Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong had no idea that his song had reached the church.

He only knew that after Oshanin played the song with his fans, his voice suddenly increased.

He even felt that after each piece of music was played, everyone was waiting for him to say a few words.

The presence of Princess Olga enhanced this feeling.

At the end of each song, the host would look at Wang Zhong to confirm whether he meant to comment critically.

However, Wang Zhong himself is still very self-aware, so he only comes out to curse a few words when the song he plays is obviously not good, so as to maintain the solemnity of the funeral of his good brother and father.

At the end of the two-and-a-half-hour selection meeting, Wang Zhong's legs were almost numb.

Lyudmila smiled and pulled him up and said, "Are you really a fierce general galloping on the battlefield?"

Wang Zhong: "When I am galloping on the battlefield, I mainly rely on my small tank."

After speaking, Wang Zhong seemed to hear the neighing of the horse, and quickly added: "And my beloved horse."

Lyudmila sighed: "Your answer reminds me that on the battlefield you care about tanks and horses more than me!"

"This is your misunderstanding!" Wang Zhong said seriously, "I care about you the same as horses and tanks!"

Lyudmila looked at Wang Zhong with a half-smile, while the noble ladies around her were already looking at her with pity.

Only then did Wang Zhong realize that something was wrong, so he changed his words and said, "I care about you more than horses and tanks!"

"Hahaha, I don't believe it." Lyudmila laughed twice and said.

Just when Wang Zhong was about to make amends, she sighed: "Forget it, I feel like all men are like this. When I was a child, Uncle Connie and my father would talk enthusiastically about the stages of the battle and where General So-and-so's troops were at. Wherever you are on what day of the month... you will definitely be like this in the future."

Wang Zhong looked to the side because he also thought he would become like this.

At this moment, Professor Vladimir Bradsky came over and asked with some anxiety: "Um, general, do you... really think I should go to Shostka to see Vasily?"

Wang Zhong: "Don't hesitate, go quickly. Everything is normal in Shostka now, and there is even an ordinary civilian bus leaving every day. But it will not be so leisurely soon."

Wang Zhong originally wanted to say that mid-September would not be so leisurely, but it was not appropriate to reveal military judgment at this time, so he could only say so.

Bradsky held the hat with a hesitant look on his face and kept rubbing it: "It's before the war again, isn't it? Will there be any taboos in going to the army to see children at this time?

"I heard that the army is a very evil place. Some people will bring amulets with them when they go to the battlefield. Once the amulets are lost, they will never come back, and so on...

"So is there a saying that if you meet your family before the war, you will be unlucky in the future?"

Wang Zhong: "No. Don't worry. War is not so kind. Death comes without warning and it has nothing to do with what you do."

Lyudmila hurriedly poked his waist, and then said with a smile: "What the major general means is that you just relax and go see what you need. Bring whatever delicious food you need."

The professor nodded repeatedly and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Vasily...does he hate me?"

Wang Zhong: "He keeps complaining that you force him to be a composer, but there is nothing else."

The professor sighed: "I'm different from other parents. I discovered that he had talent in this area, so I let him develop in this direction! As you can see, he does have this talent!"

Wang Zhong had to admit that Vasily was indeed talented in making a song he had heard once look like this. The father in front of him was right.

So he said: "Should you have a good talk with him? Not as a father or an elder to give him advice, but as a friend?"

The professor was shocked: "But I am his father and elder? How could I be his friend? I discovered his talent and pointed him to the best way! As a father, I have a clear conscience! General, if you Just be a father..."

"I'm not a father yet." Wang Zhong smiled slightly, "Although I look weathered, that's the mark left by the war. I'm actually less than 30 years old. I don't have the experience of being a father, so... I'm sorry, I and I You have no common language. I can only tell you that Vasily hopes that you can respect him and have a drink with you as a friend.”

In fact, Wang Zhong is talking about his own wishes here.

Before traveling through time, he hoped to have a drink with his father and chat as friends.

However, this is already an impossible wish.

It's still a bit sentimental to think about it this way.

The considerate Liu Xia looked at Wang Zhong tenderly.

The professor sighed: "Okay, okay, I understand what you mean. Bring a bottle of wine and have a good chat with him."

Wang Zhong: "As a friend."

"I'll try my best." The professor smiled and turned to leave, but then he remembered something and asked, "Can I go with my wife? Are there any taboos?"

Wang Zhong smiled: "No, don't worry."

After saying this, Wang Zhong suddenly thought, if Vasily died this time, would these two people feel that they had violated a taboo and killed him?

At this time, we should make up a taboo and let them pay attention to it at all times. Just like a sailor can't turn the fish over when eating it, and so on.

But before Wang Zhong could start, the professor had already left, putting the crumpled hat on his head as he walked.

Lyudmila said softly: "What a lovely father. It can be seen that he loves Vasily very much."

"Yeah." Wang Zhong nodded.

At this time, Crown Princess Olga appeared: "It's finally over. I heard that you will invite young officers to a dance at the house tonight?"

"Dinner party." Wang Zhong corrected.

Lyudmila joked: "Alyosha doesn't want to entertain girls, he just wants to entertain young men."

Wang Zhong did not deny it.

Olga sighed: "That means you definitely won't come to the palace dance tonight."

"Sure." Wang Zhong replied.

"The dance will definitely be boring." Olga pouted, and suddenly she seemed to think of something happy and said, "Then I will let the band play Holy War between the two dances!"

Wang Zhong was shocked. He could already imagine someone with high blood pressure tonight.

Lyudmila changed the subject: "Is His Majesty the Tsar still like that now?"

"Still the same, locking himself in his room all day long. The good news is that he has eaten."

Wang Zhong nodded, trying hard to show that he was worried about His Majesty the Tsar.

Princess Olga: "Well, I'm going back. I wish you have a good time tonight."

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That night, on the outskirts of Yebao, Rokosov Manor.

A large number of young officers gathered in the garden which served as an outdoor dinner party.

Many of them are familiar faces from previous experience sharing meetings, such as Kasuh.

In addition, there are officers like Kirinenko who are not young but not old enough. If I had to sum up one thing in common for the officers gathered in the manor at this moment, it should be that they had all personally fought against the Prossens on the front line.

Due to the blackout, only the food area was illuminated by candlelight, and the rest of the venue was only illuminated by moonlight.

If you rely on dancing in this situation, a lot of not-so-sound things will definitely happen.

But this isn't a dance.

The young officers were not discussing women, either, but the war.

Wang Zhong found a smoked herring salad at the food pick-up area. It smelled very bad, but after taking one bite, he fell in love with the taste.

While he was feasting, several armored officers came to the dining area. Because it was too dark, they did not notice Wang Zhong, but chatted to themselves:

"The content of the sharing session the day before yesterday was very useful, but the people who came up to talk about their experiences were those who had won the battle, or at least those who had defended and escaped unscathed, so they only introduced how to win, not how to lose."

"Yeah, I think it's more valuable to share if you lose."

When Wang Zhong heard this, he was very interested and asked, "How did you lose?"

He deliberately blocked his major general collar badge to make his voice different from "Rokossov".

Several armored officers glanced at Wang Zhong, and seeing that he was an infantryman, they said generously: "How did you lose? You infantrymen must not know, but we know it too well.

"The First Tank Army to which I belong is the richest army in the entire Western Front. We have a large number of new tanks. There are 40 KV1s alone and 20 KV2s! Do you know KV2? We call it the toilet head. That thing has 152mm heavy howitzer!

"Our army still has 80 T34s, understand! 80! The moment the armor came into contact, the Prossenians were stunned. They have never seen such a terrifying tank! There are so many!

"How do you think we ended up?"

Wang Zhong thought of what happened to the Sixth Tank Corps and said, "88 guns?"

"No, no, no." The officer of the First Tank Corps waved his hands repeatedly, "Guess again."

Wang Zhong: "Stuka?"

"That one did blow up a little, but not much. In fact, the Stuka's attack efficiency is not as high as the Proscenians advertise. Guess again!"

Wang Zhong: "I can't guess it, just tell me."

The officer sighed: "It's because we lack everything except tanks! How many accompanying troops does Prosen's tank division have? There are only three armored battalions. Some divisions even only have two armored battalions, and the rest are accompanying troops. force.

"Armored grenadiers, artillery, air defense battalions, logistics regiments, maintenance battalions... they have everything! An armored battalion can even be directly equipped with a grenadier battalion, and there are more half-tracks than tanks!

"And what about us? It's good if our platoon can be divided into one squad. Sometimes a tank company can be divided into one infantry squad. Even if there are few infantry, the equipment is not enough. Brother, how many machine guns does your infantry regiment have?"

Wang Zhong: "It depends on which regiment. My 31st Guards Regiment has 114 light machine guns. The main reason is that a large number of enemy light machine guns have been captured."

"Look! 114! Our entire tank corps has only 81 light machine guns in its infantry. The firepower of our infantry has no way to compare with the enemy's armored grenadiers. They were suppressed in the first exchange of fire and then collapsed.

"Then the enemy's infantry can deal with our tanks in close combat! The enemy also likes to throw smoke! You know, smoke is everywhere, and tanks without infantry accompanying them are useless!

"We are still short of tractors. My division only has seven tractors in the entire division, and they are all for artillery. They are used to tow artillery! The tank is stuck in a pit, and there is no tractor to pull it out.

"Many tanks were abandoned on the battlefield like this, with no fighting at all!"

The division commander was talking vigorously when he suddenly stopped: "Wait a minute, what unit did you just say you have under your command?"

Wang Zhong: "Guards 31st Regiment."

Division Commander: "Are you Major General Rokossov?"

"Yes. I will report all your dissatisfaction to the equipment department. In the future, we will also try our best to synthesize and provide you with enough other technical arms."

The division commander shook his head: "It's useless. If General Sergei, the director of the Ordnance Bureau, is not replaced, he will only continue to expand the tank force and continuously form a disabled tank army that lacks everything except tanks, and then be used as a reward by the enemy."

See you tomorrow. By the way, recommend a friend's book