Connie did not care about the secret passage her adjutant had discovered. She simply stood outside the hastily erected tent, gazing at the distant walls as rain streamed down her helmet and blurred her vision.
"Goddammit, why are those bastards taking so damn long?"
Connie cursed in frustration.
"I'm definitely docking their bonuses after this!"
She had barely finished speaking.
"Ma'am!"
A player suddenly ran out of the darkness, holding up a signal lamp that flickered with a faint light.
"Our people inside have sent the signal! They're in position and can open the gates at any moment!"
"Excellent!"
Connie smiled, but her smile did not last long. Almost immediately, she heard the piercing clang of a bell from the distant walls. It echoed through the rainy night, shattering the silence.
Then came the roar of gunfire and cannon fire, along with cries of battle, all carrying across the distance through the curtain of rain.
"Shit, they've been discovered!"
That was Connie's first reaction and her assessment of the situation. Her next decision was all the more swift and decisive.
"Quick, everyone! Charge! Take the gates!!!"
Connie turned and swept her arm toward the players watching her eagerly. Amid cheers, the players carrying siege spears set off first, charging toward nearby Votradnoi like tigers descending a mountain.
Then she turned to her adjutant and ordered him.
"Bring the others up behind us and act as the situation demands!"
With that, Connie turned and broke into a run, following the players.
Her adjutant, who had been standing there waiting for orders, was dumbfounded.
Wait, that was it?
Adjutant Algernon stood rooted to the spot, rain dripping from his chin. Watching Connie and that mob of lunatics charge toward the gates, he suddenly felt that the "Battlefield Command" taught in the Night