artillery arc

Chapter 484 Between Allies
After the meeting with Meyer and other progressive officers of Barras, Wang Zhong abandoned Tank No. 422 and took a Willys jeep back to the expeditionary force headquarters which had not yet moved outside the city.

The United Kingdom's convoy had arrived, and its Bu-wheeled machine gun vehicles and Daimler wheeled armored vehicles were parked in the yard.

Wang Zhong jumped off the Willys Jeep and circled around the two cars.

The cloth-wheeled machine gun vehicle is a light vehicle. Wang Zhong liked this thing very much when he was playing Company of Heroes 2 before he traveled through time. It is cheap, durable, has good output, and most importantly, runs fast and harasses opponents everywhere.

As for the Daimler wheeled armored vehicle, this thing is a good thing. The British on Earth have given it rave reviews, and the Allied forces have also said it is good.

Wang Zhong's knowledge of this vehicle all came from the game. His impression of this vehicle was: fast! The cannon could also penetrate the sides of most enemies it encountered.

Generally speaking, in the hands of a game expert, a good car is one that runs fast and has adequate firepower.

Wang Zhong kept circling around the two cars.

There was no way. When he was commanding the First Mobile Army, the troops were equipped with a large number of Willys Jeeps and Studebaker trucks, as well as M3 half-track vehicles, so Wang Zhong did not feel the problem of lack of infantry vehicles at all - because there was no shortage.

When commanding an expeditionary force now, trucks have to be used to transport supplies, and the infantry must either use their legs or sit on tanks, resulting in a host of problems.

The expeditionary force had very few Willys jeeps that had previously served as war horses and consumables in the First Mobile Army, and no motorcycles at all, so they had to seize the enemy's motorcycles.

So when Wang Zhong saw the United Kingdom's Bu-wheeled machine gun vehicles and Daimler armored vehicles, he felt a little unable to walk, and he wanted to immediately put down a bowl in front of the United Kingdom officers and start begging for food.

He walked around the two types of cars, saying, "That's great, that's great."

Finally, Emilia's voice came: "What are you doing? You act like a country bumpkin who has never seen an armored vehicle."

Wang Zhong: "What can I do? My expeditionary army does not have a wheeled machine gun vehicle or a Daimler wheeled vehicle with the same positioning! We don't even have an M3 half-track vehicle!
"Our military industry is all focused on making tanks, tank destroyers, self-propelled artillery and trucks. We don't have the production capacity to produce this kind of front-line infantry vehicle."

Emilia asked in confusion: "Why don't you just adjust the production? Aren't you the chairman of the Equipment Committee? You're also the Tsar's brother. Just give the order."

Wang Zhong shook his head: "It's not that simple. The loss of tanks on the front line is so great that we can only use new tanks to fill the gap. I would like to strengthen the maintenance capacity of the front line and reduce the amount of replenishment required every month, but there are not enough industrial workers.

“I have been working hard to set up various courses to train qualified maintenance technicians, but I estimate that it will take until the second half of 916 before we can train enough technicians to effectively reduce the loss rate of front-line tanks.

"Then we can free up capacity to build things like infantry fighting vehicles."

Emilia stared at Wang Zhong for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "You're complaining to me, aren't you asking the United Kingdom to help you with your car?"

Wang Zhong: "You want to give me all these cars? Great, Yakov, call someone to drive these cars away! And remember to ask them what kind of oil they use, don't fill them with the wrong oil!"

Emilia: "Are you going to grab even these?"

Wang Zhong touched his head and said, "I thought this was a gift from you guys?"

Yakov couldn't help but said, "General, we are indeed short of armored vehicles for infantry, but it's not so urgent. Besides... the battle of Baras is over."

Wang Zhong stared at Yakov and blinked his eyes: "Yakov, although you are a professional staff officer, I will take the initiative to ask for your professional advice when I need it. Can you please talk less at other times?"

Yakov covered his mouth: "Uh, I know."

Gregory laughed and patted Yakov on the shoulder: "Be content, I didn't ask you to dig out shit."

Wang Zhong: "And Yakov, I felt that the toilet in the headquarters was a bit dirty yesterday."

"Okay, okay, I get it." Yakov shrugged. "I found that carrying manure is not that difficult, and as long as you do it properly, you won't get yourself dirty."

Wang Zhong looked at the adjutant who had accepted the unreasonable order from his superior. For a few seconds, he wanted to withdraw the order, but then he thought it was inappropriate to change the order overnight, so he turned to Emilia and said, "Are you here to take me to meet with the officers of the United Kingdom Expeditionary Force?"

"Yes, please come this way." Emilia gestured for invitation.

A few minutes later, Wang Zhong met the United Kingdom officers who were talking to Pavlov.

Wang Zhong couldn’t recognize the leader’s rank—he didn’t know much about the British Army rank that performed poorly in World War II, but he could switch to a cheat.

A second later he extended his hand: "Hello, Major General Richard."

Emilia's eyes widened: "I don't think I have introduced the general's name to you yet?"

Wang Zhong: "But I already knew the names and ranks of the generals of the United Kingdom Army who were coming from the south to the north. I also knew their positions. After seeing this person's rank, I guessed that he should be the commander of the 5th Armored Division, which served as the vanguard.

"As a joining officer, his rank is just right. If it was the brigadier general of the 1st Brigade of the 5th Armored Division who came, it would obviously be a bit contemptuous of me, wouldn't it?"

In Ant, a brigadier general is not considered a general in many cases, so it is not in accordance with etiquette to send someone who is not a general as an advance officer for the "joint effort".

Emilia: "You... actually remember the names on those documents? I see you never read official documents..." Pavlov: "Our general does not like to deal with official documents, but he has an extraordinary memory. When he was a division commander, he even remembered the name and rank of every soldier who died in battle."

Wang Zhong: “I remember it now.”

After saying this, he realized that it was too terrible to remember the names and ranks of the entire front's casualties. It was not appropriate, so he hurriedly made up for it: "I mean, I still remember the names of the soldiers who died in Loktov and other places last year.

"Now that I am a commander at the front level, it is impossible for me to remember the names of all the victims."

Emilia looked at Wang Zhong, and her expression showed that she didn't believe it.

However, Emilia now thinks that Wang Zhong is of the same kind as herself, and probably thinks that this is Wang Zhong's mysterious power, so she didn't say anything.

Major General Richard had a stern face and acted arrogantly. His arrogant look was consistent with Wang Zhong's impression of the rigid and inflexible generals of the United Kingdom Army.

However, Major General Richard seemed to have a lot of injuries on his body. He wore a black eye patch on one eye, the sleeve of his left arm was empty, and a piece of his artificial leg was exposed in the trouser leg of his right leg.

Wang Zhong: "My goodness, you actually have three serious injuries on your body?"

"All four," said Major General Richard. "I also had one of my... um, balls blown off by a shell fragment."

Wang Zhong opened his mouth into an O shape and gasped: "Oh my God, is that banana still there?"

"Intact." Major General Richard replied proudly.

Wang Zhong began to understand why the United Kingdom sent this man to lead the way. Anyone would be shocked when encountering such a "fierce general".

Moreover, Wang Zhong vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a general on Earth, and he was made into a video by Little John Khan.

I remember that general's military talent was far inferior to his ability to speak sweet words, and he was basically a hindrance in fighting.

The reason why the United Kingdom's 5th Armored Division advanced so slowly has been found!
Major General Richard seemed to have misunderstood Wang Zhong's expression, thinking that he had impressed Wang Zhong with his bravery, so he held his head high and said in a reporting tone: "The commander of the United Kingdom Expeditionary Force is on his way. He hopes that you can first hand over His Majesty King Barras and Ambassador Plosson to us."

"No, His Majesty the King of Barras will be tried by the Barras people themselves, and Ambassador Plosson has been sent to our prisoner-of-war camp. Of course, we will share the information he confessed with the United Kingdom in accordance with the treaty."

"What?" Richard exclaimed, "This is not in accordance with our agreement."

Wang Zhong: "Our agreement is to attack the city together, but you guys haven't followed through."

"That's because you didn't wait for us!"

"We attacked the city immediately. King Tutka of Baras almost escaped. If I hadn't acted decisively, the Baras government-in-exile would have been established in Prothenia." Wang Zhong spread his hands. "By then, the United Kingdom should be the one to worry about the emperor's illegitimate succession. We, Ant, don't have much interest in Baras at the moment."

Major General Richard held it in for a long time before squeezing out a sentence: "I will report to Admiral Auchinleck, the commander of the United Kingdom Expeditionary Force."

Mr. Wang: “Please go ahead.”

Major General Richard picked up the military cap on the table and left angrily.

Wang Zhong turned around and asked Emilia: "Aren't you going to follow?"

Emilia: "My mission is to stay with you, and soon you will need my escort."

Wang Zhong: "What do you mean? I'm going back to China? Proson's fighter jets can't fly over this distance, right?"

Emilia: "You don't know yet?"

At this time, Pavlov came over and put a telegram into Wang Zhong's hand: "His Majesty Belinsky ordered that after the Battle of Balas, the troops be handed over to me for command."

Wang Zhong stared at the chief of staff with wide eyes: "Then why should I go?"

The Chief of Staff pointed to the telegram.

Wang Zhong then began to read the telegram: "'Alexei Konstantinovich, I have an extremely important task to entrust to you, so I am sending this secret message in my personal name.'"

Wang Zhong hurriedly took a look at the last signature, and it was indeed Belinsky, without the title of Patriarch.

He continued reading: "'You have gained a very high reputation in the United States. All citizens of the United States hope to meet you, the hero who turned the tide and saved Ant. This is extremely important for increasing the United States' assistance to us.'"

Wang Zhong was shocked. He did not read the rest of the content but quickly skimmed through it.

He put down the telegram and looked at the others: "Okay, I'll go to the United States."

(End of this chapter)