Arc of Gunfire

It took Wang Zhong more than an hour to get to Kubinka.

As soon as the convoy entered the checkpoint at the main entrance of the training ground, Wang Zhong saw a dark crowd of people sitting in the square, and the girls from the cooking team were giving them food.

Pavlov and a group of officers came out of the training ground building that served as the city defense headquarters building and went straight to Wang Zhong's motorcade.

Wang Zhong asked from afar: "Why do you let people stay in the snow? It's so cold outside."

Pavlov looked bitter: "They were unwilling to enter the house and had to wait for you in the ice and snow, so I had to ask the cooking team to give them warm bread and water."

Wang Zhong looked at this group of people.

At this time, many people had discovered Wang Zhong, so the people who were sitting stood up one after another.

Wang Zhong was about to walk towards them when he suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked about the background of this group of people yet, so he quickly turned around and asked, "Who are they? They don't seem to be wearing uniforms."

Pavlov: "This is the first batch of Melania's volunteers recruited. They have just been sent from the resettlement place. According to the priest who sent them, they are unwilling to go to other units and ask to come to your command."

Wang Zhong: “Just because I took a photo with ‘Miss Minerva’?”

Pavlov frowned: "Miss Minerva?"

Wang Zhong waved his hand: "I gave Melania the nickname 'Princess of Subjugation'."

At this time, all Melania's people stood up, so Wang Zhong walked towards them.

This group of people had obviously received military training. When Wang Zhong walked in front of them, they had already completed the entire team, and they all looked at him.

Wang Zhong: "Hello, Melania's volunteers."

After he finished speaking, he expected to get a uniform answer, such as "Hello, Chief", but Melania just looked at him and said nothing.

An uncle who looked to be forty years old came to Wang Zhong and saluted.

Wang Zhong: "Although you don't have a military uniform, you look like you have received military training?"

Uncle: "I was originally Melania's major general, but now I am elected as the commander."

From the term "commander", it can be seen that the uncle believes in the secular school. The secular school believes that everyone is equal, so he is called a commander. There is no distinction between high and low combatants. Together they are called commanders and combatants.

Wang Zhong stretched out his hand: "Hello, Mr. Major General. I heard from the priests that you must come to my command."

The major general held Wang Zhong's hand: "Salute to you, Lieutenant General Rokossov. We really asked to come under your command, because it was you who rekindled our fighting spirit against Proson. Many of us have already We were ready to continue running eastward, thinking that Ante would also fall, like the Carolingians.”

Wang Zhong: "The Carolingians have not stopped resisting. General Dago's Free Carolingians are still fighting. You should also continue to fight."

The major general seemed a little ashamed and let go of Wang Zhong's hand: "We... have been beaten down by Proson and have lost our fighting spirit. After the fall of the motherland, Proson has been making great progress. Although the United Kingdom did not fall due to the Royal Navy, , but it seems like there is no way to counterattack.

"When Prosen just tore up the non-aggression pact and attacked Ant, we were still rejoicing, thinking that Ant's 5 million army could destroy Prosen with overwhelming force. But what did we see? Even if we don't believe Prosen's propaganda Even if 4 million people are annihilated, the front line will not lie.”

Most Melania people could hear what the major general said, and many people lowered their heads.

Major General: "Even if there is only a little hope, we will continue to fight, even if there is no hope at all. To us, you are the first ray of light that cuts through the darkness. Many of us saw you escorting General Prossen. The photos of them parading in the streets rekindled their fighting spirit.

"So we hope to fight under your command and regain our motherland!"

Melania’s people echoed in unison: “Liberate the motherland!”

They shouted "Recover the motherland" in Melania. Wang Zhong could vaguely hear what they were shouting. After all, they were all Slavic languages.

Wang Zhong: "My hometown has also been lost. I look forward to the day when I can return to my hometown."

At this time someone asked: "General, is it true that you carry the soil from your hometown with you?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes."

He picked up the lunch box that had been hanging on his body and held it high: "On the day I dug this box of soil, my father and my good brothers died in the Agsukov encirclement. I want to fight back to my hometown. , sprinkle this box of soil on the place where they died."

Wang Zhong noticed that many people had tears in their eyes. It seemed that they also had relatives who died under Prosen's iron heel.

The major general said on behalf of everyone: "Please let us join your team, we want to fight. The first batch of recruits are all with military experience. We have not been able to defend the motherland, but we can regain it."

Wang Zhong: "I heard that there are many high school students among you?"

Major General: "Yes, because most of the people here believe in the secular Eastern Holy Church, most of them come from the city, and there are a lot of high school graduates. It is also because of this that most people understand the Ant language. You can add us to any In the army."

Wang Zhong: "I hope someone with experience in mechanical maintenance will come forward. Please translate it in Melania."

The major general did it immediately.

Soon, a large number of people came out of the team one after another. There seemed to be thousands of people.

Wang Zhong was overjoyed: "So many!"

Someone among the people who came out said to him: "Because many of them are fellow villagers of our factory, they were mobilized when the Prosens came over. As a result, as soon as they arrived at the station and before they started training, Visvavalsi fell. We I can only run."

Wang Zhong turned to the person who spoke: "Does your shop repair cars?"

"A car maker," the man replied.

Wang Zhong: "Okay, very good. We are very short of field maintenance personnel now. You will form our first field maintenance battalion!"

"We want to fight the Prosens!"

Wang Zhong: "I understand your enthusiasm for wanting to fire directly on the Proscenians. But war is not just about shooting at the enemy. Maintenance is also very important. My troops will be equipped with very precious equipment that takes a very long time to produce. Tanks and tank destroyers, it takes too long to produce new ones.

"So you must recover the broken tanks and repair them under the hail of bullets! This is your battlefield, your battle. This is a very, very important battle, even more important than firing on the enemy.

"One of the advantages of the Prosens is their protection ability. We must learn from it!"

The more than a thousand people looked at each other in confusion.

Someone else said: "But we want to bleed for Melania and work as maintenance workers... We can't even drink with others and brag when we go back."

Wang Zhong: "Why not? Didn't I just say that you have to drag the tanks back under the enemy's bullets and bullets? Don't you know that in the Ant Army, the sacrifice rate of health workers is second only to that of priests? You are tanks Hygienist!

"It's decided that you are the first battlefield repair battalion, the first regular support force for the mobile army under planning. Okay, Pavlov, allocate barracks to them, and get all the documents for forming the army. good!"

Pavlov: "Okay, gentlemen, follow the staff officer. Don't protest. The general has wanted to form a professional emergency repair force for a long time."

After watching these people leave, Wang Zhong turned to the remaining Melania people.

"The rest of you will be organized into the 1st Melania Mechanized Infantry Division, and I will equip you with the same equipment as other troops under my command. Since you are all high school students, most of you will become technical troops. By then You may be given a regiment of Ant infantry."

Major General: "Are we going to form an army alone?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, you can think of your own name. For example, you can call it Melania's People's Army or Melania's Liberation Army. As for your military flag, use red as the background color. Mine The troops use red flags because the flags given to me by the local people in Loktov were stained red with blood.

"I think you can also use this idea. Melania paid a bloody price, and flying the red flag means never forgetting these sacrifices.

“As for the pattern on the red flag, I think Melania’s white eagle can be used, although I initially recognized it as a big white goose.”

There was laughter in the queue.

The major general scolded: "Don't laugh!"

Wang Zhong waved his hands quickly: "No, I'm humorous. I'm embarrassed if you don't laugh."

This sentence really made a lot of people laugh.

Wang Zhong: "Then it's decided. Pavlov, organize them into one division according to the establishment of model divisions."

Pavlov sighed: "The model maker hasn't finished organizing yet, you can really get work for me."

Wang Zhong patted him on the shoulder: "Those who are able should do more work. Let's arrange dormitories for them first."

Kubinka originally had a camp for troops participating in the exercise, and one army could be accommodated at a time. When the Prossens were approaching, the city defense headquarters planned to turn all the barracks into fortresses, so many windows were blocked. Now, if you want to live in these barracks, you need to "open the windows" again.

The "open window" activity is a good collective labor task for the new army.

Wang Zhong waited until Pavlov assigned staff to take away all Melania's people, and then asked: "How is the reorganization of the model division?"

Pavlov: "There is still a shortage of technical soldiers. The navy sent more than 2,000 naval infantrymen, and I converted them into technical soldiers. But... you are an anti-aircraft artillery battalion and a field repair battalion. You need So many technical troops?”

Wang Zhong: "Yes. The enemy's air force poses a great threat to our fixed positions and soft targets. We can't always count on magic arrows. Look at how many magic arrows and prayer hands there are in the entire city defense headquarters. The prayer hands are also mobilized. It won’t increase. We have to wait for them to grow up. In war, this is a non-renewable resource.”

Wang Zhong paused and added: "And my Liuda may have a baby soon, and she will leave the front line."

Pavlov: "Okay. But we currently have insufficient anti-aircraft guns, and the only anti-aircraft guns that can follow the movement of tank troops are vehicle-mounted quadruple machine guns."

Wang Zhong: "There are no vehicle-mounted 72K anti-aircraft guns?"

"No. And to be honest, you know the situation on the ground in Ant. If you want to keep up with the tank troops, you need a tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun." Pavlov said.

Wang Zhong scratched his head: "I'll think of a way. Fortunately, the intensity of the war will be significantly reduced in the next few months, and we have time."