Colonel Busse heard the sound of artillery fire and immediately inquired to the vanguard, "What's going on? Who's firing? The caliber sounds quite large!"
The vanguard's reply was a series of shrieks, "We're ambushed! The company commander is dead, half the company is wiped out!"
Colonel Busse: "Who are you?"
"I am Lieutenant Hans, the leader of the third platoon!"
"You're the commanding officer now. I need you to identify the enemy's direction and fire a signal flare! Now, immediately!"
Colonel Busse saw a signal flare shoot up, arcing directly toward the front.
Busse raised an eyebrow, "Why would an ambush position the firing positions at the front? That's wrong, how could the front positions wipe out half a company in an instant?"
It was less than half a minute from when Colonel Busse heard the artillery fire to when he spoke with the vanguard, and in that short time, losing half an armored company was rather terrifying.
