artillery arc

Chapter 412 Game
After Su Fang entered the warehouse, she smiled at Wang Zhong and said, "I was wondering when you would come to see me."

Wang Zhong: "Don't make it sound like I want to meet you in private. How are the folklore researchers doing now?"

"The maids have finished their rest and are waiting for your call." Su Fang stared at Wang Zhong, "Is the fog not working? Why haven't you used it for the second time in such a long time?"

Wang Zhong: "We needed a clearer field of vision before, after all, we have an advantage in long-range firepower. In fact, the enemy has been using smoke bombs to limit the performance of our vortex tank destroyers. Summoning the fog is just to make things easier for them."

In fact, Wang Zhong still had some doubts in his heart whether the fog was formed naturally, but there was only a little fog in the morning these few days, and it quickly dissipated when the sun came out, making the fog that was summoned before and lasted for more than an hour seem unscientific.

If it can happen again, I can take a good look at whether this fog is scientific or not.

Wang Zhong: "In short, now we are preparing to launch a surprise attack mainly with infantry, and we need thick fog to block the enemy's long-range firepower, such as machine guns, the main gun of the Type 3 assault gun, and various mortars and infantry guns--"

Su Fang: "I see. I will ask a few researchers to start preparing for the ceremony."

Wang Zhong: "Is it okay if there is fog tomorrow morning?"

Su Fang smiled, gave a thumbs up, turned and walked towards the warehouse door.

Wang Zhong keenly noticed that Su Fang looked behind her before she turned around.

When he turned around, he saw Nellie, who was looking in the direction Sufang was looking at, with a stern face, staring at Sufang's back with the same expression as when she found lice while washing clothes.

Wang Zhong coughed to attract Nellie's attention, then said seriously: "Although our communication ability is good now, Su Fang's ability can be used as a backup. Maybe it will be used someday, so..."

Nellie: "I won't do anything to her. At most I'll just sprinkle salt on her."

"That's good." Wang Zhong said, turning to Pavlov and saying, "Order the infantry to get ready. The reconnaissance troops should immediately compile reconnaissance information. The staff should formulate a specific battle plan. Gather the commanders of the battalions and companies of each unit tonight. We will hold a small meeting."

Pavlov nodded, turned around and began to give orders to his staff one by one. He was like a compiler. After Wang Zhong's intentions passed through his brain, they would be broken down into countless specific executable commands.

Wang Zhong couldn't help but think of a book he had read before traveling through time that studied the Napoleonic Wars. It said that Napoleon's ability to efficiently command his troops was related to his chief of staff, Berthier.

One of the main reasons why Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo was that Berthier did not respond to his call.

Wang Zhong thought about his fighting experience up to now. Without Pavlov, he would never have been so successful.

Rokossov also had his Berthier.

Just as Wang Zhong was thinking this, he heard Popov say, "Tell the kitchen to prepare more tea and coffee. The staff will probably be working very hard today."

Wang Zhong suddenly felt that he should give some orders that would be helpful for tomorrow's battle, so he turned to Vasily and said, "Vasily, you...you..."

After talking for a long time, Wang Zhong waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't worry about it."

After saying this, he walked towards the radio unit, intending to use the same trick again to take advantage of the brief moment of establishing radio communication to gain a view of the front line.

This is something only Wang Zhong can do. Perhaps he can use it to discover clues of the enemy's actions.

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"We must prepare for the attack on the 24th." General Bock, commander of the th Army of the Plosson Army, looked at the commanders of several armored divisions and armored grenadier divisions gathered at the army headquarters, "If we don't attack, not only will I, the army commander, be dismissed by His Majesty the Emperor, but you will also not be well!"

The commander of the 14th unit frowned. "The first phase of Operation Blue has only been delayed for a few days, right? After all, our initial attack went so smoothly, but we were delayed by Rokossov for ten days."

Plan Blue learned from the lessons of the previous year and slowed down the advance to avoid disconnection between the armored divisions and the infantry, while leaving redundant time for the armored forces to replenish and repair tanks.

So although Rokossov delayed the operation for ten days, the entire operational plan was not delayed too much.

Admiral Pok shook his head. "Do you think tomorrow's attack will defeat Rokossov? He has so many troops now."

The commander shut his mouth.

Admiral Pok continued: "We will launch a swift offensive, defeat Rokosov, and try to capture Yeisk before the end of the month. In this way, the enemy's heavy troops in the Borsk area will be completely exposed. Then we will use sophisticated encirclement to completely eat up hundreds of thousands of Antes like last year."

Schultz, the commander of the 16th Armored Grenadier Division, said: "For terrain like grassland, we don't need to strictly follow the road to encircle the enemy. We can launch a smaller flank attack on the enemy's flank in the Borsk direction and use a smaller encirclement--"

"The emperor wants a grand encirclement like the Agsukov encirclement last year that can be called an art." Bock interrupted the commander of the 16th Armored Thruster Division, "So we have to fight to the Sukhayaveli River, and then start to outflank and use perfect turns to eat up the enemy's heavy troops."

Several teachers looked at each other.

Schultz, the commander of the 16th division, said, "The High Command's daily military intelligence report said that the enemy in Borsk showed signs of retreat. If we still follow the Blue Plan to encircle them, we won't be able to make it in time, right? The High Command shouldn't be stupid enough to stick to the original plan at this time. There should be a new plan, and it may even be possible to send out the Imperial Marines to launch a landing operation on the coast."

Schultz walked over to the map, picked up a pencil and drew a line of advance on the coastal part of the map, blocking the connection between Borsk and the Raoul Mountains Pass. Admiral Bock stepped forward, picked up an eraser and erased the line on the map: "That is something the High Command has to consider, not something we should worry about. We just need to continue the attack according to the plan."

Schultz could only nod: "Understood, we will launch an attack in coordination with the armored division."

Admiral Pok nodded, glanced at the others, and emphasized: "We must launch an attack on the 24th. Fortunately, Rokossov did not continue to attack and advance. It must be because the steppe also affected his supply."

No, in fact Rokossov was just lying in ambush, waiting for your armored division to "send its head".

Who could have imagined that the bombing by the cavalry and the air force had disrupted the supply plan of the Tenth Army to such an extent - of course, this was also related to the fact that the Tenth Army had been charging forward before encountering Rokossov, consuming a huge amount of ammunition and fuel.

"Everyone's supply is not going smoothly, so let's see who can complete the supply first. Maybe on the way of our attack this time, we will just happen to run into Rokossov's tank troops and have a tank decisive battle with him!" Admiral Poke said confidently.

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At the same time, Ant Army, Borsk Front Headquarters.

Prince Myshkin covered his mouth lightly with a handkerchief, but he was still choked by the smoke from the burning of maps and documents by his staff and he coughed repeatedly.

His adjutant said worriedly, "Your Excellency the Duke, you should go first. We can just burn the documents."

Myshkin: "Once I start moving, the retreat will inevitably degenerate into chaos, with each unit having to make its own decisions and solve the problems before them - until the headquarters arrives at the new position, deploys again, and establishes radio contact with them.

"But at that time, some troops might be on the march and couldn't deploy the radio, do you understand?"

The adjutant nodded.

But the Duke still gave the answer: "So I want to stay here as long as possible to deal with the problems encountered by the retreating troops."

As soon as Myshkin finished speaking, a messenger ran into the headquarters, which was covered with scraps of paper, and ran straight to the prince, reporting loudly: "Enemy troops have been spotted near Diporosko."

Prince Myshkin was shocked. "The enemy noticed that we were about to escape and planned to launch a small outflanking attack. Order the 5th Guards Tank Brigade to attack. We don't need to defeat the enemy, just hold them back."

Just as the messenger was about to turn around, Prince Myshkin stopped him and said, "Tell Commander Stolov of the 5th Tank Brigade that he must stop the enemy even if it means sacrificing the entire brigade."

The messenger nodded.

Prince Myshkin let go his hand and waved it gently.

So the messenger ran away without looking back.

The Duke called the next messenger and continued to give orders: "Order the 331st Infantry Division to set up a blocking position south of Diporosko. I know it is difficult to stop the armored forces on the grassland, but they must stop the enemy, they must stop it!"

After the messenger rushed out in response, Duke Myshkin began to cough violently.

The adjutant rushed over and patted him on the back.

The Duke waved his hand: "No, no, don't worry about me. The Prosen people must have discovered that we were going to escape. The enemy in front of us, Episode 11, just wiped out our troops in the encirclement of the Coastal Fortress and needs to rest. Episode 12 has been fighting with us for so many days, and it should not have the strength to outflank us again.

"The enemy can only stop us from escaping by sending in new forces."

The adjutant said quickly: "It's retreat."

"It makes no difference. My troops will not care about such trivial word games. If the enemy wants to catch us, they must use their reserves. At this time, we can only hope that General Gorky will make a big move in the Sukhayaveli direction and attract the reserves."

The adjutant said: "There's 'that' Rokossov over there, they will definitely be able to do it."

The Duke stared at the map and thought for a few seconds. "That Rokosov is good at defense. Last year's offensive was launched only after the enemy's supplies were exhausted. This doesn't mean that he has excellent offensive capabilities. If we want to break the siege, it will probably depend on how well General Gorky attacks."

After saying this, the Duke started coughing violently again.

The adjutant hurriedly continued to pat his back.

When the coughing stopped, the Duke felt something and looked into the handkerchief, and sure enough, there was a large area of ​​crimson.

He said to his adjutant: "Send a telegram to the headquarters and ask them to send a capable commander to take over my command."

The adjutant was shocked: "Eh? At this time? Changing generals during retreat is more deadly than changing generals before attacking!"

"Follow my orders," said Prince Myshkin sternly.

(End of this chapter)