Arc of Gunfire

Plossen's army, fifteen minutes ago.

When Major General Witte saw the first ray of sunlight in the sky, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the chief of staff came to him, saluted and said: "General, it has been confirmed that there are two armored battalions that have retreated, with a total of 90 Type 3 tanks and 44 Type 4 tanks."

Major General Witte was shocked and interrupted the chief of staff's report: "Why are there so many Type 3 tanks?"

Plossen's armored battalion usually has 70 Type 3 tanks and about 28 Type 4 tanks. The results of the current inventory show that there are more than 50 Type 3 tanks and more than ten Type 4 tanks left in the city.

Chief of Staff: "Last night's shelling destroyed many tanks. The commanders of the two armored battalions believe that they have driven out all the tanks that can be driven."

Major General Witte shook his head and gestured to the chief of staff to continue reporting.

Chief of Staff: "Six companies of the armored grenadiers regiment ran out, and each company lost about half of its vehicles."

Major General Witte frowned.

The armored grenadiers of the Sede Division are a large regiment, with 16 companies, each of which is also a large company. In addition to infantry, there are also various weapons groups, reconnaissance, and logistics, with a total of more than 200 people. Now 2,000 people are left in the city.

The armored battalion also has accompanying infantry, so if you count it this way, there may be more than 4,000 people left in the city.

Now you can still hear dense gunfire in the city. The enemy's weapons are all silent weapons, so these gunshots should all be made by Plossen soldiers.

Major General Witte looked up at the sky and confirmed that the sun was getting brighter and brighter. Then he said to the chief of staff: "Once it clears up, return to the city immediately and help the troops in the city retake the occupied city."

The chief of staff looked like he was about to say something, but Major General Witte looked at him and said: "Just say whatever you want to say."

Chief of Staff: "We are an armored division and are not good at urban combat. We should wait for the follow-up armored grenadier division to catch up."

Major General Witte shook his head: "You don't know yet, our follow-up armored grenadier divisions are placed on the north and south sides, and General Bock is preparing to launch a pincer attack on Rokosov."

"Huh?" The chief of staff was shocked, "Is that so?"

"That's what the secret telegram said the day before yesterday. Didn't you read it? Oh, the day before yesterday you were not the chief of staff, not even a senior staff officer, so it's normal that you don't know."

The chief of staff remained silent.

Major General Witte: "Anyway, we have to return to the city. There are still thousands of our brothers fighting in the city. We can't leave them alone."

As he spoke, the fog dissipated a lot. After all, the sun shone down, which is the best weapon to dispel the fog.

As his vision gradually recovered, Major General Witte suddenly saw something on the grassland in the distance.

He picked up the telescope.

With the excellent performance provided by Zeiss optical lenses, Major General Witte saw the famous T34 tank of Ante parked on the hill in the distance, and it was a big-headed model.

This big-headed tank has been almost firmly tied to the name of Rokosov in the past year, so that now the Proson Army will think they have encountered Rokosov when they see the big-headed T34.

The Proson Command had to issue a document emphasizing that Rokosov would fly a unique red flag and that his vehicle would use the tactical number 422.

Because of this, Major General Witte carefully confirmed that there was no tank with a red flag in the telescope - the tactical number was really unclear and could not be confirmed.

However, Major General Witte saw that in front of the tank, there was a burly Ante officer looking in his direction.

Then he saw that the officer seemed to have taken the radio headset from his entourage (actually a telephone receiver, too far to see clearly).

Major General Witt immediately shouted: "Communications staff, monitor the enemy's radio communication channel, the enemy may be reporting to the higher authorities!"

"Yes!"

The voice of the communications staff came from the direction of the communications vehicle.

Major General Witt waited for ten seconds, but did not receive the report from the communications staff, so he asked: "Didn't you hear it?"

"No, no one is talking on the enemy's radio channel."

Major General Witt frowned: "Is he on the phone? What do you think, Hank--"

Suddenly, the major general remembered that his partner, the experienced chief of staff, had been sent to the sky by friendly forces.

He cursed, and then thought of the culprit, so he asked: "Did Colonel Busey run out?"

"No." The chief of staff reported.

Major General Witt curled his lips.

At this time, he suddenly realized that Colonel Busey might be the most experienced senior officer in the army besides him, but he ended up staying in the city like this, which seemed not good.

Before he could think about it carefully, the officer Ant in the telescope returned the communication tool in his hand to his subordinates.

The call ended?

What did they say?

Major General Witte saw the officer start to give orders to the people around him, and then the Ante armored troops on the hill began to move.

No, there are other things besides the armored troops!

Major General Witte looked at the moving grass in surprise. When they stopped moving, he thought they were taller grass!

Enemy assault guns!

Major General Witte suddenly realized that he should not attack the city now, but should launch an armored assault while the enemy was shifting positions.

He turned around and shouted: "Order the armored troops to deploy a wide wedge formation! The target is the hill in the southeast, start the attack! The enemy has a small number of tanks, and with the assault guns, it is equivalent to the number of our No. 3! We also have the latest long-barreled No. 4..."

At this moment, Major General Witte heard a whistling sound in his ears.

He immediately realized that the shell was coming towards him, so he lunged forward: "Get down!"

Shells fell.

And instead of shells falling one after another like ordinary shelling, hundreds of shells fell in an instant.

Of course, Major General Witte did not know that this was "simultaneous firing". He made a judgment based on past experience: "Oh my God, at least ten artillery regiments are shooting at us!"

When the division headquarters was shelled last night, Major General Witte was not in the area with the most intensive firepower. Based on this, he believed that the target of the shelling was to destroy the defenses, and ordered the entire army to enter a state of combat readiness.

Now, he was right where the firepower was thickest.

"Oh my God!" he yelled - anyway, when avoiding the cannon, he had to open his mouth wide to balance the air pressure inside and outside the skull, so he could just shout and vent his tension.

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When Colonel Busey heard the sound of cannons, he immediately ran to the window, lay on the window sill and peeped out. Sure enough, he saw dense artillery shells falling outside the city.

"The armored force has been shelled. It is estimated that we will not receive reinforcements for a while." He turned to the captain behind him and said, "We can only drive away the enemies entering the city by ourselves."

Captain: "In addition to the defense personnel everywhere, we have gathered a hundred people and concentrated our submachine guns."

Colonel Busse left the window and stood up straight in the house: "Very good, I will lead the team myself. We have occupied this place for three days, and the Beantes are more familiar with the terrain - although this is their country. Give me a submachine gun ”

An MP40 was immediately delivered to the colonel.

The colonel checked the gun, pulled it open and there was a bullet in the chamber, then reset the bolt.

The guard handed over the magazine bag. Colonel Busey took one look at it and cursed: "Why is it the Ant's magazine bag?"

"It's easy to use," the guard said. "It's more comfortable to use than our magazine pouches, and it's bulletproof on the chest. This is the equipment used by the Ant troops who entered the city today. I have never seen other Ant troops use it before. We only captured a little bit."

In fact, this was a chest pendant copied by someone from our army, and it was immediately well received by the infantry. Unfortunately, it could not be promoted to other troops in Ante, because other troops either used wave sand drums to splash water, and the drums could not be put into the chest pendant. Or even pull the big bolt in Mosin-Nagant, and there is no need for this chest hanger.

But this chest strap is just right for holding MP40 magazines.

Colonel Busey frowned: "What about the enemy's silent weapons? Have they been captured?"

Captain: "We have four here, and other troops in the city must have captured some sporadically."

Colonel Busey: "Send one out of the city to ensure that the high command and the Imperial Academy of Sciences can get the sample gun."

As he said that, he took over the Ant equipment and was about to hang it on the armed belt. The guard hurriedly said: "No, no, this is not hung on the armed belt, but worn on the upper body like a vest. You see what else can be done here?" The grenade can be reached by raising your hand. The design of this equipment is great. I think it should be evacuated together with the enemy’s weapons.”

Colonel Busey nodded: "Then send one back."

Proson's equipment is still in a state where everything can be carried on the shoulders, and everything that cannot be carried on the shoulders is stuffed into the belt, so the belt - to be precise, the armed belt - is very heavy.

Colonel Busse finished dressing with the help of the guards and said to the captain: "After we start the attack, you will hold on here. This building cannot be lost as a support point..."

Suddenly, there was a sound of explosions behind Colonel Busey, and some soldiers exclaimed: "Be careful! The Ants are coming from behind!"

Colonel Busey held up the MP40: "Take care of them first! Let's go!"

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"Come on, this is the enemy's firepower support point!" Lieutenant Colonel Semyon shouted, "Occupy this place and set up machine guns, and you can control the main roads in the city!"

Early this morning, Brigadier General Eugene of the 225th Division issued an order to the troops not to advance to avoid accidental damage. However, the situation was so chaotic in the fog that a large number of infantrymen of the 225th Division did not receive this order.

Lieutenant Colonel Semyon's team was one of them. The radio operator following him got separated in the fog, so he led the troops forward.

We did encounter some infantry guards on the road, and there may have been accidental attacks, but the fog made it difficult to see clearly.

Anyway, Lieutenant Colonel Semyon took all the infantry he met and rushed all the way here.

The explosion just now collapsed the entire wall, and the door of the courtyard was wide open. Lieutenant Colonel Semyon was holding a spiral shear, shooting at the doors and windows on the other side to suppress the enemy, and rushed into the courtyard.

At this time, the door on the first floor of the building opened, and an officer Prosen jumped out, holding a submachine gun and shooting at Lieutenant Colonel Semyon.

The lieutenant colonel was shot immediately, but he tried his best to support his body and glanced at the enemy's collar insignia - only to find that he did not recognize the officer's collar insignia.

After all, the military ranks of the Asgardian Knights are different from those of ordinary Prossen troops.

Lieutenant Colonel Semyon raised his gun and fired at the enemy——

The enemy's body shook and he leaned back against the door frame, struggling to hold on and continue shooting.

Lieutenant Colonel Semyon fell backward under the impact of the bullet and fell heavily to the ground.

Lieutenant Colonel Proson dropped his gun and slowly slid down the door frame.

The Proson soldier crossed his spread legs and rushed towards the Ant soldier who rushed in, and a fierce hand-to-hand combat began.