Arc of Gunfire

After the meeting with Meyer and other progressive officers of Barras, Wang Zhong abandoned the No. 422 tank and took a Willys jeep back to the expeditionary headquarters outside the city.

The United Kingdom's convoy had arrived, and the convoy's Bu-wheeled machine gun vehicle and Daimler wheeled armored vehicle were parked in the yard.

Wang Zhong jumped off the Willys jeep and circled around the two vehicles.

Bu-wheeled machine gun vehicle, a light vehicle, Wang Zhong liked to play this thing when he played Company of Heroes 2 before crossing. It was cheap, durable, and had good output. The most important thing was that it ran fast and harassed opponents everywhere.

As for the Daimler wheeled armored vehicle, this thing is a good thing. The British on Earth gave rave reviews to this car, and the Allied forces also said it was good after using it.

Wang Zhong's knowledge of this car all came from the game. His impression of this car is: fast! The cannon can also penetrate the sides of most enemies that can be encountered.

Generally speaking, in the hands of game masters, a car that runs fast and has good firepower is a good car.

Wang Zhong kept circling around the two vehicles.

There was no other way. When he was commanding the First Mobile Army, the troops were equipped with a lot of Willys Jeeps and Studebaker trucks, and there were also M3 half-track vehicles, so Wang Zhong didn't feel the problem of lacking infantry vehicles at all - because there was no shortage.

Now he was commanding the expeditionary force, and trucks had to be used to transport supplies. The infantry either had to use their legs or sit on tanks, which resulted in a lot of problems.

The expeditionary force even had a small number of Willys Jeeps that were used as military horses and consumables in the First Mobile Army before, and there was no motorcycle at all. They had to seize the enemy's motorcycles.

So now when Wang Zhong saw the United Kingdom's Bu-wheeled machine gun vehicles and Daimler armored vehicles, he was a little immobile, and he wanted to immediately put a bowl in front of the United Kingdom's officers and start asking for a bargain.

He walked around the two types of vehicles, saying, "Great, great."

Finally, Emilia's voice came: "What are you doing? You look like a country bumpkin who has never seen an armored vehicle."

Wang Zhong: "What can I do? My expeditionary army does not have vehicles with the same positioning as the wheeled machine gun vehicle and the Daimler wheeled vehicle! We don't even have an M3 half-track vehicle!

"Our military production is all about making tanks, destroyers, self-propelled artillery and trucks. We don't have the productivity to produce this kind of front-line infantry vehicle."

Emilia asked in confusion: "Why don't you adjust the production? Aren't you the chairman of the Equipment Committee? You are also the tsar's brother, so it's just a matter of giving an order."

Wang Zhong shook his head: "It's not that simple. The loss of tanks on the front line is so great that we can only use new tanks to fill the gap. I want to strengthen the maintenance capacity of the front line and reduce the amount that needs to be replenished every month, but there are not enough industrial workers.

"I have been working hard to offer various courses and train qualified maintenance technicians, but I estimate that it will take until the second half of 916 before we can train enough technicians to effectively reduce the loss rate of front-line tanks.

"Then we can free up production capacity to build infantry fighting vehicles and the like."

Emilia stared at Wang Zhong for a few seconds, and suddenly said: "You complained to me, don't you want the United Kingdom to help you with your cars?"

Wang Zhong: "You want to give me all these cars? Great, Yakov, call someone to drive all these cars away! And remember to ask them what kind of oil they burn, don't fill it with the wrong oil!"

Emilia: "Are you going to rob even these?"

Wang Zhong touched his head: "I think this is what you gave me?"

Yakov couldn't help it: "General, we are indeed in short supply of armored vehicles for infantry, but we are not so embarrassed. And... the battle of Baras is over. "

Wang Zhong stared at Yakov and blinked his eyes: "Yakov, although you are a professional staff officer, I will take the initiative to ask for your professional opinion when I need it. Can you talk less at other times?"

Yakov covered his mouth: "Uh, I know."

Gregory laughed and patted Yakov on the shoulder: "Be content, I didn't ask you to dig out feces."

Wang Zhong: "And Yakov, I felt that the toilet in the headquarters was a bit dirty yesterday."

"Okay, okay, I know." Yakov shrugged, "I found that picking up feces is not that difficult, and as long as it is done properly, it will not dirty yourself."

Wang Zhong looked at the adjutant who accepted the unreasonable order from the superior. For a few seconds, he wanted to withdraw the order, but then he thought it was inappropriate to change the order every day, so he turned his head and said to Emilia: "Are you going to take me to meet with the officers of the United Kingdom Expeditionary Force?"

"Yes, please come this way. "Emilia made a gesture of invitation.

A few minutes later, Wang Zhong saw the United Kingdom officers who were talking to Pavlov.

Wang Zhong could not recognize the rank of the leader - he did not know much about the ranks of the British Army that performed poorly in World War II, but he could switch to external plug-ins.

A second later, he stretched out his hand: "Major General Richard, hello."

Emilia's eyes widened: "I don't think I have introduced the general's name to you yet?"

Wang Zhong: "But I knew the names and ranks of the United Kingdom Army generals who came from the south to the north before, and I also knew their positions. After seeing this person's rank, I guessed that he should be the commander of the Fifth Armored Division as the vanguard.

"As an officer of the meeting, his rank is just right. If it is the brigadier general of the First Brigade of the Fifth Armored Division, it is obviously a bit contemptuous of me, isn't it?"

In Ant, the brigadier general is not regarded as a general in many cases, so it is not in accordance with etiquette to send someone who is not a general as the advance officer of the "meeting".

Emilia: "You... actually remember the names on those documents? I see you never read official documents..."

Pavlov: "Our general does not like to deal with official documents, but he has an extraordinary memory. When he was a division commander, he even remembered the name and rank of every soldier who died in battle."

Wang Zhong: "I remember it now too."

After saying that, he realized that it was too terrible to remember the names and ranks of the entire front's sacrifices. It was not appropriate, so he hurriedly made up for it: "I mean, I still remember the names of the soldiers who died in Loktov and other places last year.

"Now I am a commander at the front level, it is unlikely that I can remember the names of all the victims. "

Emilia looked at Wang Zhong, and her expression showed that she didn't believe it.

But Emilia now thinks that Wang Zhong is the same as herself, and probably thinks that this is Wang Zhong's mysterious power, so she didn't say anything.

Major General Richard had a stern face and was arrogant. His arrogant look was in line with Wang Zhong's perception of the rigid and stiff army generals of the United Kingdom Army.

But this Major General Richard seemed to have a lot of injuries. He wore a black eye mask on one eye, the sleeve of his left arm was empty, and a piece of artificial leg was exposed in the trouser leg of his right leg.

Wang Zhong: "My goodness, you actually have three serious injuries on your body?"

"Four." Major General Richard said, "I also lost one of my eggs... uh, eggs by the fragments of the shell."

Wang Zhong opened his mouth into an O shape and gasped: "Oh my God, is the banana still there?"

"Intact. "Major General Richard replied triumphantly.

Wang Zhong somewhat understood why the United Kingdom sent this man to fight in the front. Anyone who met such a "fierce general" would be shocked.

And Wang Zhong vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a general on Earth, and he was made into a video by Little John Khan.

I remember that the general's military talent was far inferior to his ability to speak sweet words, and he was basically a hindrance in the war.

The reason why the Fifth Armored Division of the United Kingdom advanced so slowly was found!

Major General Richard seemed to have misunderstood Wang Zhong's expression, thinking that his bravery had impressed Wang Zhong, so he raised his head and said in a reporting tone: "The commander of the United Kingdom Expeditionary Force is on his way. He hopes that you can first hand over His Majesty King Barras and Ambassador Plosson to us. "

"No, His Majesty King Barras will be judged by the Barras people themselves, and Ambassador Plosson has been sent to our prisoner-of-war camp. Of course, we will share the intelligence he confessed with the United Kingdom in accordance with the covenant. "

"What? "Richard exclaimed, "This is not in line with our agreement."

Wang Zhong: "Our agreement also requires us to attack the city together, but you didn't comply with it."

"That's because you didn't wait for us!"

"We attacked the city immediately, and King Tutka of Barras almost ran away. If I didn't act decisively at that time, the Barras government in exile would have been established in Prothenia now." Wang Zhong spread his hands, "When that royal brother gets the position improperly, the United Kingdom should be the one to worry about it, right? We, Ant, don't have much interest in Barras at present."

Major General Richard held it in for a long time, and squeezed out a sentence: "I will report to Admiral Auchinleck, the commander of the United Kingdom Expeditionary Force."

President Wang: "Please."

Major General Richard picked up the military cap on the table and left angrily.

Wang Zhong turned his head and asked Emilia: "Aren't you going to follow?"

Emilia: "My mission is to stay with you, and you will need my escort soon."

Wang Zhong: "What do you mean? I'm going back to my country? Proson's fighter planes can't fly over this distance, right? "

Emilia: "You don't know yet?"

At this time, Pavlov came over and stuffed a telegram into Wang Zhong's hand: "His Majesty Belinsky's order requires that the troops be handed over to me after the Battle of Balas is over."

Wang Zhong stared at the chief of staff with wide eyes: "Then why should I go?"

The chief of staff pointed to the telegram.

Wang Zhong then began to read the telegram: "'Alexei Konstantinovich, I have an extremely important task to give you, so I sent this secret telegram in my personal name. '"

Wang Zhong hurriedly glanced at the last signature, and it was indeed Belinsky, and the title of Patriarch was not written yet.

He continued to read: "'In the United States, you have gained a very high reputation. All citizens of the United States hope to meet you, the hero who turned the tide and saved Ant. This is extremely important to increase the United States' assistance to us. ’”

Wang Zhong was shocked. He did not read the rest of the content, but quickly glanced through it.

He put down the telegram and looked at the others: "Okay, I will go to the United States. "