artillery arc

Chapter 372: First Visit to Yeisk
Wang Zhong strode towards the surrendered soldiers of Proshen.

Gregory suddenly came up and stopped Wang Zhong: "The enemy may be hiding weapons, let's search them first."

Wang Zhong gently pushed him away: "It's okay, the despicable man's bullets can't hit me."

In fact, Wang Zhong used a plug-in to determine that these people had no weapons - you can tell at a glance whether they have weapons or not by highlighting them.

Wang Zhong took big steps towards the Plosson prisoner.

Gregory hurried after him, his weapon ready to fire at any time. It seemed that he was determined to open fire if any of the prisoners made any rash moves.

Proson was also looking at Wang Zhong. The officer who led the surrender was arrogant at first, until Vasily took the red flag off the cannon and followed Wang Zhong with it.

The officer frowned, and then his expression turned into fear.

Wang Zhong joked, "Why, you want to recite scriptures too? What about him coming from darkness, bringing death and illuminating the future?"

Vasily carried the red flag and translated it.

The officer hurriedly shook his head, his cheeks quivering: "Yes, yes!"

Vasily: “He said no.”

Wang Zhong thought to himself, I still understand this sentence. After all, I have seen the Führer’s anger so many times.

"Ask them why they saw my expression was so frightened and what they were afraid of."

Vasily did so immediately.

Then the prisoner started talking and said a lot of gibberish.

Vasily: "He said that the prisoners you captured would be tortured, shot in the shoulder, and become disabled for life."

Wang Zhong sneered, "Don't treat us like you! You are beasts, we are human. I shot you in the shoulder before because I didn't have time to capture prisoners, and I couldn't let the prisoners go back and let them kill my soldiers, so I had to do this. Now we have the conditions to capture prisoners, and I guarantee that you will be treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention!"

At least before it is handed over to the court of trial—Wang Zhong secretly added in his heart.

Then he waved his hand and said, "Arrest him and prepare for evacuation!"

As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, he suddenly saw the two destroyed M3 tanks and raised his hand: "Wait a minute!"

Gregory immediately shouted: "Wait a minute!"

The prisoners were so frightened that some of them staggered and almost fell.

Wang Zhong left the prisoners behind and walked towards the tank.

Both tanks were hit head-on, and the holes left by armor-piercing bullets were clearly visible. It seemed that they caught fire immediately after being hit and then continued to burn.

After thinking of the word "burned", Wang Zhong realized that there was a burnt smell in the air. Before that, his brain had become accustomed to the smell in the air and automatically ignored it.

Wang Zhong turned around and said to Vasily, "Let them finish digging graves for our soldiers before they leave."

At this time, a major nearby said, "We have checked. The burns in the car were too severe. It is impossible to get the bodies of the soldiers out unless we dismantle the tank."

Wang Zhong: "Then dig a bigger hole and bury the tanks in it."

"Yes!" The major saluted and turned around to make arrangements.

Wang Zhong stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, where is the enemy's headquarters?"

The major shook his head. "I don't know. We were rushing and attacking all morning and didn't stop to check the occupied house."

Wang Zhong nodded, turned around and asked Vasily: "Ask them where the headquarters is."

Vasily immediately went over and chatted with the captives, then came back to report: "This is the building they are occupying. When the commander of the Sai De Division led his troops to retreat, they volunteered to stay behind to cover their retreat and deal with the documents left behind."

Wang Zhong nodded: "Go in and take a look, maybe there is anything burned. Let them dig a pit! Bury my soldiers properly."

As he said this, Wang Zhong turned around and walked towards the half-collapsed building with his hands behind his back.

The soldiers who had entered the building earlier had already searched it. When Wang Zhong came in, he ran into the familiar face of Filippov and said with a smile: "Filippov, he's still alive!"

He grabbed Filippov's shoulders with both hands: "Very good, your arms and legs are intact, you can continue to beat up the Prosen people!"

Filippov also smiled, and then went straight to business: "General, we have checked, and all the documents and maps inside have been burned. The code book and other things have not been found, and the Enigma machine has been smashed."

Wang Zhong: “Smashed?”

"Yes, we collected the fragments as best we could, but we don't know if it can be restored. None of us can repair it."

Wang Zhong: "It is still a great achievement. Let the technical department worry about the rest."

He patted Filippov on the shoulder and continued to walk into the building, but Filippov said, "General, there are cracks in the main structure of the building. The 203 heavy artillery is too powerful. You'd better not go in. What if it collapses?"

As if to echo Filippov's words, fine dust fell from the ceiling and landed on Wang Zhong and others.

The 203 artillery fired three rounds, turning the entire building into a dangerous building?
Wang Zhong had originally planned to use the remaining two-thirds of the building as his headquarters.

Vasily looked at Wang Zhong's expression and said, "It seems we need to find another headquarters." Wang Zhong nodded, "Yes, you will be responsible for selecting the site."

After saying that, he turned to Filippov and said, "Since this is already a dangerous building, quickly evacuate the soldiers. The other things are not that important, so there is no need to look for them."

"Yes."

After saying that, Wang Zhong walked out of the building and saw that in a corner of the square, Ante soldiers were distributing shovels to the Proson people. In order to prevent them from using the shovels as weapons to riot, a jeep was parked not far away, and the M2 Lao Gan Ma heavy machine gun on the car was facing them.

Wang Zhong suddenly wondered if the captives thought this was a trap for them.
After thinking about it, he decided not to let Vasily explain that the pit was just for burying the destroyed tanks.

It won't hurt to scare them.

At this time, three jeeps and an M3 half-track vehicle "squeezed" past the cannon that was blocking the road and drove all the way to Wang Zhong.

Yegorov and Alexander, the chief of staff of the 1st Guards Mechanized Infantry, got out of the jeep one after another, and both looked at the Plossen prisoners who were digging a pit.

Yegorov slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "Great! It's easier now!"

Hey!
Wang Zhong hurriedly explained: "No, I just asked them to dig a pit to bury our soldiers. The two M3s over there were completely burned, and the people in the vehicles didn't escape. Their flesh and blood have been fused with the steel, so I want to bury the vehicles together."

"What? They're all shot." Yegorov looked regretful.

Bishop Shi coughed and said, "Be careful of the impact! This thing will have a ripple effect!"

"I know, I know. Look, our soldiers didn't kill them!" Yegorov changed the subject. "Why did they come out? Can't we use this nice building? It's perfect for the army headquarters."

Wang Zhong shook his head: "After three rounds of heavy artillery fire, it has become a dangerous building. I thought it would be a good idea to disguise it and make a fake headquarters to deceive the enemy's bombing."

Chief of Staff Alexander looked up at the building and said, "What a shame. It's such a nice building."

"When the war is over, we will build a more luxurious one." Wang Zhong said to Vasily, "Write it down and say I want to build it."

Vasily: "I bet there's a bronze statue of you in front of the new building. Maybe it's you personally directing the cannon fire."

As they were talking, several trucks drove into the square from the "gap" through which the divisional vehicles had just passed. As soon as they stopped, the people on the trucks lifted the canvas covering the big pot on the trucks, and the aroma of the broth wafted into everyone's nostrils.

Vasily's stomach growled.

Wang Zhong shook his head: "You haven't done much, but you're getting hungry quickly."

"I'm speaking for all the soldiers. It's time to eat," said Vasily.

Wang Zhong looked at Alexander and said, "Order the troops to set up alert and then have dinner on the spot."

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the army headquarters arrived in Yeisk and entered the grain bureau warehouse selected by Vasily. There was no food in the warehouse anymore. Even after scraping the entire ground, the wheat that came out could not fill an ox cart.

However, the warehouse itself is a concrete building, which is perfect for use as a headquarters, but there is a problem with the lighting, as there are not many lights in the granary.

Vasily built a fire directly in the middle of the granary and filled the warehouse with torches.

Pavlov frowned. "You might as well get some trucks and turn on the headlights."

Vasily slapped his thigh and said, "You are right, I will do it right away!"

Wang Zhong called Vasily: "Okay, don't go! Leave the arrangements for the headquarters to the Level 6 clerk!"

"Can you call me by my name?" Civilian Colonel Karataev appeared behind Wang Zhong like a ghost, triggering a reaction in Wang Zhong's DNA - the head teacher and grade leader of the evening study class liked to suddenly appear like this and take away the pocket book in Wang Zhong's hand!

The civilian colonel frowned and looked at Wang Zhong: "General, your reaction is too big, isn't it? A general should remain calm in the face of adversity."

"You are right." Wang Zhong nodded seriously.

The colonel looked at the warehouse and shook his head. "How can we light a large fire in a place with so much paper at the headquarters? We can just bring in some electricity for some lighting! Forget it, I'll arrange it."

The old man walked forward cursing and began giving orders as he walked.

Pavlov looked at Wang Zhong and said, "You called Vasily to go investigate, right?"

Wang Zhong: "You are right! Although we have captured Yeisk, the battle has just begun. We have to fight the enemy's Tenth Army on this hundreds of square kilometers of land. I must see what the terrain is like."

Pavlov nodded. "Although I think it's a bit excessive for the army group commander to personally conduct reconnaissance, I have no reason to refute you. Do you still have to conduct reconnaissance in person when you become the commander of the front in the future?"

if not?
Wang Zhong: "Of course not. By then, I may be dozens or hundreds of kilometers away from the front line. I should only be able to conduct actual reconnaissance of the breakthrough area."

Pavlov had an expression that said "I understand you". Popov next to him said, "I think we can just send a reconnaissance team. The area that the entire army is responsible for is so large. Can you still run all of it once?"

Wang Zhong: "Of course we have to send a reconnaissance team, and I will also go to investigate personally. Don't worry, I won't be in danger."

Because the enemy can be highlighted from two kilometers away.

Pavlov said to Popov, "It's useless. He has already decided to go. Let's just trust Sergeant Gregory's ability."

Popov shrugged. "That's all we can do."

(End of this chapter)