Conquer Europe from the West

Chapter 64: The Farlans are also going to launch a sneak attack?
The soldiers of the assault company did not advance.

Because their actions are determined by Ryan's advance speed.

Therefore, Ryan's order to advance was naturally given to the soldiers of the second battalion.

The commander of the second battalion immediately took advantage of the gap between the two flares, jumped up from the ground, and led all the people on the mountain to sprint forward desperately.

The undulating hillsides in front of them seemed like flat land, completely unable to block their progress. It was not until they had rushed past Ryan for a long time that the next flare burst into a dazzling light in the sky.

Ryan and the soldiers of the assault company remained where they were.

He would wait until the third flare went off before moving.

Because his and the assault company's mission was to go directly around the north of Belfort and rush into Belfort from behind the Farlans.

And just as he was waiting, the commander of the second battalion retreated from the front again.

"What happened?" Ryan looked at the second battalion commander who had rolled over to his side, but did not ask any questions.

The second battalion commander said directly, "Our men have spotted the movement of the Farlane troops in the southeast. Captain, should we send a messenger back?"

"Let me see."

Ryan immediately took out his telescope, but his mind was already on the map.

However, due to the map boundaries, when he tried to look in the direction mentioned by the Second Battalion Commander, he did not see any red dots representing the Farlans.

But what the second battalion commander said was not wrong.

Because Ryan could see that there were always some red dots that would gather and then leave Belfort, using the exit towards the southeast border.

"Kayneth!" Ryan immediately called out Adjutant Schneider's name.

Kayneth gestured to his subordinates to wait, then crawled towards Ryan on all fours: "Here they come!"

Ryan immediately handed the telescope to the Second Battalion Commander, who cleverly dragged Kayneth to the back of the bunker hillside, pointed in the direction where he had seen the Fallan army before, and pressed the telescope against Kayneth's face.

"There is a Farnian army over there. They should want to cross the Rhine under the cover of night. What do you think?" Ryan did not give any orders, but simply narrated the intelligence.

He didn't know the speed of the messenger, so he couldn't make a decision immediately, so he used this method.

"It's too late now." Kayneth immediately understood what Ryan meant. He took out his dagger and drew a few lines on the ground. A tactical map appeared before their eyes.

"It takes our messengers half an hour to get back, but it only takes the Farlanes ten minutes to cross the river. By the time our people get back, the fighting might have already begun on the front lines."

The Second Battalion Commander nodded repeatedly after hearing this, expressing his support for Kayneth.

Seeing this, Ryan did not force it. After asking the Second Battalion Commander and Kayneth to return to their posts immediately, he took out his flare gun and a flare.

The small-caliber flares didn't illuminate for long, but they were more than enough to send a message to the people in the Fourth Battalion.

Soon, the flares fired by the artillery went out.

Ryan seized the opportunity and immediately pulled the trigger in the direction of the Rhine River.

There was a muffled sound, accompanied by a slight flash of fire, and the flare wrapped in a silk parachute flew hundreds of meters away.

The bright white flare drew a graceful parabola in the sky and deployed its parachute just as it was about to reach the center of the battlefield.

at the same time.

Having completed his mission of delivering the message, Wolfe immediately rushed back to the 4th Battalion's base after returning to the front line, and just happened to see the flare fired by Ryan.

"Wait, don't shoot yet!" He immediately stopped the artilleryman who was about to fire the next flare, and based on the muzzle flashes that had appeared on the mountain before, he determined the approximate location of the commandos.

"The Captain fired a signal flare...but there's no more information except for the previous exchange of fire..."

He hesitated for a moment, then picked up the telescope and began to inspect the entire battle line, saying, "Continue firing flares, but add a signal gun between every two."

Wolfe pointed to a soldier who could drive a motorcycle and said, "You, drive to the trenches on the border and set off flares. Remember not to expose our position."

"Yes!"

The soldier immediately turned around and left, the motorcycle making a beeping sound and quickly disappeared into the night.

The 77 gun fired again, but this time, the flares were deliberately fired in a more southerly direction.

Wolfe always felt that the front-line troops' behavior of firing flares was somewhat puzzling, so he made this decision just in case.

Then, he discovered something was wrong.

Standing on the roof of a bulldozer used to build the battle line, Wolfe unexpectedly discovered a group of figures trying to avoid the light of flares while observing the front line.

"Fallan?"

Wolfe frowned because he didn't see the Farlanes' iconic blue-rimmed red-top hat. What flashed by in the telescope was a black and gray hat.

But neither Farland, nor the United Kingdom, which is not currently participating in the war, nor other countries, have black and gray flat-top hats.

Wolfe thought about it for a moment, then made a decision.

"Someone come!" He shouted to the machine gun position nearby, "Someone quick, preferably someone with reconnaissance experience!"

A few minutes later.

Several flares were launched into the air again, but from now on, there would be an additional flare fired from a signal gun for every three flares.

The remaining 77mm guns continued to fire grenade after grenade at Belfort, which was five kilometers away, at a predetermined speed and frequency.

The rumbling sound of artillery made Ryan a little upset, but he could already see on the map that several small dots had been sent out from the Fourth Battalion.

Although it is not known whether this is a scout sent by Wolfe or a patrol sent by the Fourth Battalion, there is no need to worry about the Fourth Battalion being ambushed by the enemy.

Ryan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned his attention to the front.

Under the light provided by several rounds of flares, he had led the soldiers of the assault company across six or seven small hills in succession.

But the soldiers' physical strength has its limits after all. Therefore, in order to ensure that the next operation can proceed smoothly, Ryan ordered the entire assault company to stop the action and take a short rest.

Now, as long as they advance one more hill, Ryan and the soldiers of the assault company will be able to see the entire picture of Belfort.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion also began to gather on the top of the mountain and on the slopes facing Belfort.

The commander of the second battalion has even completely focused his attention on Ryan.

He is waiting.

His troops were waiting too.

Waiting for the long whistle that represents the charge.

(End of this chapter)