Arc of Gunfire

Chapter 135 The situation of the Prosen Army on the night of August 3

Prosen Army, 2nd Armored Group Headquarters, 2330 hours on August 3.

When Acting Division Commander Kruse entered the headquarters, Panzer Group Commander Heinz Wilhelm von Moltke was studying the map.

Acting division commander Kruse stood at attention and saluted: "Your Excellency, Commander!"

"Well, relax a little." Moltke raised his right hand in return. "I asked you to come here in a bucket truck (the German army's jeep, a proper noun) because I want to know what your division has experienced today. You've had a hard time on the road."

Kruse maintained his standing posture: "Serve His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Okay." Moltke waved his hand, "Tell me, what happened today? First, how did the division commander Wilhelm Dietrich get seriously injured? Wasn't he both in the Bohemian and Carolingian battles? Why did he lose his skills when he arrived at Ant?"

"Division Commander William planned to personally investigate the enemy's situation, so he changed clothes with a tank platoon leader who was in the reserve position, and took the platoon leader's car out. Then... he was hit by the enemy's artillery group with 72 heavy artillery shells. That tank There was only one intact tank left in the platoon.”

Mao Qi was speechless: "A division commander who specializes in reconnaissance before changing clothes?"

The chief of staff of the cluster said: "Is there a spy report?"

Cruze immediately said: "There is absolutely no such possibility. The military police have killed all the potential hostile elements in our stationed area who may have tipped off the information."

Mao Qi frowned, but ultimately did not comment on the military police's actions, but continued the topic: "It is impossible for spies to maintain contact with a division commander on the front line. Intelligence organizations generally do not have such a flat structure in order to maintain confidentiality.

"I prefer to have lurking observation posts. Your division headquarters may be in the enemy's sight. Even if you change your clothes, the observation posts will understand everything when they see who you are saluting."

Kruse: "If that's the case, why not bomb the staff headquarters? This doesn't make sense. Before the attack, all the officers from the platoon and above in our division gathered for a meeting. At that time, a round of artillery shells fell and our division was paralyzed."

Moltke nodded: "What you said makes sense. So how was this achieved? This White Horse General also had the record of killing—well, causing General Randolph to die."

"Randolph's incident is understandable," said the chief of staff of the cluster. "General White Horse's car rushed to Major General Randolph's headquarters. This was entirely the result of Randolph being too aggressive. The star general of the Carolingian Campaign , seems to also like to rush to the front in a tank."

Moltke: "That young Erwin, after his majesty praised him for his fierce fighting spirit, the young generals seemed to like to rush forward."

Mao Qi shook his head: "As a general, you should grasp the overall situation. Talking about your encounter today, is there anything else to add about the injury of Commander William?"

Kruse hesitated and said, "There are also voodoo rituals..."

"Needless to say, leave it to the scientific department of the headquarters to study. Before you came, the staff of the cluster were more inclined to think it was a coincidence. The white-horse general might have guessed through the formation or other clues. There might be a big shot there.”

After Mao Qi finished speaking, he paused and changed the subject: "What do you think of 'General White Horse'?"

Klose's face tightened: "He is a cunning and despicable guy, but also very careful. He must have carefully inspected the battlefield and knew where we would set up the logistics nodes. Although his shelling was just a lottery, it did kill people. We killed more than 40 experienced soldiers who were drinking coffee at the time!

"The only good thing is that our tank crews are still overhauling their tanks and have not gone to eat! Otherwise we would have lost a battalion of elite tank crews in vain!"

Moltke: "Blow up the eating place? This reminds me of the past when we bombed each other's toilets in trench warfare. Just get used to this kind of thing. Does he have any other characteristics?"

Cruze thought for a while and said: "It seems that he commanded the troops to dig a very strange bunker. When our infantry went up to check this bunker, the enemy's artillery fire came, so we didn't look carefully.

"But it seems to be a very advanced and complex bunker. Our tank bunkers usually dig a square pit for tanks to drive into. Their bunkers are much more complicated than this and require much more soil work. .

"Our tank bunkers can even be dug by the tank crews themselves. If equipped with a bulldozer, they can just push it with the tank.

"Their bunkers may require the mobilization of large numbers of labor and engineering units to excavate for a long time."

Mao Qi seriously confirmed: "Bunker?"

"Yes, a bunker. This kind of bunker is very difficult to find, even if the tank fires. Even the smoke produced by the shooting itself will block the line of sight and interfere with our shooting.

"If it weren't for the unreasonable shooting skills of the Ant tank crew, our losses might have gone up to a higher level."

Moltke and the chief of staff looked at each other and asked: "Shouldn't he be a reckless man? After all, he once went all the way to General Randolph."

"No, he is definitely not a reckless man. He ambushed us, and withdrew most of the tanks and infantry before our Stuka bombardment, and also covered the position with artillery fire after our infantry pressed up. This is clearly a What a cunning defensive warfare expert does!”

Moltke: "You are a cunning defensive warfare expert, but in the Ant Army, the armored officers all advocate offense. In Castile, they would even use tanks to attack our anti-tank gun positions, just like a herd of porcupines, rushing towards humans. The arrow array then scattered the corpses in the wilderness."

"Then he is an exception!" Cruze said firmly, "Our attack suffered a big loss today! And I, and all my officers, believe that they did not use all their troops at all!"

Mao Qi held his chin and fell into thinking, while the cluster chief of staff said: "But the information given by Rabowell shows that he is just a dude who graduated last."

Kruse: "Is this like the result that the last one can achieve? I refuse to accept being defeated by the last one! No, the offensive plan was not made by me. I refuse to believe that Major General William Dietrich's plan will Defeated by the last one! No way!”

The chief of staff raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and re-read the information sent by Rabelais: "Wait a minute! There is also a line of Rabelais's own comments here." Considering that the second to last is the crown prince of the Ant Empire, Ali cannot be ruled out. The possibility of Ksey Konstantinovich Rokosov taking the initiative to control the score'"

The chief of staff raised his head and looked at the others.

The entire headquarters fell into silence, as if even the sound of the typewriter in the clerical department next door had dimmed.

Moltke concluded: "So, we are facing an extremely smart and cunning defensive warfare expert?"

"We?" Kruse captured the word keenly, "Duke Myshkin's troops were crushed?"

"No. In fact, they have also built a large number of fortifications, which is quite difficult. That's why the cluster is planning to bypass the solid fortification area and use the road in front of you to complete the encirclement."

Moltke paused and continued: "The 16th Armored Division will join you tomorrow. In addition, the legion's artillery will also move towards you and is expected to arrive in the combat area tomorrow night.

"In addition, the Eighth Air Force will do its best to support your operations."

Cruze: "Are these troops...all under my command?"

"Yes, because...the Emperor expects you to perform well. You are the Knights of Asgard after all."

Cruze grinned, and the light from the electric lamp reflected in the Zeus holding a lightning bolt on his lapel badge.

At this time, the air raid siren suddenly sounded.

Everyone in the headquarters looked up in confusion.

Mao Qi asked: "What's going on?"

"I'll find out right away." A staff officer immediately left the headquarters.

As soon as he left, the phone rang.

The chief of staff picked up: "It's the headquarters. What? What? Okay, got it."

After hanging up the phone, the chief of staff said: "The troops heard the sound of the plane passing overhead. Everyone heard it and it was definitely coming towards us."

Moltke: "Airplane? At night? Didn't the Air Force say that they are still experimenting with night bombers? How did the Anters make them?"

The chief of staff shook his head.

At this time, there was an explosion outside.

Moltke quickly came to the window and saw a biplane flying over the headquarters and dropping something.

The thing landed in the yard and exploded the next moment.

It was more like a grenade than an aerial bomb.

Mao Qi looked confused: "What the hell?"

The chief of staff also looked confused.

Time passed by in everyone's confusion for five minutes.

Then the phone rang again, and the chief of staff immediately picked up: "Headquarters. How many? Why didn't the anti-aircraft guns fire? Ultra-low altitude? Got it."

After hanging up the phone again, the chief of staff reported: "We observed six biplanes entering our sky at ultra-low altitude and dropping small bombs that looked like grenades. A total of six people died and 11 were injured."

Moltke was silent for a few seconds before asking: "What's the point of such an air raid?"

"I don't know. The Ant people's understanding of the art of war is different from ours." The chief of staff paused and then said, "Unless they come here every night in the future. In this case, it will cause great harm to our soldiers. The psychological pressure is so great that I can’t even sleep well.”

Moltke: "Sending out old biplanes on bombing missions just to make us sleep poorly? What kind of weird tactics is this?"

"You cannot use common sense to understand the Ant people."

Mao Qi shook his head and turned to Kruse again: "Anyway, you will organize the next attack tomorrow. Don't let any white-horse general succeed! You are the first outstanding student to graduate from the Imperial Military Academy! Although you have never fought in a war.

"Seize this opportunity! I think His Majesty the Emperor is also looking forward to it!"

Cruze shouted: "Live up to His Majesty's high expectations!"

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