artillery arc

Chapter 56 Young Friends
Next, Wang Zhong seemed to have joined the praise group and was praised by everyone.

But he didn't care about this at all. He worked hard to find the global map.

His bird's-eye view can basically only see more than two kilometers around the troops under his command and with direct communication. He can see further by climbing up to see it himself.

This distance is probably only a centimeter on the map.

He needs to find a map, preferably a map of the entire battlefield or even the entire country, to see what the current situation is.

He now knows that it has only been a week since the war started. Compared with the Barbarossa he knew, Desan's furthest troops advanced only 170 kilometers in the first week of the war.

If both worlds go in the same direction, the next week will be the siege of Minsk.

Wang Zhong looked around and saw a map of the entire battlefield on the most conspicuous wall, and a staff officer moved a small ladder to put labels on the map.

So he abandoned the officers who were still boasting and went straight to the map.

After arriving, he suddenly remembered the plot in the movie, and in order to highlight his professionalism, he asked: "At what time was the map updated according to the battle report?"

The staff officer on the ladder said: "The north is updated based on the latest battle report, and the situation in the south was updated at five o'clock this morning."

Wang Zhong nodded and began to look carefully from north to south.

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After Alexei Konstantinovich Rokosov ran towards the map, Duke Vostrom put away his smile and looked at his command team.

They just praised Rokosov. In addition to really praising him for playing well, another reason is that Rokosov has a good relationship with the crown prince.

All nobles know this.

Otherwise, Rokosov, a count, would not be so famous that even the fifty-five-year-old Duke of Wostrom had heard of him.

Of course, the Duke had only heard rumors about Count Rokosov and had not really communicated with him. Even if he appeared at the same social occasion, the Duke would not have much communication with a young dandy.

The Duke stared at Rokosov for a while, then turned and asked the adjutant: "Have you ever communicated with Count Rokosov? Is he such a person?"

The adjutant looked at Rokossov and lowered his voice: "I don't know. The crown prince only makes friends with people who have similar interests to him. Those people are at the bottom of the military academy - in any school. I am officer Suvorov. Graduated first in the academy.”

The Duke looked at Rokossov and asked: "Now that he has blocked enemies several times his own in Upper Penier, are you confident that he can do the same thing?"

"No." The adjutant replied without thinking, "Especially the part where I personally drive the T28 around and destroy the Prosen tanks. I can't do it."

At this time, the army commander also came over to join the conversation: "He also hurriedly ran to the map. He obviously cared about the war very much, but I heard that he was only in the army to make money and pick up girls."

The adjutant spread his hands: "Maybe he is pretending to get close to the crown prince. Who knows?"

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Wang Zhong had trouble looking at the map.

As a player of the "Hearts of Iron" series of games, he is quite familiar with Earth's "Eastern Front Battlefield". After all, he has played both sides countless times.

He found that although the details changed a lot, the shape of the coastline, the specific flow direction of the river, and the distribution of the peaks were also different.

However, the general elements of the map are similar to the Eastern Front that Wang Zhong is familiar with.

For example, the northern route is mainly forested areas and swamps, while the southern route is mainly large plains.

However, the distribution of countries is different. Ronezh, the first stop Wang Zhong traveled through, is on the seaside in the south. The location should be similar to Odessa on earth.

Going southwest along the coastline, it should be bordered by Romania and other countries, but on the map here it is directly bordered by Plosen.

No wonder Prosen's battleships parked directly on the coast to bombard Ronezh.

What happened in the history of this time and space?
However, Wang Zhong had no time to care about history at this time. Through the map, it could be clearly seen that three heavily armed groups of Prosen Japs were advancing in great strides.

Although the specific city divisions and river directions are different from the eastern front that Wang Zhong is familiar with, Wang Zhong can still see that the Ant Army in the protruding part of the middle line is about to be surrounded.

The situation on the southern line where I am now is also very bad. Bogdanovka, where I am now, is the capital of the Principality of Vostrom and the main city on the southern line. Behind it is the Tiber River.

This is a river that generally runs north-south. When it leaves the Principality of Wostrom, it will turn an L-shaped bend and flow westward.

Looking at the markings on the map, it seems that the upper reaches of the Tiber River are connected by canals to the Borg River leading to the northern sea.

One glance shows that this line of defense along the river is very important.

Bogdanovka is the most important barrier in front of the Tiber River on the southern line. There is also a tributary of the Tiber River flowing here, leading all the way to the sea.

At first, Wang Zhong thought that the location he was in was Kiev on this planet, but then he felt something was wrong.

It's too south here.

The heavy troop groups of the Ant Army on the southern front were all deployed near the border. They are now finished. The main forces on the southern front are now concentrated in Agsukov, which is northeast of Bogdanovka and right on the Tiber River. of the corner.

The hymn Su Fang received before seems to have been sent by Agsukov. The hymn said that this place is the headquarters of the Southwest Front Army.

Looking at the distribution of administrative divisions, it seems that it is still the capital of the Kingdom of Khazalia, the superior division of the Principality of Wostrom.

Could that be the Kiev of this time and space?

Wang Zhong looked more and more like it. The central cluster continued to advance. After breaking through the canal, it turned south and could outflank Agsukov.

But... where is the other half of the pliers in the South? The one I blocked yesterday?
Why doesn't it feel like it?
Wang Zhong was thinking hard about the map, as if he was the strategizing "player" again when playing Hearts of Iron.

At this time Prince Vostrom came to him and asked: "Alexey Konstantinovich, what do you think of the overall situation?"

Wang Zhong said casually: "I think Proson's central cluster will outflank Agsukov to the south after breaking through the canal, and eliminate our heavy troop cluster here."

The Duke looked at the map and made no comment, but the Army Chief of Staff said: "There is the total reserve of the entire Southwest Front, and the reserve alone is 300,000 people.

"No, no, it won't. If the Proscenians can complete this siege, it will be a large siege of more than 700,000 people. It will make their glorious victory in the Carolingian Battle not worth mentioning. I think even if Nor would any of Prossen's generals think such a thing could be accomplished."

Wang Zhong looked at the map worriedly and began to think about what he, a lieutenant colonel, could do in this situation.

At this time the Duke patted him on the shoulder: "You'd better go back and rest. When was the last time you slept?"

Wang Zhong: "20 hours ago." "Go and rest, you are too tired to think smoothly." The Army Bishop also said the same.

Wang Zhong looked at them and felt that even these generals, let alone himself, would probably not be able to affect the overall direction of the war.

This is just a group army headquarters, and looking at the configuration on the map, this group army only has one army, the 63rd Army, in place, and the other armies are still on the train.

According to what the Duke just said, the Fourth Tank Army was also a unit of Episode 41, but the Fourth Tank Army had been exhausted in the counterattack and was defeated.

The general who commands such a group army can only defend his own defense line and complete his mission in a war of this scale.

Although he was worried, Wang Zhong, who realized that he was powerless, still accepted the advice of the group army bishop: "Okay, I will go back and rest."

Chief of Staff of the Group Army: "We will arrange a vehicle to pick you up at your station tomorrow and take you to the station. The empty wagons will also be organized. We can set off early in the morning to avoid the bombing of the Prossens."

Wang Zhong nodded.

Duke Wostrom winked at the adjutant, and the young adjutant stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation to Wang Zhong.

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Sergeant Major Gregory was waiting outside the map room, smoking a cigarette. Perhaps because he exuded a chilling smell, the staff officers who came and went kept their distance from him.

Seeing Wang Zhong, the sergeant major pinched his cigarette butt and said, "Earl, how is the situation?"

"It's okay. We can enjoy some wine, meat and cigarettes tonight. We'll set off early tomorrow morning."

"That's it."

The two followed the adjutant who led the way out of the headquarters, and then saw a large group of people gathered across the road.

If you look closely, you can see that they are all young children, probably only sixteen or seventeen years old, and they are evenly divided between men and women.

The young people blocked the road and crowded all the way to the intersection.

The young man in the front row was shouting: "Why don't we join the army!"

Wang Zhong stopped and looked at them across the road.

A middle-aged male voice can be heard replying: "Children, we are currently only mobilizing adult males. Look at you, you have just graduated from the tenth grade! You are all boys and girls, I really can't recruit you!"

"We can get guns too!"

"I can drive a tractor! So I can drive a tank!"

"I even joined the flying club! I can be a pilot and beat up the Prosen Japs' planes!"

Wang Zhong looked at them and suddenly remembered a memoir he had read. It recalled that just two days after the war started, the children in the entire commune made up their minds and ran to the recruitment office to join the army.

As a result, when we arrived at the recruitment office, "it seemed like young people from all over the Soviet Union were here."

Looking at these young people, Wang Zhong suddenly thought that if he had not traveled through time and the Americans came over, he would probably rush to the local armed forces.

Thinking of this, these "foreign faces" in front of me suddenly became friendly.

So inspired by an inexplicable sense of mission, Wang Zhong climbed onto a truck that was blocked in the middle of the road, stood on the pedal and shouted: "Young friends!"

He didn't use "children."

The children turned back curiously and looked at Wang Zhong.

At this time, Wang Zhong, Alexei Konstantinovich Rokosov, had a murderous aura unique to those who had returned from the battlefield.

His military uniform is dirty, the bandage on his shoulder is dirty, and his face is dirty, but this does not prevent him from exuding a majestic and killing temperament.

So the young people fell silent and all looked at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong said: "I understand your feelings! But even if you join the army now, it is impossible for you to go to the front line. Because that will make you die!"

"We are not afraid of death!" a young man shouted.

"Yes, I know." Wang Zhong glanced at the person who shouted, "But if you can't take away a Proson Japs before you die, then this kind of death is worthless!"

The person who just shouted shut his mouth.

Wang Zhong: "The battlefield is hell! Even those who have gone through complete recruit training and successfully passed many tests will probably not survive the first hour! No, not even half an hour!"
"So even if you join the army now, you will be sent to the rear and trained for at least three months! However, I have a way for you to immediately participate in the counterattack against the Prosen Japs!
"Look over there! That's where the City Defense Engineering Office recruits laborers! You can join now to build fortifications outside the city!
"Every time you dig a section of trench, you can allow a platoon to survive the enemy's artillery fire! This platoon can kill a large number of Prossen Japs!

"For every anti-tank pile you build, you can stop a Proson tank!"

The young people turned to look at the engineering department.

Wang Zhong: "This is the correct way to serve the country! Dig trenches first, then retreat when the enemy comes, enlist in the rear and participate in training! I look forward to having you join my army as new recruits in half a year!" "

The children looked at each other.

At this time, someone shouted: "Since digging trenches is so important, let's dig trenches!"

"Dig trenches!"

"go!"

Crowds of people flocked to the Agency's labor recruitment site.

When they were almost gone, a colonel from the recruiting office came over.

The colonel was missing an arm and could only salute Wang Zhong with his left hand.

"You were very helpful, Lieutenant Colonel."

Wang Zhong responded: "You're welcome, this is what I should do."

The colonel looked at the children blocking the entrance of the engineering office again and said: "Looking at these children, I suddenly felt confident. We will not surrender like the Carolingians."

Wang Zhong said firmly: "Of course not. Don't worry, of course not."

(End of this chapter)