Chapter 5:
The war situation was, at a glance, chaos.
The Condor Legion's heavy equipment and elite status were enough to crush the enemy's surprise attack masked by the fog, but our numbers were far too few to rout all the enemies who kept swarming in.
“Relay! Hold this position for 30 minutes!”
“R-R-Relay! Hold this position for 30 minutes!”
I first gave the order to the platoon members fighting with their backs against the now half-tattered wall, and I too pressed against it and fired my gun at an enemy soldier charging at me.
As the enemy fell, the click of the bolt-action rifle’s bolt being pulled made all the nerves in my body tense up as well.
The enemies were flooding in as if to cover the entire riverside, having set up several pontoon bridges. What the hell did those Italian idiot bastards do!
This wasn't some small-scale surprise attack.
No matter how I looked at it, the enemy's main attack was focused here! There are only three battalions here!