Arc of Gunfire

August 29, Moha City, 0400 hours.

Wang Zhong got up earlier than usual, and then saw Nellie sitting on a small stool and falling asleep leaning against the table.

In Wang Zhong's impression, Neli was always awake and working tirelessly. So Neri's sleeping face suddenly appeared in front of him, which made him feel very fresh.

After staring at his face for a few seconds, Wang Zhong suddenly felt pity and felt that Neli, who had been working so hard, should take a good rest.

At this time, the wind suddenly poured in from the Tian-shaped opening of the tent, causing Wang Zhong to sneeze.

Nelly hadn't woken up yet, and continued to sleep leaning on the table, breathing steadily.

Wang Zhong picked up the towel and quilt on the camp bed and covered her. However, before he could turn around, the quilt slipped off Nelly's body and fell on the unclean ground.

"Tsk." Wang Zhong picked up the quilt, thought for a moment, and decided to carry Nellie to the camp bed so that he could cover her with the quilt and sleep more peacefully.

It's still quite cold in the morning in Moha. If you sleep on the table like this, you may not only catch a cold but also suffer from a stiff neck.

After making up his mind, Wang Zhong put the quilt at the end of the camp bed and picked up Nellie in a standard princess hug——

Then before he could take a step toward the cot, Nellie opened her eyes.

Wang Zhong was embarrassed: "Uh, good morning."

Nellie rubbed her eyes, let out a long yawn, and then said in a calm tone: "Put me down."

Wang Zhong put her down silently: "Sorry, I wanted to put you on the camp bed so that the quilt wouldn't slip off. Yes, the quilt wouldn't slip! I just put the quilt on you and it slipped!"

Fortunately, slipping in the Ant language will not lead to strange meanings, and Wang Zhong's explanation seems reasonable.

Nellie: "Yeah, I know."

After speaking, she tidied her clothes and tidied up Wang Zhong's camp bed.

Wang Zhong stood nearby and looked at Nellie suspiciously. He was a little confused. Is it completely okay for the princess to hug Nellie while she was sleeping?

Neli suddenly stopped and looked at Wang Zhong: "Why are you standing there? Your clothes are over there. Once you're done, go to the headquarters tent."

"Oh, okay." Wang Zhong quickly put on the general's clothes, rushed out of the tent and went straight to the headquarters.

As soon as Pavlov saw Wang Zhongjin's tent at the headquarters, he said loudly: "We figured out how the Prosens deceived MI6."

Wang Zhong: "How did you cheat?"

Pavlov: "These Plosen people were originally stationed in a fishing village on the seaside to the west of the city. The fishing village is far away from transportation lines and has no deep-water port, so almost no one passes by.

"After the Plosans arrived six years ago, they built barracks and training grounds there, and all the people in the fishing village were moved away."

Wang Zhong: "Then?"

Pavlov: "After the Balas royal family realized that we were going to overthrow him, they asked these Prossens and the 5th Division of the Guards Army originally stationed here to change defenses. MI6 thought it was a normal defense adjustment. This was Balas. It is a common practice of the Sri Lankan royal family not to let a troop stay in one place for too long.

"Then we met."

Wang Zhong: "How could such a crude plan escape the investigation of MI6 and the Church Tribunal?"

Popov: "To be fair, the Inquisition has focused on Prosen since the year it began to expand. Baras is just an insignificant small country, so it's normal that it didn't notice it. And... the Tribunal probably thought that military intelligence The Sixth Office will be watching.”

Emilia: "Maybe MI6 thinks so too. After all, Moha is close to you, and you will play the leading role in the landing. Naturally, you should also be responsible for the investigation before the landing..."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, don't worry about this. These Prosins were all wiped out by us. So how many Prosins did we eliminate yesterday?"

Pavlov: "We destroyed two regiments of Prossens, took two thousand prisoners, and took in more than two thousand wounded."

Wang Zhong: "The naval infantry performed well. Let's add one more spot for them to apply for gold stars, no, three more!"

Pavlov: "Okay. In addition, we killed more than 1,000 Balas soldiers last night, and most of them were sent to die by the Prosens as cannon fodder.

"After getting information about their original location from the Prossens, I sent an armored force westward along the beach to find the real 5th Division of the Guards that had switched defenses with the Prossins. They just reported that the camp The building was empty, and Barras's fifth division ran away with their weapons after learning that the Plosans were defeated."

After Pavlov finished speaking, Yakov was overjoyed: "Great, the enemy was scared to pieces by us and dispersed!"

Wang Zhong shook his head solemnly: "No, if the enemy runs away in an organized manner with weapons, it is not called a rout."

Yakov: "Uh... there's something wrong with my expression. Don't make me pick up shit again!"

Wang Zhong did not answer, but turned to look at Amelia: "We need to use aerial reconnaissance to confirm the location of the fleeing enemy. Miss Amelia, is it appropriate for you to continue to stay here as an air force? Why not go to the airport and take off in person to help How about we find the enemy?"

Emilia saluted Wang Zhong: "Report, I didn't set off because my plane was not expected to arrive until 12 noon today. I have not received training in driving Yak or P47. In order to prevent me from being unfamiliar with driving, the United Kingdom The aircraft was shot down by the enemy and I was prohibited from flying any aircraft other than the Spitfire's clipped wings."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, Pavlov, give the order to the airport, and anyone can set out to investigate as soon as possible."

At this time, Yakov suddenly interrupted the conversation: "Wait a minute, didn't a local tribal leader come to us yesterday? What was his name?"

"Bahram." Wang Zhong answered casually.

"Yes, Bahram, why don't we ask the local tribe to help with reconnaissance? They are familiar with the terrain. Even if the Fifth Division hides, the locals should be able to find it!" Yakov said excitedly.

Emilia: "Indeed. Aerial reconnaissance is not very useful for people who are good at camouflage. Sometimes even a cloak of the same color as the environment can block the sight of the pilot in the air."

Wang Zhong: "Okay. But a Balas unit, let the armored unit sent to the west continue to chase. Our main goal is to go south as soon as possible. The next checkpoint is the Finni Valley Bridge. When can our troops set off?"

Pavlov: "The vanguard of the 51st Tank Army can set off at noon today. I have reinforced this tank brigade with one and a half infantry regiments. Each T34 carries an infantry squad forward."

"Very good. This time it's our turn to race against time. We must be quick." Wang After Wang Zhong finished speaking, he changed the subject, "When will we move forward?"

"We can't move forward so quickly, otherwise the troops will not know where to send messengers when they encounter communication interruption." Pavlov sighed, "You are already a general, rounded up to the commander of the front, and you should get used to your headquarters staying in one place for a long time. When you become the commander of the front, will your headquarters continue to move forward with the vanguard troops?"

This era does not have a C4I command system as convenient as in later generations. In order to process a large amount of intelligence and maintain the operation of the entire army, the front headquarters itself may have a staff of thousands or tens of thousands of people, which is indeed very troublesome to move.

Wang Zhong looked miserable: "So how long do we have to live in the tent?"

Pavlov: "Why, do you hate living in a tent? It's okay, it will be soon..."

Suddenly, the phone rang loudly, and Pavlov picked up the receiver: "Hello? Brother Peter? I know."

He put down the receiver and shouted: "Enemy planes are rushing towards us, prepare for air defense!"

As soon as the voice fell, the sound of a hand-cranked air defense alarm came from outside.

Then the sound of anti-aircraft gunfire rang out - Pavlov had indeed arranged everything perfectly.

Suddenly, Emilia ran out of the tent.

Wang Zhong did not follow her out, but cut to a bird's-eye view, watching Emilia rush onto the No. 422 tank parked next to the headquarters, pick up the anti-aircraft machine gun, and calmly load it - this tank seemed to be designed to allow Wang Zhong to charge at any time, and even the anti-aircraft machine gun was loaded with live ammunition and ready for battle at any time.

Emilia looked up at the sky for a while, and turned the machine gun to the east.

Just at this time, the phone rang again, and Pavlov picked up: "Headquarters! Where are you from? Due east? Why didn't I hear it before? Got it!"

He threw down the microphone and said to Wang Zhong: "Two sounds suddenly appeared in the east. They were the enemy's BF110 heavy fighters. They may have used the valley to hide their engine sounds just now, so Brother Peter didn't hear it!"

Wang Zhong looked at Emilia in the yard again - it was amazing, isn't this the ability of the "new humans" in the Gundam animation? Sensing where the real danger will come from!

At this moment, Emilia opened fire, and the tracer bullet shot directly into the sky.

Wang Zhong hurriedly followed the trajectory of the tracer bullet to find the enemy plane, and indeed saw two BF110s flying at ultra-low altitude.

The tracer bullet flew over the heads of the two enemy planes, as if announcing "I have found you."

But the Plossen heavy fighter remained unmoved and continued to fly along the original course.

No, the flames spewing from the exhaust ports of their engines have increased significantly, and the Plossen people have turned on the engine afterburner!

At this time, Wang Zhong's body could also hear the roar of the engine, and the enemy plane was obviously about to fly.

If the enemy shoots at the large tent on the ground--

Emilia fired again, and the trajectory of the tracer bullet just swept across the path of the enemy plane.

The enemy plane flying in front was hit several times immediately, and Wang Zhong could see the bullet holes on the enemy plane's fuel tank, and the black fuel leaking out.

But the self-sealing fuel tank quickly blocked the bullet holes.

Emilia continued to shoot.

At this time, the enemy plane should have entered her visual contact range, so this wave of shooting was more accurate, and all the bullets hit the left engine of the lead plane, and soon the left engine caught fire.

The lead plane began to lose power and fell to the ground——

Emilia turned to the wingman, but this time the Proson decisively gave up the attack and took an evasive maneuver, avoiding the trajectory of the tracer bullet and turning to an ultra-low altitude to break away.

The shot-down leader hit the ground and plowed a long scratch on the ground.

After finally stopping the taxiing, the burning engine exploded and the entire wing broke apart.

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After the air raid, Pavlov counted the losses and came to Wang Zhong with a frown.

"The 51st Army will not set off until tomorrow morning." He said, "and according to the scheduled plan, Komanda will raid the Finney Valley Bridge tonight."

Wang Zhong: "I remember that it takes about three hours for the tanks to move at full speed from here to the valley bridge. It shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Pavlov nodded: "That should be the case. After all, according to intelligence, the enemy guarding the bridge is only a reinforced battalion with about 1,000 soldiers. If the Komanda commando can take it down, it should be no problem to hold it until tomorrow noon. If it can't be taken down...it won't be too late to attack after our vanguard arrives. We are just worried that the enemy will blow up the bridge."

Wang Zhong said confidently: "Don't worry, Komanda will be fine."