Arc of Gunfire

After confirming that the position was captured, Wang Zhong personally took Vasily and two guards to the position.

Gregory saluted Wang Zhong: "Fifteen prisoners were captured, except for one major, the highest rank of warrant officer."

Wang Zhong: "Are there any medicines here?"

"Yes, there are medicines and bandages."

Wang Zhong: "Give each of them a shot in the shoulder, then bandage them with their medicine, and then order them to go to the garrison."

Gregory nodded and turned to carry out the order.

He left a corporal behind to escort the major he had just captured.

Wang Zhong: "Vasily, it's your turn."

Vasily went up and gave the major a rifle butt.

Wang Zhong was shocked: "I asked you to ask questions in Prosen!"

Vasily: "Huh? Oh, that's right. (Switching to Prosin) The general wants to ask you something."

Major Prossen had just received the butt of a rifle and was still stunned. He replied: "(Prossin) I demand to be treated as a prisoner of war!"

Vasily: "(Plosin) What kind of treatment do animals want as prisoners of war?"

At this time, gunshots were heard from Gregory's side.

From this angle, we cannot see Wang Zhong's "disposal" of ordinary soldiers, so the major misunderstood and thought he was shooting prisoners of war.

Major: "You are violating international conventions by doing this!"

Vasily gave the major another rifle butt, smashing his nose and causing blood to flow from his nose: "(Ploson) Shit, why didn't you speak of international law when you were massacring our civilians! You should all be put in jail Drowned in the toilet!"

Wang Zhong: "What's going on?"

Vasily turned back: "He thought we were shooting prisoners of war, and then accused us of not abiding by international law."

Wang Zhong: "Tell him that international law is made for humans, and no international law applies to animals."

Vasily translated immediately.

The major's eyes widened.

Wang Zhong pulled out his pistol and loaded it skillfully: "My pistol was personally blessed by Belinsky, the Patriarch of the Eastern Holy Church. It is suitable for shooting the Prosen devil."

After Vasily translated, the major stared at Wang Zhong's gun in horror: "Don't shoot me with this, I won't be able to go to heaven!"

Wang Zhong looked at Vasily, who translated: "He said he would not be able to go to heaven after being beaten to death."

"Tell him he was going to hell."

After speaking, Wang Zhong raised his gun and took aim.

The major spoke a lot at a very fast pace.

Wang Zhong: "What did he say?"

"He said he could use anything. He just asked not to kill him with this gun. Even with a bayonet."

Wang Zhong thought that these people were quite superstitious, so he said: "Then it depends on his performance. What army does he belong to, and why are he here?"

After Vasily finished translating, the major immediately replied: "I am the staff officer of the 337th Infantry Division of the 35th Army of the Ninth Army. Our division is stationed here, and I am here to check the fortification situation."

When Wang Zhong heard Vasily's translator say "Ninth Army", he interrupted and asked: "Who is the commander of the Ninth Army?"

Vasily: "Let me ask you, what is the name of the commander of the Ninth Army?"

"It's Lieutenant General Walter Mendel."

Wang Zhong frowned when he heard the pronunciation: "Walter? Mendel? He likes playing with peas?"

Vasily was stunned: "Do we need to translate this too? I mean, the pea part?"

Wang Zhong: "No, I just asked subconsciously. Where is the headquarters of your 337th Division? Where is the military headquarters, and where is the group army headquarters?"

Major (omitting the translation process): "There is a map in the document bag my adjutant carries, and it is all marked."

After Vasily translated, Wang Zhong immediately asked the corporal who was escorting the major: "Where is the document package?"

The corporal took it out: "Here."

Vasily took it, opened it, took out the map and unfolded it.

Wang Zhong couldn't understand the Prosen language on it, but he could understand the military symbols on it. At a glance, there are no armored units on the entire front.

If he hadn't considered that the enemy might have positioned 88-guns and garrisoned PAK38 anti-tank guns, Wang Zhong would have wanted to launch an armored assault to make a profit.

Judging from the map, the nearest armored battalion is two hundred kilometers away——

Wang Zhong: "Put the map away. Let's evacuate quickly to avoid a long night of nightmares. Make a copy of the map and hand it over. As for the major, knock him out, tie him up, and put him on the saddle."

The corporal who was escorting the major smiled: "I am familiar with this. I am a hunter. When I kill a deer, I tie it up and put it on the saddle. A man is much lighter than a deer."

Vasily asked: "Don't you call for artillery? From the map, the headquarters of the 337th Division is within the range of our artillery."

Wang Zhong: "They will avoid the shelling now and wait until night."

Vasily grinned: "You are right."

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When Wang Zhong led this capable force back to the completely demolished west bank of Shostakana, he found that many soldiers were active on the west bank.

They presumably came by ferry, a ferry parked next to the demolished ferry ticket office.

These men were unloading concrete blocks from trucks.

Wang Zhong rode over and asked curiously: "What's going on with this trap?"

The lieutenant who was questioned immediately saluted: "Report to the general, this is the target. The anti-tank artillery unit will shoot at this target later."

Wang Zhong: "Shooting a trap?"

Lieutenant: "Uh, that's wrong. It's a wooden target set up on the shooting pier, but the target hasn't been mounted yet. The army had hit an 800-meter target before, and it was that car, and it hit the target perfectly, so let's come over and set it up." New target."

The lieutenant said, pointing to the wreckage of the truck that was the subject.

It's really easy to use the wreckage as a target.

He looked at the wreckage of the truck, turned to look at the east bank, and saw a ZIS30 parked there. It's really hard to see the thing clearly at this distance unless you look at it from a bird's eye view, it's too small.

If we get some more camouflage grass and put up a bunker, I'm afraid the enemy won't be able to see it without firing.

Wang Zhong put down the telescope and asked the lieutenant who arranged the target: "How about the new equipment?"

Lieutenant: "See for yourself, the wreckage was shot straight through, and the accuracy was very high. It was said to be the engine air inlet that was aimed at, but it was really hit. This is more than 800 meters! If the 45mm cannon could have hit it, Missed."

Wang Zhong: "Because you can shoot accurately, you came to set up a 1,000-meter target?"

"yes."

While they were talking, the soldiers were loading targets made of wooden boards onto the pillars.

Wang Zhong turned around and ordered: "Send that 'venison' across the river first, and let's see how the artillerymen do with their new weapons."

"Yes." The corporal carrying the prisoner immediately dismounted the horse and rode towards the bridge.

The major on the saddle looked at Wang Zhong as if he was relieved.

Wang Zhong thought without mercy: When you get into the hands of the Inquisition, you will feel that it is better to be shot to death by my blessed pistol.

A minute later, the target was set, and the lieutenant said to Wang Zhong: "General, come here quickly, let's stay away."

Wang Zhong: "You drive away, and we can follow on horseback."

"Yes." The lieutenant got into the car with his men and quickly moved away from the target. Wang Zhong also followed the truck on a bus.

Soon, the group of people and the target were about a hundred meters away, and the lieutenant fired a flare from the cab of the truck. There was a lack of radios on both sides, so they could only use flares to communicate.

Wang Zhong raised the telescope, which actually cut to a bird's-eye view, and saw that the gunners on the ZIS30 had completed loading and began to adjust the height of the artillery.

The aiming process lasted about 20 seconds, and then the 57 gun fired.

It seems that the movement is slightly less than that of the 76 gun.

A ray of light hit the target - the pier below.

A puff of dust rose from the pier.

The lieutenant cursed and raised the yellow flag to signal a ceasefire, and then walked towards the target with the flag.

Wang Zhong dismounted and followed the lieutenant. He heard him muttering: "You have to do this kind of show off! That piece of shit has to be the target!"

When he arrived at the pier, Wang Zhong knelt down and took a look - the shell penetrated the pier and then passed out from the side. It looked like the concrete piers were forcibly changing the direction of the cannonballs.

Wang Zhong gestured at the depth of the marks on the pier and exclaimed: "I'm afraid not all the enemy's tanks can withstand this attack."

Lieutenant: "I think so. After all, we just used a truck as a target and hit it directly through it. Although the engine of the truck has been removed, it is still very powerful."

Wang Zhong: "Yeah. The results are gratifying."

"If there were more guns like this, none of the Prossens would be able to come back," the lieutenant sighed.

Wang Zhong could only smile bitterly.

The performance of the 57 cannon is indeed excellent, but the production time is too long and the production is too slow. If you want more equipment, you can only rely on Wang Zhong to awaken a system to refresh equipment in the void.

Wang Zhongqie took a look at the bird's eye view and confirmed that he did not have this ability.

I can only make the best use of the 57 guns in my hand.

Wang Zhong glanced at the ZIS30 self-propelled artillery on the other side of the river.

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Wang Zhong crossed the river and came directly to ZIS30.

Several veterans of the anti-tank artillery who had experienced the bloody battle of Orachi praised the new weapon: "If we had had this thing in Orachi, coupled with the bunkers dug for the tanks at that time, we would have wiped out the entire enemy armored division long ago. ! Entire annihilation!”

Wang Zhong: "You can also annihilate the entire enemy armored division now."

Everyone turned around, then stood at attention and saluted: "Your Excellency, General!"

At this moment, Wang Zhong suddenly thought, will there be a day in the future when the troops will only shout "Ula" when they see him?

Like a certain little dwarf, the Carolingians would only shout Long Live the Emperor when they saw him.

If you just think about it, it's quite touching. It's a pity that Ant probably won't have a czar in the future.

Wang Zhong: "How do you like the things I got for you?"

"Great." The veteran who just spoke said, "It's a pity that it only exists now."

"No, this is the result of your hard work in Aolachi! The results of the battle in Aolachi gave me enough reputation to give you this kind of weapon." Wang Zhong glanced at the crowd, "This is yours Fighting is recognized! Do you understand?”

Both new and old soldiers looked happy at this time.

It is a great honor for a soldier to be recognized for his hard work.

Wang Zhong: "ZIS30 will continue to be sent from the rear. You must become familiar with them as soon as possible. The enemy will come in 20 days at the latest."

"Don't worry, General!" The old sergeant just responded on behalf of everyone, "We will make sure that the Prossenians never come back!"