Arc of Gunfire

Early morning on October 3rd.

Pavlov maintained the posture of holding the receiver and said: "The retreat of the bridgehead troops has been completed, and the installation of explosives has been completed."

Wang Zhong: "Detonate."

Pavlov: "Detonate."

The next moment, the entire roof of the bridgehead on the other side was lifted off by explosives, while the bridge's approach section was like building blocks, pushed into the river by naughty children, and collapsed.

The bridge that had not yet detonated was twisted by the huge force, but the next moment the explosives on the bridge also detonated, and the rails were blown into many sections, flying into the air and then falling back into the water.

From Wang Zhong's bird's-eye view, the highlighted targets in the enemy's trenches that were motionless all started to move, apparently frightened by the series of loud noises.

Watching the red highlighted little people running around in the trenches, Wang Zhong regained a little innocence after a long absence. Unfortunately, he didn't have a mineral water bottle in his hand and couldn't pour water into the trenches.

Pavlov put down the receiver: "The next step is to see how fast the enemy's trenches advance. At the current speed, it is estimated that they will be pushed to the shore on October 9th. If the situation is optimistic, it will rain by then."

Wang Zhong observed the other side and heard the footsteps of the communications staff officer. He turned around and saw the staff officer starting to update the full battle line map on the wall.

Because the commander cannot control the situation of other troops, the battle line situation map of the general division-level command post will not be updated immediately. Instead, the intelligence over a period of time will be summarized and updated together to reduce the workload of the staff.

In this way, only two or three staff officers at the division-level command post can be responsible for updating.

If it were the front army headquarters, there would be more than a dozen staff officers working continuously and complexly to update the verified intelligence on the map, and there would be dozens more staff officers constantly responsible for verifying all kinds of messy information.

Wang Zhong watched the staff update the map and suddenly discovered something: "The enemy on the northern front did not advance yesterday? Are there any troops blocking the enemy?"

Staff officer: "The enemy has stopped advancing and is probably replenishing fuel and ammunition."

Wang Zhong smiled: "The enemy's supply line is beginning to be unable to hold up. The North Road has advanced so far that the transportation capacity cannot keep up."

Pavlov looked at the far left side of the map - that is, the far west side, and then scanned all the way to the front line of the enemy: "This distance is almost a thousand kilometers, so it is normal for problems to arise."

Wang Zhong: "There will be bigger problems after it rains."

He looked outside the observation window again: "It's going to rain, it's going to rain!"

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However, until October 9th, there was no sign of rain.

On the morning of October 9, as soon as Wang Zhong entered the division headquarters bunker, he saw Popov, who was on the night shift, answering the phone: "The enemy has no intention of crossing the river at the moment. We are closely monitoring the enemy. Yes... Oh, he is coming, I will Call him."

After speaking, Popov handed the receiver to Wang Zhong: "Lieutenant General Kirinenko."

Wang Zhong took the receiver and said, "Hello, Lieutenant General."

"The situation is terrible now," Lieutenant General Kirinenko said bluntly. "If it weren't for the constant stream of skitarii, our front line would have collapsed. The good news is that the enemy's arrows to the north have been stopped for two days. ”

Wang Zhong: "Yes, the enemy forces on the north route may not be able to keep up. They need progress on the south route to complete this pincer offensive. So the pressure on us is even greater."

Kirinenko: "This cannot be summed up by saying that we are under greater pressure. Did you know that Kashuch's headquarters was stormed yesterday? He only scratched his skin, but his staff was almost dead. He Even if our army retreats now, it may not be well organized.

"If it doesn't rain, we might not be able to evacuate!"

Wang Zhong: "No, the enemy in front of us has a short supply line, and they are holding their breath after staying here for so long. If it doesn't rain, they will catch up with us."

Kirinenko: "Damn the weather. In previous years, it started to rain in some places on the 7th."

Wang Zhong: "It's useless for you to tell me this. Can I still open an altar to pray for rain for you?"

"What?" Lieutenant General Kirinenko's confusion could be heard across the phone line. It seems that the Ant people have no habit of praying for rain. They have no shortage of water.

There are a large number of rivers in Ant's territory, but all rivers run north-south. Ant's territory is long from east to west. No matter how abundant the water in the north-south rivers is, they cannot support the east-west flow of goods throughout the territory.

Wang Zhong: “I mean, pray to God for rain.”

"Have you forgotten that we are secular?"

Secularists believe that all "miracles" have scientific principles, but they have not been discovered.

Therefore, secularists do not ask for rain, but only predict when it will rain based on meteorological data.

Kirinenko: “According to the data from previous years, it may not rain until October 20 at the latest, so we have to make a wait-and-see plan.

"The good news is that because the enemies on the northern front have stopped moving, we will soon have regular army reinforcements. In addition, the Western Front Army is still building a second line of defense behind us."

Just as Wang Zhong was about to respond to Lieutenant General Kirinenko, the sound of shells falling suddenly came from the sky.

The explosion came immediately, and the shock wave shook the bunker, causing a large amount of dust to fall on Wang Zhong's head.

Pavlov stumbled in and said, "Damn, it's a heavy artillery. The enemy is probably going to attack by force."

Wang Zhong looked outside and saw that the enemy's trenches had been dug to about 20 meters away from the riverbank breakwater. In other words, once an attack is launched, the enemy can rush out of the trench and run two steps into the river.

Relying on the plug-in, Wang Zhong had already seen the enemy's pontoon bridge troops transporting the bridge-building tools to the river in trenches.

He immediately ordered Pavlov: "The artillery regiment is ready, the fourth fire plan."

The fourth firepower plan is to bomb the riverside, which may destroy the bridge-building equipment that has been sent to the riverside.

While Pavlov was giving orders on another telephone, Kirinenko asked in Wang Zhong's ear: "Have you finally started over there?"

"Yes, the enemy has advanced to the shore and is finally about to attack and cross the river. But I am already prepared to engage them in close combat."

"Then I won't bother you. I wish you good luck." After saying that, Kirinenko hung up the phone.

Wang Zhong put down the receiver, and Popov said: "It's finally here. The soldiers are impatient to wait. At least we can definitely stop today's attack."

At this time, Pavlov had just finished giving the order to the artillery regiment. Suddenly his expression changed and he shouted loudly: "Artillery regiment? Artillery regiment?"

He hung up the phone and turned around and shouted: "Communications staff officer! The phone has been blown up! Send someone to check the line quickly!"

Although the enemy is preparing firepower, in this situation, people must be sent immediately to check the line and restore communications, even if this means that the correspondents are facing great danger.

If you delay for too long, it will be a waste of opportunity.

Wang Zhong: "Actually, there is still a secret to radio communications."

"When you shout over the radio, everyone on the other side will know!"

Wang Zhong: "How can you control so much in times of crisis?"

As he spoke, he looked towards the other side.

In addition to the trenches on the other side, an artillery observation post was built on a dirt bag about one kilometer away from the shore. Wang Zhong kept staring at the artillery observation post, hoping that some senior officers would come, but he didn't know if the Pulosans were prepared. After so many days, the artillery observation post was only "led" by a lieutenant.

Wang Zhong no longer wanted to waste cannonballs on a lieutenant.

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Prosen Army, Knights of Asgard, First Army Headquarters.

Giles: "Today's attack, I will personally go to the front line to supervise the battle! We must break through the defense line within one day!"

Feliz: "Absolutely not! General White Horse likes to behead people!"

"First, we now have a strong bunker; second, the two beheadings of General White Horse may be just a coincidence." Giles said seriously, "And my soldiers are dying generously. As a commander, I am not in any danger. How can such an army win the war if it is unwilling to endure it?”

Feliz: "But General White Horse almost bombed the military headquarters before! It was your tin soldiers who caused the disaster!"

Giles smiled, pulled open the corner of the general's coat, and revealed the key hanging on his waist: "I have repaired the tin soldier, and the worst I can do is let him be used as a soldier again. Just like that, you inform Crew of the Amphora Division Commander Ze, I want to go to his division to supervise the battle in person!"

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Kruse frowned when he heard the order from the military headquarters: "If the commander dies on my position, then I will be finished."

He turned to ask the chief of staff: "Is there a safer place where you can see the situation on the front line? For example, a commanding height or something."

The chief of staff looked at the map: "There is a good artillery observation post. It is very hidden. The Ants have not bombed it so far. I think we can arrange for the army commander to go here to supervise the battle."

Cruze nodded: "It's more than one kilometer away from the river bank. Okay, that's it. Prepare the car. I'll go and confirm whether the observation post is safe."

Cruze's adjutant immediately turned around and prepared the car.

About thirty minutes later, Kruse drove to the artillery observation post in a car.

He did not go straight to the observation post, but got off the car one kilometer away from the observation post and walked along the trench to the observation post.

The Proson soldiers he met on the road were all surprised, and they all stood at attention and saluted.

In this way, Kruse walked into the artillery observation post.

The captain guarding the observation post was shocked: "Master!!"

Cruze waved his hand, then approached the observation window from the shadow side, and carefully looked outside.

With unobstructed views of both the east and west coasts, this is indeed an excellent observation position.

The remaining question is whether Rokossov will bombard this place.

Cruze had seen Rokossov blow up the former commander of the Amphula Division who had changed his military uniform and died of serious injuries.

He decided to wait here for the army commander, Lieutenant General Giles.

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Wang Zhong had not paid attention to the artillery observation post one kilometer away from the Dua River. He was busy judging the enemy's main crossing direction so that the reserve team could fill in the correct position.

He just quietly glanced at the artillery observation post, and then he was startled.

Go ahead, why is there a teacher?

You must know that since discovering this artillery observation post, Wang Zhong has measured the cannon and fired at Zhu Yuan, waiting for the fat pig to eat the big one.

Now the pig is finally here!

Although it doesn't want to hit the tree by itself, the tree can come to it on its own initiative!