Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong: "The code name of the operation is Suvorov."

In the Second World War in the history of the Earth, there was no military operation named after Suvorov, but there was Bagration.

Bagration was also a famous Russian general in the Napoleonic era, so Wang Zhong felt that he could imitate him, starting from Suvorov, to Kutuzov, and then to Bagration.

When Bagration came, he would destroy the Proson army like a whirlwind, and the first two would eat up the enemy troops one by one, and train Ante's troops by the way.

Now Ante's troops are too bad, even Wang Zhong's carefully trained mobile army can only fight the Proson people 55-50, and other troops fighting the Proson people is not a meat bun hitting a dog?

When the Ante army accumulates some experience, and the Proson veterans die again, it is estimated that they can fight the Proson people head-on.

The good news is that compared with the Russians on Earth, Ante actually performed well. In the first eight months of 42, the Russians still annihilated a considerable number of troops. Before Heiangrad, the Russians suffered 1.5 million irreversible losses.

And Ante faced the much stronger Proson, and the total casualties were only 1.5 million, and a considerable part of them were annihilated in the siege of the coastal fortress.

The main Ante quick victory faction was eliminated. The largest-scale offensive launched in the first half of the year was General Gorky's action on the Duva River. Then when the action was blocked, General Gorky decisively stopped the offensive and turned to seek to stabilize the ferry on the east bank of Duva.

Precisely because the losses were less than those on Earth, the troops in the hands of the Ante Command are now far more than those of the Russians on Earth.

Unfortunately, more veterans did not seem to make Ante's troops much stronger.

It may also be that Proson is too strong.

After Wang Zhong told his subordinates about his determination, Vasily raised his hand: "It's useless for you to tell us. The highest rank here is colonel, and there is not even a general."

Acting Chief of Staff Alexander said: "Are you ignoring me, a brigadier general?"

"Well, it's useless to tell us this except for you." Vasily spread his hands, "You might as well tell us how you plan to drive a jeep in the future."

At this time, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion spoke on behalf of everyone: "We have summarized our experience internally. In the future, when dealing with enemy tanks in the wilderness, we must try to keep a distance of 800 meters and force the enemy to use artillery to attack us, which can effectively reduce casualties."

You still plan to deal with enemy tanks!

Wang Zhong: "Today, I asked you to contain the enemy to prevent the enemy from outflanking and fighting with the vortex. Normally, the flanks of the vortex should be covered by anti-tank guns and armored units. Tomorrow, the anti-tank guns and armored units will arrive, and you will not be needed.

"As for the tactical determination just now, I was sorting out my thoughts. ”

Vassily: "You have said this tactical decision twice."

"Twice?" Wang Zhong was shocked.

Vassily: "Yes, you said it yesterday, but you didn't say it in front of everyone."

Wang Zhong scratched his head: "Is that so. It's better to say it a few more times. When Pavlov comes, I have to tell him."

"Tell me too." A familiar voice came from the door. Wang Zhong turned his head and saw Popov's bald head.

The army bishop came in and saluted Wang Zhong: "The army bishop, followed the second echelon vanguard to Trinka!"

Wang Zhong returned the salute, and then pointed at Alexander: "Acting Chief of Staff, quickly arrange for the follow-up troops to disperse, don't crowd in Trinka, it will be terrible if the enemy bombards."

Popov pointed to the colonel behind him and said to Alexander: "You go to connect with the military cadres, I will listen to the general's battle determination here."

Wang Zhong: "You have completely shirked your responsibility. "

"I am the military bishop. I have started to command, which means that the military commander is finished. That's not a good situation. I hope I will never have the opportunity to command the troops." Popov shrugged and changed the subject. "But you don't have to worry. After all, our military commander is Rokosov. The god of death will salute you when he sees you."

Wang Zhong: "Don't add to my legend."

Popov shook his head and said, "Do you need me to add to your legend? As soon as we arrived in Yarvik, we heard that you tore apart the new tank of Proson with your bare hands and captured a new general!"

Wang Zhong frowned: "Is the rear so outrageous? The enemy we fought today may not even have a brigadier general."

Vasily interrupted and said, "Maybe the people took the skull on the collar badge of the enemy's armored soldiers as the symbol of generals."

He fiddled with his collar badge as he spoke.

"I heard people in the tavern say that the collar badge of General Proson had a skull. "

Wang Zhong: "Tavern, huh, Vasily? When did you go to the tavern? We stayed in Yarvik for only one day, right?"

Vassily: "I mean, I saw some people saying this in the tavern in Yebao! Find out the place! I never left you in Yarvik!"

Popov laughed, then walked to the map, glanced at it and immediately said: "The forward is so close to Yeisk?"

Wang Zhong: "Reconnaissance troops, a small team with radios. Our army has a large number of radio equipment, so we use this advantage to control the grassland as much as possible."

"How many enemies are there?" Popov asked again.

Wang Zhong: "Quite a lot. The original intelligence said that the enemy Buse battle group had an armored battalion and an armored grenadier battalion, but when they came out in full force today, it didn't look like there were so few troops. Maybe the enemy Asgard Knights' Sede Division has already arrived in Yeisk."

Popov was shocked: "Then aren't we at a disadvantage in terms of manpower? There is only one armored destroyer battalion, one tank battalion and one anti-tank artillery battalion in total, and even the Guards 1st Mechanized Infantry is not fully in place. The vanguard of the 225th Division will not arrive in Yarvik until tomorrow! The entire army will arrive on the 16th."

Wang Zhong: "So tomorrow we have to bombard Yeisk and pretend to attack the city."

Popov: "It depends on these 122? 152 and the tractors assigned to them in the second echelon will not arrive until tomorrow morning!"

Wang Zhong: "I have received the artillery unit from the front army. If nothing unexpected happens, they are moving towards us. They will be deployed here at that time."

As he said, he picked up a pencil and drew an area on the map.

Popov was shocked: "I went to the front headquarters. Anyway, I don't dare to trust this front, especially General Andrei."

Wang Zhong narrowed his eyes and asked: "Why, you don't feel good about him?"

"Yes, I feel that this person is very stubborn and self-willed. The personnel files of the church also evaluate him in this way. That is, the reinforcement army is your army, and he dare not command you casually."

To be honest, a general dare not command a lieutenant general's army casually. This doesn't sound like a unit that can win a battle-Wang Zhong muttered in his heart.

However, he also had some ideas about why this situation was formed, so he didn't say what he thought.

It's better to say that he is happy that the front headquarters will not give blind commands and let himself play.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhong showed a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

Popov looked at his expression and obviously had his own guess. He said, "Perform well, future general, His Majesty Belinsky and His Majesty the Tsar are looking forward to it."

Wang Zhong: "I will."

Popov: "In addition, only 122 will be found to have problems by General Prosen tomorrow. Which artillery regiment's 152 do you want? I will rush over overnight to make sure they will go to the designated location to participate in the bombardment tomorrow."

Wang Zhong really didn't remember which artillery regiments the front army had allocated to participate in the battle, so he turned his head to look at Vasily.

"197th Heavy Breakthrough Howitzer Regiment, 204th Heavy Howitzer Regiment." Vasily immediately reported the unit number, and at the same time tore off a piece of note paper, quickly wrote something in pencil, and handed it to Popov, "The station is here."

"Good boy, you have learned something else besides shoveling feces." Popov took the note and looked at it, then raised the note, "Then I'll go."

Wang Zhong nodded and watched him leave.

At this time, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion stood up and said, "We are also going back to the troops. If the bombardment fails to scare the enemy tomorrow, we will have to fight a tough battle."

Wang Zhong: "Go."

The officers stood up and walked out of the room.

As soon as they left, Nellie came in with a big plate: "Dinner."

Wang Zhong slapped his head and said, "Wait a minute, call the leaders of each unit and let them eat before leaving."

Vasily ran out of the room immediately, leaving Nellie and two map-making staff officers in the room.

The two staff officers looked at each other and decided to run away.

Wang Zhong: "You two finish the assignments on the map! Don't worry about anything else."

Nellie brought the plate over, put it on the table, and suddenly said: "Today's casualties are not as many as before."

"Yes, after all, our training has improved, and we have tactical advantages." Wang Zhong replied, "Wait a minute, you are not right, the losses on the first day of Orachi were not great!"

"No, I remember it very clearly. On the first day of Orachi, I saw corpses lining the square in front of the church, and the wounded filled the hospital. But today there are only more than a hundred corpses, and there are still vacancies in the field station."

Wang Zhong thought about it. The small losses on the first day of Orachi were for a division of tens of thousands of people. In fact, the casualties on that day were nearly a thousand.

But today's losses are really small, even if you count the number of heads, it's small.

Wang Zhong: "Are you happy that there are fewer casualties?"

"Yeah." Nellie nodded.

Wang Zhong: "Then can you touch my head like a mother rewards her child?"

Nellie showed a contemptuous expression.

But she still reached out and gently stroked Wang Zhong's head: "Good boy, you did a good job, your efforts paid off."

Wang Zhong: "It's a pity that our other troops can't achieve such an exchange ratio. Many of our casualties today are new recruits in the infantry unit. We tried so hard to educate them and wanted them to survive, but in the end..."

Wang Zhong felt the hand stroking his head become heavier.

"It's not your fault." Nellie said gently and firmly.