Arc of Gunfire

In the next half day, troops of the 33rd Cavalry Division arrived one after another, and the village was suddenly filled with cavalry.

Wang Zhong said to the commander of the 33rd Division: "You should eat what you need, and replenish what you need quickly. After replenishing, go out of the city to set up tents and prepare for the night. The city is within the enemy's artillery range, so don't put too many people in the city."

The commander saluted: "Yes. No wonder I saw many infantry and armored troops outside the city. It turns out to be to prevent artillery fire."

Wang Zhong: "That's right? If the enemy is not likely to fire, I won't let my troops bask in such a strong sun outside."

The commander: "Let's send a small team to find the enemy's artillery position."

Wang Zhong: "The air force's reconnaissance did find the map grid where the enemy's artillery position is located, but according to the photos, the enemy has deployed heavy troops around the artillery, including a battalion of anti-aircraft guns and a considerable number of infantry.

"I suggest you send a death squad, and don't sacrifice too many people. The real target is this vast grassland. The enemy certainly does not have the strength to set up defenses on such a vast grassland. "

Wang Zhong said as he drew a big circle on the map with a long stick.

Pavlov: "The Air Force's reconnaissance did not find many strong fortified positions on the grassland, and even if there were, they could not be supplied. The more mechanized and synthetic the army is, the more it will suffer on the grassland, but your cavalry can come and go freely. "

Wang Zhong: "That's why I asked the headquarters to equip me with cavalry, and you two armies will be on the left and right, galloping on the grassland. I know you are equipped with incendiary grenades, but I ask you not to confront the enemy's armored forces head-on, even if they are half-track vehicles, you should bypass them.

"Your mission is only to attack the enemy's logistics."

"Only logistics?"

"Yes."

At this time, Pavlov said: "The cavalry soldiers have not all arrived yet. You only told one division commander and you have to tell him again tomorrow."

At this time, the commander of the 33rd Division said: "In fact, our army only has two divisions, and the 21st Cavalry Army has only one division. Even the military organs have been streamlined."

Wang Zhong frowned slightly: "Why?"

"Because there is no cavalry." The division commander shrugged, "Most cavalry divisions have been changed to tank divisions, and the cavalry division commanders have also become the commanders of tank divisions and tank armies."

Wang Zhong's brows were twisted into a knot: "Even if the cavalry is not adapted to modern warfare, it can't be done this way. Cavalry and tanks are not compatible. There is nothing in common! Only laymen would treat them as the same. "

The division commander said awkwardly: "Maybe the idea is that tanks are to break through the enemy's defense line and then move deep into the enemy's territory, and so is the cavalry."

"Nonsense!" Wang Zhong cursed, "The use of cavalry and tanks is very different. I'm going to call General Turgenev and ask him to stop reorganizing the troops like this."

At this time, Pavlov said: "There is no problem with the cavalry changing to tank soldiers. We have maintained such a large-scale cavalry organization. What should we do if we don't change it? The cavalry army can be used on the Nanant steppe, but can it work on the black soil of Khazaria? Can it work in the woods and swamps of Livonia?

"The key is to give the cavalry officers and soldiers enough training! Let them understand how to use the tank troops, right?"

Wang Zhong thought about it, and Pavlov's words made sense, so he didn't talk about this issue anymore, but asked the cavalry division commander in front of him: "In other words, the strength of your two armies is different? Then our original idea of ​​one army being responsible for one side will not work. ”

Division Commander: “You can split a part of another division of our army and strengthen the 21st Army.”

“Will the soldiers have any objections?” Wang Zhong asked.

“How could they have any objections? We are all comrades who share weal and woe.” The division commander smiled slightly.

“Very good,” Wang Zhong turned to Pavlov, “Start the splitting work immediately.”

“Leave it to me.”

Then Wang Zhong patted the division commander on the shoulder: “I’m sorry that you have to sleep in the tent tonight. When all the cavalry units arrive tomorrow, we will launch an attack overnight. Just take advantage of the night to rush into the grassland and kill the enemy by surprise.”

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At the headquarters of the 10th Army in Plossen, a barrel truck carrying the liaison officer of the Air Force drove to the headquarters tent.

It was already nine o’clock in the evening, but it was not dark yet.

The Air Force colonel got off the car and strode into the tent.

In the tent, Admiral Pok was cursing and hitting mosquitoes: “Damn it! Rokossov must want mosquitoes to bite us to death! Mosquitoes, and lice! "

When the Air Force colonel heard about lice, he stopped decisively and kept his distance from the general.

The general glared at him and said, "I don't have lice on my body yet. My clothes are ironed with hot water! But if I stay in the grassland for a few more days, that may not be the case! Many soldiers are already covered with lice! So, I hope the Air Force has good news!"

The Air Force colonel took out a file bag: "Of course there is good news. We destroyed Rokossov's artillery positions. These positions were defended by magic arrows. In order to destroy the positions, we lost four Stukas, and four experienced crews never came back! This shows that these positions are real, and Rokossov's artillery has suffered heavy losses!"

The general made a gesture, and his adjutant immediately stepped forward to take the file bag, opened it and took out the contents: "It's a photo."

The general: "Are they photos of the enemy's artillery positions being destroyed?"

"Yes, there are also photos of the bombing of Rokossov's headquarters. "

"Hmph." The general snatched the photo from the adjutant's hand, flipped through it quickly, and then cursed, "Asshole! Does this artillery position look like it was destroyed? Where are the wreckage of the cannon and vehicles? "

"Our intelligence experts determined that they were moved," the colonel said.

"The wreckage was also moved?" the admiral asked, "This is unreasonable!"

The colonel replied calmly: "Maybe it is to interfere with our judgment. Rokossov is very cunning..."

"Rokosov is very cunning, so these may be false positions! There were reports of this during the Battle of Orach! There were reports of Rokosov too!"

Colonel: "But these positions are protected by divine arrows. The losses of the Ant's divine arrow prayer hands are very serious, and it is unlikely that they will be used to protect false positions."

Admiral Poker stopped, because he was also a Prossen, and he also had the rigor of a Prossen, which now told him that it was indeed impossible to defend a false position with the already precious prayer hands.

But he felt something was wrong, so he said to the chief of staff: "Call the 190th Division and ask them if they were shelled today."

The chief of staff nodded.

Soon the report came: "The 190th Division was not shelled today."

In fact, Wang Zhong did not have front-line reconnaissance and did not know where to bomb. But Admiral Pork had no way of knowing this.

He looked at the Air Force Colonel, who raised his head proudly and pointed his nose upward.

General Poker: "Okay, let's just say the Air Force accomplished its goal. Is there anything else worth noting?"

The colonel immediately replied: "Yes, please turn to photos No. 110 to 143."

Admiral Poker lowered his head to flip through the photos. After turning a few pages, his adjutant found the photos with corresponding numbers and handed them over one after another.

The general quickly flipped through a few pages and asked, "What's on this? The advancing armored forces?"

"No, with such huge smoke and dust, it looks like a large-scale cavalry force is moving in on the road. In addition, the later photos also captured the cavalry resting on the grassland, and their horses were scattered on the grassland to eat grass."

Admiral Poker frowned: "Cavalry?"

His adjutant smiled: "Could it be that he is planning to repeat Melania's foolish behavior?"

Admiral Poker glared at the adjutant: "Don't be like that, that's propaganda from the imperial propaganda department! The actual situation is that Melania's cavalry almost penetrated our infantry's defense line, but at this time half-tracks and assault guns came up At that time, our infantry force did not have so many armored units, it was a real infantry division, and the situation was actually very dangerous. "

After Admiral Pork finished speaking, he looked carefully at the photo in his hand.

The entire headquarters fell silent.

But then there was a grasshopper outside making a spirited cry.

The admiral scolded: "Shut up!"

"What? Grasshopper?" The adjutant was shocked.

"Yes, no matter what method you use, shut it up!"

The adjutant walked out of the tent helplessly.

As soon as he left, Admiral Poker slapped his thigh: "I know, this Rokossov plans to use the cavalry to rush into the grassland and disrupt our logistics deployment!"

Chief of Staff: "Use cavalry? Isn't this a bit fanciful? How will the cavalry deal with our armored vehicles?"

"Don't deal with it!" General Poker said, "When encountering armored vehicles and tank troops, just run away! We only have one rear mobile brigade and one National Guard brigade responsible for rear defense. Basically, we can only guarantee the number of cavalry at key nodes. It’s too much to handle!”

Chief of Staff: "However, the cavalry is already a backward force. There is no cavalry division in our establishment at all. As far as I know, there is no cavalry division in the United Kingdom. Only the federal states of the United Kingdom have it."

"The key is not that the arms are backward, but the environment, which is such a vast and sparsely populated environment! The armored troops are restricted by logistics and cannot function at all, but the cavalry troops can gallop on the grasslands! Rokossov discovered this, so Mobilize the cavalry troops and prepare to launch an attack on us!"

Air Force Colonel: "This is a naval term..."

"No matter where the word comes from! Breaking warfare is the most accurate description, or breaking engagement! The cavalry force will be like a navy cruiser, attacking our supply lines everywhere and bypassing all our defenses.

"Soon, our truck fleet will not dare to set off without troop escorts, and then the armored vehicles escorting the troop will be quickly consumed by the grassland, understand? Think about how many tanks and vehicles we have lost in non-combat situations since we entered the grassland! "

After Admiral Pork finished speaking, he began to pace back and forth in the headquarters.

At this time, his adjutant came in, holding an iron lunch box in his hand: "Report! Grasshopper is caught!"

Admiral Poker was shocked: "What Grasshopper?"

"Eh?"

"You still have time to take care of Grasshopper? Throw it away!"

"But what if it makes noise again?" said the adjutant.

"Then let it make noise!"

"Eh?"

The chief of staff tried his best to gesture to the adjutant, using his lips to signal: "You can kill him, do it quickly."

At this time, the Grasshopper in the lunch box screamed angrily.

The scene was very embarrassing for a while.

Admiral Pork couldn't bear it anymore: "Shut up!"