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The heights on the eastern flank were vital, but Schwarzehand could see that the momentum was still bearing forward force. The Legion hadn’t even entered the fight yet. So, even if part of him said he should commit everything to taking the flank, he instead only directed 4th Company upwards.
“That’ll be a rough uphill fight,” Schoenbijter responded, “But we’re marching.”
“The rifle company up there’s told me that they’ll hold if reinforcements are coming. You should have a distracted enemy.”
Certainly, the Harzwohlkan companies seemed less well equipped than the average Legion company. Right down to the firepower of much of their weaponry, as their Repeaters, while outwardly similar to a heavier, bulkier machine gun, fired rather slowly comparatively due to concerns about heat, which undergrounder weapons seemed to have troubles with due to their energetic munitions, the heavier of which cast blue trails like meteors. The same was true of their indirect support, fat and squat mortars that spat glowing stars into the sky that either sat up and broke into illumination, or shrieked down to splatter into fire or explosion. Though there was word of newer variants of these that didn’t suffer nearly the clumsiness of the common.
Waltz pushed his company forward into the back-biting enemy platoon, and overwhelmed them with no difficulty whatsoever. 2nd Company’s talent at infiltration and light movement allowed them to fall upon the enemy too quickly for them to do anything but throw down their arms or be shot. The same occurred with 5th Company storming an enemy forward position as their allies moved onwards, the defenders prepared for fighting their own ilk, not the fervorous red coats with their disproportionate share of automatic assault weaponry. Though both skirmishes were practically pre-concluded. Both platoons had been made up of the inferior conscript troops, many of them wielding the Long Guns that were frightening to the armored or even vehicles if they turned a weak point to them, but to the Legion’s infantry and outnumbered as they were there was no challenge at all.
No congratulations or thanks came from the Union’s liasons, of course. Only hurried directives to hand over any prisoners taken- or to dispose of them. It was time to start misplacing them, figuring out just how to smuggle somebody above. The Union cared little about seizure of enemy arms, but personnel was a sensitive subject, even the lowliest laborer. Most all logistics traffic moved through the Union’s grip, and hiding anything was difficult. But better to worry about that when the fighting was done.
Meanwhile, the Wolkmihnar were smashing through one of the weaker defensives with their tanks, once their infantry had come up to help finish the job of rooting out awfully stubborn militia.
