artillery arc

Chapter 219 Rokossov uses his troops like a god (update 633)

At 9 hours on September 24, Wang Zhong was opening the captured Prosen cans in the division headquarters bunker.

After opening the lid of the can, he stared at the contents in the can for a long time and said, "Is this a pig's foot?"

Vasily picked up the can and read the text on it: "This is salted pork knuckle, which seems to be a famous dish of Prosen."

Wang Zhong: "It's a pity, there is no noodles, otherwise we could make a bowl of pig's feet noodles. How do you eat this?"

Vasily: "Cut it up and eat it? I'm not sure. Although I am fluent in Prosen, I was forced to learn it by that old man. I actually haven't had much contact with Prosen."

Wang Zhong decided to cut a piece and try it.

He poured the pig's knuckles from the can onto the plate and picked up the knife and fork.

The skin of the pig's feet was very hard. It took Wang Zhong a long time to cut it with the help of a fork. He put it in his mouth and chewed it, and immediately frowned.

This pig's feet is too salty! Why is it so salty!

It's a shameless thing!
He reached out and grabbed Nellie's arm: "Water!"

Nellie immediately brought a water glass from the side.

Wang Zhong took a long sip before letting out a long breath.

"What kind of dishes use such salty pork knuckles?" Wang Zhong asked Vasily in confusion.

Vasily: "I don't know. I said I have no experience living in Plosen. Then Laoden may know that he studied music there."

Wang Zhong turned to look at Neli again: "Do you know?"

Nellie: "I only know how to cook Ant dishes. But I heard from the cook that Prosen's dishes are notoriously unpalatable, and even the United Kingdom laughs at them."

Being laughed at by the United Kingdom is really unpleasant to a certain extent.

But before Wang Zhong traveled through time, he went to Sidezi—probably Wudezi—to eat roasted pig's feet and dark beer with his buddies in the dormitory. It was quite delicious.

There are also German sausages, which are also good.

What's going on with this salty pig's hand?

Wang Zhong picked up the can and looked at the words on it with a philosophical expression on his face.

Pavlov mixed the cut pig trotters with pickles and put them in his mouth: "It's not bad. We just opened so many cans of pickles to make fake land mines."

Vasily was speechless: "I always think it won't work this time. After all, they stepped on the lid to attack last time."

Wang Zhong finally put down the can and looked at the pork knuckle with a corner cut off on the plate.

Nellie: "Shall I make some sausage and cucumber soup? Maybe just eat it."

Wang Zhong: "Okay!"

Vasily: "Wait a minute, this looks like a soup can. Let me open it."

He picked up the can opener, inserted it into the edge of the can, then kept turning the knob of the can opener, using mechanical power to make the can opener rotate around the can, just enough to cut off the lid of the can.

Then this can opener has a special structure that clamps the lid. As long as the can opener is pulled out, the lid will be taken off.

Vasily put the opened can on the table.

Inside was a paste of green and yellow paint mixed together.

Wang Zhong looked at the contents and expressed his feelings: "Indian paste? We are opening the can of Prosen, not the can of the United Kingdom, right?"

Vasily stirred the can with a spoon, and the contents underneath turned up.

Green peas, red carrots, maybe onions and meat, and lots of yellow goo.

Wang Zhong: "What is that yellow thing?"

Vasily picked up the can and looked at the ingredient list: "It should be potatoes. The ingredients are peas, potatoes, onions, bacon, carrots and cabbage."

After reading it, he looked inside the can: "I guess the green color is the stewed cabbage, and the yellow color is the potatoes."

Wang Zhong stared at the mush in the can. Because of the green color, it didn't look like poop. On the other hand, if there wasn't this healthy green color, it would look like a person with indigestion...

Vasily took a bite and said, "Hey, it's quite delicious."

Wang Zhong looked at Vasily: "Are you... picking out resistance?"

Vasily: "It's really delicious! Although I hate the Prosen education my dad, Naden, gave me, this one is really not bad."

Wang Zhong doubtfully picked up the spoon, took a spoonful and put it into his mouth.

It does taste okay.

But as for the taste, it tastes exactly like potato stew.

Wang Zhong: "I would rather eat beef stew with potatoes."

At this time, there was a sudden explosion from the other side.

Wang Zhong stood up, came to the observation window, looked at the position on the other side that was being bombed, and muttered: "Don't they send people over to investigate before they bomb? We have all withdrawn."

Vasily: "If you don't explode, you will encounter the booby traps we planted. We probably plan to use artillery to knock off the booby traps, and then the infantry will enter."

"That makes sense."

At this time Popov entered the bunker: "The captured Enigma machine seems to be working, but after the inquisitor tried to translate the message, he was still wrong. It should be that the enemy's communications soldiers messed up the machine before being captured. settings.”

Wang Zhong: "Have we received garbled telegrams from the enemy?" "We have always received them, but they cannot be decoded at all." Popov spread his hands, "Now the inquisitor is trying to make the correspondent recall that he was Machine settings before messing with it.”

Wang Zhong: "I hope I can recall it. If I could know what orders were given in the enemy's telegram this morning, it would be somewhat beneficial to the war.

"The question is, when did the other person remember it?"

Vasily: "You think this is going to be a tough guy?"

Wang Zhong: "No, I think he may have really forgotten the settings this morning. After all, once the Enigma machine is set up, it can be used until the settings are changed on the other side. There is no need for the decoder to remember the initial position."

Popov cursed: "The enemy has really made something difficult."

Wang Zhong: "Don't worry, as long as we gather enough mathematicians, we can always decipher it."

He changed the subject and asked: "How many prisoners have we captured in total?"

"One thousand and one hundred people," Popov replied, "but the streets are already saying that we have captured eleven thousand prisoners. They also say that another general has been killed."

Wang Zhong was speechless: "I'm used to it. I think it won't be long before more outrageous content will appear. So those 1,010 prisoners are now waiting for evacuation in the yard? Are there enough security manpower?"

"Of course." Popov patted his chest, "I asked the inquisitor to set up a machine gun on the high platform of the stockyard to ensure that no one dared to touch it. But speaking of it...these Plosen prisoners of war were very well-behaved, and they were very polite when they were being escorted. Able to walk in formation.”

Wang Zhong: "It shows that their confidence has not been broken. They firmly believe that after the empire wins, they can come out and they will return triumphantly in the future. Don't worry, their confidence will not last long."

After Wang Zhong finished speaking, the sound of gunfire outside changed, and apparently extended shooting began.

Vasily looked out with the artillery mirror and said: "We should be about to attack. Let's see if the can lids and the mines we modified can work this time."

At this time, the extended artillery fire fell on the bridgehead, and then gradually moved toward the east bank, exploding sprays in the water.

Wang Zhong was also in front of the observation window, watching the barrage move towards him, and then move to the back.

The "position" the enemy wanted to attack was two kilometers away and completely outside Wang Zhong's highlighted range, so he could only push Vasily away and use the artillery mirror to look at the other side.

Relying on the artillery mirror, Wang Zhong saw the enemy's mixed formation of tanks and infantry approaching the position cautiously.

Then they actually used machine guns and high-explosive bombs to shoot at the empty position!

Wang Zhong just watched the enemy's performance with peace of mind.

Vasily read beside him: "You took my place, I can't see it anymore!"

Wang Zhong: "Go aside, I'm really enjoying watching it!"

At this time, Wang Zhong saw someone stepping on a fake landmine, and then stopped with a solemn expression.

It's a pity that even with the artillery scope, you can't get too close, so you can only get a rough look.

He saw the Proscenians disperse, and then someone who might be a noncommissioned officer came over, squatted down next to the mine-striker, and took out a multi-purpose dagger.

At the same time, the enemy's infantry lines came to a standstill, and word was conveyed to other units that it might be discovered that no mines had been detonated.

Then, the sergeant dug out the mine with a multi-purpose dagger, checked the fuse, and then dug it up carefully——

Then the people who stepped on the mines and the non-commissioned officers who were clearing the mines all flew up.

Wang Zhong patted Vasily on the shoulder: "Your booby trap hit someone."

Vasily: "Really or not? You're not comforting me, are you?"

Wang Zhong gave up the artillery mirror: "Really, you can see for yourself."

Vasily's excited eyes were fixed on the artillery mirror: "Oh, it seems like chaos. Wait a minute, the enemy is preparing to clear mines? This is so funny. Last time they didn't notice my fake mines at all, and they just walked over here. !”

Wang Zhong: "Bring me the new radio that was seized! I want to speak in plain language! Tell them to be careful of landmines!"

Pavlov: "Isn't this... too childish?"

Wang Zhong: "If it doesn't work, I won't do it anymore. If it works, then of course I will do it more!"

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"Shouting?" Giles frowned, "What did you say?"

Communications Staff Officer: "He said he had laid many booby traps with fantastic ideas. I hope we like them."

Giles frowned, and his adjutant Feliz was already scolding: "What the hell is this! It's just like a child stepping on each other's toes during a fight, making dirty moves. It's so childish!"

Giles turned and asked the chief of staff: "Have the troops reported any booby traps?"

"Yes." The chief of staff looked serious. "More than a dozen people have been killed by booby traps. They used a new type of booby trap that will not be detonated by overpressure. It will explode when we clear the mines."

Giles: "How is that possible! Our Academy of Military Science has tried to develop landmines that will not be detonated by overpressure, but they have all failed! How did they do it? The Ant Empire should not have such technology!"

At this moment, no one in the entire First Army Headquarters thought about the kind of landmine that would not be detonated by overpressure. There was no pressure fuse at all. Let alone overpressure, it would not explode even if it was hit with a hammer.

Chief of Staff: "Anyway, that's what the front line reported. They also reported that the mines were mixed in a large number of metal discs, making demining very difficult."

Giles: "Let the engineers go out and they will solve it."

The staff officers in the room looked at each other.

Finally, all eyes fell on Feliz.

Feliz: "Lieutenant General, most of the engineers...were captured by the enemy."

　good night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)