Arc of Gunfire

Harlamov entered the room and saluted Wang Zhong first: "His Excellency General Rokossov, I say hello to you."

Wang Zhong: "Are you used to coming here? After all, there are no cocktail parties and girls in the capital. I know you pilots. When you are on the ground, you pick up girls one by one very quickly."

"This is prejudice, Your Majesty General. We would rather go to heaven and dance with our enemies than dance with girls."

Wang Zhong: "What was the result of the dance?"

"Three were shot down." Kharlamov smiled, "and all of them were Stukas shot at low altitude according to your suggestion. They often use the high speed to break away after rushing down, while we were flying level at an altitude of 3,000 meters. Save your speed and find that the enemy plane is rushing down faster than him, and you can achieve victory with just one stagger."

Wang Zhong: "Didn't the enemy's 109 fight with you?"

"I didn't encounter them, but Semyon from the same team said that he could kill the enemy with a little maneuvering."

Wang Zhong laughed. The performance of Yak 1 was far from that of Yak 3, but there was no problem in beating the current 109 at low altitude.

The key is to stay low.

Kharlamov: "General, why are you so familiar with air combat?"

Because I play War Thunder - it's a pity that I can't say that, so Wang Zhong said casually: "Vasily told me."

Vasily was shocked: "Me?"

Wang Zhong: "Well, another Vasily said that he joins the flying club."

Vasily: "He also picked shit?"

Wang Zhong was extremely embarrassed and forcefully changed the subject: "Where are the photos? Where are the aerial reconnaissance photos?"

Harlamov took out a document bag with "Top Secret" printed on it: "Here it is. After I handed it over to the church and the intelligence agency of the front army, the church said that I can give you a copy. This is the first time I have encountered this situation. ”

Wang Zhong: "Because I am very familiar with His Excellency the Patriarch."

Wang Zhong didn't lie, he was really familiar with her.

The Patriarch even toasted me.

But the others obviously took it as a joke and laughed.

Pavlov took the document bag and handed it to Popov: "You unpack it, it will be less likely to overturn if something happens in the future."

Popov opened the document bag without hesitation and dumped the photos on the map table.

Wang Zhong picked up one and then determined that his plug-in was useless for the photo.

His plug-in can only highlight enemies within his own field of vision, and that's been the case from the beginning.

So Wang Zhong gave up interpreting these very blurry photos and asked Kharlamov directly: "Is there anything worth noting?"

Harlamov immediately picked out several photos according to their numbers: "These are enemy military stations discovered during reconnaissance, and they are located in these places."

Kharlamov took a pencil and marked the corresponding photo numbers on the map.

Wang Zhong: "Can our cannon hit it?"

Pavlov picked up the compass and drew on the map: "It can't be hit. It's beyond the maximum range."

Kharlamov continued: "Judging from the supplies that the enemy has hoarded at these military stations, there are two main directions for the enemy's next attack. The first is here, and the second is the ferry guarded by Kashuch's army downstream."

Pavlov: "We have a bridge here, but the water is relatively deep. Even if the enemy uses the technology that can sneak attack from the bottom of the river, it will be difficult to get away from us. But Lieutenant General Kashukh's side is due to the dry season. It’s relatively shallow. They should have more pressure than us.”

Wang Zhong nodded, and then asked Harlamov: "How is the enemy's troop deployment? Are there any enemy defenses on the way to these military stations?"

"Yes." Harlamov quickly found new photos. "Look, these are trenches. Obviously there are enemy troops in front of us. There is also this village, look here."

He put a photo in front of Wang Zhong and pointed to a yard: "This is the enemy's truck, and here. Obviously the enemy has entered this village."

Wang Zhong: "Can our cannon hit it?"

Pavlov picked up the compass, but immediately realized that Kharlamov had not marked the map yet, so he looked up at the air force lieutenant colonel.

Kharlamov wrote the photo numbers on the map.

"Tuhaka..." Pavlov muttered the place name on the map and made a gesture with the compass. "It can be hit. We actually went to investigate. There is a slight deviation in the coordinates of the map, which does not affect the aiming."

Wang Zhong: "Did you actually go investigate?"

"Let's do some reconnaissance before the enemy comes up. As you said when summarizing your experience, if you have something to do and you leave, of course we will take care of it for you."

Wang Zhong: "Very good, let's fire the cannon. Wait a minute, have we replenished the cannon?"

Popov: "We have reached a certain point. There are now 18 152 heavy artillery pieces in preparation. The number of artillery shells has also been sent up to a base of one and a half."

Wang Zhong snapped his fingers: "Then fire!"

Pavlov immediately picked up the phone: "Pick up the artillery regiment."

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In the artillery regiment camp, a whistle suddenly sounded for assembly.

Dimitri, who was transferred to the artillery unit, shouted: "I knew it! The general will start artillery fire soon after he comes back! And it will be in the middle of the night!"

The recruit asked curiously: "What is this bombing?"

"The enemy."

"The enemy is coming?" The recruit was shocked, "I didn't see it!"

"Idiot, this is blowing up an enemy more than ten kilometers away. What we want is to send the enemy to the sky in his sleep. Hurry up, move!"

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Pavlov put down the phone: "The artillery regiment needs time to assemble. After all, they are not on the verge of war. And it is so late now, many recruits should be asleep."

Wang Zhong: "Let them get used to it as soon as possible. Is there any other information?"

Kharlamov: "Currently, the enemy's infantry units should be in front of us. We didn't see any armored units. It's over."

It seems that the efficiency of aerial reconnaissance in this era can only be achieved so far.

Wang Zhong was thinking about when he would take a plane and take a walk in the sky, lighting up all the enemies.

He looked at the map and suddenly remembered something, so he asked: "There are enemy infantry in front of us. Has the railway to Shepetovka been cut off? What about their supplies?"

Pavlov: "Currently maintained by the road to Borsk. And it looks like they will retreat that way to join the Bolsk Front. At the moment the Duke is still trying to relieve the siege, but to no avail. The enemy's infantry has been strengthened. The battle line has been blocked and cannot be attacked in its current state.”

Except for the air force, everyone at the scene knew how powerful the combat effectiveness of the Prosen infantry was.

Wang Zhong: "Are we in direct contact with the enemy?"

"The patrol we sent was in contact with the enemy." Pavlov drew two crosses on the map. "The exchange of fire did not take advantage of each other. Yesterday at noon, we also saw a small group of motorized troops appearing at the bridgehead of our army. in sight.”

On the entire west bank, the 1st Guards Division controlled a bridgehead.

Wang Zhong: "How are the bridgehead fortifications being repaired?"

"They are all permanent fortifications made of concrete. However, the concrete takes time to harden. If the enemy attacks immediately, the 152 heavy artillery can easily lift the bridgehead." Pavlov was stunned. "Fortunately, the enemy will not attack immediately."

Wang Zhong: "The enemy's armored forces should have completed their mission now, and they are resting. I don't know how long they will be resting."

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"We expect to rest until mid-September." Heinz Wilhelm von Moltke of the 2nd Panzer Group told Emperor Plossen Reinhardt. "We have two divisions with heavy losses and the number of combat-ready tanks is once It dropped to less than 5%. This is all the fault of the famous General Rokosov."

Seeing His Majesty's frown, Von Moltke immediately added: "Fortunately, after driving the enemy Rokossov's troops out of Orachi, our army's battlefield emergency repair team repaired some tanks. It is expected that they will be repaired in the next 30 days. Some tanks.

"The number of combat-ready tanks in the two divisions that were severely damaged will be restored to 50%. In addition, they still have some redundant tank crews. As long as they replenish their tanks, these two divisions can fully restore their strength."

After Moltke finished speaking, Marshal von Pogg immediately added: "The enemy abandoned many tanks on the battlefield. These tanks can be used with a little repair. This shows that the enemy's logistics supplies are very rubbish and they basically have no maintenance capabilities.

"We can put these tanks to good use and use their weapons to hit them hard!"

Von Moltke nodded: "Yes. The troops have received some enemy tanks and have high praise for the heavy tanks. The other T34 tanks are also very good, but the troops have no commander and are not used to using the radio. .

"They were only willing to use the platoon leader's vehicles among these tanks. In addition, the Anters were widely criticized for their poor sights and gun accuracy."

Emperor Prosen shook his head: "Since these tanks are so bad, why are they still achieving brilliant results? Especially heavy tanks. I have seen many reports that these heavy tanks destroyed a large number of our tanks, and finally relied on infantry to go up. Just get rid of it.”

Feng Moltke replied: "This should refer to the KV tank. The current evaluation of this tank by the army is very good. Except for serious mechanical failures, it can be said that there are no bad reviews. I have sent a KV back to the Imperial Tank Research Center.

"In order to deal with the enemy's armor superiority, we urgently need a heavy tank equipped with an 88mm gun and a heavy tank that can match the enemy's armor."

Emperor Prosen stood up and shook his head: "No, everyone. You are worrying too much. Although the process of eliminating Agsukov's enemies is slower than we expected, we have already severely damaged the Ant people!

"Ante's elite troops have been surrounded and eliminated by us! Since the beginning of the war, we have eliminated three million enemies, and our army has shown surprisingly high efficiency!

"Ante is like an old house now, it will collapse if you kick it!"

At this time, Siegfried, the commander-in-chief of the Asgard Knights of the Empire, who had been silent, said: "Your Majesty, the enemy has just relied on the state funeral to boost the morale of the whole country. Isn't it bad to make such an optimistic estimate?"

Reinhardt waved his hand: "That's just a flashback! As long as we kick it, this old, backward country will fall apart, and its fertile land will become the granary of our Prosen.

"The blockade imposed by the United Kingdom and the United States on us will break down, and we will get everything we lack, oil, rubber, all kinds of mineral deposits! We will win in the end, and we will get the whole world!"