All of us men who had binoculars stood and stared at this apparition, while the other men demanded to know what we were looking at. We handed the binoculars around for a few seconds, and many of the men took a look. Their reactions varied, ranging from curses to a kind of apprehensive laughter, or just silence. In the meantime, our Feldwebel was on the cable phone speaking to the officer’s post. He came to us at the parapet and said, ‘Men, they’re coming now, they’re coming in strength. We must be ready,’ or something straightforward like that.
In the same scene related above, the officer calls HQ to report the sighting of five thousand ships. The reply is that "the enemy doesn't have half that many ships." Later HQ asks where the ships are heading. The officer shouts STRAIGHT AT ME.
