Arc of Gunfire

March 10, 916, Pronovka village, headquarters of the 1st Antkosalia Front.

Wang Zhong entered the headquarters with a curse, pulled the chair at the door and sat down, picked up the small prop leaning on the shoe cabinet, and began to clean the mud on the shoes.

Pavlov: "When you set up a headquarters in such a medium-sized village, you have to endure the mud. If the headquarters was originally set up in Bolsk, you can walk to the headquarters on the asphalt road."

Wang Zhong: "Come on, then we will be too far away from the front line. If a general is too far away from the front line and his own troops, he will be very close to defeat, very close."

Pavlov shrugged and changed the topic: "There is still nothing abnormal today. The ammunition accumulation speed is lower than expected, but it is not a big problem. We still have two months to continue adding ammunition.

"The Plosans are also very quiet. The front line reported that the Plosers sent out a patrol last night and had a low-intensity exchange of fire with our troops."

Wang Zhong: "Pay attention to the frequency of enemy patrols. Although I don't think the enemy will launch attacks during the mud season, but... what if there are any changes in them? How about the intelligence on Prosen's domestic side?"

Pavlov: "The routine briefing came in the early hours of yesterday morning. Since Prosin started the general mobilization, it is conservatively estimated that three million young people have enlisted in the army. Most of the domestic recruit training camps are at full capacity, and factories have begun to work around the clock. operation.

"According to the intelligence obtained by the Allied Forces, the conversion of the first batch of civilian factories will be completed by the end of this month."

Wang Zhong nodded. He finally finished cleaning the mud on his shoes, put the tools back into the shoe cabinet, stood up and paced vigorously on the mat at the door, and then walked into the headquarters with satisfaction.

On the wall to the north of the headquarters hangs a huge map of the entire southern line, with a winding line of actual control between the enemy and ourselves.

Wang Zhong frowned when he saw this front.

The reason why the Kurdish War on Earth broke out was because Maozi controlled a protrusion. Santoku planned to use a pincer-like offensive to pinch off the protrusion and eat up Maozi's heavy troop group that was clinging to the protrusion.

But now, the experience of the earth cannot be used, because the protrusion on the map in front of Wang Zhong is controlled by the Prosen people.

Ant's army did not control any salients on the southern front.

Now it was impossible to guess where Proson would attack.

But the Pulosans will definitely attack, because their military doctrine and military tradition make them firmly believe that if they want to win the war, they must attack.

Wang Zhong has been thinking about where and where the enemy will attack these days.

Popov: "You have been meditating on the map for many days. I think that instead of guessing the enemy's attack direction based on the map, it is better to look at aerial photos."

Wang Zhong: "You are right, I should go and conduct reconnaissance in person to see how the enemy troops are gathering."

Popov: "I asked you to look at aerial photos, but I didn't ask you to conduct reconnaissance in person! Besides, haven't you conducted reconnaissance several times? It seems that you haven't discovered any new enemy movements."

Wang Zhong: "It is precisely because we haven't found anything that we have to conduct more investigations until we find the enemy's new movements. Where is Emilia?"

Vasily: "I haven't seen her today. There is also a report from the Air Force that the airport was attacked by the Prosen Air Force yesterday evening. The runway is still being repaired and planes cannot take off for the time being."

Wang Zhong sighed helplessly.

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At this moment, in Wang Zhong’s dormitory.

"Come on, I heard that people in the United Kingdom like to drink tea. This is the tea I brought from Ye Castle." Lyudmila took the exquisite carved teapot and poured a cup for Emilia. "You United Kingdom I don’t know whether people need to add milk and other things to drink tea, so I prepared one according to the configuration when drinking coffee.”

Emilia: "No, I prefer nothing."

As she spoke, she picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Lyudmila: "I have actually wanted to chat with you for a long time, but the battle was very fierce before. I heard that you had to take off to meet the enemy every day, and you also had to accompany him to conduct reconnaissance in person.

"I also have to be on duty next to the Divine Arrow, so I haven't been able to spare the time."

Emilia: "I don't have any bad thoughts about your husband. He is indeed very good, but..."

"You misunderstood." Lyudmila smiled, "I just want to thank you. I heard that he let you take off in the red-painted Pei 3 even though he knew the enemy would ambush, treating you as a human being. Bait? That’s too much, I’ve already scolded him hard!”

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Wang Zhong suddenly sneezed, one after another, and each one was abnormally shaking.

Popov: "In my hometown, sneezing like this means someone is scolding you."

Pavlov: "It must be the Plosen people. You defeated one million of their troops in the winter campaign and forced them to mobilize. They must hate you to death."

Wang Zhong: "Hmph, let them have their fun, I will completely break their bones in this summer battle!"

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Emilia: "I'm very grateful that he gave me the opportunity to increase my results, although in the end I only gained one more kill. But..."

Miss Witch stopped because she noticed a meaningful smile on Lyudmila's face.

"I want to reiterate again," Emilia raised her voice, "I do have special emotions for Rokosov, but that's because he may be the only one of my kind in the world."

Lyudmila looked surprised: "Eh? What does this mean?"

Emilia explained seriously: "You are also a user of mysterious power, so I can tell you directly, and you should be able to understand. I can sense threats and hostility. As long as the enemy dives towards me, I will know it, and Will know where he comes from!

"Your husband also has the same ability. He can know where the enemy is. When conducting reconnaissance, he knows where to take pictures. The reconnaissance flights he personally performed are all valuable enemy targets on the film."

Lyudmila tilted her head: "Well, ever since he was bombed by a 380mm artillery shell in Roniezh, I had a vague feeling that he was different."

Emilia: "How many millimeters?"

"380, it's the main gun of the battleship that was sunk by your Royal Air Force Lancaster. He was the only one who survived at that time - no, there seems to be someone who survived, oh yes, a certain Duchess The male favorite survived."

Emilia: "What the hell? Male favorite?"

Lyudmila: "Yes, some nobles escaped the cleanup after the civil war, so they brought some bad habits with them. I am a secular believer and do not have such a habit. He is the only one in me."

Emilia: "Oh."

Then silence fell.

Perhaps out of embarrassment, Emilia brought the topic back to the original path: "In short, Rokossov and I are the same kind, but we are different from you. We are both users of non-scientific power. I met It felt like he had finally met his compatriots, that’s all.”

"I think you may have misunderstood something. I really just want to express my gratitude to you." Lyudmila drank tea elegantly.

Emilia also picked up the teacup - she had never touched the teacup since the beginning.

After taking a sip, the girl from the United Kingdom sincerely praised: "This tea is good."

"Of course, it was specially sent by your embassy during the New Year."

Emilia: "You treated me with the top-quality black tea sent by our embassy to express your gratitude to me?"

Lyudmila: "Yeah, what's the problem?"

"Not really. Speaking of which, what is going on between Rokosov and His Majesty the Tsar?"

"Your Majesty probably likes my husband, but he only regards your Majesty as his god-sister. After all, he is entrusted by the former crown prince, and my husband is a very loyal person."

"Hey, that's it." Emilia responded, and then they both drank tea together.

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Prosen Empire, Belka tank testing ground.

A redesigned Panzer 6 tank drove all the way to the center of the test field where a red flag was erected. Then all members of the vehicle got off the vehicle and ran in single file to the bunker next to it.

A vortex tank destroyer parked 600 meters away from the new prototype. Major Prosen, who was commanding the tank, confirmed that all the tank crews of the prototype vehicle had entered the bunker before raising his hand and slashing forward with force.

The Vortex fired.

The muzzle flash of the 100mm gun engulfed the ground around the destroyer.

The prototype remained parked and appeared to be unharmed.

Observing the bunker from a distance, the emperor put down the telescope: "Let's go and take a look."

He left the bunker immediately and got on the barrel truck whose engine was already started.

The barrel truck started immediately and rushed towards the prototype, followed by two motorcycles and a half-track carrying a squad of soldiers.

Before the barrel truck stopped, the emperor got out of the car impatiently, walked to the prototype truck, and stared at the bullet holes in the front of the truck.

Armored Corps Director Mao Qi, who arrived on the heels of the attack, said: "Your Majesty, when we repaired this enemy's new assault gun, we used a lot of our own technology, and the shells were also our shells. According to previous tests, Ant Due to the quality of the gunpowder, the penetration depth of human shells is lower than ours..."

Emperor: "Don't look for excuses!"

Giles also advised: "The distance of 600 meters is a bit too short. We tested it with the wreckage of another enemy assault gun. The 10.5cm gun equipped with the new No. 6 tank can penetrate the enemy's front at 1500 meters. , this artillery is used in the newly invested Big Max self-propelled anti-tank gun, and they can indeed shoot against the vortex. "

Emperor: "What about Rokosov's new heavy tank? Can it also shoot with it? Our new tank must defend against Ant's 100-gun attack at 600 meters. Do you understand? Modify the design, Increase frontal defense!”

General Moltke: "The new No. 6 is already 66 tons. If we add more defense, it will exceed 70 tons. It is too heavy and is inconvenient for transportation and long-distance maneuvering.

"Considering that the enemy's new assault guns and new heavy tanks are very rare, I think it is enough to be able to fight against the T34 equipped with a 76mm gun..."

"No!" the emperor interrupted the words of the director of armored forces. "By the time of the attack in June this year, we need a new tank that can perfectly crush all Ant's armored vehicles as the main breakthrough force! Let's take a look at the self-propelled anti-tank gun !”