Conquer Europe from the West

Chapter 69: Flash bomb! Farlane!

There are several types of Imperial standard flares, but the only difference is their size and the structure that allows them to stay in the air.

Conventional flares—those fired from artillery—are accompanied by a silk parachute to extend their flight time.

Flare guns don't have parachutes—unless they're custom made.

But there is no difference in the specific light-emitting structure.

They all use combustible materials made of magnesium powder and aluminum powder to emit light.

Some special models also contain white phosphorus.

This type of flare is used in signal guns.

The temperature at its center is usually no lower than one thousand degrees. It can be said that as long as it is not hit in water, basically anything it touches will burn immediately.

This is why Ryan came up with the idea of ​​using flares to attack the Farlan headquarters.

But the Farlanes had no way of knowing what he was thinking.

Just as McIver was about to take his position, inside the headquarters of the First Farlan Army.

In fact, Louis Bono had not panicked until just now.

Because he always felt that it was impossible for the imperial troops to rush into the city of Belfort so quickly.

He even felt that Major General Damon and his adjutant Chuck were worrying too much.

So no matter how Chuck tried to persuade him, he couldn't get Louis Bono's attention.

Even as Chuck began to turn out the lights, Louis Bono's mind was still on what to eat the next day in Mulhouse.

Then he didn't have the mind to think about it anymore.

Because the machine gunner downstairs actually opened fire.

The imperial troops that invaded Belfort began to use their iconic Gw.98 rifles to punch round holes in the walls of the hotel.

Almost everyone was covered in flying brick fragments, wood chips, and the remains of broken light bulbs.

Louis Bono is no exception.

Immediately afterwards, the staff officers and guards began to climb up the stairs to the fourth floor, breaking the windows one by one and pulling up the outermost curtains.

This reduced the firing frequency of the Imperial Army significantly, but everyone, including Louis Bonnot, knew that this could not last long.

"Why hasn't the rescue come yet?"

An unknown amount of time had passed before Louis Bono stood at the innermost part of the headquarters, leaning against a wooden wall, and asked Chuck beside him half yelling, half cursing.

But Chuck no longer had the time to focus on this guy who didn't even shed a tear when he saw a coffin.

He was holding his pistol, leaning against the window, observing the situation outside through the gap in the white gauze curtains.

The Imperial Army was very smart. They all hid behind solid bunkers, and Farlan's machine gunners had no way to attack them at all.

But more importantly, they seemed to have surrounded the entire headquarters building.

"General Damon."

He held the pistol in one hand, carefully moved away from the wall, and walked around to Damon.

This little old man, who is already in his fifties or sixties, is holding a rifle at the moment. If it weren't for the general's uniform he is wearing, most people might just think of him as an ordinary rifleman, not a general.

Damon's eyes were still fixed on the enemy outside the window - a half-exposed foot, but he gave Chuck enough face.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Reinforcements may not come." Chuck said in a voice that only Damon could hear clearly, and pulled him to a window on the north side.

The muzzle flashes from the Vosges Mountains were almost reaching the foot of the mountain. This location was still quite far away, so they could still see a machine gun on a mountain peak farther away that was continuously pouring fire towards Belfort.

That was clearly a machine gun fire point urgently built by the Empire, which immediately shattered Damon's original plan.

Of course, if there were artillery, that would be a different matter.

But Farlan’s current artillery is almost all unified brigade-level firepower.

In order to better utilize the functions of artillery, the First Army took the unique approach of setting up an artillery unit directly under the army before the war.

Patrick's Second Regiment launched the attack only after the artillery unit completed its shelling mission.

Damon was silent for a moment, until the sounds of gunfire from the Lebel 1886 and the Gw.98 began to emanate from outside the window. Then he spoke again, "We have to find a way to get the commander out."

As he said this, he looked at Louis Bono, who looked obviously frightened.

Damon didn't bother to guess whether this guy was afraid of being captured or afraid that Marshal Joffre would find out and quickly fire him.

But in order to maintain the morale of the troops, he had to ensure that Louis Bonnot could leave Belfort safely.

Except for his own Eighth Army, the remaining armies of the First Army are currently stationed in a camp fifteen kilometers away.

If they saw the battle situation on the front line, they would probably be on their way to rescue.

"I'm going to form a death squad." Chuck's voice was trembling, so much so that Louis Bono and several guards beside him heard what he said.

Several people immediately turned to look at him, their eyes filled with confusion, complexity, worry and fear.

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Just as Chuck finished talking about the suicide squad and was about to select a team of soldiers from the few dozen people in the headquarters, a series of strange noises came from the windows around him.

[Bang! Bang! Bang!]

Chuck and Damon were stunned by the sound, and then they saw several long, stick-like black shadows like cheese sticks coming in from the window.

"What it is?"

A curious guard immediately stepped forward and wanted to grab one to take a look.

But before he could do anything, seven or eight strong lights exploded directly on the fourth floor of the hotel.

Thick smoke and pungent gases instantly filled the entire floor, while the high temperature of over a thousand degrees and the bright light that was enough to blind everyone's eyes immediately deprived everyone present of their ability to fight.

Chuck was so stimulated by the strong light that he could only lie on the ground and crawl towards the stairs relying on the few memories he had.

He heard Damon's screams, as well as the cries of the guards and several familiar lieutenant colonels and majors.

Even he himself was making the same sound.

Then he heard the same bang bang sound again.

The sound of breaking glass came from downstairs, and just two or three seconds later, the same cry was heard again.

At the same time, outside the headquarters.

Ryan held the mirror and saw that McIver's men had successfully fired the flare into the window.

The strong light immediately illuminated the entire headquarters as if it was about to explode.

He didn't hesitate.

The whistle in his mouth immediately blew a long sound.

Several soldiers immediately took out grenades.

With one round of throwing, they directly blew up the machine gunner at the door.

The rest of the people immediately stood up and charged forward.

"LOS!LOS!LOS!"

(End of this chapter)