Arc of Gunfire

It was also March 20, at 2330 at the headquarters of the First Front Army of Kosalia.

Wang Zhong heard the sound of an airplane engine coming from outside the headquarters.

He immediately switched to a bird's-eye view and saw a Bo-2 biplane landing on the village road of the village where the headquarters was located in the night.

The village road had just been cleared of mud today, and it should remain dry at least until tomorrow morning when the dew falls, so the plane landed smoothly.

An officer jumped out of the plane with a briefcase and blew a kiss to the female pilot who was flying the plane.

Wang Zhong frowned, and his plug-in had told him that this person was the new liaison officer of the United Kingdom in Yebao. The previous liaison officer was called back by the United Kingdom to report on his work because of the glorious victory in the winter campaign.

It seems that the United Kingdom really wants to understand the true situation of that glorious victory.

It is normal for the United Kingdom to be suspicious. The United States also called back the commander of the naval aviation carrier-based aircraft liaison who led the reinforcements, just to find out the real situation.

Those people haven't come back yet, and the pilots of the Navy have all been on vacation. Every day, they teach the pilots of the Ante Air Force all kinds of unique skills to bomb warships.

However, Wang Zhong didn't know why the new liaison officer came from Yebao, and he had to take a broken plane like the Bo-2 overnight.

He should have taken the C47 to the nearby front-line airport first. It was already evening, so he temporarily changed to the Bo-2 biplane driven by the "Night Witches".

There must be something important.

While Wang Zhong was thinking this, the liaison officer had met Emilia, and then went straight to the headquarters under the leadership of the witch.

Pavlov just put down the phone at this time: "The sentry reported that a Bo-2 landed, and the people from the United Kingdom came down and were on their way to the headquarters."

Wang Zhong switched back to the naked eye perspective: "It seems that there is important information for us, otherwise they would not send someone to deliver it overnight."

Pavlov nodded.

Popov: "Just as you are about to change shifts and go to rest, this plane comes at a good time."

As he was talking, Emilia led the liaison officer in: "Generals, Liaison Officer Richard has important information."

"If it's not important, he won't come at this time." Wang Zhong stretched out his hand, "Give it to me, or do you want to wait for the translation first?"

Liaison Officer Richard: "It has been translated, here you go."

He took out the envelope from his briefcase and stuffed it directly into Wang Zhong's hand.

Wang Zhong opened the manila envelope, took out the document inside, frowned when he saw the cover, and read the words on the cover aloud: "Plosen Command, top secret, summer combat operation 916: Fortress? It seems that this Fortress is a code name?"

It's the same as the code name of the attack of Kuznetsova in the history of the earth!

Wang Zhong immediately felt that the document was somewhat credible, but to be on the safe side, he still asked, "Where did this document come from?"

"MI6's mole in Germania provided it." The liaison officer replied, "I don't know the details. The mole's level is very high, and I can't know more."

Wang Zhong knew about World War II on Earth, how bad Sandezi's intelligence was, how the Enigma machine was cracked by the British, and then various spies took out various important intelligence, and finally even the vital synthetic oil factory was expropriated by the Allies.

So he believed that the United Kingdom's MI6 could get this kind of intelligence.

But Pavlov, who didn't know these backgrounds, asked worriedly, "Can this be believed?"

Vassily was also worried: "Will this be a deception? Just like we deceived the Prosen people several times."

The United Kingdom's liaison officer laughed.

Everyone in the headquarters looked at him together.

Even Emilia, a fellow countryman, stared at him with a stern face.

The liaison officer finally realized something was wrong and put away his smile: "Wait a minute, isn't this a joke? This is not a joke? Isn't it funny that the Proson people would do this kind of deception?"

Wang Zhong and others looked at each other, and then laughed awkwardly.

Liaison officer: "You don't have to cooperate with me like this, so you think this is a deception?"

Wang Zhong: "Then we have to see the content before we can decide."

As he said this, he opened the cover and quickly flipped through the entire combat plan.

Pavlov stretched his head out and wanted to peek, but was blocked by Vasily, who was also very curious about the content.

He stared at Vasily's back, puffing his beard and glaring, but Vasily didn't care at all, his attention was all on the document.

Vasily: "What? They actually attacked us as the general predicted? Is there such a good thing?"

Emilia didn't hear the conversation between Wang Zhong and General Gorky, so she widened her eyes: "You predicted it like this?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, because on the entire front, it seems that the easiest place to attack is the salient where we are."

Emilia: "Are they crazy? You are the general who is best at defense in Ant!"

Wang Zhong: "But I really didn't stop them in the wilderness. I either relied on the preset positions formed by the woods, or relied on the rivers, or a large number of reinforced concrete buildings."

Vasily: "Have you forgotten Yeisk?"

Wang Zhong was stunned for a moment: "Ah? Oh, yes, Yeisk, I stopped them on the grassland near Yeisk, relying on the advantage of the vortex. But General Gorky said that the enemy's new anti-tank guns were found on the front line, and the tubes were very thick."

In fact, Wang Zhong didn't think of the two things, Big Max and Emil, at this time. He thought it was something like Weasel 3.

The Vortex should be able to resist the Weasel's PAK40 cannon at longer ranges.

He didn't expect that what he had created would cause the Prossen people's technology tree to move toward the 105mm anti-tank gun, and the technology tree showed signs of running in the direction of the E100 artillery carrier.

Emilia: "You seem to be saying that you may not be able to hold on this time, but your expression is full of confidence."

Wang Zhong shrugged: "The troops will cover up the water and the earth. Even if the enemy has better artillery, we can still deal with it. When their Chang Guan No. 4 just entered the battle, didn't we survive the same?"

Pavlov finally couldn't help but said: "Can you show me the plan?"

"Oh, okay." Wang Zhong hurriedly handed over the plan to Pavlov.

Pavlov quickly looked through it and said: "From the details, it looks very much like the battle plan that the Prosins would make. But...replenishing 50 divisions? Isn't this a bit ridiculous? Prossins The human teacher is great.”

Popov: "Fifty... it would be possible if it were our mobilization divisions. After all, 50 mobilization divisions only have 250,000 people. When placed on the front line, they cannot even form a threatening heavy troop group. They can only fill in the gaps." Front."

Wang Zhong: "If the enemy has two directions of attack, it is still possible for 50 divisions to be dispersed on both sides of the pincer offensive and then configured into multiple echelons. But their battle plan only intends to give us a left hook. Obviously 50 divisions is unreasonable.”

Vasily said happily: "The possibility of this being a plan to bully the enemy has become higher!"

"Pfft~" the liaison officer immediately covered his mouth, "Sorry, this is not a joke, I understand, I already understand."

Pavlov handed over the plan brought by the liaison officer to Popov, and came to the map: "I still think it is a bit incredible to attack us. We have strong soldiers and horses, and there are many troops with the title of Guards in our establishment. Except just now Except for the reorganized Eighth Guards Tank Corps, the other units have experienced bloody battles and have retained their elite combat backbones.”

The Eighth Guards Tank Corps was formed on the basis of the original 51st Tank Corps. However, the 51st Corps suffered too heavy losses. Only the crews and officers who rushed to fight guerrillas behind enemy lines survived. Therefore, although this corps has Guards title, but basically a new army.

Wang Zhong: "Our infantry has also been tested for a long time. Most of them have experienced the bloody battle of Abavahan. However, we happen to be in the salient. After they almost completed the attack on Arvik last year, they suddenly turned to attack Bolsk's feat."

Last year, Wang Zhong assigned Vasily to build a fake tank formation, which fooled the enemy into thinking that he would deploy the troops originally used to flank Bolsk into the Battle of the Suhayaveli River Bend. As a result, Mei was defeated. Shijin's Bolsk Front slipped away and was eventually reorganized into the Mountain Front.

Popov: "So the enemy is preparing to complete what he failed to complete last year? Then should we also retreat? Extend the enemy's supply line as before, delaying the counterattack until winter?"

Wang Zhong shook his head: "No, the enemy will not be fooled this year. Even the Ploson people should not fall like this for the third time. The enemy is likely to conduct a short-term campaign in the summer, just like I predicted in front of General Gorky That way.”

As he spoke, he came to the map: "Whether this intelligence is true or false, we should eliminate the enemy's effective strength during defensive counterattacks, use fortifications to tire and consume the enemy, and wait until the enemy is exhausted before launching a counterattack.

"Prosen has been fully mobilized. If we drag on, the enemy's troops may increase, their equipment may improve, and the situation may become difficult. We will have to make more sacrifices to win.

"What we have to consider now is not only winning the war, but also winning the war with as few sacrifices as possible. If we win the war and go back and see that there is no labor force in the village, and the factories are all workers with missing arms and legs, then The cost of this war is too great, comrades!"

Popov slammed the table hard: "You are right! Let's start repairing the fortifications now!"

Wang Zhong: "In order to prevent this information from being false, or the enemy changing the battle plan, we should build fortifications on the entire front, and at the same time actively conduct reconnaissance to understand the enemy's build-up status and ammunition and supplies reserve status as much as possible. .

"The next four months are the key, which determines how much sacrifice we can make to win. We must minimize the sacrifices! Minimize as much as possible! Take action, Davarisi!"

Pavlov clapped his hands vigorously: "You all heard it!"

Popov: "Wait a minute, have you forgotten the time? People who don't know how to rest can't work. You should rest first and let the night shift people be busy first, and then get completely busy tomorrow!"