Arc of Gunfire

After leaving Aolaqi, the situation was far beyond Wang Zhong's expectation.

There are no enemies on either side of the road. All enemies are camping more than a hundred meters away from the road.

Why?

Not only were there no people on both sides of the road, but there were no enemies stationed in the villages on the road at all. The deserted villages were like ghost villages.

When Wang Zhong was puzzled, the Pulosen people camping far away from the road seemed to have discovered them and shouted something from a distance.

Wang Zhong turned to look at Lyudmila: "What are you shouting?"

The girl frowned: "It seems to remind us that the Ant Army likes to bombard roads and villages at night, so let us be careful."

Wang Zhong was shocked: "But my artillery has already evacuated its position, and the cannons have exploded!"

Lyudmila spread her hands: "Maybe... the Prosens forgot to inform other troops of this."

Wang Zhong was completely shocked: How many times did I touch the prize at night, and also found a magical heavenly road?

This time I really hit the jackpot.

Wang Zhong suddenly couldn't help laughing.

Lyudmila looked at him, and then looked at Neri.

If possible, Wang Zhong would like to pass on the order and tell the entire army to advance silently, but now the entire organization of the 151st Division is almost in chaos. Even if the order is given by radio, it cannot be conveyed to each unit smoothly.

Moreover, using radio now might alert the Prussian troops on both sides of the road.

Anyway, there is only the faint sound of gunfire in the distance, so the troops running out of the city should not be discovered.

As for the specific number of troops that ran out, we can only wait until Shepetovka nods again.

This kind of retreat will definitely lead to chaos. The current overall situation of the 151st Division, to use the words of "The Great Battle" to describe it, is probably a "three-dimensional roller-type retreat."

It always feels like there won’t be any big problems before dawn.

The problem is after dawn.

At the speed of the T34, we will probably arrive at Shepetovka tomorrow morning at full speed, and it will start to get light around four o'clock.

By then, the Prosen army on both sides of the road will not be able to turn a blind eye to them as they are now.

What's more, only a few people can run wildly in tanks. The large troops of the 151st Division moved in on foot. This was discovered by the enemy's armored troops on the road - instead of armored troops, they were replaced by a large number of armored grenadiers equipped with half-track vehicles. It would be embarrassing if the troops found out.

The machine gun of the half-track vehicle is not easy to mess with, and the same goes for the machine gun attached to the enemy infantry squad.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhong's relaxed mood immediately became serious.

Maybe it's not good to run like this? But to kill the enemy first and plunge them into chaos?

But the more reliable troops he has are six T34 tanks.

There are six of them, thanks to the mercy of the machine spirits of these six tanks, which have not broken down until now.

After all the trouble tonight, it's not surprising that these six tanks could break down at any time - after all, all the motorcycle hours have been used up.

In addition to the enemy on the grassland, the enemy's air force is also very deadly after daybreak.

There are no trees in Wang Zhong's field of vision now. From a bird's eye view, Wang Zhong can see six tanks clearly visible even in the middle of the night.

What's more, the road they are taking now is really bad. The dirt road is flattened, and the smoke and dust are billowing when tanks drive up it. There is only a crescent moon in the sky now, and there is no moonlight, so the smoke and dust are not obvious.

At dawn, the billowing smoke and dust can be seen by aircraft in the sky at an altitude of six to seven thousand meters.

Damn, the more I think about it, the more worried I become.

I don’t know if there will be air support from the eldest princess after dawn.

The most important thing is that the eldest princess may not know that the 151st Division has abandoned Aorachi, and the air force support may still go straight to Aorachi.

Wang Zhong's brows twisted into knots.

Lyudmila looked at him from the side, looking like she wanted to comfort her, but she didn't dare to interrupt his thoughts at all.

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August 6, Agsukov, in the estate of Prince Rokosov.

Old Duke Rokosov had just slept for two hours when he was awakened by the sound of rapid footsteps - the Duke was old and slept very lightly, and would wake up if there was any disturbance.

He sat up and tried to turn on the bedside lamp, then he remembered that there was a light outage and the power supply bureau had cut off the power in the city.

At this time, the old butler Mikhail pushed the door open and came in, holding a candlestick in his hand. The candlelight illuminated the bedroom: "Master, the second young master has abandoned the defense of Orachi and broken out."

Old Rokossov was shocked: "Which way did he break out?"

"Shepetovka! And he also sent a telegram asking Prince Myshkin for support."

The old man let out a sigh of relief: "That's okay. He lasted shorter than I thought!"

"According to the intelligence sent back by the eldest young master from the front army headquarters, the main force of the enemy's second armored group attacked Aolaqi."

"The main force of the Second Armored Group? Is the news accurate?" The old Duke raised his voice again.

"Yes, now the main force of the enemy's armored group has crossed Orachi and advanced 30 kilometers south."

The old Duke hurried to the map table in the bedroom.

The old housekeeper immediately followed and provided lighting with a candlestick.

"Thirty kilometers..." Old Rokossov said with a serious face, "It's broken, Alyosha is fine, we are the ones in danger now. The first group in the south is moving so fast, and now the second group is also speeding up, we It will be surrounded within a week, and now is the last window to retreat."

The old butler said nothing, waiting for the old Duke to sort out his thoughts.

The old Duke was pacing next to the map table. After walking a few times, he said: "Even if Alyosha runs out, it will be very dangerous during the day tomorrow."

The old housekeeper couldn't help but said: "You just said that we are in danger now."

"Oh, we are in danger, but this danger cannot be avoided. But Alyosha can make a little effort. How many air forces are there in the front?"

The units commanded by Ant's front army include the air force, which is different from Prosen's "army group". The commander of the front army can also command the air force under his command and give them instructions.

"There are also three destroyer groups, all newly transferred." The old housekeeper said, "The source of the information..."

"Don't worry about the source, I want to make a phone call. Bring me the phone."

The old housekeeper put the candle on the table, took the telephone from the desk, and handed the receiver to the old man.

The old man picked it up and said: "Bring me to the front headquarters. I am General Rokossov. Please ask the Chief of Staff of the Front to answer the call... Are you General Skorob? Skorob, do you still insist on your opinion now? ? Retreat quickly! What? Your Majesty won’t let you?”

The old man curled his lips: "Suka! Oh no, no, I didn't call you specifically to ask you to retreat. My second son is retreating to Shepetovka. Can you give him some air cover? You have to cover tomorrow Attack? Where are you attacking?

"Nonsense! It's not the old days anymore. Don't you know what will happen if the infantry attacks on the plains? Every enemy infantry squad has a machine gun! Every one has one! Do you know how terrifying the density of machine guns on the front is?

"No, I think the infantry attack will fail regardless of whether the Qin faction sends air support or not. We should retreat now, before the pincers are closed. Retreating does not require artillery fire or offensive formation, just running with the soles of your feet. .

"you……"

Suddenly, the old man took the receiver away and stared at it with a frown: "This grandson is hanging up on me! Hanging up on me!"

Old housekeeper: "Why don't you call Air Force Lieutenant General Andshilov?"

"No, I have retired. It is not good to interfere too much in the military command of active personnel."

The old butler hesitated for a moment, then said: "In that case, you should leave Agsukov while the airport can still take off and land passenger planes. It won't help if you stay here..."

Old Rokosov smiled: "No, no, Mikhail, my old buddy, I can't leave. I have the most important things to do here. Very, very important. In fact, call Alyosha the Air Force. Things like that are just icing on the cake, not my main purpose.”

The old housekeeper frowned: "I don't understand. Even I, who have served you for so many years, don't understand..."

"You don't have to understand, or you will understand by then."

Old Rokosov sat on the chair, lay back, and looked at the ceiling: "Now let me pray that Alyosha can escape. That's all."

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Wang Zhong suddenly saw car lights on the road ahead!

Bad, enemy!

He switched to the overhead view and noticed there were no highlights.

Those were friendly BT tanks, each carrying infantry.

Wang Zhong was overjoyed, and then he rang out. The last time he met friendly forces at night, he was shot by friendly forces.

So he quickly put the microphone on his throat and turned on the radio to call: "This is General White Horse - General Rokossov! Call the friendly forces in front of you."

He remembered that he and the friendly forces coming in person had not agreed on a radio call sign.

If you directly say that General White Horse is across from you, you might not realize who it is.

He did not wait long, and a response came from the earphone: "This is Lieutenant General Skduzheski of the 10th Tank Army, Major General Rokossov? Where are you?"

Wang Zhong temporarily turned off the radio: "Belyakov, turn on the headlights."

This order was carried out without hesitation.

No. 422's headlights were turned on, brightly illuminating the road in front of the tank.

"I turned on the light, see?"

"You see, General, how do you know that we are not Prossens?"

Because I have a unique secret...it's a pity that I can't tell it.

Wang Zhong: "I'm just giving it a try. If you don't respond, I'm going to fire!"

"Fortunately, you called us first and didn't fire directly. See you later, General!"

"see you later!"

Wang Zhong cut off the communication, and Lyudmila asked with concern: "Are there friendly forces in front?"

"Yes, the troops of the 10th Tank Corps, Duke Myshkin probably ordered them to come out to meet us! Because all the Prosins camped far away from the road, they drove over without incident!"

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After a moment, Tank No. 422 braked suddenly and stopped on the dirt road.

The oncoming BT also stopped, and the two tanks almost collided with each other.

Wang Zhong climbed out of the hatch, jumped off the tank excitedly, walked forward, and took the hand extended by the lieutenant general on the opposite side.

"We have caught you," the lieutenant general said with a smile, "Duke Myshkin asked us to rescue you no matter what!"