artillery arc

Chapter 157 Reunion

At this time, the 10th Tank Corps and the tank cavalry on their "backs" were already engaged in firefights with the enemy. Tracer bullets and explosions continued to tear apart the morning glow.

Thanks to the chaos they created, the caravan on the road didn't attract much attention - even though it was daylight now.

Wang Zhong originally thought that if his car No. 422 was parked here, if the enemy came over, it would attract attention and cover the retreat of the brigade.

But I don't know how long this situation will last. The Prossens will always react, and after all, the 10th Tank Corps can only attack enemy troops that have visual contact with them.

In addition, the enemy's air force is also very worrying. Based on the experience of the past few days, the first wave of enemy air force will usually arrive around six in the morning, but now it is less than two hours.

Worried about the air force, Wang Zhong subconsciously checked the anti-aircraft machine gun.

Last time in Loktov, the sudden failure of the BT tank's anti-aircraft machine gun, which resulted in the sacrifice of the entire crew, was such a profound lesson that it forced Wang Zhong to learn the structure of the machine gun thoroughly.

Now Wang Zhong looks like a veteran when inspecting the machine gun, and even a layman can see this.

Neli looked at Wang Zhong's hand adjusting the gun, and then at his face.

Lyudmila smiled and said: "You are already more skilled at handling guns than you are at handling girls!"

Wang Zhong frowned and looked at Lyudmila.

At this time, the little boy sitting in front of the turret turned back: "What does it mean to play with girls? Playing house?"

The adults, both men and women, who were marching next to the tank all laughed.

The little boy was very confused and kept asking: "What are you laughing at? What are you laughing at?"

After Wang Zhong checked the machine gun and was about to tell the little boy some adult knowledge, he saw Yegorov sitting on a fellow's carriage in the middle of the road.

Wang Zhong immediately asked: "Egorov, why are you lazy?"

Yegorov raised his right foot and showed off the splint and strap on his calf: "My foot was broken during the retreat and was just reattached. I could have walked away with my gun, but my fellow villagers pulled me up."

The fellow driver said: "If you don't ride in my car, your legs will be disabled by Shepetovka, and you won't be able to kill the enemy anymore, and maybe they will be sawed off. I'll give you a ride now, and you'll still have to do it in half a year." Come back and fight the devils.”

Yegorov spread his hands and said: "Look, the fellow villagers calculate the accounts very clearly!"

Wang Zhong also laughed, but he immediately asked a new question: "Where is your army?"

Yegorov pointed to the west: "It's behind! This time the bunker worked, and I brought out a lot of them. If you stay in Shepetovka for a few days, it is estimated that the separated people will return to the team one after another. "

"Okay, I will." Wang Zhong replied.

Yegorov's indifferent smile suddenly disappeared. He stared at Wang Zhong and said, "I will go to recuperate for half a year, and then I will come back to hell to accompany you, General."

Before Wang Zhong responded, someone among the soldiers shouted: "It may be hell for the enemy in half a year!"

Everyone laughed, and Wang Zhong also laughed, even though he knew that half a year later it would be far from the time when all the hardships would be over.

The carriage in which Yegorov was riding passed by Tank No. 422 and headed towards Shepetovka.

Wang Zhong stared at him for a long time, and only looked away when he could no longer see clearly.

Then he saw Lieutenant Colonel Eugene and the military staff assigned to him, Captain Andre, walking in the team carrying a miner's pickaxe.

Wang Zhong: "Lieutenant Colonel Eugene, why are you holding a miner's pickaxe?"

"This is convenient." The lieutenant colonel put the pickaxe on his shoulder as he spoke, "If you want to ask about the situation of the troops, they are almost all here."

Wang Zhong: "Where's Orlov of the Fifth Tank Army?"

"In the back, I originally planned to use their small tanks to transport some lightly wounded people, but they fell down as soon as they left the position. The lightly wounded people had to be helped away by them."

Wang Zhong nodded and saw Pavlov and the group of military staff and clerks in the crowd.

The chief of staff just nodded and said nothing.

Wang Zhong: "Pavlov, why don't you speak?"

Pavlov pointed at his throat and made a gesture. It seemed that he had injured his throat by talking too much when the organization was retreating.

When Pavlov passed by, Lyudmila suddenly said: "Why didn't you see Popov and the choir members?"

"I really didn't see it." Wang Zhong sighed, "There are many people who didn't see it, such as my guard Gregory. I sent him with the guard company to reinforce the position in the woods to the east and cover the artillery. "

Lyudmila hesitated to speak, and just looked to the west with Wang Zhong worriedly.

Just then there was a roar in the sky.

Wang Zhong's first reaction was to look to the west and north, and then he realized that the sound came from the northeast.

Then he saw the Il-2s flying close to the ground in an attack formation, using machine guns to shoot at the Prussians on the ground.

Everyone on the tank raised their heads and watched Ant Air Force ravaging the enemy.

Mixed cheers arose from the marching mixed ranks.

Lyudmila suddenly said: "It is rumored that this is the reinforcement you and Her Royal Highness want?"

"Yes, at that time I thought that the air force would be the one that could reach the battlefield immediately and be useful immediately." Wang Zhong turned to look at Lyudmila, "Are you familiar with Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

Lyudmila shook her head repeatedly: "I'm not familiar with it."

"What's going on? I'm so familiar with the Crown Prince, why don't you take the opportunity to get to know him?"

"Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't come to the salon very often, and she always hangs out with the uncles at balls and listens to them talk about difficult things. She is the most difficult flower in St. Catherine's Castle, and even you have hit a wall. "

Did I actually hit a wall?
More Il-2s joined the battlefield, and it looked like at least two aviation regiments were coming.

The Prosens hastily organized anti-aircraft firepower, but it didn't seem to be very effective against the Il-2, which is known as flying cement blocks.

At this time, Wang Zhong saw an airplane with a yellow nose swooping down from the sky.

BF109! The Prosen Air Force finally dispatched to provide air cover for the ground troops!

Previously, Wang Zhong thought that the Prosen Air Force in this time and space would only dispatch dive bombers and level bombers.

At the same time as 109 joined, the Lager-3 of the Ant Air Force also joined the battle.

Ant pilot's voice could be heard on the radio: "Go up, kill them! Cover the attack aviation group!"

So a row of LaG-3 swooped down from the direction of the rising sun.

Wang Zhong muttered subconsciously: "Why is it Lager-3? Where is Jacques-3?"

Lyudmila and Neli both looked at Wang Zhong curiously. They had obviously never heard of these two aircraft models.

Wang Zhong: "Send Yak-3!"

Lyudmila asked curiously: "What happened to Rag 3?"

Wang Zhong: "This aircraft will lock the rudder at high speeds and cannot be pulled at all. The maneuverability of the nose at low speeds is as bad as a brick. The engine production capacity is like constipation. The speed is completely lost after a slight turn. The flaps must be opened to have enough lift... "

Ok?
He realized that these were things "this" Rokosov should not know.

Then he glanced at his fiancée guiltily.

Lyudmila: "How do you know this? Have you never flown a plane?"

"Yes...it's Vasily! He flew in the flying club! He told me!" Wang Zhong forcibly made up a reason.

Lyudmila blinked: "Vasily knows a lot!"

"That's right," Wang Zhong shrugged, "The professor's son, the professor!"

"But since he joined the flying club, he should go to the air force. How could he join the infantry school?"

Wang Zhong: "Uh...his father won't let him! He's the son of a professor. His father thinks that the air force is a hooligan and will learn bad things."

"Understood." Lyudmila nodded.

At this time, Lag San had already been shot down by the highly skilled 109 pilot, dragging thick smoke into the grass on the ground and exploding into a fireball.

The remaining Lago IIIs were still fighting enemy planes.

The radio was filled with the shouts of Ant pilots: "No. 8, it's behind you! It's behind you!"

"Semyon, circle left! Damn it, circle left! Remember that the circling performance on both sides of our aircraft is different!"

"mom!"

"Nikitovich, take care of my son for me!"

White parachutes bloom in the sky, looking like lonely dandelions.

Wang Zhong watched it for a few more seconds and felt it was too bad. He directly adjusted the receiving frequency of the radio and stopped listening to the pilots' channel.

Pilots are more valuable than tankers, but they were killed by rotten aircraft.

Anyone who hands over bad equipment to the troops should be taken out for target practice.

He tried to turn his attention to something else, so he looked westward along the road, and saw Gregory hanging among the group with a cigarette in his mouth.

Wang Zhong: "Gregory! Where is the person I entrusted to you?"

Gregory pointed to the back: "There are about two hundred alive, but this is the entire battalion combined. There are still alive artillerymen following behind. The organization is in chaos, and they are mixed with the common people. I don't know how many there are. "

Wang Zhong: "Okay, you did a good job. Also, did you see Popov and the people from the church?"

Gregory: "We didn't enter the city. We walked directly through the forest. When we came out, there was a firefight in the city behind. Maybe they were mixed up."

Wang Zhong was speechless and waved his hand.

Gregory continued walking northeast, smoking comfortably while walking.

Lyudmila: "He looks so calm."

"Well, he is like this. He was like this when he ambushed the enemy reconnaissance team last time. He was terrifyingly calm." Wang Zhong said.

At this time, Neli suddenly pinched Wang Zhong's waist and pointed into the distance: "Look!"

Wang Zhong looked over and found that several Prosen soldiers two hundred meters away had discovered that the team walking on the road was not one of their own.

"Alexander!" Wang Zhong immediately ordered from inside, "Turn the turret 20 degrees to the left, load the high-explosive bombs, and kill the enemy! Quick!"

The turret immediately began to rotate and then opened fire.

Several Prossens who discovered the abnormality were suddenly blasted into the air.

Wang Zhong operated an anti-aircraft machine gun and fired at the group of Prosen tents near the Prosen people. While shooting, he shouted to the people on the road: "Quick! Run forward! The enemy has discovered something abnormal!"

At this time, the directional machine gun on the No. 422 car body also started firing, mowing down another group of enemies who noticed something unusual on the road.

Wang Zhong: "The white horse is calling the 10th Tank Army. The white horse is calling the 10th Tank Army. The enemy has discovered us. Please contain the enemy as much as possible!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting: "Alyosha!"

He followed the sound and saw Su Fang sitting on an ox cart. The driver was Popov, and there were a large number of fellow skitarii following around the ox cart.

Wang Zhong: "Stop shouting and leave quickly! The enemy has reacted!"

After saying this, Wang Zhong shot at the enemy again.

(End of this chapter)