"... We believed that nobody could have possibly survived on the enemy's line, but Major Paipu, the commander of the 3rd Armored Grenadier Battalion, still made us launch an assault according to the standard processes of infantry cooperation. Before the attack, the Major claimed we could seize the two peaks in a single charge and have the first column start moving half an hour later..."
Mikhail and his comrades thought it was impossible for anyone to survive such a terrifying bombardment. Without any armored fortresses, complex tunnels, counter slope tunnel systems… even a cat ear hole, they believed nobody could survive two hours of relentless shelling on the peak.
But in reality, Major Paipu's assumption proved valid. When about a dozen humans stumbled out from the rubble, brandishing spears and charging at their tanks, the Elves were taken aback.