Arc of Gunfire

For the next month or so, Wang Zhong flew back and forth in the United States.

He was a little worried that his angry response to Speaker Douglas at the advisory meeting would ruin his popularity in the United States, but he didn't expect that he was completely overthinking.

Because the United States is a two-party system, and the Speaker is the Squirrel Party, Wang Zhong was angry with him, and the opponent, the Bull Deer Party, followed the principle that the enemy of my enemy is my friend and regarded Wang Zhong as one of their own.

The current wartime president is from the Bull Deer Party, and his uncle, who is also the former president of the United States, was assassinated by the gunmen of the Squirrel Party while in office.

In addition, the president was Mr. Zhang's personal lawyer at the time.

Suddenly, Wang Zhong suddenly became an old friend of the Bull Deer Party.

Moreover, many of the Bull Deer Party's die-hard voters are tough people, and boys learn the traditional martial arts of the United States from an early age. Wang Zhong's use of a pistol to shoot two traitorous generals is like a martial arts novel in the eyes of these people, which is very exciting.

In particular, Wang Zhong also dodged an assassination attempt from a very long distance. The photo of him raising his fist and shouting under the flag of the Ant Army became popular again, and was even made into postcards and various souvenirs, which sold well in the Iron Buck State (referring to the Buck Party's iron vote bank).

It is said that the largest gambling city in the United States has opened a betting, and the content is whether Wang Zhong can shoot Emperor Proson with the same gun.

This development is... a special United States.

Many voters in the south of the Squirrel Party are actually very unhappy with Speaker Douglas and want to replace him, so some Squirrel Party members in some states simply stood up and criticized the Speaker for still thinking about seeking benefits for their backstage boss at this time.

The changes in public opinion in this month made Wang Zhong thank himself for his understanding of the United States from another time and space.

A month passed quickly, and the number of war bonds sold by the Ant War Heroes Team led by Wang Zhong was equivalent to the total amount of bonds sold by the United States in the eight months of war, which directly doubled the fundraising amount.

Of course, there are actually objective reasons for this.

There are many Plossom people in the United States. They were not arrested after the war like the Fuso people - because Plossom had not directly harmed the civilians of the United States and had not aroused enough public indignation.

These Plossom people have been preaching that the Plossom Empire is very strong and the United States should share the world with the Plossom Empire.

The United States has not yet achieved a decisive victory over Plossom. In addition, the attack on Plossom since June 915 has achieved gratifying results, and a large area of ​​the map has been dyed in the color of Plossom.

In fact, most of the colored areas are grasslands with few people, but the people don't care about this.

So some people in the United States believe that the Fuso Empire has been beaten up in Midway Island, and it is only a matter of time to defeat them. There is no need to buy war bonds, and the cost of fighting the Plossom Empire is too high. If they really fight, the bonds may not be recovered.

Wang Zhong's sudden popularity has changed all this. This month, the delegation led by Wang Zhong has been doing one thing: telling the people of the United States that Plossom can be defeated.

While Wang Zhong was making appearances everywhere, the professional diplomatic delegation was also continuously in contact with the United States, gradually determining the content of next year's aid.

Most of the goals that Wang Zhong wanted to achieve were achieved - except for the B29, which was indeed a heavy weapon of the United States and could not be given easily.

In terms of technology transfer, in addition to the engine that Wang Zhong wanted, the United States General Technology Company and other companies also transferred a large number of machine tools that Ante could not produce at present to Ante as gifts.

The price was that Wang Zhong became their spokesperson for free and recorded a lot of advertisements - at this time, television was not popular, so the advertisements were mainly used on radio stations.

Wang Zhong spent a whole day recording a lot of advertising slogans on the radio station, such as "I think General Motors is OK" and "I am Commander Rokossov and I only use Shell engine oil."

Because Wang Zhong was so popular, the United States even planned to extend his visit.

But at noon on October 11, Ante's ambassador to the United States walked into the hotel where Wang Zhong was staying in Wisconsin with a serious expression.

Wang Zhong was a little surprised: "Mr. Ambassador, shouldn't you be busy with the supplementary agreement in the capital?"

The supplementary agreement refers to the secret agreement that the allied parties promised to take what actions next year. Ant hopes that the Allied forces will open a second battlefield in Europa to reduce the pressure on the front, while the United States and the United Kingdom hope that Ant can launch a large-scale attack to contain more Plosson troops.

Wang Zhong: "Could it be that the Allied forces are asking for too much and want to set a limit on the number of Plosson troops to be annihilated?"

Although Wang Zhong personally relies on the knowledge of another time and space to know that Ant will launch another hearty counterattack next, the matter of how many enemies to annihilate sometimes depends on the cooperation of the opponent.

If the opponent runs fast, even if it is as strong as a certain army with Gundam, it can't catch up.

So Wang Zhong doesn't want to boast about how many enemies he wants to annihilate. When fighting, try to eat as much as possible, and the best is to eat as much as you can in the end.

The ambassador looked at Wang Zhong and shook his head slightly. "It's not because of this. In fact, the negotiation of the supplementary agreement went smoothly. The main contradiction was whether we had to open a second battlefield next year. They didn't make more demands on us. I guess it's because those generals don't believe we can make great progress next year.

"In the minds of many senior Allied generals, you can achieve a series of tactical victories, but strategically, we Ant can only hold back the Prosons, and the Allies can only play the leading role in defeating Proson."

Wang Zhong: "Humph, they will eventually know how wrong they are. Then why did you come here?"

Mr. Ambassador took out a telegram: "I must hand this secret telegram to you personally, and burn it after reading."

Wang Zhong's expression became solemn.

Since he came to the United States, he could not get first-hand information about the war, because the headquarters suppressed the bad news for the smooth negotiation here.

Wang Zhong could only rely on personal relationships to get intelligence from the Allies, and the Allied intelligence was second-hand intelligence stolen by the Allied intelligence officers in Yebao. It was not necessarily accurate, and there must be false intelligence deliberately released.

So Wang Zhong was not sure about the situation on the front line.

But since it was so urgent that a secret telegram was sent to him, I was afraid that--

Wang Zhong took the telegram and opened it to read.

"Admiral Rokosov, the front line is in danger, the enemy is approaching Abavakhan, hurry back."

He read the string of words softly, pursed his lips and took out the lighter given to him by Admiral Hawthorne, lit a corner of the telegram, and watched it burn slowly.

The ambassador did not speak, just looked at Wang Zhong.

Abavakhan, a port city on the inland sea, is the terminus of the Allied transport line from Balas to the north.

Where is Steelgrad as promised? What about the big turn at the Valdaichu River to block the Proson Army?

How come they all came to Abavakhan all of a sudden?

Wang Zhong remembered the days when the expeditionary force was in Abavakhan before it set out to land in Balas.

The good news is that Pavlov took the expeditionary force headquarters and all the troops not stationed in Balas back to Abavakhan. Wang Zhong really took office and immediately had a group of familiar troops to use.

Pavlov should also have mastered all the situations around the city.

The bad news is that the enemy has reached here, and it is estimated that Kuba's oil cannot be delivered. Many places will have trouble spending the winter this year.

Wang Zhong was thinking, and then the fire burned his fingers.

He hurriedly threw the telegram into the ashtray and put his fingers that were burned red in his mouth.

The ambassador finally couldn't help asking: "What do you think?"

Wang Zhong: "I ask you, did Proson use any powerful new weapons?"

History has changed so much that Wang Zhong can only suspect that Proson threw a nuclear bomb.

The ambassador shook his head: "No."

Wang Zhong: "Did the Western Front launch an offensive?"

On Earth, it was the Western Front that launched the Zhelev offensive, minced meat in Zhelev, and attracted a large number of Sandezi's elite troops, so it couldn't push in the south.

Wang Zhong is using the elimination method to screen all the possible causes of this situation.

Ambassador: "As far as I know, no. I mean, there was no large-scale offensive."

Wang Zhong understood. He let General Gorky know that at this stage, using troops to force Plossen would cause too many casualties. He should wait until the troops were trained and combat experience was slowly accumulated.

Wang Zhong said that the meat-crushing battle that was supposed to take place on the central front was gone, and a large number of Plossen's troops were thrown into the southern offensive.

And Plossen is stronger than Sandezi on Earth, but this is the result!

This time, the butterfly flapped its wings and caused a hurricane. I, Wang Zhong, am the damn butterfly.

Now, I must return to my second home, my current motherland, to put out the storm I caused.

Wang Zhong took a deep breath. At this time, Admiral Hawthorne came in without knocking on the door-since Wang Zhong became popular, this admiral who knows media operations very well has been with Wang Zhong.

"Luo!" Admiral Hawthorne shouted joyfully. He always simplified Wang Zhong's last name to "Luo". "Good news, the first phase of Operation Torch was a success. We have landed in the North African territory of Vissi Caroline. Our army is sweeping away everything in its path! The days of the Desert Fox will not last long!"

At this time, Admiral Hawthorne noticed the paper ash in the ashtray: "This... am I here at the wrong time?"

Wang Zhong: "No, you are here at the right time. I would like to ask you to inform the President of the United States and everyone who is still waiting for me to give a speech. It is urgent business. I must return to my homeland immediately."

At this time, Yakov came in: "General! I just received a telegram from the country. You have been appointed as the commander of the Abavakhan Front. Please return home immediately!"

Wang Zhong frowned. He did not send the message through a more secret radio station, but sent the appointment like this. It seems that the headquarters can no longer conceal it. Soon the Allied liaison officers in Yebao will know that Abavakhan is in urgent need.

Admiral Hawthorne had an expression of sudden enlightenment: "The Plossons are about to succeed, right?"

Wang Zhong: "No, they won't succeed. I will turn the tide like I did last year. I will definitely do it."