Arc of Gunfire

Pavlov was smiling happily at first, but when he heard Wang Zhong's words, his smile disappeared.

No, the smile moved to Wang Zhong’s face!

Wang Zhong: "Don't refuse! In the past, you could get us a steady stream of supplies without manpower. Now you can definitely do it!"

After speaking, he looked at Vasily: "Are you right?"

"Yes!" Vasily gave a thumbs up, "Chief of Staff Pavlov can turn decay into magic!"

Wang Zhong: "That's right! Pavlov told me before that there is a witch outside Agsukov..."

Pavlov interrupted him: "Okay! Instead of teasing me here, why not go and beg your old man more!"

Wang Zhong: "He is already spinning. But we can't hang ourselves on a tree! You have to work hard! And I, tomorrow I will go to the tractor factory and ask it to form a repair team with hundreds of workers and masters!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of the door opening amid the beeping of telegrams and the banging of seals.

Wang Zhong and Pavlov turned to look at the door and saw Popov coming in.

Wang Zhong: "You haven't seen the beginning or end of the Shenlong lately - uh, the Shenlong is..."

Popov: "I know the evil existence that devours the world in the Prosen myth."

No, no, that one is not a dragon, but a giant snake. Although it is also strip-shaped, it has no claws!

Popov: "Guess what I brought back?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several girls came in wearing monk's uniforms. Their armbands had more wings than Brother Peter's, indicating that these girls were all praying hands.

After the praying hands came in, more than thirty female skitarii also entered the house.

The last person to come in was the deputy knight Ye Zemenko, the captain of the Divine Arrow Company. He seemed to be not quite used to this state of being a little green among thousands of flowers.

Wang Zhong was overjoyed: "Is the company of divine arrows replenished?"

Popov smiled: "Yes, what the Patriarch promised will be done, it just takes a little time."

Wang Zhong nodded, and then asked a crucial question: "Didn't it mean that the praying hands are half male and half male? Why are they all female?"

Popov was also very embarrassed: "Because there are only women left, and all the men have been taken away. I also want men, because most of the escort troops, automobile soldiers, etc. are men, and the whole bunch of female soldiers is troublesome." A lot. But others think so too.”

That's reasonable.

At this time, the shortest girl in Xinqi's hand was unhappy: "What's wrong with the girl? Men can fight, and so can we! It's just climbing on the ice and sleeping in the snow, what's the difficulty!"

Wang Zhong: "Hey, you are a small person, but you have a loud voice. It's okay now that the ground is relatively dry. When the mud comes in September, can you lie down on the wet mud?"

The little girl obviously hesitated, but immediately put her hands on her hips: "Of course I can! If you guys can, I can!"

Wang Zhong raised his eyebrows and looked at the name from a bird's eye view. The girl's name was Ekaterina Andropovich Bolancheva.

Speaking of which, Ekaterina's nickname is Katya, and her nickname seems to be Katyusha!

Wang Zhong looked the girl up and down again, and when he was about to speak, she asked first: "Are you going to ask me how old I am?"

"Uh..." Wang Zhong, "You guessed it right!"

Ekaterina: "I am so young because I have been blessed. My guidance ability is very strong! The strongest! Do you understand? I can even guide the enemy without sight. This is a special A rare ability!"

Wang Zhong was really shocked this time. Did he lead without seeing the enemy? Isn't this just roll call on the battlefield?

We must ask what is going on!

Wang Zhong: "How can you guide when you can't see it? Can you hit it if I tell you which car to hit? Or do you need a photo of the target?"

Ekaterina was stunned: "What are you talking about? How can you attack someone with just a photo?"

"Eh? Can't you?"

"Of course I have to see the target first, but if the target leaves the field of vision during the guidance process, I can still guarantee a hit! This is an ability that no one else has!"

So that's it... In other words, as long as she glances at the opposite side and the missile is launched, it will be sure to hit?

It's really powerful, but it's not that powerful, it's a very subtle ability.

Wang Zhong gave a thumbs up: "It's really amazing!"

Ekaterina: "Why do I feel that you are perfunctory with me?"

Because I'm just messing with you.

Pavlov intervened: "I have arranged a place to stay, let the staff take you there. Welcome to join the 151st Provisional Infantry Division."

Deputy Knight Yetsemenko immediately said: "Okay, girls, let's stay here first. If you have time, you can clean the room, and then go to the Chief of Staff to collect your personal belongings! Let's walk!"

Popov: "They are also soldiers. You should order them in a military way, not like a tour guide."

Deputy Knight Yetsemenko took a deep breath, cleared his throat, tried hard to put away the embarrassment on his face, and raised his voice: "Everyone is here! Stand at attention!"

All female soldiers, whether praying hands or skitarii, stood at attention.

"Look to the right! Look forward! Turn to the right! Move together!"

The female soldiers left with neat steps.

Wang Zhong scratched his head: "I saw several groups of female soldiers today, and they are all related to the church. I deeply feel that the church advocates equality between men and women."

Popov: "Humph, does that seem like a lot? You will see more soon. The medical personnel allocated to us will arrive this afternoon. Each company has a military doctor and a health worker. Plus the division medical center, there are hundreds of women. Soldier."

Wang Zhong: “Although I knew there would be many female soldiers, I didn’t expect there would be so many.”

At this time, Wang Zhong suddenly discovered that this was the first time since arriving in Agsukov that the military commander, chief of staff, and military bishop had gathered together.

Just as he was about to sigh, Popov asked: "How long does the general think we need to rest?"

Wang Zhong pursed his lips. Regarding the unfolding on the earth, he could only roughly remember one time: Xiaogu began to turn around in mid-August, and the siege was almost completed in mid-September.

Based on this time, there is about a month to rest.

But Wang Zhong always felt that he didn't have that much time, mainly because Proson in this world was much stronger than San Dezi.

So for the sake of safety, he said: "We can probably rest until July 22. After that, we should be able to see some clues about the enemy's actions. By then we should find a way to take action."

Pavlov: "Use one division to stop Army Group Center? Even you can't do it, right?"

Wang Zhong: "Of course I can't do it. But at least I can delay the enemy's attack and buy time to break out."

Pavlov: "Are you striving for a breakout... It seems that you are convinced that the enemy will turn around. Do you have any basis for it? Judging from the current distance, the distance between the enemy's Central Army Group and the Southern Army Group is more than 400 kilometers. That’s four hundred kilometers!”

In fact, if you only look at the dimensional difference, it is not that far, but Army Group Center's advance speed is too fast, and this is a slant distance.

It is precisely because of the central government's rapid progress that large-scale outflanking became possible.

Wang Zhong: "Look at the Carolingian Campaign. People have path dependence, and the same goes for the army. Prossen conducted a wonderful outflank in the Carolingians, so naturally he will do the same here."

Popov had been listening to the conversation between the two military commanders. After seeing that Pavlov did not speak, he said: "The general is always right. This should be the intuition on the battlefield. In addition, I heard that there are people from the Supreme Command Holding the same view, he has been dismissed and sent to the north to command the Fort St. Andrew Front."

Pavlov shook his head: "His Majesty the Tsar seems to have believed in General Skorobo and sent the Crown Prince here."

Wang Zhong: "Didn't the Crown Prince come to see me?"

Pavlov and Popov looked at Wang Zhong with expressions of "What are you talking about?"

Pavlov: "He is here to supervise the army. Originally, His Majesty the Tsar was planning to march in person, but was stopped by the headquarters. Now it is no better than before. In the past, the artillery could hit at most the fifth column of infantry on the front line, and His Majesty the Tsar would not be in any danger. , now artillery and bombers can easily reach the rear."

Wang Zhong was speechless: "So that's it. Anyway, let's seize the time to rest and make multiple preparations."

The other two people nodded together, and the division head reached a consensus.

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Jules July 22, 914, at 1130 hours.

Wang Zhong was studying the latest situation at the division headquarters, and the communications staff entered the map room from next door with a telegram.

When he opened the door, the sound of beeping next door reached Wang Zhong's ears.

Wang Zhong: "Open the door. The beeping sounds make it feel like a headquarters."

After all, Wang Zhong's favorite "Armageddon" will definitely make a beeping sound whenever our military headquarters appears.

The communications staff officer immediately turned around and opened the door, then walked to the map and handed the telegram to the combat staff officer.

This kind of message is not sent directly to the unit, and is generally not read to the division commander. Instead, the combat staff is directly asked to update the information on the map.

Wang Zhong looked at the new information: "The 26th Division has not moved all day?"

Operations Staff: "Yes, that's what the telegram said."

Pavlov stood up and came to Wang Zhong: "Did you stop to recuperate?"

"I guess so." Wang Zhong touched his chin, "It's been a month since the war began, and it's time for the enemy's armored division to stop and replenish."

If Proson's tanks have the same characteristics as Earth's Santoku, then the enemy's armored forces should have considerable non-combat attrition and need to stop and wait for the maintenance troops to repair the tanks.

In addition, there are supplies of ammunition, fuel and food, and people also need to rest.

Pavlov took a step forward, picked up the pointer next to the map, pointed at the map and said: "Up to now, among the six armored divisions of the enemy's most powerful Second Armored Group plus an independent armored brigade, there are three armored divisions. Have stopped to rest.

"Frontline cavalry reconnaissance shows that the enemy's infantry units have built defensive positions on the fronts of Balajima and Bolsk. I think this can already prove that the enemy intends to outflank the south. These positions are to prevent our Bala-Borsk front from attacking. use.

"After the enemy's reinforcements are completed, they will begin to outflank them."

Wang Zhong: "Just report it to the front army. But I guess it won't be useful."

Pavlov: "General Skorob refused to admit it, but he was prepared. He put three tank corps on this line."

As he spoke, Pavlov scratched the map with his pointer, just passing by the three tank corps scattered north of Agsukov.

Popov also joined the conversation: "General Skrobo is an armored soldier and often calls himself a 'tankman'. I guess he has long wanted to have an armored battle with Proson."

Wang Zhong shook his head: "But if we attack, the Prosens will release smoke and retreat until they reach their 88mm cannon."

Wang Zhong paused and sighed: "It will fail."

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"We will win!" General Skorobo walked back and forth in front of the map with great interest.

"Of our three tank corps, the Sixth Tank Corps is all equipped with T34! And the 11th Tank Corps has many KVs!

"The enemy will be crushed against our armored iron fist!

"The enemy's Second Armored Group is still led by their Armored Forces Director Heinz Wilhelm von Moltke! This is the proposer of the blitzkrieg theory!

"This will completely shatter their blitzkrieg myth!"

The Chief of Staff of the Front Army said: "So, even you admit that the major general's prediction is correct?"

"No! He is making random guesses without any basis! If he had come up with this evidence at that time, I would have supported him!" General Skorobo waved his fist, "The fact that the enemy stopped fighting even though they fought continuously shows that they The end of the war is here! Our armored fists will crush them! The war will end this winter!"

After a brief pause, General Skorobo added: "His Majesty the Tsar thinks so too! That's why he sent His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here! Our victory will be the beginning of a reversal!"

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Wang Zhong slapped the table: "We can't wait any longer. How many troops do we have now?"

Pavlov immediately began to submit names: "The infantry includes the 31st Guards Infantry Regiment and the 5th Beshensk Regiment, with a total of 4,500 combatants.

"The current designation of the armored force is the 422nd Independent Armored Battalion. Currently, there are 30 T34s in combat readiness and 4 units awaiting repair.

“The 339th Anti-Tank Gun Battalion, 12 45mm anti-tank guns are ready for combat.

"The 155th Artillery Regiment has 24 152mm heavy artillery in combat readiness. (Heavy artillery has a large number of logistics personnel, with an average of 53 people serving one gun)

"An independent B4 company, four B4 heavy howitzers are ready for combat, and one more needs to be repaired.

"The 55th Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 12 72K anti-aircraft guns.

"In addition, there are also church auxiliary units such as the Divine Arrow Company and the Sound Array Company. There are a total of 9,800 combatants and 12,000 logistics support personnel."

Wang Zhong: "Do your best and obey fate. Our goal is here!"

He poked his finger at a place on the map called Orachi.

Popov: "Why here?"

Wang Zhong: "First, the highway passes here and the enemy armored forces move south. It is impossible not to attack here for supplies. Second, in addition to the prairie surrounding here, there are hedges and forests here, which are suitable for concealed defensive positions.

"Third, if we delay the enemy here, it will take more time for the enemy's first armored group to turn around from the south. Our troops can take the opportunity to break out from the Aorachi road. In addition to the road, look here, here The grassland is also passable before the mud season, and many troops can escape. "

In fact, what Wang Zhong said is based on his experience in playing games.

Whether it would actually work, he didn't know.

But now that he was a determined commander, he decided to give it a try.

Pavlov sighed: "Your idea is good, but how do we get the order to dispatch? We are troops of the Southwest Front Army. Although we are not integrated into any corps or group army, we are still under the control of the Front Army. "

Wang Zhong: "I can only find my old man."