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“The north remains clear,” Von Metzeler said, “I cannot see a single sign of any enemy, let alone an armored force.”
“Then our course is obvious,” you declared in response, “Attack! Sparrow Two and Three, press the enemy’s south, Four and Five, attack from above. We drive them from this town as far as we can.”
Some more shouting and gesturing got nearby infantry to get the idea- though the enemy sensed the tide turning well before you did, and had laid down smoke for themselves as cover. It mattered little whether you destroyed them at this point, though. A secure position was worth more than any amount of blood on your hands, and if the enemy gave it up without fighting, they would not have any of yours on theirs, either. Though their mechanized capabilities were not so readily dismissed.
“Armored Car sighted,” Von Metzeler reported, “Sparrow Five.”
“Sparrow Two here,” Arminius said, “I’ve got an angle too. Let’s go for it.”
It was three shots on one- the car scarcely stood a chance, and you were unsurprised when you heard report of its destruction. The infantry were also harassed with whatever fire could be brought down upon them, but they as well, escaped into the sloping, worn depression of the old quarry site, where the tankette had slipped off as well. The attackers had been well reduced by your intervention- and you set to arranging what resources you had into the defensive positions recently lost.
