Arc of Gunfire

Jules 914, at 0100 hours on August 3, the headquarters of the Amphora Armored Division of the Asgardian Knights of the Prosen Army.

The division commander, Major General William Dietrich, carefully looked at the embarrassed-looking corporal of the Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and asked, "What happened to the gunfire just now?"

Corporal: "At that time, we entered the village of Kireyev and were preparing to spend the night there. The company commander discovered that a sentry was missing and was looking for someone. Suddenly the artillery fire came, fast and hard.

"Then before we knew it, we heard the sound of horse hooves!"

"The sound of horse hooves?" Major General William Dietrich repeated in surprise.

"Yes, the sound of horse hooves! The cavalry rushed over, shooting at us with submachine guns and semi-automatic pistols, and throwing grenades and Molotov cocktails. We were blinded.

"The platoon leader planned to rush to No. 2 and use a machine gun to counterattack, but the tank ate a Molotov cocktail and was destroyed. In the end, I jumped on the motorcycle and ran back on the motorcycle."

William Dietrich nodded: "It's not your fault. It's a good thing you came back. At least you let us know what happened to the reconnaissance force. Did you hear the enemy's number?"

"I don't understand Antese," the corporal said, "but I think the enemy's uniforms don't look like the separate cavalry corps mentioned in the identification manual, without that cape."

"Okay, is there anything else you want to report? I can't go to eat anymore."

The corporal saluted William Dietrich and turned away from the armored command vehicle.

Wilhelm Dietrich came to the map table and drew a circle on the village of Kireyev with a pencil.

"The enemy's artillery is somewhere that can hit here. Where will it be?"

Chief of Staff: "Where else? Aolaqi! Guarding an important highway, and there are woods next to it, this should be the most suitable place for defense in this entire area.

"Tomorrow we can move forward and expand here."

The chief of staff said, picking up the drafting compass and using the pencil end to draw a line on the map.

Major General Dietrich nodded and said: "We will set off early tomorrow morning, with the reconnaissance battalion taking the lead, followed directly by the main 1st Armored Battalion. After the movement is in place, the armored reconnaissance battalion will move forward, and the 1st Battalion will deploy into an impact formation."

"Reasonable. The Anters will hide in strong strongholds near the city, just like before." The chief of staff replied, "In addition, our division has the authority to directly command the 117th Air Force Air Reconnaissance Group. We can ask for a reconnaissance aircraft The FW189 is very reliable for low-altitude reconnaissance along the road.”

"Yeah, no problem." Dietrich nodded.

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Jules 914, August 3, 0410 hours.

Wang Zhong rode Busifalas to the first ambush position.

Grigory followed him, holding a red flag.

Seeing the red flag, many soldiers were very excited and walked out of the bunker.

"General! Can we defeat the enemy today?"

"Yes!" Wang Zhong said firmly, "Today we will destroy them ruthlessly!"

Popov, who came with Wang Zhong, shouted: "Go back to our bunker! Hidden well! Today's competition is about patience! As long as you are more patient than the enemy, you can win!"

While talking, Wang Zhong came to the bunker where his car No. 422 was.

No. 422 stopped at the bottom of the bunker, which was covered with camouflage netting. Even the radio antenna with a red flag was blocked by the bunker.

After a while, as long as the vehicle is reversed, the turret of No. 422 will be exposed from the ground, and the red flag will be revealed.

The enemy will be surprised.

A battalion of the 31st Guards Regiment was hiding in a W-shaped trench in front of the ambush position. They would be responsible for blocking the enemy infantry and releasing smoke cover when the tanks and anti-tank guns were about to withdraw from their positions.

On the side of the tank ambush position, there is a four-gun anti-tank gun battery hidden. Its mission is to hit the enemy's flank when the enemy tank wants to rush up for a close-range melee.

Wang Zhong asked his gunner Alexander: "How is the condition of the tank?"

"Great," replied Belyakov, the driver. "It has never been in better shape."

Wang Zhong: "Then I'll go check on the conditions of other crews."

Wang Zhong not only dug tank bunkers this time, but also assigned a focus area to each vehicle according to the Soviet tactical manual from the Earth's Cold War era - that is, the area they designated to focus on monitoring.

This is very important for the T34, which lacks battlefield situational awareness. It only looks at a specific area and will not use the gun scope to find people.

Wang Zhong seriously suspected that the reason why the Soviet army in the Cold War era was like this was because they were deceived by garbage vision during the war.

After walking around the ambush position and checking the status of each vehicle, Wang Zhong rode Busifaras to the forefront of the entire position.

The commander of the first battalion of the 31st Regiment took the initiative to leave his bunker and come forward: "General! We are ready!"

Wang Zhong: "Relax, the first battle will be a pleasant ambush. Ideally, the enemy will be targeted by us in a marching formation."

Battalion Commander: "That's great."

Wang Zhong continued: "Your mission is to lead the troops to seize the enemy's equipment after the ambush is over, and to ensure that every tank is destroyed. Then, you can also plant some booby traps modified from grenades."

The battalion commander smiled: "That kind of corpse booby trap? I feel very happy when I think that more Prosin Japs will be killed by this kind of thing."

Wang Zhong also laughed: "Hahaha, no! These damn invaders will have to deal with them all sooner or later."

At this time, Wang Zhong suddenly heard the sound of an engine in the sky. He quickly got off his horse and took Busivaras to hide under a nearby tree.

Gregory also put the red flag on the ground and covered it with fallen leaves.

In an instant, all figures in the bush disappeared.

A FW189 flew across the sky.

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Fox, the lieutenant pilot of the 117th Reconnaissance Aircraft Group of the Prosen Air Force, flew the reconnaissance aircraft along the rough roads of the Ant people.

The captain intelligence officer in the back seat kept looking at the ground with a telescope: "Very good, there is nothing."

At this time, a question came over the radio: "Owl, owl, have you found anything?"

"Wild Wolf, everything is normal. No trace of the enemy has been found." The captain's intelligence officer paused. "Repeat, no trace of the enemy has been found. We are close to Aolaqi, and we still haven't seen the enemy!"

There was silence on the radio for five seconds before the next message came: "Continue the investigation, the wild wolf is over!"

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"The wolf is over!" Vasily finished the translation and looked back at Pavlov, "I think the wolf may be a ground force and the owl may be a reconnaissance aircraft."

Pavlov: "Your reasoning is really brilliant!"

At this time, the phone rang, and Pavlov picked up the phone: "This is Pavlov, speaking. Huh? Have you notified the Arrow Company? Okay, continue to monitor, Brother Peter. Over."

Pavlov hung up the phone and looked at Vasily: "This owl seems to be an FW189 reconnaissance aircraft. It will be killed by the Arrow Company soon. As for the wild wolf..."

Pavlov walked to the table, looked at the map he had found from the officer of the Prosen Reconnaissance Battalion who was captured yesterday, pointed to the coat of arms with symbols on the map and said: "I asked the old scholars in the city. This rune is called Wolf's Hook, and Wild Wolf should be the radio call sign of this division.

"Now everything is connected. What we are facing is not the miscellaneous armored division that wiped out the Fifth Tank Army, but the elite Asgard Knights that have just been put in. The division commander should be informed of this."

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Wang Zhong held the receiver: "You said we are facing the Knights?"

"Yeah, better be careful."

Wang Zhong touched his chin and asked: "Yesterday's prisoner, is he okay? He didn't show any supernatural signs, right? For example, his eyes suddenly became red, or he had a desire to suck blood, or he turned into a werewolf under the moon?"

"No, why do you ask this?"

"nothing."

In fact, Wang Zhong was a little worried that the enemy would suddenly show up with some unscientific stuff. After all, there were magic arrows, a choir, and human radar here.

So it's normal for Santoku to have a vampire in the opposite world, right?

If the enemy suddenly starts singing "Devil's Stockings" and his eyes glow red, then - then the only choice is to let the clergyman Popov go.

But for now, it seems that the enemies are still humans, at most humans with fanatical beliefs.

Pavlov: "There is nothing additional to report. The enemy's reconnaissance plane has been shot down by divine arrows. It was your fiancée who did it."

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "She is already familiar with the road."

Lyudmila, the nemesis of the Prosen reconnaissance aircraft. The FW189 reconnaissance aircraft is nicknamed Owl, so Lyudmila should be called Owl Hunter, Owl Terminator.

Just as Wang Zhong hung up the phone, another phone rang.

The telephones in this kind of frontline communication bunker are all dedicated lines, and they are connected directly one-to-one without going through an operator.

The phone ringing now is connected to the observation whistle at the front.

So when Wang Zhong heard the phone ringing, he directly ordered: "Get ready to fight, the enemy is coming!"

After that, he picked up the phone, and sure enough, the other party lowered his voice and said: "The enemy passed through the hidden sentry, the enemy passed through the hidden sentry. There was no abnormality in the marching formation."

"I understand, you can find an opportunity to evacuate."

The mission of the secret sentry is to provide early warning. Once the mission is completed, you can escape.

When Wang Zhong put down the receiver, the walls of the bunker began to tremble.

The enemy is approaching.

Wang Zhong rushed out of the bunker and ran towards his car.

Buscephalas wanted to follow, but he yelled: "Don't go, stay behind!"

Baima shook his head and did not follow.

As soon as Wang Zhong climbed into the tank, the enemy appeared.

The enemy was led by a three-wheeled motorcycle and two wheeled reconnaissance vehicles, followed by a long column of tanks.

There are no tanks like the No. 1 and No. 2 used to replenish numbers. They are all the No. 3G type.

The biggest difference between Type G and the early types that Wang Zhong had dealt with before was the increased weight. By Type G, the Panzer III was already a true medium tank in the 20-ton class.

The most intuitive effect of the increase in tonnage is to enhance protection.

In addition, the G type also has a dedicated commander's command tower, which further increases the situational awareness.

Seeing the command tower, Wang Zhong was filled with envy. After all, all the tanks on his side were deaf and blind.

The enemy's leading tank passed a tree painted with white paint, which was a sign that the enemy had completely entered the ambush zone.

Wang Zhong: "Every vehicle enters the shooting position!"

The order was issued via radio, and then the commander of each platoon leader's vehicle verbally conveyed the instructions to the waiting orderly soldier.

Finally, the orderer will run to each bunker through the communication trench to give the order to the tank crew.

No radio is like this, it's just more troublesome.

The entire ambush position was filled with the roar of engines.

Wang Zhong's No. 422 had already begun to reverse, so he looked like he was growing out of the ground on the turret.

The field of vision became clearer, and Wang Zhong clearly saw that the enemy's commander had also heard the sound of the engine and was looking this way in confusion.

At this time, the gunner Alexander opened fire-it was obvious that the tank had not stopped yet.

The armor-piercing round hit the lead enemy tank from the side, setting its engine on fire.

The burning Prosen tank soldier got out of the tank and rolled on the ground.

The northernmost tank in the ambush position also opened fire, accurately hitting the enemy's rear tank.

Now the entire tank battalion's 44 Panzer III tanks and 19 Panzer IV tanks were all blocked on the road!

The 30 T34 vehicles in Wang Zhong's hands opened fire wildly, and armor-piercing bullets continued to shoot through the woods towards the enemy.

The machine gun of the 1st Battalion of the 31st Regiment also fired, mowing down the enemy's accompanying infantrymen like mowing grass.

The enemy began to release smoke and reversed to the west of the road in an attempt to escape.

So they exposed the side to the 45mm anti-tank guns hidden on the flanks of the ambush position.

Four anti-tank guns fired wildly.

The enemy releases more smoke.

But the smoke had no effect on Wang Zhong, who was looking down from a bird's eye view. He clearly saw the enemy's remaining 18 tanks retreating backwards, completely losing their will to fight.

The first ambush completely destroyed an enemy tank battalion!

The enemy left 45 wreckage tanks alone!

Wang Zhong couldn't help laughing. This is indeed another famous tactic of the First Space-Time Guards Tank Brigade. It's so easy to use!