"B1, B2, all members regroup!"
"Everyone made it back safely."
Sitting in the driver's seat, Mantis exhaled a breath of relief upon seeing a company of zoo animals leap out from the bushes. Even he, who had witnessed armored vehicle rushes numerous times, was dumbfounded, his mind clinging only to the thought "we're done for today", with no other ideas. The newbies who had only seen A1 Scout Cheetahs and Hetzers were utterly bewildered.
Those were genuine main battle tanks, and firing at them with the equivalent of toothpick guns against their armor was futile. On the other hand, the enemy, equipped with a multitude of 88mm and long 75mm guns, could open a can of worms for them from 2 kilometers away. Unless they were shrouded in a "superhero against X" aura, with magical dish-cooked armor that made point-blank 88mm shells ricochet, everyone was about to live out the lyrics of "The Tanker's Song", with their faithful tanks turning into iron coffins in an instant.
