Arc of Gunfire

Chapter 260 Rokosov returns in triumph (updated 19/33)

November 22, St. Catherine's Castle, external entrance on the west side of the city's outer ring.

Neli confirmed Wang Zhong's attire and nodded: "Now you will never be embarrassed by your clothes."

Wang Zhong: "I have never been embarrassed, okay!"

Nellie immediately showed the compassionate and loving expression that a mother would have on her mentally retarded son.

To be honest, because Nellie is super cute, Wang Zhong thinks her expression is also very cute.

But there are more important things to do now.

Wang Zhong glanced at the queue of prisoners who had completed their formation.

The Pulosen people are really disciplined, and they can still line up in such a neat queue even though they are all prisoners.

The 20 people walking at the front all had red collar badges, which meant that they were General Prossen.

After that, there are prisoners who have the rank of general, but do not have the red collar badge due to the military branch, and only after that can they reach the rank of school officer.

In the queue of 100,000 prisoners, the privates were all at the back, and the thousands in front were all officers of various kinds.

Moreover, Wang Zhong had the evil intention to make them wear his best military uniforms and the most beautiful medals, but he did not allow them to shave, comb their hair, or wash their faces.

The main theme is a beautiful military uniform with unkempt hair.

Selected Ant officers who knew Prosen were scattered on both sides of this long queue.

Because there were too many people, in order to ensure that there would be no confusion during the march, many civilian personnel working in division headquarters and military headquarters were also selected to serve as translators.

A queue of 100,000 people, including a large number of wounded people on crutches and lying on stretchers. Even if the queue is four columns, it is still surprisingly long.

This huge queue will go along the main road of Yebao, pass through Yebao, pass through the central square where the military parade was held before, then pass in front of the main entrance of the Summer Palace, and finally enter the special prisoner of war camp on the outskirts of the city.

Wang Zhongda reported that the prisoner of war camp should be called Gongdelin, but Belinsky did not approve it.

What a great name!

But it seems that this name was originally chosen as a joke by netizens later.

At this time, Buscephalas called out. Wang Zhong looked back at his horse, only to see a major coming over and saluting Wang Zhong: "Your Excellency, the triumphal ceremony can begin."

Wang Zhong nodded, turned over and mounted Bucephalas, and then raised his hand.

Before he could wave his hand down, the military band started playing!

Wang Zhong could only pretend that raising his hand was a signal, and put down his hand with a satisfied expression.

That's why you didn't communicate well.

The military band played the song "Ante Woman's Farewell" again. Wang Zhong gently pinched Bucephalas' belly, and the horse started to walk with its head held high, which was quite impressive.

In fact, a large number of Ant people had gathered in the outer ring, and they started cheering the moment they saw Wang Zhong mount his horse.

Wang Zhong nodded to them, raised his right hand and shook it gently.

At this time, Wang Zhong saw his old acquaintance, the United States reporter Mike, and his partner, the photographer Robert Capa.

But this time they were among a crowd of reporters.

Several of these reporters, Wang Zhong, could clearly see that they were not from Ant, and they speculated that they should come from all over the world.

Maybe there are Prosen spies disguised as reporters.

Wang Zhong smiled at the camera, and the next moment, countless spotlights sprayed out smoke.

Inquisitors wearing blue hats surrounded the group of reporters. Apparently all the reporters' flashlights and cameras had been checked to make sure they were not firearms.

As Buscephalas walked slowly forward, some reporters also followed, seemingly regarding Wang Zhong as the core of the report.

Other reporters turned their cameras on the Prosen captives.

Wang Zhong had just walked a certain distance forward when a girl broke through the blockade formed by priests and skitarii and held up flowers to present to Wang Zhong.

But Buscephalas ate the flowers in one gulp.

The girl was stunned, and then she was immediately pushed to the ground by the strong-backed female judge.

Wang Zhong: "I just want to give you flowers, so be gentle."

His words sparked cheers.

Wang Zhong looked at the other side of the road and found that many onlookers were actually staring at this side. Switching to the overlooking perspective, he could zoom in and clearly see their envious expressions - envious that the people on the opposite side of the road could interact with Wang Zhong. Loyal interaction.

Wang Zhong looked at the military band and prisoners marching in the middle of the road and determined that he would not be able to ride across the road to interact with the people on the other side.

That can only make the viewers on the other side envious, there is nothing I can do about it.

When Wang Zhong thought like this, he suddenly realized something: These captives are animals for everyone to visit, so why the hell am I not the same?

Damn it, I thought this was very pretentious before, so I agreed, but I didn’t expect this level!

No wonder Lyudmila didn't come, she didn't want to be exhibited!

Misstep!

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Eight hours later, Wang Zhong finally entered the Summer Palace by car exhausted.

Lyudmila came with him this time, and she teased him when she saw his appearance: "How does it feel, a triumphal ceremony. If this were ancient times, I would build you a triumphal arch, and set up another one in front of it for you to ride on. Horse statue."

Wang Zhong, who had been on display for eight hours, could only smile bitterly.

By the way, his butt hurts now from eight hours of riding.

It stands to reason that before I rode Busifaras for reconnaissance or something, I could run dozens or hundreds of kilometers at a time without any pain in my butt. This time, I don’t know what happened, so I took a circle around Yebao City, eight times When I was young, my butt felt like it was about to split open.

Maybe this was because I was walking slowly while riding the horse and kept in this position without being able to dismount and rest, so that was why I was like this.

Entering the summer palace courtyard, the ruins of the ruins come into view.

It seems that this is the trace left by that famous bombardment.

Judging from the ruins, the caliber is probably 15CM, not a 17 or 21CM heavy artillery. Wang Zhong did not find these two types of heavy artillery in the Kalanskaya encirclement.

If you think about it carefully, there should be no way for this kind of heavy artillery to be sent to Kalanskaya under the circumstances at that time.

Lyudmila asked curiously: "Why don't you clean up these debris?"

Wang Zhong: "It's been cleaned up. Didn't you see that many small stones have been taken away? These are the ruins that were deliberately retained. At least when I see this, I think that Puluosen must be destroyed. One day I will be in Puluo On the streets of the Sen capital, they bombarded their center of power with heavy artillery.”

Lyudmila looked at the wreckage again: "Well, I expect so too."

At this time, the car arrived in front of the main entrance of the palace.

His Majesty the new Tsar was standing at the top of the steps, looking at the guests with a smile.

As soon as Wang Zhong got out of the car, Olga ran down with her skirt in hand: "Alyosha!"

Wang Zhong knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty."

Don't underestimate the iron wall of the empire!

Lyudmila glanced at Wang Zhong and saluted directly - she was also wearing a military uniform. Strictly speaking, saluting was the most standard response.

Olga stopped, put away the smile on her face, assumed a dignified manner, and extended her hand to Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong kissed the back of her hand and then stood up.

Olga: "There is a flaw!"

"Your Majesty!" Admiral Turgenev's voice came from behind.

Olga urgently stopped the body that was about to attack, and said with a straight face: "Congratulations on your triumphant return. In view of your merits, I grant you the right to enter the palace with weapons and the right to ride horses in the palace."

Coming soon, ride Busifaras into the audience hall.

Wang Zhong: "Thank you, my respected Catherine III."

Olga's expression dimmed: "They didn't let me be called Catherine III or change my name. So I can only call me Olga I."

Wang Zhong: "This life is not bad, my Majesty."

Olga smiled and said: "Come in, the generals are waiting for you.

“It took me a lot of effort to get them to allow me to come alone to greet you.

"They said that Your Majesty welcomes a major general alone. There is no such rule. I said you are like my brother. No, you are the one who takes care of me on my brother's behalf. When my brother returns from victory, can he stop his sister from welcoming him?"

It's hard for Wang Zhong to refute, because he really intends to be a good brother in place of his good brother.

He had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, you must pay attention to the impact of your actions in the future."

"I know. Come this way, don't keep the generals waiting."

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The map room of the General Staff Headquarters was changed to another room. According to the intelligence collected by Wang Zhong from an overhead perspective, the room where Wang Zhong killed General Skorobo has been sealed.

Wang Zhong asked Olga curiously: "Why did you change rooms?"

Olga: "Because my father, the traitor of Ant, died there. In addition to the fact that you killed General Skorobo, two high-level traitors have already died there."

Wang Zhong said oh.

Olga: "And the window glass was damaged by the shock wave during the shelling. So I moved to a new room. It's very uncomfortable not being able to close the window in this weather."

As he spoke, the servant opened the door to the new conference room and shouted at the same time: "Her Majesty the Tsar Olga I, General Rokossov, Ant's hero, has arrived!"

Just a word about Ant’s hero? This title is not long enough - although I am not fighting for a long title.

All the generals in the room stood up.

Wang Zhong glanced around and felt that all the senior generals in the capital were here - plus General Turgenev who had been following him. If a bomb was to be detonated here at this time, the Ante Army might collapse.

Belinsky was also sitting in the gallery.

Olga was the tsar, so she was in the host position. Wang Zhong also got a seat on the right side of the conference table, only behind Chief of General Staff Tukhachev and Defense Minister Marshal Boris.

Lyudmila sat in the corner attendant's area.

After the group was all seated, Tukhachev stood up and stood in front of the huge map with a long stick.

When Wang Zhong sees the huge map covering the entire wall, he will reflexively think of "Xuzhou has fought in ancient times..."

Tukhachev spoke: "Everyone, in December, our army will launch a full-scale counterattack against the Plosin army in Ant. This attack aims to completely eliminate the threat of Plosin.

"Many years ago, a conqueror was defeated at Yebao City. At that time, we were also ruled by a queen. At that time, we launched a resolute counterattack and quickly defeated the conqueror.

"We now believe that history will repeat itself again."

Wang Zhong: "How is that possible! Can it be the same now as it was a hundred years ago?"

Tukhachev: "Of course we know that it was different a hundred years ago than it is now, but a counterattack is imperative. I think everyone should have no problem with General Rokossov, who has returned from the victory, commanding him. In fact, after the victory, In the final battle of Kalanskaya-Suhayaveli, the general commanded troops far exceeding his rank.

"I heard that even Lieutenant General Kirinenko and Lieutenant General Kashukh obey your command. So now, grant you the rank of general and command this glorious offensive. No one will object."

Wang Zhong stared at Tukhachev's face, thinking that many people would object to this.

He looked at Belinsky.

Now that the tsar has passed away, the new emperor has not yet established his prestige, the old aristocracy and the secular church are already in great conflict, and the army has a lot of aristocratic officers——

If I jump several levels to become a general now, I'm afraid I will be roasted on the fire.

Wang Zhong thought about what he had thought before launching the attack.

Judging from the battles in the past six months - these five months, Ante has a lot of problems, ranging from troop formation, to tactical drills, to military thinking, and finally equipment, everything is a problem.

If these problems are not properly resolved, the situation will probably be even worse when the Tiger enters the battlefield next year.

Wang Zhong always thought that he was a warrior, but now it seemed that he had to do the work of the paper maker.

The opponent is Jude. In the first year of Barbarossa, Fritz

The results of the Tigers on earth were terrible enough. A company of Tigers would kill several Soviet tank brigades at every turn.

If the giants here come up with some E50, E75, or even the overhead tank E79 that appears in the game... it will be a headache.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhong stood up and said: "Please allow me to refuse this appointment. First of all, being directly promoted from major general to general is against the rules. I have been promoted from lieutenant colonel to brigadier general before, and it is not appropriate to be promoted like this."

"Secondly, I don't think this attack can end the war. I think we should be careful to regain lost ground and not underestimate the enemy.

"In addition, during the battle, I discovered that the current organization of our army, as well as tactical thinking, drills, equipment design, etc., are not suitable for the practice of current wars.

"In the future, I hope to spend about half a year correcting these mistakes as much as possible."

Tukhachev's expression is serious, probably because he is one of the contributors to these wrong tactical ideas, training manuals and equipment design.

At this time, Marshal Boris stood up to smooth things over: "Then can the general serve in the Military Command? Your brother has shown amazing work ability in the Logistics Command. I think..."

At this time, Wang Zhong noticed that Belinsky nodded to Olga.

So Olga seemed to have made a lot of determination, stood up and said: "Everyone!"

Her voice was majestic, the voice of a Tsar.

Olga: "I decided to promote Rokosov to lieutenant general, and appointed General Rokosov as the dean of the Suvorov Military Academy. I think he is there and can revise what he just mentioned. mistake."

Wang Zhong was stunned for a moment: "Olga - Your Majesty, I was ranked last when I graduated from there."

Olga smiled slightly: "Look at your results, my dear general, you are only at the bottom. Doesn't it mean that there is something wrong with our military education? Where are all those who did well in your exams in the same period?"

Tukhachev said: "They were all killed. Isn't that natural?"

Olga was unmoved: "According to tradition, the dean of the Suvorov Military Academy is appointed by me. I have already decided and will not change it."

Wang Zhong thought for a while, that's good, at least it can be compiled into a train of thought, and mistakes in military doctrine and even military drills can be corrected.

So he raised his head and said to Olga: "As you command, I will not let your Majesty down."

"I know you won't." Olga showed a smile that was difficult for others to notice, but Wang Zhong saw it clearly.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of Blue Star.

The sea near Wahumana, the last state to join the Union.

Wahumana is an archipelago state, and the locals all depended on the sea for their livelihood. Until a few decades ago, the United States built a large military base here.

From then on, the locals had an additional livelihood: making money from the soldiers' pockets.

However, there are still many people who like to go fishing at sea.

That day, the old fisherman Santiago and his son took the boat out to sea, preparing to chase fish.

At this moment, a strange sound suddenly came from the radio, which was filled with only static noise.

The voice said: "Dora, Dorado."

Santiago frowned and patted the radio, but no similar sound came from it.

The old man shook his head and concentrated on driving.

His son suddenly stood up on the bow of the ship and stared blankly in the direction of the military port.

Santiago turned his head and stared blankly at the thick smoke rising in the direction of the military port.

The historical process has turned a new page.