Arc of Gunfire

After Wang Zhong said this, no one else in the room even turned around.

Vasily: "Wait a minute, so General, do you want to talk to the enemy? Use the radio to shout?"

Wang Zhong shook his head: "No, that seems too informal, and it can only be heard by the enemy in front of us. After all, even the best radio device in our hands only has that long communication range.

"We want to ensure that all enemies in front of us receive this kind reminder, so we use the radio to send a clear message and tell them publicly."

Pavlov frowned and looked at Popov: "If this does not violate battlefield discipline..."

Popov scratched his head with little hair: "Sending a clear report to our army to reveal military information is definitely treason. But sending a clear report to the enemy and talking about the weather should not be considered treason.

"I think it should be treated as if you were using the radio to chat at home, that is, in confinement during non-combat periods."

Vasily was shocked: "Aren't you going to take out the excrement?"

Popov: "Normally not. So we can let the telegraph operator who sent the telegram take the blame and be imprisoned for a week."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, then let's send the report clearly like this."

Looking at his expression, Pavlov obviously still wanted to stop this approach that was not in line with common sense on the battlefield. He said: "The enemy's meteorological department should also know about this, right? No, their observation equipment is better than ours. Don't we have too many?" Minding your own business?”

Wang Zhong: "Since the enemy's meteorological department also knows it, then there is no problem for us to send this telegram. Let's send it."

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Prosen Army, the first army headquarters of the Asgard Knights.

Giles was meeting with the commander of the engineer brigade who had newly joined his command line. Suddenly, the communications staff opened the door and came in. He stood at attention and saluted, loudly shouting: "Report! We received a clear telegram without a signature. The telegram was sent using the international aviation public code. Judging from the tone of the telegram, it seems to be the enemy."

Giles frowned: "International aviation common code?"

The communications staff officer immediately explained: "Even if a clear message is sent without encryption, the codes in different languages ​​are different. The International Aviation Common Code is a set of international codes adopted to solve this problem, using the Anglo language of the United Kingdom as the basis. "

"I know. So what did the telegram say?" Giles asked curiously.

The staff officer picked up the telegram, read from it and read: "'Dear Commander of the Pulosen Army, I have observed that your department is carrying out soil work, so I would like to remind you in good faith that the autumn rain season will enter in half a month, and the situation will be dire. Becoming unfit for offense.'"

Giles frowned: "What do you mean? Why is Qiu Yu not suitable for attacking?"

Adjutant Feliz reminded: "The Ant situation briefing issued by the headquarters mentioned that Ant's traffic will be affected to a certain extent during the autumn rain season."

As soon as he finished speaking, the chief of staff said confidently: "So when we arranged the supply plan, we specially made a 20% redundancy. Even if it rains, it will never affect our attack."

Giles thought for a while and said: "Let's ask the meteorological department. By the way, call the commander of the Air Force. We will need their cooperation after we advance the trench to the west bank of the Dua River."

The Prussian Army originally had its own meteorological department, but Archduke Meyer believed that meteorology also fell under the jurisdiction of the Air Force. He protested with the emperor for many days. The emperor handed over meteorology to the Air Force based on the consideration of weakening the traditional officer corps.

Therefore, even if he was a popular figure in front of the emperor, Giles had to invite the air force commander and people from the meteorological department.

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Thirty minutes later, an air force major general arrived at the First Army headquarters with a colonel and several entourage.

Giles: "Have you received that clear telegram?"

"Of course we received it. We also conducted triangulation and determined that the telegram came from that person - General White Horse." The Air Force Major General deliberately left a pause before the nickname of General White Horse.

It would be very interesting for Rokosov to know that he has become the "empty space" expression, but unfortunately he has no way of knowing.

Giles: "So is it really going to be the rainy season?"

The air force major general took a step aside and gave up his position to the colonel he brought with him.

The colonel had the logo of the Meteorological Force on his armband. After getting the major general's permission, he opened his briefcase and took out the documents and placed them on the map table: "We have been quietly recording meteorological information from all over Ant since 910. Our intelligence department He promised to steal Ant’s own weather records, but he has not yet fulfilled his promise.”

Giles heard someone among his subordinates laugh and say, "Isn't it normal that Rabelais can't do it?"

The colonel ignored the complaints about the intelligence department and continued: "According to our records, Ante will indeed enter the rainy season in the middle of next month. The first rain is at the same time every year. In 910 it was October 11th, and in 911 it was October 11th. October 9th, the following year it will be the 14th.

"We think it will rain around the 10th this year as well."

Giles: "Does the rain have a big impact?"

Colonel: "It will cause a certain amount of traffic jam."

Giles: "Will it cause difficulties in military operations?"

"No, in fact, during the Ant Empire Civil War, operations were often carried out during the rainy season." The colonel took out another record, "Before I came here, I specially compiled the history of the Ant Empire Civil War. In the past three years, there were many battles in the rainy season. Operations, such as the famous raid by the First Cavalry Corps."

Giles frowned: "The cavalry is different from our mechanized troops, right?"

Feliz: "General, can the hoofs of horses be more adaptable to the terrain than our tracks?"

Colonel: "It is better to prepare for the worst and leave about 30% redundancy."

Giles was still frowning. He pondered for a while and said, "Find a local and ask about the situation... You won't kill them all, right?"

Feliz immediately said: "Don't worry. When Agsukov was occupied in August, the emperor issued an order. Considering that the occupied area was too vast, it was necessary to retain a sufficient working population. So the systematic purge has ended.

"I'll ask them to bring some locals here."

Giles: "Go ahead."

After the adjutant left, the air force major general said: "Why did General White Horse send this telegram?"

Giles had a pensive expression, and it was obvious that he had not thought about it.

But the chief of staff of the First Army spoke: "Because soil work is his Achilles' heel, his best artillery attack has no use. He is in a hurry now."

"That's it." The Air Major General nodded and continued, "This General White Horse is a little strange. Yesterday, when the pilots of JG17 (the unit designation of the Prosen Air Force) were hunting their artillery guidance aircraft, they heard Ant The cry of language.”

"Call in Ant language?" Giles raised his head.

Major General: "There are many young men among the pilots, and there are many people who speak Hoiante and Carolingian, so some people heard it and shouted, 'Broken S, get into the blind spot of the belly, the 109 does not roll well when diving.' "

Giles: "What about the actual situation?"

"I have flown the 109E3 currently equipped by the army, and it is true that the control stick is very heavy when diving. In fact, this is not the reason for the dive, but the reason for the speed." The Air Force Major General gestured with his hands, "The speed of the 109 in level flight is absolutely impossible to exceed 600 kilometers per hour. In fact, during normal operations, we rarely fly to the maximum speed on paper of 536 kilometers per hour, but the speed may reach 700 kilometers per hour during dive."

Giles: "You mean, General White Horse knows our fighter jets very well?"

"right."

Giles: "What about broken S? Is this a term?"

"Yes. The exact opposite tactical movement of Immelmann's maneuver. It goes something like this." The major general snapped his fingers, and his adjutant immediately came forward with a box. When he opened the box, there were two exquisite fighter models inside.

Then the major general picked up the fighter model and started gesticulating.

While gesticulating, he explained: "You can use Break S during level flight. When the enemy bites your tail, you can use a better roll into Break S to make the enemy lose the target in one fell swoop.

"When the attacking aircraft dives down from a higher altitude, because the attacker's speed is fast and the maneuverability is reduced, the S-S can often get into the attacker's blind spot. However, this maneuver does not give the defender an advantage. As long as the attacker does not If you follow up forcefully and use your speed to regain altitude, you will still have the advantage in the next round.”

Giles: "What about the attacker's follow-up?"

The major general shrugged: "Then you must first control the speed, close the throttle and adjust the propeller pitch at the same time, and use the resistance of the propeller. Fighters do not have speed brakes like dive bombers, and they lack the ability to quickly reduce the speed in this situation. means.

"Even if you control the speed, you have lost a lot of energy in vain. This is very stupid. Therefore, experienced pilots who encounter enemies with broken S will give up the attack, return to altitude and look for opportunities to fight again.

"But most of the time there is no chance to fight again. Our pilots like to use eye-catching paint, which is the pride left by the Red Baron, but the enemy's pilots like to use protective colors, which will blend with the ground after rushing to low altitudes. As a whole, it is difficult to find.

"Yesterday's battle was the same. Our boys shot down one, and the rest of the enemy planes flew close to the ground and ran away.

"Our boys are proud eagles, while the enemy is just a group of sparrows."

Giles: "You don't need to go into such detail. I understand that breaking S is a practical air combat maneuver. How does General White Horse know this? Isn't he an infantryman?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally the chief of staff said: "Maybe the crown prince of Ant is more playful? There are many noble princes who like flying."

Giles nodded, acquiescing to this statement.

At this time Feliz came in: "We captured a few locals."

"Bring it in." Giles paused and corrected his statement, "Please come in."