Arc of Gunfire

As soon as Wang Zhong entered the headquarters early in the morning, he heard the phone ringing.

"Let me come, it must be Egorov." He raised his hand to stop Pavlov who was about to answer the phone, quickly walked to the phone and picked up the receiver, "I am Rokossov, please speak. "

As expected, Yegorov's voice came from the receiver: "Commander! We have crushed the organized resistance of the Plosen people, and are clearing out the hidden Plosin skirmishers and the booby traps they laid under the guidance of the local church. .

"The day after tomorrow you can go into the city and visit your old place again."

Wang Zhong looked at his watch: "22 hours, not bad! It won't be your time to clean up booby traps and stragglers later. If you pass the test, continue to advance towards Bogdanovka and defeat all enemy resistance."

"yes!"

Wang Zhong put down the phone and looked at Pavlov.

The chief of staff scolded: "No! You are not allowed to go now! The movement route of the front army headquarters has been determined. When the leading team determines the place, we will move together."

"I haven't spoken yet." Wang Zhong said a little aggrievedly.

Popov laughed loudly: "Everyone in this headquarters can guess what you are going to say."

Wang Zhong: "Then when can I visit my old place again?"

Pavlov: "If you go to the front line for reconnaissance or something, I will let you go if there are reasonable reasons. You are leaving the headquarters just to satisfy your own feelings, and I cannot agree to it."

An idea flashed in Wang Zhong's mind: "If there is a reasonable reason, there is. It is necessary for publicity! Back then, I was almost captured alive by the Prosen people here. I hid under the BT7 tank. It was the people of Loktov who captured me. Rescued, I said this in an interview.

"And I have told reporters from the United States and the United Kingdom! This matter has been on the front pages of newspapers in all allied countries! Now I will find the reporters and write another report. Is it reasonable?"

Pavlov was dumbfounded: "You... at least wait until this wave of attacks comes to an end before going? The mud season will come in one month, so you can go ahead and satisfy your 'publicity needs' then!"

Popov: "Indeed, the whole world now knows that we are counterattacking, and the front page must be full of news about the counterattack."

Wang Zhong: "In this case, we will make a continuous report, once in Loktov, once in Penier, and finally in Ronezh. By then we will have almost reached the national border."

Pavlov and Wang Zhong looked at each other for a second, sighed, and moved their eyes to Popov: "Tell me, Bishop of the Army, publicity is your domain."

Popov rubbed his chin: "I think... after the reporters are ready, it will be no problem to revisit the old place. By then, the enemy's armored forces should have been exhausted, and there will basically be nothing for you to make decisions about. "

Just as Wang Zhong was about to speak, the communications staff came in: "Report! The 6th Guards Tank Corps reported heavy casualties and the loss of 110 T34W vehicles."

"What?" Wang Zhong was shocked, "110 vehicles? Do the Prosens have armored units capable of causing such heavy casualties?"

Pavlov looked at the map: "There should be no enemy armored divisions in front of the 6th Guards Tank Corps. Could it be that the information provided by the Underground Parish is wrong and that there are unreported Proson armored units?"

Wang Zhong: "Impossible. I flew over this area. I will see if there are armored troops."

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Communications Staff: "The Sixth Guards Tank reported that it was ambushed by an enemy tank destroyer. It is a destroyer that looks like a Panzer IV tank, with a main gun that looks like a fishing rod."

Wang Zhong: "It seems that troops equipped with T34 have reported this kind of tank destroyer before."

Popov: "The Inquisitor also confirmed from the prisoners that the enemy may have a new tank destroyer modified from the Panzer IV."

Wang Zhong: "When were they ambushed?"

"This morning." the communications officer replied.

Wang Zhong: "The enemy can't run far. I will take off immediately to find this unit of Prosen destroyers that killed 110 of our vehicles."

(Actually, there were almost 200 vehicles, but when we were on the beach, the No. 4 fighter vehicles were all in the bunker, and the Ant front-line troops could not see it very clearly)

Pavlov sighed.

Wang Zhong: "This time it's a valid reason! We can't leave this kind of troops alone! The casualties are too great!"

"I know, you go ahead." Pavlov said, "Also, you are not allowed to land outside Loktov."

"Of course not, I have to bring important information back! Am I the kind of person who can't distinguish between priorities?" Wang Zhong sounded a little complaining.

Pavlov: "Mine too."

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After flying into the sky, Amelia, who was in the front seat, asked, "What's going on? You're so anxious to come here to take off. If you're a little bit late, I'll get on the fighter jet and fight with Pilot Prosen."

Wang Zhong: "The enemy invested in a new tank destroyer, causing us heavy casualties."

"Significant casualties? Can Prosen threaten the firepower of your new tank?"

Wang Zhong: "They have always had it. The new anti-tank gun converted from a 105mm anti-aircraft gun can pose a threat to us at a relatively long distance. But this time the main ones who suffered were the troops who were still using T34W."

"When will the shortage of new tanks be solved?"

"Well, it took more than a year for the T34W to completely replace the two-man turret T34. This kind of thing cannot be rushed. The good news is that Proson's infantry unit does not have many weapons that can deal with the T34W. This old guy is currently bullying Proson. The infantry units after the fifth wave of Mori are still quite useful.”

Then they will be defeated when they encounter Prosen's "firefighting team", which is very similar to the history of the earth.

Emilia: "So you can't make some changes to the T34W? For example, lengthen the barrel or something. I heard from Major Charlie who just transferred from the United Kingdom that the Army is preparing to hit the 17-pounder gun on Sherman's head. , and named this tank Firefly.”

Wang Zhong: "The United States has a similar emergency plan, putting a 90mm cannon on the Sherman chassis to make a convertible sports car."

Because Wang Zhong took out new tanks, Prosen was forced to come up with thicker armor and better firepower. In turn, the Allies on the Western Front were forced to come up with two tank destroyers, Firefly and Jackson. , it seems that Pershing will soon join the war on the Western Front.

Wang Zhong also gave the prototype of the T54 and the remains of Proson's new tank to the United States and the United Kingdom in exchange for engine production authorization and new machine tools. I wonder if the M48 Patton will be produced in advance.

Speaking of which, the Savage General is still alive. I wonder who the M48 will be named after.

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While Wang Zhong was thinking about it, he was on the other side of the world.

President Luo looked at the drawings presented to him: "What is this?"

Ike: "Our contingency plan, Mr. President."

President Luo stared at the design drawing: "The body of the car is Sherman, I can see it, but... where is the turret?"

"If a rotating mechanism is installed, the improved 90mm gun will be too heavy, its rotation speed will be very slow, and the overall body will be overweight. So the Ordnance Bureau directly removed the turret basket and rotating mechanism, and only installed the cannon and shield ”

President: "So this cannon can't rotate?"

"Yes, it can rotate in a small range. The gun mount is modified from the gun mount of our anti-tank gun. The frontal firing range is 20 degrees."

President: "The enemy can kill our gunner and commander with machine guns."

"The same goes for the Hellcat self-propelled anti-tank gun. Sir, the Hellcat has to maneuver around the side of the enemy tank to penetrate it. This thing can penetrate the King Tiger head-on."

The president looked at the ghost thing on the design: "I don't like it. It feels like a person's head has been taken away, leaving only the skull."

"But this thing is very fast to produce. It is based on mature technology and can be put into production immediately. The prototype has been built and it performed very well at the Aberdeen test ground and is very reliable."

The president was still staring at the design drawings of the "ghost thing" and pondering, and Ike added: "This thing takes less hours to produce than a Sherman."

"Ah?" Lao Luo raised his head, "Is it so few?"

"Yes, after all, there is no turret or rotating mechanism. As an emergency product, there is nothing more suitable than it! In addition, when we go all out to produce Pershing, Sherman's production line can produce this thing without shutting down."

Lao Luo took off his glasses: "Okay, build it and send it to the front line first, but my boys must use Pershing as soon as possible! Also, the research work on the new medium tank must be fast!"

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Wang Zhong: "Circle right! I see things! I mean, I feel things!"

Emilia immediately circled to the right.

"The chassis of the No. 4 looks like the barrel of a fishing rod! We found it!" Wang Zhong said, pretending to check the map in his hand, and then directly read out the information seen from the bird's eye view, "The enemy is attacking Bo Gdanovka retreats, what the hell, you just want to run away after stealing so many of our T34s?”

Emilia: "Do you want to call in an air strike? The sunshine will last for about two hours today, and the attack aircraft that took off from the field airport can come over."

Wang Zhong: "No, I want to summon troops to surround them. There are Yegorov's mechanized infantry nearby, and they should be able to come up soon. We will eliminate this small group of pests tomorrow!"

Emilia: "Aren't you going to inform the T34 troops not to provoke them?"

Wang Zhong: "Of course I will notify you, leave it to me."