Arc of Gunfire

Plosen Asgard Knights Ampura Division, 52nd Armored Battalion.

This battalion is fully equipped with the new Type 5 tanks, namely the Panther tanks.

Of course, like other Panther tank battalions preparing to participate in the summer campaign, this battalion was also plagued by mechanical failures. It was only this morning that it was able to gather 28 Panthers to launch an attack.

These 28 tanks were very competitive and all drove to the battlefield smoothly.

It may be because those with mechanical defects have all been sent to the repair shop, and the rest just happened to have no major problems.

These 28 Panthers are now facing the attacking Plosen armored forces head-on.

The radio of the Proson people was full of joy:

"Hit! T34 is burning!"

"The new anti-tank gun can penetrate the inferior armor of T34 at a distance of 2000 meters!"

"The damage effect seems to be not as good as the 88 gun. Some tanks stopped and did not burn, but who cares, just penetrate it!"

Of course, there are also discordant voices:

"Damn it! What the hell is the new tortoise shell of the Ant people? How come the tank guns of the new tanks can't penetrate it?"

"Be careful, the guns of the tortoise shell can penetrate us!"

The battle lasted about five minutes, and the battalion commander of the 52nd Battalion announced to the whole battalion on the radio: "Don't worry about the tortoise shell. Before the tortoise shell kills us all, kill as many T34 as possible! One tortoise shell can't do a big deal. Those T34s are the real danger. They will slaughter our infantry and supply troops!"

At this moment, someone shouted something in an angry voice on the radio.

It was the Ant language.

The radio communication of the 52nd Battalion suddenly became quiet.

The battalion commander asked: "Ferdinand, do you understand what this person is saying?"

The person calling was the battalion staff officer of the 52nd Battalion, Ferdinand, who was born into an old Junker noble family. He knew a little Ant language and was often responsible for communicating with local people.

Ferdinand's voice was very uncertain: "If I heard correctly, it said, 'I am General Rokossov, fire at me.'"

The radio was silent for two seconds, and then someone shouted: "It is true that the turtle shell is flying a red flag!"

"It is Rokossov who is driving a tank to attack!"

"As long as we surround it and destroy it, we may be able to get the Diamond Double Sword Golden Oak Cross directly!"

The commander of the 52nd Battalion: "Wait a minute! Calm down! Destroy the enemy's T34 first! Then surround the turtle shell that is alone! And it may not be Rokossov, it may be a trick of the cunning enemy!"

The Proson soldiers who obeyed the order had no objection - there should be no objection, but this time someone on the radio raised an objection: "But if it is really Rokossov, maybe we can change the outcome of the war! This passive situation is caused by Rokossov alone!"

For the Proson soldiers, the temptation to change the current situation is too great.

Originally, they were ready to beat the Ants again in the summer campaign and taste the fruits of victory like in the previous two years.

Then the Ants attacked first, and the Central Army Group was under great pressure all of a sudden. Many troops that were originally prepared for the summer offensive were withdrawn. Then Rokosov also launched an attack, and the defense line was broken within a day. The armored forces and cavalry of Ant drove straight in.

The key is that the Ants had made breakthroughs in the counterattack before, but as long as the Proson armored forces launched a counterattack, most of the Ants' attacks would be disintegrated, and the front would soon return to its original state.

But this time the armored forces counterattacked for the third day, and the losses were getting bigger and bigger, but the front line did not show any sign of recovery. The same was true for the Central Army Group. The enemy's attack had started for almost two weeks, and the situation had not improved at all.

Although the official announcement showed that the Central Army Group was steadily winning, the soldiers on the front line had their own news channels.

If the battle situation was unfavorable, the news would leak out from this or that "gap" and reach the ears of more soldiers.

Maybe an adjutant said something wrong while drinking to drown his sorrows, or maybe the guard at the door of the communications company heard a few words, anyway, bad news always leaks out.

Therefore, the soldiers of Proson were a little anxious. They instinctively believed that war should not be like this, at least the war in summer should not be like this. The failure in winter was because the Ants had an ally, General Winter.

This anxiety now began to affect their battlefield judgment.

The commander of the 52nd Battalion knew this clearly.

"No, obey the order! Destroy the T34 first!"

At this time, a Panther platoon leader said: "If we destroy the T34 first, after we finish the T34, we will only have a few left, and we may not be able to deal with this turtle shell at all!

"Now we still have more than 20, and the enemy's T34 can't penetrate our armor at all. Destroy the turtle shell first, no matter whether Rokosov is inside, the threat can be eliminated, and the remaining T34 is just a moving target! "

The battalion commander wanted to emphasize obedience to orders, but stopped after hearing this.

It seems to make sense.

After a brief hesitation, he ordered: "Use smoke to cover the T34's vision, surround the enemy heavy tank with a red flag, get close, and shoot! There is no need to capture Rokossov alive, it will be fine if you can capture his body! Attack!"

"Yes!"

The radio was full of joy.

The battalion commander raised his binoculars and watched the small number of Leopard tanks split into two groups and began to encircle the tortoise shell with a red flag.

At this time, the distance was much closer, and the battalion commander could see the tactical number of the turtle shell.

It was not No. 422, which meant that this was not Rokossov's car - but what if?

The battalion commander himself was also seized by the desire to change the situation.

What if it was Rokossov? The situation could be changed because of this, and maybe the peace promised by the emperor would come, and he could go home.

The 52nd Armored Battalion was originally the 15th Armored Battalion of the 11th Armored Division. In the battle last year, most of the tanks were lost. After retreating to Shepetovka, only 9 tanks were left in combat readiness, and most of the tank crews were killed or injured. This battalion was actually destroyed.

The remaining people were transferred back to the country, and the original number of the 15th Armored Battalion was given to the newly formed tank battalion. These old and young people of the original 15th Armored Battalion formed the 52nd Armored Battalion as the backbone.

The battalion commander argued and preserved the emblem of the original 15th Battalion.

When the 52nd Armored Battalion was undergoing re-equipment training in China, the battalion commander took time to return home and found that the entire city was in ruins. The long-range bomber forces of the Allies had turned the world he was familiar with into ruins.

His parents also died in the bombing, leaving only his wife and two sons hiding in the countryside and surviving.

No one wanted the war to end more than the battalion commander.

If eliminating Rokossov could end the war, then let him die!

While the battalion commander was thinking this, a cry came from the radio: "Enemy infantry! Enemy infantry ambushed around the turtle shell! The enemy has... ah ah ah!"

The battalion commander quickly pulled his attention back and quickly found the enemy infantry with a telescope.

The infantry lying in the grass stood up and fired a rocket launcher, hitting the relatively weak side armor of the Leopard tank.

The tank immediately caught fire, and the tanker jumped out of the tank, but was shot into a hornet's nest by the anti-aircraft machine gun on the turtle shell.

"There are infantry here! How many infantry are there in the bushes!"

Accompanied by screams, another Panther was destroyed in the telescope, and the Ante infantrymen used submachine guns to shoot at the Proson tank soldiers who jumped out of the car.

At this time, the enemy's T34 also rushed up, and the infantry sitting on the back of the T34 carried a rocket launcher.

This is a tactic that the Proson people have never seen before. The Ante infantrymen are like armored cavalry, and the T34 seems to have become their iron warhorse.

The rocket launcher is like a lance, accurately hitting the Panther tank.

In order to besiege the turtle shell, the Panther exposed its vulnerable side to these armored cavalry!

The besieged turtle shell seemed to have lost power, and the turret was still slowly turning. The brave commander on the top of the turret stuck his head out and operated the anti-aircraft machine gun.

Is that person General Rokossov? Not like, he doesn't have many medals?

But the battalion commander felt that it was Rokossov, because under the light and shadow of the red flag, he seemed to be the symbol of victory.