Arc of Gunfire

The guerrilla detachment led by Serov was suppressed by the firepower of the Proson half-track parked at the street corner.

The Prossens were very cunning and knew that the guerrillas might take advantage of the terrain to destroy buildings that were close to them, so they bulldozed the park in the middle of the street overnight and got several SDKFZ half-track vehicles lined up in the ruins of the park, taking turns to use machine gun fire to suppress the uprising. military.

Because several half-track vehicles fired alternately, the shortcoming of the Plosen machine gun needing to be replaced was also overcome.

This kind of tactics will definitely not work against the Ant regular army. After all, the Ant artillery firepower density has reached a crazy level, and a complete frontline fire support system has begun to be established. Such densely arranged half-track vehicles cannot fire heavy artillery for ten minutes. Just fell down.

However, the insurgent forces did not have heavy artillery, and even the mortars were stolen from the Plosen Arsenal.

The heavy mortars of the Prosen Army are in the field troops, and the second-line troops stationed in Agsukov do not have heavy mortars - Prosen counts as the wave, and the infantry division stationed in Agsukov is the first wave. It was also the eighth wave. The mortars equipped were all "small smash cannons", and the infantry artillery equipped by the division was captured from the defeated Carolingian Infantry Division.

Unless this kind of weapon hits the half-track vehicle, there is really nothing that can be done against this "steel defense line".

Especially the small mortar cannon. The explosion power is about the same as a grenade. Even if it explodes next to a half-track vehicle, it will only scratch its coating.

"Serov!" The priest of the underground parish crouched and ran behind the bunker where Serov was hiding, and asked loudly, "What should we do? Can we just wait for the enemy to finish shooting all the bullets?"

"I'm thinking of a way!" Serov raised his head slightly, exposed his head and eyes at the edge of the bunker, and looked at the "defense line" formed by half-track vehicles. "It would be nice to have anti-tank guns. These half-track vehicles can't stop anti-tank guns! "

"The anti-tank gun is on its way, and it was used to knock out an enemy's half-track in the next block. It says it still has 30 rounds of ammunition left!" the priest said.

"Okay! Once the anti-tank guns are delivered we'll give these half-tracks hell!"

At this moment, there was a roar in the air.

Serov: "Concealed! The air strike is coming!"

Soon enough, a twin-engine bomber (Serov did not recognize it as a reconnaissance P-3) roared past and strafed the Prossen half-track with machine gun fire.

Despite the machine gun fire, two of the half-tracks lined up caught fire, and the machine gunner of the other was also hit.

The Prosen soldiers were stunned by the sudden attack from the air. Many of them did not even recognize that it was an Ant Air Force aircraft. Instead, they began to curse at the sky, thinking that the Prosen Air Force had accidentally shot them down.

Serov shouted: "Quick! Take advantage of this opportunity! Charge!"

The partisans burst out of their bunkers, firing toward the half-tracks.

In fact, there were still several half-track vehicles intact at this time, and the machine guns on them could fire normally. However, the machine gunners were inexperienced and were frightened by the recent incident, and now they were panicking.

Three machine guns only mopped up seven or eight guerrillas, and it was all over.

The guerrilla's bayonet plunged into the machine gunner's chest.

The machine gunner tried to escape, climbed out of the half-track, was shot, and rolled out of the car in a funny posture.

Serov rushed to a half-track that was still intact and shouted: "Ivan!"

The car driver, Ivan, shouted: “Here we come!”

"You drive!"

"I've never driven it!"

"Prosen's half-track drives almost like a car!"

"Okay, let me give it a try." Ivan climbed into the cab, "Let's see, let's see, it's really similar to driving a truck!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the half-track vehicle jumped forward a lot.

Serov: "Slow down! What if you bump into someone?"

"I'm not used to the feel of this thing! It's so silky smooth. When I drive our truck, I have to press the accelerator hard to get any feedback."

Serov picked up the machine gun: "Let's go, advance along the road, and occupy the police station as planned!"

At this time, the "twin-engine bomber" that had just helped a lot passed through the sky again.

"Ula!" Serov took off his hat and waved to the plane.

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Observer Serev looked down: "They are very happy! We should help them more!"

"Then call the fleet in the air! There should be a lot of attack planes and fighter jets in the air nearby! The Proson Air Force is not doing well recently!"

(In fact, because the Prossen Air Force fighter units were mobilized back to China in batches to participate in local air defense operations, they fought with the bombers and escort fighter jets of the Eighth Air Force of the United States)

Serev picked up the microphone and adjusted the transmission power to the maximum: "Attention all fronts and air forces in the air! An uprising is taking place in Agsukov! An uprising is taking place! All flying units are requested to come to support as fuel permits!

"All flying units are requested to come to support as fuel permits!"

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Ant field airfield command tent.

Drachenko Grigojevich, commander of the 5th Guards Aviation Division, was shocked when he heard the voice coming from the radio: "Agsukov revolted?"

"That's what he said!" The chief of staff immediately stretched out his hand to adjust the radio. Unlike the army, the air force has more technicians per capita, so adjusting the radio is a trivial matter.

Then a clearer call came from the loudspeaker: "An uprising is taking place in Agsukov! An uprising is taking place! All flying units are requested to come to support as fuel permits!"

Drachenko immediately put out his cigarette in the ashtray and strode out of the command tent.

Many pilots were lying on the grass outside to rest, waiting for the ground crew to repair the aircraft that had just landed.

Almost all the boys of Drachenko's old unit, the 4th Attack Regiment, were lying on the grass. They had just completed the bombing of the Plosen ferry and bridge on the Tiber River.

Someone took out the bayan from nowhere and played a cheerful ditty.

Seeing Drachenko coming, someone was the first to speak: "Commander, we are not lazy, the plane is being repaired, refueling! You don't want us to lose our lives due to mechanical failure in the sky, right?"

Drachenko: "The people of Agsukov have revolted! They are fighting fiercely with the Plosen defense forces!"

The smiles on the pilots' faces disappeared.

Drachenko: "They will not fight against the enemy when we are about to liberate the city. There is no need! The enemy must be massacring the city, just like Orachi and Shepetovka!

"I order you to take off immediately with all flying objects to support the people of Agsukov in their fight!"

The pilots all stood up and rushed to their planes without even bothering to pat the grass off their pants.

The ground crew over there was shouting: "The bombs haven't been hung yet!"

Drachenko: "Hurry up! Remember not to set up incendiary points. Setting the city on fire might cause bad things! Hang up bombs and blow up Prosen's barricades and tanks!

"Also, there are armor-piercing bullets on the machine gun belt! The revolting people cannot have many anti-armor means. Those half-tracks will cause them trouble!"

The United States-aided P47 flown by the Fourth Assault Group, the aircraft's weapon is the M2 Laoganma machine gun. Although this thing is a machine gun, it is actually very armor-piercing. After all, the caliber is 12.7 mm, which is the same caliber as many anti-materiel rifles in later generations.

Drachenko stood next to the track, yelling at the ground crew.

Soon the first P47, fully fueled and loaded with ammunition, slid onto the grassy simple runway.

Drachenko gave a thumbs up: "Show the Prossen people a little more power!"

The pilot also gave a thumbs up in response, and then the plane accelerated violently and roared into the sky.

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Headquarters of the 1st Mobile Army of the Guards.

Yegorov heard the voice behind him, turned around, and saw the guard leading the young child into the headquarters.

"What's going on?" he asked. "What's wrong with this kid?"

Before the guard could speak, the child said quickly: "General! The Prosens planned to massacre the city, and the underground parish launched an uprising in response! The whole Agsukov is fighting! General! Help us! Don't let those who have been fighting for two years Good people died before liberation!”

Yegorov's eyes widened: "Are you serious?"

At this time, the communications staff reported: "We received communications from the Air Force. They are mobilizing aircraft to support the Agsukov uprising forces. So it should be true."

Chief of Staff of the Group Army: "But according to our attack plan, we should seize the outer positions today, and then move forward after consolidating them -"

Yegorov: "The situation has changed, can't you see? The situation has changed! We cannot let the common people bleed, let alone let Agsukov be burned into ruins by the enemy before liberation! No!"

"Immediately change the combat plan, organize an assault group, and I will lead it directly into the city center!

"Now there are uprising troops everywhere in the city. We will get support from the local people. It is impossible for the enemy to allocate their strength to deal with our assault troops! When we knock down the enemy's city defense headquarters, the enemy's city defense troops will be leaderless." Maybe it will collapse on its own!”

The chief of staff thought for a while and nodded: "Indeed, under the current situation, there may not be a brutal street battle with the enemy, because all the enemy's defense forces are restrained by the insurrectionary troops.

"We initially imagined the intensity of the enemy's resistance based on Abavahan's experience, which may have been a bit too cautious."

Yegorov nodded and said to the young child who came to report: "Kid, please wait a moment, our assault group is organized, and I will rush into the city with you! Do you know the way?"

"Know!" the young child smiled.

"Okay!" Yegorov slapped his thigh, and then suddenly remembered something, "By the way, the 1st Red Banner Mechanized Infantry Division of the Guards also flies a red flag, borrow their red flag! The tank at the head of the assault group hung a red flag, and said The enemy’s second-line troops were immediately frightened to death!”

The chief of staff also laughed: "This is a good idea!"

The young boy who came to report the news asked: "Isn't it true that only General Rokossov can raise the red flag?"

"Not now. Many heroic troops have spontaneously raised red flags, because it represents all the blood of Davarich's sacrifice! It belongs to our battle flag!" Yegorov explained, "Of course, only Only those troops who have the title of Guards and are particularly brave dare to raise the red flag, otherwise they will be laughed at!"

Young children: "That's great! Hurry up! Everyone will be happy when they see the red flag!"

"It will take about two hours to organize the assault group and gather them together," the chief of staff said. "We can treat this little hero who reported the news to a meal."

"I'm not hungry," the child said, causing his stomach to growl in anger.