Arc of Gunfire

After finishing the midnight snack, Wang Zhongdi looked at the clock on the wall countless times, and then urged: "It's time, let's start."

Pavlov was about to pick up the phone receiver when he suddenly remembered something. He turned to look at the front artillery commander and made a gesture of invitation.

The Major General Artillery Commander came to the phone, picked up the receiver, and took a deep breath: "This is Artillery Commander Andrew, calling from the Artillery Headquarters."

After a moment, he took the receiver and looked at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong: "Let's get started. There's no need to ask me for instructions."

Andrew then said loudly: "I am Artillery Commander Andrew, fire! Repeat, fire!"

Wang Zhong switched the perspective while giving the order. As expected, each artillery position was now under his direct command, so they shared the field of view.

The roar of thousands of cannons awakened the birds that were still sleeping at night.

But the birds were not overly frightened, and instead flew around the cannons in the air, rushing down from time to time to catch the insects that were frightened by the sound of the cannons.

Wang Zhong looked down at the scene and suddenly remembered a scene from his favorite war movie "The Great Battle" when he was a child. He remembered that the caption for that scene was like this: Not long ago, it was still so rare for the army to get a cannon. Thousands of cannons can now be concentrated, and the density of the artillery groups exceeds the regulations of the maneuvers.

At that time, Wang Zhong often fantasized that one day he would be able to command so many artillery pieces.

This can be regarded as the realization of a childhood dream.

By the way, Wang Zhong often confused this scene of thousands of cannons firing with another scene in the same series. That set of shots mainly shot the flock of birds in the sky that had become accustomed to artillery fire.

It shows the impact of the long war on people through a flock of birds, and also hints at the hope for peace. In Wang Zhong's mind, it is one of the best war movie scenes.

If someone wants to make a war movie with himself as the protagonist in the future, he must let him include scenes like this.

Wang Zhong thought so.

He stared at the scene of thousands of guns firing for a while. When he got tired of watching it, he switched back to the perspective of the headquarters, and then met Pavlov's gaze.

Wang Zhong: "What's wrong?"

Pavlov: "I'm a little surprised that you didn't personally drive your No. 422 heavy tank into the battle."

Wang Zhong: "If I go into battle personally to kill all kinds of fish, wouldn't it mean that my presence on the front line is a very cheap and commonplace thing?"

Vasily: "I understand, the general is trying to preserve the value of his actions! In the future, when our people don't see the general going to the front line, they will say, 'This is definitely not a tough battle and we can handle it'! In this way, the general will not have to go to the front line in person." On the front line!”

Wang Zhong shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, Vasily, you guy, you don't understand! If I don't go to the front line in person to hold up this red flag, how will the world know that I am brave and invincible?"

Pavlov sighed: "So you will continue to take risks in the future, right? If it's not dangerous, why don't you go? Don't be like this, you had to take risks before, but the current situation no longer requires you to go to the front line. ”

Wang Zhong: "I thought you were desensitized to me personally coming to the front line."

Pavlov: "I'm in trouble, and I know it's useless to stop me. But if you ask me to agree with your approach, that will never be possible! Front commanders should stay at the headquarters honestly!"

Wang Zhong: "Okay, I understand. You see, I'll just stay here for now."

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At the same time, the headquarters of Army Group South of Plossen.

Marshal Maximilian von Gron entered the headquarters with a tired look on his face: "So why did you wake me up?"

"The enemy has begun to prepare artillery fire!" the chief of staff of the army group said with a stern expression.

Marshal Gron's expression suddenly lost all sleepiness: "The artillery fire is ready? Where is it?"

The chief of staff pointed at the map: "Everywhere marked is being bombed!"

Marshal Gron took out his glasses, quickly put them on and looked at the map: "Oh my god, did Rokossov learn from General Gorky's style of play? Artillery attack across the board?"

Chief of Staff: "Yes, and all frontline troops reported being under unusually heavy shelling."

Marshal Gron waved his hand: "Don't worry about this. Our officers will try to exaggerate the attacks they receive. After all, this is what the professors at the military academy teach them, so as to attract the attention of higher-level command agencies.

"The latest enemy situation briefing!"

The chief of staff gave an order, and immediately a staff officer came over with a thick stack of documents.

The document was handed over to the Chief of Staff before being handed over to Marshal Gron.

The marshal quickly looked through it and said: "If the enemy's deployment situation we have is true, Rokossov plans to break through in these two places."

He put down the thick document, picked up the map stick and tapped the map twice.

The location where he was photographed was just at both ends of Olier.

Goron: "He may want to use a pincer offensive to eat up the heavy troops of our army that are concentrated on Oriel and are preparing to break through his defense line."

After a brief pause, Marshal Gron added: "Of course, we cannot completely rule out the possibility that he wants to move west and encircle the Eleventh Army of the Coastal Fortress. In terms of execution difficulty, it is easier to encircle the Eleventh Army. .

"I just don't know what Rokosov will choose."

At this time, the red phone on the Marshal's desk rang. He hurried over and picked up the receiver: "I am Marshal Göron of the Southern Army Group."

The emperor's voice came from the receiver: "Marshal Gron, I heard that Rokossov attacked you?"

The marshal glanced at the chief of staff, who whispered: "It wasn't me, it should be a senior general of the Asgard Knights who reported to the emperor."

The marshal said "fuck" on his face, but he spoke very humbly: "Your Majesty, you are right, Rokossov has indeed begun to attack."

The emperor was very excited: "Very good. Although you have transferred some troops to Army Group Center, the remaining forces are still very strong. Beat Rokossov hard! How dare he dare to do it when our troops are not tired, the equipment is not damaged, and the supplies are not Attack when you still have enough, let him know how powerful he is!”

Marshal Gron: "Okay, I will immediately deploy elite armored forces to counterattack!"

"No, no, no! Use positions to consume them! Pure infantry units are useless in counterattacks, but they can come in handy in defensive battles! Use infantry and positions to consume Rokosov! Just like he consumed us. !”

Marshal Gron looked a little embarrassed.

He glanced at the chief of staff and decided to tell the truth: "We only received the order to start digging trenches on June 26. At present, the fortifications have only been completed a little bit. We rely on the fortifications to block Rokosov... Moreover, Rokosov's The artillery fire was very fierce, and I doubt how much of the fortifications we have built over the past few days will be left after the artillery fire."

"Aren't there still cities and villages?" the emperor asked, "but Salia is not a desolate area like South Ant. The density of cities and villages is very high. Relying on city defense, there are also woods! Rokosov is here Aolaqi conducted a wonderful defensive operation, and he didn't even dig fortifications for a few days at that time!"

Marshal Goron: "They have the help of local residents. Rokossov can organize hundreds of thousands of migrant workers to help them repair their fortifications, but we can't organize them! We recruit migrant workers, and they will burn incense if they don't cause damage!"

"Your Majesty, let's put the armored troops into a decisive battle on the plains with Rokossov's troops! I have confidence in our armored men!"

The emperor was silent for a long time before replying: "If Rokosov breaks through the infantry defense line and there is really no way to resist it, I agree with you to invest the armored troops to confront the enemy. No matter what, Rokosov must suffer. ! The Air Force will also fully assist you!”

After saying that, the emperor hung up the phone.

Chief of Staff: "What did your Majesty say?"

Marshal Gron smiled bitterly and said: "Speaking of using infantry to delay and consume Rokossov's troops, just like he consumed us."

Chief of Staff: "There is no big problem with this strategy. It should be like this. But we have only dug trenches for four days. The strongest bunkers on the front line are made of wood and bricks. With the firepower and armor of Rokossov's troops, Strength, such fortifications are of little use, right?

"From a practical point of view, the best response is to invest armored and infantry units to cooperate with counterattacks."

Marshal Gron: "Your Majesty said that if the infantry can't stop it and is quickly broken through, we are allowed to use armored forces to fight back. What a joke, if the infantry can stop it, then why should we bother?"

Chief of Staff: "Are there any other orders?"

"No, by the way, His Majesty said that the Air Force will do its best to help us." The marshal showed a helpless smile.