"Thank you!" He took the cigarette from the other party's hand and leaned over to borrow a light. The Battalion Commander guarding the barricade gratefully thanked him. This was truly timely; he really wanted to smoke a cigarette.
"I brought over 300 people." Obviously, the Battalion Commander who came for reinforcement didn't have a fully staffed unit. The war had reached this stage, and the Allied Forces faced severe understaffing issues.
Originally, a battalion with more than 500 personnel would generally be short 40 to 80 people. This has become a norm, saying that the missing troops were supplemented with new recruits before the battle.
But once on the battlefield, due to changes in war situations and adjustments to plans, personnel replenishment was often not timely. In the end, the commander had no choice but to lead his 450 people into the positions.
