“Ja Wohl, herr Brigadier!” The Fox had moved five hundred meters beyond the penetration regardless of what the General Officer said. Gefreiter Dalfin and Oberleutnant Theuderic looked at each other with a knowing look. They waited to hear it…it took no time at all, the 120mm projectiles impacted all along the area the 2nd Panchalan Grenadiers just passed. “Would be best not to get killed by our own mortars, Gefreiter,” Oberleutnant muttered to the driver.

The Number eight company was just ahead of the Jump TOC which contained three Fox vehicles. The number eight company consisted of only three platoons with three or four vehicles per platoon. The Company was not at a hundred percent strength. Two platoons pulled off to the right and dismounted their infantry. The first platoon pulled off to the left and dismounted. The company commander moved with the third and second platoons on the right while the Executive Officer dismounted and moved with the first platoon on the left. The company advanced through the buildings and debris in the direction of where they had just come from.

The company moved toward the sound of the mortars, fired by one of the 116th Volksgrenadier mortar platoons. At two hundred meters from the Chasseur lines they could see the mortar fire beginning to lift. 

On the west side of the line, the 116th charged forward into their line firing from the hip as support by fire positions poured machine gun fire into the enemy positions. Unfortunately for the number 8 company and members of the Jump TOC who chose to join them, that fire was directed at them. Fortuantely, they were further beyond the enemy targets the 116th was shooting at. “Hopefully, those bastards don’t hit any of us,” Theuderic mumbled.”

“Agreed, mein herr,” Gefreiter Dalfin responded hearing the Oberleutnant’s words. The purpose of the number eight company was to shoot at any survivors attempting to flee east away from the attacking soldiers of the 116th Volksgrenadiers.

Meanwhile, the rest of the second battalion struck the enemy’s second line of defense which consisted of an armored cavalry squadron or Escardon blindée consisting of three main battle tanks and eight armored personnel carriers. The Anti-tank platoon for the Grenadier battalion would deploy into action to engage the enemy armored vehicles as well as the dismounted grenadiers employing shoulder fired Ant-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM).

“It is imperative the 116th break through their line. Otherwise, we are screwed, mein Herr!” Oberleutnant Theuderic spoke allowed to the Brigadier, knowing it did not need to be said. He had all the confidence in the Volksgrenadiers. He knew the Chasseurs were demoralized from the fighter bomber attack as well as the mortar fire and knowing their enemy was now in their rear. It was only a matter of time before they ran, right into the ambush laid out by Number Eight company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Royal Panchalan Grenadiers.