Arc of Gunfire

On Wang Zhong's side, after confirming that the enemy had completely retreated, he took the time to clean the battlefield, seize weapons and count the losses.

He found the No. 430 crew first.

The four of them were being bandaged. When they saw Wang Zhong approaching, they immediately stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty General!"

This roar, as if Zhang Fei had broken the Dangyang Bridge, made the back of Wang Zhong's head numb.

The nurse said: "They have all suffered irreversible hearing damage and may have concussions. They can no longer fight, and may not be able to in the future."

Good guy, we were attacked by so many enemies, but all four of our injuries were caused by 500KG aerial bombs - as well as our own 152 and 203?

Wang Zhong nodded, took out his notepad, and wrote on it with a pencil: "Thank you for your dedication and bravery."

He then handed the paper to the conductor, gesturing for him to pass it on to the others.

After the commander handed the note to the loader, he said loudly: "We can still fight! As long as the tank is repaired, no, we can add it to other crews and serve as backup crews!"

Because the driver's voice was too loud, the nurse closest to him had to turn her head, but she didn't show any disgust.

Wang Zhong took out another note and wrote: "You are also needed in other parts of the empire. Please recover from your injuries and then go train new tank crews."

He tore off the note and gave it to the commander.

The commander stared at the note for a long time before handing it to the loader. He said nothing, just sat down and let the nurse continue to bandage until the bandage covered the entire ear.

At this time, the battalion commander of the armored battalion ran over and saluted: "Report to the general, the inspection of the battle-damaged vehicles has been completed. Four vehicles were destroyed, four more can be repaired, and one can be recycled. All members were sacrificed, but the vehicle was not damaged. "

Wang Zhong: "Recruit volunteers from the survivors of the destroyed tanks to form a new vehicle crew."

At this time, the captain of No. 430, who had just lowered his head, shouted: "I'll join!"

Wang Zhong glanced at the nurse.

Nurse: "He can't fight anymore! I suspect he may have a slight bleeding in his brain and must receive treatment! So do the rest of his crew! They are receiving treatment now and there is a possibility of recovery! At least they can return to normal life! No The treatment made me completely deaf!”

So Wang Zhong held the commander's shoulders and shook his head gently.

"Your war is over. Leave it to us."

Wang Zhong turned his head and looked to the west. Over there was the lost country, and the sun was setting in the west.

Behind him, on the 422 antenna, the wind blew a red flag.

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Just as Wang Zhong predicted, the enemy was unable to organize an offensive during the rest of the day.

At 2030 hours, the 2nd Battalion of the 31st Guards Regiment moved into position and switched defenses with the 1st Battalion, which had been fighting for a day, to serve as night defense - it was not good for the preset position that was finally held to be touched by the enemy's night attack.

In addition, a volunteer repair team composed of 200 tractor factory workers arrived on the battlefield and began to repair four damaged tanks.

After the masters inspected the tanks, they reported that two of them were easier to repair, and the remaining two were better off dismantling the parts for repair.

Six taels of T34 were lost on the first day of battle. And there was still such a huge loss despite an ambush at a preset position.

The enemy is quite elite.

When Wang Zhong took the No. 422 tank back to the third ambush position, he looked serious the whole time.

The armored battalion will spend the night in the third ambush position tonight. The main reason for not returning to the city is to reduce the chance of mechanical failure of the tanks.

Stationed at the third ambush position was the 3rd Battalion of the 31st Regiment. During the daytime battle, this battalion served as a reserve team at the third ambush position and was almost exhausted.

When they saw the tank troops led by Wang Zhong approaching, the entire battalion rushed out of the trenches and shouted to Wang Zhong: "General, let us go to the battlefield!"

Wang Zhong: "Don't worry! There will be times when you fight in the future! Don't be anxious!"

Today we only encountered one enemy armored division, and the second armored group going south had seven more armored divisions like this - it was originally six, and now it has been supplemented by two particularly powerful Asgard Knights divisions.

Wang Zhong was not worried at all that his troops would not be able to fight.

Rather, it is a question of how many people will be left after this battle is over.

As soon as the tank troops entered the tank bunker, the girls and aunts from the field cooking team drove the carriage over.

The carriage carried a large pot filled with thick soup, and the aroma wafted over from a long distance.

Wang Zhong originally planned to return to Aolaqi to see the situation on the front, but when he saw the car coming, he became hungry.

He shouted to the leading carriage: "I wonder if you have the right to boil me, the division commander!"

The lady driving the carriage shouted: "Yes! We have cooked enough food for three camps!"

The aunt said, tightening the reins: "Hey!"

The carriage slowly stopped.

The girl holding the bread basket jumped out of the car and shouted to Wang Zhong: "Major General, have you killed many enemies today?"

"Yes, many enemies were eliminated!" Wang Zhong said with great certainty.

This is true. The ambush in the morning alone almost completely wiped out an enemy armored battalion.

Although there were many surprises in the afternoon battle, 27 enemy No. 3 and No. 4 vehicles were destroyed.

In terms of battle results, it has surpassed Wang Zhong's armored assault in Loktov - Loktov was able to destroy more than 100 soldiers, most of which were the work of infantry.

This time the infantry unit was mainly responsible for cleaning the battlefield and finally clearing the remaining enemy positions. The main results were achieved by the armored units and anti-tank artillery units.

At this time, the veterans of the third battalion who had participated in Loktov shouted: "The general is enjoying the battle, but we are not enjoying it at all!"

The soldiers of the first battalion immediately echoed: "Yes, it's all the tank troops and artillerymen who eat the meat, and we don't get anything!"

The driver and several girls worked together to put the soup pot on the ground, turned around and shouted to the complainer: "Be content, you are standing here with your hands and feet intact. You will have many opportunities to kill the enemy in the future! Come, eat meat!"

"We've been waiting for a long time!" The soldiers showed their lunch boxes one after another.

Someone even knocked the bottom of the lunch box with a spoon.

"Stop knocking!" the priest accompanying the army shouted, "What are you talking about!"

Wang Zhong: "Okay, we just finished the battle, let them relax."

At this time, the soldiers seemed to have received the imperial edict from His Majesty the Tsar, and they started shouting: "The major general said you can relax!"

"Third Battalion Commander, where's your Balalaika? Start playing!"

The battalion priests of the third battalion came to Wang Zhong and complained: "Is this good, Major General? Relaxation may cost them their lives."

Wang Zhong: "Look at it, Mr. Priest, it is a good thing that everyone's morale is high. The situation will become more and more severe in the future, and you may want them to sing and dance."

The priest thought for a while: "You are an experienced warrior, I will listen to you."

At this time, Wang Zhong noticed that the third battalion commander was declining, so he shouted: "Third battalion commander! Where are you Balalaika!"

With a resigned expression on his face, the third battalion commander took out the balalaika from the backpack on his back and assembled it.

Wang Zhong: “Everyone enjoys the music!”

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The 2nd Battalion of the 31st Guards Regiment of the Ant Army, late at night.

Because of the blackout, no fire could be made, so Privates Ivan and Sergey sat in the trench in the dark, drinking cold tea.

"Have you heard?" Sergey said, "The people in the first battalion discovered one thing, that is, peeing on the enemy's pants will gain endless courage. This is the secret of the general's bravery!"

Ivan frowned: "Really or not? Are you lying to me?"

"Really! Do you remember that coward from the first battalion? He was in the drummer's platoon! He was about to pee, but the drummer asked him to pee on the enemy. He immediately lost his strength and became brave!"

Filipov was good at playing drums, so he was nicknamed "Drummer" among the soldiers.

Ivan frowned, expressing disbelief.

Sergey: "I saw that the bodies of the Prosin people around were not picked up. Let's go pee on one too!"

At this time, Stepan, who was napping in the artillery hole nearby, crawled out and said to the two of them: "What do you know? Those are enemies you have to shoot yourself. They are only useful if you pee. Didn't you see that when we changed defenses, the first battalion Are the people quarreling? That means they are arguing about who killed the enemy.

"Anyone who has never peed is worried that he will die in the next battle."

Ivan frowned: "Whether you are brave or not has anything to do with whether you will die?"

"Didn't you listen to what the veteran said? The more cowardly the person is, the faster he will die, and the bolder one will have a harder time dying." Stepan said mysteriously, "That's why the general cannot die. I even listened to the third queen Amul The veteran of the regiment said that with one 381 shell, Duke Vladimir and hundreds of staff were dead!"

"Isn't it right?" Ivan retorted again, "The general and the duchess's male favorite is alive. I heard that the male favorite is not brave, isn't he?"

Stepan sighed: "You are so boring, do you know how to chat?"

As he said this, he lay back in the shell-proof cave again.

A second later, he spoke again: "Just watch, I'm going to kill one of them tomorrow, no one can rob him from me!"

At this moment, the three of them heard a shout in the darkness: "Who? What person?"

Then there were gunshots.

The three of them were all confused. They were all recruits going to the battlefield for the first time and they didn't know what was going on.

At this time, the platoon leader rushed over: "Get ready to fight, the enemy is attacking at night!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the company commander began to blow his whistle.

As the whistle blew, the machine guns opened fire, spraying tracer bullets into the night.

The platoon leader grabbed Ivan by the shoulders, pulled him up and threw him to the firing port: "Get ready to fight! Quick, get into the shooting position, don't worry about people you can't see, fire at everything that looks like a person!"

Ivan looked blankly at the darkness outside the trench. Although he had been staying in the dark environment so that he could vaguely see the outline of things, but——

Suddenly, Ivan saw something moving and immediately fired in that direction. Tokarev fired continuously!

Beside him, others were also firing, and gunshots were heard constantly.

After firing a magazine, Ivan heard the platoon leader shout: "Cease fire! All cease fire!"

The sound of shooting gradually quieted down.

Sergey poked Ivan in the waist: "Did you hit him? I think I hit one. Let's go and have a look at dawn."

Ivan: "I don't know, I feel like I hit one too."

"Then let's go together tomorrow."