Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong's side.

The moment he saw the snow falling, he seemed to have turned into a Disney princess, and the famous song "Frozen" sounded in his mind. A little girl was spinning in his mind and singing: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (Do you want to build a snowman?)

Wang Zhong jumped down from Bucephalas and welcomed Xiexue with open arms.

The reason why he is here is to personally direct the artillery fire to block the highway, but the Proson people are very strange and have not left this highway since yesterday.

However, the direction of Kalanskaya was still attacked by the enemy.

Did the enemy attack through that path? Can heavy weapons be used on that trail?

After all, Wang Zhong had been fortified here for more than twenty days, and he had already ridden all over the surrounding area. He knew the path in worse condition.

Just because he had personally inspected that road, he did not think that the Plosans would go that way.

If they take that route, it means that the Prosin people are also willing to risk their lives. They will survive if they rush to Ekaterina Fort to grab supplies, and they will die if they fail to rush.

Wang Zhong took a handful of snow and crushed it in his hand.

The enemy is also fighting hard and cannot relax at all. He must find a way to defeat the enemy again and cut off the enemy's supply line.

That's what I thought, but in fact Wang Zhong didn't have many troops left.

He originally had one division. Except for Wang Zhong's division on Kirinenko's side, which was in better condition, the other units were disabled and they still had to defend such a large defense area.

Although Wang Zhong himself had killed a large number of enemies in the past few days, he also fought several bloody battles with the Prosen soldiers who came up through the smoke, and suffered a lot of losses.

Lieutenant Colonel Eugene reported that after the enemy was repelled, they went to check on the fallen soldiers and found that all the dry food and hams on them had been taken away.

There may also be problems with the food supply for the Ploson soldiers.

This kind of enemy who is hungry but still has the strength to move is more dangerous.

Wang Zhong was thinking about where to draw some more troops to attack again.

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November 12, outside Kalanskaya.

Major Cohen, commander of the 512th Motorized Reconnaissance Battalion, suddenly spotted a road sign in front of him and shouted: "Stop in front of that road sign!"

The motorcyclist immediately turned around and braked in front of the road sign.

Major Cohen climbed out of the truck and stared at the street sign. However, he only recognized the number 25 on it and did not recognize other Ante languages.

"Translate! Come here and see what distance it says is 25 kilometers!"

The translator patted the snow falling on his body, walked over and squinted to identify it, and replied: "It's far from the city center!"

Major Cohen: "Is this city center the same as the city center we understand? Or is there some cognitive bias between our two countries?"

"I think it's the same," the translator thought for a moment, then changed his words, "It's 25 kilometers away from the Summer Palace, which is right in the city center."

The motorcyclist was already laughing: "Summer Palace! Isn't that the palace of the Tsar? We are going to catch another emperor!"

Everyone else burst out laughing, and someone shouted: "I heard that the Tsar also has a daughter! I want to see what she looks like!"

"Be careful, you will be considered by the Segregation Committee as contaminating racial inheritance!"

"Don't be afraid, the Tsar has the blood of our Prosens! At least he is a second-class citizen and can sleep!"

"That's great, hahaha!"

The Prosen Empire has wiped out several kingdoms in its previous expansion. The Prosen army also has a special medal: the Medal for Capturing Royal Members.

Receiving this medal is more glorious than receiving the Iron Cross Level 2!

Major Cohen: "Come on, put our sign in and tell the troops behind you the good news. Then keep moving forward! Maybe if we go all the way, we can rush into Yebao City!"

As he spoke, Major Cohen sat back on the motorcycle and waved his hand: "Forward!"

The driver started the car and continued to drive in the direction pointed by Lupao.

The half-track following the motorcycle knocked down the road sign and ran over it.

Another group of Prossen soldiers installed the new Prossian signs and jumped on their motorcycles to follow the half-track.

Then came the No. 2 tanks assigned to the reconnaissance battalion, and Proson's offensive brigade continued to drive past the new road sign.

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On November 13, the Plosen Army attacked the defensive position on the west side of Kalanskaya.

Lieutenant Hans looked back at the skirmish line.

A thin layer of snow had fallen, and the ground took on a mottled color, a mixture of black and white.

This embarrassed the Panzergrenadiers wearing all-white snow capes.

Wearing this cloak lying on the ground is very obvious.

The guy from the logistics department said that the situation would change when it starts to snow heavily, and then the whole land will be silvery white.

Lieutenant Hans thought that maybe the cloak problem was solved, but what about the winter coat problem?

Lieutenant Hans already felt cold now. He drank some wine to warm up before setting off, but now that the effect had worn off, he felt even colder.

If you want to drink some more wine, you can't. This wine was taken out from the warehouse of the Ant people along the way.

We can only hope that we can get something good after occupying the enemy's position.

The Ant people had thick fur coats, but unfortunately Lieutenant Hans did not dare to wear them even after they were captured, because the company commander who was already in the first company was beaten to pieces by his own people for wearing the enemy's fur coats.

So Lieutenant Hans could only take out the lining of his fur coat, wrap it around his waist and tie it with a belt, and wear Prosen's autumn coat outside.

The advantage of this is that at least your belly is warm.

The bad thing is that nowhere is warm except my belly.

As long as you conquer the enemy's position and rush into the city, you will have a warm fireplace, hot meals, and maybe grab some loot and make a little fortune. Once you conquer Ant, you can get a piece of land here...

Lieutenant Hans looked ahead. The smoke completely obscured the enemy's position.

It seemed very generous to fire so many smoke bombs at once to completely cover the enemy's position.

In fact, this is because the heavy artillery cannot come up, so we can only use smoke to cut off all the enemy's firepower, and then go up to fight hand-to-hand.

The most important thing in hand-to-hand combat is the fighting will of the troops, and since the launch of Operation Typhoon, Lieutenant Hans has yet to encounter Ant troops with a firm will to fight.

I should be able to win it successfully this time. Lieutenant Hans thought.

But an uneasiness enveloped him. There were several rumors recently. One said that Ant's wizard cast black magic on the soldiers, turning them into willless zombies.

Another theory is that Ant's witch gave the soldiers a magic potion that turned them into ruthless killing machines that were not afraid of death.

I hear this saying every night when I sit around the fire.

By the way, it's useless to warm yourself up by the fire. There is no fire in this kind of wilderness.

Lieutenant Hans gripped his submachine gun.

As we get closer to the smoke, it will be clear immediately whether the enemy is the weak soldier who collapses at the first touch, or a killing machine created by witchcraft and evil.

At this time, the No. 2 Spitfire tank advancing with the skirmisher line opened fire.

The main weapons of the No. 2 fire-breathing tank are installed in two small fire-breathing turrets in the front of the vehicle body. The two fire dragons jump forward together, and then swing to the wings.

The entire spray lasted five seconds.

The enemy's position was shrouded in smoke, and the burning effect of the flames was not visible at all.

But the screams of the enemy could be heard.

The commander of the fire-breathing tank seemed to believe that the attack was effective based on his screams, and ordered another spray.

Two fire dragons rushed forward.

This time it was a short spurt and it was over in one go.

Then the No. 2 fire-breathing tank numbered 331 performed several short bursts.

Lieutenant Hans could already smell burning flesh.

The enemy should be dead.

He turned back and shouted to his soldiers: "Go forward! Clear the trenches! Be careful not to get burned."

Then Lieutenant Hans took the lead and moved forward.

This is actually not in line with military regulations. In fact, the officers of the Prosen Army prefer to control the situation behind the scenes, leaving the front-end offensive command to non-commissioned officers and exempt soldiers.

Exempt soldiers are veterans among veterans and do not need to undertake ordinary tasks.

Most noncommissioned officers are exempt soldiers themselves.

But Lieutenant Hans still took the lead. Maybe he wanted to confirm whether the war machine created by witchcraft existed.

He walked into the smoke.

There is actually a rather limited field of vision in the smoke.

Lieutenant Hans saw an Ant man lying on the ground who had been burned to death. He was wearing a somewhat retro military uniform and an unknown leather hat.

It's a pity that this hat has been ignited by the flames of the No. 2 tank and completely burned. Otherwise, it would be very nice to take it back as a gift to my wife——

Lieutenant Hans thought absently.

Suddenly, the Ant man on the ground opened his eyes and suddenly laughed wildly.

Only then did Lieutenant Hans discover that what the man had hidden in his abdominal clothes was not his own intestines, but a grenade.

The Ant pulled the tab.

He could no longer stand up, so he held the grenade in his mouth, crawled on the ground with both hands, and rushed towards Lieutenant Hans.

The grenade exploded, and Lieutenant Hans screamed.

Although he felt no pain, when Lieutenant Hans lowered his head, he saw that his lower body was covered in blood.

As for the Ant soldier, his mouth was completely blown open and his face was blown away.

But his dying expression is still imprinted on Lieutenant Hans's retina!

When he fell, Lieutenant Hans wanted to shout:

It's witchcraft, definitely witchcraft!

How can someone who has been burned like that still have such willpower!

He fell.

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"The attack on Kalanskaya did not go well." The chief of staff looked at General von Moltke, commander of the 2nd Armored Group, with a serious face. "The reason was the lack of heavy firepower, and the self-propelled mortars accompanying the troops could not attack it. Open the enemy's defense."

Feng Moltke: "When will the engineering troops level that path?"

Chief of Staff: "It will be repaired at midnight today, and the heavy artillery will be able to go up by then. Judging from the results of our pure hand-to-hand combat, after the heavy artillery is up, we can take Kalanskaya before November 16."

Von Moltke - General Heinz Wilhelm von Moltke, director of the Plossen Armored Forces, sighed heavily: "On the 16th. You told me that we can only win it on the 16th!"

Chief of Staff: "This is the most conservative estimate. You will definitely be able to climb the ancient castle of Kalanskaya on the 16th and look at the summer palace in the center of Yebao."