Arc of Gunfire

While the 40th Army of Antfontan was attacking, countless parachutes were slowly falling like dandelions over the vast grassland near the headquarters of Prosen's 10th Army.

Under each parachute were suspended gasoline barrels cushioned by sandbags. This was the fuel dropped by the Prosin Air Force to the Tenth Army.

Admiral Poker himself came out of the tent and looked at the "dandelions" falling slowly from the sky.

"Damn it," he cursed, "How could the Air Force's shots be so biased? Many of them floated several kilometers away - at least several kilometers away!"

The colonel liaison officer of the Air Force stood next to General Polk and replied with great embarrassment: "It was windy today. Before the airdrop, the fleet command reported severe turbulence, so we had to slightly increase the height of the drop."

General Polk glanced at the Air Force Colonel: "You just know how to raise the bombing height. If there is anti-aircraft fire on the ground, raise the bombing height. If there is wind and bumps, raise the bombing height. If an enemy plane intercepts it, give up the bombing and run away. Save your life!”

The air force colonel was about to speak when the observer on the ground shouted: "Look!"

Everyone quickly looked up and saw eight white tracks flying from the east, rushing towards the Junkers transport planes that were airdropping supplies.

The Air Force colonel looked very nervous: "It's broken. The Steel Annie (the nickname of the transport aircraft) doesn't have much self-defense firepower. Where are the escort fighters?"

Admiral Pork: "You asked me? You actually asked me?"

The colonel was very embarrassed: "Well, I was talking to myself. Maybe the fighter jets are at a higher place, so that they can rush down when the enemy planes attack the transport aircraft."

Admiral Pork: "You just used the transport plane as a bait?"

"Uh...yeah."

The general shook his head: "That's it for the Air Force."

At this time, a barrel truck drove over, and the officer on it jumped out of the truck and saluted General Polk: "Received air force communication, because enemy planes obstructed, we will drop all the loads at once."

Admiral Poker snorted and looked up at the sky: "At least I threw it down."

Then he saw a transport plane throwing out a series of supplies. Because the drop interval was too short, the parachutes of the supplies seemed to be entangled together, and the whole thing fell into a ball and fell to the ground.

The smoke and dust emitted when it hit the ground was similar to that of a heavy bomb.

Admiral Pork waited for a few seconds, and then breathed a sigh of relief when he saw no open flames: "At least there was no fire."

The air force colonel swallowed, obviously worried to death.

Soon another barrel truck came over, and the officer on it reported without getting out of the car: "When we arrived, the oil barrel was almost empty. General, please lodge a protest with the Air Force. This is the oil we need to launch an attack tomorrow." !”

General Poker turned to look at the Air Force Liaison Officer: "Did you hear our protest?"

A group of senior officers from the Army Headquarters, plus messengers on two barrel trucks, looked at the Air Force Colonel.

The colonel nodded: "I heard it, we heard it. I will write it in the experience summary."

At this time, the air battle in the sky had begun, and Ant fighter jets rushed into the transport aircraft group.

Immediately, the engine of a transport plane was turned on, dragging open flames off course and falling to the ground. The thick smoke dragged out drew an arc in the sky, like a blackened rainbow.

Suddenly, the fire burned off the wings of the plane, and the plane, which was still falling slowly, suddenly fell to the ground like a green onion.

At the same time, more transport planes broke away from the formation and slowly slid to the ground.

At this time, Prossen fighter jets finally appeared. As the Air Force colonel said, they swooped down from high altitudes and pounced on the enemy planes like eagles pounce on rabbits.

In the blink of an eye, several more fireballs fell to the ground in the sky.

Admiral Poker shouted: "Recover the goods that have landed quickly, otherwise the enemy plane falling from the sky will set the grassland on fire!"

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At 2100 hours on the 21st, Wang Zhongcai received a battle status report from the 40th Tank Army.

Of course, he had already made sure the attack was going well by making radio calls from time to time.

But the report from the front line didn't come, and he couldn't behave well. He could only pretend to be anxious and wander around the radio team.

After Pavlov finished reading the telegram, Wang Zhong immediately stopped pretending and said what he had thought about until now: "We have successfully defeated the enemy's second infantry division. If we let the artillery advance now, we are ready to continue attacking the enemy. The next division's position may be counterattacked by the enemy's armor."

"Well, it's possible." Pavlov said, "Then look-"

Wang Zhong: "We pushed the destroyers and anti-tank guns to the front, and ambushed the opposite side with the tanks of the 40th Tank Army."

Vasily clapped his hands: "Let's play defense and let the enemy see how powerful the empire's iron wall is!"

Popov asked worriedly: "What if the enemy's counterattack doesn't come? For example, if they don't have time to complete the counterattack preparations? Then won't they miss the opportunity to destroy another enemy division?"

Pavlov: “According to the report of the 40th Tank Army, although they did not encounter relatively strong anti-tank firepower, a considerable number of tanks still fell down due to mechanical failures during the impact.

"They are still counting the number of tanks currently available. I guess I'm not too optimistic."

Wang Zhong made the final decision: "Just ambush the enemy, don't be greedy. If you hit Prosen's armored counterattack during the attack, the losses will be huge. Although you are not convinced, the quality of the enemy's armored soldiers far exceeds ours.

"So you can't collide with the enemy head-on. If you can ambush, you should ambush. If you can make a sneak attack, you can make a sneak attack."

Pavlov: "No need to convince us, we all know how you fight. Ambush position - you want to choose it yourself?"

Wang Zhong then realized that he could choose the ambush position himself, and hurriedly put on a serious expression: "Of course, I have always planned to do so, so as to ensure the best ambush effect."

Popov said: "I think I can trust the ability of the lower-level commanders. We can't rely on you alone to fight."

Wang Zhong subconsciously wanted to refute, but immediately felt that Popov was right, and he had to give his men a chance to practice.

He thought for a while and said: "Then appoint Yegorov of the 1st Mechanized Infantry of the Guards as the commander-in-chief of the ambush, and Eugene as the deputy commander-in-chief of the acting division commander, so that they can practice the skills they have learned from me."

Pavlov: "In fact, in terms of ability, Eugene is more suitable for commanding an ambush."

"But Eugene is a brigadier general, and it is not appropriate to let Yegorov, a major general, be his deputy." Popov said.

Wang Zhong: "Just follow what I just said. If Yegorov has self-knowledge, he will let Eugene be in charge of digging tank bunkers. Also, let the 40th Tank Army stop advancing and don't rush into the enemy's anti-tank positions blindly. The next line of defense has not been plowed by artillery."

Just after he finished speaking, another idea flashed through his mind, so he added an order: "Let the reconnaissance troops move forward, the group carrying radios secretly engage the enemy, and the snipers, all move up and try to find out the camouflaged anti-tank positions on the next line of defense."

When giving this order, Wang Zhong felt like he was playing "War Game: Red Dragon" again. The large troops squatted at the extreme distance of engaging the enemy, and the reconnaissance troops quietly moved forward along the tree line.

Wang Zhong made up his mind that if the enemy did not attack tomorrow, he would launch a limited attack and defeat at least one regiment of the Prosen people.

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