Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong: "Your Majesty, don't do this in formal occasions. At this time, you should call your military rank, military rank."

"Okay." Olga distanced herself, straightened her messed up clothes, and put on her airs, "Marshal Rokossov, did the canonization ceremony go smoothly?"

"Very well, Your Majesty."

Olga: "From now on, you must set an example and lead our army to achieve more victories!"

Wang Zhong frowned slightly, thinking that His Majesty the Tsar's ability to speak in public was not very good. Did she study well with the teacher when she was a child?

Olga: "Don't look like that. Just deal with this kind of situation. Anyway, I won't be the czar for a long time, but I will be your god sister for a long, long time."

When she said these words, the face of the state lady following her turned green.

Belinsky smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really good at joking."

Olga: "Isn't it? After all, you didn't even let me participate in such a big event as my brother's canonization. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already figured out what to do in the future."

Wang Zhong noticed that Cardinal Rafkid's expression was very serious.

Could it be that the leader of the Inquisition was worried that Olga would defect to the United States while she was on her way to Baras?

Wang Zhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty will always be with me in Baras. Of course, if the Tribunal is worried, it can also send an entourage to follow."

Cardinal Rafkid: "Of course we will send attachés. Not only that, we have already established a complete intelligence network in Barras. Not a fly will slip away from our noses."

Olga: "Bishop Ravkid is always so thoughtful."

Wang Zhong echoed: "Yes, the Tribunal plays an important role in ensuring the stability of the rear."

Rafkid pushed up his glasses and didn't reply.

Belinsky: "You two, since Marshal Rokossov returned from the front line, you haven't had time to get together. Today's ceremony is completely over. You can use your own time."

Wang Zhong immediately said to Olga: "Your Majesty, my wife is holding a tea party at the manor this afternoon. If you have time -"

"I have time." Olga glanced at Lyudmila and smiled, "Of course I want to attend my sister-in-law's tea party, so let's go."

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As the pressure on the front line eased, Wang Zhong no longer hated court social situations as much as before.

As for the tea party held by Lyudmila, in addition to the noble ladies of Yebao, there were also the officers of the "Rokosov faction" currently in Yebao. It was not a palace social event in the general sense.

After all, most of the officers of the "Rokosov faction" were from the civilian class. They were the sons of shoemakers, tinker's sons, and so on. They could not rise up in the palace at all.

It would be better to say that the officers from the old aristocracy are now afraid to attend this tea party, for fear of being isolated if they come. In this way, they will lose the support of "their own people" and cannot integrate into the new faction. The calculating aristocrats will not eat it. This is a loss.

It is said that General Turgenev is now stuffing noble officers into embassies in allied and neutral countries, asking them to serve as military attaches or simply find reasons to go abroad.

This action seemed to help the noble faction escape abroad, but objectively it did purify the elements of Ant's entire army and knit them into a single rope.

Therefore, the church's tribunal also acquiesced to this approach. Anyway, the aristocratic officers who had committed the most heinous crimes had been almost completely purged after the victory in the defense of Ye Castle in the winter of the first year. If the little fish and shrimp can't integrate into the new era, just let them go.

After the tea party began, the officers all gathered in the lounge next to the tea room.

Wang Zhong looked at General Gorky: "Do you have to wear the general's epaulettes?"

"Actually, I originally hoped to make a breakthrough on the central front and recover part of the country before accepting promotion. Now you see, I have been the commander of the Western Front for more than a year, and the front has advanced a little bit. The new places we occupied have transformed the entire The battle line looked like it had been eaten by dogs.”

General Gorky shook his head: "If you give me the rank of marshal under such circumstances, what will the soldiers below think, what will the officers think? Turgenev is putting me on the fire to roast."

Kirinenko: "There are forests and mountains in the middle, and the overall troop density is higher. It's not your fault that we can't attack, Comrade General. Comrade Marshal also said that the terrain of Salia determines our counterattack." It will start from here.”

General Ivan Stepanovich said: "Now the enemy has formed a protrusion. If you find an opportunity, you can cut off this protrusion and surround it. However, I carefully inspected the enemy defenses opposite my front. "It's not easy to cut off this protrusion."

After the liberation of Shepetovka, General Ivan Stepanovich's Shepetovka Front was reorganized into the Second Khazalia Front, which is currently responsible for guarding the dividing line between the north of Shecheng and the enemy's Central Army Group.

Wang Zhong: “My plan is to liberate the entire Khazalia first, and then go to Melania to the Baltic Sea to cut off the enemy’s central and northern army groups.

"I have discussed this idea with General Gorky several times."

General Gorky: "This will be an unprecedented encirclement. We will destroy the enemy's central and northern army groups in one fell swoop. If successful, Proson will no longer have any troops to fight!"

All the generals said: "It's great. If it can be completed, the shame of being annihilated by millions at the beginning of the war can be completely washed away."

"We can also annihilate a large number of Prosons, and their theory of racial superiority will be completely gone!"

At this time, Kashuh suddenly said: "This intention is too obvious. The people of Plossen cannot be unaware of our plan. Moreover, Melania has been occupied by Plossen for almost six years. After a long period of operation, there must be a large number of fortifications.

"In addition, after the battlefield is compressed, the density of Plossen's troops will also increase, and the combat area is highly urbanized. The cavalry interspersed tactics we used in the previous attack may not be used.

"Will this plan go smoothly?"

The officers who were just singing praises stopped.

Wang Zhong: "In fact, there is another direction to choose. We can attack Moravia."

Kashuh: "There are mountains over there, and our tank troops are useless. I have a hunch that next year's battle will not be easy."

An officer echoed: "Next year we will fight on Plossen's land, and the enemy will probably defend their homeland like us."

The generals were all silent.

Wang Zhong: "I don't know if you have noticed that the quality of Proson's troops is declining."

"Indeed." General Gorky immediately agreed, "During the summer offensive, we found that there were many more inexperienced recruits. However, due to Proson's military tradition, these recruits had participated in the Scout Camp when they were young, and had served Proson in the military engineering corps before being recruited. Their overall quality is higher than our mobilized soldiers."

Kirienko: "Their replenishment speed is very slow. Each division can only get one replenishment battalion of new recruits every quarter. Some of the divisions we annihilated only had one-third of their full strength."

A general agreed: "Yes Yes, my army destroyed three enemy infantry divisions. According to the captured documents, these three divisions only had 70% of their strength before the summer campaign began. "

Another person said: "Our prisoners complained that a large number of troops were used to form new divisions, and the veterans who were supposed to return to the team after recovering from injuries were also pulled into the new divisions, resulting in a decrease in the total strength of the troops and a lower proportion of veterans. "

General Gorky concluded: "The enemy's war potential is being consumed. The population and industrial capacity of the entire Allied Powers are far superior to those of Prosen and their allies. We will win the final victory.

"Marshal Rokosov predicted this two and a half years ago."

Everyone looked at Wang Zhong together.

Kirienko raised his glass: "Cheers to Marshal Davarich!"

Everyone raised their glasses together: "Cheers!"

Wang Zhong: "This is a tea party, is it appropriate to drink?"

"Your servants have brought the wine, and you are still entangled in this?" General Gorky asked back.

Wang Zhong: "Yes, cheers! ”

When Maozi said cheers, then it really was a toast. No matter what was in the cup or how much, just drink it all in one gulp.

The waiter was also very smart. When he saw a toast, he came over quickly and collected the empty cups with a tray.

General Gorky asked: "I heard that you set up a school specifically for war orphans?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, their parents shed blood for Mother Ant, and I can't allow these children to live a miserable life. I want to give them the best education, and they will become pillars after the war."

Kashukh: "I propose a toast to the fallen soldiers."

Just at this time, the waiter came over with a tray full of wine.

Everyone picked up the wine and toasted.

After drinking, General Gorky said again: "In fact, before considering next year's offensive, the first thing to consider is to break through the Tiber River. I think it is unwise for General Rokossov to stop advancing after occupying the east bank of the Tiber River. He should take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, force a crossing of the river, and establish several beachheads to defend until the offensive begins. ”

Wang Zhong: “It is impossible to build a solid fortification on the beachhead, and the losses in the face of enemy artillery fire are too great. We have other ways to force a crossing of the Tiber River.

“I have concentrated a large number of Dragon trailers supported by the United States. They are sending boats from the coastal fortress and other places to the banks of the Tiber River day and night.”

General Gorky smiled: “First, the siege tank was named Urban, and now it is still dry land boating. I thought you wanted to be Caesar, Augustus, but you wanted to be Sultan.”

Wang Zhong: “It’s just a coincidence. After completing the preparations, we will launch a battle to force a crossing of the Tiber River. This attack will adopt your tactics, General Gorky, and we will launch an attack on the entire line - for this we need a large number of ferries, which is the reason for ‘dry land boating’.

“After breaking through the enemy’s weak points, the cavalry and armored forces will quickly cross the enemy’s defense line, attack the rear, and completely destroy the enemy’s supply line. ”