Captain John thought for a few seconds, shook his head, and said, "The enemy should be approaching for close combat, a problem to be solved with Molotov cocktails. Another strange thing is, why haven't we received their radio communication?"
The battle group chief of staff looked at the communications officer.
The communications officer immediately answered, "If our radio antennas were still deployed, perhaps we could have received it. But this morning, there was word of enemy heavy bombers coming to bomb us, so according to the air defense orders, we retracted the deployed antennas.
"Our battle group is nearly ten kilometers away from the vanguard led by Captain Hans, and without antennas, it's quite possible we won't receive transmissions from their vehicle-mounted radios.
