artillery arc

Chapter 233 Dark Clouds
Lyudmila held Olga's hand: "Let's go."

Olga: "Yeah, okay."

Wang Zhong took a step forward, as if he was just a housekeeper leading the way, responsible for leading the two eldest ladies to visit the garden.

"This way, you two, please."

In this way, the team composed of the three of them plus Nellie, a large number of royal guards, and Sergeant Major Gregory drove out of the station in a mighty manner.

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At the same time, in St. Catherine's Fort, a gunboat was parked under the iron bridge, and naval infantry and engineers were using ropes to lift explosives from the gunboat.

It would take twenty tons of dynamite to blow up the bridge, and ten GAZ trucks to transport it. Even with the scarce three-ton GAZ, seven vehicles would be needed.

Only one gunboat can transport all the explosives under the bridge.

The engineers and soldiers were joining in the work. At this time, on the shore beside the bridge, several judges with blue hats suddenly rushed out and grabbed the lady who was enjoying the scenery on the observation deck beside the bridge.

"What are you doing!" the lady screamed! I just use it to look at the scenery!
The judge's question drifted to the bridge: "Are you looking at the scenery on this rainy day? No, we will search you!"

The woman screamed: "The judge is indecent!"

She shouted for a minute, until the Inquisitor took out the tiny camera from his underwear.

"Ah," the inquisitor leading the team carefully checked the camera, "Although the thing made by Proson is very small, it can clearly take pictures of all the explosives arranged on our bridge. Madam, you'd better explain to us why There must be something like this in your underwear!”

The woman cried: "I confess everything! It's a man named Poirot, who said that as long as he takes this picture, Proson will not kill us after he captures Ye Castle! Kind-hearted judge, I just want to seek help for my family." A way out!"

Inquisitor: "You seem very sincere, but according to our experience, the enemy will pretend to be sincere at first and use some unimportant things to cover up the really important things. But it doesn't matter, we will figure it out."

"You guys actually want to torture me, a woman?"

Inquisitor: "Of course not. We respect women very much, so women will be responsible for interrogating women."

As soon as he finished speaking, a car stopped on the shore, and four tall, round-waisted women wearing judge uniforms got out.

The leading female judge smiled and said: "We are much more merciful than men because we know how to use less violent but more effective methods to make you submit.

"Of course, we guarantee that these methods will be as effective as those of the male inquisitors."

As if to comply with the female inquisitor's statement, the male inquisitor leading the team punched and cracked the spherical decoration on the railing on the shore. The joints were also scratched and bleeding.

"Thank you for your presentation." The female judge smiled.

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Militia headquarters of Yebao City Defense Command.

The city defense headquarters is completely managed by the Ant Army, while the militia headquarters in the same yard is managed by the church.

Because the mobilization ability of the Ant Army is far weaker than that of the church, the church is now constantly sending young people of appropriate age to the training camps of the Ant Army.

Those men who were not suitable to join the army now were all conscripted into the militia - that is, the Skitarii, while women, regardless of age, were all organized into labor camps.

The militia commander was reporting to Belinsky: "We are currently organized on a block basis. Each block in Yebao has a church, plus related church stores, affordable rationing centers, etc.

"These churches have played a mobilizing role. We have organized 25 apologetic camps and are preparing to organize another 25 in the next two weeks.

"In addition, we have formed a priest commando team, composed of priests over fifty years old. They will be responsible for blowing up enemy tanks that cross anti-tank obstacles. We plan to set up some single-man bunkers on the front line, and the commandos will hide inside ”

Belinsky: "These commandos should be deployed on the city's last line of defense, that is, within the city's garden ring. This is our last trump card."

Militia Commander: "Yes."

Belinsky: "How is the situation at the city defense army?"

"The city defense army currently has twenty-five battalions, all deployed in the outer ring. From here, to here." The militia commander drew a circle on the map with the pointer in his hand, "Further outside is the defensive offensive of the field army."

Belinsky: "What is the difference between a field army and a city defense army?"

"The city defense army uses old equipment, while the field army, in addition to new troops, also has a large number of troops that have been withdrawn from the encirclement in the west. These troops have suffered heavy losses and cannot be adequately replenished before the enemy attacks. So we are currently taking a downsizing approach.”

"Downsizing?" Belinsky asked doubtfully.

"Yes, a division is reduced to a brigade, and a regiment is reduced to a battalion. In this way, the troops remain full, and the weapons and equipment are even more abundant than before. The only one that has not been reduced is the 1st Guards Infantry Division, which is nicknamed Red Flag That division lost only a quarter of its combat troops."

Belinsky: "Where are they deployed?"

"In Suhayaveli. Here, they are ten kilometers away from the outer ring. Once their position is lost, the enemy's heavy artillery can hit the city. "In addition, there are guards in Kalanskaya to the north of them. The army is responsible for defense. There is a castle here, and you can see the summer palace from the highest point of the castle.

"Once the enemy captures this place, heavy artillery can conduct observation fire on the Summer Palace."

The militia commander had a serious expression: "We believe that once the enemy shells the Summer Palace, the situation in the capital will be very dangerous."

Belinsky looked fierce: "Those capitulationists will take action, right?"

The bishop in charge of the Tribunal, Rafkid, pushed up his glasses: "We have eliminated five treasonous groups trying to make explosives. In addition, we have eliminated an underground church that worshiped the holy sect.

"We also found a printing house and seized a large number of propaganda materials, all of which called on the nobles to rise up and take back their own glory. They said that the Prosin nobles were... to help their fellow nobles."

Belinsky: "Catch these traitors without trial. After they are tortured until no more information is found, they will all be executed."

Rafkid smiled and said: "Understand, in fact, after we catch a traitor, we will uproot their entire family. The current effect is very significant.

"But there are still many traitors lurking in Ye Castle."

Belinsky: "Once we implement the curfew as planned, the critical situation will be greatly alleviated."

Rafkid: "Let's kill all the nobles."

"No, no, the enemy is less than 200 kilometers away from Yebao. At this time, we must unite everything as much as possible. Wait until the situation stabilizes before liquidating. So we only arrest those who are exposed and have solid evidence."

Ravkid: "But if Proson's cannon hits the Summer Palace, maybe even His Majesty the Tsar will surrender."

Belinsky: "How is His Majesty the Tsar doing now?"

Ravkid: "When Shostka was still holding on, His Majesty seemed very confident. But after Shostka fell, His Majesty began to look bad."

"His Majesty the Tsar is a cowardly person." Belinsky started. "It is precisely because of this that we chose him as a puppet in the first place. We just didn't expect that his men would do so well. Especially those who were centrists. "

Belinsky stopped.

Ravkid: "What if His Majesty wants to escape from the Leaf Keep?"

Belinsky: "Then let him run. As long as I don't leave, as long as I don't leave, the secular people will not panic. However, His Majesty the Tsar's escape will still cause a series of side effects."

Belinsky stood up and walked towards the huge city defense map on the wall: "November 10th is the anniversary of the founding of our country. It stands to reason that a military parade should be held. If the royal family runs away, the military parade will become a farce without a royal review.

"In this case, it will have a negative impact. No, no matter whether His Majesty the Tsar runs away or not, we must ensure that a member of the royal family stays. What is the situation of Crown Princess Olga?"

Ravkid pushed up his round spectacles: "She went to the front line to inspect. The first stop was Rokossov's division. I think Her Majesty the Princess will stay anyway."

"That's good." Belinsky looked at the city defense map, "Is it possible for the enemy to capture Kalanskaya on October 10th?"

The militia commander took over: "Unlikely. The enemy is currently advancing at a speed of about ten kilometers per day, dragged down by the mud. By November 11, the mud period has just ended, and it is impossible for them to advance far enough to bombard Fort Saint-Ye. place. It’s a simple math problem.”

Belinsky nodded: "The problem is the air. We must ensure that there are no enemy planes in the air on the day of the military parade."

Militia Commander: "Because the Air Force is closely related to science, we can still talk to each other. We also invited the Air Force Commander, but he seemed to have concerns and did not come."

Belinsky: "Why?"

The militia commander looked at Rafkid, who shrugged: "Because we captured his daughter, and his daughter was actually filming our army's plan to blow up the bridge, using a Prosen army's camera."

"Then this commander is not trustworthy. Arrest him. Don't rush to kill him yet. Just put him under house arrest at the headquarters so that the pilots can see that their commander has not been killed. Invite the deputy commander here."

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Two hours later, the deputy commander of the Air Force arrived at the militia headquarters.

"Salute to you, His Majesty the Patriarch," the deputy commander said loudly.

Belinsky: "On the morning of November 11, can you guarantee that not a single Prosin plane will enter the capital?"

The deputy commander frowned: "Then I need to add another two hundred fighters. Currently, a large part of the capital's fighters are under maintenance due to the continuous air battles."

Belinsky: "Only fighters? Are there enough pilots?"

The deputy commander smiled: "We are fighting in our own airspace. As long as we can parachute, we can basically come back."

Belinsky nodded: "I will find a way to get the plane."

(End of this chapter)