Arc of Gunfire

On November 3, the agenda of the Thebes Conference was completely over.

Wang Zhong was going to board a plane to return to Ant on the morning of November 4.

That afternoon, a stack of newspapers from the United States was delivered during dinner.

Vasily, who was delivering the newspapers, had a smile on his face, which made Wang Zhong very curious: "What are you laughing at? The newspaper published a joke on the front page?"

Vasily took out a newspaper and handed it to Wang Zhong: "See for yourself!"

Wang Zhong took it and laughed.

The photo on the front page of the newspaper was a photo of Wang Zhong's big ass pocket taken by a reporter. His slap turned into a shadow in the photo, while A Chang fell backwards, his face tilted towards the camera, and his cheeks still maintained the shape when he was hit by the slap.

Wang Zhong was not sure whether there was photo correction technology in this era. Wang Zhong always felt that the fist mark was made by PS, because it looked too - too cartoon-like.

But precisely because of the strong cartoon-like feeling, the impact of the photo almost overflowed from the paper.

Wang Zhong laughed for a long time before he remembered to check the photographer's name. It turned out that it was not his old acquaintance Robert Capa (Mike's partner).

Thinking about it again, Mike and his partner were filming a documentary in the Melania Liberated Area to expose the atrocities of the Prosen people.

Wang Zhong: "This photo is well taken. Give the photographer some souvenirs. I think a captured cross medal would be good."

According to Wang Zhong's instructions, Ante is now recycling the captured cross medals, engraving the date of capture and the name of the soldier who captured it, and then giving them as souvenirs to international friends and civilians who have made outstanding contributions but have not reached the standard for awarding medals.

Of course, these are cross medals above the knight level. Those first and second level iron crosses that are common on the street will be sent to Yekaterinburg to pave the way for the future victory memorial.

Vasily: "Okay, give this reporter a captured cross. By the way, Marshal, I think if you want these crosses to be valuable, you can issue a certificate signed by you personally."

Wang Zhong: "That's a good idea, let's do it."

After that, Wang Zhong admired the photo again, looked at it for a long time and muttered: "It's so cool, I should throw a few more punches."

He handed the newspaper to Olga: "Look, my punch is heroic, isn't it?"

Olga: "It's quite heroic. But is this man so hateful?"

Vassily: "He retreated 2,400 kilometers!"

Wang Zhong: "Not just that!"

Then he told what Ah Chang had done on Earth.

Olga shouted: "Good fight! You should have said it earlier. If I had known, I would have gone up and kicked him again."

At this time, the confidential secretary entered the room: "Report, urgent telegram from the country."

Wang Zhong frowned: "The last time I received an urgent telegram like this was when I was preaching in the United States to get war bonds and aid. Then there was the Battle of Abavakhan, where I lost my adjutant."

Vassily: "It's unlikely. Now Proson can't launch a decent attack, and I'm very tough and unlikely to die. Let me take a look."

He took the telegram and glanced at it, and smiled: "Guess what the urgent telegram is about? Kashukh originally wanted to nibble away at the enemy's defense line secretly, but he inexplicably occupied the enemy's core city of Korshu.

"This is the most important city in South Melania. The rebels launched an uprising when our army infiltrated, and welcomed our army after occupying the city. Now Kashukh is frantically asking for reinforcements, thinking this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Wang Zhong: "Reinforce troops, send the troops that have been supplemented with basic non-commissioned officers to Kashukh, and let them quickly eat up South Melania. ”

Vassily: "Now we have arrived at the Oder River. As long as we can occupy the river bend in the middle of the Oder River and break through the river bend, we will be less than 60 kilometers away from Prosinia!"

After that, Vasily took out a map from his pocket: "Look! This is the latest map, and there are photos of aircraft reconnaissance."

Wang Zhong: "Why do you carry these things with you?"

Vassily: "I think it may be useful in the future, such as driving a small jeep behind a Rokossov Type 1 tank."

Wang Zhong: "You guy... I promised Pavlov that I would no longer go to the front line to race tanks."

Vassily nodded: "I believe you too. But as an adjutant, I have to be fully prepared."

At this time, Olga interrupted the conversation between the two: "So we take off tomorrow?"

"Today, this is to deceive the possible Prosin spies." Wang Zhong stood up, "Let's take off after eating. "

At this moment, he heard the sound of something collapsing, and then heard a loud bang outside the window, and a lot of dust blocked the entire window.

Vasily pulled out his pistol, prepared to fire, and shouted: "Guards!"

Soon the guards rushed into the room.

At the same time, a long whip swung into the window, wrapped around the high table with vases by the window, and soon a white man in a cowboy hat got into the window.

Wang Zhong widened his eyes: "Dr. Indiana Jones? What are you doing?"

Doctor: "Tomb, sand flowed from the ceiling, I escaped."

Wang Zhong: "Oh, I just knew you were still doing archaeological activities here."

"Me? No, I was ordered to protect the safety of the meeting, because the local lurking Proson intelligence organization may use ancient ritual magic to launch an attack. "

Wang Zhong: "What about now?"

"The ritual failed, all the Prossens died, and I escaped. Unfortunately, the ruins were not preserved. I suggest you leave this place as soon as possible, because I don't know if there is anything unclean in the ruins."

Wang Zhong: "For example?"

"Guigi's virus."

Wang Zhong nodded and said to Olga: "Let's go, we just have to leave too."

"Hey, wait a minute, are you that Marshal Rokossov?" Dr. Indiana pointed at Wang Zhong, "Oh my God, I always carry your card with me. It was given to me when I bought war bonds. Can you sign it for me?"

Wang Zhong always felt that this signature scene seemed to be in one of the Raiders of the Lost Ark... Is it the third one? When he met Dr. Jones with a mustache, he suddenly gave him the diary in his hand and asked him to sign it.

From being a failed art student to being the last student in a military academy... seems quite reasonable?

Wang Zhong took the card and signed his name.

At this time, the guard battalion commander came in and reported: "There is a big hole in the yard, and we are preparing to go down to investigate."

Wang Zhong: "No, there may be ancient viruses down there. Use explosives to blow up the entrance of the cave. Remember to evacuate nearby buildings before detonating. We will set off back to Ant now."

"yes."

Wang Zhong looked at Dr. Jones: "Proson is already dying. Doctor, don't let them find the ancient strange power."

The doctor replied solemnly: "Those things with strange powers and chaos do not exist. They are all superstitions of the ancients. For example, here in the Mamluks, they all believe that black cats are the messengers of the country of the dead. Meeting a black cat means that you are going to die, but I Always good.”

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Yegorov found a black cat lying on the still warm hood in the parking lot in front of the new headquarters.

The black cat's yellow eyes are like two gems, reflecting light in broad daylight.

It stared at Yegorov, its erect pupils like gaps leading into the abyss.

The car soldier waved the crank used to start the car, intending to drive the cat away, but the cat remained motionless and stared directly at Yegorov.

"Wait a minute," Egorov stopped the car soldier, "don't we have canned fish? Let's open two of them."

The auto soldier was shocked: "Is it the canned fish from the 651 Factory? That is the latest product and is very popular."

The new canning factory 651, built using technology supported by the United States, produces canned fish that has been well received by the entire military, and can even be exchanged for alcohol privately.

Yegorov: "Give it a can, and when the residual heat in the car dissipates, it should go."

"yes."

Yegorov entered the headquarters and looked at the map that had just been hung up: "Very good, the headquarters is only fifteen kilometers away from the Plosen border, and we finally let us fight over."

The chief of staff said: "Don't even think about going to the Oder River. The Prossens have set up observation posts and radio listening stations on the other side of the river. They seem to use a triangulation method to determine the source of our radio signals, and then proceed. shelling.

"If you are observed at the front line, you will die! I can't bear the marshal's anger."

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Yegorov chuckled: "If you don't want to go, you won't go. But chief of staff, after crossing the river, it will be Prosen's territory. Don't say that there are guerrillas that have not been eliminated and prohibit the headquarters from advancing!"

"When fighting in the enemy's territory, it is even more impossible for the headquarters to be far away from the troops, otherwise it will be too late to deal with emergencies."

The chief of staff could only say: "Of course we will move forward in time, don't worry."

Yegorov sat down and suddenly smiled: "Let's just stay behind. Maybe the division commander will rush forward on his own. When the division commander rushes forward, you can't stop me! I'm going forward to investigate to give someone a chance." The teacher is covering, do you understand?"

The chief of staff looked even more worried.

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Before the plane landed, Wang Zhong lay on the porthole and saw the Oder River to the west.

This is the traditional dividing line between Melania and Prosen. However, after Prosen annexed Melania, he drove away all the Melania people living on the east bank of the Oder River. Specifically, where did the Ant Army go? Neither Fang nor the Inquisition found out.

Many people speculated that these Melania people had been massacred.

The Plossians moved a large number of Plossian civilians and occupied the east bank of the Oder River.

The Prossen people's original intention was that when the core area of ​​the empire was threatened, they could use the fortress city cluster on the east bank of the Oder River to block it for a period of time.

Wang Zhong switched to a bird's-eye view and saw that most of the towns on the east coast looked different from ordinary Melania towns, and most of the town's signboards were in Prosen.

The airports where planes land are located in these "proscenized" cities.

After sending Wang Zhong to the front line, Tsar Olga will return to the capital on a plane that has completed refueling.

As soon as Wang Zhong landed, he saw Popov's bald head and asked: "Pavlov is not here?"

"He's too busy. You know, the step-by-step rectification plan was thrown into chaos because of the unexpected progress we had made."

In an unexpected development, only the light infantry penetrated and destroyed the enemy's defense line.

Wang Zhong: "It's okay if he doesn't come, I want to go to the front line to take a look."

Popov: "What? At least drive the tank before you go. I'll send a Rokosov II over here."

Wang Zhong: "Has the second type been put into production?"

"Yes, it has been equipped with troops on a small scale. Currently, the receiving troops generally report that after the artillery caliber was expanded to 122 mm, loading was obviously much more laborious and the rate of fire became slower.

"Many tankers think that 100mm guns should be used."

Wang Zhong: "If the Rokossov II is put into the battlefield and performs poorly, we will consider how to modify its design."

After a brief pause, he continued: "The most urgent task now is to find out the enemy's deployment across the river. In order to achieve this, I must go to the front line to observe immediately."

Popov watched Wang Zhong run away immediately after he finished speaking, and muttered: "Damn, Pavlov is going crazy."

He looked up and found Her Majesty Olga looking at him on the gangway, smiling.

"Don't worry," Olga said, "My brother is so tough that even the god of death can't do anything to him. If the god of death really comes to him, he will definitely smash the god of death's head with the submachine gun in his hand and tear his robe in half."

Popov: "Saint Andrew also said something similar, but he still passed away. Forget it, I also believe that the marshal is protected by great luck.

"This may be a phenomenon caused by some scientific law, but we have not yet discovered the law behind it.

"In short, we should 'believe in science' at this time."

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Wang Zhong drove to the river in a jeep, and soon drove into the first town with a strong Prosen style.

Then he found a pile of corpses hanging on the street lights on the roadside of the town.

He immediately ordered the jeep to stop and asked the priest who was organizing the disposal of the corpses: "What's going on? Aren't all these towns Prosen people? Haven't the Melania people been slaughtered by them?"

The priest saw that it was Marshal Rokossov and saluted: "Report to the Marshal, these are Prosen people. They were hung up, and there were signs with slogans on their bodies."

Vasily picked up a sign and translated the Prosen words on it: "I refuse my children to die for Prosen, I am a traitor to the motherland."

Wang Zhong: "The last madness, damn it."

At this time, he saw a series of corpses that were obviously children on the side of the road, so he walked over.

All the children were wearing military uniforms that were too big. One boy's pants were too long, so his trouser legs were rolled up many times, and there was a bulge at the bottom of the warehouse.

Wang Zhong: "Is it common for the Prosen people to use children as soldiers?"

"No, Marshal, it may be because these families moved here after the fall of Melania, and most of them are newlyweds without children. We checked the registration form of the mayor of this city, and there are a total of 12 children over the age of 11 in the city, all lying there.

"Their military uniforms show that they belong to the People's Self-Defense Force. Most of the People's Self-Defense Force soldiers are adult males, and some are adult females."

Wang Zhong nodded and asked again: "These children...were they killed by machine guns?"

"Yes, they wanted to attack our tanks with rocket launchers, and were killed by the tanks' machine guns and the accompanying infantry's submachine guns. "

Wang Zhong just nodded. There was no other way. If they didn't kill them, they would be killed. They could only let these children die. This was the sin of those who forced them to go to the battlefield.

Wang Zhong: "Let's go, continue to move towards the river and see what the land of Prosen looks like."

Vassili: "Maybe it's a terrible country with skulls piled everywhere and rivers full of blood."

Wang Zhong: "You are talking about hell, right? Even if it is hell, let's go and see it!"