Arc of Gunfire

Looking at the child's panic expression, Vasily smiled.

Filipov reminded from the side: "You look like the villain in a movie about the civil war now, like Petliura or something like that."

Vasily smiled and looked at his old friend: "Is it similar?"

"It's so similar. This child may not be afraid of the marshal just now, but of your smile. This poor child probably has nightmares about your smile for several days."

"That's good." Vasily touched his cheek, "What I want to do is to make all of them dream about me in their nightmares in the future. This is part of the Marshal's mind-attacking plan."

Filipov: "Why attack the heart? We have prepared a step-by-step attack. Prosonia can be won steadily - ah!"

After exclaiming, Filipov approached Vasily, pulled him away from the enemy, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The attack will not be in March next year, but now, right? Only these are needed for the attack now." Sideways."

Vasily: "Don't think blindly. The marshal just wants to reduce casualties."

Filipov: "From what we have seen recently, the enemy's defense is riddled with holes. We can indeed use infantry penetration to eat away at it bit by bit."

Vasily became interested again: "Really? Tell me in detail. Do you often cross the river to launch sneak attacks?"

Filipov: "Yes, the ice is very thick, and the enemy sentry posts on the opposite side are very loosely arranged. Although flares will be fired regularly, as long as you have a white cloak as a camouflage, you don't have to worry about being discovered.

"Every time we infiltrate, no one will die during the river crossing phase. Generally, the attrition occurs in the firefight with the enemy's Proson veterans wearing camouflage uniforms."

"You mean, you can just cross the frozen Oder River if you want to?" Vasily asked in surprise.

Filipov: "This is indeed the case in our section. Other sections of the river may be more tightly fortified, maybe."

"Okay, I will carefully question all the troops stationed along the river later. Now let me continue to interrogate the prisoners of war." Vasily looked at the frightened "little" prisoners of war in front of him.

Filipov: "I'll make a special room for you."

Blue Hat quickly followed: "You can also use our interrogation room. I think our interrogation room is more scary."

Vasily: "No, a normal room will be fine. Please, Filippov."

Filipov nodded, turned and left the room.

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On November 10, Ante reached the enemy headquarters, 87 kilometers away from the center of Prosonia.

Marshal Gorky's first words when he entered the General Headquarters: "You, the Commander-in-Chief, have gone to a place only 20 kilometers away from the front line, and none of our headquarters dare to move back. The result is that now we are all on the enemy's train." Within the range of the gun.”

Wang Zhong raised his head: "Were you bombarded by train artillery? Our aerial reconnaissance did not find any K5 or above train artillery near Prosonia?"

Marshal Gorky waved his hand: "I'm just saying this, have you considered placing the headquarters farther away from the front line? For a headquarters of this level, being close to the front line has no meaning except increasing the risk of being attacked. ”

While talking, Kashuch and Kirinenko came in while chatting. When they saw the two marshals, they stood at attention and saluted together.

As soon as Wang Zhong returned the gift, Kashuhe asked with concern: "Are we going to launch an attack in advance? Our troops can't wait any longer."

"Has your army finished resting?" Wang Zhong asked.

"That's not true, but Prosonia is right in front of us! It's less than 100 kilometers away! The soldiers have said hello and said "see you in Prosonia" so many times, and now they can't hold it in anymore." Schuh said.

Kashuch's troops are basically from the former Fort St. Andrew Front. This front has been fighting hard, but now it is finally proud and eager to fight.

Kirinenko also said: "The morale of the troops is very high, and everyone lines up to go on night infiltration patrols, just to see what the country of the Plosen people is like on the other side of the river.

"Many soldiers came back from patrolling at night and were very puzzled. They were wondering why the Plosans came to invade us even though they were so prosperous."

Wang Zhong: "Do the soldiers think our life is not rich?"

Kirinenko: "Of course that's not the case, but our life seems less satisfying in comparison. Among other things, Plosin people can still eat white bread, and we are all used to eating black bread. Only have some white bread during the holidays.”

At this time, General Eugene opened the door curtain. When he saw so many generals inside, he immediately saluted: "Hello, sirs."

Wang Zhong: "You are a general now. Miners, don't be so formal."

This digger was originally what Yegorov called Eugene. After Yegorov was seriously injured and retired from the game, Wang Zhong also called Eugene "the digger".

In fact, Wang Zhong wanted to call Eugene "Miner Boy" to pay tribute to the protagonists of the "Starry Sky" games, but in the end he continued to call him a capable hero.

Eugene smiled awkwardly: "I just got the medal of general, so I'm not used to it. I thought I was called here alone... So why are we having a meeting?"

Wang Zhong: "Know your war preparation status."

Marshal Gorky stopped and looked at Wang Zhong with a cigarette in his hand: "Confirm combat readiness now? Aren't we going to attack in March next year?"

Wang Zhong: "We are ready to gradually encroach on the enemy's occupied area and advance towards the center of Prosonia."

General Eugene: "Is that really all there is to it?"

Wang Zhong: "Not entirely. I am also planning to change the commander of the Coburg Front."

The Coburg Front is the front army formed by our troops surrounding the enemy's seriously ill cluster in Coburg.

Because the enemy's million-strong army around Coburg has virtually no offensive power, the number of troops of the Coburg Front is far less than that of other fronts, especially in terms of tanks and truck transport units. It is very different from other fronts.

However, Wang Zhong planned to continue to weaken the strength of the Coburg Front and take over the elite of the Front to use them when he invaded Prosonia.

For this reason, it is necessary to send a front army commander who is good at defense to prevent the enemy from really breaking through the defense in one go.

The most suitable general on the scene was Eugene.

But at this time, it is estimated that every general of the Rokossov faction is unwilling to leave the Oder River.

Everyone knows that the final chapter of the entire war is coming soon. Everyone has been calling for "see you in Prosonia" for so long. Now it's really time to see Prosonia. Suddenly, I received a transfer order, and anyone can change it. mood.

Yegorov has already left the game with regrets. Although Eugene joined Wang Zhong later than Yegorov, he is also a strong player who has fought all the way.

At this time, Wang Zhong couldn't bear to transfer him from the front line to guard the giant armed prisoner of war camp.

But there is no one more suitable than him. Eugene is really good at building defense lines, and the losses of his troops in Abavahan were much smaller than that of Egorov's troops.

Of course, he is not even remotely close to Yegorov in terms of offense.

Eugene took a step back: "Marshal, why are you looking at me like this? Are you going to pull out the better recovered members of my troops again?"

Wang Zhong: "No, no, don't worry! This time... this time I need someone who is good at defense to go to the Coburg Front."

Marshal Gorky: "You want to change the guards of the prisoner-of-war camp? You are not planning to transfer troops from around the prisoner-of-war camp, are you? I think it is better to give up this idea. The quality of those troops is already very poor and cannot be transferred anymore."

Marshal Gorky is also the Chief of General Staff, so he must know the situation of the Coburg Front better than Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong: "Are you sure we can't transfer troops from the Coburg Front?"

"No. Originally, the Coburg front army still had a certain amount of armor, but your previous advance caused our armor strength to be exhausted, and we had to transfer the armor strength from Coburg.

“Now if the enemy on the Coburg side really makes a breakthrough, they won’t even have the power to counterattack.

"Fortunately, the enemies in Coburg now basically only have light weapons, and it is unlikely to achieve a breakthrough. However, the headquarters objects to continuing to draw troops from Coburg. It is too risky."

Eugene: "Then I don't have to be transferred to Coburg to fight with the enemy?"

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Wang Zhong: "How do you know I want you to come over?"

Eugene: "After all, I have been fighting with you for so many years, and I still have this level of understanding."

At this time, Pavlov came in, glanced at the generals and marshals in the room, and said: "Now that we are all here, sit down. Why are we all standing? Let the stars on our shoulders dazzle our eyes?"

Wang Zhong: “I’m not as dazzling as your bald head.”

Pavlov touched his head and urged: "Sit down quickly. With so many senior generals gathered so close to the front line, it would be terrible if the enemy attacks with V2 missiles."

General Kashuch: "V2 missile?"

Marshal Gorky: "The Southern Front has seized information from a research institute near Vilna, as well as a prototype machine, and is searching for hiding scientists."

General Kashuch: "Can that thing hit 20 kilometers behind the battle line? Speaking of which, is the marshal's headquarters too close to the battle line?"

Pavlov snorted: "He wants to seize the opportunity and go to the front line to fight tanks!"

Eugene: "That's great. If the Marshal fires one more tank, we can end the war."

While talking, everyone sat down at the long table, and Pavlov said: "I called everyone here, and also called Marshal Gorky from the rear, who was originally sitting in the military headquarters, just to discuss the possibility of ending the war before Christmas. sex."

Everyone looked at each other.

Kirinenko spoke first: "My troops are not in the best condition regardless of their weapons, equipment or personnel, and they do not have enough artillery shells. It is not appropriate to attack now."

Kashuch also echoed: "My unit was the first to start replenishment. Currently, there is not a big gap in soldiers, and the basic officers are basically intact, but we also do not store much ammunition.

"If my troops are to be the main attacker, we will need to supply additional artillery shells."

Wang Zhong: "But the enemy in front of us is also unprepared. They also lack artillery shells, the trenches are not dug well, and there are a large number of children, old men and women among the soldiers."

Marshal Gorky added: "There are especially many children. Yegorov was so soft on the Boy Scouts that he was almost killed."

Wang Zhong: "If we attack now, the artillery fire can immediately wipe out most of the enemy's effective forces, and we will cut through their defenses like tofu."

Kashuch: "It will indeed be easier to capture the west bank of the Oder River in the beginning, and the intelligence provided by our night reconnaissance force also supports this judgment. However, Marshal, there is the enemy's capital on the opposite side. When we approach Prosenia, What he faced was a group of modern buildings that were even denser than those around Yebao.

"The attack will enter a brutal street fighting stage, and the enemy will resist desperately just like we did around Yebao. In the Abawahan defensive battle under your command, you know how terrifying this kind of street fighting is for the attackers!"

Wang Zhong: "I also know why our army can engage in such street fighting in Abawahan. Because we are defending our homeland and our country, and we are fighting to prevent our land from being ravaged!"

Eugene: "Isn't that the enemy?"

Wang Zhong: "It could have been a local, but Emperor Prosen's recent crazy behavior gave us a chance."

Pavlov: "We have a series of plans designed to demoralize the enemy. Colonel Vasily is responsible for the specific facts. The goal is to destroy the enemy's motivation to resist."

Kirinenko: "How?"

Wang Zhong: "It includes many aspects, such as publicizing the atrocities committed by the Prosen army on our land, and printing the luxurious life of the Prosen nobles we photographed in Vilna on leaflets and distributing them in large quantities."

Eugene: "Will it work?"

Wang Zhong: "I don't know either, but the moment Emperor Puluosen snatched the child away from his mother and sent him to the battlefield, he and the people of Puluosen were no longer of the same mind.

"Didn't your night reconnaissance team notice? The enemy's morale is low except for the children."

Among the People's Self-Defense Forces, only children maintain high morale. They may have been deceived by the beautiful slogans, or they may have regarded the war as a war game.

The generals looked at each other.

Eugene: "I did receive such a report."

"The enemy's morale is low and you can tell without reading the reports."

Wang Zhong: "This is what Vasily wants to do, to stir up the enemy's war weariness. If we attack by March next year, they may become numb and mount a numb but determined resistance."

Marshal Gorky suddenly said at this time: "But if we attack next March, the soldiers of the enemy Asgard Knights may be on the verge of mental and physical collapse due to excessive use of so-called awakening agents."

Gorky looked at Wang Zhong: "We seized the awakening agent, which contains high-purity D grade."

Wang Zhong was not surprised at all, because the NC on Earth had done similar things.

“All in all,” Wang Zhong glanced at the generals, “I personally think that we now have an opportunity to take Prosonia before our Christmas (January 7th), and we should seize it. You should at least give it a try.”