artillery arc

Chapter 601 Isn’t this a joke?
Also on March 3, at 20 hours at the First Khazaria Front Headquarters.

Wang Zhong heard the sound of airplane engines coming from outside the headquarters.

He immediately switched to a bird's-eye view and saw a Bo-2 biplane landing on the village road of the village where the headquarters was located in the night.

The village road had just been cleared of mud today, so it should remain dry at least until tomorrow morning when the dew falls, so the plane landed smoothly.

An officer jumped out of the plane holding a briefcase and blew a kiss to the female pilot who was flying the plane.

Wang Zhong frowned. His plug-in had told him that this man was the new liaison officer of the United Kingdom in Yeburg. The previous liaison officer was called back by the United Kingdom to report on his work because of the glorious victory in the winter campaign.

It seems that the United Kingdom is eager to find out the true circumstances of that glorious victory.

It was normal for the United Kingdom to be suspicious, and the United Kingdom also called back the commander of the naval aviation carrier-based aircraft liaison who was leading the reinforcements, in order to find out the real situation.

Those people haven't come back yet, and the pilots of the Navy Airlines have all been on vacation. Every day they teach the pilots of the Ant Air Force various unique techniques for bombing warships.

However, Wang Zhong didn't know why the new liaison officer came all the way from Yebao and had to take a crappy plane like the Bo-2 overnight.

He should have first taken a C47 to the nearby front-line airport. It was already evening at that time, so he temporarily changed to a Bo-2 biplane flown by the "Night Witches".

It must be something important.

While Wang Zhong was thinking this, the liaison officer had already met Emilia, and then went straight to the headquarters under the leadership of the witch.

Pavlov just put down the phone at this time: "The sentry reported that a Bo-2 has landed. The people from the United Kingdom are on their way to the headquarters."

Wang Zhong switched back to the naked eye perspective: "It looks like there is important information for us, otherwise they wouldn't send someone to deliver it overnight."

Pavlov nodded.

Popov: "You guys are about to change shifts and go to rest. This plane comes at a great time."

As they were talking, Emilia led the liaison officer in: "Generals, Liaison Officer Richard has important information."

"If it's not important, I won't come at this time." Wang Zhong stretched out his hand, "Give it to me, or do you want to wait for the translator first?"

Liaison Officer Richard: "It has been translated. Here you go."

He took out the envelope from his briefcase and stuffed it directly into Wang Zhong's hand.

Wang Zhong opened the manila envelope and took out the document inside. He frowned when he saw the cover. He read the words on the cover aloud: "Plosen Command, Top Secret, Summer Operation 916: Fortress? It seems that Fortress is a code name?"

It's actually the same attack code as the attack code of Kuznetsova in the history of the earth!
Wang Zhong immediately felt that the document was somewhat credible, but to be on the safe side he still asked, "Where did this document come from?"

"It was provided by MI6's mole in Germania," the liaison officer replied. "I don't know the details. The mole is at a very high level. It's impossible for me to know more."

Wang Zhong knew about World War II on Earth and how bad Sandezi's intelligence was. The Enigma machine was cracked by the British, and then various spies took out all kinds of important information. In the end, even the vital synthetic oil factory was seized by the Allies.

So he was quite confident that the United Kingdom's MI6 could obtain this kind of intelligence.

But Pavlov, unaware of this background, asked worriedly, "Can this be believed?"

Vasily was also worried: "Could this be a trick to deceive the enemy? Just like we deceived the Prosen people several times."

The United Kingdom liaison officer laughed.

Everyone in the headquarters looked at him.

Even Emilia, a fellow countryman, stared at him with a stern face.

The liaison officer finally realized something was wrong and stopped smiling. "Wait a minute, this isn't a joke? This isn't a joke? Isn't it funny that the Prosen people would resort to such deception?"

Wang Zhong and others looked at each other, and then laughed awkwardly.

Liaison officer: "You don't have to cooperate with me like this, so you think this is an act of deceiving the enemy?"

Wang Zhong: “That depends on the content.”

As he said this, he opened the cover and quickly read through the entire battle plan.

Pavlov stretched his head out to take a peek, but was blocked by Vasily, who was also very curious about the contents. He stared at Vasily's back, puffing his beard and glaring, but Vasily didn't care at all, his attention was all on the documents.

Vasily: "What? They are really attacking us as the general predicted? Is there such a good thing?"

Emilia didn't hear the conversation between Wang Zhong and General Gorky, so she widened her eyes and asked, "You made this prediction?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, because on the entire front, it seems that the easiest place to attack is the salient where we are."

Emilia: "Are they crazy? You are Ant's best defensive general!"

Wang Zhong: "But I did not stop them in the wilderness. I either relied on the pre-set positions formed by the woods, or relied on the rivers, or a large number of reinforced concrete buildings."

Vasily: "Have you forgotten Yeisk?"

Wang Zhong was stunned for a moment: "Ah? Oh, yes, Yeisk. I blocked them on the grassland near Yeisk, relying on the advantage of the vortex. But General Gorky said that the enemy's new anti-tank guns with thick barrels were found on the front line."

In fact, Wang Zhong didn’t think of Big Max and Emil at that time. He thought it was something like Weasel 3.

The Vortex should be able to resist the PAK40 gun carried by the Weasel at longer ranges.

He didn't expect that what he created would make the Proson people's technology tree point to the 105mm anti-tank gun, and the technology tree showed signs of rushing towards the E100 artillery carrier.

Emilia: "You sound like you may not be able to keep it this time, but your expression is full of confidence."

Wang Zhong shrugged his shoulders. "We can deal with the enemy even if they have better artillery. When their long-barreled No. 4 was first put into battle, didn't we survive it?"

Pavlov finally couldn't help but ask, "Can you show me the plan?"

"Oh, okay." Wang Zhong quickly handed the plan to Pavlov.

Pavlov quickly flipped through it and said, "From the details, it looks very much like a battle plan that the Prosons would formulate. But... replenishing 50 divisions? Isn't that a bit too much? The Prosons' divisions are very large."

Popov: "Fifty... If it were our mobilized divisions, it would be possible. After all, 50 mobilized divisions only have 25 people. If they were placed on the front line, they would not even form a threatening heavy force cluster. They could only fill the front line."

Wang Zhong: "If the enemy has two attack directions, 50 divisions can be dispersed on both sides of the pincer attack and then deployed in multiple echelons. But their battle plan only intends to give us a left hook, so 50 divisions are obviously unreasonable."

Vasily said happily: "The possibility that this is a plan to deceive the enemy has increased!"

"Pfft~" The liaison officer immediately covered his mouth, "Sorry, this is not a joke, I understand, I already understand."

Pavlov handed the plan brought by the liaison officer to Popov, and came to the map himself: "I still think it's a bit incredible to attack us. We are strong in men and horses. There are many troops with the title of Guards in our organization. In addition to the newly reorganized 8th Guards Tank Army, the other troops have experienced bloody battles and have preserved the elite combat backbones."

The 51th Guards Tank Army was formed on the basis of the original 51st Tank Army. However, the st Army suffered heavy losses, and only the crews and officers who rushed behind enemy lines to fight guerrilla warfare survived. So although this army has the title of Guards, it is basically a new army.

Wang Zhong: "Our infantry has been tested, and most of them have experienced the bloody battle of Abavakhan. However, we are in the salient. Last year, they almost completed the feat of attacking Yarvik and then turning to attack Borsk."

Last year, Wang Zhong assigned Vasily to build a fake tank formation, which fooled the enemy and sent the troops originally intended to flank Borsk into the Battle of the Sukhaveli River Bend. As a result, Myshkin's Borsk Front escaped and was eventually reorganized into a mountain front.

Popov: "So the enemy is preparing to complete what they failed to complete last year? Then should we also retreat? As before, stretch the enemy's supply lines and delay the counterattack until winter?"

Wang Zhong shook his head: "No, the enemy will not be fooled this year. Even the Prosen people should not fall for the third time. The enemy will most likely launch a short campaign in the summer, just as I predicted in front of General Gorky."

As he spoke, he came to the map and said, "Whether this intelligence is true or false, we should destroy the enemy's manpower in the defensive counterattack, use fortifications to tire out and consume the enemy, and launch a counterattack after the enemy has become exhausted.

"Plossen has already mobilized. If we drag on, the enemy's forces may increase and their equipment will improve. The situation may become difficult, and we will have to make more sacrifices to achieve victory.

"Now we have to consider not only winning the war, but also winning the war with the least sacrifice. If we win the war and go back to find that there is no labor in the village and the factories are full of workers with missing limbs, then the cost of this war will be too high, comrades!"

Popov slammed the table: "You are right! Let's start repairing the fortifications now!"

Wang Zhong: "In order to prevent this intelligence from being false or the enemy from modifying the battle plan, we should build fortifications along the entire front and actively conduct reconnaissance to grasp the enemy's assembly status and the storage status of ammunition and supplies as much as possible.

"The next four months are crucial, and will determine how much sacrifice we can make to achieve victory. We must minimize the sacrifices! As much as possible, minimize! Take action, Davarish!"

Pavlov clapped his hands vigorously: "You all heard it!"

Popov: "Wait a minute, have you forgotten the time? People who don't know how to rest can't work. You should rest first and let the night shift people get busy first, and then you can get busy tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)