Arc of Gunfire

After Wang Zhong occupied Hill 391, he waited until dark—actually, he didn't wait long, because it was too early now—Lieutenant Colonel Eugene finally came up with his pickaxe.

Eugene jumped off the truck and came to No. 422, the core of the defense, and complained: "The weather is getting colder and colder. I'm wearing a coat, and I'm blown into a fool in the car by the wind."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, okay, look at the floor, can you dig it? We found that the heavy artillery bombing only made a pit of that degree."

He pointed to the side, and then found that it was pitch black and the size of the pit could not be seen at all.

Eugene took off the pickaxe on his shoulder: "That's why I brought this old friend here."

Wang Zhong took a step back to make room for him to dig.

The lieutenant colonel frowned as soon as he picked the pickaxe.

Wang Zhong's brows also frowned, and he stared at the lieutenant colonel's expression.

Eugene changed his position, and another guy came, then shook his head repeatedly: "It can still be dug now, but it will be very laborious. I suggest using explosives to blow it up first, and then find a way to level it and repair it."

Wang Zhong: "It's already frozen like this. No wonder the Proson people didn't dig many trenches to protect their 88mm anti-aircraft guns. It turns out that they can't dig it."

Eugene tried a few more times and soon dug out a hole for planting saplings. When Wang Zhong was a child, he went to plant trees on Arbor Day and dug a hole about this size.

Then Eugene stood up and shook his head: "It takes too much energy to dig trenches. I'll go find a softer place. I guess we can only use explosives to blow up foxholes on the top of this slope, and then pile up some sandbags."

Wang Zhong: "No need, there are many craters. This is troublesome. The enemy's heavy artillery will cover it and nothing will be left."

Gunner Alexander, who is also the instructor of the tank training team, suggested at this time: "Drive the KV up and rely on the KV for defense."

Wang Zhong: "It can only be done this way. I'll use the radio to call the KV up. Eugene, find a place to dig trenches! It's all up to you."

Eugene waved his hand: "Leave it to me! If I can't find it, I really can't find it."

As he said this, he carried the miner's pickaxe and walked into the darkness.

Alexander: "Although he is wearing a military uniform, he looks like a miner."

Wang Zhong: "Don't I look like a dandy?"

"Yes, general, very much so." Alexander said.

Wang Zhong climbed up the tank, but when his hand touched the tank, he felt something sticky. He quickly pulled his hand off. Fortunately, he didn't get a layer of skin torn off.

"Oh my god," he looked at his hand, "It's not even below zero yet, has it started like this?"

Alexander: "You'd better get used to wearing gloves. If you touch the iron shell of the tank directly like this when it's minus 40 degrees, we will have to hand you over to the medical staff."

Wang Zhong cursed, climbed up the tank, and took out the radio.

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At eight o'clock in the evening, Wang Zhong heard the engine sound of the KV, and quickly pulled the view. Sure enough, he saw two KVs approaching Hill 391.

Wang Zhong immediately asked on the radio: "Why are there only two?"

"Report to the Diber River, another one has broken down, and the crew has returned to Sukhayaveli to find someone to repair it."

Wang Zhong cursed Suka - he was used to using Suka instead of "wow".

The KV is very heavy and the engine horsepower is insufficient, which directly leads to a high failure rate no matter how much the car is improved.

A small horse pulling a big cart, even if everything is fine, the horse may be exhausted.

Wang Zhong was cursing when Lieutenant Colonel Eugene came over in high spirits: "General! General! I found a layer of soil piled up by rotten leaves in the forest below the mountain - it should be said that it was originally a forest, most of the trees were cut down by the Proson people for burning and building tents, and the rest were flattened by your artillery fire."

Wang Zhong was overjoyed: "How deep can it be dug?"

"It can't be dug too deep because there is still hard soil underneath, but the soil can be put into sacks as sandbags, and the location is very good. I haven't studied military science, but I roughly know that the back slope can be used to avoid artillery. Then it's on the back slope!"

After Eugene finished speaking, he looked around and suddenly realized that this high ground was not too high, and the slope was very gentle.

"Uh... I'm not sure if this high ground can be used to avoid artillery." Eugene made up for it with some embarrassment.

Wang Zhong: "Don't worry, the enemy only had a short time to prepare for our artillery fire. The enemy's supply is not good, and the shells can't come up. We will use the enemy's debris to make some fake targets. When the artillery moves to the position, we will take their tractors and drag the enemy's debris to the front line and cover it with grass." Lieutenant Colonel Eugene laughed: "General, this is how you fight. It's fun - I mean, it's fun to be a friendly army." Wang Zhong also laughed. Just kidding, I like to be a scoundrel in any competitive game! It's fun to be a scoundrel. It's fun to be a scoundrel all the time. Wang Zhong stood up on the tank and looked to the west. The whole land was dark, and only the flames created by the previous extended artillery bombardment were still burning. It seemed that a tree was burning, which reminded Wang Zhong of the lyrics of "The Song of the Lonely Mountain", "The trees like torches blazed with light". Because of language problems, Wang Zhong didn't feel anything about most of the lyrics of English songs, with only a few exceptions, and this was one of them. Wang Zhong looked at the lonely burning tree. Its presence made the surrounding darkness even more intense.

Wang Zhong actually thought about pushing the defense line here.

But the road conditions from the station to here were so bad at that time that nothing could be supplied.

Mud is a double-edged sword.

If it were fortified here, it would be impossible to build fortifications as good as those set up by Suhayaveli.

And even now, Wang Zhong can choose to trust the neighboring troops and only guard his own one-third of an acre.

No, it should be said that when he just retreated to Suhayaveli, Wang Zhong never thought that the Prosen people could "climb" so far in the mud.

Maybe it's because Proson is much stronger than Sandoko.

Wang Zhong looked at the burning lone tree quietly, surrounded by the busy construction site.

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At dawn the next day, Wang Zhong retreated to about one kilometer behind Highland 391.

He hid his tanks in the bushes, which had been plowed yesterday by artillery fire.

Wait for the soldiers of the Beshensk Regiment in front to mince meat with the enemy and consume the enemy to a certain extent, and then put in the tanks for counterattack.

This is Wang Zhong's plan.

The sound of artillery not far behind can be heard. This is the forward-moving artillery regiment covering the path leading to Kalanskaya.

At this time, the communications soldier came over dragging the telephone line: "General, the chief of staff asked us to pull up the telephone line."

Wang Zhong: "Why not use a radio?"

"Afraid of leaking secrets, the phone line is more reliable. That's what he said." After saying that, the communications soldier took out the pliers, cut the phone line, and then skillfully cut off a section of rubber in front of the cut surface to expose the metal wire inside, and then connected it to your portable phone.

After doing this, he put the phone on the ground, shook it a few times to generate electricity, and then picked up the receiver: "Division Headquarters, Division Headquarters! The call has been connected, this is for you, General."

Wang Zhong took the handset that was handed to him: "What's wrong, Pavlov?"

"The First Guards Army thanked us for coming forward to block the road, but they can hold off the enemy. They have four Guards divisions and carefully constructed fortifications."

Wang Zhong: "Yes, but since we are here, we can share some of their pressure. In this way, the enemy will definitely use a lot of troops to attack us today."

Pavlov: "I support your decision. It is better to keep the outcome of the war in your own hands."

Wang Zhong: "Then I'll ask you to deal with them. I'll leave the phone number."

As soon as he finished speaking, an artillery shell fell on Highland 391, one kilometer away.

Wang Zhong: "The enemy's artillery fire preparations have begun. I hung up."

Before Pavlov could answer, Wang Zhong hung up the phone.

The enemy's artillery fire was relatively intensive, but it only lasted for half an hour like yesterday.

Moreover, these artillery fires were basically attracted by the fake tanks launched by Wang Zhong and did not hit the positions behind the hillside.

According to the results of yesterday's exploration in Eugene, all the defensive firepower deployed by Wang Zhong was behind the hillside, and the anti-tank guns were even hidden in the woods.

As long as the enemy tanks cross the hill, they will encounter a head-on attack.

However, Wang Zhong did not think that the enemy could cross the mountain.

He split the rocket artillery brigade into three battalions. Wang Zhong felt that it was a waste when the firepower of one brigade covered the same area.

So we split them into three battalions and launched them one by one.

Wang Zhong is hiding here. Even without plug-ins, as long as the enemy tank crosses the hill and enters the naked eye's field of vision, he can let the rocket launcher fire, and a wave of firepower can cripple the enemy.

Wang Zhong waited for the enemy tanks to cross the high ground.

He could already hear the engine.

But it came from behind!

Wang Zhong quickly changed his vision and saw the laggard KV limping over.

I say it's limping because there seems to be something wrong with the suspension of the left road wheel on this KV and it's a bit wobbly.

The KV commander stuck his head out and waved when he saw Wang Zhong: "General! We've caught up!"

Wang Zhong: "Get into your position! Do you see Lieutenant Colonel Eugene's simple bunker? The one covered with tree trunks! Just park next to it and that's it. Be careful not to dig a ditch!"

The commander set up a pergola and looked over there: "Okay! Don't worry!"

Then the KV drove forward staggeringly, and before it had even reached the speed, it suddenly fell over. The left track in question broke directly, and the car suddenly stopped and was rotated about 30 degrees.

When Wang Zhong saw KV's posture, he thought it was awesome and stopped the ricochet posture.

At this moment, the enemy tanks crossed the hill.

Wang Zhong: "Grizzly bear! Fire! Grizzly bear fire!"

This is the communication call sign assigned to the three battalions. It has not been used before this order is issued. It will not be used again after it is issued. The orderer will bring a new communication call sign.

The meteor shower I saw yesterday flew over Wang Zhong's head again.

However, the target this time was out of Wang Zhong's field of vision. He could only see it from an overhead perspective, so the impact felt much smaller.

What he saw with his naked eyes yesterday was the overwhelming momentum that impressed Wang Zhong deeply.

At the same time as the rocket launcher fired, the ZIS30 hidden in the tree line also opened fire.

Wang Zhong did not bring the 57mm towed artillery group over, because the thing moved too slowly, and it would be troublesome to cover the position if someone marked it.

ZIS30 runs so fast, just change places after playing.

Although the rate of fire of the ZIS30 is not as fast as the towed gun group.

After a wave of shooting, all the tanks that climbed over the cliff stopped.

The tanker jumped out of the tank and backed away.

Wang Zhong laughed. It seemed that there was no need for armored counterattack until all the rocket launcher battalions had finished firing their ammunition.