artillery arc

Chapter 489 Allied Heroes Meeting

As soon as Wang Zhong entered the side hall of the banquet hall, he saw the Commander officer who liked to use cold weapons. He remembered that his name seemed to be Jonard.

He switched to a bird's-eye view, confirmed it was Jonard, and asked, "Why are you here? I remember you were back in Bahara for vacation, weren't you?"

Emilia beside her translated immediately, and after she finished speaking, Jonard responded enthusiastically.

Emilia translated, "We are back in Bahara, and the troops are resting. I was sent to the United States to attend this meeting. I heard that the United States Navy has another mission for us."

Wang Zhong immediately remembered that the Earth's Commando had also attacked the Japanese oil depot on the island, apparently to refuel the Japanese seaplanes (called longboats in Japan), and also destroyed the devil's disguised reconnaissance fleet.

Later, the game "Commandos" included levels based on this operation.

Wang Zhong immediately became extremely envious. He might not be very good at leading the British Army, but their special forces were really powerful.

When we launch a counterattack at the end of the year, if we can send out the Komanda to raid the enemy's key locations, casualties should be greatly reduced.

When the Russians' Steel Grad finally surrounded Paulus on Earth, there was a section of Sandezi's fortified area where the fighting was very painful and there were heavy casualties, so Wang Zhong attached so much importance to the ability to break through obstacles.

If the Komanda Commandos could attack key locations in these fortified areas, such as ammunition transfer centers, food supply stations, etc.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhong said directly: "We also have a task that needs to be entrusted to Komanda, so can you please send a Komanda detachment to Ante?"

"You should talk to the diplomat about this matter. We can't decide." Jonard replied (translated).

Wang Zhong wanted to say a few more words when Admiral Huosang appeared in the side hall.

The United States soldiers present stood at attention and saluted, the United Kingdom soldiers were a step slower, and the Ant soldiers were all looking at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong felt that since he was already at the president's residence, he might as well give him some face, so he saluted Admiral Hawthorne.

The representatives of Ant seemed to have received an order and saluted in unison.

Admiral Hawthorne returned the greeting and then came to Wang Zhong: "Let me introduce you to the combat heroes of our United States."

Wang Zhong nodded: "I also want to meet the warriors who bravely fought against the evil Fusang Empire."

"Hahaha, it's really a pleasure talking to you." Admiral Hawthorne led Wang Zhong to a group of soldiers in United States uniforms.

"This is Lieutenant Commander John Lanci, commander of the 3rd Carrier-based Fighter Squadron of the Naval Aviation Force!"

第三舰载战斗机中队？VF3？创造萨奇剪战术并且在3对15的空战中打出1比4还是1比5战果的那位牛人？
Wang Zhong immediately saluted: "Salute to you, warrior!"

Hawthorne frowned. Perhaps he felt a little uncomfortable with Wang Zhong's enthusiasm towards a mere major.

But Admiral Hawthorne continued to perform his duties and introduced Wang Zhong: "This is Lieutenant Commander Richard Bateman of the 6th Carrier-based Dive Bomber Squadron."

Wang Zhong saluted even more enthusiastically: "Hello, hello, I heard about your three-plane raid that destroyed an aircraft carrier of the Fuso Empire in Ant!"

After listening to the translation, Major Bateman was flattered: "You actually knew that?"

Admiral Hawthorne: "Obviously Admiral Rokossov did his homework before coming to see you!"

Wang Zhong thought, no, I had done my homework before traveling through time.

Hawthorne took another step to the side and introduced another lieutenant commander, "This is Tom Hanks, the captain of the USS O'Bannon."

Wang Zhong frowned, because Tom Hanks was a Hollywood star he liked very much before he traveled through time, especially the movie "Forrest Gump" he starred in. Wang Zhong burst into tears every time he watched it, and he would watch it whenever he couldn't find his direction or felt discouraged.

He looked at the lieutenant commander and found that he did have Tom Hanks's iconic double chin, but not much else like him.

Generally speaking, he looks more handsome, and his eyes are more miserable, like the eyes of someone who has been on the battlefield and faced the dilemma between life and death.

The look of someone who has returned from hell.

Wang Zhong: "O'Bannon, remember that potatoes were used to sink the submarine of the Fuso Empire?"

Tom: "No, it's a pumpkin."

Nan, pumpkin?
Seeing Wang Zhong's surprised expression, Tom added: "We were transporting supplies to the outer islands at the time, and we had a lot of fresh pumpkins. We didn't carry any ammunition when we set out, and we didn't even bring many fighters. We were not in combat mode at all, so in a hurry we used depth charge launchers to throw pumpkins and sank the Fuso Empire's submarine.

"I don't know if our pumpkins are too heavy, or if the Fuso Empire's submarines are too lousy."

The submarine on Earth that was sunk by O'Bannon with potatoes seemed to be a pocket-sized submarine from the day-to-day.

If the world is like this, then eating a pumpkin is indeed heavy.

It’s this pumpkin throwing. Why does it feel so similar to the famous World War II comedy “The Great Escape”?

It must be a coincidence, Wang Zhong thought. It couldn't be that this person had also seen the man escaping from the jaws of death and suddenly thought of throwing the pumpkin, right?
Shaking off this thought, Wang Zhong changed the subject: "You speak Ante quite well."

"Because I was originally serving in the Atlantic Fleet, according to our combat plan at the time, there was a possibility of joining forces with Ant to attack the United Kingdom, so I learned the Ant language." Major Tom said, "In fact, from the end of last year to April this year, I mainly fought in the North Atlantic, responsible for escorting merchant fleets heading to Ant."

Admiral Hawthorne interrupted, "During one of his escort missions, he commanded the O'Bannon to sink four Plossom submarines." "Actually, that's five, General, including the one we guided the Air Force to sink," said Major Tom.

Wang Zhong: "How many Plossen submarines have you sunk in total?"

"There are 12 ships. There's almost no room left on the chimney of the O'Bannon," Tom said proudly.

After sinking a submarine, a destroyer will paint a submarine pattern on the first chimney, just like the army paints kill rings on tank barrels and the air force paints the enemy's flag and five stars outside the cockpit.

Such display of military exploits is very common in the army, and just a little bit of paint can boost morale, making it very profitable.

Wang Zhong did not draw a kill ring on the 422 vehicle. Firstly, there were too many of them and he could not draw one on each. Secondly, when the troops saw the tactical number 422 and the red flag on the communication antenna, they would be motivated and would not need any kill ring.

Wang Zhong patted Tom on the shoulder: "Okay, okay! Wait a minute, are you there at Midway Island?"

"Of course," Tom's expression suddenly darkened. "It was my ship that struck the Yorktown, which was beyond repair, with torpedoes. It was a brave and beautiful ship."

Wang Zhong: "I have never seen an aircraft carrier, but I can imagine it."

He patted Tom's shoulder again.

He didn't know why, but he just wanted to chat with this person more.

But Admiral Hawthorne was already furious, and in order to avoid making the situation ugly, Wang Zhong could only turn to the next person.

At this time, Major Tom asked: "Can you stop Proson from establishing contact with the Fuso Empire? I heard that Proson is installing various guided weapons, and I don't want Fuso to get them."

Wang Zhong gave a thumbs up and said, "Don't worry, they will suffer a lot this winter! They will have to give up all the land they occupied in the first half of the year. As for you, don't let the Fusang Empire flatten you, so that they can free up their energy to attack Ant Dongfang!"

"Don't worry, we're good at Japanese cuisine." Major Tom made a classic victory gesture to Wang Zhong.

The two parted just like that.

It was many, many years later that they met again.

----

Moments before the banquet began, the President of the United States, sitting in a wheelchair, was pushed into the side hall by his wife.

He saw Wang Zhong at first sight, then said something to his wife, and the wheelchair came straight towards Wang Zhong.

When they got there, the President spoke first: "Your Excellency the Admiral, I am not in a good condition to stand up, please forgive me."

The secretary around the president is very good at simultaneous interpretation and there is basically no delay.

Wang Zhong smiled and said, "Of course. I heard that you stood up when you were trying to persuade Congress to approve the war against the Fuso Empire. Is that true?"

The president laughed. "Of course it's true, but there are also some untrue parts. I can't stand up by my own strength. My calves have atrophied badly. So the podium and the wheelchair I was sitting in that day have special structures."

The first lady quickly added: "In fact, even if he had those things, it would be difficult for him to stand up. I strongly opposed this, but he still insisted on doing it and really did it."

Wang Zhong: "It was a great speech and a great stand-up."

"I also read the speech you gave in Ant," the president said with a sly smile, "My staff members thought someone had written it for you, but I think you wrote it yourself. Saint Andrew is also an excellent orator, and his successor should also be one."

Wang Zhong: "No, no, how dare I call myself the successor of Saint Andrew?"

"That's what the secular faction of the Eastern Saint Church in the United States calls you. This time, I'd like to trouble you to go to them more often to give speeches and persuade them to buy more war bonds. Only when our treasury is full can we provide more support to Ante and those who believe in Saint Andrew."

Wang Zhong: "Of course, of course."

At this time, Admiral Hawthorne finally couldn't stand being left out, so he interrupted the conversation and said, "Mr. President, the general has a strange request. He wants to go to Chinatown to give a speech."

The president frowned slightly. "Why? Chinatown has always been very enthusiastic about buying war bonds. I don't think I need to go there to give a speech, right?"

Wang Zhong: "A lot of my military wisdom comes from the Art of War. I hope to experience the customs of Seres."

The president thought about it and nodded: "No problem, it's just to arrange another place for the speech, Admiral (he looked at Hawthorne), arrange it."

Admiral Hawthorne nodded and said, "Okay, how about lunch the day after tomorrow? If you can tolerate their strange eating habits, you can go and have a meal."

Wang Zhong: "No, I want to go in the morning. I want to have some morning tea."

"Uh..." Admiral Hawthorne looked at the President.

President: "You can go whenever you want. Let's arrange it."

Wang Zhong swallowed hard and started reading the names of the dishes in his mind: steamed lamb, steamed bear paws... No, that's wrong, it's pulled noodles, shrimp dumplings, thousand-layer cake, boat porridge...

(End of this chapter)