artillery arc

Chapter 10 Traveling through yesterday
Lieutenant Colonel Yegorov smashed the radio with the butt of his rifle, and then said to the soldiers around him: "Don't look at it, put all the papers away and send them back."

"Wait a minute!" Staff Officer Pavlov stopped the soldier who was about to throw various documents into the basket and pulled out one of the documents. "This document has a unit number on it. This is the 54th Army of Prosen. The th Infantry Division participated in the Carolingian Campaign. The division's emblem has a fleur-de-lis, which is a symbol of participating in the Carolingian Campaign."

Yegorov: "But he was still defeated by us! That Duke Alexei's idea turned out to be quite reliable, and we really reached the enemy's division headquarters unimpeded!"

Pavlov corrected him: "He is a count, and the title should not be preceded by a name. At least the father's name should be used, and he should be called Count Konstantinovich."

Yegorov waved his hand: "I am just a big boss and I don't understand your twists and turns! The count's order is to attack and advance, let's continue."

Pavlov was shocked: "Will you continue to attack? We have already come out of the smoke, and we can touch a division headquarters, but the enemy did not expect it! Now they are on guard! And you just..."

Yegorov: "I just fooled them! Come and see!"

Yegorov pointed to the enemy's map and said: "The enemy's headquarters is here, on the top of the mountain, overlooking the entire city of Ronezh. It also controls the highway into the city and can also reach the railway that passes through the city. The enemy must feel that We are going to attack here!
"But the order we got was to break out, which means we have to go to the back - that is, to the east. We have to leave the city through this fork in the road. I know this path will pass through a large bush, waiting for us to break through. It will be night when we go out, retreat from the road during the night!"

Pavlov: "Are you sure this is what the count means? He may want to rush out and fight to the death."

Yegorov: "How is that possible! Then there will be no field hospital. Believe me, the count definitely wants to break out and survive, but he just happened to find a flaw in the front."

"But……"

Yegorov pressed Pavlov's shoulders with both hands: "Listen! I really don't know the count's intentions, but I know my intentions! I don't plan to die here! The Prosins are indeed hateful, and I want to Beat them up!

"But how can I beat them up when I'm dead?"

Pavlov: "You are just afraid of death. You have no sense of honor at all!"

"what?"

Pavlov: "I tell you, the chaplain is dead, otherwise he would have sent you to the tribunal now! The charge is cowardice and surrender!

"But let me remind you that according to the regulations, once the military commander shows signs of timid surrender, I, as a staff officer, can take away the command authority!"

Yegorov grabbed the staff officer's collar in anger: "What did you say? Just now when I hit the Plosin dog's head with a grenade, where were you? You actually said that I was cowardly and surrendered?"

Pavlov: "You chose the escape route!"

While the two were at war with each other, the sound of a car engine was heard outside the door.

**
Push the time forward a little bit.

Wang Zhong set out with a team composed of the remaining soldiers from the headquarters and the field hospital.

Before setting off, he asked Captain Sergey to send out messengers to convey the message to other troops under the Duke's command that they were preparing to break out from the front, that is, due east.

Whether it can be delivered or not is beyond Wang Zhong's control.

Anyway, Wang Zhong set off with this group of people, and he took the lead.

Soon the troops entered the smoke created by the rear artillery batteries. At this time, the smoke has spread a lot, the shielding effect has been reduced, and the visibility in the fog has improved a lot.

But the scope of the fog also spread. Wang Zhong walked along the street for a long time, still in the fog.

This vast expanse of white looks very much like the game "Silent Hill". Half of the game's terrifying atmosphere is due to the heavy fog that envelopes the place where the story takes place.

Fortunately, there is a bird's-eye view, but it is a pity that the bird's-eye view cannot be driven while walking - the misalignment of cognition and vision will make Wang Zhong vomit in an instant.

He could only take a few steps to stop and change perspective.

This behavior surprised Captain Sergey, and he felt that if this continued, the Captain should become suspicious. But without looking at the bird's-eye view, there is no way to alert the enemy. Now the naked eye can only see the situation within a few meters around you. If you accidentally bump into the enemy and take a shot of a submachine gun, your journey will stop here.

Wang Zhong could only reduce the number of stops and endure as much as possible the dizziness caused by the overlooking perspective while walking.

Just as they were in trouble, the group finally walked out of the smoke, and then a jeep abandoned by the Prossen people on the roadside came into Wang Zhong's eyes - the same model as the one Lyudmila blew up with a grenade.

Wang Zhong made a quick decision and said to Sergey: "Let's get in the car. Call two guards and we'll drive straight ahead!"

Sergey: "We're just going to drive away? Who's going to command this team? We don't have walkie-talkies!"

Wang Zhong: "Anyway, we have to keep walking along the highway. There will be no problem. Besides, if there is an emergency, we can send people back to deliver orders."

Captain Sergey thought for a moment and nodded.

Wang Zhong asked again: "Can you drive?"

Wang Zhong himself can't drive, mainly because he thinks there is no need to learn to drive in this situation. If you are not in a hurry, you can take the subway, and if you are in a hurry, just take a Didi taxi.

Captain Sergey: "I often act as a driver for the Duchess, leave it to me."

Wang Zhong remembered what the sergeant who was shot said. This Captain Sergey seemed to be the Duchess's male favorite?

——Forget it, why do I care about this!
Wang Zhong got into the car directly: "Drive!"

The two guards were quick and quickly climbed into the back seat of the jeep without even opening the back seat door.

Sergey sat on the driver's seat and started the car. After just a few steps of driving, he praised: "The driving feel is so smooth. It is much more comfortable to drive than the Lada car we produced!"

Lada, my dear, isn’t this a classic Soviet car brand? Its poor performance has become part of the Soviet joke.

Captain Sergey drove his car through the devastated city and said slightly sadly: "What a wonderful city. I quite like that coffee shop and often accompany the Duchess."

Wang Zhong followed Sergey's gaze and found that only the iron sign protruding toward the street of the coffee shop was still intact. It looked like it had been shot by a heavy howitzer of over 152 mm.

Jeep passed by the coffee shop and could see that the tables and chairs inside were almost in ruins, and the coffee pot was also in pieces.

Sergei gritted his teeth: "Damn Prossen!"

Wang Zhong pursed his lips. In fact, he still didn't have much hatred for the Prosen people. After all, it was not his country or his hometown that was invaded.

Until now, his goal is to stay alive in the war.

At this time, soldiers in khaki uniforms began to appear on the roadside. It looked like they had just gone through a fierce battle.

Many corpses in black military uniforms can be seen on the streets and in buildings along the roadside.

It seems that Wang Zhong caught up with the third rear Amur regiment that set out to attack first.

At this moment, a roar came from the building ahead:

"What did you say? Where were you when I smashed the Prosen dog's head with a grenade just now? You actually said that I was cowardly and surrendered?"

"But you chose the escape route!"

Wang Zhong patted Sergei on the shoulder: "Stop in front of that building! It's the one where someone was quarreling!"

(End of this chapter)