Arc of Gunfire

An Ant dressed as a farmer was brought into the room.

Giles looked at him carefully and praised him: "Farmers are most familiar with precipitation and the conditions of the earth, which is very good. Ask him how much impact the autumn rain will have on transportation."

The second lieutenant who brought the farmer in immediately asked questions in Ant language.

The farmer did not answer in a hurry, but looked around curiously, without any fear at all.

The second lieutenant cursed in Ant language: "Suka! Answer the question!"

The farmer glanced at him and then looked at Giles: "The impact of rain is not just that, the mule cart cannot carry too heavy things, otherwise the mules will not be able to pull it. The axles of the cart must also be reinforced in advance, otherwise it may accident.

"Horses always have various problems with their horseshoes, and from time to time they have sprained legs. Horses that are prone to sprained legs cannot be bred because the defects may be passed on to foals... In the end, they can only be killed and eaten. Meat……"

"That's enough!" the second lieutenant cursed, "answer the question!"

The farmer stared at the ensign with wide eyes: "Aren't I just answering the question? Aren't you asking about the impact of rain? That's it!"

The captain sighed and began to translate the content to Giles.

Giles listened seriously and said: "It seems that the rain has a serious impact on traffic..."

Chief of Staff: "This may be because the Ant people take care of their livestock too extensively. For example, the horse's leg sounds like a problem caused by poor care. So that's what it means to be an inferior race."

Giles ignored the chief of staff and continued to ask: "Is the circulation of goods still normal during the rainy season? Can I buy goods normally?"

After the second lieutenant finished translating, the old farmer smiled: "Buy normal goods? How is it possible! In the past, there were no church stores, and all kinds of goods were extremely expensive during the rainy season and the pulping season.

"Now the good people of the church will sell goods at a fair price, and the inquisitor even shot Mr. Boyer who was hoarding goods!"

After the second lieutenant finished translating, the chief of staff sneered: "Huh, the church just uses methods to win people's hearts!"

Giles said angrily: "Don't talk!"

Then he turned to Feliz: "It looks like this rainy season may have a greater impact than we expected."

Feliz: "Our plan already has 20% redundancy. A little rain can reduce the transportation capacity by 20%? And the old farmer also said that it can be pulled by mule carts, but it needs regular maintenance. axle.

"Our mule carriages are better than the Anters' carriages. How about increasing the redundancy to 30%?"

Giles nodded: "Yeah, thirty percent."

At this time, the old farmer asked: "What, you can't attack anymore, you have to wait until it rains?"

The others couldn't understand the Ant language and looked at the old farmer curiously.

The second lieutenant who knew Ant language gave the old farmer a slap in the face: "This is none of your business!"

Giles: "Don't do it! What did he say?"

"He asked us if we couldn't attack anymore and would wait until it rained," the second lieutenant said.

Giles: "Answer 'yes'."

After the second lieutenant finished translating, the old farmer smiled.

Giles: "Ask him why he's laughing."

(after translation)

Old farmer: "I thought of something happy, Colonel."

Feliz was about to get angry, but Giles stopped him: "Don't be like this. The general of our knights does not have a red collar badge, and the Ant farmers didn't recognize it, so they just gave him the highest military rank, and that's it.

"Take him down and give him gifts and food."

Feliz nodded, and then gave the order in a stern tone. The second lieutenant translator immediately dragged the old farmer out of the room with rough movements.

Feliz turned back and saw Giles with a serious face.

"Don't worry," he reassured, "Even the Ant people can maintain transportation during the rainy season, which just proves that it's not that scary. The intelligence shared by the headquarters also mentioned that it will rain, which may affect transportation."

Giles said, "Do you still remember the huge traffic jam at the beginning of the war? The headquarters was not reliable last time."

At this time, the Air Force Major General who had been present (the Air Force general did not have the red collar badge) said: "We have established a modern airport. Even if ground transportation is not smooth, air transportation can still be carried out."

Giles nodded and turned to the war zone map: "We will continue to carry out soil work, and at the same time, various ministries began to stockpile ammunition and other supplies."

Feliz: "Then shall we reply to the enemy?"

Giles thought for a while and said: "Send it clearly, saying that we are aware of it. Thank you for the reminder. My name is signed at the end of the telegram."

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The bunker at the headquarters of the 1st Guards Infantry Division of the Ant Army.

Wang Zhong looked at the enemy's reply and made a long face: "The enemy will not be fooled!"

Pavlov looked worried: "Are they really prepared to deal with the mud? Then General, there are loopholes in your war concept!"

For a moment, Wang Zhong really felt that Proson, as a great virtue, might have some awesome coping methods. But then I thought about it, although Proson had come up with some equipment that would take a few years for Santoku on Earth to come up with, his overall level did not surpass Santoku by much.

Moreover, Prosen has basically stepped on all the pitfalls that Santoku has stepped on in the history of earth warfare.

There shouldn't be much of a problem.

Wang Zhong: "Since the enemy does not accept our well-intentioned suggestion, we will play trench warfare with them. Tonight we will organize a night attack force to surprise them and slow down the enemy's advance."

Pavlov: "Okay."

Wang Zhong: "Gregory!"

The sergeant entered the bunker: "What's wrong?"

Wang Zhong: "You will lead the night attack team tonight. Don't walk across the bridge, it will be too conspicuous. Let the navy row you over. The key is to be quiet."

Gregory: "Yes. Did I select the troops who participated in the attack?"

"You choose." Wang Zhong nodded.

Pavlov: "Why don't we unite with the Navy? They will continue to send people to cover the technicians to dismantle the radio tonight. Let's send it over together."

Wang Zhong: "Okay. You contact the navy. In order to cover the night attack force, we will prepare artillery fire tonight. If the artillery fire is organized according to the existing firepower plan, the night attack force can be close to about thirty meters without worrying about our army's artillery fire. ”

"Okay." Pavlov picked up the receiver and suddenly smiled, "This thing is almost becoming my production tool, just like a farmer and a hoe."

Wang Zhong: "What are you talking about? That's obviously your weapon! Just like my little tank."

Pavlov frowned: "What a little tank, what you said is disgusting."

It was obviously you who said it in the first place!

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Two or two holes in the night.

Wang Zhong was even more nervous than during the day, lying next to the observation window and looking at the other side.

Relying on the plug-in, he could clearly see that the enemy's trenches had dug 100 meters and were still 1,200 meters away from the shore.

At this rate, they would dig to the shore in another twelve days.

Wang Zhong's plug-in was many times more powerful at night than during the day. With the visibility at night, he could see the Proson soldiers making coffee in the trenches so far away. This was terrifying.

Wang Zhong even thought that if he had not gone to the United Kingdom instead of wearing Ant, he would probably have been a member of the Allied Death Squadron, and together with the hero who could play the bagpipe and use the long sword and long bow, he would have gone everywhere looking for the Prossen people. trouble.

At this time, he saw the navy's small boat setting off.

Wang Zhong originally thought that these small boats must be rowed with oars, but the navy put a rope in the water and led directly to the other side. A group of people pulled the rope like a tug of war, and they just pulled it over.

Wang Zhong didn't know when the navy lowered the rope. Maybe the navy landed on the first day for a side attack, and left the rope after the attack for a sneak attack at night.

It can only be said that the combat mobility of naval infantry is indeed terrifyingly high.

Wang Zhong watched the Rangers led by Gregory ashore, and was surprised to find that there was a company of naval infantry following them.

It is estimated that the naval infantry also wanted to attack at night, and they hit it off immediately.

From Wang Zhong's perspective, there are three signs of our army landing at the ferry. A naval infantry company is parked in place, presumably to cover the technicians who are dismantling the radio.

The other two markers slowly approached the enemy trenches.

Because the visibility was too low, Wang Zhong could only see the signs of the troops, but not the actions of specific people.

On the contrary, because of the highlighting mechanism, the enemy can be seen very clearly - no, the only enemies highlighted are those within Wang Zhong's naked eye view, which is just a section of the trench. The target chosen by Gregory and the others to attack happened to be outside Wang Zhong's highlighting range. Inside.

Wang Zhong sighed: "Send me two more guards. I want to go closer to observe the situation."

Pavlov was shocked: "You want to cross the river?"

Popov went to catch up on his sleep and was not in the bunker. If he were in the bunker, he would probably have the same reaction.

Wang Zhong: "No, take a walk along the battlefield. Take a walk. I've eaten enough in the evening."

Nelly: "Are you full? You didn't eat much either?"

Wang Zhong: "I ate a lot of pancakes, and then when I drank water, the pancakes swelled up. Now I have to take a walk to eat, that's it."

Pavlov: "But the artillery fire preparations are about to begin. Can you leave the headquarters now? The enemy may also retaliate against us."

Wang Zhong could only give up. He had seen the intensity of the enemy's shelling in the past few days. If it weren't for the good concrete fortifications, this shelling would have been enough to disintegrate the 1st Guards Division.

He didn't want to be bombarded outside the bunker at all.

Thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help by running to a place where the location of the attack could be highlighted. After all, this is not him personally commanding the tank to fight. When the enemy is highlighted, he can immediately command the tank to fire.

At this moment, music suddenly came from the other side of the river.

Because the sound was too far away, Wang Zhong couldn't hear clearly what song it was, so he asked Vasily: "Musician, what song is this?"

Vasily listened intently for a few seconds and said, "It seems to be Katyusha."

Wang Zhong: "The enemy is releasing Katyusha?"

Vasily listened again and nodded: "Yes, it's Katyusha, and it's a female voice singing. It may have been played on a captured record player."

Wang Zhong's mouth opened into an O shape.

At this time Pavlov said: "It's time, start preparing for artillery fire?"

Wang Zhong was just about to say "fire" when he suddenly saw the two troop signs moving towards the enemy's position accelerating.

Wang Zhong: "No, don't fire! The situation has changed!"