artillery arc

Chapter 416: It's the Prosen's turn

Filippov led the way into the thick fog.

The remaining four people are also veterans. They had been working with Filippov when they attacked Yeisk last time under the fog.

Seeing that Filippov took the lead, the four of them looked at each other and then each chose a direction to disperse, and everyone disappeared in the thick fog.

Soon, a scream in Proson language was heard from the fog, followed by an explosion.

Some Proson people shouted "Agon" and rushed towards the direction of the explosion. The next moment, the crackling sound of bullets from the thread cutting machine hitting the ground was heard, accompanied by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

The Plossoms were shouting, "Little Fog Monster!"

"Shut up! This is clearly a sneak attack by the Ants. Find them! Quick!"

Then there was the sound of bullets hitting the ground.

A second explosion sounded.

Some Plossoms shouted in fearful voices: "They are everywhere!"

"Don't panic! Such a silent attack is usually carried out by a small number of elite troops..."

The voice of the man who might have been an officer suddenly died down.

There were originally a large number of non-combatants in this kind of headquarters, such as staff officers, clerks, etc. One of the non-combatants was the first to lose his temper and screamed, "This is magic! Damn it, this is magic! The enemy is a warrior who can use magic. They used evil witchcraft to combine humans and little fog monsters to create a monster! We are all going to die!"

The crisp sound of gunfire and the wailing suddenly stopped, followed by the voice of a middle-aged man: "(Plosson's language) It is forbidden to use such remarks to shake the morale of the army. If the little fog monster really exists, we must shoot it and hand it over to the Imperial Academy of Sciences!"

Just as he finished speaking, the third explosion was heard, followed by the fourth.

After the two explosions, silence fell.

The sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance made the silence seem even more eerie.

Suddenly, Ant's voice came from the fog: "Is anyone still alive? Misha, Grishka?"

"Grishka has been shot!"

"Drag him here!"

"He is doomed, and neither is Pandelevich. There are only three of us left!"

"In the bunker! Towards the sound of my voice!"

Soon, the remaining three members of the assault team met up in the Plosson command bunker.

Filippov took the captured map and said as he looked at it: "This is a regimental headquarters, not the divisional headquarters I thought. No wonder the guard force is so small. We have far exceeded the offensive stop line set by General Rokossov. We must go back immediately. The last time we attacked in the fog, the fog dissipated thirty or forty minutes in advance.

"So we have to leave immediately! Take whatever documents you want from the room. As for whether they are important or not, I'll leave it to the judges to decide."

"it is good!"

Just as everyone was getting the documents, the phone suddenly rang.

Filippov answered the phone: "Hello?"

The person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment: "Huh? What's hello? Why did you choose the Ant people's way of responding to calls?"

Filippov answered directly in the Ante language: "Because we are the Ante people, we are the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division under Rokossov! We want to warn the bastard Prosen that blood debt must be repaid with blood!"

After saying that, Filippov hung up the phone and waved to his two subordinates: "Let's go!"

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Admiral Poke put down the receiver, his expression serious.

Everyone else in the command center looked confused.

The Chief of Staff asked, “What’s wrong?”

"The man on the other side spoke to me in Ant language. I didn't understand, but his contempt for me was conveyed through his tone." Admiral Poke looked solemn. "It is certain that at least two regiments on the front line of the 113th Division have been defeated."

The adjutant said, "It's possible that the Ant troops who got lost in the fog accidentally destroyed the regiment headquarters."

Admiral Poke stared at his adjutant. "That's a regimental headquarters after all. Can a lost unit accidentally take it out? How is that possible? The regimental headquarters of an infantry division does not have a separate tank platoon, but it has a lot of half-tracks! Relying on half-tracks to defend, there is no way it can be taken down by stragglers!"

The adjutant refused to give in and said seriously, "It is possible that the half-tracks were destroyed by the firepower preparation. General, we must take action. I suggest that the armored units that have not yet fully replenished their fuel and ammunition launch a counterattack immediately!"

Admiral Poke pursed his lips, stared at his adjutant for a few seconds, and then said, "You make sense. Thank you, Fred. Contact the 14th Armored Division and the 16th Armored Grenadier Division and launch a counterattack with them as the core!"

Chief of Staff: "Set off in the fog? This could easily lead to car accidents and other unexpected events!"

Admiral Poke checked the time and said, "It's almost time. I saw the data of their last assault in the fog yesterday. The fog started to dissipate after more than an hour. Once the armored forces are ready, the weather should clear up. Once it clears up, we will launch a counterattack immediately!"

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Wang Zhong was also looking at his watch.

"Based on our experience last time, the fog should be over. Let the attacking units begin to retreat," Wang Zhong ordered.

Pavlov: "What if the enemy doesn't fall for it?" Wang Zhong: "It doesn't matter. Our strategy has changed. In the past, we used to attack to force the enemy to turn their attention to this side. Now, attack is just an auxiliary means. The real killer is those fake tanks. Whether it is attacking or gathering troops and supplies here, it is all to make the fake tanks look real.

"Of course, if the enemy counterattacks and then encounters our ambush and suffers heavy casualties, then the whole deception plan will look even more realistic."

Pavlov nodded. "Just do as you say. Communications officer, call the attacking troops and have them withdraw to the starting line as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

Then the communications officer shouted, "Attila Attila! If you hear me, please answer!"

Attila was the radio call sign of the battle group in this attack.

"Attila Attila, if you hear me, please answer!"

He continued to pace back and forth in the warehouse, looking up at the warehouse window every few steps to confirm whether the fog outside had dissipated.

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At this time, Vasily was smearing mud on the tank and sighing: "Oh! Why do I always do this kind of thing?"

"Why don't you like doing it?" a childish voice suddenly sounded.

Vasily turned his head and saw that it was the oldest of the group of war orphans that the general had taken in.

"How is that possible!" Vasily said hurriedly, "The tasks assigned by the general are all very important. This is related to... you won't understand even if I tell you!"

The leader of the children: "Why don't I understand? If I tell you, you'll make a mistake. You'll be punished to carry manure! The people in the army guard battalion talked about you to us. They all said that you are an expert in carrying manure. You practiced it by being punished all day long!"

Vasily's eyes widened: "How can you slander someone's innocence like this?"

"We saw it too. You were carrying the dung bucket and humming a song as you walked. I heard it was some aria!"

Vasily opened his mouth but nothing came out. He could only continue to smear mud on the tank.

The tank he was dealing with was a Type 34. To be honest, it was a bit difficult to transform the Type tank with vertical armor everywhere into the T.

First of all, the turret of the T34 is at the front of the vehicle body, while the turret of the Panzer III is not that far forward. Secondly, the turret of the Panzer III is a size larger than that of the T34, and this model also has a commander's cupola - the ordinary version of the T34 does not have this thing.

However, the T34W has a low production volume and is unlikely to appear on a large scale.

Vasily turned his head and looked at the people who were unrolling the huge cloth.

They would make camouflage nets out of cloth and cover the "new" tanks.

But the effect pursued by this camouflage net is completely opposite to that of previous camouflage nets.

The purpose of this camouflage net is to enable the Plosson Air Force to accurately find these tanks while covering up various flaws on the tanks that cannot be concealed.

Vasily looked at the crude camouflage net and could only hope that Prosen would use his usual rigid style and be fooled again.

Just like when they were faced with the fake mines in Loktov.

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At 23:14 am on the rd, the th Armored Division of the Plosson Army.

After so many days of rest, the number of tanks in the 14th Armoured Unit has recovered somewhat - although Ant's cavalry has been trying to obstruct the armored recovery troops from recovering the stranded tanks, the Prosen people still rely on a good battlefield maintenance system to restore the number of tanks in the 14th Armoured Unit to % of the level a few days ago.

Another part of the tanks are undergoing overhaul. Once these overhauled tanks are put back into combat, the combat readiness of 14 tanks will be restored to %.

Of course, this 14% refers to the % before the pincer attack position was retracted a few days ago. Compared with before the Blue Plan offensive began, the number of tanks has been reduced by half.

Even so, the Type 14 tank is still very powerful. The most important thing is that its tankers are all veterans who have been through many battles, and there are not many new recruits.

Now, Unit 14, which has been frustrated for many days, is preparing to launch a thrilling assault operation.

However, at this time, the commander of the 16th Armored Grenadier Division, Schultz, came to the side of the 14-carrier armored command vehicle in a barrel cart.

Commander Schultz jumped out of the car and looked at the sky which was gradually clearing up.

Just at this time, the commander of the 14th Armored Division also opened the door of the armored command vehicle. The two men met and immediately began the standard greetings.

After the scene was over, Schultz said to the commander of the 14th Division: "I personally feel that the situation is a bit strange. Rokossov's attack has a strange smell."

Major General Karl, the commander of the 14th Armoured Division, asked, "What's the basis?"

"Intuition. Previously, Rokossov's offensive actions were all done in one go, and they looked heroic. To use a human analogy, Rokossov used to devour everything by himself, but now he has started to chew it slowly."

Major General Carl frowned, "Gutter soldiers shouldn't make judgments based on 'gut feeling'."

"I know! I know! But I have a very bad feeling that this time we counterattack, we may soon achieve our goal. I suggest that you stop advancing immediately after completely recovering the positions lost by the 113th Division, to avoid any deception!"

Major General Karl sneered and replied, "You can stop advancing, but my troops have been fighting very hard before and are fed up with the enemy's cavalry. No, I will continue to advance and see the strength of the Ants."

Schultz yelled, "Then you might fall into a trap!"

Major General Karl shrugged. "The entire battle area is prairie. There is no terrain conducive to an ambush. I don't think there is any need to worry about it."

(End of this chapter)