Arc of Gunfire

Chapter 442 Hot Sand Front②

This evening, outside Alexandria.

Although it is summer, Alexandria is close to the equator, so it gets dark very early.

The shallow-water heavy gunboat captured by Proson anchored near the ferry in the small village outside the city and was constantly firing heavy artillery into the city.

The United Kingdom fleet at sea has always wanted to attack the heavy gunship, but the catapulted seaplanes were too fragile in front of the Ploson Air Force fighters and could not provide sustained correction fire.

For its part, Prosen relied on the artillery observation post on the mountain to continuously guide the shallow-water heavy artillery ships to fire.

However, neither side scored a hit.

Now that night had fallen, the artillery observation post could no longer see the enemy ships, so all was quiet.

At eight o'clock sharp, the sky was almost dark. A Captain Prossen came out of the hut that served as a security post and began to perform his duties, conducting routine inspections - once every two hours, on time, and even the captain arrived at each post. The time at the sentry post is accurate to the minute, showing the true nature of the Prossen people.

The captain walked as usual, lighting up the sentries at each sentry post with his flashlight, and marched along the outer wall of the pier.

Suddenly, a man emerged from the grass, hugged the captain from behind, and covered his mouth.

Just as the captain was about to struggle, the syringe pierced his carotid artery with unusual precision. The unknown liquid was pushed a little into his veins.

The captain's body immediately went limp, and the figure dragged him into the shadow of the outer wall.

After a moment, "Captain" walked out of the shadows, slightly taller than before, and also put on a pair of glasses.

"Captain" walked forward along the road just now, came to the gate on the north side, and waved to the two soldiers guarding the machine guns: "How is the situation?"

The two soldiers saluted together, but the main gunner with the rank of sergeant discovered the problem. He immediately picked up the submachine gun and turned on the safety: "You are not Captain Yeager!"

"Captain Jaeger has diarrhea, possibly malaria. I came to check the post on his behalf, so I came a little late." "Captain" took out his ID and handed it to the sergeant machine gunner.

At this time, a whole platoon of soldiers wearing Komandar special forces camouflage uniforms and berets appeared on the road guarded by machine guns.

The leading big man only wore a vest on his upper body, revealing his strong arms and holding a Scottish long sword. Behind him were Scottish bagpipes and a traditional United Kingdom longbow.

He glanced at "Captain Hoffman", nodded slightly, and then tiptoed into the dock from the machine gun shelter.

Soon, far away from the machine gun bunker, a rope ladder was thrown from the other side of the wall, and the Komanda troops waiting outside moved towards the rope ladder and began to climb over the wall.

Captain Hoffman withdrew his gaze and looked at the two people in front of him.

The sergeant machine gunner was using the light to check the contents of the certificate: "Captain Hoffman? Why haven't I heard of you?"

Captain Hoffman said with a smile: "Because I just transferred here, following the supply convoy that finally arrived this afternoon, damn, I suffered a lot on the way here. I participated in the winter campaign in Ant last year, and it was just as bad.

"Our enemies can't defeat us, so they use such dirty tricks!"

At this time, the less experienced assistant shooter spoke: "That's right! They are too cunning, can't they fight openly and openly?"

But the sergeant still frowned: "I don't see any problem with this certificate. You left the team due to injury? Then why didn't you return to the original team after you recovered?"

Captain Hoffman spread his hands: "Because the troops were wiped out, it's that simple. They originally arranged for me to go to the Western Wall to join the coastal defense forces there, but I said that the invasion might not happen this year, and I would only go to the Western Wall. Mushrooms will grow and let me go to a place where I can fight.

"So I came here."

The sergeant nodded, acknowledged the statement, and returned the certificate to Captain Hoffman.

Captain Hoffman took the certificate, put it in his pocket, and asked, "What's going on?"

"No, everything is normal." When the sergeant machine gunner spoke, he turned back and pointed to the road. The moment he turned back, several members of the Komanda who had not climbed over the wall were all lying on the ground, trying to cover themselves with shadows.

Captain Hoffman: "No other officers passed by?"

"No, Captain."

"What about the passing vehicles? Did you find anything particularly strange?"

"No."

Captain Hoffman asked a series of questions until all members of the Komanda team climbed over the wall.

"Okay, I have no problem, continue on duty, soldier!"

Captain Hoffman saluted the two soldiers and advanced to the next post with steady steps.

The two soldiers watched him leave, and then the deputy gunner asked the staff sergeant: "This Captain Hoffman is very talkative. Unlike other officers, he has nothing to say to us soldiers."

The sergeant shook his head: "Good people like this die the fastest."

Deputy shooter: "Is that so?"

"Yeah, I've seen a lot of them. Just stand guard."

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After "Captain Hoffman" completed his inspection, he did not return to the security office. Instead, he quickly disappeared into the darkness and moved skillfully through the port area.

Soon, he heard the call of the toothpick bird, which is a common bird near Alexandria. However, if you listen carefully, the call is rhythmic. Generally, toothpick birds do not call like this.

Captain Hoffman spoke: "Lightning."

The eccentric strong man with the long sword jumped out from the shadows: "Thunder!"

Captain Hoffman: "You've already shown up, and you still gave me a code. I can't think of anyone else who would use your equipment to fight now."

Man with a Long Sword: "The process still needs to be done. The Alpha team has launched into the water, and the target is a shallow-water heavy gunship. If the Prosans can capture it with a jump gang, we can send him underwater in the same way.

“After the Alpha team succeeds, the Beta team will go to the military depot to put explosives in preparation to blow up the Prossen’s supplies.

"And you and I, along with Team Charlie, are looking for Erwin. He is a big star. He rose to prominence in the Carolingian Battle. Now he has defeated Alexandria with such a small force. Maybe he will be awarded the award when he returns home. The rank of marshal."

Captain Hoffman: "I need to get a... more intimidating military uniform. The rank of captain is too low. I prepared documents from lieutenant to colonel, and a bunch of experiences compiled, so that I can only wear captain The military uniform is not suitable."

Man with a long sword: "I saw the laundry room on the way here, Goniff! Go to the laundry room and get a colonel's uniform!"

"Okay." The tall and thin man named Gonife turned around and disappeared into the night like a monkey after receiving the order.

Man with a long sword: "You don't have to wait too long."

Captain Hoffman nodded.

The man with the long sword stretched out his hand: "Jonard Jonathan, they all call me Jojo."

Captain Hoffman held Chouinard's hand: "My name is not important, you can call me doctor."

"Do you want to match your code name? That's fine."

"Yeah, after all, I don't know if we will become enemies after defeating the Prosens."

Jonard: "Are you also a member of the Mamluk independence movement? I heard that you once wanted to contact the Prosen people and fight alongside them."

"Then we saw them massacre the natives of Piris. Like you, they don't want to treat us as human beings and don't want to give us freedom." "Doctor" said.

Jonard wanted to say something else, but Goniff came back with the military uniform: "Here, I was afraid that I would take the wrong one, so I took a few more!"

When Jonard saw it, he beamed with joy: "Okay, then let's pretend a few more. Anyway, those of you with lower military ranks just don't say anything and let the doctor take us to Erwin."

"Doctor" said: "When this place becomes a mess, the security force around Erwin will definitely be empty. We will attack him at that time and try to kill him directly. If possible, we can capture him alive! This will definitely deal a big blow to Puluo." Sen’s morale and fighting spirit.”

Jonard: "It's still a bit difficult to capture him alive. The main thing is how to take him away. I don't plan to die here, and neither of us do. It's better to kill him."

"Doctor" nodded: "Respect your choice. Let's go."

So under the leadership of the "doctor", a "local", Team Charlie followed the path from the port to the African Army Headquarters and headed towards the target.

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Outside Alexandria, in a typical Mamluk-style villa, Erwin was reading reports submitted by various ministries.

The chief of staff said next to him: "Our army has a serious shortage of supplies. Some companies need to concentrate submachine gun bullets for a few outstanding submachine gunners. In order to cope with the shortage of ammunition, various ministries have to use weapons and equipment from the United Kingdom. Currently, the troops are facing a shortage of weapons and equipment from the United Kingdom. The Sten submachine gun received a lot of bad reviews and was considered a very bad weapon.”

Erwin: "But the enemy only uses this kind of thing, so don't worry. What I'm more concerned about is, mentioned here, the enemy will use a strange scimitar for hand-to-hand combat?"

He pointed to a line on the document and said.

The chief of staff nodded: "Yes, the enemy..."

At this moment, there was a flash of light outside.

Then the shock wave arrived before the sound.

The windows of the villa used as the headquarters were already shattered by the Royal Navy flagship that exploded during the day, so this time the shock wave directly turned into a strong wind and poured into the room.

Finally, the sound arrived—

Erwin stood up, ran out of the room, and looked at the orange fireball rising in the direction of the port from the terrace.

The shallow-water heavy gunship that played a huge role in today's battle actually exploded!

The chief of staff rushed out of the room slowly and exclaimed: "The enemy also has Fritz X?"

Erwin: "No! It's Komandar! Our troops in the northern countries are often attacked by these guys! Bastards from the United Kingdom! Hurry, the enemy must not only plan to destroy the shallow-water heavy gunships, but there must be more squads here. Action! Sound the alarm!"

Immediately the alarm sounded.

The exhausted African Army officers immediately jumped out of bed when they heard the siren and gathered as quickly as possible.

Erwin: "It's supplies. They want to sneak attack our supplies! Quick, send troops to the military depot and dock stack!"