Arc of Gunfire

When the explosion occurred, Herman had already passed through three houses, but the shock wave of the explosion still knocked him to the ground.

After the mountain shook, Herman pushed away the chest of drawers that fell on him and struggled to stand up.

The other guerrilla fighters were still a little shocked.

So Herman shouted loudly: "Calm down! The enemy must have used a large-yield explosive pack or something else. Is anyone injured?"

"I think I twisted my foot."

Herman: "Luke, go and help him! No matter what the enemy used to blow up our small building, the infantry will come up soon, let's go quickly! This is our city, we come and go without a trace!"

Luke helped the injured guerrilla and ran towards the hole leading to the next house.

Herman turned around and set a booby trap under the chest of drawers, so that the Plosson soldiers would detonate the booby trap when they chased.

Of course, it is also possible that Melania civilians will trigger the booby trap, and Herman can't care so much about this matter.

After setting up the booby trap, Herman carried his weapon and caught up with the team that had retreated to the next house.

The group soon arrived at the entrance of the sewer and turned into the sewer.

On the way, they met guerrillas from other divisions. When the captain saw Hermann, he shouted: "We have taken over the radio station and are broadcasting to the world. You can hear it with a shortwave radio and know that Melania is fighting."

"This is a good thing." Hermann replied.

The captain smiled and said: "Then we will get reinforcements!"

Hermann's expression darkened: "I hope so. Our messenger should have reached Marshal Rokossov a long time ago, but the radio station has not received any news from them yet."

Captain: "Even if the Ants do nothing, the Allies will help us!"

Hermann just held his gun and strode forward.

Twenty minutes later, they returned to the headquarters of the rebels.

As soon as he entered the door, Hermann asked the telegraph operator who came forward: "Did you receive the telegram?"

"No, we have been monitoring for a day, and the Ant side still hasn't sent us a message."

Hermann sighed deeply, turned off the safety of the submachine gun, hung it on the wall, and sat down with a solemn look.

"The good news is," the telegraph operator said, "there will be an airdrop for us tonight, and it will fall in the same place."

Others were overjoyed when they heard it.

"Will there be a Komanda to support us?"

The telegraph operator shook his head: "No, only weapons, ammunition and supplies."

Hermann: "The Ants have launched a large-scale attack, and the Allies must be preparing for landing operations. At this time, they will not send precious Komandas to help us.

"These Komandas may need to undertake arduous tasks such as capturing bridges."

Silence fell.

At this time, the phone suddenly rang.

Hermann immediately picked up his weapon: "Why is the phone ringing? The Prosen people can't know the headquarters' phone number! ”

While he was talking, the phone was picked up, and a moment later someone came to report: "The telephone exchange has been taken down, and now the telephone system is under our control!"

Telegraph operator: "Great, now we have control over all the key municipal facilities, including power stations, water plants, radio stations and telephone exchanges! We have liberated most of the city!"

Hellman: "But the Prosens still control their barracks and the neighborhoods around them, and there is a steady stream of Prosen reinforcements pouring in.

"It's strange, does the occupying army have so many armored forces?"

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"We found a lot of numbers that we have never seen before." Pavlov put the latest report in front of Wang Zhong, "It seems that they are troops drawn from the Western Front and other places."

Wang Zhong: "All infantry divisions."

"Yes, infantry divisions are more suitable for defense. Now the enemy has completely abandoned the previous tactics of using armored counterattacks to seal the breakthrough, and instead learned from us during the Abavahan period, using infantry divisions to fight us in large settlements."

Wang Zhong flipped through the report and sighed: "It's a matter of time."

"What?"

"Seris proverb, don't worry about it."

Popov: "If it was just a matter of fighting, we would have the advantage because of our greater military advantage, but after the enemy transferred fresh troops from the Western Front, the situation became complicated."

Pavlov: "The advancement speed is slower than we expected, and the problems that troubled Provost in the first year of the war have become more complicated." The Mori people's affairs also began to bother us. First, the troops advanced too fast, and units with poor mobility such as artillery could not keep up. "

Wang Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "Back then in Upper Peniye, we took advantage of the enemy's heavy artillery that could not keep up, so we blocked the first day. Now it's the enemy's turn to take advantage of our heavy artillery. "

Vasily: "Don't we have many self-propelled artillery brigades? It shouldn't be completely unable to keep up, right?"

Wang Zhong: "There are so many troops on the front line, not every unit is lucky enough to be reinforced by self-propelled artillery."

Pavlov: "And the maintenance problem has become tricky. The road from the headquarters to the north is full of self-propelled artillery and T34 abandoned due to mechanical failures, and occasionally there are T54 and Rokossov I with mechanical failures. "

Units equipped with T54 and Rokossov I generally have better maintenance and support units, so the failure rate is lower than that of units equipped with T34 and various self-propelled artillery.

Pavlov: "In view of the current situation, I still insist on resting for at least a month after completing the northward outflanking. If possible, I recommend resting until this winter."

Wang Zhong: "No, one month is the limit. Complete the northward encirclement operation in mid-August, annihilate the enemy's Central Army Group and Northern Army Group, rest until mid-September, and start advancing towards the Vistula River."

Popov: "The question is, can Melania hold on for so long?"

Wang Zhong: "If they can't hold on until then, they will implement Pavlov's plan and rest until winter before starting the attack. They will arrive at the banks of the Oder River before Christmas and look at Prosonia in the distance."

Vasily: "What do you think of the heavy artillery bombardment of the central square of Prosonia on Christmas Day?"

Pavlov: "It shouldn't be possible. There are still dozens of kilometers from the Oder River to the Central Square."

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Kozalia First Front Army Headquarters, Allied Liaison Center.

The moment Amelia opened the door, she saw Liaison Officer Richard personally sending a telegram.

"What is the situation that requires the liaison officer to send a telegram in person?" she asked doubtfully.

"But the Salia Front Army just got a series of serial numbers from interrogating the prisoners of war. I speculate that these should be the Ploson troops originally on the Western Front. In order to save the time of decoding, it would be faster for me to directly send the telegram." Richard He raised his head and glanced at Amelia, "I have a code book in my head. I can directly encrypt it and send it."

Emilia: “What if you’re mistaken?”

Richard: "It doesn't matter if you make one or two mistakes. It's enough to let the Prime Minister know that the Prossens are transferring a large number of Western Front troops to the Eastern Front. I believe that the best opportunity to open a second front is now. "

Emilia frowned: "Isn't this picking peaches? The Ant people are grinding meat with the newly arrived Prosen troops. What is the meaning of us taking the opportunity to land? Why don't we land earlier and don't let these troops be transferred to the East? The line is coming?”

Richard glanced at Amelia: "You can't abandon the national interests just because you fell in love with that marshal!"

"I didn't!" Emilia raised her voice.

Richard stopped sending the message and stared at Amelia's face: "Really? But you did say just now that you would let the boys from your own country die in hundreds on the beach to hold off the Prosen army. Prevent them from coming to the Eastern Front to mince meat with the Ants!

"You know that the landing operation is the most difficult battle in the world, a thousand times more difficult than Marshal Rokossov's breakthrough of the Prosin defense line!

"You describe our reasonable actions to reduce casualties as picking peaches! You think we are stealing the fruits of victory! No, we are just avoiding heavy casualties!"

Amelia hesitated to speak.

Richard continued to send the report, and while sending the report, he said: "Moreover, things are already like this. If you think about it at the best, Proson will no longer be able to mobilize troops from the Western Front to support the Eastern Front. Maybe he will have to organize them later." Troops were continuously sent to the Western Front.

"Marshal Rokossov's subsequent attack will be much smoother! He may still be able to enter Prosonia first!"

Emilia: "I'm going to tell him this, right now."

After saying that, she turned around and left the contact center, only to run into Yegorov head-on.

Yegorov: "Emilia! Go for it! Why don't you open a second battlefield? The enemies we encounter head on are all wearing the camouflage uniforms of the Prosen Army on the Western Front! The camouflage on the Eastern Front is not this color!

"The camouflage they wear on the Eastern Front is extremely conspicuous. Our machine gunners can spot them from a distance of 500 meters!"

As he spoke, Yegorov took the camouflage uniform from his adjutant and gave it to Emilia: "Look! Look at this uniform! It's the Prosen army from the Western Front Command that has been transferred here. !

"The combat quality of these guys on the Western Front is not as good as the veterans on the Eastern Front, but now the ratio of veterans in the enemy's Eastern Front troops is very low. The guys on the Western Front are much better than the new recruits!"

Emilia looked at the camouflage uniform: "I don't recognize the camouflage on the Western Front——"

"The camouflage on the Western Front is more green, and the Eastern Front is more gray and brown. I don't know why this is the case. After all, I have never fought on the Western Front. It is not important. What is important is that you land as soon as possible!" Yegorov said He poked Emilia in the head with his finger, "Don't tell me what you're saying! Are you waiting for us to kill all the capable veterans in Prosen and then take advantage?"

At this time, Pavlov came out of the map room: "Egorov, your voice was heard in the map room! Rokossov asked me to ask you, the army is still fighting, why are you running to the headquarters?"

"Can I not come? Enemies are appearing one after another, all with new numbers! We can't finish the fight! The casualties of some troops have reached 50%! And most of the new numbers have appeared In front of me, there is no one on Eugene's side!" Yegorov even showed his veins, "Master, don't you feel bad for losing more than half of your old troops?"

Marshal Rokossov, who was younger than everyone else, opened the door and came out: "What are you shouting about?"

Yegorov immediately shut up, like a student who made a mistake.

Rokossov: "Think about why the new numbers appear in front of you. Putting you in that position is to let you fight these troops. I have warned you long ago to be prepared to deal with the enemy from now on. Troops mobilized from other directions."

Yegorov twisted his head: "You did, but you didn't say so much!"

Marshal Rokossov: "Just tell me, can we complete the outflank on August 15th? If not, get out. I will personally serve as the commander of the group army."

Yegorov squatted on the ground: "Yes. But you have to give me reinforcements! The losses on the front line are too great. If this continues, the troops will be wiped out!"

Marshal Rokossov: "You even negotiated terms for me! Where is Yegorov who resolutely completed the mission back then?"

"Back then I knew you would have no more troops, but now I know you must have a reserve team!" Yegorov glanced at the marshal, then turned away, "I won't leave without reinforcements!"

Pavlov: "Actually, according to the plan, we should invest in reserves at this time. The enemy has more reinforcements than we expected, so we can invest more reserves than planned."

"You heard what the Chief of Staff said." Marshal Rokossov said coldly, "If you don't get up, I'm going to kick your ass!"

Yegorov stood up angrily and grinned at the marshal: "Hey, there is a reserve team to talk about! I will go back right away. So what are the reserve teams?"

Pavlov: "Humph, you. I give you an order, do you still have to go to the headquarters of these armies to urge me?"

"No, no, no, the military situation on the front line is urgent, of course I will go back to the headquarters directly!"

After saying that, Yegorov left in a hurry.

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Wang Zhong sighed and looked at Emilia: "What's wrong with you, Miss Witch?"

"Liaison officer Richard has just informed Downing Street (where the official residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is located) of the discovery of a large number of troops on the Western Front."

Wang Zhong: "It seems we can look forward to the opening of the second battlefield."

Emilia: "Aren't you angry? Because they were sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers, and now your troops are fighting with the new force!"

Wang Zhong: "Will the landing of my anger start in June?"

"But in this case, the Allies may enter Prosonia first!" Emilia said.

Wang Zhong: "First, it's not that easy. We haven't found the armored division number yet, which means that none of the armored divisions on the Western Front have moved. Proson's elite are armored divisions.

“Secondly, in addition to the Western Wall, the Prossens also have the Siegfried Line of Defense. In addition, the front-line defense of Xugen Forest is not so easy to break through.

"Third, Siploson is a developed industrial area and a dense reinforced concrete forest. The enemy's resistance there will be unprecedentedly tenacious. The reason why our investment is slow now is because the infantry troops in Siploson have adopted new tactics. And we minced meat house by house.

"So, Miss Amelia, I don't think the Allied forces landing now will be able to end the war before Christmas, let alone that they can enter Prosonia early."

Emilia looked at Wang Zhong: "You are still so confident."

"I've always been like this." Wang Zhong shrugged.

Vasily: "Ahem! Ah, Neli! You're here!"

Neli rolled her eyes at Vasily and pushed the cart over: "I heard that Yegorov is here and prepared some food."

"He got the reinforcements and returned to his headquarters with satisfaction." Wang Zhong said.

Nellie: "That's right."

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July 27, Capital of the United Kingdom, Allied Forces Headquarters.

"This is the latest intelligence from Ant." Admiral Ike looked at the allied generals present. "Although I am a little ashamed, Ant has once again reduced the pressure we are facing. Now is the best time to land. time."

Royal Air Force Commander Admiral Dowding said: "However, the current weather conditions in the Strait do not allow us to launch landing operations. The sea conditions will be very bad in the next two weeks."

After speaking, he glanced at the window: "You will understand when you look at the heavy rain outside."

Admiral Ike: "But poor weather also means that the enemy is relaxed. As long as there are one or two short sunny days, we can launch an attack-launch the largest amphibious landing operation in human history."

"Gentlemen, you don't want our descendants to see the name Ant when they learn about this war in textbooks in the future, right?"

Admiral King, commander of the Allied Atlantic Fleet, laughed: "No, of course not, they will also learn from Chester, William Jr. and Spruance (all generals of the United States Pacific Fleet)."

Everyone laughed.

In particular, the generals of the United States laughed very happily, while the generals of the United Kingdom were a little embarrassed.

Ike raised his hand to stifle his laughter.

"Well, no one wants the situation to be like that. So I ordered all the troops who participated in the landing to board the ship and wait for the attack order at sea. I know that they boarded the ship in May and June, but did not wait for the attack order, but This time—this time it’s true.”

Ike paused and glanced around the conference room: "God bless us."