Arc of Gunfire

On November 4, Wang Zhong heard the earth trembling early in the morning.

He quickly got up and came to the headquarters: "Is there a shelling?"

"Yes, the bombardment started. The beachhead reported the day before yesterday that the enemy had withdrawn the remaining tank units of the 41st Armored Corps. It is almost time to reorganize. This should really be the final attack." Pavlov looked very excited. "But we will not be broken through by the enemy again."

Wang Zhong nodded: "Have you replenished the shells for my prototype vehicle?"

Pavlov spread his hands and said, "No."

Wang Zhong: "What are the factories in the rear doing? Such efficient equipment for enemy stronghold tactics should be mass-produced."

Popov: "Even if the shells are replenished, your car can't start. The engine couldn't start when it was inspected last night. It's being repaired. When I came over just now, I saw they were sweating profusely."

Wang Zhong's eyes widened: "Have you finally laid down? I thought that this time it has been running safely for so long. It allowed me to fight from the east of the city to the west of the city. Maybe it can keep running. Sure enough, it still doesn't work."

Even if tanks and armored vehicles continue to maneuver on the road, the failure rate is much higher than that of ordinary cars. There is nothing that can be done about it.

Pavlov looked very happy: "Hahaha, now you don't have a small tank to drive! If other tanks can't withstand Proson's guns, I won't allow you to drive to the front line."

Wang Zhong could only shrug: "Well, I don't want to go to the front line and become a Prossen tanker. So the siege assault gun I want has been built. Where is the heavy tank I want? The medium tank I want. Woolen cloth?"

"Maybe we're waiting for machine tools from the United States," Popov said.

Wang Zhong sighed and raised his hand slightly: "Yakov, my coffee..."

He stopped, his raised hand froze in the air, and then took it back in utter embarrassment.

The entire headquarters fell silent, and everyone looked at Wang Zhong.

Pavlov broke the silence first: "Work, work! Guard, make coffee for the general."

Wang Zhong stood up: "No, I will pour it myself. Neli, are you still on the beach?"

Pavlov: "Yesterday's report is here, should I ask her to take it down?"

"Is it easy to evacuate now?" Wang Zhong asked.

"It is difficult to evacuate. After the enemy stopped attacking the beachhead, they have been shelling the ferry on the east bank. Now transportation is very difficult, so we can only take advantage of the intervals between enemy shelling. The Valdaichu River will freeze in a few days, but once At first, the ice was not thick enough, so I didn’t dare to walk on it," Pavlov said as he picked up his cup and drank coffee.

Wang Zhong tinkered with the coffee pot, poured himself a cup of coffee, and took a big sip.

"It's so bitter. Who soaked it? It's like mud." He muttered.

Popov: "You must have a bitter taste in your mouth."

Wang Zhong didn't answer. He drank the coffee silently to get his brain excited before continuing the topic: "The enemy is shelling the east coast. That means the enemy's artillery has also entered our shelling range. It's my turn to conduct personal investigation. "

Pavlov was shocked: "What's the matter? We just banned your tanks, and you want to fly out again? You can't stay at the headquarters anyway?"

Wang Zhong: "Aren't I playing a role? I have already made a plan. You just have to execute it. I will cause you trouble here."

"Oh," Pavlov deliberately looked shocked, "You, the dignified commander of the front army, have become a troublemaker? Are you the commander or am I the commander?"

Wang Zhong: "You can be. But today, I feel that it is a bit dangerous to sit on the red Pendant 3. The enemy should have discovered the relationship between the red Pendant 3 and our army's precise artillery fire, so we should use the red Pendant 3 to arrange an aerial ambush. At the same time, Emilia ordered me to conduct reconnaissance."

Pavlov raised his eyebrows: "That's more or less the same, so I feel more at ease, but who is going to use the red pendant 3 as a scapegoat?"

Wang Zhong: "It may not necessarily die. You remember that Pei 3 is very fast. If the camera equipment and the back seat observer are removed - I mean, replace it with a lightweight dummy, it will be lighter and fly faster." quick.

"As long as you choose a skilled pilot, it can come back safely..."

Wang Zhong suddenly stopped and snapped his fingers: "Let Emilia drive, she will definitely come back alive and shoot down some enemy planes. I took the Pei 3 piloted by an ordinary pilot, because I was distracted by the red Pei 3 attraction, I will be very safe.”

Pavlov: "It's too risky. If an enemy plane is not attracted, you will be in danger."

Wang Zhong patted the bear-like chief of staff on the shoulder: "The pilots of Pei 3 often deal with enemy aircraft. They all came back alive. Don't worry."

"What you said makes sense." Pavlov stared at Wang Zhong for a few seconds, "Okay, let's go."

Wang Zhong snapped his fingers and immediately picked up the phone - then he remembered that the enemy was still conducting a major assault, so he lowered the receiver slightly: "Wait a minute, what about the enemy's assault?"

Pavlov: "You know that our army is equipped with more and more vortexes, right? A brigade of vortexes was just delivered today, with three battalions and 80 vehicles."

Wang Zhong: "How many cars?"

Pavlov gestured with his hand: "Eighty vehicles. I deployed these vortexes to the sniper position, and specially adjusted the distribution of roadblocks. The enemies would line up on the road and be sent to the vortex's muzzle. "

Wang Zhong laughed loudly: "Okay, then I'll be relieved. I'm leaving. Gregory, come with me."

"Okay, General."

After Wang Zhong left the headquarters, Pavlov looked at Popov: "Do you think the general was forcing a smile just now?"

Popov: "A little bit. I guess personally commanding the prototype vehicle to send the enemy to the sky these days makes him feel a lot better."

Pavlov returned to his desk and took out Yakov's death notice: "This thing... I always feel that the general would prefer to write it in his own hand, as well as the relics. He probably would rather deliver it to Yakov in person. In the hands of my wife.”

Popov: "Let him do it. He is not a fragile person."

Pavlov nodded, then struck a match, lit the death notice he had written, held it in his hand and waited for it to burn for a few seconds before throwing it into the ashtray.

At this time, a staff officer came over with a phone call: "Our observation post found a heavy enemy group, accompanied by armor."

"Which way?" Pavlov immediately asked.

"Cinco de Mayo Street."

Pavlov: "According to the plan, the May 5th factory will continue to produce T34. With the vortex, it will be enough to stop the enemy."

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At the factory on May 5th, the newly formed team was gathered around a new tank. The temporary tank commander said to the workshop director: "Let us drive this vehicle away!"

"No!" The workshop director raised his voice, "Because our factory is short of materials, this car is only a semi-finished product and we cannot let you drive away!"

Commander: "Don't worry, workshop director Davarich, it won't be long before it will be useless! As long as we can fire one shot at the enemy, we will be satisfied! Just one shot!"

"no!"

The commander stepped forward and patted his chest: "I was a loader before, and I am not familiar with the skills of the commander. We are all machine gunners and loaders. We can't do it well even if we are asked to drive a fully functional tank! The semi-finished product is perfect Suitable! Please!”

At this time, there was the sound of the engine and the click of the gearbox outside.

A worker rushed into the factory gate: "Look! It looks like a tank destroyer is coming!"

The improvised crew immediately rushed to the door and watched the legendary Vortex tank destroyer drive down the street and line up in front of the factory.

The commander turned around and begged the workshop director again: "Look, if we don't want to die, we can attack next to the vortex! They fire to destroy the enemy, and we cover it! Is this okay?"

The workshop director hesitated to speak, and finally just waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go!"

The temporary crew members immediately began to move shells into the tank and refuel the fuel tank.

The workshop director stepped aside and shook his head repeatedly: "What a good young man. He has gone away one after another, and I am still alive. What is this?"

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Brigadier General Meniev, commander of the 5th Independent Tank Destroyer Brigade, had just gotten out of the car when he saw a semi-finished T34 approaching.

"What's going on with you? Why are you driving a semi-finished product?" He immediately stopped the tank and asked.

The commander poked his head out and said, "Brigadier General Davarisi, we are here to cooperate with you in the battle! We can attack the enemies who want to bypass you, and we can also directly hit them!"

"What nonsense!" the brigadier general scolded, "You can stop here, we don't need you, the vortex can be dealt with! As long as there are infantry to help block the enemy's infantry!"

"Are you sure you don't need us?" asked the commander of the semi-finished tank.

The brigadier general thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have machine guns?"

"Yes, there are still machine guns on the hull!"

The brigadier general nodded: "Then you drive here and use the body machine guns to block this area, yes, just this area!"

The semi-finished tank drove to the place pointed by the brigadier general and stopped. The tank commander asked: "We still have artillery shells!"

"The enemy tank has an extra piece of armor welded on the front. Your guns can't penetrate the enemy's front at long distances. Look at the vortex!"

At this time, a Prosen motorcycle drove over, and the scout on it shouted: "The enemy is coming! A group of tanks and infantry!"

The brigadier general immediately jumped on his command vehicle and picked up the wireless phone: "Get ready! The enemy is coming! Try to stun the enemy with the first salvo! After the enemy releases smoke, fire as fast as possible. Don't aim. Anyway, The road is so wide! Everyone, get ready and shoot freely!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Eddy opened fire, and the muzzle blast of the 100mm gun blew up the dust from the buildings on both sides of the street.

Then the Vortex fired one after another, and almost every road was filled with the sound of shooting.

The muzzle blast made the whole street seem to be covered with a veil.

The Prosen tank exploded into gorgeous fireworks, and the turret even flew into the air.

The semi-finished tank also opened fire immediately, and the only machine gun on the body swept towards the enemy infantry.

The enemy counterattacked, but the shells ricocheted off the vortex's solid front.

The Vortex's own anti-aircraft machine guns also opened fire, tracer bullets intertwined into a network on the street, and no infantry dared to show their heads under this density of firepower.

The second wave of volleys from the vortex came, and the Prossen armored soldiers began to release smoke and reversed!

Brigadier General Meniev shouted with the microphone: "Keep shooting! Don't let them run away! These tanks have run away, and we, the infantryman Davarich, are going to blow them up! Fire! We must defeat them even through the smoke! Fire! Give them I fire!"