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The first to arrive were was the armored cavalry section- more an armored cavalry platoon, an assortment of what could be assembled at some time and called a task force of mismatched equipment. A pair of Handelwagen-25 armored cars, a triad of the same model of car, but with no turret or heavy weapons, to serve as open-topped transport vehicles. An NfK-5, and an Nfk-7. Only the last was something resistant to the weapons of the militia’s owned armored assets, but the operators of the enemy equipment would be more experienced- in addition, the militia’s foot troops could not procure anti-tank rifles, or similar equipment. Their best and only effective weapon against vehicles were firebottles, improvised but effective weaponry that utilized matches, a burning rag, or for the luckier insurgent, reactive flash paper, but all of them produced the same end result. A conflagration upon impact that would burn man and cook machine, if a square hit was struck. Though, firebottles had not been unknown to Ellowian insurgents, either- and they had learned that splattering the bottle against the wrong angle would produce nothing more than a puff and a drip of bright fire, with naught to show for it but an alerted foe.
The autogyro had seen nothing- and the armored cavalry force paused in front of the silent town. They knew, after all, that something lay in wait. They’d been told that their enemy’s path of retreat took them this way. They would be occupying this ground- and being reinforced. Yet they were apprehensive of what enemy might be waiting, it seemed.
The militia commander was apprehensive, too. His tankettes could cause quite a bit of damage- even rout the enemy, if they were allowed to strike from a proper location. Yet they were hidden, as of now.
Was it worth it to deploy them forward? To try and strike at the enemy at the same time as the first militiamen would be opening fire? Or, given the enemy’s lack of exposure, they’d have to stop and dismount at some time…maybe that was when to strike? Or was it right to follow the plan, and stay low as long as possible?
>Advance the tankettes to attack- it’d reveal them, but this was an enemy they could fight.
>Move the tankettes up, and have them make ready to fire when the militia were forced to fight- however the fighting was initiated, it’d be best to strike a strong blow.
>Keep the tankettes hidden. Stick with the plan. A vulnerable seeming enemy, was perfect bait for an overconfident defender.
>Other?
