"Your Excellency, Commander of the Reporting Division!"

A signal corpsman who arrived from the headquarters reported to the commander of the 4th Division.

"What's the noise?"

The division commander, who had risen from his chair, looked very annoyed, he had just fallen asleep when he was woken up.

Because he has not fought and exercised all year round, his physical fitness and physical strength have not been as good as in previous years, and he is often a little tired both day and night.

The division commander, who was in some pain, rubbed his forehead, he readjusted his state and raised his head.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"Yes, the artillery wing reported that the offensive of the 6th Division in the northern highlands was about to fail, and the Gallia Army successively invested several reserves to maintain numerical superiority on the heights, and the artillery wing asked if there were preparations for artillery bombardment. ”

“......”

His Excellency the division commander sank for a moment, did not answer immediately, but only glanced at the signal corps.

"When I went back, I said, 'I'm asleep.'" ”

With that, he got up from his chair and walked towards the lounge.

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The division commander replied, saying that he had fallen asleep. ”

The signal corps replied the message to the artillery wing truthfully, word for word.

There were no manuscripts of correspondence, and they were communicated directly orally, and the troops of the Fourth Division were naturally familiar with the methods and means of this kind of understanding.

"Got it, go down. ”

After receiving the reply from the division commander, the wing commander instantly had a backbone in his heart.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, what is the answer of the division commander?"

Seeing the relieved look on his boss's face, the deputy of the artillery team asked

"Let's accumulate some virtue for ourselves and leave a way back. ”

After saying that, he returned to the observation position, picked up his glasses and looked at the top of the mountain in the distance.

"Report!"

Just picked up the binoculars, another signal soldier arrived.

"Report to the Wing Commander! The infantry wing of the 6th Division at the front asked us for artillery fire to cover the hilltop position. ”

"What?!now?!"

The deputy wing commander was a little hard to believe his ears, through the telescope, he could clearly see that the troops on both sides on the top of the mountain in the distance were still engaged in hand-to-hand combat, although their own side was at a disadvantage, but there were still hundreds of emperor ** soldiers on the top of the mountain engaged in hand-to-hand combat, at this time, the infantry wing of the sixth division of the front line issued such a request to the artillery of the fourth division responsible for artillery support, obviously preparing to give up their own troops.

"It's just ......"

"Ask them, what caliber of artillery fire is needed?"

Before the deputy captain could finish speaking, the captain continued to ask

They said they asked us to cover the hilltop positions with large-caliber howitzers!"

The other party directly connected to the phone, and the communicator could hear the other party's request directly.

“......”

While listening to the information from the signal corps, and looking at the emperor's ** soldiers who gradually began to retreat on the hill, the artillery wing commander made the most decision

"Tell them, we know, and we'll be firing with 150 guns right away. ”

The co-captain said

"Captain! You can't do this! There are still soldiers on the position who have not retreated!"

The deputy co-captain didn't expect the co-captain to agree so decisively.

According to the way it used to be, the captain should have first said that the signal was not good and did not receive the news, then said that the line of sight was not good, delayed the time, and finally gave the order to shell after the cold salad was cold, but today......

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, you can't shell it now!"

The Imperial ** Infantry Wing on the front line also gradually understood that the battle on the top of the mountain was about to be lost, so they made the decision to take the initiative to abandon the troops on the top of the mountain and annihilate a large number of enemy infantry.

Originally, if this kind of thing happened outside the Fourth Division, they would not be able to control the land, but it was different for the artillery of the Fourth Division to do it......

"Are these officers of the Sixth Division sick in their brains?! How did they make such a decision?!"

"It's insane!"

Not only the deputy wing commander, but also the other soldiers and officers at the observation post were very angry and surprised, and they who grew up in Ossakask could hardly understand what those friendly soldiers who had long been educated by the imperial and feudal education, as well as those who had not been educated, were thinking.

They could not understand that such a thing as unconditional death for the emperor was simply not a ...... with other divisions and soldiers Creature.

"What are you arguing about?!What are you arguing about?!

Seeing that the bunnies began to nag around them again, the wing stared at them and shouted twice to silence the soldiers.

"I don't know those thoughts of yours?!Will I let you do that kind of thing?!Think about it without thinking about it?!"

Having been with these 'smart' subordinates for so long, he certainly understood that they might indeed be worried about the soldiers who didn't withdraw, but more often than not, they must be worried that their actions would be used as scapegoats afterwards.

Shelling one's own people, if this kind of thing is not good, you will be shot. Leaving a way back for oneself is the principle that the Fourth Division believes in from top to bottom, and anyone ......

It's not just about leaving a way out...... For the sake of their own people, or to give themselves one more way to survive on the battlefield.

It's best to be very clear that the other side of the war knows about this kind of thing......

"It's a technical job~"

The wing commander, who confirmed through his binoculars that the infantry of the 6th Division was beginning to retreat on the hill, looked at his watch and knew that it was almost time to start.

"Order! Fill all gun positions with empty cartridges, fire five rounds in bursts, and then fire 10 more solid rounds for training! Then start normal shelling!"

As long as it is a combat operation, there will always be a countermeasure to deal with it, and this sentence will always be practical in the Fourth Division~