artillery arc

Chapter 202: The stalemate battle situation (43000 monthly votes plus more updates)

Wang Zhong had no idea that he had stirred up the military's soup pot and caused a huge psychological shock to the other party.

He was paying attention to the impending close combat between the Navy and the other side.

When the navy's river gunboat saw so many tanks coming up, it drove directly back to the harbor and hid.

The machine gun emplacement on the east bank opened fire, tracer rounds flying directly over the heads of the enemy tanks and falling behind them.

Originally, the enemy's infantry had been blocked by mortars, but now they encountered overshooting fire and were directly blocked.

The naval infantry did not rush forward, but lay on the breakwater, waiting for the tanks to approach.

When the enemy tanks advanced to a distance of less than ten meters from the river, the first batch of naval infantry jumped up and got close enough to throw Molotov cocktails with a single swoop.

The new type of Molotov cocktail that Wang Zhong got from the capital does not need to be ignited first. It will spontaneously ignite when the lid is opened.

When the situation is critical, this thing can even be thrown directly. Anyway, the white phosphorus inside will spontaneously ignite.

The light of white phosphorus was like a will-o'-the-wisp, and the balls of will-o'-the-wisp were thrown onto the enemy tanks and shattered into pieces of sea of ​​fire.

The ignited tank stopped immediately, and the tank driver was mowed down by the naval infantry's submachine gun as soon as he raised his head.

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight tanks were set alight, while the tanks farther away from the river embankment stopped directly and used machine guns to try to push the naval infantry back.

At this moment, an enemy tank rushed down the river embankment from the direction of the ferry, and half of its tracks were submerged in the river water.

He turned the muzzle and fired along the river bank with his coaxial machine gun.

Immediately, many naval infantry were knocked down, and the remaining sea infantry were all nailed to the ground.

Wang Zhong picked up the Ante product radio placed next to him and called loudly: "No. 422! No. 422!"

Vasily: "Let's use the captured one. I've adjusted the frequency. Here it is."

Wang Zhong took the microphone: "No. 422!"

"General!" The response came immediately, it was Alexander Yefimovich who was now temporarily replacing Wang Zhong.

"Kill that No. 4 that drove into the river!"

Then Wang Zhong saw Tank No. 422 driving all the way to the end of the approach bridge, taking aim from a high position.

Alexander's gunnery skills were as good as ever, and he hit the target with his first shot!
The No. 4 vehicle's turret roof had flames shooting out of it, and the long flames shot out more than one meter high. All its members ran out, each with fire in his body.

But the car happened to be in the water, so they were able to put out the fire with just one trip into the water.

However, the suppressed naval infantry did not let them go. Bullets from submachine guns swept over them, creating rows of ripples in the water.

Soon the enemy tank crew disappeared—probably sinking to the bottom with the equipment on his body. Only the spreading blood showed their fate.

The enemy tank began to turn its muzzle and shoot at No. 422. It's a pity that at this distance, the enemy can't penetrate the front of T34 - it's still an angled front.

At this time Vasily exclaimed: "Bridgehead!"

Wang Zhong quickly diverted his attention, and sure enough he saw the enemy's infantry approaching the bridgehead.

"Fire coverage! Blow them up and don't let them enter the bunker!"

As soon as Wang Zhong finished shouting, Pavlov said: "I have given the order."

As soon as he finished speaking, a whistling sound came.

This is the advantage of the defender. All parameters have been measured and covered. Heavy artillery shells can even land a hundred meters in front of the position.

The phone rang suddenly, and Pavlov picked it up: "Division headquarters. I understand. There is no need to call for this kind of thing."

Pavlov put down the receiver, saw Wang Zhong staring at him, and said: "Bridgehead, the bombing was good."

Wang Zhong: "The commander of the bridgehead is..."

"New people added this time."

This time, the 1st Guards Division was basically full of personnel. Because of Wang Zhong's huge reputation, many officers were eager to transfer to the 1st Guards Division.

Wang Zhong: "You're new. That's understandable."

Popov came to the observation window and looked outside: "Strange, the enemy covered all the firepower points on our side with smoke, and then the tanks rushed to the river. What are they planning to do? They can't cross the river either. "

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange-looking tank appeared.

It looks like the Panzer IV is wearing a tall hat.

Wang Zhong: "Dive tanks, those tanks are dive tanks! They plan to force their way through the ferry!"

Popov narrowed his eyes: "Is that the tank that the frontline reported emerging from the water at the very beginning of the war? Can that thing really come out of the water?"

Wang Zhong: "It is the dry season now. Although the Navy said it has dug the river channel deeper, who knows. Tell the infantry troops on the east coast to prepare for close combat. In addition, it is time to take out our 'secret weapon'."

Pavlov: "Are you sure you want to use that thing?"

Wang Zhong: "I'm sure, let them go. Also, give me the radio."

He took the microphone from Vasily: "No. 422, get out of the way, get out of the way. Our 'country girl' wants to see someone."

"Is that thing going to show up? Okay, let's get out of the way."

Wang Zhong saw Tank No. 422 retreating from the approach bridge and letting the rails out.

Pavlov put down the receiver: "Here he comes."

The next moment, three flatbed trucks drove onto the railway bridge, and a KV1 was parked on each flatbed truck.

These are the only three KV1s in Wang Zhong's hands!
Using a locomotive to carry the vehicle avoids the shortcomings of KV's poor motor power and frequent running mechanism failures.

The flatbed truck itself is very strong, has a simple structure and is difficult to break. The fragile locomotive was placed behind the flat car, and it was upside down. After the three flat cars were the coal-loading cars, and then the upside-down locomotive.

The axle of the flatbed truck is reversed.

In this way, the most vulnerable train boiler is protected at the very back, even blocked by the building, and cannot be hit at all.

KV fired.

Wang Zhong looked at the three KVs with full firepower, and thought that if the KV2 could not do this, the KV2's poor trimming would probably cause the tank and the flatbed truck to flip over into the river together with one shot from the side.

Vasily complained: "This local girl has completely blocked our view, and we can't see the situation at the ferry."

Wang Zhongqie took a look at the bird's eye view and thought proudly: How about it, Vasily, are you at a disadvantage if you don't have a plug-in?

At this time, the Prosen people's submersible tank didn't care so much and rushed towards the ferry.

The accompanying infantry released smoke for cover.

The first wave of tanks entered the water!

Wang Zhong couldn't see them in his own field of vision, and as a result, he lost his highlight. But relying on the field of vision of his troops, he could see the snorkel moving forward in the water.

Wang Zhong: "Order heavy artillery——"

The phone rang, interrupting Wang Zhong's order.

After answering the phone, Pavlov reported: "Brother Peter, who is also an old acquaintance of ours, heard a reconnaissance plane. It was at high altitude."

Wang Zhong sighed.

You can no longer use heavy artillery to blow up submerged tanks.

You can only count on the infantry to grind the meat.

Popov: "Let the mortars come?"

Wang Zhong: "No, the mortar does not have a delayed fuse and explodes when it hits the water. Leave it to the infantry. Let our young men teach the enemy a lesson and tell them that tanks without accompanying tanks are useless in front of the infantry."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the snorkel at the front disappear with a pop.

Ok?
Then came the second and third snorkels, and the fourth one sank halfway and stopped, then got stuck in place and couldn't move.

Then the enemy tank crew emerged from the water, exhaled heavily, turned around and swam toward the west bank.

More and more tankers emerged from the water.

Wang Zhong was stunned.

The others couldn't see what was going on in the river, and they were all in a hurry.

There was a sharp contrast between Wang Zhong's expressions and theirs.

Vasily noticed the contrast and looked back and forth between Wang Zhong and Popov.

Then Vasily fell into thought.

At this time, Wang Zhong finally figured out what happened to the enemy: the navy had dug the river deeply, but now the water volume was small and could not carry away the sediment, so there was gradually silt on both sides, but the middle was still very deep.

The Prossen half-drove fell into the ditch.

It would be so fun if that were the case.

At this time, the smoke on the east bank had dispersed a lot. When the infantry troops on the river bank saw the situation, they immediately started shooting.

The enemy tank troops that were originally pressed to the west bank to prepare for fire support were now stunned by three KVs and had no time to deal with the exposed machine gun fire points.

At this time, the smoke set up by the enemy mortar units at the beginning of the attack had completely dissipated, and the 57mm anti-tank gun, which had been blocked from view, began to fire.

Enemy tanks were releasing smoke—not offensive smoke this time, but smoke to cover their retreat.

Wang Zhong put down the telescope: "The enemy has been repulsed... Vasily, what are you looking at me for? Is there something on my face?"

Vasily: "No, I just think you are very handsome when you command the battle."

Neli was shocked and looked at Vasily.

Wang Zhongye took a step away from him: "What do you mean?"

Vasily: "State the facts."

Popov: "So how were the enemy's diving tanks destroyed in the end?"

Only then did Wang Zhong realize that Popov couldn't see.

"Well," he thought for a moment and said, "maybe it's because the navy dug the river deeper than they can dive into."

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Prosen Army, the first army headquarters of the Asgard Knights.

"The hydrographic data is wrong!" the commander of the submersible tank unit said to Giles. "It stands to reason that our submersion depth is completely sufficient, but when we drove in the middle, the water directly covered the breather pipe and caused the engine to stall. Many loyal soldiers So drowned!"

Giles: "Maybe the enemy dredged the river. The white-horse general made a lot of preparations. It's impossible that he didn't expect us to sneak across. He has considered everything and is a terrible opponent."

Adjutant Feliz shook his head: "Using flatbed trucks and heavy tanks as armored trains is a terrible idea. It has no aesthetics at all."

"But it works." Giles played with the toy tin soldier at the end with one hand. "All our enemy's actions are simple and effective. And it poses a huge problem for us - there is no way to block the river with smoke. , Smoke bombs will quickly become ineffective if they fall into the river, and as long as the armored train is on the bridge, we will not be able to cross the river."

Feliz frowned: "It's better to bypass this bridgehead. There's really no need to charge hard."

Giles: "Contact General Walter Mendel of the Ninth Army and ask him if he has opened up the situation downstream."

(End of this chapter)