Cannon Fire Arc-Chapter 804 - 39: The Winter Offensive of 916 (8K)_4

Chapter 804: Chapter 39: The Winter Offensive of 916 (8K)_4

She advanced over a hundred meters with “Frog Jump,” finally reaching the wounded, lying on her side to open her medical pack at her waist to start bandaging.

At that moment, three Prosens crawled out of their shelter and moved toward Tanya.

At the same time, the enemy’s machine gun opened fire, bullets pattering on the earth embankment used as cover.

The Lieutenant saw the scene, ran to the machine gun position, took over the gun, and tried to hold off the enemy with suppressing fire.

However, the Prosens were not scared at all, and even more crawled out of the trenches, attempting to encircle Tanya.

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The Lieutenant threw down the machine gun, drew his pistol: “Comrades, are we less brave than a nurse? Ura!”

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Having said that, he was the first to rush out of the trenches.

The other warriors also burst out of the trenches, shouting “Ura” and charged toward the Prosens’ positions.

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The Company Commander of the Prosens’ heavy weapons heard the “Ura” and looked out, only to see a tide of Anteans charging over.

“Fire at the Anteans!” he shouted.

Machine Gunner: “But our own men are in the line of fire!”

Commander: “Bullets drop, use indirect fire!”

Machine Gunner: “How much do I adjust the indirect fire setting wheel?”

“500!”

Soon the machine gun fired, but the commander hardly saw any Anteans fall.

It was only after he reduced the magnification of his binoculars that he realized the indirect fire bullets were falling behind the Anteans.

“Wheel to four hundred! Adjust quickly!”

At this moment, the Antean machine gun fires were hitting the edge of the trenches, the commander felt a punch to his shoulder and fell backward.

“Commander! The commander is dead!” A machine gunner yelled, “Avenge the commander!”

The machine gun started firing uncontrollably, accompanied by hysterical shouting from the gunner.

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The Lieutenant, pistol in hand, shot a Prosen at close range, then slid into the dirt embankment where Tanya was hiding.

Other Ante Warriors surged over the embankment like a tide, stabbing with bayonets the Prosens who tried to turn and flee, one after the other.

Then they burst into the Prosens’ trenches in a skirmish line.

The Lieutenant looked angrily at Tanya: “If anyone had died just now, they would’ve died for you, Nurse Comrade!”

Tanya: “Attacks always mean casualties, and isn’t the assault a success now?”

She spoke while continuing to bandage the wounded.

The Lieutenant glanced at the wounded, then at Tanya: “Nurse Comrade, I hope you’ll be just as brave to save me when I’m shot!”

“I will,” Tanya replied, “I promise I will!”

The Lieutenant held back for a few seconds, unable to hold back words, turned his head, and followed his troops into the Prosens’ trench.

At this time, about a hundred meters behind the first trench, Prosen machine guns continued to fire, and there seemed to be hysterical shouting.

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A few minutes earlier.

Kosolek stopped and peeked at the Antean positions upon hearing the “Ura.”

Andreas also peeked and then muttered in confusion: “Charge like this?”

The frontal machine gun sounded, and Andreas was surprised to find his own people outside the trenches, exactly blocking the line of machine gun fire.

Andreas: “What the hell? What happened on our way to transfer?”

Kosolek: “We’re going to lose the position!”

Andreas: “Let’s move to the second position! The communication trench is nearby.”

“No,” Kosolek handed the machine gun he was holding to ammunition-carrier Andreas, moving the submachine gun from behind to the front, “You run back with the machine gun, I’m going to keep my promise.”

Andreas: “Huh?”

Kosolek had already started sprinting along the trench, waist-bent, leaving Andreas behind.

“The hell,” Andreas cursed, tossed the ammo box away, slung the machine gun over his shoulder, and ran madly in another direction.

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Kosolek moved forward along the trench with the submachine gun, knowing by the noise that the first trench had been overrun, but there might still be some infantry resisting inside.

He couldn’t count on the few infantry in the screening trench to stop the Anteans, the machine gun position had to move immediately.

The Anteans would soon charge over the distance of a hundred plus meters.

Just as he thought this, Kosolek heard noises, immediately turned his gun around, and stopped to wait for the Anteans to appear.

The Anteans appeared unsuspecting, and as soon as they saw Kosolek ready for combat, they raised their guns, but were still shot down.

Kosolek kept moving, this time not running but remaining on alert for any Anteans who might surge forward.

The position was now a melee; Kosolek had to be cautious. The earlier Ante veteran lost his life due to carelessness.

The good news was, the machine gun was still firing, indicating that the Anteans hadn’t yet passed the screening trench to take the machine gun position.

But by the sound of it, the gunner had lost his wits; such uncontrolled fire meant the gun barrel would soon turn red hot, and the trajectory of the machine gun would be all over the place.

Kosolek didn’t know whether the commander was still alright, so he quickened his pace.

Ahead came angry Antenese roars; Kosolek thought it was hand-to-hand combat, so he quickly followed the sound around the next corner—the trenches dug by experienced troops were in a W-shape.

Sure enough, a Prosen was wrestling with an Ante Warrior. Kosolek rushed over, smacking the Antean on the back of the head with a butt stroke, knocking him down, and then delivered a short burst.

“Thanks.” The rescued Private managed a smile, stretching out his hand, seemingly wanting Kosolek to help him up.

Kosolek, however, stepped over him and continued to move quickly.

Turning another corner, Kosolek finally saw the machine gun position, crossed the screening trench, and loudly asked the gunner, “Where’s the commander?”