and began to check the condition of the body with her eyes - although it is possible to check the flow of magic energy through guò perception in the body, so as to roughly grasp the condition of the body, it is also necessary to check the shell of the body with both eyes, and some damage that does not endanger the body's magic system can only be detected in this way.

Veronica had barely taken two steps around her body when footsteps were heard behind her, and someone trotted up behind her. Then the rusty English drilled into her ears: "I'm sorry miss, I'll start checking your body now." ”

"No need, there is no need to re-check, I can confirm whether there are any external injuries myself, please bid farewell to your comrades."

The leader of the technician team was silent for a few seconds before replying, "He is gone, forever free from the distractions of the world, and I still have the duty of being a living person to bear." Miss, please let me check your body. ”

Veronica glanced back at him, then nodded, "Okay, please, sergeant. ”

"It's a technical sergeant of the first class. Our non-commissioned officer system is not the same as the combat arms. ”

"Yes, thank you, Mr. 1st Technician."

Veronica climbed onto her body again and reactivated the Magical Power Core, when he saw a truck pull up to a stop in the square, and a sergeant major stood on the truck giving orders to the surrounding German soldiers.

Soon, German soldiers loaded one corpse after another with their faces covered onto the truck.

According to Veronica's judgment, the casualties caused by the shelling should not be large, but when the bodies of the dead people in the entire square were gathered into a single truck, the scene was quite impactful.

Veronica looked at the truck and silently crossed her chest.

The sergeant shouted as if to make sure there was a body, and after a few moments, he waved his hand, jumped out of the car and closed the door of the truck's body, went around to the passenger seat, opened the door, and got inside.

The truck started and left the plaza under Veronica's watchful eye, driving away.