artillery arc

Chapter 475: Drive straight in
Afterwards, just as Wang Zhong predicted, under the influence of Mayer Abdullah, a large number of Barras soldiers surrendered to the Ant Army.

Every time a group of Ant soldiers surrendered, Wang Zhong would tease Emilia.

Later, Emilia got annoyed and shouted to Wang Zhong in self-destruction: "Alright, alright, I know I was wrong! You are the famous general, and I am just a pilot! How can I, a pilot, understand these things! You are right! You are right, right!"

Wang Zhong couldn't stop laughing when he saw her like this.

By September 9, the expeditionary force led by Wang Zhong had advanced more than 2 kilometers into the territory of Balas. Because they advanced too fast, the logistics began to fall behind.

So at noon on September 9, Wang Zhong ordered the entire army to stop and rest for a day, and set out again in the early morning of September 3.

That night the expeditionary force headquarters was set up in a small town called Zaimu.

This is a typical Baras city. Most of the buildings are earthen houses. Only the houses of local royal families and tribal elders are brick and stone structures, so they were requisitioned to be used as headquarters.

Wang Zhong was assigned a spacious and bright room as his dormitory. As soon as he entered the room, he saw a large bed with a canopy.

So he turned to Gregory and asked, "What's wrong with this bed?"

"This room is the lady's boudoir," Gregory said. "We have taken out the dressing table and other things, but I think this bed is good. It should be very comfortable to sleep on. You have been working so hard for so long, you should have a good sleep."

Wang Zhong stared at the bed for a few seconds and said, "Give this room to Pavlov. He needs a good rest. I'll sleep in his room. His room isn't a boudoir, right?"

Gregory looked embarrassed: "General, this bed is made of velvet. I have never slept on such a high-quality bed in Ant!"

"Then you sleep! Bring me my camp bed! I'll sleep next to you!"

"Isn't this bad? You sleep on the camp bed and I have to sleep on the floor."

Wang Zhong stared at Gregory: "How come you have the same bad habits as Vasily?"

"I was the one who taught Vasily how to shovel excrement," Gregory said proudly.

Wang Zhong stared at him for a few seconds and shook his head: "Anyway, I gave the order to call Pavlov over. This is my concern for his health."

A minute later, Pavlov looked at the velvet canopy bed and said, "It's really nice. Are you sure you don't want to sleep on it? Well, you are a duke, so you must have slept on it before."

After saying this, Pavlov took off his hat without any psychological burden, sat down on the big bed, and praised sincerely: "That's great, I can have a good sleep tonight."

Wang Zhong suddenly didn't want to give up his bed to him, but this was already very childish, and not giving up the bed would be even more childish, so he nodded: "Have a good rest. I'll sleep on the camp bed in your room."

Pavlov smiled and said, "This is another story that can be written in my memoirs. When I write my memoirs in the future, I will record your childish behavior. You don't want to sleep when you see the canopy."

Wang Zhong: "I'm not even thirty years old yet. Compared to you, I'm just a child."

"I dare not say that the most famous general in Ant is a child." Pavlov shrugged. "By the way, I came to tell you that the Balas First Brigade will be coming up this afternoon after being reorganized."

Wang Zhong: "It's only been a few days, and they've already reorganized it? Is Popov, that lazy fellow, really that strong?"

Pavlov shook his head. "It's not that he is so powerful, but that Mayer Abdullah. The Baras troops surrendered here as a whole unit, and the officers are from the Free Officers Corps. They have studied hard for a long time to save their motherland, and the troops are well-trained. I mean, they are well-trained among Baras troops."

Pavlov paused and added: "They are also better trained than our newly formed temporary infantry divisions of only 5,000 people."

Wang Zhong: "And you gathered these ready-made troops into a brigade?"

"Yes, and there is also a ready-made brigade commander, who was won over by that Meier. To be honest, your winning over Meier was a stroke of genius, and we were able to advance so quickly thanks to you.

"We were able to move freely along the way. Some troops stationed at the Baras pass even abandoned their positions and ran 20 kilometers to surrender."

Pavlov sat on a very sissy velvet bed and spoke to Wang Zhong with admiration.

Wang Zhong: "Some people are against me doing this."

"Those people from the United Kingdom? They are not used to your unconventional ways yet. Once they get used to them, they will stop being like this. By the way, is there really nothing going on between you and Emilia?"

Wang Zhong: “No.”

Pavlov: "I won't tell Ms. Vasilyevna."

Vasilyevna is Lyudmila's father's name, and Wang Zhong was very surprised that he suddenly became associated with Lyudmila, which meant that he was beginning to become a real Russian.

Wang Zhong: "No. Ms. Emilia was just worried that I would be ambushed, so she followed me all day and used her keen intuition about danger to protect me."

"Well," Pavlov shrugged. "Anyway, the First Brigade of Baras will arrive this afternoon. You should give them a mobilization speech. They admire you very much."

Wang Zhong: "No problem. But... do they understand Ant language?"

"Most officers know Ante and Plossen in order to learn advanced military techniques. As for the soldiers... they can listen to the translator."

Pavlov stopped, looked at the time, and said, "Three hours later, remember!"

----

At the same time, on the top of an unnamed mountain near Zaimu.

Colonel Hoffman, the special commissioner of the Plosson Palace, looked at the Balas people in front of him seriously: "We have received accurate information that Rokossov is in Zaimu City. Can you really hit him?"

"Of course," the Barras man threw out a small piece of meat, and a goshawk swooped down from the sky and began to feast on it, while the Barras man looked at Colonel Hoffman's face, "I am like a hawk, I can see him three kilometers away, and my bullet will hit his head like a winner."

Colonel Hoffman looked at the eagle on the ground and said, "Really? You are not just a street performer who trains animals and is trying to cheat the Proson Empire of its money? The Empire will never forgive people like you. The last person who tried to cheat the Imperial Academy of Sciences was put in a gas chamber, and we made a blanket out of his hair."

The Balas falconer grinned and said, "Don't worry, if that Rokosov dares to appear in the open, he will be dead."

As he spoke, the falconer loaded his rifle.

Colonel Hoffman stepped back with an expression that said, "I'll see what you can do." The falconer threw out all the meat in the bag, then lay down beside the eagle, which was feasting on the food, and readied his gun.

Colonel Hoffman: "Do you really not need a scope? I brought the latest developments in Zeiss optics. This place is at least 2,500 meters away from the city. I can use my naked eyes..."

"Today, Proson people who believe in science will show you something that even science cannot necessarily accomplish. I told you that my bullets will find their targets like an eagle. All I need to do is find Admiral Rokossov and aim the gun in his direction."

The falconer showed Colonel Hoffman his mechanical sight: "Look, I didn't even adjust the scale, because the maximum range of my gun is 800 meters."

Colonel Hoffman pursed his lips and said, "If it is true, you will be able to go to the heart of the empire, and the Imperial Academy of Sciences will set up a special research group to study your magic until it is included in the scope of science and technology."

The falconer just smiled and didn't reply.

At this time, Agent Proson, who was watching Zaim with a gun telescope, shouted, "Rokosov is coming out! He's coming out, and he seems to be giving a speech to the troops! Right in front of the three-story mansion in the middle. The troops he wants to speak to seem to be the Baras people, the Baras vassal troops they have summoned!"

Colonel Hoffman: "Don't be surprised, he has recruited a leader of the Barras Free Officers League and brought under his command those who wish to overthrow King Barras or drive out the United Kingdom.

"He sowed the seeds of the Barras Civil War, the devil."

Colonel Hoffman looked at the falconer and said, "The target has appeared. Can we hit it?"

As he spoke, the colonel drew his Ruger pistol and readied it for firing.

Whether the falconer can survive depends on his next shot.

The eagle that was eating the meat suddenly flew up, grabbed the colonel's hand, and pecked the Luger pistol off in one bite.

The colonel screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

The falconer said, "Keep your voice down. Although we are three kilometers away from Rokosov, there may be a sound array master over there who can hear your cry."

The colonel shut up immediately.

The falconer simply closed his eyes and adjusted the aiming position of the gun.

He had apparently established a spiritual connection with a particular bird of prey in the sky.

His finger had been outside the trigger guard, but at this moment he slowly moved his finger inside the guard and placed it on the trigger.

----

Wang Zhong walked out of the headquarters and looked at the soldiers of the Barras First Brigade lined up in the headquarters compound.

Then he saw an acquaintance: United States reporter Mike, and his war photographer partner.

Mike smiled and said, "We heard that you recruited a lot of Baras troops, so we came here specially, and we happened to see this group of Baras people lined up here."

Wang Zhong: "You journalists from the United States have only one good thing: you run faster than anyone else! I think my troops are not advancing half as fast as you!"

Mike: "No, you have surpassed the speed of the invasion by the Prosoms last year."

Wang Zhong was shocked: "Did I surpass it?"

"Yes, you have surpassed it, but it has something to do with the large-scale surrender of Barras's troops - is that what it is called? Or should it be called an uprising?"

Wang Zhong grinned from ear to ear. He didn't expect to surpass the Prosen people in a rookie. Although frying fish can't be considered a real skill, right? But -

At this moment, Emilia, who was standing on the No. 422 tank, suddenly turned the muzzle of the gun and fired continuously at a far distance.

Almost at the same time, Wang Zhong felt as if he saw an eagle rushing towards his face.

He immediately tilted his head and the bullet hit the upper edge of his right ear.

Blood splattered, leaving two bloody marks on Wang Zhong's face.

Gregory rushed forward and pushed Wang Zhong to the ground with all his strength, blocking his body in the direction of the bullet.

Yakov also rushed forward, in fact everyone rushed forward and tried to surround Wang Zhong.

The sound of Emilia's firing continued.

The soldiers of the 1st Baras Brigade who were lined up finally reacted and lay on the ground.

Wang Zhong: "I'm fine, you almost crushed me to death! Damn! Do you guys know how heavy you are, you Ante strong men?"

Emilia shouted, "I killed him! I killed them! The danger is over!"

Wang Zhong: "Let me up! Quick!"

The person who was holding him down then helped him stand up again.

Wang Zhong let out a long breath and raised his right fist.

The Ante military flag was flying high on the roof of the headquarters building.

Wang Zhong: "You can't destroy me! These conspiracies and tricks can't destroy me!"

He heard the sound of shutters.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Mike's partner frantically pressing the shutter button.

He had a feeling that he would soon be on the front page of newspapers in all countries again.

(End of this chapter)