Arc of Gunfire

The reconnaissance team led by Wang Zhong had just set off when they heard a horse whistle from behind.

When he turned around, he saw Bucephalus catching up with him, with light steps, as if catching up with the internal combustion engine vehicle was just a trivial matter.

Wang Zhong asked Vasily in surprise: "What's going on? The stable was blown up again? Stop the car, stop the car, wait a minute!"

The car braked, but Bucephalus couldn't hold on and jumped to the front. He slipped on the ground and fluttered for a long time before he stood up and looked at Wang Zhong.

Vasily: "I'm not very familiar with horses. Can ordinary horses do this?"

Gregory shook his head: "No, ordinary horses will definitely have broken calf bones like this. Even if the injury is relatively minor, they can't run freely in the future. They can only be used for breeding and can't be war horses."

Wang Zhong: "It should be because the grass on the ground is very thick, so it buffered, it must be like this! You have to believe in science!"

At least wait until the horse and I are a hundred years old, and then say "loyalty that never ends until death makes horses become heroes."

However, this world really has mysterious power, and maybe Bucephala also has quantum mechanics to protect him.

Bucephala approached Wang Zhong and began to chew his hat.

At this time, two riders caught up with the squad from behind, and the leading lieutenant said: "Sorry, General, your horse ran away when you were transferring, we will catch up with you immediately."

Wang Zhong nodded: "Don't blame you, my horse is too smart."

Bucephala blew his nose.

Wang Zhong: "Take off a saddle for my horse, and then you can ride a horse back, I will take it to scout."

Gregory's eyes widened: "Do you want to compete with the enemy plane again?"

Wang Zhong: "No, look at the enemy plane, it didn't bother us all day today..."

Vasily: "There was heavy fog in the morning, maybe the fog at the airport dissipated later, or the pilots of Proson had to wait until lunch to go out. If they took off in the afternoon, the enemy planes should have arrived at about this time."

The next moment, Wang Zhong heard the roar of engines in the sky.

Wang Zhong: "You are such a badass! Take cover!"

Vasily: "Ah? Aren't you going to compete with the enemy planes?"

"Are you blind? The grass is so tall next to us! Take cover!"

Wang Zhong grabbed Vasily's collar and dragged him into the grass.

Others also showed their skills. All of a sudden, the convoy disappeared into the grass, leaving only the empty jeep parked on the road.

There were also three horses eating grass leisurely.

The roar of the engine gradually attacked the heads of the group and flew towards Yeisk. At the same time, the sound of anti-aircraft guns came from the direction of Yeisk.

Wang Zhong cut the view and made sure there were no other enemy planes before poking his head out of the grass.

Vasily also stood up and kept spitting out the grass in his mouth: "Pfft! General, I'm not a herbivore, don't shove my face into the grass."

Wang Zhong: "Sorry. I was in a hurry just now and I was too heavy-handed. My."

"Ah? Uh..." Vasily was embarrassed, "I... I don't really care, you don't have to apologize to me so seriously."

Wang Zhong looked at Vasily. As a man of about the same age as Vasily, he suddenly wanted to play a trick on this guy, but there was a voice in his head saying, "The enemy plane just passed by, and there might be more enemy planes to attack," "Now is not the time to do this kind of thing."

So he gave up the idea of ​​playing a trick and nodded seriously: "Let's set off quickly while the enemy planes don't come back."

Gregory: "No, we should wait until the enemy planes finish bombing and leave. They will definitely pass by again, and they will complete the bombing and leave at low altitude. Here they come! Get down!"

Wang Zhong and others hurriedly squatted in the bushes-this time everyone realized that they didn't need to lie down at all. In fact, if they lie down, they will crush more grass, and it may be more obvious.

Soon, eight Stukas passed over the heads of the crowd. One of the engines was still emitting black smoke. It was obvious that the radiator was broken and the engine temperature was soaring.

Wang Zhong could see clearly from the bird's-eye view that the pilot's face was covered with oil. It was obvious that the oil pipe or something in the cockpit was pierced. The plane should be about to fall.

He also saw a map board on the pilot's body, which should be used by the pilot for navigation.

I really want to seize that map board!

At this time, Wang Zhong heard Gregory say, "Okay, the enemy plane has passed."

He realized that the distance from his bird's-eye view to capture the flying object was very far. For Gregory, the enemy plane had been out of sight for a long time.

He switched back to the view, stood up, and said to Gregory, "One of the enemy planes was seriously injured. I guess he can't fly back to the base. Let's go in the direction of the enemy plane and try to find its wreckage. The pilots all have map boards, and the latest enemy and friendly situation map will be updated before takeoff!"

The purpose of updating the situation map is to prevent accidental bombing on the one hand, and on the other hand, it allows the pilot to land in the area controlled by his own people when parachuting.

On the other hand, as long as the pilot's map board is seized, the enemy's deployment can be understood immediately - at least the deployment before the plane takes off.

There is no way to deal with some delays, but it is better to have intelligence than not.

Gregory: "Okay, let's go after him."

Wang Zhong turned his head and said to the two people who came to chase Bucephalus: "Don't chase him either. Do you have weapons?"

The rider pulled up the thread cutting machine hanging on the saddle.

Wang Zhong: "Okay! You are cavalry, follow us! Maybe there is a place where cavalry can be used. Get in the car!"

The group quickly climbed onto the unscathed vehicle and ran in the direction where the enemy plane left.

Vasily scratched his head in the car: "We were not discovered by the enemy plane just now. Is it because Bucephalus came, so we stopped and the dust from driving was blown away by the wind?"

Vasily looked at Wang Zhong, and seeing that Wang Zhong did not understand what he meant, he explained: "The wind on the grassland is strong, so the dust will completely dissipate after the vehicle passes a few hundred meters.

"If the convoy stops, the dust will disappear soon.

"Without the dust, the enemy planes that went to attack Yeisk may not see the grass-green Willys Jeep at high altitudes - this thing is too small, and you can't see it from a distance on the ground.

"And when the enemy planes returned, they might have been busy escaping and didn't look closely at the cars on the ground - the vehicles just happened to have not raised dust. General, do you think this is the case?"

After Vasily said this, Wang Zhong scratched his cheek: "It seems to be the case... No, no, no, don't be superstitious, it's just a coincidence! Coincidence! "

If this is not a coincidence, then it can only be said that Proson did not lose unfairly.

But Wang Zhong thought about it and felt that it was a coincidence. There are many wonderful coincidences on the battlefield. After the war, they will become stories told by veterans, and if they are lucky, they will be made into movies.

The jeep brigade soon saw something smoking on the grassland ahead.

After getting closer, it was found that it was a plane stuck upside down on the grassland, with its tail raised high, looking like a tombstone stuck in the ground.

The plane was smoking, but it seemed that there was no open flame or burning.

Wang Zhong stood up, grabbed the handle of the M2 Lao Gan Ma heavy machine gun himself, pressed the button and fired a long burst, and then said to Vasily: "Shout! Let the driver surrender. Cavalry outflank left and right!"

"No, the wheels can't get into the grass, and the warhorse can't run fast if it gets in! The grass is too high! "The horse breeder shouted.

Vasily shouted at the plane in Proson language.

No response.

Gregory parked the car next to the endless meadow and picked up the thread cutter: "It seems I have to go over and take a look. You stay here on guard. There are two members of the Stuka, right?"

Wang Zhong and Vasily nodded together: "Yes!"

Gregory: "Okay, we can handle it."

He got out of the car and crouched into the meadow.

Wang Zhong switched to the bird's-eye view, and then he remembered that he could just switch to the bird's-eye view - damn, it seems that the desire to perform just now is too strong.

Forget it, it's not a loss to act to prevent being exposed.

At this moment, he was sure that the two people in the Stuka died on the plane, but he tried to act nervous and held the handle of the M2 Lao Gan Ma.

Gregory touched the side of the plane, checked it, and turned back and shouted: "Both people are dead, come here!"

Wang Zhong: "Map package! "

Gregory turned around, pushed open the cockpit window, and leaned his upper body into the cockpit. He quickly took a 16-page wooden board and shook it towards this side.

Wang Zhong took his hands from the machine gun grip and made a trumpet at his mouth: "Come over first! The plane is still smoking, maybe it will catch fire!"

Gregory did not follow the order, but searched the cockpit again, then ran over here with the pilot's bag, map board, and a pistol.

Wang Zhong originally thought that the plane would explode as soon as he left, and a "real man never looks at the explosion", but it didn't. The plane was smoking quietly, like a steel tombstone in the sun.

A few minutes later, Gregory returned to the jeep and handed the map board to Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong just started to look at it, then remembered that he didn't understand Prosen language, so he poked Vasily with his elbow: "Translate!"

"Then you have to give it to me first!"

Wang Zhong stuffed the map board to Vasily: "Hurry up! ”

Vasily: "The owner of this map board is Captain Enshilik of the 54th Tactical Bomber Aviation Squadron. The content on the drawing board - wow, I've found a treasure. Although it is very brief, it is indeed the enemy's troop deployment map, specific to the division!"

The troop deployment map specific to the division level has basically no tactical significance.

Vasily: "The enemy is in our northwest and southwest, two pincers, each with an armored division and a grenadier division, and then - we have one, two, three, four - four infantry divisions in front! Four!

"The nearest infantry division -"

Vasily looked down at the scale, then gestured with his hands, and was shocked: "It's less than 20 kilometers away from us!"

Wang Zhong: "What? So close?"

Vasily: "Yes, and look at this line, this is the advance line, these infantry divisions are advancing towards us!"

Wang Zhong was shocked: "When is the map updated?"

Vasily looked at the time on the map, and then looked at his watch: "Two hours ago! The infantry division is almost coming up!"

The next moment, artillery sounds came from a distance.

Gregory: "It's not our artillery, the direction is wrong! The enemy is firing at us!"

Wang Zhong: "Return to the division headquarters! No, return to the army headquarters!"