Arc of Gunfire

In the early morning of November 1, at 0800 hours, the Abawahan Front Army Headquarters.

Wang Zhong had already sat in the headquarters and drank half a cup of tea.

I don’t know what Chef Siris, who was brought back from the United States, thought of. Anyway, Wang Zhong ate hot snacks this morning, so he was in a good mood. The depressed mood caused by the heavy sacrifices in recent days seemed to be lifted by the hot snacks. Sweep away.

Wang Zhong even seriously considered catching up on his sleep.

Just then, the phone rang.

Pavlov frowned while holding the half-eaten snack: "What's going on? It's not time for the daily report?"

Although he said this, he still picked up the receiver: "Front Army Headquarters. What? How many troops rushed through your defense area? Why were they not blocked? Okay, I understand. We must close the breach and block the following troops."

After saying that, Pavlov put down the phone and looked at Wang Zhong: "A heavy enemy group took advantage of the pre-dawn time when our soldiers were most tired to blow up the roadblocks set up by the 277th Division in Episode 62 and passed through the division's defense area from St. Andrew Avenue. ”

Wang Zhong immediately stuffed the snack into his mouth, and while chewing it, he came to the city defense map: "St. Andrew's Avenue? This road is connected to Tsar Avenue and can go directly to the tunnel entrance."

Pavlov did not answer, he was on the phone: "Hello? 161st Division Headquarters? Call your division commander over! This is the front headquarters, and a heavy enemy group is advancing along St. Andrew Avenue! Yes, you have to stop them , stop them at all costs!”

Wang Zhong looked at the defense area of ​​the 161st Division on the map. Pavlov skipped the defense area of ​​a division and directly issued orders to the division guarding the intersection of St. Andrew Avenue and Tsar Avenue.

Just as the chief of staff put down the phone, the phone rang again. He picked up the receiver and said: "Headquarters! I know you are under attack. Block the enemy's heavy troop group at all costs, and at least buy time for the 161st Division behind you.

"What? The troops have been broken into pieces. There is no large-scale organized troops to stop the attack for the time being? What is your guard battalion for?"

At this time, Wang Zhong had figured out the situation with the help of a plug-in - when Pavlov was talking to the divisions below, Wang Zhong could gain their vision.

The person Pavlov was talking to was the 186th Division of the 62nd Group Army.

The Prossens concentrated a combined force roughly equivalent to a reinforced brigade and used a dozen fire-breathing tanks to clear the way, trying to break out along the wide St. Andrew's Avenue.

It should be said that this tactic effectively countered Wang Zhong's tactic of breaking things into parts.

However, there was a strong defensive stronghold at the intersection of St. Andrew's Avenue and Tsar's Avenue.

The supporting point was originally the Abawahan Grand Theater, a solid building made of reinforced concrete and marble. After half a month of reinforcement, it has now become a fortress that cannot be easily destroyed even by Proson's heaviest 210mm heavy artillery. it.

In the Grand Theater, a reinforced regiment of defenders was deployed, equipped with more than ten 76mm anti-tank guns and dozens of machine guns.

Even for an elite Prossen battle group, it would be difficult to pass through such a solidly fortified fortress.

Wang Zhong paid attention to the movements of the Prosen battle group.

As expected, the 186th Division was unable to stop the organized Plosen battle group in a hurry. Although the fragmented Ant soldiers were able to kill and injure the Plossons and obtain a good exchange ratio, they could not stop the enemy's breakthrough.

Although all the Ant warriors along the way were firing and fighting, the Prossens were still moving forward resolutely.

The roadblocks across the road blocked the enemy a little. Unfortunately, the enemy's combat engineers quickly completed the demolition and demolition of the obstacles - the 186th Division did not have enough troops to prevent the obstacle-breaking operation.

Just when the Prosens were about to break through, a battalion of Ant warriors appeared.

From Wang Zhong's perspective, he could immediately tell who these people were. In addition to the division's security forces, there were also staff officers, clerks, and other miscellaneous personnel. The entire division was here.

He even saw the commander of the 186th Division leading the way, holding a submachine gun in one hand and a pistol in the other, standing on the roadside flower bed and shouting something.

The Prosens reacted quickly and immediately launched a crossfire network.

The fire-breathing tank advanced towards the 186th Division Headquarters Group, and the flames from the muzzle swept out the fan.

Even the most determined warrior will forget about fighting in the severe pain and roll on the ground when his body is on fire.

Wang Zhong couldn't bear to watch any more and raised his viewing angle. At that moment, Pavlov hung up the phone, which meant that Wang Zhong would lose his field of vision in a few dozen seconds.

He directly switched the screen and began to check the defense at the entrance of the tunnel.

"Pavlov," he said, "the defense of the Coliseum should be able to resist the enemy's advance. But I think they are very determined. Maybe they will use smoke bombs to block the line of sight, and then quickly pass through the Coliseum."

Pavlov: "It is indeed possible. The defenders of the Coliseum should be ordered to adopt the 'fire zone' tactics."

This is the tactics Wang Zhong used in Loktov. Regardless of the shooting range, all firepower is directly fired according to the calibrated parameters. The machine gunner just shakes the crank of the machine gun mindlessly, and the gunner just shoots with his eyes closed.

On Earth, this is a tactic used by the United States to deal with small-time night attacks. It is very effective and has no shortcomings except a waste of ammunition.

And Wang Zhong has no shortage of ammunition now.

While Pavlov was on the phone, Wang Zhong continued to look at Tsarist Boulevard from an overhead perspective.

"Several barriers should be put up with trucks on the Tsar Boulevard as a precaution."

He turned around and ordered Yakov: "Go outside, stop the car group returning through the tunnel, and ask the group leader to come to me."

The car groups returning were either empty or full of corpses or seriously injured people.

It should be possible to stop empty vehicles and drive them to the highway to strengthen the roadblocks.

Pavlov put down the receiver and said to Wang Zhong: "The Grand Theater has received the order. Even if the enemy uses smoke, it will not be easy to pass."

At this time, Yakov came in with the commander of the car regiment. Wang Zhong directly greeted the regiment leader: "Stop saluting, it's an emergency. An enemy brigade is rushing towards the tunnel. All empty cars in your regiment are now driving to Tsarevich Avenue." , we have roadblocks set up here, here and here, you use trucks to reinforce the roadblocks and try to top them up."

"Yes." The group leader still saluted, "We saw the location of the roadblock on the way to transport, and we immediately put it in place."

"I wish you good luck. The situation is urgent, so I won't treat you to dinner." Wang Zhong picked up the fried soybeans on the table, "Come and have some of this."

The group leader grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth, turned around and left.

Pavlov: "You actually memorized the location of every roadblock?"

Wang Zhong: "Just remember it casually."

After a brief silence, Wang Zhong said again: "I think this is not enough. We have to mobilize troops to block the enemy in this position. The tunnel entrance cannot be allowed to enter the enemy's firing range."

He poked the map with his hand.

Pavlov: "Indeed. The line of sight can be blocked by burning tires, but it is a bit difficult to block the enemy's elite mixed combat group. I still have a tank brigade reserve in hand, which is hidden in the school next to it. , let them attack?"

Wang Zhong: "Let them attack, and tell them that the T34 destroyed on the road is also a roadblock. Let them block the road when they die."

Pavlov glanced at Wang Zhong's profile: "I thought you would attack in person."

Wang Zhong was silent for a few seconds and asked, "Will you allow me to attack if I do?"

"No, because we no longer have the advantage of armored bomb confrontation. The T34 is a consumable when facing the Prosen armored force. I can't let you die." Pavlov replied.

Wang Zhong reached out to touch the soybeans on the table, but failed to touch them. Then he remembered that he had given them to the leader of the car group.

Then he recalled the day last year when he left behind the militiamen who rescued him from under the car.

He always felt that he would be guilty of his decision for the rest of his life.

In order to dilute this guilt, he ordered: "Bring the radio, I want to hear what the tank crews have to say."

It’s actually about gaining perspective.

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Plossenhofmann Provisional Battle Group.

Brigadier General Hoffman shouted: "Stop, stop! Yes, stop on the side of the road, I want to see the situation!"

The command vehicle braked, and the vehicle body and gun barrel swayed back and forth.

Brigadier General Hoffman picked up the telescope and looked into the distance: "They seem to be using trucks as roadblocks. We can't let them succeed and continue the attack! The Ant people are short of trucks. If they start using trucks as roadblocks, it means we are close to the goal!"

At this time, Brigadier General Hoffman's earphone came with a report from the wingman: "Look in the distance, they lit something on fire to create a black curtain wall to block our view. They may have burned tires."

"It means there is a tunnel behind." The brigadier general put down the telescope and turned around and shouted to his troops, "Go forward! The target is ahead, we will win today!"

At this time, the wingman's exclamation came from the earphone: "T34!"

"Don't panic, destroy them!" the brigadier general ordered.

The wingman opened fire first.

The leading T34 was shot immediately and stopped on the side of the road. The two tanks jumped out of the tank with wave sand in their hands and searched for cover while strafing.

The long-barreled No. 4 of the battle group continued to fire, and the T34s rushing along the road exploded one after another.

"Humph, it's a pointless death!" Brigadier General Hoffman said contemptuously, but he immediately realized something, "Wait a minute, they are blocking the street with debris! Damn it! They are blocking the road with debris! "

"However, we can only destroy them. Their main guns can penetrate us. If they don't die, we will die."

"Damn it!" Brigadier General Hoffman cursed, looking down at the city's road map.

"Wait a minute, there is a road next to it. Let's turn to the road next to it. Although it is narrower and does not hit the tunnel entrance directly, it can still lead to the destination! Everyone obey the order and turn right! Enter! Fork in the road!"

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Wang Zhong stood next to the radio, pretending to listen, but actually watched the enemy turn into a fork in the road from an overhead perspective.

There are roadblocks on the bifurcated road, but they all seem to be able to be blasted by combat engineers.

And because of Wang Zhong's strategy, there were only more than a hundred Ant soldiers divided into groups of three on the fork in the road.

He immediately ordered Pavlov: "Let the anti-aircraft artillery regiment and guard regiment of the front army headquarters move to Potemkin Street to prepare to block the enemy."

Pavlov immediately took the microphone, and then remembered that these orders did not require a microphone, just shouted loudly, and the orderer could convey them when he went out.

So he shouted.

(Nellie’s progress, originally the artist wanted to paint scars like Balalaika’s, but I stopped him)