"Contact battalion headquarters. We need reinforcements. This Russian guerrilla unit can't be small. Otherwise, they wouldn't have wiped out the entire transport convoy in such a short time," the captain ordered.
They belonged to the 27th Infantry Division's Division Reconnaissance Battalion under the German Army's 3rd Army Corps. This captain was Franz, commander of the battalion's 2nd Company. When the Russian guerrillas attacked the convoy, he had happened to be leading his men on patrol not far from here. The moment he received the order to reinforce them, he had rushed over. Yet he had still arrived too late.
"Yes, sir!" The communications soldier immediately contacted battalion headquarters and requested reinforcements.
Very soon, the communications soldier reported back to Captain Franz.
"Sir, battalion headquarters has approved reinforcements. The rest of our company is on the way. In addition, the 3rd Company will also be coming and is expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Besides that, a squad from the Army Corps Special Forces will arrive tomorrow as well," the communications soldier said.
"Special Forces under Army Corps command? They're coming too?" Captain Franz found it somewhat unbelievable.
The Army Corps Special Forces were the finest troops in the entire army corps. Their numbers were small, only a little over three hundred men. Yet their commander was a colonel. Every member of these Special Forces had been selected from the reconnaissance soldiers of subordinate units after being picked from a thousand and chosen from ten thousand. They had the best weapons and underwent the harshest training, truly making them kings among soldiers.
However, the Special Forces usually operated behind enemy lines. They gathered intelligence on enemy forces, attacked enemy headquarters and key strongpoints, transportation hubs, and the like, powerfully supporting the front-line battlefield.
Previously, the task of encircling and suppressing Russian guerrillas