The guerrillas panicked at the sound of tank engines and gearboxes.
"Wasn't it said that the Prosen tanks were all but depleted?"
"Incendiary bombs, quick, get the incendiary bombs!"
The clerics from the underground parish loudly reassured everyone, "Don't panic! According to the intelligence we've obtained, the Prosen armored troops have long been depleted, retreating across the Dibo River, and they won't be coming back!
"This is either our armored troops, or it's factory workers somewhere who have modified tractors to serve as tanks!"
Argesukov is an important industrial city in Kazakhstan, and since it fell early, many workers hadn't managed to evacuate.
Although the Prosenians took most of what machinery was left back to their country, it wasn't difficult for the workers to hand-craft soil tanks from tractors.
A guerrilla fighter shouted just as the priest finished speaking, "Look, tanks!"