Arc of Gunfire

At the headquarters of the Ampra Armored Division of the Asgard Knights of the Plossen Army, Chief of Staff Kruse von Hessendale held the hand of division commander Wilhelm Dietrich: "Leave it to me."

The lieutenant who carried Major General William back said: "I think the Major General is in a deep coma now and should not be able to hear you."

"I know." Kruse von Hessendale rolled his eyes at the ensign.

As a close associate of the emperor, the Asgard Knights are more inclined to use officers from non-Junker nobles. The establishment of the Knights is one of His Majesty's means to weaken the influence of the officer corps.

However, the position of a staff officer is not the same as that of a military chief. First of all, a staff officer cannot accumulate military exploits. Even if all combat plans are drawn up by the staff officer, and even if the final plan is implemented by the staff officer himself, winning is still a win. It will be counted towards military commanders.

Secondly, staff officers value the ability to do paper work on maps more than qualities such as battlefield intuition. The improvement of staff officers' capabilities also relies heavily on years of accumulation.

Therefore, the emperor had no way to quickly promote staff officers without officer corps background through military exploits. The staff officers in the Plosen Army were mainly from the Junkers officer corps.

Kruse von Hessendale is a Junker noble, but he has a good relationship with the non-Junker officers who rose rapidly after the emperor's conquest began, so he was placed in the equivalent of the Prosen version of the Forbidden Army. In the Asgard Knights, he assists the star warrior.

Now that the star fighter is out, Kruse will have to shoulder the burden.

He turned to ask the lieutenant who had just spoken: "Why would the enemy specifically bombard a tank platoon in a reserve position?"

The lieutenant shook his head: "I don't know, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff."

Kruse asked again: "Did the Major General do anything that might reveal his identity?"

"Probably not."

At this time, the deputy battalion commander of the 1st Armored Battalion said: "A heavy artillery regiment was covered by three salvoes, and the impact points were all around the division commander's car. They are obviously coming towards the division commander."

"I know." Kruse interrupted the deputy battalion commander. "The question is how did the enemy identify the division commander? That General White Horse had previously killed Major General Randolph, the commander of the 15th Armored Division. This is hard not to make people suspicious. ah."

Cruze paused: "Major General Randolph was shot dead while wearing a Wehrmacht general's uniform. He was with his command vehicle when he was shot. This is understandable. After all, the Wehrmacht general's uniform is too conspicuous, especially the red one." collar badge.”

In the traditional Prosen military uniform, the general's collar badge is red, which can be seen from a long distance in a field environment. In the previous Carolingian Battle, there was a precedent for Sharp gunners from the United Kingdom to target and fire at the general.

Because of this, the military uniform of the Asgard Knights has eliminated the red collar insignia of general officers.

Then Major General William changed clothes with the tank platoon leader before going to the front line.

Cruze was pacing back and forth. At this time, someone on the staff said: "Could it be the effect of the voodoo ritual?"

Kruse sneered: "How is that possible? Only injuring the division commander will not paralyze our command. If the enemy wants to deal with us, the voodoo ritual should target our entire command. No, that shouldn't be the case."

"However, it is easier to explain the voodoo ritual to the superiors." The staff officer continued.

Cruze was stunned: "That's true."

After all, the staff officer is a civilian officer. He understands the office struggles in the military better than the battlefield command.

Kruse: "Then go find the wounded soldiers who escaped, ask how the enemy's voodoo ritual is performed, and write a detailed report to the armored group headquarters."

At this time, the communications staff officer ran out of the room: "Chief of Staff—acting division commander, the 2nd Armored Battalion and the 3rd Armored Battalion are asking what to do."

The chief of staff waved his hand: "Didn't we already give the battle plan? The division commander was seriously injured and went back for treatment. We must implement his plan to the end! Attack."

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Wang Zhongzheng and the enemy's tank group stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

In order to facilitate the immediate opening of fire to block the enemy, 30 T34 vehicles have reversed from the bottom of the hidden bunker onto the shooting platform. Like the first ambush, Wang Zhong also assigned the focus areas of each vehicle.

Seeing an armored battle imminent.

But the enemy just didn't move, staying where he was and burning oil.

Wang Zhong did not dare to move even if the enemy did not move. He even stayed with the recruit holding the phone.

Wang Zhong has already counted them, and there are 181 enemy vehicles in total. Although there are only 131 No. 3 and No. 4 vehicles, and the rest are No. 2 and 38T that make up the number, but No. 2 and 38T can break the T34's tracks and jam the turret seat if they rush close.

By the way, the performance of No. 2 and 38T is enough to kill infantry.

No, No. 2's 20mm cannon may be much more effective at killing infantry than No. 3's 50mm jelly bean launcher.

Wang Zhong was just thinking about these things when the enemy took action.

The exhaust pipes of the Prosen tanks lined up on the plain simultaneously spewed black smoke, and the roar of the engines suddenly increased a lot.

Wang Zhong immediately ran towards the tank, climbed into the turret, and then said to the soldier squatting by the bunker holding a phone: "Come up too! Stand on the engine cover of the tank. I will call the artillery regiment at any time!"

"Oh!" The recruit immediately climbed onto the tank. He looked a little excited. He might have been looking forward to riding in a tank for a long time.

The armored battalion commander's question came from the earphone: "General! Open fire?"

Wang Zhong: "You are stupid, you are firing when you reach the target!"

A series of tests in the past few days made Wang Zhong no longer think about the accuracy of this batch of T34.

So he planned to put the enemy within 700 meters before firing. Although firing at this distance may not be able to prevent so many Proson tanks from entering hand-to-hand combat, it is better than wasting ammunition by firing at a distance beyond the range of capabilities.

This is also why Wang Zhong emphasized the concealment of bunkers before the war started.

The Prosens have superb gunnery skills, coupled with the blessing of excellent sights and Zeiss high-magnification lenses, they can often achieve hits at one thousand meters or even one thousand five hundred meters.

Putting the enemy closer to fight is the best strategy for dealing with Prossen armored soldiers.

Wang Zhong waited for the moment when the enemy tank crossed the 700-meter target.

However, the enemy stopped! Stopped at 1,200 meters!

Wang Zhong didn't know what medicine the enemy was selling in his gourd.

The next moment, the enemy opened fire, targeting the fake tanks and fake anti-tank guns prepared by Wang Zhong.

These wooden models are about to fulfill their mission.

Alexander, the gunner of No. 422, asked: "Do you want to fire? I am sure to hit at this distance!"

Wang Zhong: "Don't worry, once we fire, other nervous crews - especially the new crews - will definitely follow suit and fire indiscriminately. I don't expect them to have the same skills as you. You are an armored training team. The instructor, the man who actually killed Commander Randolph!”

Alexander stopped talking, probably stunned by Wang Zhong's rainbow fart slap.

After pouring a wave of firepower from a distance of 1,200 meters, the enemy finally began to advance.

After all, Wang Zhong hadn't ordered the artillery fire yet, and his position was so well disguised that even if the enemy wanted to stop at 1,200 meters and shoot, there would be no target for them to hit.

Wang Zhong waited for the enemy's offensive front to cross the target.

Finally, the enemy tank numbered 313 drove past the target!

Wang Zhong: "Fire!"

He did not instruct which target to fire on, but Alexander happened to choose tank No. 313.

The precise attack directly opened a hole in the front armor of the No. 313 tank. The tank immediately burst into flames, and the enemy armored soldiers hurriedly abandoned the vehicle.

The results of the first wave of shooting came out immediately. Wang Zhong counted that 30 T34s opened fire and hit six enemy tanks.

During the ambush in the morning, the firing distance was less than 500 meters. In the end, only two armor-piercing rounds could kill an enemy. So is it acceptable to shoot at a distance of 700 meters now?

The second salvo passed and five more enemy tanks were abandoned.

At this time, the enemy could see clearly where the artillery shells probably came from, and fierce direct fire immediately attacked the No. 2 ambush position.

However, the enemy was not accurate. It should be because the bunkers dug by Wang Zhong under the guidance of engineers and laborers were too scientific. The enemy could not see clearly where the target was. They could only push back based on the direction of the artillery shells, and then fire like crazy. To get some high value units.

The two sides just stroked each other like this for several rounds.

More than 20 enemy tanks were temporarily incapacitated, but Wang Zhong did not lose a single tank.

It looks like the enemy is going to "slowly die"!

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At the Ampra Armored Division Headquarters, Kruse pressed on the walkie-talkie with one hand and turned on the "hands-free" function of the walkie-talkie. As a result, the entire command vehicle could hear the soldiers of the 2nd Armored Battalion talking in various ways. The ghost screams'.

"Where is the enemy?"

"Seven or eight rounds of ammunition have been poured in the direction of the artillery shells, so why are the enemies still attacking?"

"The smoke from enemy tanks blocked my sight! I couldn't see anything at all!"

"I saw a tank turret and they buried the tank in the ground to fight us!"

More and more nonsense is appearing.

But what impressed Kruse the most was the phrase "mom."

Finally, Kruse couldn't bear it anymore and picked up the microphone: "Attention, all troops, adopt Plan B!"

The so-called Plan B is to use smoke bombs to shoot at enemy positions, and then summon a Stuka to drop a 500-kilogram bomb at the smoke-covered position.

Cruze's orders were faithfully executed!

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The moment the enemy blew smoke at the No. 2 ambush position, Wang Zhong thought the enemy was going to run away.

As a result, when he looked at the smoke, he noticed that it was colored, and he immediately realized what was going on.

"The enemy's bombing is coming, release smoke, and let the infantry release smoke to cover our evacuation. The infantry has no time to run, so they all hide in the anti-bomb holes!"

The next moment, smoke rose from the infantry trenches in front of the ambush position.

Wang Zhong: "Go quickly! Reverse the car and go quickly!"

In fact, as long as the infantry is well hidden, the bombs dropped by dives have limited effect - if they want to be more effective, they need napalm bombs.

But tanks are not good. Wang Zhong still remembers the lessons learned from Penier. If the Stuka had not dived and destroyed the No. 67 car, the crew would still be fighting side by side with him!

Wang Zhong's car No. 422 backed out of the bunker and drove onto the simple road for transfer.

The tanks with radios were all in action, but those without radios were still firing.

Wang Zhong shouted to the Army on standby: "Why are you standing there? Go pat the tank hatch and tell them we are leaving!"

At this time, the sound of engines came from the sky.

The Stuka is coming.

It’s the fifth update today and it will be gone tonight. meet tomorrow.