Arc of Gunfire

At six o'clock in the morning on October 25, Roniezh, the headquarters of the 1st Khazalia Front.

Wang Zhong entered the headquarters gate early.

Vasily was already waiting: "Good news, it won't rain anymore today, Marshal. When the temperature cools down today, this year's muddy period will be over."

Wang Zhong: "What do you mean? I just came in from outside and didn't know the rain had stopped? Have the front commanders taken off?"

"They took off one after another as soon as dawn. In order to cover their special planes, the air force launched a full-scale attack on the airport in Plosen today."

"That's good." Wang Zhong took off his barely wet coat and handed it to Vasily, "Have you read today's briefing? Is there any noteworthy information?"

"Everything is normal. The entire front is very calm, Marshal. To be honest, before the war broke out, I never imagined that most of the war would consist of such unremarkable days."

Wang Zhong: "That's because you stayed at the rear. Remember, the briefing you read was obtained by countless reconnaissance teams and patrol teams on the front line with their lives."

Vasily said hard to himself: "I was wrong."

"Don't hit yourself. Outsiders will think I slapped you. It will have a bad influence."

After all, Wang Zhong is a living saint of the secular sect, and he must be cautious in his words and deeds at all times. Since becoming a living saint, he and Lyudmila have to draw the curtains when doing things, and cannot let the moonlight in like before.

Vasily: "Everyone knows that I did it myself, so as not to have to dig out the feces."

Wang Zhong shook his head: "Okay, what were the casualties yesterday?"

"1,501 killed, 3,739 wounded, 761 missing."

The missing people are basically the reconnaissance teams and patrol teams sent out, as well as the snipers on duty in teams of two.

Although the battle lines are called battle lines, they are actually intertwined. The frontline part is in a state where you are among me and you are among me. Therefore, patrols must be constantly dispatched to ensure communication between positions and prevent enemy infiltration.

In order to determine whether the enemy's deployment has changed, both sides will also organize reconnaissance teams to penetrate into the enemy's control areas on the surface. If they seize the opportunity, they will launch sneak attacks to seize some secondary positions and outposts.

In the days without large-scale military operations, such patrols and infiltrations were the main source of casualties. Sometimes, firefights at the battalion level broke out, and even divisional artillery was mobilized.

Listening to the casualty figures, Wang Zhong reprimanded Vasily seriously: "There were more than 5,000 casualties yesterday, and you still lamented that the years have been quiet. You shouldn't!"

"I'm talking about my own state. How about I go to the front line to exercise?"

Wang Zhong looked at Vasily and suddenly had a premonition that if he agreed, the musician would spill his blood on the battlefield, so he shook his head: "No, I don't want another adjutant to die."

Vasily: "There is a ambiguity in what you said. Do you think I will die if I go to the front line, or do you think the person who replaces me will die, and then I will come back unscathed?"

Wang Zhong ignored Vasily's question and walked straight into the map room.

Pavlov: "Good morning. The map that will be shown to the front commanders later has been completed. Come and take a look."

He pouted at the new blackboard in the room.

Wang Zhong looked at the map on the blackboard and read out the words on the top of the map: "'Winter Operations Summary'. To be honest, I am not used to the fact that there are no big red arrows on our operation plan."

In the past, the front army's attack plan had huge arrows that penetrated enemy-occupied areas. If you saw the map from a distance, you would know who was attacking on the map.

This map now looks like a strategic stalemate.

Pavlov: "In order to accumulate strength for next summer's campaign, the combat arrangements for this winter are relatively limited. The commanders of the front armies will understand. In fact, when I talked on the phone with the chiefs of staff of the front armies, they also believed that the current situation It is unrealistic to launch a large-scale offensive before next summer."

After a brief pause, he added: "We fought fiercely in the summer and autumn, and achieved a very beautiful exchange ratio. However, the other fronts fought half and half with the Prossens."

Wang Zhong: "We can't blame them. We gave priority to getting the best equipment and the best soldiers. Among all the front armies, our Guards troops have the highest proportion."

Popov: "The new recruits want to fight under your command. The veterans don't want to return to the army after they have recovered from their injuries. They want to join our side, and they even prefer to join the non-guards troops.

"I guess that's why the headquarters gave you the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Former Enemy, so that all the new recruits on the front line can fight under your command."

Wang Zhong: "There is no problem in concentrating superior forces to do big things in war. However, with the improvement of our production capacity, the newly formed armored brigades have begun to be assigned to other front armies, as well as new weapons, which we only have The situation in fighting the 'good fight' will improve."

At this time, Marshal Gorky's voice came from the door: "I thought the saint's headquarters would have something like a holy elephant, but it seems I thought too much."

Wang Zhong turned around and saw Gorky wearing a brand new marshal uniform walking in the door: "Long time no see, Marshal Gorky. You seem a little fatter than before?"

"Yes, I obviously eat the same food as before, and I often imitate you in running around on the front line. I should have enough exercise. I don't know why I have gained five kilograms!"

Wang Zhong: "Do you drink Coke every day?"

"Yeah, is that the problem?"

Nonsense, you make Fat House Happy Water as water every day, and only gaining five kilograms shows that you do a lot of exercise.

Wang Zhong: "It's better to limit it to one cup a day. I drink one cup a day now."

Marshal Gorky looked very reluctant: "It's just a little sweet water, not that serious, right? I think I should eat less sausage at every meal."

Wang Zhong very naturally turned the topic from chatting about family matters to the current war situation: "Is there any big move by the Western Front in winter?"

"No. Our losses in the summer battle were greater than yours. Some divisions have been reduced to 5,000 people. I discussed with the chief of staff that if we continue to lose like this, we will not be able to bear it, so we decided to use the next six months to train the troops, at least to make them die more slowly.

"For the front, we plan to launch a series of division-level offensive operations aimed at leveling the front, so as to reduce the number of troops in contact with the enemy on the front line.

"I guess the other front commanders have similar ideas to me. It's true that the enemy has suffered heavy losses this year, but we have also lost weight." In addition, we should also stop for a while internationally, right?"

Wang Zhong was pacing in the map room. When he heard him say this, he stopped directly: "You are well-informed, Comrade Marshal Gorky. "

"Reporter Mike told me, I thought you told him to tell me." Marshal Gorky took out a cigarette, "Another meeting is to be held in the capital of the Mamluks. This time, because of the long journey, we were not invited. Is this appropriate? Now we are the ones who have achieved the most results against Plosson. The Allied forces have been driven into the sea twice in the Kingdom of Sardinia! Once in the south and once in Ancrela. "

Wang Zhong: "But the Allied forces have achieved fruitful results in the Pacific, and they should return to Borneo next year."

Marshal Gorky: "They don't want to monopolize the mainland of the Fuso Empire, do they? If so, we will occupy the entire territory of Plosson, no, the entire territory of Europa!"

Wang Zhong: "If we continue to annihilate the Plosson army on a large scale, the Allied landing will always be successful. No matter how talented Erwin Romer is, he can't stop the Allied forces when his troops are dwarfed.

"There is an old saying in Seris, a good cook can't cook without rice."

Marshal Gorky suddenly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Wang Zhong saw his expression and thought, what the hell do you understand? Can you let me understand it too?

Marshal Gorky: "That's why you postponed the attack! Militarily, it is to accumulate strength for the summer offensive next year, but at the same time, it is also to let the Proson Empire take a breath and not give the Allies a chance to exploit loopholes! Great!"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, you finally found it!"

Vassily: "They are allies, aren't they? Is it appropriate to calculate them like this?"

Popov: "Don't worry, there is no Allied liaison officer in the room now."

Wang Zhong: "Vassily, remember, there are no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only eternal interests. Besides, it's not us who calculated it first.

"Last winter, when the Abavahan defense war was the most dangerous, the Allies had two ways to help us. One is to land in the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the other is to directly send troops from Baras to the north, and they can directly participate in the war after getting off the ship.

"But they didn't. They just wanted us two continental giants to bleed each other, and it would be best if both sides were hurt.

"However, we won the Abavahan defense war, switched to strategic offensive, and liberated so much territory in a year, so they landed in the Kingdom of Sardinia in a hurry.

"Let's not talk about the United States for now. The United Kingdom is very bad. Prime Minister Leonard is full of bad water."

In fact, Wang Zhong has a good impression of the fat Leonard in this time and space, but since he stands on the side of the United Kingdom, he must be a bad guy with a lot of bad water.

As soon as the voice fell, there was a noise outside. Wang Zhong just looked up and saw the commanders of the front army coming in one after another.

Marshal Gorky: "Look, there are so many marshals and generals gathered in this room at once. We only need a tsar to reproduce the Ante Army Headquarters on the eve of Austerlitz."

Wang Zhong's sensitive strings were provoked, and he immediately said: "Then I'll call my sister, so that she can be present."

Everyone laughed.

Gorky was the first to stop smiling and stared at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong: "But forget it. Ant doesn't need a Tsar in the future. Olga should also want to live as an ordinary girl and my sister, right?"

Vasily: "And we lost Austerlitz. If it weren't for General Bagration's efforts, we might have been wiped out."

Wang Zhong: "Yes, although the secularists oppose these superstitious things, the battlefield is sometimes so weird. Now that everyone is here, let's start discussing the deployment of the winter campaign!"

At this time, General Andre of the St. Andrew Front said: "Our front has been trying to recapture Navarre in the summer, but failed and suffered heavy casualties.

"The enemy's 502nd Heavy Armored Battalion's new heavy tanks destroyed a large number of our armored forces. Even in Marinofoka, the enemy's two heavy tanks destroyed one of our tank brigades and a tank destroyer brigade in the attack, and even the vortex that was previously considered "invincible" was defeated.

"Our tank soldiers are completely frightened by the enemy's tank soldiers. Unless we can get enough of the latest Rokossov I and T54 tanks, we have no confidence to launch a new offensive."

Wang Zhong: "Don't worry, we have revised the armored corps combat manual. Fighting against the Plossen armored forces is the task of the independent armored brigade equipped with new tanks and new anti-tank weapons, while the task of the tank army is to bully the enemy's infantry.

"The new combat manual will be distributed to the entire army on a large scale this winter, and there are more than 20 armored brigades formed according to the new manual!"

In fact, there are only 18, and nearly half of them are not fully equipped, but Wang Zhong said this to cheer up the commanders.

General Andre: "Before the winter offensive is launched, can we ensure that each front is equipped with enough independent armored brigades to deal with the enemy's armored forces? Why did I hear that more than one-third of the existing armored brigades are still understaffed? "

Wang Zhong stared at General Andrei. Last year, he was still a lieutenant general. He had dealt with this general before. He would only withdraw his troops to the back of the Sukhayaveli River and deploy defenses along the river.

Now Wang Zhong is a marshal. He is still a general, but he has become a "giant" who commands one of the five major fronts of Ant.

Wang Zhong now feels the same as when he saw Buggy the Clown in One Piece become one of the Four Emperors before he traveled through time. He just felt funny.

However, what General Andrei said was true. There was really no way to replenish all the independent armored brigades to full strength in winter, at least not before January next year.

Wang Zhong: "You are right, General Andrei, so we will not conduct large-scale offensive operations in winter. Please look at this map. We will conduct a series of short offensives in winter, with the goal of leveling the front and obtaining a better starting position for the offensive. "

General Ivan Stepanovich of the Second Front of Kosalia asked: "Will this give the Proson Empire a chance to breathe? ”

Wang Zhong: "Of course, but we are short of manpower and equipment, and objective conditions limit us."

Marshal Gorky: "Ivan, the ingenuity of this decision, I will explain it to you when we have dinner tonight, you will be surprised at the amazing wisdom behind this decision!"

Wang Zhong was sweating profusely, and he said, "Shut up, General Gorky."

In order to avoid being seen by others, Wang Zhong continued: "Because of the scale of the winter campaign, we will not name the battle after the famous generals as before. I named the winter campaign: Christmas Offensive."