Yegorov, having had his fill of food and drink, drove directly toward the Nameless Highlands with his troops in a Willys Jeep.
Once they reached the highlands, he jumped out of the vehicle and his first words were, "Well, there sure are a lot of destroyed Prosen tanks, almost as many as last year's battle at Shostka."
The guard driving the jeep was shocked, "So many tank wrecks, and it still doesn't compare to Shostka?"
Yegorov nodded, "That's right, and back then we didn't have Whirlwinds. We used the ZIS-3 and ZIS-30 anti-tank guns, with 57mm rounds. They had enough penetration but lacked punch; often, a single shot would kill just one or two people, and the rest of the Prosen tank operators would flee."
At that moment, two men dressed in naval infantry garb crawled out of the trenches; the leader wore the rank of Brigadier, with his right arm in a bandage hanging across his chest.
