"Are the Prosens scared by Jonathan's momentum?" It seemed so, as their firepower visibly thinned out—of course, the Mauser 98K couldn't deliver dense firepower anyway.
The Prosen infantry squads were primarily organized around machine guns, which the Commandos had now dismantled, so the Prosens were left with only the automatic firepower of the submachine guns held by their sergeants.
It was clear that the Prosens were not accustomed to fighting without machine guns.
Jonathan ran out of bullets and dropped down again, shouting, "Reload!"
"Your barrel has melted! That machine gun is scrapped!" Martin yelled.
Jonathan then realized the barrel was indeed shot and sizzled when it touched the sandbags.
He cursed, grabbed a submachine gun, and opened fire on the Prosens, who were trying to flank them again.
The Prosens fired back with Mauser 98Ks, and Jonathan's beret was shot off.
He ducked down and cursed, "Damn it, the Sten Submachine Gun just can't effectively kill the enemy."