artillery arc

Chapter 492 Taking orders in times of danger
For the next month or so, Wang Zhong flew back and forth across the United States.

He was a little worried that his angry response to Speaker Douglas at the advisory meeting would damage his popularity in the United States, but he didn't expect that his worry was completely unnecessary.

Because the United States has a two-party system and the Speaker of the House is the Squirrel Party, Wang Zhong angrily rebuked him. The opponent, the Deer Party, followed the principle that the enemy of my enemy is my friend and regarded Wang Zhong as one of their own.

The current wartime president is from the Buck Party. His uncle, the former president of the United States, was assassinated by the Squirrel Party's gunmen while in office.

In addition, the president was Mr. Zhang’s personal lawyer at the time.

Suddenly, Wang Zhong became an old friend of the Gonglu Party.

Moreover, many of the hardcore voters of the Deer Party have tough folks. Boys learn traditional martial arts of the United States from a young age. To these people, the fact that Wang Zhong shot two traitorous generals with a pistol was just like a martial arts novel, very exciting.

In particular, Wang Zhong also dodged an assassination attempt from a very long distance. The photo of him holding up his fist and shouting under the flag of the Ant Army became popular again, and was even made into postcards and various souvenirs, which sold well in Tiegongluzhou (referring to the iron-clad voting base of the Deer Party).

It is said that the largest casino in the United States has already opened a betting position on whether Wang Zhong can shoot Emperor Proson with the same gun.

This development is...particularly the United States.

Many of the Scoia'tael voters in the south are actually very unhappy with Speaker Douglas and want to replace him, so Scoia'tael lawmakers in some states simply stood up and criticized the Speaker for still thinking about seeking benefits for his big boss at this time.

The changes in public opinion over the past month made Wang Zhong grateful for the understanding of the United States that he brought from another time and space.

A month passed quickly. The number of war bonds sold by the Ant War Hero Team led by Wang Zhong was equivalent to the total amount of bonds sold by the United States during the eight months of the war, directly doubling the amount of funds raised.

Of course, there are objective reasons for this.

There are many Proson people in the United States. They were not arrested after the war broke out like the Fuso people - after all, the Proson people have not directly harmed the civilians of the United States and have not aroused enough public indignation.

These Proson people have been spreading the word that the Proson Empire is very powerful and that the United States should share the world with the Proson Empire, blah blah.

The United States has not yet achieved a decisive victory over Plossen, and the attack on Plossen since June 915 has been very successful, turning large areas of the map into Plossen's color.

In fact, most of the painted areas are sparsely populated grasslands, but people don't care about this.

Therefore, some people in the United States believed that the Fuso Empire had been badly beaten at Midway Island, and it was only a matter of time before they were defeated. There was no need to buy war bonds. However, the cost of attacking the Proson Empire was too high, and if they really attacked, they might not be able to get the bonds back.

Wang Zhong's sudden popularity changed all that. In the past month, the delegation led by Wang Zhong has been doing one thing: telling the people of the United States that Proson can be defeated.

While Wang Zhong was appearing everywhere, professional diplomatic delegations were also continuing to contact the United States and gradually determined the content of next year's aid.

Most of Wang Zhong’s goals have been achieved - except for the B29. This thing is indeed a heavy weapon of the United States and it is impossible to give it away easily.

In terms of technology transfer, in addition to the engine that Wang Zhong wanted, companies such as General Technology Corporation of the United States also donated a large number of machine tools that Ant cannot currently produce to Ant.

The price was that Wang Zhong became their spokesperson for free and recorded a lot of commercials - television was not yet popular at that time, so the commercials were mainly used on radio stations.

Wang Zhong spent a whole day recording a bunch of advertising slogans on the radio station, such as "I think General Motors is good" and "I am Commander Rokossov and I only use Shell motor oil."

Because Wang Zhong was so popular, the United States even planned to extend his visit.

But at noon on October 10, Ambassador to the United States Ant walked into the hotel where Wang Zhong was staying in Wisconsin with a serious expression.

Wang Zhong was a little surprised: "Mr. Ambassador, shouldn't you be in the capital busy with the supplementary agreement?"

The supplementary agreement refers to a secret agreement in which the Allied parties commit to what actions to take next year. Ant hopes that the Allies will open a second battlefield in Europa to reduce the pressure on the front, while the United States and the United Kingdom hope that Ant can launch a large-scale attack to tie down more Plossen troops.

Wang Zhong: "Could it be that the Allies are asking for too much, and are going to set a limit on the number of Plosson's troops we must annihilate?"

Although Wang Zhong knew that Ant would launch a vigorous counterattack next based on his knowledge from another time and space, the issue of how many enemies to annihilate sometimes depended on the cooperation of the opponent.

If the opponent runs fast, even an army as strong as Gundam will not be able to catch up.

Therefore, Wang Zhong did not want to boast about how many enemies he would annihilate. The best thing was to eat as much as possible during the battle, and the best thing was to eat as much as possible in the end.

The ambassador looked at Wang Zhong and shook his head slightly. "It's not because of this. In fact, the negotiation of the supplementary agreement went smoothly. The main contradiction was whether we had to open a second battlefield next year. They didn't make more demands on us. I guess it's because those generals don't believe we can make great progress next year.

"In the minds of many senior Allied generals, you can achieve a series of tactical victories, but strategically, we Ante can only delay the Proson people. The Allies can only play the leading role in defeating Proson."

Wang Zhong: "Humph, they will eventually realize how wrong they are. Then why did you come here?"

The ambassador took out a telegram and said, "I must hand this to you personally and burn it after reading it."

Wang Zhong's expression became serious.

Ever since coming to the United States, he could no longer obtain first-hand information on the war situation because the high command had suppressed the bad news in order to ensure smooth negotiations.

Wang Zhong could only rely on personal connections to get intelligence from the Allied forces, and the Allied intelligence was second-hand intelligence stolen by the Allied intelligence officers in Yebao, which was not necessarily accurate, and there must be false intelligence deliberately released. So Wang Zhong was not sure what the situation on the front line was.

But since it's urgent enough to send a secret message to myself, I'm afraid -

Wang Zhong took the telegram, opened it and read it.

"General Rokossov, the front line is in danger, the enemy is approaching Abavahan, return quickly."

He read the words softly, pursed his lips, took out the lighter given to him by Admiral Hawthorne, lit a corner of the telegram, and watched it burn slowly.

The Ambassador said nothing and just looked at Wang Zhong.

Abavahan, a port city on the Inland Sea, is the terminus of the Allied transport line heading north from Baras.

What about the promised Steel Graeme? What about the promised U-turn at the Valdai River to stop the Plosson Army?

How come they have reached Abawahan all of a sudden?

Wang Zhong recalled the days the expeditionary force spent in Abawahan before setting out to land in Baras.

The good news was that Pavlov withdrew all the expeditionary headquarters and the troops not stationed in Balas back to Abavakhan. Wang Zhongzhen took office and immediately had a group of familiar troops available.

Pavlov should also have a grasp of all the circumstances surrounding the city.

The bad news is that the enemy has reached here, and Kuba’s oil may not be delivered anymore. Many places will have trouble surviving the winter this year.

Wang Zhong was thinking, and then the fire burned his fingers.

He quickly threw the telegram into the ashtray and put his burned red fingers in his mouth.

The ambassador finally couldn't help asking, "What do you think?"

Wang Zhong: "Let me ask you, did Proson use any new and powerful weapons?"

With history changing so much, Wang Zhong could only suspect that Prosen had dropped a nuclear bomb.

The ambassador shook his head: "No."

Wang Zhong: "Did the Western Front launch an offensive?"

On Earth, it was the Western Front that launched the Zhelew Offensive, which led to the destruction of Zhelew and attracted a large number of Sandezi's elite troops, which is why it was unable to advance in the south.

Wang Zhong is using the process of elimination to screen out all possible reasons that may have led to this situation.

Ambassador: "As far as I know, no. I mean, there was no major offensive."

Wang Zhong understood, and he let General Gorky know that at this stage, using troops to forcefully attack Prosen would result in too many casualties, and they should wait until the troops were trained and had accumulated combat experience.

Wang Zhong cancelled the meat-grinding war that was supposed to take place on the central front, and a large number of Plossen's troops were thrown into the offensive on the southern front.

And Proson is stronger than Sandezi from Earth, that's the result!

This time a real butterfly flapped its wings and caused a hurricane, and I, Wang Zhong, was that damn butterfly.

Now, I must return to my second home, my current motherland, to put out the storm I have caused.

Wang Zhong took a deep breath. At this time, Admiral Hawthorne came in without knocking. Ever since Wang Zhong became famous, this admiral who was very knowledgeable about media operations had been with Wang Zhong.

"Luo!" Admiral Hawthorne shouted joyfully. He had always simplified Wang Zhong's last name to "Luo". "Good news, the first phase of Operation Torch has been a success. We have landed in the North African territory of Vissi Carolingia, and our army is sweeping it away like a whirlwind! The days of the Desert Fox won't last long!"

At this time, Admiral Hawthorne noticed the ashes in the ashtray: "This... am I here at the wrong time?"

Wang Zhong: "No, you are here at the right time. I would like to ask you to inform the President of the United States and everyone who is still waiting for my speech that I must return to my homeland immediately due to urgent official business."

At this time, Yakov came in: "General! I just received a telegram from home that you have been appointed commander of the Abavakhan Front. Please return home immediately!"

Wang Zhong frowned. He did not send the message through a more secret radio station, but sent the appointment in this way. It seemed that the headquarters could no longer keep it secret, and soon the Allied liaison officers in Yebao would know that Abawahan was in danger.

Admiral Hawthorne had an expression of sudden enlightenment: "The Plossans are about to succeed, right?"

Wang Zhong: "No, they won't succeed. I will turn the tide like I did last year. I will."

(End of this chapter)