artillery arc

Chapter 679 Men's Talk
After Wang Zhong finished speaking, General Gorky immediately said: "During the summer offensive, our defense of the Central Army Group was not very effective. The enemy deployed a large number of armored units to counterattack us. Our armored troops had difficulty crossing the river, and the troops that crossed the river lacked effective anti-tank means."

Kirinenko immediately replied: "In the summer, the production of rocket launchers was too small. For example, my cavalry army only received 1000 rocket launchers. It seems that there are a lot of rocket launchers, but these rocket launchers are consumables and are thrown away after use.

"These 1,000 rocket launchers were used up in less than three days. The troops reported great success and requested more rocket launchers.

"So what's the official model name for this rocket launcher? The documents call it 'New Rocket Launcher', the soldiers call it Molotov Sausage, some call it Mom's Feather Duster, but this thing has to have an official model number, right?"

Molotov sausage is probably derived from "Molotov cocktail". Both are individual anti-tank weapons. Mom's feather duster - I didn't expect that the young Russians would be beaten with a feather duster by their mother when they were young.

When Wang Zhong was a child, his family didn't have a feather duster, so his mother used a broom which had similar functions. Every time she swept with the broom, her butt was covered with red marks.

Wang Zhong: "The official production model, I plan to call it the Magic Arrow."

In fact, at the beginning Wang Zhong planned to name the new rocket launcher Iron Fist, playing a historical joke that only he knew in the world, but one night, Lyudmila's joke inspired him.

After two and a half years of war, Ant no longer had many God-guided arrows, and even had a huge shortage of praying hands. Praying hands like Lyudmila were in great demand wherever they went, and were all used for air defense of key locations.

Therefore, the new magic arrow was taken down from the altar and distributed to every soldier, and then the enemy's mighty tanks were blown into scrap metal.

The symbolism is amazing.

After Wang Zhong told his plan, the generals looked at each other in bewilderment. General Gorky smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad. The newly crowned saint gave the divine arrows to every soldier. I like this development.

"My front has already begun distributing magic arrows. If we launch another offensive in the fall and winter, the infantry units will not be helpless in the face of the enemy's armored forces. Moreover, the enemy's armored forces have suffered heavy losses in the summer campaign, so we may be able to achieve a breakthrough in the fall offensive."

Wang Zhong: "Whether or not we can achieve a breakthrough, the Western Front should firmly attract the enemy's Central Army Group."

General Gorky: "I will be responsible for containment, and you will attack, just like in the past."

Wang Zhong couldn't help but take another look at General Gorky. What he said was very insightful. If there really was a "Rokosov faction", then his position as the number two figure would have been secured.

However, the fact that Wang Zhong was able to fight so smoothly in the past two years was indeed related to the huge pressure that General Gorky put on Prosen on the front line. No one could say anything if he won the second credit.

The only problem is that the pressure brought about by General Gorky was actually filled with military force.

Wang Zhong's troops had more and more veterans in their ranks. The Abavakhan Front suffered so badly that troops like the 51st Tank Army and the 16th Infantry Army were literally wiped out. But when they were finally reorganized into the First Khazaria Front, a large number of guards troops were promoted.

Now that the summer offensive has ended, the proportion of the Guards under the Khazaria Front has exceeded 50%.

In the history of the Earth, after the victory of the Soviet Army, the Guards troops accounted for only one-third of the entire army.

You know, in the second half of the war, the Russians were doing well, and the Germans on the opposite side became weaker, so many troops achieved a lot of victories.

Wang Zhong's troops have always implemented very strict promotion standards for the Guards. Every troop with the title of Guards has emerged from a sea of ​​blood and corpses and still retains core veterans.

In contrast, General Gorky's Western Front was really a very cautious army, with each attack resulting in huge casualties.

Of course, General Gorky also had something to say: What kind of troops do I lead, and what kind of troops does Wang Zhong lead? Your troops, Wang Zhong, have plenty of new equipment, and the cannons have begun to be distributed to the cavalry, but my infantry has never seen the cannons, and they only started to be equipped after the summer campaign.

And those new tanks, I've never seen them. Your armored forces can consume the enemy's armored forces, all thanks to the tortoise shell and 100 guns of the new tanks. My guy can only drive the T34 to become a Proson person. He can't beat the long-barreled Type and Type . Next he will face the Tiger and Leopard, and there is no way he can fight.

You have to understand the issue of equipment disparity first. It’s pretty good that I can put so much pressure on the enemy even with inferior equipment!

All of the above are Wang Zhong’s own imagination, but they are indeed facts, so he never blamed General Gorky for the heavy losses of troops.

Wang Zhong: "At present, the production capacity of new medium tanks can only equip one brigade per month, but the Rokossov I heavy tank can equip three regiments per month. My front's heavy tanks are already saturated, and our support capacity cannot keep up with the increase.

"The newly formed breakthrough heavy tank regiment will be added to various fronts, especially the Western Front, which is responsible for the main containment mission."

General Gorky smiled and said, "That's great! Rumors about the Luxov-1 heavy tank have spread throughout the entire Western Front. It is said that its armor protection is so strong that a single tank can wipe out an entire tank division of the Prosens!"

(Plosen is called an armored division, but General Gorky still said it according to Ant's habit. In fact, Ant now does not have a tank division. The brigade is under the army.)
Wang Zhong: "This is a misunderstanding. The actual situation is that a Rokossov I tank was besieged by the enemy and attracted all the firepower. Due to mechanical failure, the turret rotation speed was extremely slow and it was unable to effectively fight back.

"But the friendly forces that attacked with this tank wiped out the enemy. We also suffered losses in this battle, so it was not so easy." General Gorky: "There is no such thing as an easy battle on the battlefield. We all understand!"

Admiral Kashuh: "I think the investment in new arrows is more substantial than new tanks. The infantry needs this anti-tank firepower.

"In our army's current equipment, anti-tank guns can only hit armored vehicles, and the 45mm anti-tank guns are really weak against the thicker armor of enemy tanks. The 76mm anti-tank guns are too heavy and difficult to maneuver, and our anti-tank gun units are not fully motorized like Proson.

"Our fronts are not fully motorized, and the situation of other fronts is probably even worse."

Like Kirinenko, Kashukh has always commanded troops under Wang Zhong, but he mainly specializes in infantry units and commands the most core infantry armies of the Khazaria Front.

These infantrymen are the most traditional infantrymen with a very low level of motorization. They have to rely on their feet to keep up with the advancing tank armies and mechanized infantry divisions.

General Gorky: "Don't worry, Admiral Kashukh. We can't build too many tanks due to the limitation of industrial production capacity. The Arrow is a light weapon! The production capacity should be the same as that of the PPSh soon, right?"

He looked at Marshal Rokossov, Chairman of the Armament Innovation Committee.

Wang Zhong: "It is still a bit difficult to reach the production capacity of PPSh. The key lies in the shaped charge warhead. There are not many factories that can produce it now. On the plane when I came back, the relevant person in charge of the equipment department reported to me that the production capacity can reach 3000 per day by the end of the year."

General Gorky pursed his lips and said, "Considering that this is a one-time consumable, the output is not high."

Kirinenko: "Yes, my cavalry army destroyed a thousand of them in a few days. You know, when we attacked, Prosen didn't have much armor."

Wang Zhong: "I will go to Baras to attend the Allied Conference this time, and I will try to get the United States to provide more production equipment and raw materials."

General Gorky: "Now that we are making such rapid progress, they might reduce their aid to us."

Wang Zhong: "Then we can only let the engineers and workers in the production department come up with a solution."

General Ivan Stepanovich: "The Allies are not making good progress in the Kingdom of Sardinia. They should need us to share our experience and intelligence. We can use these to exchange when the time comes."

General Gorky: "This is all a matter for diplomats. Of course, considering Rokossov's influence in the United States, maybe he can convince the lame president of the United States."

Wang Zhong: “I will do my best.”

The generals nodded in unison.

General Gorky continued the topic of the United States: "What does Marshal Rokossov think about the war situation in the Kingdom of Sardinia?"

Wang Zhong: "Considering the terrain of the Kingdom of Sardinia, I think the battle line may enter a stalemate, and it will be very difficult for the Allies to enter Rome."

General Gorky: "Perhaps we can land in Northern Sardinia?"

Wang Zhong: “We have to capture Corsica first. Even if we capture it, it’s still a long way from Corsica to Northern Sardinia, and the whole journey is within the combat range of the Plosson Air Force.

"The current Allied forces are not ready for such a large-scale landing over such a long distance."

One of the main reasons why Operation Overlord was launched on Earth in 44 was that the Allies were not really ready. In 43, the United States had just completed industrial transformation, and the troops were not fully trained, so it was difficult to support large-scale landing operations.

In fact, the several landings of the Allied forces on Earth in 43 were the largest-scale landings they could launch at the time.

Wang Zhong looked at the history of the Earth and "predicted" in front of the generals: "I think the Allies may land outside Rome--"

At this time, Vasily entered the room, quickly came to Wang Zhong, and whispered in his ear: "Reporter Mike asked someone to bring a note. The Allied forces were driven into the sea by Proson."

Wang Zhong: “What?”

Vasily raised his voice: "The allied forces that landed on the mainland of the Kingdom of Sardinia were driven into the sea by the Sardinian Army Group commanded by Marshal Prosenelwin Jonas Eugen Romer."

Wang Zhong's brows were twisted into a knot.

——I knew that if I messed around like this, history would be derailed!
(End of this chapter)