"All attention, don't fire, we're going out of the forest." Ruthmarie said into the radio.

After receiving a response from the other end of the radio, Rosemary manipulated the magic armor to leave the woods first.

In fact, Rosemary's troops are still relatively easy to identify, and there is no need to worry about being hit by mistake, and she only notified in advance that she was carrying out the drill set by Lin Youde. In addition, the nerves of the infantry units that have been in contact with the Russian army many times are nervous, and mistakes may occur, and prior notice is also to prevent this.

Rosemary watched as she walked and observed the German line, and found that the line was much more complete than when they had begun their tentative attack two days earlier, and at the same time there were more traces of the battle - on the way to retreat from the attack, Rosemary encountered some retreating Russian troops, presumably these troops launched an attack on the defensive line of the combat engineers.

That's when Rosemary received radio communication: "Rosemary, report the loss." ”

It's Fernando.

"Ten magic armors were lost, and seven people were killed. The infantry units will soon be withdrawn after they break behind us. ”

"Where's Mr. Colonel?"

"He was with the infantry unit and was shot in the shoulder, but it wasn't a big problem."

Fernando was silent for a moment, then said: "Ten armor units were lost, and seven people were killed in the battle. Hopefully, the rewards of a tentative attack will be worth the loss. ”

"I myself have seen with my own eyes that there are seven Russian armor units destroyed, and the current results are fourteen, and at the same time, we have also destroyed a Russian army's magic guide armored front-line maintenance area. And we also figured out the configuration of the Russian army in front of us, destroyed a Russian divisional headquarters, and captured a complete set of Russian military maps......"

"Okay, okay, I got it, I got it. Let the Colonel take these and receive the reward. Let's focus on the next defensive operations. The Air Force reported that they had found many traces of the Russian army's magic guide armor activity in front of us, and it was believed that the Russian army would soon attack our division's defensive line. ”

Ruthmarie pursed her lips, and the signs she saw on the Russian side indicated that it was not only the defense line of Fernando's division that was about to be attacked. The Russian army had been waiting for the rear to take Bialystok to open up the supply line for a few days before, and now their supplies have arrived, although they are not particularly sufficient, but for a unit with a low mechanized Cheng dù, this kind of supply is enough for them to attack.

However, Rosemary is not worried that the Russian army will break through the defense line in the short term, because judging from what she saw on the side of the Russian army, the Russian army lacks heavy artillery.

At present, the Russian army has only divisional 76mm rifle guns and a small number of 76mm anti-armor guns designed for anti-armor in Turkey after the war. This kind of firepower was still a little difficult to deal with the fortifications that the German Combat Engineer Division had to repair in nearly ten days, let alone deal with the Nemesis self-propelled guns of the Combat Engineer Division.

This kind of purely defensive artillery only has a huge gun shield on the front of the fighting compartment (that is, the chrysanthemum part of the car), and the thickness of the armor reaches 100 mm, and the weapons used by the Russian warriors may not be able to penetrate head-on.

If the Russian army wants to break through the joint defense line of the German army and the Polish army in a short period of time, it must invest enough battle Ji troops to gain an overwhelming advantage. The Russian army does have more war concubines than the Polish and German armies, and the production capacity of the magic guide workshop is also larger than that of the Polish and German armies, which is on par with the Polish and German armies plus Sweden. However, after fighting with the Russian army, Rosemary clearly felt the superiority of her magic armor in terms of performance.

If Rosemary's hunch was correct, they had a bad fight to fight, but it wasn't so gloomy.

Continuing to return to Fernando's questions, Rosemary, guided by soldiers on the ground, drove her armor into the Polish town that was the core of the defensive line, stopping at the square that had been turned into a magic repair center.

In the corner of the square, there was a row of magic armor with the Polish army emblem parked against the building, which looked like the Polish unit that Rosemary had just retreated from the front line before her departure. It looks like the surviving squad has been deployed directly in this part of the defense.

Rosemary made the armor crouch down and opened the hatch.

When her feet hit the ground, a girl in a Polish women's military uniform trotted up to her and saluted her.

"Miss Ruthmary, according to the order of the Polish army command, my troops have been reduced to squads and are under your command."

"I see," Rosemary saluted Veronica, "how many of you in your unit speak English?" ”

"I guess it's just me." Veronica looked embarrassed, "Maybe I'll have to pass on your instructions later." ”

Ruthmarie pondered for a few seconds and said, "In that case, I will use you as an independent force, and I think I will give you some tasks to temporarily break away from my command and judge for yourself." Have you gone to get the radio? ”

"The Wizard Technician is installing a radio and a matching generator on my armor. It seems that our imperial armor can't fit the appearance of a generator, so only my mech has a radio. ”

Ruthmarie turned her head to look at the British mech painted with the Polish troop coat of arms and smacked her lips slightly.

"Once you're destroyed, your squad will lose contact with command again." Ruthmarie looked back at Veronica, "I hope you understand what I mean." ”

"Yes, I understand." The Pole nodded solemnly.

"Alright, let's go, let's go to the headquarters and see how it goes."

With that, Rosemary turned and walked towards the three-story building next to the plaza that served as headquarters, and Veronica hesitated for a moment before keeping up with her.

**

Otto the loader? Cali Woods had just finished scrubbing and maintaining the parts for which he was responsible, and he stood up, wiped the sweat from his head, and looked up at the clear blue sky.

Unlike the middle lane, which has been boiled into a pot of porridge, southern Poland is still in a relatively calm state at the moment, at least as Kali Woods sees.

Kali Woods' unit had been marching through Poland for two days without even a single Russian in sight. The entire unit lost 20 tanks, all of which were mechanically malfunctioning, and the company commander ordered the broken crews to stay directly in the plains and hills of southern Poland and wait for the maintenance units behind to catch up.

Otto's father was a combat hero during the Civil War, and after the Civil War, he was promoted to the head of the National Grenadier Corps under Lin Youde, and he told Otto many stories about the battlefield. Most of the stories are full of personal heroism and are full of so-called war romances, but sometimes Otto's father will tell Otto less pleasant stories.

These stories imbued the young Otto with a special emotion for the battlefield - a mixture of yearning, curiosity and fear.

But now, Otto only felt confused.

――This is the battlefield?

The wind and the sun are beautiful like an outing.

Of course, it's not a good idea to sit in a chariot for an outing. The roads in Poland were in much worse condition than in Germany itself, where the single-row of large wheels of German tanks were so bumpy that Otto's head as a loader touched the inner wall of the fighting compartment all day long.

In addition, the refurbishment of the chariots at the end of the march every day is extremely tiring. When all was done, Otto could only huddle in the not-so-small space inside the chariot.

Since there was no enemy in the army, the rest of the unit slept outside the car at night, but Otto remembered his father's teaching: you should not be too careful on the battlefield, and that carelessness often costs you your life.

With this in mind, Otto put the tools for maintaining the vehicle into a toolbox and attached them to the vehicle's outer armor.

Otto's unit was a veteran unit that had fought on the Western Front, so the appearance of the vehicle was different from that of the newly formed units, and the outer armor of the vehicle was covered with all kinds of luggage, making it look like it was moving. Veterans say that these things can not only make combat smooth, but also play a defensive role. Otto didn't know if it was true or not, maybe the steel helmets hanging on the outside of the chariot or something could indeed deflect the flight path of the cannonballs a little.

After placing the tools, Otto stretched, and at this time the commander returned from the company commander.

"Alright guys, get in the car! Today's journey is about to begin! ”

Otto's comrades immediately stood up, and the smaller Otto was already agile enough to climb onto the chariot.

Otto quickly climbed into his position and put on a shock-proof soft hat with headphones on it—without it, Otto's head would have burst into the armor wall of the fighting compartment.

After the others were in place, the tank started, and the roar of the engine filled the entire fighting room, and it was impossible to hear the words of the comrades who were close at hand without relying on headsets and wired communication in the car.

Otto had grown accustomed to the jolts of the chariot, and he could even read through the light leaking from the open hatch during this shaking, and he would not get motion sickness.

Maybe he was born to be an armored soldier.

Otto took out half of the novel he had read, and then the commander asked: "I heard that Otto, you were kicked out of the infantry unit to join the armored unit because of your relatively small stature?" ”

"Uh, yes, Sergeant."

"It's really funny, after the battle on the Western Front, young people are rushing to join the armored corps, but you want to enter the infantry unit." The captain's voice was heard along the communication in the car.

"Because my father was in the infantry unit, I listened to him tell the story of the infantry unit for eight years, sergeant."

"Then why don't you let your battle-heroic dad use some means to get you into the army?" Driver William curiously joined the conversation.

"If I make this request to my father, he will definitely beat me to death." Otto smiled and shrugged, "My dad is a ...... He's a very tough guy, at least when it comes to me. ”

"It's because Otto's father is a strict man and raised him to be a serious guy, so he can repair the chariot quickly and well, and you can be lazy on the march, don't think I don't know, you guys push your daily repairs to Otto, right?" Although the sergeant's tone sounded like a joke, anyone could hear the strictness contained in it.

Otto shrugged again: "I wish I could know more about other aspects of our weapons, Sergeant." ”

"He said so, head." The gunner grinned, turned back and squeezed Otto's eyes.

But at this time, Otto's headphones came from the sergeant's curse: "Hell, what's going on? ”

Otto turned his head to look at the sergeant in confusion, but the sergeant's body was poking out of the turret, so he could only see the part below the sergeant's belly.

Otto stood up and opened the hatch on his head that was given to him - as a loader, he sometimes doubled as the shooter of the cannon on the top of the vehicle, he could observe the target through a periscope, and then control the direction and pitch of the cannon with a handle connected to the base of the cannon, and next to this mechanical structure, there was a hatch for him, which he could open to repair if the cannon had a problem in battle.

Otto opened the hatch and poked his head out, finding the sergeant staring at the front of the convoy.

Otto also looked ahead, and saw a number of civilians with luggage walking in the direction of the convoy in the fields.

Otto saw women, children, and old people, each with such tired, so gloomy expressions.

This scene made Otto finally feel like he was on the battlefield.