Chapter 1641: 1642The banquet was forced to break up
Chapter 1641 1642 The banquet was forced to break up
Van Crouse’s car slowly parked at the field airport on the east side of Saint-Lô, where 80 newly reinforced aircraft and 80 brave pilots were parked.
Ground staff are inspecting these aircraft. Because they are all old models from the World War II era, the workload is not actually heavy.
As the top commander near Saint-Lo, Van Cruz was prepared to count on these pilots risking their lives to harass the Tang army and buy him enough time, so he came in person this time, bringing delicious food and drinks as a reward. To experience the cruelty of the battlefield pilots.
Actually, these pilots are not elite, because the most elite pilots in the coalition all fly jet aircraft. Most of the pilots who still fly old aircraft are rookies who have just learned to fly.
But despite this, they are still very brave. Even though they knew that they came to perform a ground mission that was worthy of death, they did not hesitate at all.
As a fortress port built by the dwarves near the border, St. Lo's material reserves were relatively sufficient, so Van Kruse was not stingy: he came in person and brought the city's cooks, as well as a lot of meat and vegetables.
In addition, he also brought a lot of drinks, which can be said to be very luxurious compared to the army's supplies.
"Come! Please raise your glass high! I wish you all the courage to fight the enemy and return home in triumph!" Van Kruse, wearing a general's uniform, raised his glass and blessed the 80 pilots in the canteen.
The pilots stood up one after another and raised their glasses. Some people were still chewing beef, their cheeks bulging.
“For His Majesty the Emperor!” “For His Majesty the Emperor!” I don’t know which Emperor it was for, but everyone shouted slogans one after another.
"General, it's already very late... For your safety, you should go back to the city." The captain of the guard responsible for Van Cruise's safety found a gap and whispered in Van Cruise's ear.
The Tang Army had a successful case of special raid operations. Now one of the commanders of the Tang Army, Ying An, was successfully attacked by the Tang Army and directly captured.
The Qin Army had previously shared this case with various countries in the Eastern Continent, hoping that the commanders of various countries would take this as a warning and not make the same mistakes as the Qin State again.
“I understand, wait a little longer, and then we’ll leave.” Van Kruse was not a tough guy, so naturally he would not insist on taking risks with his own life. So he followed suit and nodded in agreement: "Finally, give them a glass of wine, and you can go prepare the car..."
"Yes! General." The guard captain nodded slightly, then walked out of the cafeteria, came to the corridor, and ordered the driver outside the door: "Go and bring the car over, and prepare to take the general back to the city."
At this moment, the air defense siren at the airport suddenly sounded. The harsh sound made the guard captain frown, and he looked dissatisfied at the airport guard aside: "What's going on? Why did the siren suddenly sound?"
"I don't know either." The dwarf guard looked at a loss, because he was just a guard on duty and had been standing here. How could he know what was happening outside.
"What are you still doing? Hurry up and get the guards together! Then go and drive the car!" Seeing that the driver was still standing next to him, the guard captain snapped: "Go quickly!"
He saw the driver running away, then opened the door and returned to the canteen. By this time, the banquet had stopped and everyone heard the sound of the alarm. Of course, no one was in the mood to drink anymore. The captain of the guard walked quickly to Van Kruse and said, "The alarm went off for some reason. I have asked the driver to drive. The guard is next door, don't worry too much."
"Find out what happened... was it an air raid by the Tang Army or some other reason." Van Kruse ordered dissatisfied: "How did it happen? Such a thing happened at this time."
The commander of the airport looked embarrassed. He had been drinking and had no idea what was going on. So he could only sit there and wait for the officers on duty to send him the news.
A group of pilots could only look at each other in confusion. They had just drank, and it was not easy to walk in a straight line now, let alone taking off for combat. It's a bit embarrassing to let them go out to fight. It might be better to let them continue drinking.
"It could be a night air raid by the Tang Army, or... it could be an alarm failure." Finally, the commander of the airport plucked up the courage and explained the current situation: "The front line is like this, and you never know when something unexpected will happen. "
"It doesn't matter." Van Kruse forced himself to calm down and expressed his generosity: "Everyone understands that the alarm will be lifted soon."
To be honest, he no longer wants to sit here any more and will get in the car and leave anyway. For him, the occurrence of such a thing was enough to make him vigilant.
“Butter!” Mixed in with the sirens, there was a seemingly invisible continuous sound of gunfire. Some people heard it a little, but some didn’t hear it clearly.
“Was there gunfire just now?” The captain of the guard, who had not drank, looked at Van Cruz’s adjutant. His hand was already on the pistol at his waist, and the atmosphere suddenly became much more solemn.
Van Cruise's adjutant frowned, turned his head, listened carefully, and shook his head: "Huh? Gunshots? Is there any? I didn't hear it."
Van Cruise also drank some wine, so he was not sure whether he heard gunshots just now, but he still felt that he really couldn't stay in this place: "Where is the car? Let's go back to the city."
“Bang!” The unique crisp sound of the Mosin-Nagant rifle came clearly, and everyone heard it this time. The captain of the guard suddenly pulled out his pistol from his waist and stood in front of Van Kruse: "General! Go to the next door!"
His guard is next door, and the car is expected to arrive soon. When the time comes, you will have a choice whether you want to stay or go.
At this moment, the explosion that could not be covered up by the siren made everyone realize the seriousness of the problem. No one will shoot during the air raid, so it is very likely that the mysterious special forces of the Tang Army are in action.
“Thud, thud, thud!” The sound of the Tang Army’s unique assault rifles came continuously, and the air defense siren seemed not as harsh as before. The Maxim machine guns deployed on the guard positions near the airport began to roar, and tracer bullets formed a straight line in the darkness.
The dwarf security forces in the airport still don’t know what happened. They only saw the firefight outside. The two sides were fighting fiercely, but they didn’t know who the brother troops were fighting...