Arc of Gunfire

Chapter 543 Farewell

Wang Zhong watched as all the active people in the front army headquarters took their guns and rushed towards Potemkin Street together with the personnel of the logistics department deployed near the tunnel.

Fortunately, even if the enemy passes through Potemkin Street, as long as they don't turn the corner, they still can't see the tunnel entrance.

The good news is that there are roadblocks and barricades on Potemkin Street. These things block the advance of enemy tanks and require enemy combat engineers to clear them with explosives.

The bad news is that these things provide a lot of cover, making the machine guns that block the roads much less effective.

Wang Zhong saw that the Pulosen people were skillfully performing leapfrog advancement - they didn't even bother to throw away smoke.

Moreover, Proson's tanks quickly took out the machine gun points.

In this open area, the advantage of the Prosen tank is greatly amplified.

Tank guns kept knocking away machine gun bunkers, and the battle lines on the street gradually retreated.

Wang Zhong saw it clearly from the bird's eye view.

Suddenly, he saw an Ant soldier releasing smoke in front of his machine gun. At the same time, the machine gun was still firing according to the calibrated parameters, blocking the advancement of the Proscenians on the street.

This idea is a good idea, but this kind of unaimed shooting requires intensive firepower to hit people. If the firepower is not enough, the machine gun shooter still needs to aim at the enemy.

While the smoke covered the muzzle of the machine gun, the Prossen stood up and jumped forward, ignoring the bullets that flew indiscriminately.

The next moment, the Prosen tank opened fire, and the shell passed through the smoke and hit the second floor of the machine gun fire point.

Although the shot missed, the violent explosion caused the second floor to collapse, and cement blocks fell on the machine gunner's head.

At the same time, the Proson combat engineer pressed the lever of the fuse, and the explosives mounted on the anti-tank cement piles were detonated one after another, just like setting off firecrackers.

After the blasting was completed, a fire-breathing tank drove forward from the road opened by the engineers, spraying dazzling flames at the smoke-covered building.

The building was immediately set on fire, and the Ant warriors hiding in the building rushed out howling and rolling on the ground.

A Prossen submachine gunner held an MP40 and ended the suffering of all Prossian soldiers with skillful short bursts of fire.

Wang Zhong switched his perspective and looked at Pavlov: "With the current group of makeshift troops, they cannot stop the Prosens."

Pavlov: "Yes, so you should quickly retreat to the east coast and continue to direct the battle there. We cannot let the Prosin's death struggle take away our victory."

Wang Zhong: "No, my soldiers need me now. Don't worry, I won't go to the front line. I'm just trying to boost morale a little."

Pavlov: "No, I object!"

Wang Zhong: "Pavlov, I just appear where the soldiers can see me. You know what a huge boost to morale this is."

Pavlov looked so helpless: "Well, the commander's appearance in front of the soldiers at this time can indeed greatly improve morale. I ask Sergeant Major Grigory and Yakov to follow you every step of the way."

When Gregory heard that Wang Zhong was about to go out, he had already come over to get ready. At this time, he patted his chest: "As long as I am alive, the general's life will not be in danger."

Yakov also imitated Grigory's gesture and patted his chest: "Me too."

Wang Zhong: "Gregory, take my red flag! Without the red flag, how will the soldiers know where I am?"

"I've already asked someone to take it. This is the flag bearer Nicholas." Gregory patted the flag bearer on the shoulder.

Wang Zhong's eyes were entirely on the flag. This is the flag given to him by the textile workers of Shepetovka. It has been with him for a whole year of fighting. It has bullet holes and traces of gunpowder smoke on it.

Wang Zhong stretched out his hand and gently touched the surface of the flag, recalling the year when this flag accompanied him in battle.

I wonder how the workers in Shepetovka are doing and whether they have been evacuated to the rear.

Wang Zhong let go of the red flag and said to Pavlov: "Order the artillery group on the other side of the river to fire smoke bombs on Potemkin Street."

Pavlov nodded, but suddenly remembered something and grinned: "Remember in Ronezh a year and a half ago? You ordered the artillery regiment to fire the final smoke grenade, and then asked Egorov to launch an assault. The attacking enemy troops were defeated in hand-to-hand combat, and they finally escaped by breaking out in reverse. "

Wang Zhong: "How could I forget, that was the starting point of my resistance. Let's try again today, remember to make sure the smoke bombs cover the entire Potemkin Street."

"OK."

Wang Zhong turned around and was about to walk out the door. Suddenly he remembered something and turned around and said to Pavlov: "If I die, please ask the headquarters for General Gorky of the Western Front to command the troops."

Pavlov stared at Wang Zhong: "I originally had a lot to say, but if I think about it carefully, you have been involved in danger too many times. Maybe hell is already afraid of you."

Wang Zhong: "So this is just in case."

After saying that, he strode out of the room, followed closely by Grigory, Yakov and Nikolay carrying the red flag.

Pavlov sighed and picked up the receiver: "Operator, pick up the Western Front."

While waiting for the call to be connected, Pavlov shouted to the communications staff: "Send a report to the headquarters. If Rokossov dies, please let General Gorky take over the command. After completing the report, destroy the code book and all Archive the message and prepare for battle."

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General Gorky put down the receiver and stared at the table solemnly.

The chief of staff asked doubtfully: "What's wrong? Does the Tsar ask why the attack has not made progress for so long?"

General Gorky looked up and looked at the Chief of Staff: "No, it was the Chief of Staff of the Abavakhan Front who called and said that General Rokossov hoped that if anything happened to him, he would let me take over the command."

Chief of Staff: "This... Did the enemy reach the front headquarters? Shouldn't the headquarters choose to retreat?"

General Gorky took a deep breath, took off his hat and put it on the table: "Rokossov likes to go to the front himself. I guess the situation there is quite critical. Rokossov will go to the front to boost morale in person, so he asked Pavlov to call me so that I can prepare in advance. When the plane of the command arrives, we can set off immediately."

Western Front Staff He stared with wide eyes: "Is the situation in Abavakhan so dangerous?"

"It's just a temporary difficulty." General Gorky picked up the intelligence on the table, "Look, there are so many numbers on our front, which means that a considerable part of the enemy's troops that can be deployed to the front line have been assigned to our front. We have tied up so many Proson troops, and his side - I mean Rokosov's side should be easier."

Chief of Staff: "But the battle has reached the stage where close combat is required, which means that the enemy has also put great pressure on the Abavakhan Front."

"I think the enemy is already at the end of its strength and has a last gasp." General Gorky said firmly.

After a short silence, General Gorky muttered: "I am still considering leaving a name in the military history of Ante, and I want to compete with Rokosov for the naming rights of the new tactics, but he only considers victory and personally appears on the front line to boost morale."

He stood up, walked to the large-scale map of the entire battlefield, and stared at the name of the city at the mouth of the Valdai River.

"Compared with Rokossov's behavior, I am really far behind." General Gorky had an admiring expression on his face.

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As soon as Wang Zhong walked out of the tunnel, he smelled the smell of burnt flesh and blood.

The guards at the entrance of the tunnel were obviously much fewer than when they were stationed before, because the guard regiment of the front headquarters had been pulled to the front line.

The remaining guards saw Wang Zhong coming out of the tunnel with a red flag behind him, and immediately stood at attention and saluted.

Wang Zhong waved his hand: "You guard the entrance. If we can't repel the enemy's attack, you are the last line of defense here, at least until the documents are burned down."

The platoon leader of the guard platoon and the soldiers at the scene looked at each other, and then said: "General, shouldn't you retreat to the other side? Let us do the dangerous work. If you die, it will have a huge impact on the progress of the war."

Wang Zhong: "If I die, there will be thousands of me standing up. Ant will not lose the war because of someone missing."

As he said this, Wang Zhong walked towards Potemkin Street.

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