artillery arc

Chapter 663: The atmosphere at the front headquarters is quite relaxed

July 7, 27 p.m., First Khazaria Front Headquarters.

Because the front headquarters is too far away from the front line, Wang Zhong and Pavlov are discussing the location of the new headquarters.

Wang Zhong: "I want to put it in Orachi. Back then, we used one division to resist the enemy's entire armored assault group and were bullied terribly. Now setting up the headquarters here will be very ceremonial."

He looked at Popov and said, "We need this sense of ceremony, right?"

Popov: "No, now even the most die-hard capitulationists have recognized the situation clearly. We all know that the final victory is only a matter of time. In fact, many people in our front believe that you will enter Prothenia with the help of General Winter by the end of this year."

Wang Zhong: "Why do you emphasize General Dong's help?"

Popov spread his hands and said, "Every time you achieve great success in battle, it is in winter. Some old people are already saying that you are the incarnation of General Winter and the guardian of winter. The Melania people even call you the Wild Hunt that comes with the north wind. You know the Wild Hunt, right?"

Wang Zhongxin thought I knew it too well. Throughout the entire game of "The Witcher 3", I just competed with the Wild Hunt to find my daughter - and occasionally played Gwent.

But he wanted to pretend that he was not particularly familiar with Melania's culture, so he said: "I don't know, what is this? A festival like the Naadam Festival?"

"No, it's probably the equivalent of Melania's Ragnarok. The Wild Hunt will bring extreme cold and destroy the world. Now they think you are the Wild Hunt, and you will bring extreme cold to destroy Prosom and rebirth Melania."

Wang Zhong's eyebrows twisted together: "Do they really think so?"

"Only some of Melania's soldiers think so. After all, less than half of Melania's troops are secular believers, and they are among the more superstitious troops in our entire army."

Wang Zhong did not think there was anything wrong with Archbishop Popov's sharp comment that Melania was superstitious at first.

Popov continued, "In short, there is no need for this kind of ceremony now. I'm afraid even the Prosen people know that they are about to fail. So I oppose setting up the headquarters in a frontline place like Orachi."

Pavlov clapped his hands happily: "Great! Now it's two to one, even you can't ignore our opinions!"

Wang Zhong shrugged.

Pavlov added: "After we have liberated Agsukov and pushed the front to the Tiber River, we will set up our headquarters directly in your old house in Agsukov. This will be more ceremonial, isn't it?"

"That makes sense." Wang Zhong suddenly felt nostalgic. He put his hands behind his back, walked to the window of the headquarters, and looked at the night sky outside. "I'm going home soon. It's been two years since Agsukov fell. We finally fought back."

Popov: "This way, you will finally have the great success you achieved in the summer."

Wang Zhong: "Really? Didn't I achieve results in the summer before?"

"Yes, but none of them were major achievements. We just kept defending, defending, and defending again." Vasily replied, "I heard an interesting saying when I was drinking in the Officers' Club. It said that Rokossov was the Shield of Ant in the summer and the Spear of Ant in the winter."

Wang Zhong looked at Pavlov and said, "It seems that the General Staff still doesn't have enough work to do. We need to increase the workload."

Pavlov: "I think the burden is heavy enough. The officers should be under the care of the archbishop when they are resting."

Popov: "Ah? Indeed, but I think that in times of great progress like this, the troops should be allowed to drink a little as long as it does not affect their work. Vasily, did you see anyone drinking in the officers' club?"

"No, just a few drinks, a few drinks!" Vasily gestured with his fingers.

Popov: “Really?”

Vasily: "With the alcohol tolerance of the Ants, drinking less than half a bottle is just a small drink."

Popov cursed, "Sukabile, I get it. We should have the inquisitors patrol the officers' club more often and intervene if anyone drinks more than one glass."

Wang Zhong: "Then the club's cups became bigger and bigger."

"Then we can also regulate the size of the cups!" Popov said. "I'll draw up the regulations right away."

Wang Zhong gave a thumbs up.

The time travel has been going on for three years, and Wang Zhong has understood one thing: it is impossible to prevent the Ant people from drinking. They will find ways to find loopholes to drink, so the only thing he can do is to prevent them from making mistakes.

Just as everyone in the headquarters was chatting leisurely, the phone rang.

When Pavlov saw that it was a red phone, he said directly to Wang Zhong: "It must be Her Majesty calling again. She is the only one who would call us at this time."

Wang Zhong looked at his watch: "Indeed."

He picked up the red receiver. "Headquarters of the Kozalia Front, this is Rokossov."

“Brother!” Olga’s voice came out, and even the others in the headquarters could vaguely hear it. “Turgenev told me that you are going to recapture Shepetovka soon!”

Wang Zhong: "Yes, we are about to liberate Shepetovka. The enemy is currently in a state of general retreat. We expect to occupy Orach tomorrow and block their retreat to Agsukov. They can only retreat in the direction of the Central Army Group and then form a new line of defense in Lensk and Imurich.

"When we liberate Agsukov, the area occupied by Army Group Center will become a huge salient."

Olga was very excited: "So you are going to uproot this salient in winter?" Wang Zhong shook his head, although Olga could not see it on the other end of the phone: "I'm afraid not, my front has a large number of cavalry and armored units, and the quality of infantry is not as high as that of the Western Front. Fighting in the woods and swamps is not our strong point.

“This winter we plan to break through the Tiber River defense line, capture Bogdanovka, recapture Roniezh, and liberate all of Khazaria.

"This route is all plains, which makes it easier than attacking the enemy's central army group."

While speaking, Wang Zhong had already picked up the phone and came to the large map of the headquarters.

Olga: "Is it really okay for you to just tell me your future plans?"

"It doesn't matter, because if the generals under Prosontong were to formulate the battle plan, they would make the same choice. They know how we want to fight," said Wang Zhong.

Olga: "And how did they respond?"

Wang Zhong immediately replied: "First, they may set up defenses in Agusukov, after all, there are many fortifications we left there. But at present, I think the Prosen people do not have enough troops to set up defenses.

"General Shiprin would certainly withdraw across the Tiber and restore the line to the state it was in before August 914, only this time they would fortify along the Tiber.

“I think we will be able to capture Agsukov relatively easily.

"Then they will try to hold us back on the Tiber River."

Vasily interrupted, "I'm afraid they don't think we can cross the Tiber before it freezes over in the winter. But the general will certainly try to take action before it freezes over."

Wang Zhong seemed to have forgotten that he was still holding the microphone, and changed his tone to talk to Vasily: "The freezing will not happen until mid-December. Even if winter comes early like last year, it is unlikely to freeze by the end of November.

"The enemy is slow in training replacements, but their replacements are of high quality. We cannot allow Plosson's army to be replenished, understand? The more replacement battalions arrive at the front, the greater our casualties will be.

"So we have to launch the attack as quickly as possible, and use bombers to continuously attack their supply nodes, and even cross the border to bomb train stations and train dispatching yards in Melania."

Olga: "Did you forget that you were on the phone with me? Did you just talk to Vasily? I heard that he got married?"

Wang Zhong was shocked: "Vassily is married?"

Vasily raised his hand. "Didn't you see that I've been wearing my wedding ring since I came back? This makes me so sad. I thought you were just busy commanding the battle and had no time to care about these things."

Wang Zhong: "Which blind girl fell in love with you?"

Vasily: "General, I look OK."

Popov: "Still a musician."

"It has nothing to do with this!" Vasily said immediately. It seemed that even after getting married, he still had not reconciled with his musician father.

Wang Zhong once again looked at Vasily and said, "I didn't expect that His Majesty would tell me this."

"Brother, can't you just call me sister?"

"Okay, sister."

Olga changed the subject: "When will your headquarters enter Shepetovka? Patriarch Belinsky thinks there should be a grand entry, because this is the first city with a population of one million that we have liberated."

Previously, Wang Zhong recovered a series of cities whose populations before the war were only a few hundred thousand. After two years of fighting, the populations of some cities were reduced to only 20.

But Shepetovka still has a population of one million and will become a vital logistical node.

Wang Zhong: "Entering the city..."

Pavlov: "It is not rational to deliberately move the headquarters to Shepetovka. It will waste a lot of effort. I suggest that the headquarters should continue to move to Agsukov. So if we want to carry out the entry ceremony, you have to go there in person, General."

Popov: "Bring a new heavy tank named after you."

Olga: "I heard it! We'll send a new tank right away. Ke Jing reported that the new tank has solved the problem of the transmission shaft being easily broken, and the gearbox failure rate has also been reduced. It's just right for you to drive it."

Wang Zhong: "Okay. Then let's set the date of entry into the city as July 7st."

Pavlov: "Okay, let the troops stop outside the city for two days to rest, so they don't go into the city looking ragged and like beggars!"

Popov: "After all, this is the first city with a population of one million that has been liberated. Let's make it more grand!"

Vasily: "But we will liberate Agsukov soon, and then there are Bogdanovka and Roniezh——"

Wang Zhong: “Being the first one should always be celebrated!”

(End of this chapter)