Arc of Gunfire

The enemy fired several more volleys and then began to advance.

Pavlov answered the phone and reported to Wang Zhong: "In addition to attacking the windows on the second and third floors, the enemy also opened fire on the bunkers that attacked the enemy reconnaissance team this morning - of course those bunkers are now empty.

"Three machine gun groups were captured by the enemy. One machine gun was rescued. Ten people were killed and more than a dozen injured."

Wang Zhong: "It's acceptable. The enemy will pay with blood."

Vasily: "If the enemy stops where he is and punches all the windows, will we suffer greater losses?"

Wang Zhong: "The No. 4's short 75mm cannon is not that accurate at this distance. Didn't you notice that the main force is the No. 3's short 50mm cannon? The power of the high-explosive shell of that thing is just that.

"If the enemy keeps stopping at this distance and firing, I will let the anti-tank guns fire. Do you think the enemy can beat our newly acquired 57-gun with a short 50?"

The caliber is basically equivalent to the power. The short 50-gun high-explosive shell has been experienced before in Haute Penier, which is a grenade. The anti-tank gun used to demolish bunkers is really overthinking.

The newly acquired 57-gun can't penetrate the Tiger and Leopard at a distance of 1,500 meters, but the problem is that the enemy fired is not the Tiger and Leopard, but the early model No. 3 and No. 4.

Who is afraid of whom?

The new staff officer who had been in charge of observation shouted: "The enemy has passed the one-thousand-meter target!"

Wang Zhong hurriedly lay down on the observation window.

Just then the anti-tank gun opened fire.

The new 57mm shells are very fast, and the shells fly past with a flick of the brush, making it impossible to see clearly.

Seven or eight tanks in the enemy tank formation immediately stopped.

One of the tanks caught fire, and the tank driver climbed out of the tank as fast as he could. Before he could get far, the tank exploded and the turret flew into the sky.

Although there were still a few tanks that had no change in appearance, the tank crews still ran out and hid behind the tanks.

As for the tanks that had no appearance changes and no tank crews running out, from Wang Zhong's perspective, they looked completely dead inside.

One shot penetrated, and the whole car went up to the sky. Do you like my 57mm explosive ammunition, Prossen devil?

Wang Zhong knew this, but the gunner did not, so several rounds in the second wave of attacks were fired at targets like this that were completely unresponsive.

At this time, the enemy also discovered the approximate location of the anti-tank gun and began to fire suddenly.

Wang Zhong hurriedly looked at the situation on his side, and then discovered that the enemy was aware of the ZIS30. After all, these vehicles were still big, and the firing position was relatively high, making it difficult to hide.

But the first wave of shells all hit the bunker, and only the gunner of one ZIS30 was injured by shrapnel.

As for the location of the towed version of the 57-gun, the enemy did not notice any of them.

However, the towed version of the 57 cannon fired faster because of the large number of people in the gun crew. The twelve cannons fired with crackling sounds, almost turning into firecrackers.

The entire battlefield is now filled with the sound of artillery and the roar of tank engines, making it very lively.

However, Wang Zhong felt strange because of the absence of machine gunfire.

The main enemy infantry was blocked by mortars, and the machine guns had no target - the effect of firing and lifting was not good, and it would also attract direct fire from enemy tanks, so it was better not to fire.

Now it is a pure artillery battle. The main combat strength is the artillery regiment of the 1st Guards Division based on the original anti-tank artillery battalion.

It now seemed that the attack on this side of the ferry would be quickly broken up.

At this time Vasily said: "The enemy tanks are approaching the bridgehead!"

Wang Zhong immediately looked in the direction of the bridge, and sure enough, the enemy tanks were approaching the bridgehead.

Soon enough, the T34 on the bridge opened fire.

The T34 can't hit as far as the new 57 gun, but it has no problem supporting the bridgehead at close range.

Moreover, the T34 is armored and unlike the ZIS30, which can run naked, it can press down to the river and rely on bunkers to shoot at the enemy at close range.

No. 4, which was originally concentrating on suppressing the bridgehead, turned its guns and opened fire on T34.

Due to the sudden fire of the T34, the enemy did not even have time to replace the armor-piercing shells, and the high-explosive shells directly hit the T34 position.

After several waves of fire, the remaining Panzer IV tanks released smoke and began to retreat.

Seeing the troops attacking the bridge begin to release smoke, other troops also used traditional skills to release smoke. Suddenly the entire west bank was filled with white smoke.

Wang Zhong: "The machine gun fires to form a fire zone."

Because the enemy is emitting smoke, and the firepower point of the machine gun here cannot be seen under the smoke, the machine gun can fire as much as it wants.

The sound of machine gunfire sounded like exploding beans, interweaving into a dense fire net, stopping the enemy infantry who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rush up.

Suddenly, Wang Zhong saw a Panzer IV tank rushing towards the bridgehead at full speed, followed by three half-tracks loaded with infantry!

The No. 4 tank crashed directly into the bridgehead, using its body to attract the attention of all the defenders. Then three half-track vehicles rushed to the side of the bridgehead, and the elite Prosen grenadier on the vehicle jumped out. , throwing grenades and shouting: "Kill!"

Then, inside the bridgehead, combat engineers wearing combat armor appeared.

Didn't you expect that I would place combat engineers here!

For close combat, the Prossen grenadiers are equipped with submachine guns. The pistol bullets fired by the submachine guns cannot penetrate the brand-new combat armor at all.

The equipment that Wang Zhong equips the combat engineers are the predecessors of the Bobosha with drums. When the bullets are exhausted, they can also be used as blunt weapons to hit people.

Wang Zhong watched happily as the combat engineers slaughtered the Proson soldiers in close combat.

At this time Vasily suddenly shouted: "Look over there!"

Wang Zhong was freed from watching the show and turned back to his naked eyes to follow what Vasily was pointing.

He saw naval infantry rushing across the Duva River in speedboats.

What's the meaning? The naval infantry judged that the bridgehead was in danger, so they took the initiative?

The naval infantry does not belong to Wang Zhong. Although it accepts his command, it is not his unit. Therefore, from Wang Zhong's bird's-eye view, there was only a huge Marine Corps logo in the smoke, and no specific person could be seen.

Anyway, he just looked at this sign and punched out a left hook, killing all the Prossen infantrymen who came up through the smoke, and also burned the short-barreled No. 4 in the smoke that was supporting the Prossen soldiers.

At this time, the Navy's inland river gunboat also came out, anchored and fired on the river, and the automatic cannon fired at the smoke.

Good guy, the enemy had a clear view just now and felt that one ship alone might not be able to defeat the tank group. When the smoke rises, the automatic cannon starts to take advantage of it, right?

The quality of the Navy’s soldiers and their subjective initiative!

While Wang Zhong was sighing, the phone rang. This time, because the phone was in Wang Zhong's hand, he picked it up directly: "I'm Rokosov."

"This is the bridgehead. We have repulsed the enemy. We can use machine guns and cease fire, General."

"Okay." Wang Zhong put down the phone and said to Pavlov: "The machine guns have ceased fire. There is no need to create a fire net anymore."

Pavlov immediately picked up the phone.

After giving the order, he said: "Should we consider setting up a direct command communication system? I'm tired of calling all the time. At least some simple orders can be issued through the radio or something."

Wang Zhong: "We can consider it."

Popov at the observation window said: "The enemy's first wave of attacks was repulsed?"

Wang Zhong took a look and saw that the enemy had not completely exited the field of vision. Instead, he stopped at the edge of his field of vision and started soil work.

Wang Zhong used the bird's-eye view to confirm that there were no enemy planes in the sky - but he was still worried and said to Pavlov: "Call Brother Peter to make sure there are no enemies above us."

Pavlov immediately executed the order. After 30 seconds, he put down the receiver and said: "Brother Peter said there are no enemy planes in the sky."

Wang Zhong: "Let the artillery regiment fire to prevent the enemy from approaching for earthworks."

Pavlov picked up the receiver again.

A moment later, the sound of shells piercing the sky came again overhead.

Wang Zhong clearly saw the artillery shells falling near the enemy's engineering troops from a bird's eye view.

Seeing the enemy being blown away, Wang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief: "The first wave was repelled."

Vasily was speechless: "Why did the enemy's infantry rush up without any concern at all? Our fake landmines were completely ineffective!"

Wang Zhong: "Maybe the enemy is not as quick-thinking as you. They thought that if the artillery exploded, there would be no mines. They didn't think in that direction when they saw the fake mines exposed."

Vasily frowned: "I don't know whether I should praise them or laugh at their rigidity. I didn't expect that my good idea would be thwarted like this."

At this time Popov interrupted Vasily's chat: "How do you think the enemy will attack in the next wave?"

Wang Zhong: "I think they will block our view with smoke, and then storm the bridgehead with the support of direct firepower."

Popov: "Then we will defend according to the original plan?"

"Yes, I haven't seen any unexpected situations so far."

Wang Zhong returned to the city defense map and drew on the map: "For a fortress like the bridgehead, the enemy can attack a fortress with up to two companies, and the two companies cannot attack together.

"Look, there's a company here and a company here. According to the firepower plan we prepared, the mortars can completely cover the enemy's offensive formation.

"Try to cripple two enemy companies at once. When the battle reaches night, we will change defenses at night and replace the garrison troops with fresh troops. In this way, we will continue to bleed the enemy's infantry."

Pavlov: "When enough blood has been released, pull back and the bridge will explode. The enemy cannot repair the bridge under our firepower."

Wang Zhong: "That's it. This time we have the terrain, the troops, the firepower, and the support of our brothers. We have to stay here until it rains."

Popov: “I actually hate the rainy season. When it rains, my legs hurt, just like gout.

Wang Zhong: "Are you sure you don't really have gout?"

"Of course not. I haven't eaten anything that can cause gout. I'm a priest, understand, priest." Popov gestured on the holy symbol on his body, "But now I look forward to the rain coming sooner."

At this time, a staff officer came in: "Report, the reserve force has captured a Proson pilot and has been escorted outside the door."

Wang Zhong: "A pilot from what unit? A fighter jet?"

"It's the bomber unit," the staff officer replied.

Wang Zhong: "Let him in."

Soon, a pilot wearing a flight jacket was brought in.