Arc of Gunfire

As soon as Wang Zhong's plane entered the combat area of ​​the front air force, he saw Emilia escorting a squadron of fighters.

Emilia flew to the distance of almost hitting the special plane, shaking her wings outside the porthole.

Wang Zhong suddenly felt something, turned his head and said to Lyudmila: "Last October, when I just came back from Balas, I was almost shot down by the Proson people - in the end I was shot down by our anti-aircraft artillery. Emilia is probably worried that this will happen again."

Lyudmila: "Well, I have to thank them for their enthusiasm."

Wang Zhong stared at Lyudmila for a few seconds before nodding: "Of course."

After dozens of minutes, the plane began to descend, and the fighter squadron led by Emilia was on alert in the air.

But this time there was no Proson fighter to mess up, and the plane landed smoothly.

The moment the cabin door opened, Wang Zhong felt a little warm, and the vanguard of summer had quietly arrived.

Wang Zhong walked out of the cabin and down the gangway in the warm breeze of the grassland, and joined the senior officers of the front who had been waiting for a long time.

Pavlov: "I have summarized the report on the current enemy activities, which is much more detailed than the one submitted to the headquarters. You can read it on the way back to the headquarters."

Wang Zhong: "You just threw the work to me after getting off the plane?"

"Anyway, you should have rested enough in Yebao." Pavlov shrugged.

Wang Zhong took the folder and asked casually: "Have all the new equipment been distributed to the troops?"

Pavlov: "For rocket launchers, we have formed a backbone training team in each unit to learn how to use them first, and then train the troops to use them after the training is completed. However, the training team said that the new weapon is very simple to use and some steps can be omitted."

Wang Zhong: "When designing, we emphasized that the troops can get started quickly, and it should not be more complicated to use than grenades."

"The training team said that it is simpler to use than grenades, and some people also responded that they hope to replace the warhead with ordinary grenades and use them as grenades."

"First solve the problem of individual anti-armor, and then consider other things." Wang Zhong said as he got on the jeep, "What about the new tanks?"

Pavlov originally wanted to answer standing next to the jeep, but Lyudmila invited him to get in the car, and he and Nelly got in the car behind.

So as the car started, Pavlov replied: "The heavy tank battalions equipped with Rokossov-1 heavy tanks have been assigned to the two wings. When the defense phase is over, they will launch a pincer attack on the enemy."

Wang Zhong: "How is the concealment work going?"

"Before the tanks arrived, we dug a special tank bunker. It is a standard tank bunker built according to the textbook you wrote. It is a two-layer bunker. The tanks can be completely hidden in the bunker and covered with camouflage nets."

Pavlov paused and looked embarrassed: "The number of heavy tanks is small, so they can be hidden like this. It would be too much work to hide all the huge number of T34Ws. At present, we only use camouflage nets to cover them so that the enemy cannot see the real number."

Wang Zhong: "It doesn't matter. We are not afraid of the enemy seeing it. They have been fooled by us so many times, and they are probably suspicious. The ghost has reached a pathological level. "

Vassily in the co-pilot seat turned around: "How about I do some more work for the Proson people? I feel that after the war is over, I can write a book "The Art of Strategic Deception". I don't know about other countries, but the Proson people will definitely buy a lot of them to study... Uh, will there still be Prosons after the war?"

Wang Zhong: "Of course there will be, but they are secular Prosons, without emperors and Junker nobles."

Pavlov: "In short, our war preparations are proceeding step by step, and the enemy is also proceeding step by step. The only question now is when the enemy will attack.

"From our reconnaissance results, the enemy has completed the assembly of troops and can attack now. June 22nd is exactly the second anniversary of their brazen invasion of us. My staff and I are inclined to think that they will attack at this time."

Wang Zhong: "It depends on the arrival of the enemy's new weapons. The enemy certainly does not want to use the No. 4 long tube to deal with our vortex and Rokossov-1 heavy tanks. ”

Pavlov: “The prisoners we captured mentioned a tank called King Tiger, officially numbered as Tank No. 6, and another tank called Panther, numbered as Tank No. 5.”

Wang Zhong: “One heavy tank and one medium tank, how many have been found on the front line now?”

“Nothing has been found yet, I just asked the prisoners about the model.”

Wang Zhong nodded: “It is uncertain when the enemy will attack, but General Gorky’s counterattack has been confirmed to be launched on June 20, which will definitely disrupt the enemy’s deployment and may even delay the enemy’s attack.

"We'll know the details when I personally go up to the sky for reconnaissance."

Pavlov: "I knew you would definitely go up to the sky again. But strangely, the number of enemy air force fighters seems to have decreased according to our observations."

Wang Zhong: "A large number of fighter squadrons should be transferred back to their homeland to participate in air defense operations. This is good news."

Pavlov nodded: "Yes, transportation hubs without air cover are very vulnerable to raids by bombers such as Pe-2. We have destroyed many trains transporting armored units.

"Compared to the past two years, the situation on the front line is better than ever."

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"Compared to the past two years, the situation on the front line is worse than ever!" Marshal Celtic said with a serious expression, "The impact of the transfer of air force fighters back to the country is gradually showing. The Ante Air Force began to attack our logistics nodes recklessly. Although the anti-aircraft artillery units fought desperately, they could only disperse the enemy aircraft and the actual damage was limited."

The anti-aircraft artillery played the role of forcing the enemy aircraft to give up precision attacks most of the time. It takes luck to really shoot down the enemy aircraft.

Marshal Celtic: "Also, the Elephant tank destroyer encountered major problems during transportation. Because it was too heavy, it directly crushed the flatbed truck. The armor and part of the road wheels had to be removed and placed on another flatbed truck for transportation.

"The King Tiger heavy tank also has the same problem. These overweight equipment have greatly delayed the speed of our equipment delivery to the front line.

"After the new Leopard tanks arrived at the front, they also had problems with the local climate. The two Leopard battalions that have been moved to the front have only half of their tanks ready for combat, and the others are being repaired. The third Leopard battalion... is stuck on the road."

Marshal Celt put down the documents in his hand and looked at the new Army Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Rundstedt.

Marshal Rundstedt pushed the monocle in his eye socket: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, it is not realistic to launch an attack on June 22. It is better to launch an attack on July 10 according to the previous plan. We have the latest land Stuka, which will definitely destroy the enemy's defense line!"

Emperor: "I wanted to attack in July before. Who suggested that I advance it? It was said that it would be beyond Rokossov's expectations. Someone else suggested that I attack before Rokossov returned from Yebao. Why didn't anyone consider the relevant issues of troop assembly at that time?"

Marshal Celt: "The staff officers who made these suggestions meant that we should not wait for new equipment and attack directly. As long as we launch the attack early, Rokossov will be able to attack early. Kosov would not have time to use the new equipment on a large scale. ”

Emperor: “But it’s already mid-June, let’s consider how to take advantage of the new equipment. How is Rokosov’s defense line?”

Marshal Rundstedt: “Our close reconnaissance has limited effect. The front-line troops reported that the enemy is a master of camouflage. The barbed wire and mines are all hidden in the fields and are difficult to find.”

Emperor: “Then you can’t light a fire? I don’t believe Rokosov’s troops will put out the fire under our artillery fire. Burn the grassland and the things hidden underneath will be exposed!”

“Your Majesty, it’s still relatively humid now and it’s impossible to light a fire. If you really want to burn the grassland, you have to wait until July.” Marshal Rundstedt said.

Giles stood up and suggested: "Your Majesty, since we have waited until now, it is not too late to attack after we are fully prepared. It just so happens that the Ant Army has remained quiet and there has been no large-scale military action." At this time, Grand Duke Meyer wiped his sweat and said: "However, our aerial reconnaissance shows that Ant's Western Front is preparing to launch an offensive, and the two fronts in the north and south of the Western Front are obviously also preparing to support it. This is likely to be a large-scale flood-like attack like the offensive in October last year." The emperor waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, the permanent defense line we built in the Central Army Group Defense Zone has been completed. 50% of the work is done, and it is as indestructible as the West Wall. "

Marshal Rundstedt: "The Carolingians also claimed that the Maginot Line was indestructible. But the Carolingians eventually surrendered. No matter how strong the direction is, there will always be weaknesses. For us who lack reserve forces, General Gorky's offensive tactics are even more dangerous than Rokossov's pincer attack. "

The emperor frowned: "Then what do you want me to do? Split part of the already assembled fist to the central part? No, it can't be like this! Draw out trained new divisions from the country and supplement them to the Central Army Group.

"Firing in the fortifications, even new soldiers can do it! Our goal is still to eat up Rokossov and force Ant to stop and negotiate with us! If we can capture Rokossov alive, it would be even better!"

The generals in the operations room looked at each other with stern faces.

At this time, Giles said: "Attack, of course we have to attack. No war is won by continuous defense. But after taking down Rokossov, I'm afraid Ant will not stop fighting, right? "

Emperor: "So what do you say? How to end this war?"

Gil Es pursed his lips.

The whole meeting hall fell silent.

The army generals exchanged glances with each other, while Grand Duke Meyer wiped his sweat desperately.

Recently, due to the repeated failures of the air defense operations in Plossen, the Grand Duke has fallen to the edge of losing favor.

However, neither the army generals nor the air force generals could come up with a solution at this time.