The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 45 Lieutenant Colonel, we should retreat to the town!

"Lieutenant Colonel, the enemy's firepower is too intense; the brothers can't even lift their heads!"

"Please, let us lead our troops to retreat into the town first. If we keep fighting like this, we're afraid all of our men will be wiped out!"

As soon as Andrei entered the command post, he saw a company commander pleading with Lieutenant Colonel Unerey.

The company commander's uniform was covered in large clumps of blood, but it was clear that the blood did not belong to him, otherwise he would have been dead by now.

At this moment, the tall man looked as if he was about to cry.

"No, how can we lose our outer defenses so quickly? Let the brothers..."

Lieutenant Colonel Unere frowned, his expression quite unpleasant, but before he could finish speaking, Andrei quickly ran over and interrupted:
"Lieutenant Colonel, if I may be so bold, I think the best option for us now is to have the soldiers retreat into the town!"

"As you should know, the enemy's armored forces have overwhelming firepower. The trenches we set up on the perimeter are practically useless; they've been completely suppressed by the enemy!"

"Keeping soldiers in the trenches will only send more men to their deaths!"

Upon seeing that it was Andrei, Lieutenant Colonel Unere's stiff expression relaxed slightly; he had assumed it was one of his men arguing with him again.

However, he still insisted on Andrei's statement:

"But the war has only just begun, and we've already lost all the outer positions. How are we supposed to fight the rest of the battle?"

"We should leave enough space and leeway for the future in our battles. If we continue to retreat like this, it won't be long before the enemy completely traps us in the command post!"

Upon hearing this, Andrei took a deep breath and retorted as calmly as possible:

"No, Lieutenant Colonel, compared to the position, what we should be most concerned about right now are the soldiers!"

"Our outer positions are not designed to defend against armored forces. If we keep our soldiers there, they will only face heavy fire from hundreds of machine guns!"

"If we retreat into the town, we can use the town's complex terrain to restrict the movement of the enemy's armored forces. At the same time, we can throw cluster grenades and Molotov cocktails from the windows to attack their armored forces!"

"Lieutenant Colonel, if I may be so bold, it is by no means a wise move to have infantry engage armored forces head-on in open terrain!"

Lieutenant Colonel Unere's lips were clenched. Although he subconsciously wanted to order a retreat, his sense of honor prevented him from abandoning the position.

Because in the Cambrian Empire's traditional military doctrine, abandoning a position casually was considered an act of cowardice!
Just then, a group of soldiers rushed in carrying several stretchers, and every soldier on each stretcher was seriously injured.

"Quick, someone come quick! His bleeding won't stop! Where's the medical nun?"

As soon as the shouts were finished, Yelena, the medical nun who had just healed a wounded soldier from the other side, rushed over there, bustling about.

Andrei had assumed that medical nuns were a fairly common unit, but to his surprise, he only encountered one medical nun, Yelena, in his own company along the way, and did not see any others.

At least in Lieutenant Colonel Unere's replenishment regiment, there wasn't a single medical nun. One soldier appeared to have been struck in the femoral artery in his abdomen; a straight, penetrating wound ran down his spine, and blood was practically gushing out.

However, as Yelena arrived, her hands emitted light, and the blood vessels in the soldier's abdomen rapidly healed, and the wound gradually recovered.

However, his abdominal wound had only healed by half and his internal organs were still visible, so Yelena quickly ran to the other side.

"What happened? Why didn't they save my brother?"

The soldier who carried him over asked Yelena anxiously, but Yelena just pushed him away and shouted:
"Don't block my way! He's not going to die yet. There are several other people waiting behind you who are about to die!"

Yelena moved extremely quickly. Perhaps because her healing ability was not unlimited, she was not currently pursuing the complete healing of the soldiers, but only ensuring that their injuries were healed to a level that would not be fatal, and then she would move on to the next wounded soldier.

Even so, one wounded soldier still died on his stretcher from massive bleeding. By the time Yelena ran over, his heart had already stopped beating.

Unlike many scenes in TV dramas, at this moment, no one felt sad for the soldier's death, or rather, no one had time to grieve.

The stretcher team that had just carried the person back turned around and ran back towards the battlefield. After confirming that the person was dead, Yelena simply turned around to rescue the other wounded soldiers.

Because of limited space, the field hospital and command post have now been combined into one place. Looking at this scene, Lieutenant Colonel Unrey simply nodded to Andrei and said:
"You're right, we should let the enemy into the town before dealing with him! I'll have the soldiers blow up the bridge right now..."

"Sir, let my soldiers handle the task of blowing up the bridge. I have two very skilled demolition specialists under my command!"

Andrei saluted the lieutenant colonel, quickly said what he was saying, and then continued running towards the front line.

At the same time, he issued a new task in the system:
Side Mission: Destroy the bridge with explosives while the enemy's vanguard is crossing, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy! Number of participants: Unlimited; Reward: 1000 Merit Points!

Upon receiving the mission, the support players quickly sprang into action.

"Someone come quick! Cover me! Let me throw the explosives under the bridge!"

The support player carrying the explosives shouted excitedly to the others. Although they didn't understand the specific demolition techniques, it didn't matter. When they approached the bridge, an exclamation mark would indicate where they should place the explosives.

However, the enemy's firepower is too strong now, so getting close to the bridge is not an easy task.

A reckless support soldier player had just rushed out when he was simultaneously targeted by multiple machine guns and instantly turned into a pile of mangled flesh, before running back to respawn.

Other players also found it very difficult to provide cover, because the enemy's armored vehicles lined up on the opposite bank of the river were too powerful, and they were completely suppressed.

But just then, a crisp cannon shot suddenly rang out, and an armor-piercing shell struck one of the Fearless mechs on the other side, hitting it squarely in the middle.

The hit Dauntless mech crashed to the ground, first bursting into flames, then suddenly exploding violently, sending its two mechanical arms flying.

(End of this chapter)