artillery arc

Chapter 612 Outpost Battle
Wang Zhong: "Urban is using the fierce attack on Shostka to create the illusion of a breakthrough here. Is the real intention to enter from the weak point?"

"Yes, I have enough cavalry this time. Although there are more woods in the central terrain and the cavalry cannot gallop as smoothly as in Khazaria and Nanante, it can still effectively destroy the enemy's rear supply and connectivity." General Gorky gestured in the air.

Wang Zhong: "But what about the enemy's reserve forces in Obosk? According to aerial reconnaissance, there may be one or two armored divisions there."

General Gorky: "They can only counterattack in one or two directions, but we will break through in all directions. They only have so many firefighting teams, but we must be like wildfire, spreading all over the mountains and plains!
“Moreover, the attack on Shostka was not entirely a feint. After Urban achieved results, it could be transformed into the main breakthrough direction.

"Even if all attacks are ineffective, it can still attract their troops and reduce your pressure."

Gorky spread his hands and said, "Just like the winter battle."

Wang Zhong: "If you hadn't attracted a large number of enemy troops during the winter campaign, we would have found it difficult to hold on. I protested to Belinsky, saying that you must be included in the battle report, but he disagreed."

General Gorky: "I took the initiative to ask that my name be hidden from the battle report, because to put it nicely, it attracted the enemy's attention, but to put it bluntly, there was no attack. I will continue to optimize my plan and let my officers and soldiers become more familiar with the plan!"

General Gorky placed his hands on the table, staring at the table which actually had no map on it, his eyes seemed to be gazing at the mountains and rivers on the map.

He said firmly: "Next time, we must make sure that the enemy cannot be stopped even if they send more troops. Only if you do this, I will allow my name to be included in the battle report."

Wang Zhong stared at General Gorky, feeling a little embarrassed. After all, he had indeed shared a lot of the pressure during the winter battle.

At this time Olga said: "Belinsky told me that he understood General Gorky's idea of ​​​​catching up with you and respected his decision, so I also approved his request."

Wang Zhong stared at General Gorky, who was much older than him, and said, "When I was still a student, you were already a general. You are my predecessor. With your respect, I can only do my best to achieve results worthy of this respect.

"See you Prosonia!"

Wang Zhong stretched out his hand.

General Gorky shook his hand without hesitation: "See you in Prothenya! Then, I will attack first in June."

"I'll catch up later." Wang Zhong responded, "We'll try to recover Khazaria within this year."

General Gorky: "Only the recovery of Kozalia?"

Wang Zhong: "You should know more about the northern and central city clusters and the surrounding conditions than I do, right?"

General Gorky served as commander of the Western Front for a long time before the war. At that time, the Western Front's defense zone was the area now occupied by the enemy's Central Army Group.

Gorky smiled and said, "Indeed, the city clusters are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the fortifications I built were built by me! We actually lost these places so quickly at that time. Facts have proved that for an army without preparation and morale, fortifications are useless.

"The truly indestructible line of defense lies in the heart of every soldier."

Wang Zhong: "Yes. To conquer these fortified areas, it is estimated that there will be a lot of casualties. So I think that after we reach the border of Khazaria this year, the direction of our attack next year..."

General Gorky: "Start from Khazaria and head straight to the Baltic Sea, encircle and annihilate them."

Wang Zhong: "The enemy will also think that we will fight like this, and it is estimated that it will not go smoothly."

"Then it all depends on your deception skills. You always fool them. Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's focus on this year first."

After saying this, General Gorky turned around and was about to leave. Lyudmila said, "General, won't you stay for dinner? My husband has a Seris cook..."

General Gorky: "I have to fly back to the headquarters soon, so I won't be able to appreciate the cooking skills of Seris's chef."

Wang Zhong: "Don't be afraid. It's just a rumor that you can't come back after eating."

"I'm not worried about that. I really have to catch a plane." After saying that, General Gorky took a few steps outside, then he remembered that the Tsar was still sitting. He turned back and saluted the Tsar, "Your Majesty, I'll take my leave!"

"Well, let's go."

General Gorky then left the room.

Olga looked at the gate, then at Wang Zhong, and said, "How can you continue this conversation by gesturing at a table without a map?"

Wang Zhong: "Of course, we look at maps every day and have memorized the topography and key cities. Just like my hometown."

Agsukov is the starting point of Wang Zhong's "feelings" for this world, so it is not wrong to say that it is his hometown.

Wang Zhong looked at his wife.

Lyudmila didn't say anything, but responded to him with a gentle yet firm look.

Olga looked back and forth at the two of them, sighed softly, and then cheered up: "We will go back! We will definitely go back!"

Wang Zhong: "Yeah."

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Plosson, 301st Company, st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

Company Commander Schmidt led a platoon-level special reconnaissance detachment, equipped with two Cougar armored vehicles, two Type 2 tanks, and a radio vehicle, and sped across the grassland. This was their third reconnaissance mission, and their main goal was to determine the location of the Ants' defense line.

But on the prairie of Salia, the position of the defense line is uncertain, and we don’t even know where to prepare the artillery fire.

Captain Schmidt ordered the Cougar to stop, then stood up on the turret, raised the telescope and observed the grassland ahead.

"Nothing, at least I didn't see anything!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the voice of the captain of car No. 2 came from the headset: "But aircraft reconnaissance shows that the Ants have carried out engineering here, and there are photos."

Schmidt: "The photo may be a deliberate false impression. The Ante people can carry out construction at night and hide well during the day. This is the case in other areas. The reconnaissance team must risk their lives to find out their defense line."

Currently, aerial reconnaissance can only confirm the existence of some large-scale projects during their construction. For example, heavy permanent support points built with reinforced concrete are basically unable to avoid aerial reconnaissance during the construction process.

However, when the project is completed, these support points will quickly disappear and be completely submerged by the vast grassland. Proson's staff can only roughly mark the locations of these support points and roughly draw the structures of these support points based on previous reconnaissance photos.

Apart from these, other things like trenches that can be dug out overnight are basically ineffective for aerial reconnaissance and cannot be seen at all, so we can only send scouts to come and explore the situation.

This kind of exploration is basically equivalent to risking one's life to explore the way forward.

Schmidt observed for another minute, sighed, and ordered: "Send out the death squad and sneak over there."

"Yes."

Following a few commands, two members of the suicide squad lay down in the grass and crawled forward.

Schmidt nervously watched the two people through a telescope, but the two people soon disappeared into the wildly growing grass in late spring and early summer, and their position could only be vaguely seen through the swaying grass.

Soon, even the swaying of the grass could no longer be seen, because the wind started to blow, and waves of green appeared on the grassland.

Captain Schmidt had a bad feeling.

Suddenly, a mine exploded, and a sudden fountain of mud appeared on the grassland, blowing helmets and weapons several meters into the sky.

Then there were flashes and smoke in the distance.

Schmidt immediately realized what it was and yelled, "Direct fire!"

He leaped directly from the top of the Cougar Scout Vehicle to the side.

Almost at the same time, the armor-piercing bullet hit the puma, creating a series of sparks. About ten meters behind the puma, a cloud of mud rose up. It was obvious that the armor-piercing bullet hit the ground and bounced up again, bringing up the mud.

The fuse of the armor-piercing bullet used by the Ants was set incorrectly, and it penetrated the Cougar completely without being activated.

Schmidt fell down and saw stars, but he still managed to get up and ordered: "Release the smoke! Record the position of the anti-tank gun! Also, take photos if you can!"

However, more anti-tank guns came firing.

Puma No. 2 had been penetrated by several shells, and although none of the shells activated the fuses, vehicle No. 2 still caught fire.

The two Type 2 tanks were not so lucky; the first armor-piercing shell that penetrated them exploded.

Schmidt: "Radio! Quickly report the location of the enemy line behind! Release the smoke!"

The surviving scout threw out the smoke bombs on his body, and the radio operator shouted: "We have determined the location of the enemy's defense line! At the coordinates..."

Schmidt limped onto the motorcycle and said, "Quick, quick, quick! Retreat! The enemy's mobile forces will soon come to wipe us out!"

The surviving Plosson soldiers jumped onto the vehicles that were still usable. Since there were so many survivors, several motorcycles were packed with people, as if they were going to see the third brother for further studies.

As the convoy fled, Schmidt turned his head and looked back, and sure enough, he saw the smoke and dust raised by the enemy's mobile forces.

"The enemy is chasing us! Judging from its maneuvering speed, it might be a Willys Jeep!"

The Plossons have become accustomed to the Willys Jeeps that the Ants are equipped with in large quantities. In fact, the Plossons themselves also like to use Willys Jeeps. If it weren't for the fact that they could easily be beaten by their own people when driving this thing around on the battlefield, the Plossons would have probably eliminated their Mercedes-Benz bucket trucks long ago.

After running for a while, the pursuers approached. It turned out to be not a Willys Jeep, but a six-wheeled mobile armored vehicle. The turret was equipped with not only a heavy machine gun, but also a cannon of unknown caliber!
Schmidt swore that there was no trace of this type of armored vehicle in the identification atlas issued by the High Command.

(Actually it is an M8 Greyhound armored vehicle, armed with a 37mm main gun and a 12.7mm M2 heavy machine gun)
The enemy opened fire, and tracer bullets from heavy machine guns chased the Prosen people across the grassland.

Schmidt lay down in the truck bed and urged loudly: "Hurry up! We can get rid of the enemy if we return to our position!"

Before he could finish his words, the enemy opened fire.

The shell hit the front of the motorcycle, creating a small dent. At this speed, it was enough to flip the vehicle over.

Schmidt felt himself floating in the air, and then his consciousness was completely cut off.

(End of this chapter)