artillery arc

Chapter 350 Suvorov Operation
Wang Zhong: "The code name of the operation is Suvorov."

In the Second World War in the history of the earth, there was no military action named after Suvorov, but there was Bagration.

Bagration was also a famous Russian general in the Napoleonic era. Wang Zhong felt that he could imitate him, starting from Suvorov, to Kutuzov, and then to Bagration.

When Bagration arrived, they would crush Prosen's army like a whirlwind, while the first two would devour the enemy troops one by one and train Ant's troops at the same time.

The Ante troops are too weak now. Even the mobile army carefully trained by Wang Zhong can only fight against the Proson people on a 55- basis. Isn't it like throwing meat buns at dogs for other troops to fight against the Proson people?
Once the Ant Army has accumulated some experience and a few more Plossen veterans have died, they will probably be able to fight the Plossen people head-on.

The good news is that compared to the Russians on Earth, Ante actually performed well. A considerable number of Russian troops were still annihilated in the first eight months of 42. Before Heiangrad, the Russians suffered 150 million irreversible losses.

However, when facing the much stronger Prosen, Ant's casualties totaled only 150 million, and a considerable number of them were annihilated in the siege of the coastal fortress.

The main Ante quick victory faction was eliminated. The largest-scale offensive launched in the first half of the year was General Gorky's action on the Duva River. When the action was blocked, General Gorky decisively stopped the offensive and instead sought to stabilize the ferry on the east bank of the Duva.

Precisely because the losses were less than on Earth, the troops under the command of Ant Command were far more numerous than the Russian troops on Earth.

Unfortunately, more veterans didn't seem to make Ant's troops much more powerful.

Or maybe Proson is too strong.

After Wang Zhong told his subordinates about his determination, Vasily raised his hand and said, "It's no use for you to tell us. The highest rank here is colonel. We don't even have a general."

Acting Chief of Staff Alexander said: "Are you ignoring me, the Brigadier General?"

"Well, there's no point in telling us this except for you." Vasily spread his hands. "You might as well tell us how you plan to drive the jeep in the future."

At this time, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion spoke on behalf of everyone: "We have summarized our experience internally. In the future, when dealing with enemy tanks in the wilderness, we must try to keep a distance of 800 meters and force the enemy to use artillery to attack us. This will effectively reduce casualties."

You still plan to deal with the enemy tanks!
Wang Zhong: "Today we have you hold back the enemy to prevent them from outflanking and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the vortex. Normally, the flanks of the vortex should be protected by the anti-tank guns and armored units. Tomorrow the anti-tank guns and armored units will arrive, so you won't be needed.

"As for the tactical decision just now, I was just organizing my thoughts."

Vasily: "You have mentioned this tactical decision twice."

"Have you said it twice?" Wang Zhong was shocked.

Vasily: "Yes, you said it yesterday, but you didn't say it in front of everyone."

Wang Zhong scratched his head. "Is that so? It's better to say it a few more times. When Pavlov comes, I will have to tell him again."

"Tell me too." A familiar voice came from the door. Wang Zhong turned his head and saw Popov's bald head.

The bishop of the army group came in and saluted Wang Zhong: "The bishop of the army group has arrived at Trinka with the vanguard of the second echelon!"

Wang Zhong returned the salute, then pointed at Alexander and said, "Acting Chief of Staff, quickly arrange for the follow-up troops to disperse. Don't crowd in Trinka. It would be disastrous if the enemy bombards."

Popov pointed to the colonel behind him and said to Alexander, "You go and meet with the military cadres. I will stay here to listen to the general's battle plan."

Wang Zhong: "You have completely shirked your responsibility."

"I am the military bishop. I have begun to command, which means that the military commander is finished. That's not good. I hope I will never have the opportunity to command the troops." Popov shrugged and changed the subject. "But you don't have to worry. After all, our military commander is Rokossov. Even the god of death will salute you when he sees you."

Wang Zhong: "Please don't add to my legend."

Popov shook his head and said, "Do I need to add to your legend? As soon as we arrived in Yarvik, we heard that you tore apart Proson's new tank with your bare hands and captured a new general!"

Wang Zhong frowned: "Is the situation in the rear already so outrageous? The enemy we fought today might not even have a brigadier general."

Vasily interrupted, "Maybe the common people mistook the skull on the collar insignia of the enemy's armored soldiers for a general officer's badge."

He fiddled with his collar badge as he spoke.

"I heard from the locals in the tavern that General Plosson had a skull on his collar badge."

Wang Zhong: "A tavern, Vasily? When did you go to the tavern? We only stayed in Yarvik for one day, right?"

Vasily: "I mean, I saw some people saying this in the tavern in Yeburg! Find out the place! I never left you in Yarvik!"

Popov laughed, then walked to the map, glanced at it and immediately said, "The forward is so close to Yeisk?"

Wang Zhong: "Scouting troops, a small team with radios. Our army has a large number of radio equipment, so we will use this advantage to control the grassland as much as possible."

"How many enemies are there?" Popov asked again.

Wang Zhong: "Quite a few. The original intelligence said that the enemy Buser battle group had an armored battalion and an armored grenadier battalion, but when they came out in full force today, it didn't look like that many troops. Maybe the enemy Asgard Knights' Sede Division has already arrived in Yeisk."

Popov was shocked. "Aren't we at a disadvantage in terms of manpower? We only have one armored destroyer battalion, one tank battalion and one anti-tank artillery battalion. Even the Guards Mechanized Infantry Division is not fully in place yet. The vanguard of the 225th Division will arrive in Yarvik tomorrow! The entire army will arrive on the 16th."

Wang Zhong: "So tomorrow we have to bombard Yeisk and pretend we are going to attack the city." Popov: "We will rely on the 122? 152 and their tractors from the second echelon. They will not arrive until tomorrow morning!"

Wang Zhong: "I have received artillery troops from the front army. If nothing unexpected happens, they are moving towards us. They will be deployed here when the time comes."

As he spoke, he picked up a pencil and drew an area on the map.

Popov was shocked: "I went to the front headquarters. Anyway, I couldn't believe this front, especially General Andrei."

Wang Zhong narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why, do you feel bad about him?"

"Yes, I feel that this person is very stubborn and self-willed. This is also the evaluation of him in the personnel files of the church. In other words, the reinforcement army is your unit, and he dare not command you casually."

To be honest, a general doesn't dare to command a lieutenant general's troops casually. This doesn't sound like an army that can win a battle - Wang Zhong muttered to himself.

However, he had some idea of ​​why this situation had occurred, so he did not speak out his true feelings.

Rather, he was happy that the front headquarters would not give blind orders and let him do what he wanted.

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Wang Zhong's lips.

Popov looked at his expression and obviously had his own guess. He said, "Perform well, you will be a future general. His Majesty Belinsky and His Majesty the Tsar are looking forward to it."

Wang Zhong: “I will.”

Popov: "In addition, only the 122nd will be found to have problems by General Proson tomorrow. Which artillery regiment's 152nd are you looking for? I will rush over overnight to make sure they will be at the designated location to participate in the bombardment tomorrow."

Wang Zhong really couldn't remember which artillery regiments the front had allocated to participate in the battle, so he turned to look at Vasily.

"197th Heavy Breakthrough Howitzer Regiment, 204th Heavy Howitzer Regiment." Vasily immediately reported the unit number, and at the same time tore off a piece of notepaper, quickly wrote something in pencil, and handed it to Popov, "The base is here."

"Good boy, you've learned something else besides cleaning shit." Popov took the note, looked at it, and then waved it, "Then I'll go."

Wang Zhong nodded and watched him leave.

At this time, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion stood up and said, "We are also going back to the troops. If the artillery bombardment fails to scare the enemy tomorrow, we will have to fight a tough battle."

Wang Zhong: “Go ahead.”

The officers stood up and walked out of the room.

As soon as they left, Nellie came in with a large plate: "Dinner."

Wang Zhong slapped his head and said, "Wait a minute, call the leaders of each unit and ask them to eat before leaving."

Vasily immediately ran out of the room, leaving only Nellie and two drafting consultants in the room.

The two staff officers looked at each other and decided to run away.

Wang Zhong: "You two should finish the assignment on the map! Don't worry about anything else."

Nellie brought the plate over and put it on the table. Suddenly she said, "Today there are not as many casualties as before."

"Yes, after all, our training has improved, and we have a tactical advantage." Wang Zhong replied, "Wait a minute, that's not right, Orachi didn't suffer much loss on the first day!"

"No, I remember it very clearly. On the first day of Orachi, I saw corpses lined up in the square in front of the church, and the wounded filled the hospital. But today, there are only more than a hundred bodies, and there are still vacancies in the field hospital."

Wang Zhong thought about it and realized that the losses in Oraqi on the first day were not great considering a division of tens of thousands of people. In fact, the casualties on that day were nearly a thousand.

But today's losses were really small, even if the number of kills was small.

Wang Zhong: "There were few casualties. Are you happy?"

"Yeah." Nellie nodded.

Wang Zhong: "Can you pat my head like a mother rewards her child?"

Nellie showed a look of contempt.

But she still reached out and gently stroked Wang Zhong's head: "Good boy, you did a good job, your efforts paid off."

Wang Zhong: "It's a pity that our other troops cannot achieve such an exchange ratio. Many of our casualties today are new recruits in the infantry unit. We worked so hard to educate them and wanted them to survive, but in the end..."

Wang Zhong felt the hand stroking his head become stronger.

"It's not your fault," Nellie said gently but firmly.

(End of this chapter)