The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 101 is fake; this is the real headquarters!

Tsk, why the rush?
Andrei wanted to curse inwardly, but he remained outwardly calm, simply nodding before following the two messengers out.

When the other soldiers saw Andrei being suddenly called away, they were stunned for a moment, and then they started to discuss among themselves, wondering why Andrei had been suddenly called away.

Someone suddenly mentioned the infamous Special Military Command, causing an uproar among the soldiers present.

"Damn it, those guys who see everyone as a traitor and all they do is arrest people! What are they trying to do? Are they going to target the Empire's war heroes too?"

"No, this must be some villain who is jealous of Captain Vorontsov and is trying to frame him. He could never be a traitor; he is our hero!"

A group of soldiers were enraged, and some even shouted that they would grab their guns and rescue Captain Vorontsov from the special forces, but they were stopped by the officers present.

"Gentlemen, please rest assured. Although those special troops are not good people, I believe they can't do anything to the captain. If they dare to lay a hand on the captain, our generals will not allow it!"

"Don't panic at a time like this. Don't cause trouble for the captain. We need to trust him!"

A major stood on the table and shouted to the soldiers around him. Hearing his words, the other soldiers, though still cursing, gradually calmed down.

Moreover, they couldn't be sure if the special forces really intended to harm Captain Vorontsov; if they made a mistake, the situation would be quite awkward.

Unbeknownst to Andrei, the soldiers in the mess hall had suddenly erupted in chaos because he had gone with the messenger; his attention was now entirely focused on a building in the distance belching black smoke.

Before this, he hadn't really paid much attention to the buildings in the city, but it was only then that he realized that the buildings in the city seemed to have been bombed!

So what happened? Was it done by the enemy's air force?

Recalling his previous battles, Andrei realized that he had never seen the enemy's air force before.

In addition, the technology tree in this world seemed to be developed in a rather strange way, so he once thought that perhaps this world did not have an air force at present, or that air force units were particularly rare.

As for whether the damaged buildings here were caused by enemy artillery fire?

Andrei wasn't quite sure, but he felt it was unlikely.

He wasn't quite sure how many miles he had retreated along the way, but it must have been at least several tens of kilometers.

With their own bombardment, the enemy's main force will have a hard time crossing the bridge in a short time. So if they open fire, they can only set up cannons on the opposite bank of the river and bombard this side.

Artillery capable of such long range is rare; unless it's the Paris Cannon type, there aren't many other types. Compared to the sudden appearance of the Paris Cannon here, he felt it was more likely an air force unit.

At this moment, he desperately wished Yelena were by his side so he could ask her questions about the Air Force.

As for asking the messengers around him?
He decided to forget about it; he didn't want everyone to know about his amnesia, as it would only cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

The messenger's car drove along, and Andrei carefully observed everything in the city.

Although some residents were still active in the town's streets, it was already quite deserted.

Moreover, almost every window in the surrounding streets was boarded up with strips of cloth and planks, which further convinced Andrei that the city had definitely been bombed, though he didn't know what had bombed it. As he drove, Andrei saw a towering building ahead, adorned with a huge red flag with a gold double-headed eagle. It appeared to be the city's former government office building.

"Wait a minute, what's going on? Could this be our headquarters?"

"Aren't you afraid the enemy will bomb your headquarters so obviously?"

Seeing that the car seemed to be heading towards that building, Andrei couldn't help but ask the messengers around him, feeling that this was just too idiotic.

With such a conspicuous flag hanging there, and the building itself being a local landmark, isn't this just asking for trouble? It's practically a sitting duck!

Upon hearing Andrei's words, the two messengers beside him exchanged a glance, then burst into laughter and said:

"Hahaha, Captain, don't be surprised. This isn't our headquarters, or rather, it's just a fake headquarters!"

"At the beginning of the war, there were indeed frontline commanders who did just that, putting up a huge flag on their own headquarters, and then they were bombed so badly that they couldn't take care of themselves!"

"From then on, we would try to set up a few fake headquarters, making them deliberately conspicuous, just to attract enemy bombing!"

So that’s how it is?

Andrei breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought that his army's high command was really that brain-dead, mistaking such a conspicuous building for their headquarters.

After driving near the building, their car turned a corner and then drove around a narrow street to the side.

The further the car went, the narrower the streets became, and the more dilapidated the surrounding houses looked.

If nothing unexpected happens, this is probably the city's slums?

"Alright, we've arrived. This is our headquarters!"

Looking up at the sign above his head, Andrei was speechless for a moment.

He never expected that his headquarters would be a foot massage parlor located in a back alley, and judging from the colorful signs and the scantily clad women on them, this massage parlor was probably not very respectable.

"Okay, this place is indeed secluded and easy to remember, but it's also easy for some bad rumors to spread!"

Andrei shrugged and then went inside with two messengers.

As soon as he entered the massage parlor, he saw a bunch of beds and other similar items, as well as eye-catching pictures on the walls. Clearly, this place was not a legitimate business, just as he had imagined.

They didn't stop there, but continued walking towards the back. When they reached a place marked with a toilet sign, the soldier at the front pushed open the door.

Looking around, Andrei realized that this wasn't a real toilet; behind the door was a staircase leading underground, and he could vaguely hear arguing coming from below.

(End of this chapter)