artillery arc

Chapter 630 Night Investigation
At 7 on July 3, Khazaria Front Command.

Wang Zhong yawned and said to Pavlov, "I'm going to take a rest. Wake me up if there's anything unexpected."

"Don't worry, I will wake you up."

Before the chief of staff finished speaking, the communications officer rushed in with a telegram in his hand: "The cavalry unit sent an urgent message, they found an unusually large command facility."

Wang Zhong was shocked: "What? Give it to me!"

Without waiting for the staff officer to respond, he snatched the telegram and opened it. After glancing at it, he ran to the map, picked up a thumbtack and pressed it on the map: "Here! Pavlov, look, isn't this location suitable for setting up a front - no, an army group headquarters?"

Wang Zhong almost slipped up when he heard that the enemy was not called a front army.

Pavlov: "It is indeed appropriate. The length of the telephone lines to each unit is almost the same, but the length of the telephone line is actually irrelevant. It is nothing more than bringing an extra roll of telephone wire when laying the line. It does not prove that this is the enemy army group headquarters."

Wang Zhong grinned. "Then why don't we go and verify it? I'll go and verify it! Vasily, call Emilia to get on the reconnaissance plane and prepare to take off."

Pavlov shouted, "It's night! P3 has never been recorded to attack at night!"

Because the main task of Pei 3 is to take pictures, nothing can be taken at night with current photography technology.

Pavlov added: "Besides, how can you be sure that it is the enemy headquarters? You can't even see things on the ground clearly from the air! The enemy has just been attacked by cavalry and there will be a blackout!"

Wang Zhong: "Of course I rely on Miss Emilia's sensing ability!"

Facing a major war opportunity, Wang Zhong could not care less. He had been searching for the enemy's headquarters during his personal reconnaissance, but his ability could only cover a plane of 2.5 kilometers. The enemy's occupied area was so large and there were so many buildings in the occupied area that it was like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the headquarters.

Now the location of the enemy headquarters has been revealed. We must confirm it immediately and then arrange a Komanda airborne assault.

How can we miss such a golden opportunity?

Even if this is not the enemy's army group headquarters, it is okay to send troops to touch an army group headquarters.

Plossen's army groups are large-scale organizations. Once the headquarters is destroyed, these hundreds of thousands of people will be leaderless. No matter how elite the Plossen people are, they will be in chaos for a day and a half.

Pavlov was organizing his words when Vasily put down the phone. "Miss Emilia said she would take care of it. It will be ready before you arrive at the airport."

Wang Zhong pointed to the door and said, "Then I'll leave?"

Pavlov: "Okay, okay, with Miss Emilia flying the plane, at least we don't have to worry about crashing into the ground in the dark. But if you fly over in the red Pegasus, won't it alert the enemy?"

Wang Zhong immediately said to Vasily, "Yes, call Emilia and tell her that we're going to drive a regular Peugeot 3 this time!"

Vasily immediately picked up the receiver and carried out the order.

"Then I'll leave." Wang Zhong turned and ran straight to the gate, fearing that Pavlov would change his mind.

When he ran to the door, he remembered, stopped and looked back at Pavlov: "I am the highest commander of this front, right?"

"Yes." Pavlov nodded seriously, "So I didn't stop you. If I were the top commander, you would never be able to get out."

Wang Zhong smiled and patted Gregory on the shoulder: "Drive, let's go!"

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Thirty minutes later, Wang Zhong was already in the sky.

Emilia asked on the intercom: "Why did you suddenly think of taking off for reconnaissance?"

Wang Zhong: "We just received a report from the cavalry unit saying that they found a place that looks very much like the Plosson High Command. I looked at the map and thought it would be a good place to set up the army group headquarters, so I went to take a look."

"Oh, I see." Emilia's tone was very calm, probably because she had heard something about it. "Cameras are useless at night. You can only rely on your intuition."

Wang Zhong: "Leave it to me. The enemy's army group commander, Marshal Goron, is a formidable foe. As long as I fly over his headquarters, I can be sure it's him!"

His statement was as close as possible to what Emilia had said about her sensory form.

After he said that, he realized, damn, why is this so similar to the mutual sensitivity between the new humans in Gundam?
Once he was above Marshal Goron, a flash of lightning flashed in front of Wang Zhong's eyes, accompanied by a strange sound effect...

Never mind. It doesn’t matter if I talk a little nonsense. As long as we can find the enemy headquarters, that’s good enough.

Now the tank battle has become a pure war of attrition, with the competition being which side will use up its reserve forces first. Without any way to break the deadlock, the tank units have finally gathered some experienced tankers, but they are all going to be killed by the elite Proson soldiers.

While Wang Zhong was thinking about this, Emilia was trying to find something to say: "Night flying is more difficult than expected. I wonder how the night witches adapt to this kind of flying."

Wang Zhong: "Their plane is very reliable. Even if they make a mistake, they can still make an emergency landing. The Pei 3 is different. Only you can take off and land smoothly in the pitch-black night. If you weren't the one flying, my good chief of staff wouldn't agree to let me go out and have fun."

Emilia: "Sounds like I'm important. So am I off course, navigator?"

Wang Zhong was not only an observer, but also a navigator. After all, he had to mark the location of the photo on the map while taking photos, so it was normal for him to be a navigator. He checked from the bird's-eye view and replied, "It's off course by two degrees, correct to the right."

"Understood, correct two degrees to the right."

The plane shook slightly, probably due to the vibration caused by the slight deflection of the tail rudder.

At this time, the plane passed by the Plosson base. The enemy, hearing the sound, turned on the searchlight and looked for the plane.

However, Pei-3 flew very fast and the enemy could not find it, and the anti-aircraft guns that fired indiscriminately all fell behind Wang Zhong's plane.

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At the headquarters of the Plossen Southern Army Group, Marshal Goron put down the receiver, sighed, and punched the table.

The chief of staff asked worriedly, "Didn't you get any reinforcements?"

"They are coming," Marshal Goron raised his head, "but they are not the troops that have been transferred to the Central Army Group, but new troops added from the rear."

Chief of Staff: "Railway transport capacity is so tight now. Army Group Center and we are consuming a lot of ammunition and various supplies. How much manpower can be spared to mobilize troops from the mainland? It may be late July before these troops arrive at the front."

Marshal Goron: "Not necessarily. There are troops being trained in Agsukov. They should be able to be mobilized quickly. At least they can be used to plug the leaks and some of the larger breakthroughs.

"As for the vital armored forces, we might as well hope that those broken-down Panthers can be repaired and put into combat, as well as the Elephant tank destroyers and our Panzer VI Tiger II tanks."

The chief of staff pursed his lips, obviously not knowing how to respond.

At this time, the phone rang, and the duty staff officer answered the phone in an orderly manner: "Army Group Headquarters, plane? Is it the Night Witch? Didn't they say that this doesn't need to be reported? The voice is different?"

Marshal Goron stepped forward and took the microphone: "I am Marshal Goron, what's the situation?"

The officer on the other side was terrified: "Marshal! We just heard the engine noise of the enemy plane. It doesn't look like a mosquito-like biplane. It's flying very fast. Our searchlight couldn't catch up with it! It slipped away and may be heading straight for your headquarters."

Marshal Goron: "I understand. Thank you for fulfilling your duties."

After saying that, he returned the receiver to the staff officer and looked at the chief of staff: "Just now, a cavalry raided us, and before daybreak, an enemy plane was heading towards us?"

Chief of Staff: "If an enemy plane drops a bomb, it won't cause much damage, right? How about you hide in the basement in advance?"

Marshal Goron: "Is this really just a bombing? No, I don't think so. Let the anti-aircraft regiment be on alert, tell them that this is a very fast enemy plane, and try to shoot it down. I want to see what the Ants are going to do."

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Wang Zhong: "We are almost there. The enemy we just passed may have reported it to the higher-ups. Be careful."

Emilia: "Don't worry. Do we have to fly over the enemy? Or is it enough to just touch the edge?"

Wang Zhong: "Just rub it for a bit. If it is really the army group headquarters, the anti-aircraft firepower is very strong."

"Okay, tell me once you've confirmed it, and I'll show Proson's anti-aircraft gunner what aerobatic flying is."

Wang Zhong did not answer, his attention was all on the bird's-eye view.

Suddenly, a large number of red dots appeared in front of me. Because they came so fast, they were right in front of me in a flash.

Wang Zhong saw clearly that this thing was the "Southern Army Group Headquarters" and shouted: "Quick, let's go! It's confirmed, it's the enemy headquarters!"

Before he could finish his words, intensive artillery fire fired from the ground into the air.

Emilia immediately circled to the right, dropping rapidly in altitude, with the tips of her wings almost brushing the ground, and wheat hitting the wings with a crackling sound.

The tracer bullets fired by the enemy fell on the wheat field like raindrops, and even an 88 artillery shell grazed the tail of the plane and bounced in the wheat field.

Wang Zhong was almost sticking to the window glass facing the ground.

The plane flew over a farmhouse, and just as it left, it was hit by a hail of enemy bullets, which blew off the earthen walls, the roof, and all the wooden window frames.

The dog in the farmhouse had been barking at the planes, but when the rain of bullets came, it immediately lay on the ground and could only whimper.

After passing over the farmhouse, the curvature of the earth finally took effect. The ground gunners could not see the plane close to the ground, and their artillery fire could only fly in vain.

Wang Zhong: "Sukabulie!"

Emilia: "We escaped! The plane's data is good. How is it? Are you sure?"

"Yes, that is the enemy's army group headquarters. Let Komanda prepare!"

(End of this chapter)