Arc of Gunfire

At the same time as the 21st Army's night attack was successful, the 20th Army's cavalry also harassed the Proson people's transport team on the grassland.

Even the herders on the grassland joined the attack, allegedly because the Proson people forcibly abducted the herders' cattle and sheep, as well as some horses.

The herders' survival depends heavily on cattle and sheep. If these are taken away, they may not be able to survive this winter. What should they do if they can't survive? They can only deal with the fucking Proson devils.

In a blink of an eye, the sun rose again, and the early morning of the 18th arrived.

Originally, the Proson Tenth Army was preparing to launch a pincer attack this morning, but all the troops scheduled to be deployed in the offensive are now preparing to shrink and then participate in the operation to rescue the 190th Division.

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Headquarters of the First Mobile Army.

Pavlov looked at his watch, then turned his head to look at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong: "Wait, did this happen yesterday?"

"Yes, but the targets of the shelling are different. Yesterday we mainly shelled the two wing defense areas of the 190th Division and only carried out diversionary attacks on the core positions. Today we will focus on bombarding the core areas." Pavlov paused and asked, "So are you going to start?"

"Of course, start, please!" Wang Zhong made a please gesture to the phone.

Pavlov picked up the receiver: "Answer the artillery position. Artillery position? Fire."

When he put down the receiver, a rumbling "thunder" sounded outside.

Wang Zhong cut the view. From the headquarters, he could not directly see the Melania First Division preparing for the attack, but he could see the artillery position.

All kinds of artillery of the entire army were roaring, and the scene looked very much like the famous scene of "The Great Battle".

Wang Zhong looked for a while and really found the flying birds in the sky. Although he could no longer remember the narration of this picture, the picture of the flock of birds flying calmly in the sound of artillery was still deeply imprinted in his memory.

At this time, Pavlov gave the rocket artillery brigade another order to open fire, so Wang Zhong also got the perspective of the rocket artillery brigade.

From the bird's-eye view, you can't hear the sound of the scene, but the scene of Katyusha's volleys of destruction made Wang Zhong automatically imagine the "woohoo" sound of the rocket launcher.

With such fierce firepower, the enemy deployed on the grassland must have been blown to pieces - Wang Zhong thought so.

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Melania's First Division troops were deployed less than three kilometers away from the enemy at this time, and shells passed over their heads one after another, making a woohoo sound that made people's backs of their heads itch.

When the rocket artillery fired, the noise in the sky reached its climax, and even the bravest veterans all shrank their necks.

The uniforms of the Melania People's Army were modified on the basis of the uniforms of the Ants to suit their own national characteristics. The main thing was to add some decorations, and the hats were different from those of the Ants - this would highlight the difference between them and the Ant troops without increasing too much supply pressure.

Now, the Melania people, who have been training for more than half a year, are waiting for the time to take revenge.

Some of them were forced to leave their hometown three years ago, and none of their relatives and friends could be contacted. Some of them fled from Melania to Ante in the past two years. Before leaving their hometown, they had seen the atrocities of the Proson people.

Now, all of this has turned into anger and courage, covering young and vicissitudes of life.

They are waiting for the artillery fire to stop, waiting for the whistle of attack.

The veterans who fought in the Melania National Army were the first to discover that the artillery fire was turning into a slow-moving barrage.

"It's about to start!"

"You son of a bitch Proson bastard! Your Melania grandfather is here!"

The whistle of the attack spread throughout the starting line.

The next moment, the roar of the tank engine overwhelmed the whistle.

The Sherman and M3 Grant Lee equipped by the Melania First Division set off first, and the half-track vehicles and skirmish lines of the infantry units followed behind the tanks.

Not long after the departure, someone sang Melania's famous song "Visvavarsi": "The wind of hatred is roaring overhead~"

Others immediately sang along: "The devil has taken a murderous hand on us!

"Get up and fight the enemy to the death/Don't ask what's ahead!

"Get up bravely, get up proudly!

"Brave falcons, fight for the cause of liberation!"

Melania's red-bottomed white eagle flag was flying at the forefront of the team. The white eagle on the flag seemed to come alive, leading the falcon flock across the grassland.

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On the Plosson Army side, because it was really difficult to dig anti-artillery bunkers on the grassland, more than half of the troops had been lost.

The surviving machine gunners were trying to dig the machine guns out of the soil, and the surviving gunners were trying to turn over the overturned anti-tank guns.

Medics were running around, trying in vain to snatch some lives from the hands of death.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Listen! "

Everyone stopped.

The roar of tank engines and tragic songs floated in the air.

An old soldier reacted: "Melania language! Damn, it's the Melania people. I saw their methods when Melania was fighting bandits. They don't take prisoners! If you fall into their hands, your eyes and nose will be cut off, and you will be tied to a tree and wait for death!"

As soon as the voice fell, the red flag appeared.

This time many people reacted: "It's Rokossov's troops!"

The red flag means Rokossov's troops. This is widely circulated in the Proson troops.

At this time, an officer ran along the trenches that had been blown into sections: "Collect the weapons of the fallen compatriots! Prepare for battle!"

"Prepare for battle!"

The Proson people re-set up the machine guns and prepared the anti-tank guns.

On the artillery position with serious casualties, the sergeant replaced the dead officer and observed the approaching tank with a telescope still stained with blood.

"Damn, I have never seen this kind of tank. It doesn't look like a T34! It doesn't look like a Matilda or Valentine (both are United Kingdom tanks that appeared in the Carolingian Campaign)!"

The gunner asked the acting commander: "Where should we aim?"

The Plossen anti-tank artillery unit has a manual that teaches where to aim when facing different tanks.

But this new tank is not in the manual.

The sergeant hesitated and said: "Aim at the driver's observation window in front of the vehicle!"

They didn't know that this Sherman had no driver's observation window on the front, and the driver mainly relied on the periscope to observe the outside during the battle.

The correct way is to aim at the muzzle of the machine gun.

The gunners followed the sergeant's instructions and looked for the observation window, and soon found something wrong: "Why is the observation window on the top of the tank body?"

However, at this time, the enemy tank passed the target.

"Fire!"

Despite his doubts, the Plosson gunners followed the order, and the shells hit the upper front of the vehicle, and were directly bounced off by the steeply angled armor.

The tank did not stop moving forward, but fired back while driving!

Muzzle stabilizer boy!

The mixed formation of Sherman and Grant Lee rushed to the Plosson position.

The artillerymen fled in all directions, and the abandoned anti-tank guns were crushed by the tracks - just like the Plosson tank against Ant's 45mm anti-tank gun last year.