Arc of Gunfire

July 27, 10:00 p.m., Kosalia First Front Headquarters.

Because the front headquarters is too far from the front line, Wang Zhong and Pavlov are discussing the location of the new headquarters.

Wang Zhong: "I want to put it in Orachi. We used one division to resist the enemy's entire armored assault group and were bullied terribly. Now setting up the headquarters here will be very ceremonial."

He looked at Popov: "We need this sense of ceremony, right?"

Popov: "No, now even the most die-hard surrenderists have recognized the situation clearly. We all know that the final victory is only a matter of time. In fact, many people in our front think that you will enter Prosinia with the help of General Winter by the end of this year."

Wang Zhong: "Why do you emphasize the help of General Winter?"

Popov spread his hands: "Every time you achieve major results in winter, some old people have already said that you are the incarnation of General Winter and the guardian of winter. The Melanians even call you the Wild Hunt that comes with the north wind. You know the Wild Hunt, right?"

Wang Zhong thought to himself, I know too much. In the whole game of "The Witcher 3", I compete with the Wild Hunt to find my daughter-and occasionally play Gwent.

But he pretended that he was not particularly familiar with Melania's culture, so he said, "I don't know, what is this? A festival like the Nadam Festival?"

"No, it's probably equivalent to the Ragnarok of the Melania people. The Wild Hunt will bring extreme cold and destroy the world. Now they think you are the Wild Hunt, who will bring extreme cold to destroy Proson and let Melania be reborn."

Wang Zhong's eyebrows twisted together: "Do they really think so?"

"Only some of Melania's soldiers think so. After all, there are less than half of secular believers in Melania's troops, and they are all relatively superstitious troops in our entire army."

Wang Zhong did not think that there was anything wrong with Archbishop Popov's sharp comment that the Melania people were very superstitious.

Popov continued: "In short, there is no need to have this kind of ritual now. I'm afraid even the Proson people know that they are about to fail. So I oppose setting up the headquarters in a frontline place like Orachi."

Pavlov clapped his hands happily: "Good! Now it's two to one, even you can't ignore our opinions!"

Wang Zhong shrugged.

Pavlov added: "After we recover Agsukov and push the front to the Tiber River, we will set up the headquarters directly in your old house in Agsukov. This will be more ceremonial, isn't it?"

"That makes sense." Wang Zhong suddenly felt nostalgic. He put his hands behind his back, walked to the window of the headquarters, and looked at the night sky outside. "I'm going home soon. Agsukov has been lost for two years, and we finally fought back."

Popov: "In this way, you can finally achieve the major results you achieved in the summer."

Wang Zhong: "Really? Didn't I achieve any results in the summer before?"

"Yes, but they were not major results. I was just constantly defending, defending, and defending. "Vassily replied, "I heard an interesting saying when I was drinking in the officers' club, saying that Rokosov is the shield of Ant in summer and the spear of Ant in winter."

Wang Zhong looked at Pavlov: "It seems that the work of the staff is still not enough, and we need to increase the work."

Pavlov: "I think the burden is already heavy enough, and the officers should be under the jurisdiction of the archbishop when they rest."

Popov: "Ah? Indeed, but I think that at this time of rapid progress, the troops should be allowed to drink a little without affecting their work. Vasily, did you see anyone drinking in the officers' club?"

"No, they were just drinking a little, a little!" Vasily gestured with his fingers.

Popov: "Really?"

Vassily: "With the alcohol tolerance of the Ants, drinking less than half a bottle is a small drink."

Popov scolded: "Sukabulie, I get it. It's time to let the judges patrol the officers' club regularly. If someone drinks more than one glass, they must intervene."

Wang Zhong: "Then the cups in the club will get bigger and bigger."

"Then set the size of the cups!" Popov said, "I'll draft the rules now."

Wang Zhong gave a thumbs up.

It has been three years since the time travel. Wang Zhong understands one thing: it is impossible to keep the Ants from drinking. They will find ways to find loopholes to drink. We can only try to prevent them from making mistakes.

Just when everyone in the headquarters was chatting casually, the phone rang.

Pavlov saw that it was a red phone and said directly to Wang Zhong: "It is probably Her Majesty calling again. Only she would call us at this time."

Wang Zhong looked at his watch: "Indeed."

He picked up the red receiver: "Kosalia Front Command, this is Rokossov."

"Brother!" Olga's voice came out, and even other people in the headquarters heard it vaguely, "Turgenev told me that you are about to liberate Shepetovka!"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, we are about to liberate Shepetovka. The enemy is currently in a state of general retreat. It is expected that we will occupy Orachi tomorrow and block their retreat to Agsukov. They can only retreat to the direction of the Central Army Group, and then form a new line of defense in Lensk and Imurich.

"When we liberate Agsukov, the area occupied by the Central Army Group will become a huge salient. "

Olga was very excited: "So you are going to uproot this salient in winter?"

Wang Zhong shook his head, even though Olga couldn't see it on the other end of the phone: "I'm afraid not. My front has a large number of cavalry and armored units, and the quality of infantry is not as high as that of the Western Front. Fighting in the woods and swamps is not our strong point.

"This winter we plan to break through the Tiber River defense line, capture Bogdanovka, recapture Roniezh, and liberate the entire territory of Khazaria.

"This road is all plains, which is easier than attacking the enemy's Central Army Group."

While speaking, Wang Zhong had already picked up the landline and came to the large map of the headquarters.

Olga: "Is it really okay for you to just tell us your future plans?"

"It doesn't matter, because if the generals of Prosontong were to make the battle plan, they would make the same choice. They know we are going to fight this way." Wang Zhong said.

Olga: "What about their response?"

Wang Zhong immediately answered: "First, they may set up defenses in Agusukov, after all, there are many fortifications we left there. But at present, I think the Prosen people do not have enough troops to set up defenses.

"That General Shiplin will definitely withdraw across the Tiber River and restore the front line to the state before August 914, but this time they will set up defenses along the Tiber River.

"I think it will be easier for us to capture Agusukov.

"Then they will try to rely on the Tiber River to resist us."

Vassily interrupted: "I am afraid that in their conception, we cannot cross the river before the Tiber River freezes in winter. But the general will definitely try to take action before it freezes."

Wang Zhong seemed to forget that he was still holding the microphone, and changed his tone to speak to Vasily: "It will freeze in mid-December. Even if winter comes early like last year, it is unlikely to freeze at the end of November.

"The enemy is slow in training their reinforcements, but their reinforcements are of high quality. We can't let Proson's army get replenished, understand? The more reinforcement battalions come to the front line, the greater our casualties will be.

"So we have to launch an attack as soon as possible, and use bombers to continuously attack their supply nodes, and even cross the border to bomb train stations and train dispatching yards in Melania."

Olga: "Did you forget that you were calling me? Did you just talk to Vasily? I heard that he got married?"

Wang Zhong was shocked: "Vassily got married?"

Vassily raised his hand: "Didn't you see that I've been wearing a wedding ring since I came back? It makes me so sad. I thought you were just busy commanding the battle and had no time to take care of these things."

Wang Zhong: "Which blind girl fell in love with you?"

Vassily: "General, I look okay."

Popov: "I'm still a musician."

"It has nothing to do with this! "Vassily said immediately. It seems that even after getting married, he still has not reconciled with his musician father.

Wang Zhong looked at Vasily again: "I didn't expect that His Majesty would tell me this."

"Brother, can't you call me sister?"

"Okay, sister."

Olga changed the subject: "When will your headquarters enter Shepetovka? Patriarch Belinsky believes that a grand entry ceremony should be held because this is the first large city with a population of one million that we have liberated."

Wang Zhong had previously recovered a series of cities, and the population before the war was only a few hundred thousand. After two years of fighting, the population of some cities was only 200,000.

But Shepetovka still has a population of one million and will become a vital logistical node.

Wang Zhong: "Entry ceremony..."

Pavlov: "It is unreasonable to deliberately move the headquarters to Shepetovka. It will waste a lot of effort. I suggest that the headquarters should continue to move to Agsukov. So if the entry ceremony is to be held, you can only go there in person, General. ”

Popov: “Take the new heavy tank named after you.”

Olga: “I heard it! Send a new tank right away. Kojing reported that the new tank has solved the problem of easy breakage of the transmission shaft, and the failure rate of the gearbox has also been reduced. It’s just right to send it over for you to drive.”

Wang Zhong: “Okay. Then let’s set the time of entering the city on July 31st.”

Pavlov: “Okay, it’s just right for the troops to stop outside the city for two days to rest, so that they don’t look ragged and beggars when they enter the city!”

Popov: “After all, it’s the first city with a population of one million to be liberated, so let’s make it grand!”

Vassily: “But we will soon liberate Agsukov, and there are Bogdanovka and Roniezh——”

Wang Zhong: “The first one should always be celebrated!”