Arc of Gunfire

Move forward a little, to an hour before dawn.

At the Ampula Division Headquarters of the Asgard Knights of Prosen, Kruse, an old acquaintance of Rokosov and the acting commander of the Ampula Division, was lecturing.

No, because of his bravery in the offensive operation after crossing Orachi, Division Commander Kruse is already an official "division seat", and his military rank has been promoted to a major general suitable for becoming a division commander, the same as White Horse General Rokossov.

At this time, Kruse was making a speech to the staff officers newly added to the Ampula Division Headquarters: "I am familiar with General Baima, very familiar with him. He is a kind of clever person, with little tricks! But if you are not careful, you will Know his way!

"Yesterday he bombed our deployment area, knocking our deploying attack troops off their feet, causing the attack to be delayed for more than two hours!

"I think he will repeat his old tricks today. However, the position of the bombing will change slightly! He will bet that we will spread out further behind and avoid the bombardment at a small price."

The reason why troops should deploy when they are about to engage the enemy is mainly because it is very difficult to maintain the formation after deploying the attack formation.

The reason why a marching formation is a marching formation is that it is easy to manage.

The attack formation is really unmanageable. Traveling three kilometers in the attack formation is just fine. Traveling longer distances will cause all kinds of problems.

Cruze looked triumphantly at the unfolded terrain he drew on the map: "So we have to do the opposite and unfold where we were yesterday. This way the bombardment will fall behind us and we can launch the attack on time!"

At this time, the chief of staff who had just added said: "However, I read the battle log between our division and General Rokossov. General Rokossov's artillery bombardment was at fixed points every night, and there was no change at all. Even if our army Having been camping far away from the village, he also bombed the village.

"Will he also blow up the original location this time?"

Cruze frowned: "Impossible! I have a basis! Last night, Commander Gil-Ess's headquarters was bombed, but the shells hit the target very far, and in the end they only blew up the military guard camp that was having a meal!

"Obviously Rokossov got the intelligence of our army. It may be a military map. But think about it, how could our army's map be biased? That is our army's map! The military headquarters must be marked somewhere. It’s clear as day, not a single coordinate point is wrong!

"This must be Rokosov's cleverness, that's why he's biased! He will continue to be clever today!"

The new chief of staff thought for a few seconds and nodded: "That makes sense!"

Kruse: "That's it, let's laugh at Rokosov's cleverness!"

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An hour later, the artillery staff suddenly came in and reported: "The enemy has begun shelling our deployment area!"

Kruse laughed: "Where did you hit? Was it the rear?"

Staff officer: "No...it's...our deploying troops."

Kruse's face changed, and he strode out of the division's armored command vehicle - the Prosen Army now dared not live in a house when faced with General White Horse, and lived in the armored command vehicle in the wilderness.

Looking at the falling artillery shells less than two kilometers away from him, Kruse almost lost his balance. Fortunately, the new chief of staff came to help him.

He shouted from his soul towards the bombing zone: "The troops I just added!"

Under heavy artillery, all living beings are equal. Veterans are not veterans. As long as the shells fall nearby, they must die.

At this time, the communications staff officer came out of the communications vehicle and saluted Kruse: "Your Majesty, Major General, we have just received a telegram from the Emperor's Guards Division scheduled to launch an attack on our right wing. They were also shelled, but they moved back from the assembly point. One kilometer, so the damage was not big, just a few shells falling on the unfolding troops."

The new chief of staff looked at Cruze and very wisely did not speak.

Cruze sighed: "Tell the Emperor's Guard Division that our unit cannot launch the attack on time. Please also delay the attack time, otherwise they may be flanked by the enemy."

The staff officer saluted and ran to the communications vehicle.

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At 0800 on the morning of September 21, Shostka, the headquarters bunker of the 1st Guards Machinery Infantry Division.

Wang Zhong looked outside and then at his watch: "Even if we hit it this morning, we should attack, right?"

Pavlov: "Maybe you killed another division commander again, so we fell into command chaos."

Wang Zhong shook his head: "Impossible. The commander of Prosen likes to come to the front line to see the situation. In Upper Penier, their battle group commander kept eye contact with me the whole time. I was lying on the water tower, and he was standing on the high ground. On the ground, between us, was a weeping Khazalia.

"I didn't have a T34 at that time. If I had, I would have rushed up and killed him.

"And yesterday, guess what, I saw a battalion commander!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Zhong realized that he had made a mistake and quickly made up for it: "I mean, I saw a battalion suspected to be a battalion command tank, and then I summoned heavy artillery to cover it."

In fact, Wang Zhong has already discovered his shortcomings in highlighting, and he can only highlight the range that his naked eyes can see. Now I am commanding a division, and the front is so wide that I can only expose the enemies in one sector of the front when I stay in the division headquarters bunker.

In order to effectively use this plug-in, the No. 422 tank must be truly regarded as a spectator tank. Wang Zhong sat on it and did nothing, just patrolled along the position, lit up an enemy commander, and killed one.

Of course, there is a drawback to this. The gunner of No. 422 is a tank instructor, so he can shoot more accurately than others. The gunner is also familiar with the temper of that gun. He cannot shoot with this accuracy with other guns.

This shortcoming can be easily solved. After all, more than twenty of the viewing tanks ordered by Olga in the name of the royal family have been produced, and they are all in Wang Zhong's army. They can just use another vehicle.

However, when Wang Zhong left the division headquarters to drive a small tank, Pavlov would lose his temper.

This is what he persuaded Wang Zhong at the time: "The battle line is still stable now, so there is no need for you to run around. Your role at the headquarters will be the most effective. When the defense line is full of loopholes in the future, you can just wait to run around the streets and become the fire captain."

It should be said that Pavlov's words are logical and consistent with military common sense.

Moreover, the Prosen troops are well organized. In Loktov, the enemy in front was killed and the division commander was in confusion for only an hour. After that, they launched a wave of ferocious infantry attacks, which almost pierced Wang Zhong's "imperial iron wall". .

The battalion commander who wanted to kill the enemy would not have an immediate effect.

Yesterday Wang Zhong bombed the battalion commander to death, and the attacking troops did not stop at all.

It seems that for the Plosen people, the battalion commander is not high enough. Killing the division commander can stop the enemy from attacking for more than an hour.

But what about the enemy's division commander?

The enemy's division commander in Loktov was less than four kilometers away from the front line. He found it by rushing with a small tank!

As the war rages on, the enemy's division commanders get further and further away from the front line.

Could it be that I am afraid of being blown up?

I'm thinking about how many teachers I have.

While Wang Zhong was thinking, the new staff officer operating the artillery mirror asked Vasily: "Musician, why is there a layer of net on the artillery mirror?"

Vasily said proudly: "Don't you understand? They don't teach it in military schools, right? Because this is General Rokossov's invention! Cover it with a net. Because of the imaging principle of the artillery mirror, we can't see the net, but we can See the enemy - because the position of the net image is not on the eyepiece! "

Staff officer: “I understand the principle, but what’s the point?”

"Prevent reflections. The bunker is now facing the west. When the sun shines in in the afternoon, it may cause reflection and exposure. Learn more, and you may be able to save your life in the future!"

The new staff officer looked convinced. It was obvious that his military rank was much higher than that of Vasily - the military school Vasily attended trained junior officers, while the staff officer attended Wang Zhong's alma mater.

The staff officer then moved closer to the eyepiece of the artillery scope: "It is true that the mesh cannot be seen, but the amount of light entering is obviously affected. I feel that in addition to reflecting light, this can also maintain a better field of vision facing the sunset in the afternoon."

Vasily was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted: "Yes! That's it! The general said it a long time ago."

Wang Zhong wanted to talk nonsense, where did I say that this was not in the movie, how would I know?

But he smiled slightly: "Of course."

Then he added the setting: "This technique was actually summed up when the crown prince and I had a sniper competition with each other. Our gameplay at that time was to bring equipment and enter the field from different directions. The venue was the royal hunting ground..."

New staff officer: "At the royal hunting grounds in Orel?"

Wang Zhong: "...Yes! After we entered the site, we searched and moved forward, hunted to obtain daily food, and searched and moved forward silently until we found each other.

“If the person who shoots first hits the bullet within two meters of the other person, it will be considered a victory.

"Of course, it's difficult to determine the outcome of this kind of game, so in the end it all depends on who admits defeat."

The new staff officer smiled: "The Crown Prince must have won all the games."

Wang Zhong smiled and said nothing. He didn't accept the answer, but suddenly realized that he had boasted.

Someone later asked the Royal Hunting Ground if there was such a thing. If they said it didn't exist, wouldn't the secret be revealed?

I can only hope that everyone will understand it tacitly.

This is a bit like taking a green car before traveling through time. The green car is very slow and boring on the car. Everyone can only chat to relieve their boredom. Everyone talks nonsense all over the world. You say one thing and I say another. They all understand it tacitly. They know it is false but don’t expose it. They just listen to it as a story.

The situation on the green leather car was very similar to now. Everyone in the command post had to stay in this small space. They were so bored that they could only do things to pass the time.

I can't play poker, so I can only brag a little bit.

As soon as Wang Zhong finished playing, player Vasily started: "Filipov and I don't have such extravagant hobbies. Our entertainment is..."

New staff officer: "The enemy is coming! The attack has begun!"