"We can land at another position," Major General Brownie suggested. "There's a bridge about 7 kilometers upstream from here..."
"The Germans must have already prepared for that," Shire rejected the idea.
To destroy or blockade a bridge is not difficult, it only requires some explosives or dispatching an artillery battalion.
Tijani helplessly shrugged his shoulders. "As I said, we should just hold our ground here!"
Suddenly, the whistling of shells filled the air, followed by dozens of shells exploding inside the city one after another.
This caused panic among the city's inhabitants; cries and screams were heard everywhere, along with faint sounds of wailing and sobbing.
Shire and the others stood by the window, looking out.
The shelling continued intermittently, exploding inside the city.
In no time, Mezieres, which had been in celebration earlier, was filled with smoke and several places were ablaze.
