Arc of Gunfire

On November 17, at 0430 hours, the division headquarters bunker of the 1st Red Flag Mechanized Infantry Division of the Guards Army.

Wang Zhong also arrived at the division headquarters bunker early.

Originally there were only two bears in the bunker, but now there is an additional Yegorov, and three bears are drinking tea next to the fire. This scene looks a bit funny.

Vasily and other staff officers were squeezed to the side. Although they also wore huge thick coats, they still looked relatively slim.

Wang Zhong: "When will the snowstorm stop?"

There will be many problems in attacking in the snow. The main reason is that the visibility is too poor. Coupled with Ant's poor communication skills, there may be a lot of own goals in which one's own people beat their own people.

Pavlov: "The weather forecast says it will stop today. At worst, we will attack in the afternoon."

Wang Zhong: "We can't attack now. Have our armored divisions arrived?"

"The railway is buried, and the snow has to be cleared when the snow stops. Huh?" Pavlov raised his head.

The other two people also turned to look at the observation window.

The wind calmed down.

Wang Zhong used his poor knowledge of meteorology to determine that the cold air front heading south had advanced further south.

He came to the observation window and looked out. The heavy goose-like snow had stopped, but there was still fine snow floating in the sky.

Wang Zhong: "Quickly, make a call and find a way to clear the railway and let the tank divisions come up!"

Yegorov: "Everything was normal when we came by car, but the train got stuck on the road on the way back. What a weather."

Pavlov picked up the receiver and said, "Ante's mother is moody. I'm used to it."

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On November 17, at 0500 hours, the Second Armored Group Headquarters of the Prosen Army.

General Feng Maoqi will come out of the wooden house - this wooden house was built overtime yesterday, otherwise it would be too bad to live in a tent in this weather.

Especially when the Plosen Army is seriously short of heating fuel.

In order to keep warm, almost all the woods around the group headquarters were cut down and burned.

The general looked at the supply team blocking the road not far from the headquarters and asked loudly: "Why don't you move forward? Kalanskaya's troops need supplies!"

Immediately, a captain wearing the armband of the logistics force ran over and saluted, and then reported: "The snow and wind were so heavy yesterday that the convoy had to stop. Today, all the cars cannot start, and some cars can't even turn the cranks. It’s all frozen inside.”

General Moltke scolded: "Can't you light a fire to melt the ice? Use wood to burn it!"

"yes!"

After the captain left, General Moltke looked up at the sky and asked his adjutant: "What temperature is it now?"

Adjutant: "Our thermometer has failed."

"What?"

"It failed. The temperature has dropped below the melting point of mercury and the mercury has solidified."

General Mao Qi was silent, and his breath condensed into ice crystals on his beard.

The adjutant consoled him: "We have checked Ant's climate data from previous years. For Ant, this is also an astonishingly low temperature. Under such temperatures, no one has the will to fight."

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"We have a long march, comrades, where are we looking ahead? The team flag is flying high in the wind, and the commanders are at the front!"

Accompanied by the song "Departure", the railway workers worked hard to control the mechanical device of the railway snow plow. The hand-operated trolley drove along the railway, and the snow shovel installed in the front shoveled all the snow on the railway to the left side.

Behind the cart was a group of skitarii, who were responsible for sweeping away the fallen snow with sweepers.

Further behind is a train moving at human walking speed.

When the train entered the station, the whistle sounded, as if to announce the arrival of the tank troops to everyone.

Wang Zhong watched the train enter the station on the platform. When the train passed in front of him, he asked the train driver loudly: "Where is the stuffy tank car that was blocked on the way back?"

Driver: "Stop on the additional line and give way. General, I'm bringing the tank to you!"

As the car passed by, on the coal carriage, the guards stood on the coal pile and saluted Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong raised his hand and saluted back, then looked at the tank on the flatbed truck.

Then he discovered that it was an ordinary T34 without a commander and radio.

An officer with a major general's collar on his collar jumped out of the car, buffered for a few steps on the platform before stopping, and saluted Wang Zhong: "Your Excellency General! Aldarion Mihai, Commander of the 77th Tank Division Vicky reports to you!”

Wang Zhong: "How many tanks do you have?"

"40 wagons, 80 cars! There is another train behind, also 80 cars. This is all the belongings of our division."

Wang Zhong: "How many infantry, artillery and machine guns do you have?"

Mihajvich spread out his hands: "No, we have nothing but tanks, and we even need you to support the division logistics team!"

Wang Zhong: "Let your boys unload the truck, and then go to the military depot to get two extra barrels of diesel to put on the back of the tank. We have to charge a long distance!"

As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, two railway workers came out of the wooden house at the station, one holding a phone and the other pulling the line.

The two came to Wang Zhong, and the one holding the phone said to Wang Zhong: "General, this is a call from the division headquarters."

Wang Zhong took the receiver: "I am Rokosov."

"Rokossov, I am Kirinenko, guess what? My cavalry army came up again after replenishing it. When you attack, I will let them attack and cover you!"

"They can run faster than your tanks in the snow! If you don't believe it, let's compete!"

Wang Zhong smiled: "Kirinenko, you are not allowed to leave the army headquarters, you still have to command the follow-up troops."

Kirinenko's interest suddenly dropped: "You guy, you charge randomly and don't let us charge. I think you should become the commander of the front army as soon as possible, so that you can only raise your butt in the rear headquarters." It’s cocooned!”

Wang Zhong laughed loudly: "Even if I become the commander of the front army, I will still go to the front line in person when I should!"

After all, you have to make use of the plug-in, right? Maybe you will even go up into the air to conduct reconnaissance.

Kirinenko: "Then leave it to you. See you in Prosonia!"

"Yeah. See you in Prosonia."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Zhong looked at the railroad tracks again and saw soldiers from the tank division laying auxiliary iron plates in preparation for unloading the trucks.

Wang Zhong suddenly remembered and asked Division Commander Mihajvich: "Why are they all T34 with two-man turrets? Does your division not have T34W?"

Mihajvich smiled bitterly and said: "34W is very popular. Many troops do not use tanks to determine whether this is good, but think that the one you drive must be good. Some people think that this is produced under the special production plan of the royal family, and the quality is definitely better than ordinary ones." T34 is good.”

Wang Zhong: "Is the quality of ordinary T34 bad?"

Mihajvich: "There are no big problems, just a lot of small ones. Our T34s are all new from the factory. If the shooting distance exceeds 500, don't expect to hit, because the gunner has not mastered the temper of the gun - anyway, the shells cannot hit Near the crosshair."

Is the quality so bad...

Wang Zhong: "I want to protest this issue to the production factory, but it's too late to change it now. Let's make do with it. I'll try my best to ensure that I fire within 500 meters."

"please."

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At 1300 noon on November 17, the 1st Guards Mechanized Infantry Division headquarters bunker.

Pavlov looked at his watch and said, "The time has come."

He picked up the receiver: "Take over the artillery position and fire."

When he put down the phone, Popov said: "It's finally time to counterattack. To be honest, I also thought about the situation where the enemy rushed near the division headquarters bunker and I had to go out and lead the troops to counterattack myself."

As he spoke, Popov patted the gun on his waist and said, "The gun was prepared just for this moment. As a result, the enemy rushed our position, changed its target, and did not dare to attack our position at all. At that time, I really felt, They are just ordinary people and can be defeated."

Pavlov: "Don't we already know that the enemy is an ordinary person? If we are killed, we will die. If we are bombarded, we will cry like ghosts."

As he spoke, Pavlov raised his head and looked in the direction where the sound of gunfire was coming from.

"The enemy is howling like ghosts and wolves right now."

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Wang Zhong was sitting in his own special seat in car No. 422. When he saw Yegorov riding his horse along the battle line to check the skirmisher line, he shouted: "Yegorov, you have to push the horse down!"

"Nonsense!" Yegorov scolded, "How can I be so strong? This horse is a thoroughbred and weighs half a ton! It's not a big deal for me to compete with it!"

At this time, the tank unit's attack formation had been fully deployed, and Wang Zhong's No. 422 was still at the front. The reason was also because he wanted to discover the location of the 88 gun as soon as possible.

Wang Zhong estimated that the enemy's 88-guns should still have shells, so he brought a lot of smoke bombs this time. He was prepared to find that the 88-guns were full of smoke bombs and would not shoot at you. He just wanted to block your firepower as soon as possible.

That is to say, the United States has not passed the Lend-Lease Act and has not assisted Ant. Otherwise, Wang Zhong would have loaded half of the white phosphorus bombs and let your people start burning them with one shot, and then the cannon would be mine.

Although the 88 gun looked normal last time, it was actually broken, so it had to be dismantled and taken back to the rear factory for research.

If you have white phosphorus bombs, you must hand over one for use.

When Wang Zhong played Company of Heroes 2 and used the German army on the Eastern Front, he liked to use the commander with the 88-gun to fight positional battles with the enemy.

It seems that in these games, they all like to make the sound of the 88-gun gun very loud and full of oppression. When playing Allied Forces, hearing the sound of 88-gun cannons makes my heart slow down for half a beat.

This led to Wang Zhong always wanting to capture an 88th artillery battery - no, a battalion is best!

There might be a chance for this attack!

Wang Zhong was daydreaming when Yegorov came running over on his horse weighing half a ton: "The troops' skirmishing line has been drawn! I think the artillery preparations are almost complete, we can set off!"

After speaking, Yegorov saluted Wang Zhong on his horse.

Wang Zhong returned the gift.

At this time, soldiers wearing white cloaks and snowboards came running from a distance, flicking their tails and raising a sheet of white in front of No. 422.

The soldier saluted: "Your Excellency General, the ski reconnaissance force reports that there are no mines ahead and the traffic is clear!"

Yegorov, who heard the report, laughed and said: "There is no way to lay mines today, okay? Unless they are buried in the snow instead of the soil, they will fly away as soon as the shelling explodes, and then explode."

Wang Zhong saluted the ski reconnaissance team: "Thank you. Please continue to serve as the leader of the armored forces."

He paused and added: "See you in Prosonia."

These words were like magic words, and the soldier's fighting spirit was visible to the naked eye. After returning the gift, the two skiers returned the same way.

Wang Zhong sat upright and raised his right hand high. While doing so, he looked up at the red flag on the antenna.

But Salia's homeland seemed to be heating up around her waist.

He cleared his throat and shouted: "Tank division, advance!"

He heard a familiar duang sound, okay, it has been returned to the factory once, and the problem of needing to use a wrench to hit the joystick has not been corrected! What was repaired after returning to the factory?

The dual exhaust pipes at the rear of No. 422 spewed out thick smoke, and it took a sharp step forward before starting to speed smoothly.

The 77th Tank Division that had just come up had never practiced with Wang Zhong at all, but they actually formed a very neat formation behind Wang Zhong's eight T34Ws.

The skirmisher line of infantry was right behind the tank troops, and Yegorov was leading them on horseback - this guy is really not afraid of taking shots!

However, Wang Zhong thought about it and realized that he was not qualified to criticize others. This car No. 422 was rushing ahead with a red flag. All the enemy's anti-tank firepower must be directed at No. 422.

At this time, Wang Zhong could see the enemy's position.

The ground was too hard at this time, and the enemy had no decent defenses at all, so there were heavy casualties.

The remaining men, however, worked their way into the fortifications.

It's a pity that the Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade has returned, otherwise Wang Zhong would have sent another wave of rocket artillery to cover them.

Suddenly, Wang Zhong saw the enemy machine gunner working hard to open the machine gun's machine door.

Good guys, these people have no experience in dealing with severe winter. They don't know how to warm up the machine gun, and the machine gun is frozen!

What kind of rocket launcher coverage is needed?

Wang Zhong immediately thought of a way, turned around and shouted to Yegorov: "Yegorov, sing!"

Yegorov: "What are you singing? I still have one last grenade?"

Go away, my song is not called this name, please call it The Last Courage!

Wang Zhong: "This won't work, it's too tragic! Holy war won't work either, it's too much like a hymn! Like this, sing Tania Tanyusha!"

"Are you sure you want to sing this?"

"I am sure!"

There is nothing more appropriate than praising love and laughing at death on the battlefield.

The infantry array began to sing: "I remember a small provincial town,

Lonely, remote, and depressing.

The city’s boulevards, markets and churches,

There is also a hazy mist echoing.

I saw——

"Dear familiar figure,

blue round hat,

blue coat;

Dark skirt, girlish figure,

My short-lived love! "

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Prossen gunner John was desperately trying to open the machine brake.

The roar of enemy tanks shook the snowfields.

At this time, he heard singing coming from the distance. At first, the song was like a breeze, like a girl speaking softly in his ears, which made people feel happy.

Even John stopped fighting against the frozen machine locks and looked at the enemy in confusion.

Suddenly, the singing became violent (actually it was entering the chorus), and the enemy was shouting a battle cry (actually a call for love for the girl), and they came to kill menacingly.

John heard someone shouting: "Red flag! It's the devil's red flag! After they kill you, they will pee on you and mark you with hell!"

The caller stood up and ran away, like a frightened rabbit.

This time it was out of control, the battle line collapsed all of a sudden, and everyone was running madly back.

Those who can't move are those who suffered from frostbite last night.

John also dropped the machine gun, got up and ran.

At this time, the tank's machine gun rang out, and the whip of death composed of tracer bullets shot from behind John, efficiently harvesting the fleeing Prossens.

And the singing voice that sounded like a devil's whisper became even louder, shaking John's eardrums.

He suddenly seemed to have been punched.

Realizing that something was wrong, he touched his chest, only to feel the big hole left by the bullet. Then he fell forward and fell to the ground under the force of the impact, his wide-open mouth filled with mud and mud. Mixed snow.