artillery arc

Chapter 51 Peripheral Defense
Wang Zhong originally hoped that the wildfire would burn through and wipe out the Pulosen people.

It turned out that the enemy used bulldozers to clear a fire break, and some sporadic flames were quickly extinguished by grenades.

When Wang Zhong was a child, he watched "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", in which the guerrillas burned a blockhouse, but the Japanese threw grenades to blow up the fire. At first, he thought it was an anti-Japanese drama, but later he heard Lao Balu say that it was true.

It turns out that in the past, even children's movies had people who had participated in actual combat as military directors, which was completely different from the later anti-Japanese dramas.

It seems that this kind of wildfire offensive is not that easy to use.

The fire burned until four o'clock in the afternoon.

Wang Zhong rode a white horse and looked at the grassland in front of him that had been burned to ashes. He couldn't help but think of the scenery he saw in the morning.

The gap between the two landscapes made him truly feel the existence of war.

This situation reminded him of the song again: One day, the smoke from the kitchen will return to the village, which is vaguely rice, and the evening fragrance...

Now is not the time to feel sentimental.

After the fire burned away the weeds, it gradually extinguished, and the enemy might attack again at any time.

Seryosha poked his head out from the turret of the 67-heavy tank that had also retreated to the entrance of the village, and asked: "Your Majesty, how are we going to fight this time?"

Wang Zhong: "I guess the enemy will use the smoke cover to gradually approach you. So we can't leave you alone outside like before.

"The good news is that the fire has burned all the grass, and the enemy can no longer hide in the grass. I suggest you stop next to that house."

He pointed to a small building on the edge of the village to the southwest.

As a house on the edge of the village, the small building has been repeatedly fought over, the roof has been lifted off, and there are several large holes in the wall. It is not surprising that the entire structure is in a state of collapse at any time.

Wang Zhong: "The artillery there can cover the two main village entrances, and we can set up crossfire on both sides of the village to cover you and mow down all enemies who try to rush over and throw grenades.

"We can also ambush submachine gunners behind the low walls on both sides of you, making sure that the enemy has no chance of coming back."

Seryosha nodded: "Very good. But I have a question, why didn't we stick to the defense line outside the village before? I see that the buildings on the outside rarely show signs of being hit directly by tank guns."

Wang Zhong: "Because it is easy to be directly targeted by enemy tanks when guarding the outside of the village, and our most effective anti-tank weapon is the Molotov cocktail - that is, a Molotov cocktail, so we can only defeat the enemy in hand-to-hand combat by letting them in." Enemy tanks.”

He paused and then added: "We had several T28s at the time. It's obviously unrealistic for this kind of tank to shoot at the enemy in the wilderness, isn't it?"

"Indeed." Seryosha grinned, "Now that we are here, we can shoot at the enemy in the wilderness. We guarantee to destroy the enemy before they destroy their machine gun fire points."

Wang Zhong: "Don't talk too much, Second Lieutenant. The enemy may use smoke to block your vision. These Prosins are very good at using smoke."

"Then we can maneuver and bypass their cover. Leave it to me." Seryosha patted his chest and showed a proud smile.

Wang Zhong patted him on the shoulder, then rode his horse straight to Master Boye's manor, preparing to let Yegorov adjust his deployment.

As a result, after taking a few steps, he saw Yegorov coming towards him with a group of people.

From across the distance, the regiment leader shouted: "I guess we should take advantage of the firepower outside the village, so I have ordered everyone to adjust their positions. Don't worry about the machine gun position I chose."

Wang Zhong nodded. Although he had cheats, he was still a novice without any military experience and was still growing and learning.

Let's leave it to veteran Yegorov to arrange the positions of machine guns.

But Wang Zhong still had to give a few words of advice to highlight his role as commander. He said: "The shooting range should be good! Fully cover the No. 67 vehicle! We should also organize a team of veterans who are good at hand-to-hand combat and close combat to be placed around the tank, ready to kill any enemy troops that come up."

"Let Sergeant Major Grigory do this task." Yegorov replied, "With him, the enemy's infantry cannot approach."

Wang Zhong nodded and decided to return to his VIP position: on the water tower!

This position can clearly see the surrounding area. After the enemy starts preparing for artillery fire, he can quickly enter the concrete winery to avoid the artillery fire.

He climbed up the water tower, and the enemy began to smoke.

There was no artillery preparation this time?

Wang Zhong was very surprised and hurriedly checked the enemy's artillery position, fearing that the enemy would do something ruthless, such as dismantling the cannon and carrying it to the front line to combine and shoot flatly.

Then he realized that he was overthinking it. The enemy's infantry artillery should simply have no shells.

Could it be that the Il-2 stand-alone raid in the morning destroyed the enemy's ammunition reserves? Is there such a coincidence?
No, the pilot of the Il-2 must have deliberately aimed the rocket at a place where a lot of cargo seemed to be piled up, either to blow up the cans or the ammunition.

Well done! Wang Zhong silently praised Ant Air Force. Although it was the first time since the war started and it was still a single aircraft, you did a good job!

In this fierce battle for more than a day, at least 60% of the casualties were caused by enemy artillery fire preparations, and the rest were lost in close combat.

It's a pity that there is only one IL-2. If a squadron of four can come, the enemy will not have to organize an attack.

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At this time, Bogdanovka, 63rd Army Headquarters.

It is nominally the headquarters of the Sixty-third Army, but in fact Duke Wostrom himself is also here.

Duke Wostrom has the rank of lieutenant general, so the headquarters of the 41rd Army is now also the headquarters of the st Army.

The Duke was studying the map, and his most trusted intelligence staff entered the map room: "Sir, the plane that volunteered to support Haupeniye came back today. The pilot reported that he did not see our tanks, but a group of infantry defending the village of Haupeniye. There is also a field hospital in the village, and the red cross can be seen from the air to prevent enemy bombing.”

The Duke scolded: "What's going on? No one told them that the Prosin bastard would drop bombs on the Red Cross? These bastards are afraid that the veterans will recover and return to the front line to become veterans, and they will focus on bombing the hospitals!"

The staff officer noticed the duke's speech problem, but hesitated but did not point it out.

After the Duke finished cursing, he took a breath and asked again: "Why are there field hospitals? Where did the field hospitals retreat from?" "I don't know then." The intelligence staff replied, "There are too many field hospitals that have lost contact now. ”

At this time, the commander of the 63rd Army said: "Yesterday, local people drove carriages to evacuate the wounded, saying they were from the field hospital in Roniezh City."

The Duke immediately rushed to the map table to check the map: "Roniezh? Aren't all our troops there wiped out?"

"It seems not. The wounded also said that they belong to the 3rd Post-Amur Regiment and are now under the command of Count Rokosov."

"Why didn't you tell me yesterday?" asked the Duke.

The army commander spread his hands and said, "I just found out. The wounded were only brought in by local carriages at night last night. It was a chaotic time."

At this time, the Chief of Staff of the 41st Group Army concluded: "Then the situation is clear. Yesterday, the village of Upper Peniye sent a request for help, indicating that there are monks who chant poems there. It is likely that they are scattered monks who retreated from Ronezh on their way to retreat. Joined the rout.

"Then the defeated troops encountered the remnants of the 31st Regiment of the Fourth Tank Army that was originally preparing to defend Upper Penier, so they organized a defense on the spot."

In Episode 41, the bishop who accompanied the army said: "I basically agree with this judgment. Although the enemy will purposefully massacre clergy, there should still be some clergy running out."

The Duke put his hands on the map table: "This Count Rokosov...could he be the dandy brother of the crown prince, the unlearned bastard Alexey Konstantinovich Rokosov?" Husband?"

Everyone looked at each other.

After the Civil War, civilians could also become officers. At this time, all the civilian officers present shut up because they were not very familiar with this famous earl.

The chief of staff of the group army, who was born in a noble family, said: "Who else is Rokossov? If I had known this, I would not have sent reinforcements. This dude must have been frightened! The enemy is probably not a big deal, after all, the infantry can also stop it. "

The intelligence staff member interjected: "According to the pilot's report, it was the enemy's armored grenadiers and tank troops that attacked Upper Penier. In addition, combined with intelligence from other directions, I personally believe that those who faced Upper Penier were awarded the Knight's Cross." A mixed battle group led by Major Schlieffen."

The headquarters fell silent.

The chief of staff of the group army sneered: "Using broken troops to block the elite battle group of Prosen? That was a veteran who had participated in the Bohemian and Carolingian battles, and the commander was also ruthless! Since Count Rokossov has such a powerful Well, then I suggest that when he comes back, send him to Loktov to reorganize the defeated troops!"

The Duke pondered for a while and replied: "This will just give him and his troops a rest."

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Wang Zhong naturally didn't know what was happening at the headquarters behind him. His attention was entirely on the enemy.

Relying on the plug-in, Wang Zhong could completely see the enemy's formation behind the smoke.

In addition to the frontal infantry skirmisher line, the Prossens also sent tanks in a large circle, seemingly preparing to attack the side of No. 67.

It's a pity that KV1 has good defense in all directions. Except for the engine on the butt, it has no weaknesses in other directions.

And now Car 67 has its back against the remains of the house, its butt blocked.

The Prosen Japanese were about to be defeated again. Wang Zhong was very happy when he thought about this.

The first Prosin soldier emerged from the smoke!
The machine gun mounted on the second floor opened fire immediately, without having to worry about the enemy tanks aiming directly at the roll call. After the roll call, the machine gunners of the rear Amur regiment knocked down several enemies with precise shooting as if they were on fire.

The remaining enemies were all lying on the ground.

Their military uniforms are black, and the grass that has just been burned is also black. The concealment effect of this party is actually good!
Wang Zhong never dreamed that Prosen's black military uniform could have such an effect.

While he was shocked, the enemy threw smoke bombs. It was said that the Pulosen troops were indeed elite soldiers who had experienced many battles. They reacted quickly and the smoke bombs were thrown accurately.

However, experience was gained here, and they continued to fire through the smoke. Anyway, there were still a lot of bullets obtained from the third regiment's robbery station before. Shooting more would be a good way to reduce the load when retreating tonight.

More enemies emerged from the smoke, and Yegorov's carefully placed machine-gun barrage opened fire one after another.

Without the cover of direct fire, the infantry is so powerless in the face of machine guns.

What's more, there are KV high-explosive bombs.

A fierce battle was going on, and the enemy tank came around to the side and opened fire on the No. 67 vehicle.

Wang Zhong clearly saw that the armor-piercing projectile hit the side of No. 67 turret and scraped off the paint!

After two days of fierce fighting on this day, Wang Zhong had never been so relaxed at this time.

He even had the feeling that he was playing "Beach Landing", shooting live targets with ease.

At this moment, Wang Zhong heard the sound of an engine in the sky.

This time it was not coming from the east, which was occupied by friendly forces.

He immediately raised his field of vision, and then discovered that as a plug-in, his field of vision seemed to be farther toward the plane than toward the ground.

It's actually somewhat reasonable, it's obviously a cheat.

He saw a whole squadron of Stukas flying towards Penier.

broken.

Wang Zhong knew at a glance that these Stukas were B-2s, because he had driven them in the game. He knew that when loaded to the maximum limit, this Stuka could carry a 500-kg "big sweet potato" and four 50-kg Stukas. "Small sweet potato".

Unless the small sweet potato is thrown very accurately, it is difficult to threaten KV1, but the 500 kilogram big sweet potato is not a vegetarian.

Car No. 67 must be moved, as the fixed target is too easy to hit.

Wang Zhong rushed down to the water tower, skillfully untied Bucephalas' reins, got on his horse, and ran out quickly.

(End of this chapter)