artillery arc

Chapter 346: Have you seen the Pica War?

Wang Zhong was actually very nervous after giving the order, fearing that if he tried this decision, the troops would be defeated and many casualties would be suffered in vain.

Sometimes Uncle Black’s tactics are not applicable to everyone, just like not everyone can use Indian tactics.

At this time, the disadvantages of plug-ins are reflected. You can only get vision when communicating, but military communications do not allow chatting. You have to understand the situation as quickly as possible, give orders, and it's over.

In other words, Wang Zhong's vision on the front line cannot be sustained all the time, and he cannot keep in touch with the assaulting troops all the time, which may interfere with the commander's judgment and lead to unfavorable results.

Therefore, Wang Zhong could only let Vasily contact the Annihilation Battalion again, under the pretext of asking the Annihilation Battalion to report the situation again, and observe the situation of the assault troops through the perspective of the Annihilation Battalion.

Then Wang Zhong saw the jeep cavalry bravely charging towards the enemy's armored formation that was being deployed but had not yet launched an attack.

The jeeps all over the mountains reminded Wang Zhong of the time when he led the Imperial cavalry to charge in Mount & Blade 2.

The key point is that the two jeep troops were dragging brooms behind their vehicles, so the smoke and dust were particularly heavy, making it look very loud.

The jeep convoy began firing.

No matter how much Proson's tank commander liked to stick his head out to get information, he had to retreat into the tank at this time.

However, Plossen's latest Type 3 and Type 4 tanks all have commander's cupolas, so Wang Zhong has no idea how much of an impact forcing them to get into the tanks would have.

The enemy's vehicle machine gun opened fire!

However, the vehicle-mounted machine gun has no means of aiming, so you can only shoot based on your feeling and then adjust according to the trajectory of the tracer bullet.

It is indeed difficult to hit a speeding jeep with a machine gun mounted on the vehicle.

And there was so much smoke and dust.

Wang Zhong observed anxiously for a while and found that the memoir he read before the time travel was not a lie. It was very difficult for a machine gun to hit a speeding Willys Jeep.

The mountain hunter machine gunner was still using the MG42, but the enemy tanks should be equipped with the MG34, which should have a lower firing rate.

Moreover, the hunter machine gunners use a 42 with a tripod, which is much more accurate than the tank's hull machine gun.

Wang Zhong had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the enemy opening fire, but the shells didn't even hit the speeding jeep.

It seems that Colonel Ka was wrongly blamed. It was not because his tank was defeated by the pickup truck that he was not good enough. The elite Proson armored soldiers could not hit the speeding Willys Jeep either.

Just at this time, Vasily's call with the Annihilation Battalion ended, which meant that Wang Zhong's vision could only be maintained for a short while.

At this time, Wang Zhong suddenly realized that the Proson people had taken measures. He saw that all the machine guns on the Proson tank were firing in one direction.

They no longer chased specific jeeps, but instead set up an area of ​​fire coverage, allowing the Willys Jeeps to crash into each other and bleed in this area.

In the blink of an eye, the drivers of three jeeps were shot.

The driver of a jeep fell out of the car, tilting the steering wheel. The car turned at a large angle and was about to drift on the grassland, but unfortunately the weeds quickly blocked the wheels, causing the car to overturn.

The machine gunner leaped forward, fell to the ground, and was crushed by the overturned car.

Fortunately, when the jeep convoy set out, they knew that the mission was extremely dangerous, so they asked everyone except the driver and the machine gunner to get off the vehicle.

One second before the shared vision disappeared, Wang Zhong saw another jeep being hit, while all the other jeeps avoided the Prosen’s coverage area.

Screen sharing is over.

Wang Zhong was speechless.

Damn, Colonel Ka is really a rookie. Look at the elite tank driver Proson, he knew what to do immediately.

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Proson's army, five minutes ago.

Colonel Busse was supervising the deployment of various units when a communications staff officer jumped off the radio car, ran to the colonel in panic, stood at attention and saluted: "Report to Colonel! We have intercepted the enemy's radio, and the enemy commander claims to be General Rokossov!"

Colonel Busey felt a tingling sensation on the back of his head: "Who?"

"General Rokossov!"

The two armored grenadiers company commanders beside the colonel widened their eyes, and one of them shouted: "Is it that Rokossov? The Rokossov who annihilated more than 100,000 of our people? Are we going to be surrounded?"

The colonel cursed: "Assholes! The Imperial Army just won a great victory at the Primorsky Fortress. We cut through the enemy's position like a hot knife through cheese, and you are scared by a Rokossov? How shameless!"

Just as Colonel Busey was about to continue, a communications soldier jumped off the radio car, walked up to the communications staff officer and whispered a few words.

The colonel demanded, "What's going on?"

Communications Staff: "Come over here and listen for yourself."

After that, he made a gesture to invite him in. Colonel Busey came angrily to the side of the infinite tram and took the headset handed to him by the signalman. As soon as he took it, he heard someone exclaiming on the radio:
"The enemy is coming towards us, all over the mountains and plains!"

"Calm down! Give your radio call sign and observe communication discipline!"

Without reporting the wireless call sign, you have no idea who is talking, and therefore cannot determine which side is under attack.

"231! 231 is under attack from the enemy!"

The radio call signs within the Proson troops are basically their respective tactical numbers. Only troops will use objects or animals as call signs.

If a unit within the army wants to communicate with other units outside the army, it can use the unit call sign plus the internal numerical call sign to refer to itself.

Here 231 is the call sign of the armored company deployed on the left side of our team.

Before Colonel Busey could give orders, another cry came over the radio: "251 is under attack, the enemy is everywhere in the mountains!"

Busey: "This is No. 1, 231, 251, calm down, how much damage is there now?" "No damage, repeat, no damage! The enemy is firing at us with heavy machine guns or cannons!"

"Only heavy machine guns and machine guns?"

"Yes!" It sounded like the other side had calmed down. "The enemy seems to be some barrel trucks! Why would they use barrel trucks to attack the armored forces?"

It was the first time for many Plosson soldiers to see a Willys Jeep, so they thought it was a vehicle similar to the barrel trucks of the Plosson army.

In fact, the Willys Jeep is much lighter.

Colonel Busey: "Destroy these vehicles."

"…Sorry, Colonel, they're too fast to hit."

The colonel thought for a moment and said, "If you can't hit the target, just concentrate your firepower on one area. As long as the density is high enough, you can always hit the target! After driving the enemy away, continue the original operation!"

After saying that, the colonel put down the phone and cursed, "You are still the Knights of Asgard because you were panicked by a mere bucket truck?"

At this time, the colonel's adjutant said: "This is Rokossov. If it is him, it can explain why he easily defeated our vanguard before. He may have some strange plans."

"Are you scared too?" Colonel Busey glared at his adjutant.

Adjutant: "Rokosov is the lover of the new Tsar of Ante, and he will definitely get a tilt in manpower and support. This explains the sudden and fierce reception from the Ante Air Force! Think about the heavy bombers that passed over our heads this morning."

Colonel Busey pursed his lips.

It seems... makes sense!

When the Buse battle group set out from Yeisk, it received a report from the rear military station saying that the enemy had dropped a large number of bombs. Judging from the amount of bombs dropped, it could not be a twin-engine bomber, but a heavy four-engine bomber.

Able to mobilize heavy four-engine bombers...

Thinking about this, Colonel Busey also felt that there was something fishy going on here.

At this time, the chief of staff came over and said, "The troops are ready to encircle us. Let's go. Our armored forces in the front have suffered heavy losses. The losses will be too great if we engage in face-to-face fire with the enemy in the preset positions."

"No." Colonel Busey looked at the chief of staff. "What do you think the enemy's intention is to suddenly use highly mobile light armored forces to attack our flank?"

The chief of staff thought for a moment and said, "It may be a desperate charge. Some of the generals in Ante are not good at fighting, but they are brave. In addition, I have read a lot of Ante literature. There is a tendency towards self-destruction in their culture, which can also explain why they would rather self-destruct than surrender since last winter."

Colonel Busey: "But the enemy's commander is Rokossov."

The chief of staff's eyes widened: "Rokossov? That Rokossov?"

"That Rokossov, the White Horse General Rokossov, the Imperial Wall Rokossov, the Victorious Star Rokossov."

The chief of staff hesitated: "This..."

"Does Rokossov also have a tendency to self-destruction?" asked Colonel Busey.

Chief of Staff: "If his actions are true, I think he has them too. Think about it, he rode on horseback to lead the KV to attack us. This is clearly a self-destructive tendency. Rokossov is undoubtedly an Ante-style hero. If this kind of hero does not self-destruct, he will achieve great things."

He paused and said, "Since it was Rokossov who ordered these light armored forces to attack us, this behavior is not simply self-destruction. He must have a purpose."

After the chief of staff finished speaking, Busse's adjutant said, "Smoke. The Ants may lack smoke bombs, so they use light armored troops to create smoke to cover the actions of the enemy's follow-up troops."

Colonel Busey took over the adjutant's words: "We thought the 100 tanks were just false news and the enemy was very weak, so we attacked. But in fact, the vanguard's report was correct, they really saw 100 tanks!
"This is Rokosov's trick. In fact, the Ants have already gathered a large number of tank troops and are ready to eat up our battle group!"

The chief of staff suddenly realized: "So that's it!"

Colonel Busey: "We have to retreat to Yeisk! Rely on Yeisk for defense and wait for our follow-up troops! You, organize the retreat immediately, select volunteers to stay behind to snipe Rokossov's armored forces and hold them back!"

The Chief of Staff saluted: "Yes!"

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Wang Zhong's side.

Vasily: "The jeep unit reported that the enemy seemed to have left behind a rearguard and began to retreat."

Wang Zhong immediately changed the view and saw that the enemy who was entangled with the jeep troops was retreating. There were about fifteen Type 3 tanks left behind and spread out in the field.

Judging from the positions they occupied, the purpose of these vehicles was to block the enemy.

Wang Zhongqie came back and looked at Vasily in surprise: "Why? Why did they run away?"

Vasily shrugged.

The effect of the pickup truck tactics was not as good as Wang Zhong expected. Wang Zhong originally thought that the jeep troops might be able to get close and throw incendiary bombs to knock down some tanks, but this did not happen.

It is not easy to find a gap in the enemy tank cluster and rush to a distance where you can throw incendiary bombs!

If you think about it carefully, the reason why Colonel Ka was defeated by a pickup truck was that the pickup truck was equipped with not only heavy machine guns but also RPG rocket launchers, while Colonel Ka's tank was a modern main battle tank, and it was destroyed after being hit by an RPG from the side and rear.

Wang Zhong's "pickup truck" troops do not have RPGs.

Damn, I should have asked the United States for some bazookas. Even though this thing isn't as famous as the Iron Fist, it's actually very useful.

Acting Chief of Staff Alexander asked, "What should we do now?"

Wang Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Our tank destroyers are afraid of the enemy rushing up to engage in a melee, but since the enemy has occupied the position and wants to fight a blocking battle, we should push forward and engage in a firefight with the enemy. Order the destroyer battalion to start the attack.

"Although we don't know what decision-making process the enemy used to make the decision to retreat, it doesn't stop us from eating up their rearguard troops."

Wang Zhong said with a gourmet smile: "As an appetizer, it's not bad."

(End of this chapter)