Arc of Gunfire

At 0130 on the morning of the 26th, the headquarters of the First Mobile Army of the Yeiskant Army.

Because of the sudden situation, Wang Zhong did not sleep for the time being and counted his steps in the headquarters - even though he had no mobile phone or WeChat at that time.

He had just finished a circle when he heard the sound of trucks outside the warehouse. He cut his perspective and saw several trucks driving into the yard of the warehouse where the headquarters was located.

Wang Zhong knew that these people would be taken to the judge's headquarters in the same yard for trial.

It stands to reason that he could not see any of these people, but Wang Zhong saw Edelweiss on the collars of these people from a bird's-eye view!

Oh my!

The scene that impressed Wang Zhong the most in "Band of Brothers" was the third or fourth episode, in which there was a cowardly soldier who went blind in battle. In the end, he killed a Sandezi paratrooper, took the Edelweiss from the paratrooper's collar, pinned it on his own collar, and then became brave.

Edelweiss!

Wang Zhong switched back to the view and ordered the people around him: "I will personally interrogate the captive with the highest rank. Bring him here and make sure there is edelweiss on his collar."

Pavlov had a question mark on his face: "Is this necessary? The judge will take care of everything."

Wang Zhong: "Yes! Just bring it."

Vassily whispered: "You don't want edelweiss as a trophy, do you?"

Wang Zhong rolled his eyes at him.

At this time, Pavlov had already issued the order, and shouted: "Sergeant Gregory! The general is going to do something dangerous again, and you are responsible for it!"

The sergeant nodded, untied the thread cutting machine behind his back, and held it in his hand.

Why do I feel like everyone is accompanying me to be willful?

Wang Zhong didn't care. He turned to the warehouse door, put his hands behind his back, and posed in a serious posture.

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Captain Franz, the airborne hunter, was initially puzzled as to why he was brought into a warehouse alone.

After entering, he found that this warehouse was the headquarters of the Ant Army.

He quickly confirmed the number of staff officers and the size of the radio department, and realized that this was a very high-level headquarters, perhaps the headquarters of General Rokossov.

Franz knew a little bit of the Ante language and could understand part of the conversation. The information he obtained made him more and more convinced that this was the headquarters of the Ante Army Group that had been blocking the Tenth Army Group.

Unexpectedly, Franz also saw beds with people resting on them. Franz speculated that these should be night shift personnel. The entire headquarters might be operating in three shifts, and three people shared a bed - just like in a submarine.

There were three separate beds that no one slept in, and a petite maid was tidying one of them.

Franz frowned slightly, and the three beds made him have many associations - could it be that the highest commander of the army group would also sleep here?

Sleeping with staff officers or even privates?

Well, it's just that being in the same warehouse can't be considered "sleeping together", but in Franz's opinion, this has exceeded his cognition.

Senior officers in the Plossen army would never do this. They would even wear white gloves when awarding medals to soldiers to avoid dirtying their hands. Especially those old Junker nobles, who brought their own orderly soldiers - the orderly soldiers may have been orderly soldiers since their grandfather's generation.

Although Franz himself was a captain, he would never sleep in the same room with the soldiers. In fact, he could not see the soldiers most of the time. The soldiers were managed by the old non-commissioned officers below, including the combat backbones of each platoon and the company's quartermaster.

Even the usual training was the responsibility of the fierce old non-commissioned officers. Captain Franz would only stay with the soldiers during exercises.

The practice of the Ante Army integrating officers and soldiers greatly shocked Captain Franz.

Then, he saw the man in this shock.

The man had his hands behind his back, and a strong light like the sun shone from behind him, outlining his silhouette.

The man stared at Franz and watched Franz being brought to him.

Then, the man turned around and said to the person behind him: "Vassily, turn off the light, the back of my head is all hot."

The young man named Vasily turned off the desk lamp and scratched his head: "I thought you wanted to shape your image, General."

At this time, Captain Franz saw the man's face clearly - he was even younger than himself!

Although young, his face was engraved with the vicissitudes of life forged by blood and fire (actually, it was a masterpiece of the dim lighting in the warehouse), and his deep eyes were full of wisdom and courage.

"Hello, Captain Proson." The man stretched out his hand, "I am General Alexei Konstantinovich Rokosov. I hope you can tell me everything you know, otherwise our judge will leave you with a psychological shadow for the rest of your life."

Captain Franz looked at the man's outstretched hand suspiciously. After hesitating for a while, he thought to himself that this might just be a substitute, otherwise it would be impossible to extend his hand to the enemy's special forces.

In any case, this is too risky.

The airborne hunters have been competing with the Brandenburg special forces. Whether it is weapons skills or individual combat, they have all been improved on the basis of the Brandenburg task force.

Even Captain Franz learned the language of Ante by himself in order to imitate the Brandenburg task force.

Of course, if the Brandenburg contingent is caught, they will probably not receive such good treatment. They will wear the enemy's military uniforms when operating. They will usually be treated as spies and executed after being tortured. They do not enjoy the Geneva Convention.

After confirming that the person reaching out to him was a substitute, Captain Franz gave up the idea of ​​holding this person hostage and calmly held his hand: "You know that I can't take the initiative to leak the secret. I am a soldier."

"Lieutenant General Rokossov" let go of his hand and grinned: "Don't worry, I won't ask questions that will embarrass you. These will be asked by the inquisitor. I just want to ask, the grassland of South Ant is obviously It is not suitable for airborne operations. Pure light infantry has too many natural enemies on the grasslands, so why should they airborne?

"Isn't this going to death?"

Captain Franz smiled bitterly: "No comment. If it were you, faced with such an unreasonable order, would you disobey it and refuse to execute it?"

"Lieutenant General Rokossov" patted the pistol on his waist: "Yes, not only that, I also shot two generals who issued such unreasonable orders."

Captain Franz received a second round of mental shock: "This..."

"Lieutenant General Rokossov" said with a smile: "After that, we also purged a large number of capitulationists who could not understand the situation, as well as quick-victory factions who were confused. The result is that now even the original mine director here has become a It’s time to become a teacher.”

Captain Franz: "How can you ensure that the army's orders and prohibitions are enforced like this? If the lower-level officers do not agree with the orders and just disobey them, the whole army will be in chaos!"

"Lieutenant General Rokossov": "Then hold a meeting and explain to all the commanders and fighters who want to execute the order why they are doing this, and adopt their reasonable suggestions. I call this method military democracy. "

"Nonsense!" Captain Franz retorted subconsciously, "Those junior officers have not received complete training for senior officers. How can they put forward constructive opinions?"

"Lieutenant General Rokossov": "Maybe it's not possible, but they also have their own understanding of war, so senior commanders have to convince them, using their own knowledge, experience, courage, and maybe a little charm.

"After discussion, seeking common ground while reserving differences, we finally come up with an action plan that everyone agrees with, so that when it is executed, there will be an amazing synergy. This is how I defeated you."

Captain Franz was shocked for the third time: "Are you...are you really Lieutenant General Rokossov?"

"Yes, what, you thought I was a substitute?"

The general who might be the chief of staff next to him (actually the bishop accompanying the army, Captain Franz did not notice the bishop's sign) smiled and said: "Well, it seems that Alyosha was almost taken hostage!"

Lieutenant General Rokossov shook his head: "No, no, Grigory is watching. He can ensure that the bullet hits the captain's head accurately without hurting me at all. Of course, I may have to change my clothes, which is troublesome. Come on Nellie.”

Franz followed Lieutenant General Rokossov's line of sight and saw a sturdy sergeant standing not far away, his hand already on a submachine gun.

This sergeant exudes an aura that Captain Franz is also very familiar with. He is the kind of super veteran who can come back from the door of death over and over again. The captain usually regards such veterans as the backbone of the backbone and always seeks their opinions.

After the shock passed, Captain Franz asked: "I don't understand, why take the risk to see me, a captain? Is there any benefit in this?"

"No," Lieutenant General Rokossov shrugged, "I just want to get a trophy."

As he spoke, the lieutenant general stretched out his hand, took away the edelweiss pinned to the captain's collar, took out a notebook, and tucked it inside.

Vasily, who was watching all this - probably the general's adjutant - said: "I have a feeling that in the future, Prosen's chasseurs - the ones wearing edelweiss - should be careful when they encounter our soldiers. Absolutely a lot of people want to take this.”

Captain Franz looked at the young adjutant in surprise. He suddenly understood: Rokosov was leading by example!

He must have supreme authority in the military, so he would engage in military democracy (actually not)!

Everything he says and does will become an example for soldiers to imitate! (really)

Moreover, meeting the prisoners in person without handcuffing them was to show off his courage! Everything has a purpose!

From now on, Rokossov's troops will no longer be afraid of the airborne Jaegers, and they will receive a morale boost!

Captain Franz stared at Rokossov and suddenly felt that it would be a happy thing to be able to fight under such a general - as a soldier.

At this time, Lieutenant General Rokossov asked: "Okay, are you... not going to say anything?"

The captain didn't respond and asked, "What do you want to know?"