Arc of Gunfire

The confidential staff entered the room and ran directly to Wang Zhong to whisper a few words.

Wang Zhong nodded and said to the generals who had just finished their meal: "We have just captured the small town of Luki on the west bank of the Oder River. The enemy's resistance intensity is very low, which preliminarily proves that our speculation is correct.

"Except for the Asgard Knights, the combat effectiveness of the Proson army is very low, and it can be easily defeated under our psychological warfare offensive."

In fact, Wang Zhong is not sure whether this is the effect of psychological offensive, anyway, a small town has been captured.

Kashukh: "The intensity of the enemy's counterattack against the town of Luki today and tomorrow can show their current combat effectiveness. I am also very curious, can they still send out troops to fight back now?"

Kirienko spread his hands: "We should still be able to squeeze out some armored troops. We also have Rokossov II tanks to fight against them. "

The Rokosov II is a model based on the Rokosov I with an enlarged body, a more powerful engine, and a 122mm gun.

In addition to meeting the anti-armor needs, the 122mm gun also meets the troops' anti-bunker needs.

The Ant artillery unit has recently become addicted to bayonets in artillery. Not only does it pull the 203mm B4 howitzer to the enemy's face to fire, but it also pulls up all the 122 and 152 howitzers to fire horizontally.

It seems that Wang Zhong has artificially created a tradition for the Ant Army: the best way to deal with bunkers is not to go up and engage in indoor CQB with the enemy, but to send the enemy and the bunker to the sky together.

This tradition has been implemented in all aspects.

For example, now the Ant troops generally require a large amount of explosives and anti-tank mines before conducting urban stations. In addition to conventional pressure-activated fuzes, anti-tank mines also have manually detonated fuzes. These people threw anti-tank mines as grenades.

The same is true for explosives. Now each unit has a few experts who can make improvised detonators. When attacking, they will be issued in batches with time fuses with a timer of about ten seconds. When combined with explosives, they become the favorite "attack grenades" of frontline soldiers.

After Wang Zhong learned about this "grenade", he gave the demolitionist who used this grenade the name "Weilong".

In short, the Rokossov II is equipped with a 122mm gun, a specially developed concrete-penetrating shell, and a specially developed super white phosphorus shell. It may be only equal to the 100mm gun in terms of armor-piercing ability, but the concrete-penetrating shell and white phosphorus shell are equally powerful in anti-tank.

After all, tanks of this era do not have anti-collapse linings or internal positive pressure three-defense systems.

Kashukh: "How many Rokossov IIs have been equipped so far? My front has only 42, which is exactly two regiments."

Kirinenko: "I have a regiment, and it should be the most on Eugene's side. ”

Eugene: “I do have three regiments, not much more than you. The main reason is that the Rokossov I is enough to deal with most problems. The II has changed a lot, and it takes time for the tankers to get familiar with the new car.

“By the time they get familiar with the new car, the war in Europa will be over.”

Yes, this is why the Rokossov II did not completely replace the Rokossov I.

When the war is over, the I can naturally stop production and go all out to produce the II. Before that, the I can deal with most situations.

Pavlov: “In fact, the demand for anti-armor on the front line is not that strong. The 152 self-propelled artillery of the vortex and self-propelled artillery units can be anti-armor. Recently, there is also a mass-produced ‘magic arrow’. After the improvement, the troops responded very well. Some troops even don’t want anti-tank guns, and they clamor for the magic arrow launcher all day long.”

Wang Zhong asked two future masters to rub anti-tank missiles. Unexpectedly, they really rubbed it out, and now they have rubbed it to the third version.

Wang Zhong instructed them that they must work hard on the usability. As a result, the two of them created a completely fool-proof third-generation magic arrow. A soldier who graduated from the tenth grade can achieve a 70% hit rate after two months of training.

The Allied envoy peed directly after visiting the test firing of the magic arrow. The United States will probably receive special funding for related research.

Wang Zhong: "In short, as long as we can stop the enemy's counterattack and prove that this kind of cannibalization is effective, we must use it across the board and put enough pressure on the enemy. We can't let them prepare in peace.

"The Allies will also cooperate with our offensive, put pressure on the enemy on the Western Front, and end the war in Europa as soon as possible and turn to fighting the Fuso Empire. "

Marshal Gorky: "Will the Allies really fulfill their promise?"

"Of course, because now the generals of the United Kingdom have lost their voice in the Allied Command. President Luo has a far-sighted vision and knows what is right. He will not let Leonard, a short-sighted political animal, succeed. ”

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Western Front, Allied Command.

“At present, all our troops have completed their rest and recuperation,” Ike paused and glanced at the Allied generals in the conference room. “Compared with Rokossov’s troops, we have suffered less losses, and have more manpower and ammunition. We will launch a fierce offensive against the enemy before Christmas.”

Ike picked up the map stick and gestured on the huge map.

“We have three main attack directions. One is the 30th Army of the United Kingdom, which will advance towards the bridge that failed to be captured in Operation Market Orchard, and strive to occupy the entire Low Countries.

“The second center, the troops of the 12th Army Group, will attack the enemy’s industrial heart, the Ruhr area. The goal of the first stage is to cross the Ruhr River and establish a bridgehead. The second stage is to encircle Cologne.

"And the Third Army Group launched an attack in the south, broke through the Prosun defenses and occupied Alsace."

After a brief pause, Ike said: "As long as the southern line is successful, Rokossov's plan to join us in Alsace will be thwarted. This may be the first time that the plan of this war genius has been thwarted in this war."

Everyone laughed. It was exciting enough to defeat Rokossov, who had basically never lost in the entire war.

Admiral John Jr., holding his iconic cigar, said: "I don't care about defeating Rokossov. I just don't want Rokossov to be the only one who kicked the ass of these arrogant people! I want to invade their territory and wash our tracks with their blood!"

Ike: "Don't worry, we have plenty of opportunities before Christmas."

He turned to the map and repeated to the large number of arrows on the map representing the direction of attack: "We have plenty of opportunities."

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Prosunnia, 17 kilometers from the city center, Asgard Knights position.

Andreas looked at the leaflets falling from the sky: "I thought it was red snow."

Kosrek grabbed a leaflet in midair, unfolded it, and hesitated when he saw the photo on it.

The photo was very impactful. It was a Proson soldier standing in front of a wall full of little girls' bodies and smiling.

The body and the smile constituted an extremely strong impact, which would make any normal person feel physically disgusted.

There was a line of red Proson words in the corner of the photo: "Sinner!"

Andreas heard the sound of vomiting next to him, turned his head and saw a young private soldier of the People's Self-Defense Army lying on the gun mount of a 105mm anti-aircraft gun and vomiting.

People all around him took the leaflets and started vomiting.

Andreas bent down and pulled out a leaflet from the snow, and found that the photos on it were different, but both were very impactful.

The same Proson word was written in red in the corner of the photo: Repent!

Andreas picked up another one, and the text on this one was a little longer: We are the ghosts of revenge.

The photo shows a ragged Ante warrior. The Proson people around him are laughing at him, but the warrior's eyes are burning with fighting spirit, just like a ghost.

Andreas: "I don't know photography, but I feel... I feel that these photos should have been processed. The impact is too strong..."

Kosrek snatched the things in his hand, threw them to the ground, and covered them with mud and snow with his feet.

"They just found the most suitable one from thousands of photos." Kosrek said, "After all, these photos may have been stored in Melania's archives before."

Andreas didn't answer. He picked up another one and found that it was Rokossov riding a white horse.

The red words next to it were a sentence from the Book of Revelation: He rode a white horse and came from the darkness.

For a moment, Andreas felt that there was holy light near Rokossov's head. A closer look showed that it was a circle of sequins. Damn, this flyer is also ingenious.

"Don't look at it!" Kosrek grabbed the flyer and was about to throw it away, but when he saw Rokossov on it, his hand froze immediately.

Just at this time, the military police came over, shouting "It is a serious crime to privately store flyers", so he respectfully put the flyer on the cart pushed by two women behind the military police.

Andreas: "Why... why didn't you bury this one?"

Kosrek clenched his hands, as if he had just touched something extremely cold, and kept warming them with the hot air he exhaled.

"Because he always appears in my nightmares, and I don't want to make nightmares more terrible." He said.

Andreas: "This is all superstition, isn't it?"

At this moment, the private who had just vomited stood up, stared at Kosrek and Andreas for a long time, and then asked boldly: "Two sirs, those are all lies, right?"

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Kosrek: "No, those are all true. We committed heinous crimes on other people's land. That's why they want revenge."

Kosrek glanced at the military police who were going away, and squatted down in front of the young private soldier so that his line of sight could be level with the private soldier.

He lowered his voice and said: "Listen, kid, after the war, find a way to surrender. We are carrying the sins, and we will bear them. You are innocent, kid!"

Andreas: "I haven't done it either."

Kosrek looked at Andreas: "So I will ensure that you are alive, I promise!"

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In the center of Prosonia, the entrance and exit of the palace bunker A.

A Prosrek captain entered the bunker with a stack of leaflets.

The first gate of the bunker, which had been notified long ago, was immediately released, followed by the second gate.

The captain was obviously only qualified to enter the second gate, so he handed the leaflets to the colonel who came to hand over.

The colonel took the leaflet through the third gate and handed it to the officer with a red background - usually a general officer.

The general officer took the leaflet, passed the last gate, walked through the long corridor, and came to the door of the emperor's office.

He pushed the door open.

The emperor inside was roaring: "What do you mean by losing Luki? Literally? You didn't even last a day, and you lost Luki! Now the enemy has a beachhead on the Oder River!"

The generals present did not dare to say a word.

The emperor: "Where is Steiner? Don't let him cross the river to counterattack, take Luki back first, take back this damn beachhead!"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this time, the officer who delivered the leaflets took the opportunity to put something in front of the emperor.

Emperor: "What is this?"

"The leaflets just dropped, Your Majesty."

The emperor threw the thing directly to the ground: "Don't worry about it, this must be Rokossov's nonsense! The brave people and army of Prosen will not listen to him! Where is Steiner? When can he attack?"

Finally, Marshal Celtic said: "Your Majesty, Steiner is currently unable to move... The Maus tank was bombed by the Allies when it was unloaded, and it has not been unloaded yet. The engineers said that it will take another week to repair the tank's running mechanism."

Emperor: "One week? Do you mean that it will take a week for something we have high hopes for to drive out of the train station?"

"It is to repair the running mechanism." Marshal Celtic corrected, "Only then can we leave the train station."

The emperor was silenced.

After a few seconds, he asked: "If we don't use the Maus tanks, how many armored forces can we put into the attack?"

"There are still two armored brigades and the 503rd Heavy Tank Destroyer Regiment."

The Emperor: "Let them go out and tell them that if they can't take back the beachhead, the Proson Empire will be finished."

"Yes."

The messenger turned and left.

The emperor leaned back in his chair and sighed: "Gil Es, how could things turn out like this, how could things turn out like this."

The emperor's court supervisor asked: "Do you need to call the imperial sister over?"

"No." The emperor shook his head, "Send my sister to Cologne."

Everyone looked at each other.

The emperor slapped the table hard: "I said send my sister to Cologne! I will never give my sister to that gossip actor Rokossov, never!"

Suddenly, the emperor stopped because he saw the stack of leaflets he had just thrown to the ground.

The top leaflet of the scattered leaflets was Rokossov riding a white horse.

He bent down suddenly, picked up the flyer, stared at Rokossov on it, and read the words on the flyer: "He comes from darkness on a white horse."

The emperor's hands trembled.

Suddenly, he recited the following words: "Power was given to Him to kill a quarter of the earth by sword, famine and pestilence."

The emperor sat down dejectedly, and slammed his hand holding the flyer on the table, without feeling any pain.

Finally, the emperor said: "He is here, Rokossov has taken action, and he will bring us destruction."