artillery arc

Chapter 635: Situation on the Night of the 4th
On the evening of July 7, at 4, Wang Zhong saw off the 2000st Airborne Brigade and the Komanda Force who were participating in the raid at the airport.

The C47 transport aircraft supported by the United States was responsible for transporting them. Ant's own authorized production version is not a high production priority and the output is not large. Most of Ant Aircraft Industry's production capacity is used to produce the Yak-3 and La-5 fighters, as well as the Pe 2 bomber.

However, the domestic production capacity of Lianzhong has been expanded now, so it is no big deal for C47 to support Ant.

The United States Eighth Air Force is relying on the bases in the United Kingdom to frantically bomb the Plosson Empire, and at times it can lose 200 heavy bombers a day.

This loss rate is much more severe than that of Earth's Eighth Air Force, probably because the strength of the Plossen Air Force is much stronger than that of Earth's Sandezi Air Force.

According to the information obtained by Wang Zhong, it seems that the Prosen people have even developed the TA152. On Earth, the TA152 is specially designed for catching bombers at high altitudes. It is understandable that the bomber fleet of the Eighth Air Force suffered heavier losses after being equipped so quickly.

Wang Zhong always felt that soon Plossen's national air defense operations would evolve into a sci-fi jet like the HO229 versus the ultimate improved version of the P51 Mustang.

But he immediately realized that this was exactly the scene he often saw in "War Thunder" before he traveled through time.

However, how Proson's national air defense operations go is none of his business now.

He was about to send his best warriors on an extremely dangerous mission.

After reviewing the paratroopers, he came to Alomeev and told him: "After completing the mission, there is no need to fight the enemy to the death. Immediately break up and join the guerrillas and cavalry. The tanks will arrive soon."

Alomeev saluted. "Understood, General. Don't worry, we know this mission is very dangerous."

Wang Zhong nodded slowly, then waved his hand: "Let's get on board."

Alomeev immediately gave the order, and the first generation of airborne soldiers converted from naval infantry turned around in unison and walked towards the fleet of aircraft parked at the airport.

The C47s carrying the Komanda commandos will also be mixed in with the st Airborne Brigade's fleet, and when they approach the drop zone, they will land individually.

At that time, there will be cavalry troops on the ground lighting bonfires to guide the paratroopers and Commanders to land.

Wang Zhong watched the brave warriors board the plane, and the ground staff began to help turn the plane's propeller.

The first plane started quickly and moved along the taxiway under the guidance of the guide, followed closely by the second and third planes.

The C47 fleet lined up like an elephant walking all the way to the starting point of the take-off runway.

Popov, who came to escort the paratroopers, said: "This may be the largest-scale attack on a headquarters in a campaign direction in this war. The Allies have previously sent the Komanda Squadron to carry out the same mission, which seems to be to destroy the supply and port of the Prosun Africa Corps and assassinate Erwin."

Wang Zhong nodded: "It was Colonel Jonard who carried out the operation, but in the end he regretted that he failed to eliminate the Plosson rookie named Erwin."

Popov was shocked: "Is that him?"

Wang Zhong glanced at Popov and said, "There's someone in the headquarters who is even more careless than me in reading documents!"

"I felt that with you two here, it was not my turn to command them, so I just took a glance." Popov shrugged.

At this time, the flare was launched, and the lead plane began to taxi, and after a brief acceleration, it rushed into the night sky.

Wang Zhong waved at the plane.

By the time all the planes had taken off, his hands were almost numb from waving.

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Wang Zhong and Popov returned to the headquarters and saw Pavlov looking very happy, so they asked, "What's wrong, Chief of Staff? Is there anything good?"

Pavlov looked up and couldn't help laughing: "We captured the headquarters of the enemy's Third Armored Army. We didn't capture the commander and senior officers, but we seized some documents and maps that were not burned in time, as well as the low-level staff who stayed behind to burn the documents.

"The number of tanks in the Third Armored Corps has been reduced to 30, which is the number of three armored divisions. In addition to these, they only have the assault gun units of the 160th Infantry Division assigned to the Armored Corps.

"All of these combined do not exceed 100. And we have 500 tanks on the front of the Third Armored Army alone!"

Wang Zhong: "Didn't they say that our exchange with the enemy was three to one?"

"That was the exchange ratio between the T34W troops and the enemy, but the new rocket launchers and new heavy tanks have brought the exchange ratio back a lot. Our most optimistic estimate was two to one," Pavlov's mouth curled up slightly, "but according to the captured documents, it's even more optimistic than our most optimistic estimate!"

Vasily: "In fact, a large part of the victory was not achieved by us. The enemy tanks broke down. For example, only a small number of the enemy's new medium tanks participated in the battle.

"Also, the enemy's Elephant tank destroyers, their reports say they were completely destroyed in the encounter with us, but our armored units have not reported encountering new tank destroyers.

"After careful confirmation with various units, these Elephant tank destroyers were destroyed by our infantry units."

Popov's eyes widened. "How is that possible? Infantry? Using a rocket launcher?"

Vasily showed his signature sly smile: "No, the infantry troops that destroyed these elephants were not equipped with rocket launchers. They killed these elephants with Molotov cocktails." Popov: "In the wilderness? During the attack?"

Vasily nodded.

Wang Zhong: "I guess the Prosons, in pursuit of protection, learned from our vortex and didn't put machine gun ports on the front armor plate."

Vasily: "They went a step further. There were no machine gun ports on the front of the Elefant. No, the Elefant was not equipped with machine guns."

Wang Zhong already knew that the Elephant on Earth didn't have a machine gun at first, but he pretended to be shocked: "What?"

Vasily laughed: "They pursue perfection more than us! The result is that the infantry went up and destroyed them all with incendiary bombs!"

Wang Zhong laughed loudly, and after a while he asked, "What about the heavy tank? Where did the heavy tank go?"

The smile on Pavlov's face faded: "The enemy's Third Armored Army did not receive the heavy tanks. We interrogated the enemy's staff and obtained intelligence that there were two battalions of new heavy tanks, a total of 90 heavy tanks, which were incorporated into the Second Armored Army of the Asgard Knights.

"We have checked with the troops on the front line. Currently, only the 28st Heavy Breakthrough Tank Regiment of the Guards has encountered a battalion of the Ampura Armored Division of the nd Armored Corps of the Asgard Knights, with a total of new Leopard tanks."

Wang Zhong: "So, this Ampula Division is facing the 1st Guards Heavy Breakthrough Tank Regiment? They will soon encounter the Tiger..."

Wang Zhong almost said the word Tiger King, but fortunately, Ant language is an alphabetic language, and only pronouncing the first sound would generally not arouse suspicion.

In addition, it is not certain that the one encountered was the King Tiger. Maybe Proson directly pulled out the Maus, or even directly used the E100 heavy tank.

To be honest, it is still a bit difficult to defeat the Maus with the current 100mm gun. If the Prosen people really drive the Maus to the front line, they can only use smoke bombs to cover the infantry rushing forward and throwing incendiary bombs.

Tanks of this era did not have the triple-defense systems that later tanks were commonly equipped with, so they were afraid of incendiary bombs, which would destroy them if thrown at the engine cooling grille.

Shaking off his worries, Wang Zhong asked, "How many Rokossov I tanks are there in the First Guards Heavy Breakthrough Tank Regiment now?"

Pavlov shook his head. "No more. The tracks of the last Rokossov I tank were broken in today's battle. Their maintenance team is already overloaded. It will take until tomorrow afternoon to repair three Rokossov I tanks."

Wang Zhong: "Then if the enemy's new heavy tanks attack, wouldn't it be very dangerous?"

Pavlov: "I have mobilized a new T34W tank brigade to reinforce them, and ordered the 108th Guards Infantry Division behind them to speed up. The 108th Division is equipped with new rocket launchers. Recently, many infantry units have found that using tall grass on the grassland to approach the enemy can effectively take advantage of rocket launchers."

Wang Zhong nodded. He could not offer any further opinions on Pavlov's transfer.

Popov began to ask: "If the attack on the headquarters of Army Group South is successful tonight, then we don't have to worry about the enemy's heavy tanks rushing towards the 1st Guards Heavy Breakthrough Regiment, which has no tanks available, tomorrow?"

Wang Zhong: "Not necessarily. Maybe their officers are strong enough to quickly complete the handover of command and maintain the stability of the entire command system. We should make multiple preparations."

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At the same time, Plossen Southern Army Group Headquarters (old site).

Marshal Goron asked his adjutant: "Why can't we set off?"

Adjutant: "Because the nearby troops reported that enemy paratroopers had landed, it is too dangerous to set off now. We don't know how many enemy troops have landed."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flare was launched into the air outside the window, and the dazzling light shone into the armored command vehicle.

Then the sound of machine gun fire sounded, as if tearing canvas.

Marshal Goron frowned and said, "Very close."

"Yes." The adjutant's expression was serious and he opened the button on his holster.

At this time, the light of the flares disappeared, but the sound of machine gun fire did not stop.

Marshal Goron shouted, "Which unit is firing outside? Find out quickly!"

"Yes." As the staff officer responded, the second flare was launched into the air, and then the sound of PPSh firing was heard.

It was obvious that it was the Ants who were firing.

Marshal Goron frowned. "So many submachine guns? Did the enemy drop a lot of troops? Just to capture my headquarters?"

Adjutant: "Don't worry, we have mobilized all the armored vehicles that can still be used nearby..."

Marshal Goron: "Fool! What use is armor if infantry get close to you at night? Are you going to light yourself up to illuminate the surroundings? Prepare for close combat!"

(End of this chapter)