artillery arc

Chapter 286: The Imperial Twins reveal their true feelings (Updated 27/33)

After leaving the summer palace, Wang Zhong, General Gorky and his entourage went straight to the airport and boarded the Li-2 transport plane waiting there.

This Li-2 transport plane looks a bit like another principal's landline in "Armageddon", maybe because the Li-2 was used in the movie.

It's like putting a wooden shell on the T34 turret to act like a Tiger in World War II movies.

Anyway, when Principal Wang Zhong got on the plane, he couldn't help but start to fantasize about the airdrop order - no, he fantasized about sitting in the plane in the sky using a plug-in to point out all the enemy division headquarters, and then ordering the artillery to "shoot one by one".

As soon as General Gorky sat down, he asked the flight attendant: "Is there any black drink like the one provided by the United States?"

Wang Zhong: "Black sparkling drink."

General Gorky: "Do you like it too? Is that a variant of champagne? It tastes very different from the sparkling wine we produce."

Caviar, sparkling wine, and doctor sausage are the troika used by the church to win over the hearts of the grassroots. The reason why there is sparkling wine is because before the civil war, sparkling wine represented by champagne was as much a symbol of aristocratic life as caviar, and civilians simply drank it. Not on.

Therefore, after the civil war, the church worked hard to increase the production of caviar and sparkling wine, plus cheap and affordable doctor sausages, to fully occupy the civilian dining tables, first feed the people, and then naturally gain the support of the people.

However, sparkling wine is not as widely recognized as caviar and doctor sausage. Ant people prefer vodka, and sparkling wine is considered too effeminate by the common people.

There is a saying that if you drink sparkling wine and you don’t have enough courage to fight a bear, what’s the use of drinking it?

Now faced with General Gorky's question, Wang Zhong shrugged: "The principles are somewhat similar, but they use different formulas."

General Gorky was a little surprised: "You don't know either? I thought the nobles would know."

Wang Zhong shrugged: "If you have known me, you will know that I am different from ordinary nobles."

"According to rumors, he is no different from an ordinary dandy." While General Gorky was speaking, Coke was served.

The general directly picked up the bottle and took a sip: "Well, it's far from champagne. But it tastes good, and after drinking it, your mind will become clearer."

Wang Zhong thought it was because the Coke formula of this era did contain caffeine.

After taking three sips of "black champagne", General Gorky changed the topic: "I read the booklet you compiled for the Suvorov Military Academy. It is quite good as an experience sharing, but as a teaching material for the military academy, it is a bit lacking in system. Well, you can’t teach students this.”

Wang Zhong: "I have compiled a systematic teaching material. When it is printed, I will give you a copy."

General Gorky smiled: "Very good, I will wait. Speaking of the enemy's offensive next year, we all agree that they will launch an offensive on the southern front in the summer. So how can we stop their offensive?"

Wang Zhong: "I think with our current technical and tactical level, it is impossible to confront the enemy head-on on the grassland."

General Gorky also nodded: "We can't defeat Prosen's elite tankers. This is a fact. Your model master shouldn't be able to defeat it either, right?"

Wang Zhong: "If we preset defensive positions in advance, we can achieve a 1:1 battle loss ratio, and even have a slight advantage."

Wang Zhong tried to take the initiative in Loktov. He obviously had an advantage in fighting with armored bombs, but he was almost killed by the enemy.

Just as General Gorky was about to answer, the flight attendant came over and said, "We are ready to take off."

"Okay." Wang Zhong and the general answered together.

General Gorky glanced at Wang Zhong and said, "Fortunately this is a short trip. Coming back from Fort St. Andrew will kill me."

Wang Zhong smiled.

General Gorky continued: "We can't beat the armored confrontation. Next summer we can only shrink back and use the wilderness between the two industrial belts."

The characteristic of Ant is that the vertical industrial belts distributed along the river are open areas with relatively poor infrastructure.

The general made a gesture to the adjutant, who immediately handed over the map.

Wang Zhong liked it very much and made a gesture to Vasily. Vasily looked around, and finally put his hand on Wang Zhong's palm.

Wang Zhong threw away Vasily's paw: "Are you a dog?"

"I've been thinking for a long time but don't understand what you want!"

General Gorky laughed loudly, but immediately put his smile back and pointed at the map and said: "Such a large area is covered with grassland. Although there are some railway hub towns, the infrastructure of this large area is generally not good.

"I think that in response to the enemy's offensive next summer, we can cede this large area to the enemy and then meet the enemy here."

General Gorky used a pencil to draw a line along the Valdaichu River.

Wang Zhong: "Yes, if we maintain a heavy troop concentration on this line, the enemy will be less likely to go south with confidence, because there is no danger to defend on the grassland, and this is true for both sides.

"They don't care about our heavy army, so we can cut off their back like this."

Wang Zhong dipped his hand in some water and drew a line on the map.

General Gorky: "The most intense and decisive battle will take place on a certain section of the Valdaichu River. Unfortunately, we are currently unable to determine where it will be."

Wang Zhong: "Another possibility is to defend the Coastal Fortress, so I speculate that fierce battles will break out in the area from the Coastal Fortress to Bolsk, northeast of the fortress."

He drew on it with a pencil.

Borsk, Duke Myshkin's troops are retreating this way. If Duke Myshkin obtains higher command authority, he might be able to block the enemy here.

General Gorky nodded: "This is the best situation. If we can block the enemy on the coastal fortress-Borsk line, our situation will be greatly improved.

"The safety of the transport line from Bahara-Baras and then through the inland sea will be ensured."

Wang Zhong made a joke: "This transportation line bears almost all of our tea supply. Once it is cut off by the Prosen people, the consequences will be disastrous."

General Gorky laughed.

Wang Zhong: "Of course, I know that the most important material for this transportation line is rubber. However, with the current retreat speed of the United States, the rubber producing areas on the island will soon be gone."

General Gorky: "Yes. No matter what, we have to hold on next summer." Wang Zhong: "I hope my troops can train for more than half a year."

General Gorky: "Then we can only hope that Duke Myshkin can resist for a while longer."

Wang Zhong: "Duke Mei Shijin?"

"Yes, he should be appointed as the commander of the Coastal Front. How could you know about this later than me, the son of a shoemaker?"

Wang Zhong spread his hands: "I don't pay attention to these."

The two continued to chat about the battle front, the enemy's inevitable offensive next summer, and the formation of new troops, etc., until the plane landed at an airstrip.

When the plane landed, Wang Zhong felt as if the wheels had hit a stone, and the entire plane shook as if it was about to fall apart.

After getting off the plane, Wang Zhong only saw a few jeeps waiting, but not a single senior officer.

General Gorky scolded: "I am the new commander of the front army after all. Why did I send so many people to greet me?"

Wang Zhong: "Maybe I was afraid of the gun I brought. When I came to greet him, the airport was immediately covered with blood."

Gorky turned back and asked: "Can you?"

Wang Zhong: "Not sure. Let's see when the time comes."

At this time, the major who greeted them came to the two men and saluted: "Salute to you two."

General Gorky returned the salute casually and got directly into the jeep.

Wang Zhong sat directly next to the general, and then found that the co-pilot had been occupied by General Gorky's adjutant, and there was no room for Vasily to sit.

Wang Zhong: "Vasily, you are so young, it would be over if you just stand on the pedal."

"You're right." Vasily stood directly on the pedal with his hand on the holster of his gun. He looked like a Chicago mafia leaving the scene after doing something big.

The convoy started and headed straight to the Western Front Headquarters.

As soon as he entered the town where the headquarters was located, Wang Zhong saw a group of staff burning documents from a distance.

When they saw the convoy approaching, the staff stopped and looked at the convoy.

Also stopped were the troops in the town, including the anti-aircraft artillery unit and the Divine Arrow unit responsible for air defense, as well as the headquarters guard regiment.

The soldiers looked at the convoy.

Before the car stopped, Vasily jumped off the pedal and shouted: "Don't burn, don't burn! We won't retreat!"

The staff officers looked at each other.

At this time, Wang Zhong opened the door and got out of the car, looking around with sharp eyes.

A soldier immediately recognized him: "It's Rokosov! The Imperial Iron Wall is coming!"

"Look, Rokosov is coming!"

"Is he here to command us?"

"Why is he a lieutenant general? A lieutenant general can't command the front army, can he?"

At this time, General Gorky opened the door and came down, looking at the speaker.

"It's General Gorky, the general who blocked the enemy on the St. Andrew's Front!"

"Ante's two best defensive generals are here!"

"One is the commander of the front army and the other is the chief of staff?"

Wang Zhong frowned and thought, please spare me. I don't want to do the job of chief of staff, let Pavlov do it!
General Gorky said loudly: "Stop burning the documents! The enemy only counterattacked locally and has no intention of a comprehensive attack! What are you talking about! You are so frightened!"

Wang Zhong grabbed a staff officer and asked, "Where is your commander? No, where is the former commander?"

The staff officer glanced at the pistol on Wang Zhong's waist, swallowed before timidly saying: "He... is inside."

Wang Zhong and General Gorky looked at each other, and the latter made a "come on" gesture.

Wang Zhong then strode into the headquarters house and walked all the way to the map room.

Tukhachev was sitting in a chair, like a deflated rubber ball, and the staff officer next to him was removing the map on the wall.

Wang Zhong: "Wait a minute, don't tear down the map! The new commander will still need it later!"

The staff officer stopped in surprise.

Tukhachev suddenly raised his head: "New commander?"

Wang Zhong: "It's General Gorky Konstantinovich. And I am His Majesty the Emperor's special envoy, specially here to understand the situation!"

Wang Zhong paused, then stepped forward and slapped Tukhachev: "You idiot, you are an opportunist and adventurist when you attack! When you encounter a slight setback, you immediately turn into capitulationism! You didn't even see the enemy clearly. Attack action, the front line is still fighting and you are thinking about running away!

"If you take a moment to think about it, you will know that the enemy's goal in counterattack is to level the front, not to eat your front troops!"

Tukhachev looked at Wang Zhong: "I...I...just don't want to lose so many troops! I just..."

Wang Zhong: "Then you're going to give up the results of your counterattack? You idiot!"

(End of this chapter)