However, Forbes now had a bad feeling.
Powerful electronic interference had severed all contact between him and the first echelon. For several hours, he had received no news about Frenso Town.
And as he led his troops to a location less than half an hour away from Frenso Town, they encountered enemy ambushes along the way.
The vanguard troops fought several battles in confusion. As the nimble enemy repeatedly turned entire squads and platoons of mechas into wreckage in the mountain and forest, not even the model, unit number, or scale of the enemy mechas could be identified. The last half-hour's journey dragged on for an hour, covering less than a third of the distance.
As a commander, Forbes instinctively felt wary about the enemy's attack, which clearly aimed to delay them.
