Conquer Europe from the West

Chapter 14 Visible Light Communication
audacious in the extreme?

No, this is beyond the description of words like audacious.

Ryan knew very well what consequences his decision would lead to.

If everything goes well, then there is nothing more to say.

But if any accidents or mistakes occur along the way, he will only end up dead.

In front of the system map, he focused his attention on the seven blue dots representing reinforcements.

As the picture changed, several rows of different words soon appeared in front of him.

The content of the small print is very simple, just stating the unit's number and number of people.

But looking at it this way, Ryan was a little surprised.

Six trucks were packed with a total of 220 people, equivalent to a full infantry company!

This is great news.

Regardless of the difference between the empire of this world and the Er Dezi in Ryan's memory, based on his previous contact with the Farlan Army, the empire of this world should also be equipped with machine guns.

According to Ryan's understanding, a normal Imperial Army company would have at least twelve light machine guns.

Such basic firepower is basically enough to ensure the suppression of an entire area.

This made Ryan's previous idea possible - ten guns might not pose a threat to the airship, and a hundred guns might not pose a threat to the airship either.

But just two machine guns would be enough to launch a devastating attack on an airship that had given up its altitude advantage.

but.

"We have to find a way to ambush them."

Take a look at the entire map.

The previous few airships have entered the map. The huge triangular symbols representing the airships formed a huge "く"-shaped queue in the sky, moving continuously towards the northeast at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

Ryan couldn't see the other party's altitude and specific route on the system, but he could barely confirm the field of view of this airship unit through several huge translucent circles provided by the system.

The system also thoughtfully marked the specific time when Ryan and others were discovered - forty minutes.

This is the time when Ryan will be discovered if he leaves the bunker.

"It's too late."

Looking at the huge translucent shadow, Ryan's heart tightened.

Forty minutes wasn't even enough for him to hold out until he made contact with the supporting infantry company.

But if he kept hiding in this house, he would have no way of contacting the reinforcements.

If you leave the bunker, you will be discovered. If you don't leave, you will miss the reinforcements...

wrong……

Suddenly, Ryan fixed his attention on the small blue dot in the front that had separated from the main force.

According to the system, this was a reconnaissance plane sent by friendly forces.

As an air unit, the reconnaissance aircraft is very fast, and the system estimates it to be 140 kilometers per hour.

About five minutes ago, the reconnaissance plane arrived at the vicinity of the 502nd Battalion camp and began circling.

"It would be great if we could contact this reconnaissance plane."

Ryan thought.

But he had no radio equipment at hand, and he didn't know whether the reconnaissance plane was equipped with a radio.

"Damn it, I should have known not to fire those two damn shots earlier."

After exiting the system map, Ryan, puzzled, looked up at the last location where the reconnaissance plane appeared on the map.

Sure enough, there was a small gray dot slightly above the horizon. Although it was far away, Ryan could still make out that it was a huge monoplane.

On the side, although Brinkman was still shocked by Ryan's idea of ​​shooting down the airship, he was only a second lieutenant after all, and did not fall into silence with the other soldiers.

She ordered McIver to count the amount of ammunition everyone had and distribute the bullets evenly among those who had rifles.

She kept the 9mm pistol bullets herself - as officers, she and Ryan needed these ammunitions.

Just as she was about to hand over the two magazines of bullets she had finally gathered, Brinkman suddenly noticed that Ryan was staring at the sky in a daze.

As if possessed by some unknown force, she spoke: "Lieutenant, what are you looking at?"

But Ryan didn't hear her voice at all and continued to look at the sky in the distance.

This immediately piqued Brinkman's curiosity.

She walked around behind Ryan and followed his gaze into the distance.

Finally, after a strenuous search, she, like Ryan, saw the single-wing reconnaissance plane hovering around the 502nd Squadron camp.

"Is that... our plane?"

The Farland Republic did not have any monoplanes in service, so Brinkmann immediately recognized the aircraft.

It was not until then that Ryan realized that the girl had come around behind him. The golden hair hanging by her ears tickled his face, and it felt inexplicably heavy on his head.

He repeatedly stretched out his hands to push away the person who was pressing on his head, saying, "Get out of the way first, you're pressing on my head!"

Brinkman was startled by his action and quickly straightened up, but before she could stand still, she found Ryan squatting on the ground, looking at her with a complicated expression.

Only then did she realize that she had accidentally pressed her entire upper body on Ryan's head, and an ominous gurgling sound came from her throat.

But Ryan didn't give her the chance to think about it.

He first raised his head and looked carefully at Linkman from beginning to end.

He waited until the girl was about to think that Ryan was planning something bad to her before he asked.

"Second Lieutenant, do you have your makeup mirror?"

"?"

Ryan repeated, "I asked if you had a mirror or something that could reflect light."

"Did not bring."

Brinkman immediately said, "Who would bring that thing at a time like this? And what do you need a mirror for?"

But before she could finish, McIver, who was also sitting by the door frame, reached into his pocket, took out a mirror and handed it to Ryan.

"I have, Lieutenant."

Then, the other sergeant who was in charge of attacking the building with grenades at the beginning also took out a similar mirror and said, "I brought one too."

The remaining soldiers followed suit immediately, pulling out mirrors from their pockets and saying, "I brought it."

As they spoke, they looked at Brinkman standing in front of Ryan, his face showing confusion, puzzlement, and a hint of bewilderment.

Just then, Ryan realized that they were all mirrors taken out of their breast pockets.

This made him subconsciously touch his breast pocket: "Ah, I brought it too."

In the messy room, nine grown men each held a makeup mirror and looked at Brinkman, who was obviously a woman but was the only one present who did not bring a makeup mirror.

They looked at Brinkman and then at each other for a few seconds.

Then, neat voices rang out in the house.

"How come you, a grown woman, go out without a mirror?"

(End of this chapter)