Arc of Gunfire

September 22, outside the Carolingian capital.

A Super Pershing drove into the village. The tankers looked at the idyllic village in confusion. The gunner muttered, "Where did this come from? Is this still Carolingian?"

The old farmer holding a baguette next to him said a few words in Carolingian.

Gunner: "What did he say?"

The commander: "How do I know? I don't speak Carolingian."

At this time, several young people came out of the bakery next to them and said in Ansa: "Welcome! The Plosson Army hastily withdrew a few days ago!"

The commander: "Are you a resistance organization?"

"Yes, we are a resistance organization. We can take you all the way into the city!"

At this time, more people came out of the house. The young people of the resistance organization shouted something in Carolingian. The commander only understood the word "Dago", which is the name of the leader of the Free Carolingian.

Soon the villagers surrounded the tank and threw bread, cheese and fruit on it.

The gunner was confused by all these things: "Are we really in the occupied area? Why do we feel that they live better than our family?"

The commander: "Yes, look at the young people in the village, both men and women, with arms and legs, why did we fight to get here? My two younger brothers died on the beach, and seeing them like this... Damn it!"

At this time, the crowd pulled a woman holding a child out of the building, pushed her next to the Pershing tank, and began to point at her and curse.

The commander hurriedly asked the young man who claimed to be a resistance organization: "What's going on?"

"She gave birth to a child for Prossen, and she regards herself as a first-class citizen of the empire every day, looking down on her neighbors. Now everyone wants to vent their anger!"

The commander: "What else did she do?"

The young people in the resistance organization looked at each other, and then shook their heads together: "No, she will do something else, and now we will hang her up! Hang her on the lamppost, just like in the Great Revolution!"

At this time, the child of the "rape" woman was taken away, and she cried heartbreakingly.

The conductor: "Enough! Give the child back to her! Let her stay quiet!"

The young man who had been talking to the conductor said in confusion: "She is a traitor to Carolingian!"

The conductor: "Then how loyal are you?"

The young man: "We have been fighting for the freedom of Carolingian!"

The conductor: "Then how many Prosen people have you killed?"

The young man: "I... cut the telephone lines of the Prosen people! I also blew up their electric poles with explosives!"

The conductor asked again: "Then did you have brothers, sisters and friends who died under the butcher knife of the Prosen people?"

The young man shook his head: "No."

"Then you are not qualified to judge her. Go find someone whose family was persecuted to death by the Prosen people. He is qualified to judge her! Go find him!"

The young man looked at each other, and at this time someone who looked like a village elder asked loudly, and the young man translated the words of the conductor.

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other, and the "rape" woman took the opportunity to snatch the child, rushed back to her home, and locked the door.

The commander: "Did she occupy that house?"

The young man from the resistance organization: "No, it's her father's house. Their family has lived in the town for almost a hundred years."

The commander: "Then let me summarize. This woman hosted a Proson officer in her home. She was raped by the Proson people, and then because she was a Catholic, she couldn't have an abortion, so she gave birth to the child. And you just want to persecute her because she is usually arrogant, right?"

No one answered.

The villagers didn't understand the Angsa language, but they probably guessed what the commander was saying, so they all kept silent.

At this time, the jeeps and M3 half-track vehicles of the follow-up troops drove up in a mighty manner.

The people immediately became happy again, rushing towards the United States troops entering the city, throwing flowers, bread and cheese on every car.

The commander sighed and asked the young man of the resistance organization who was still beside the tank: "How is the situation in the capital?" The young man answered happily: "Great, the tower is still there!" ———— Prime Minister Leonard threw today's Times on the table and said to his secretary: "If they had entered the Carolingian capital in twenty days, it would have been a great victory. Now all the limelight has been taken away by Rokossov. Rokossov was the first to recover the capital of a fallen country!" Secretary: "No, we recovered the capital of Tunisia, which is also a fallen country." Leonard: "But it is not in Europa! It doesn't matter how many African countries we recover, it's not as good as one Europa country! We could have recovered a Europa country first!" Secretary: "Maybe we shouldn't have forced the Melania people to revolt, so Rokossov would have stopped to rest, and we could have recovered the capital of a Europa country first." Leonard stopped talking and sat in a chair in a bad mood. At this time, Marshal Mago pushed the door open and said to Leonard in high spirits: "We are ready to launch the Market Orchard Operation!"

Leonard: "Did Ike agree?"

"Yes, Ike said this was an action that had to be taken, so he agreed to the entire combat plan, but they asked the United States paratroopers to be dropped near the bridge. I guess they don't have confidence in their own paratroopers."

Leonard pursed his lips: "It's hard to say, maybe they just don't want to drop the airborne troops in the enemy's hinterland, maybe they think this plan is bound to fail, so the paratroopers can be withdrawn at any time."

Marshal Mago: "No matter what they think, we just have to attack. The Prosen people have been defeated, and this empire is now a broken house, which will fall down with a slight push! The reason why Rokossov did not advance is entirely because his reserve forces and supplies were exhausted.

"As long as we block the Lend-Lease Act, with Ant's poor industrial strength, there is definitely no way to move forward, and we will advance triumphantly. Rokossov said he would meet us in Alsace, but we will meet him at the Oder River!"

Leonard: "Very good, if everything really unfolds as you predicted, the best general in this war will be you! I mean, if you don't count the naval generals!"

Marshal Mago was delighted: "Just wait and see, I will definitely complete the task! ”

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The headquarters of the 1st Parachute Division of the United Kingdom.

The division commander, Major General Sean, stopped holding the tea in the air, and looked at the staff of the headquarters who came to convey the order in confusion: "You said we would airdrop to 300 kilometers behind the enemy?"

Staff: "292 kilometers, and why do you use the metric system like the Plossons? We should use "Meyer." "

Major General Sean: "I like the metric system, and the decimal system is convenient. I thought such a plan would start after we captured Antwerp. This is nonsense. The person who made the plan has no military knowledge at all. Which politician did it? "

"It was Marshal Mago."

Major General Sean: "Ah, so that's the case, so he plans to run for prime minister after retirement? It must be like this, right?"

Staff: "The combat plan has been approved, Major General, you must go, or are you ready to disobey orders to the end?"

Major General Sean shook his head: "Even if you don't consider the problem of being too far from our front line, do you know what the terrain of the Low Countries is like? There were swamps everywhere, so gliders couldn't find a place to land, and parachutes couldn't carry heavy weapons.

"It is basically impossible for us to seize such a bridge behind the enemy and hold it until the troops arrive."

Staff: "The 30th Army will arrive in just seven days, and there are exhausted Plosson's fleeing soldiers along the way. The war will end on Christmas."

Major General Sean: "I don't agree with this plan. I'm going to call Ike and ask him, the Allied Commander-in-Chief, to stop this crazy plan."

"He has approved the combat plan." The staff said, "Nothing you do now can change the situation."

Major General Sean stared at the staff for a few seconds, scratched his head, and could only sigh helplessly: "Okay."

At this time, the commander of the Melania Airborne Brigade who came with the staff said: "If you ask me, this is suicide. I suggest that all of us write a statement saying: 'We don't agree with this crazy plan, but the military's duty forces us to attack. If the battle fails, please be sure to hold Marshal Mago, who made the plan, accountable.'"

Major General Sean thought about it and nodded: "Okay, let's make a statement, so that when future generations judge us, they will not think that we are mediocre people who don't even have military common sense."

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He really took out the banknotes, leaned over the table and wrote furiously, while writing he asked: "Where do you think this statement should be published?"

The staff officer who delivered the order advised: "It's useless, the department responsible for news censorship will not allow this statement to be published."

Major General Sean: "Then let him file it, or put it in my letters, so that my children can publish "Major General Sean's Brigade Letters Collection in the future to clear my grievances."

Staff: "You... please, but please sign for the order."

Major General Sean straightened up, took the order, and signed on the notebook opened by the staff officer.

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September 25, Melania's capital, Melania Front Command.

Pavlov looked at his watch: "There is no shelling today, it seems that the enemy has finally stopped fighting."

Wang Zhong: "Our troops have come up, and the supply is smooth. Now they continue to attack is just a waste of manpower. What I am concerned about now is how long we have to stop before we can continue to advance to the Oder River. "

Pavlov: "At least three months. Considering the loss of the backbone force, I suggest waiting for six months, so that most of the injured officers and NCOs will recover and return to the team."

Vassily: "Have we been reduced to the point where we have to wait for the injured NCOs to recover and return to the team?"

Pavlov picked up a document directly from the table: "Look at this. Yesterday I approved the promotion of 60,000 privates to NCOs. These NCOs have not received a day of training in the NCO school. If we don't wait for the injured NCOs to return to the team, our attack will definitely be a mess. "

Wang Zhong: "To what extent can we recover in three months?"

Pavlov: "Are you going to start the attack in January next year?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, now we know from the prisoners we captured that the enemy has exhausted manpower and started to requisition children, but modern weapons are like this. Even if they are used by children, they can threaten adults.

"We can't give the enemy's scouts enough training time. The sooner we attack, the lower the casualties."

Pavlov: "Three months - we can only adopt the method of not allowing the veterans who have recovered from the injury to return to their original units. We can concentrate the veterans who have recovered from the injury into the units scheduled to participate in the attack, and the reinforcement of the core forces of other units will be slightly slowed down.

"In addition, we can recruit soldiers in Melania, recruit guerrillas from all over the country, conduct military training for three months, and then add them to the Melania People's Army. The number of the People's Army can be expanded several times."

Wang Zhong: "Okay. Anyway, I will attack in January, and you can find a way to turn the troops out."

At this time, the phone rang. Wang Zhong saw that it was the red one, so he picked it up: "This is the Melania People's Army Headquarters."

Olga: "I'm looking for Marshal Rokossov."

"That's me."

Olga immediately pretended to speak in an official tone, and then changed the tone of chatting: "Brother, I just received a newspaper from the United Kingdom, and I sent a copy to you by plane. The United Kingdom and the United States have occupied the Carolingian capital, and General Dago has returned home. "

Wang Zhong: "Isn't this a good thing?"

Olga: "There is another piece of news. The Inquisitor got the enemy's liaison officer drunk and got intelligence. They said they were about to launch a shocking operation to end the war before Christmas! I guess it's their Christmas, which is December 25th!"

Wang Zhong looked at the calendar on the wall: "Don't worry, they can't do it."

"How do you know?"

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Wang Zhong: "Because I have common sense. They have just liberated most of the Carolingian area, and they are still dozens or hundreds of kilometers away from the Plossen border. Moreover, this distance is full of solid bunkers, which are the fortresses of the Maginot Line. It is very difficult to fight.

"They can only go through the Ardennes Forest or occupy the lowlands to the north. There are too many bridges and swamps in the lowlands, making it difficult for mechanized troops to deploy. The defenders have an advantage in this terrain."

Olga: "Oh, so that's it. I'm relieved. Oh, by the way, President Luo sent me an invitation. They will hold a meeting in the capital of the Mamluks."

Wang Zhong thought, that's not right, didn't the Russians have anything to do with the Cairo Conference? The next time Olga will attend such a meeting, it will be the Potsdam Conference.

Did I give Ante a qualification to attend the meeting?

This doesn't seem strange. I saved Melania from the uprising in the capital, and now I have a huge reputation all over the world.

Olga: "I feel that they are not inviting me, but you, so you can go with me! Anyway, you don't have a war to fight now, just leave the work to General Pavlov."

Wang Zhong glanced at Pavlov.

Pavlov: "As long as you don't drive a small tank on the front line, I have no objection to anything else."

Vassily: "Why does the chief of staff feel like a young wife?"

Pavlov rolled his eyes.

Wang Zhong said to Olga on the phone: "Okay, when exactly do you go?"

"President Luo said it's not decided yet, maybe we have to wait... until the war over there is over. I'm just saying hello to you first."

Wang Zhong: "Send a plane to pick me up when the date is decided. I'll be free until January next year."

"Okay!" Olga said happily.