artillery arc

Chapter 464 Are all the pilots in the United Kingdom monsters?
August 8, Moha City, 29 hours.

Wang Zhong got up earlier than usual, and then saw Nellie sitting on a small stool, leaning against the table and sleeping.

In Wang Zhong's impression, Nellie was always awake and working tirelessly. So the sleeping face of Nellie that suddenly appeared in front of him felt very fresh to him.

After staring at her face for a few seconds, Wang Zhong suddenly felt pity and thought that Nellie, who had been working so hard, should have a good rest.

At this moment, wind suddenly rushed in from the field-shaped opening of the tent, causing Wang Zhong to sneeze.

Nellie hadn't woken up yet and continued to sleep against the table, breathing steadily.

Wang Zhong picked up the towel blanket on the camp bed and covered her with it. However, before he could turn around, the blanket slipped off Nellie and landed on the not-so-clean ground.

"Tsk." Wang Zhong picked up the quilt, thought for a moment, and decided to carry Nellie to the camp bed so that she could cover herself with the quilt and sleep more soundly.

The mornings in Moha are still quite cold. If you sleep leaning against the table like this, you may not only catch a cold, but also get a stiff neck.

After making up his mind, Wang Zhong put the quilt at the end of the camp bed and picked up Nellie in a standard princess hug position.

Then, before he could take a step toward the cot, Nellie opened her eyes.

Wang Zhong was embarrassed: "Uh, good morning."

Nellie rubbed her eyes, yawned, and then said in a calm tone: "Put me down."

Wang Zhong put her down silently: "Sorry, I wanted to put you on the camp bed so that the quilt wouldn't slide off. Yes, the quilt wouldn't slide off! I just covered you with the quilt and it slipped!"

Fortunately, in the Ant language, "slip" does not lead to strange meanings, so Wang Zhong's explanation seems reasonable.

Nellie: “Yeah, I see.”

After saying that, she tidied her clothes and tidied up Wang Zhong's camp bed.

Wang Zhong stood by and looked at Nellie suspiciously. He was a little confused. Could it be that it was no big deal to hug Nellie while she was sleeping?
Nellie suddenly stopped and looked at Wang Zhong: "Why are you standing there? The clothes are over there, put them on and go to the headquarters tent quickly."

"Oh, okay." Wang Zhong quickly put on the general's clothes, rushed out of the tent and went straight to the headquarters.

As soon as Pavlov saw Wang Zhong enter the headquarters tent, he said loudly: "We have figured out how the Prosen people deceived MI6."

Wang Zhong: "How did you cheat?"

Pavlov: “These Prosens were originally stationed in a fishing village on the seashore west of the city. The fishing village is far away from the transportation line and there is no deep-water port, so usually no one passes by.

"After the Prosen people arrived six years ago, they built barracks and training grounds there, and all the people in the fishing village were relocated."

Wang Zhong: “Then?”

Pavlov: "After the Barras royal family realized that we were going to overthrow him, they had these Prosens swap positions with the 5th Division of the Royal Guards originally stationed here. MI6 thought it was a normal transfer. This is a common practice of the Barras royal family, not to let a unit stay in one place for too long.

“And then we met.”

Wang Zhong: "Such a crude plan actually managed to escape the detection of MI6 and the Church Inquisition?"

Popov: "To be honest, the Inquisition has paid special attention to Prosom since the year it began to expand there. Baras is just an insignificant country, so it's normal that it didn't pay attention to it. Besides... the Inquisition probably thought that MI6 would keep an eye on it."

Emilia: "Maybe MI6 thinks so too. After all, Moha is close to you, and you are the main players in the landing, so you should naturally be responsible for the reconnaissance before the landing..."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, don't worry about it. We have wiped out all these Prosen people. So how many Prosen people did we kill yesterday?"

Pavlov: "We destroyed two regiments of the Prosens, took 2,000 prisoners, and took in more than 2,000 wounded."

Wang Zhong: "The Marines have performed well. Give them one more spot for the Gold Star Award. No, three more!"

Pavlov: "Okay. In addition, we killed more than 1000 Baras soldiers last night. Most of them were sent up by the Prosen people as cannon fodder to die.

"After learning about their original base from the Prosons, I sent an armored unit west along the beach to find the real Royal Guards Fifth Division that exchanged positions with the Prosons. They just reported that the camp was empty. The Barras Fifth Division fled with their weapons after learning that the Prosons were defeated."

After Pavlov finished speaking, Yakov was overjoyed: "Great, the enemy was frightened by us and fled!"

Wang Zhong shook his head solemnly: "No, the enemy's escape with weapons and formation is not called rout."

Yakov: "Uh... I have a problem with my expression. Don't make me dig shit again!"

Wang Zhong did not answer, but turned to look at Emilia: "We need to use aerial reconnaissance to confirm the location of the fleeing enemy. Miss Emilia, is it appropriate for you to continue to stay here as an air force member? Why don't you go to the airport and take off in person to help us find the enemy?"

Emilia saluted Wang Zhong and said, "Report, I didn't set off because my plane is not expected to arrive until 12 noon today. I have not received any training to fly a Yak or P47. In order to prevent me from being shot down by the enemy while flying an unfamiliar aircraft, the United Kingdom has prohibited me from flying any aircraft other than the Spitfire Clipper Wing."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, Pavlov, give the order to the airport, anyone can go and investigate immediately."

At this time, Yakov suddenly interrupted the conversation: "Wait a minute, didn't a local tribal leader come to see us yesterday? What was his name?"

"Bahram." Wang Zhong answered casually.

"Yes, Bahram, why not ask the local tribes to help with reconnaissance? They are familiar with the terrain. Even if the Fifth Division hides, the locals should be able to find it!" Yakov said excitedly. Emilia: "Indeed. Aerial reconnaissance is not very useful for people who are good at camouflage. Sometimes even a cloak of the same color as the environment can block the vision of the pilot in the air."

Wang Zhong: "Okay. But we can just let the armored detachment sent to the west continue to chase them. Our main goal is to move south as quickly as possible. The next checkpoint is the Finney Valley Bridge. When can our troops set out?"

Pavlov: "The vanguard of the 51st Tank Army can set out at noon today. I have reinforced this tank brigade with one and a half infantry regiments. Each T34 will carry an infantry squad forward."

"Very good. This time it's our turn to race against time, we must hurry." Wang Zhong said, then changed the subject, "When do we move forward?"

"We can't move forward so fast, otherwise the troops won't know where to send messengers if communications are cut off." Pavlov sighed, "You are already a general, or even a front commander. You should get used to your headquarters staying in one place for a long time. When you become a front commander, will your headquarters have to keep moving forward with the vanguard troops?"

This era did not have a C4I command system as convenient as that of later generations. In order to process large amounts of intelligence and maintain the operation of the entire army, the front headquarters itself might have a staff of several thousand or even tens of thousands of people, which was indeed very troublesome to move.

Wang Zhong looked miserable: "So how long will we live in the tent?"

Pavlov: "Why, you hate living in a tent? It's okay, soon..."

Suddenly, the phone rang loudly. Pavlov picked up the receiver: "Hello? Brother Peter? I got it."

He put down the receiver and shouted, "Enemy planes are coming towards us, prepare for air defense!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a hand-cranked air raid sirens was heard outside.

Then the sound of anti-aircraft gunfire rang out - Pavlov had indeed arranged everything perfectly.

Suddenly, Emilia ran out of the tent.

Wang Zhong did not follow him out, but switched to a bird's-eye view, watching Emilia rush onto the No. 422 tank parked next to the headquarters, pick up the anti-aircraft machine gun, and calmly load it - this tank seemed to be designed to allow Wang Zhong to charge at any time, and even the anti-aircraft machine gun was loaded with live ammunition and ready for combat at any time.

Emilia looked up at the sky for a while, then turned the machine gun due east.

Just at this moment the phone rang again, and Pavlov picked it up: "Commander! Where are you coming from? From the east? Why didn't I hear it before? Got it!"

He dropped the microphone and said to Wang Zhong, "Two noises suddenly appeared in the east. They were the enemy's BF110 heavy fighters. They might have used the valley to hide the sound of their engines. Brother Peter didn't hear them!"

Wang Zhong looked at Emilia in the yard again - it was amazing. Isn't this the ability of the "new humans" in the Gundam animation? They sensed where the real danger would come from!
Just then, Emilia opened fire, sending tracer bullets straight into the air.

Wang Zhong hurriedly followed the trajectory of the tracer bullet to look for the enemy plane, and sure enough, he saw two BF110s flying at an ultra-low altitude.

Tracer bullets flew over the heads of the two enemy planes, as if announcing "I have found you."

But the Plossen heavy fighter remained unmoved and continued to fly along its original course.

No, the flames spewing out of the exhaust ports of their engines had obviously increased, the Prosens had turned on the engine afterburners!

At this time, Wang Zhong's physical body could also hear the roar of the engine, and it was obvious that the enemy plane was about to approach.

If the enemy shoots at the large tent on the ground -

Emilia fired again, and the trajectory of the tracer bullet just swept across the path of the enemy plane.

The enemy plane flying in front was hit by several bullets. Wang Zhong could see the bullet holes on the enemy plane's fuel tank and the leaking black fuel.

But the self-sealing fuel tank quickly blocked the bullet hole.

Emilia continued shooting.

At this time, the enemy plane should have entered her visual contact range, so this wave of shooting was more accurate. All the bullets hit the left engine of the lead plane, and soon the left engine caught fire.

The lead plane began to lose power and fell towards the ground.

Emilia turned to her wingman, but this time the Proson decisively gave up the attack and took an evasive maneuver, avoiding the trajectory of the tracer bullet and turning to an ultra-low altitude to break away.

The downed fighter plane hit the ground, plowing a long scratch on the ground.

After finally stopping taxiing, the burning engine exploded and the entire wing broke off.

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After the air raid, Pavlov counted the losses and came to Wang Zhong with a frown.

"The 51st Army will not set out until tomorrow morning," he said, "and according to the planned attack, Komanda will raid the Finney Valley Bridge tonight."

Wang Zhong: "I remember that it would take a tank about three hours to travel at full speed from here to the river valley bridge. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Pavlov nodded. "That should be the case. After all, according to intelligence, the enemy guarding the bridge is only a reinforced battalion with about 1,000 soldiers. If the Komanda Commando can take it, it should be no problem for them to hold it until tomorrow noon. If they can't take it...it won't be too late to attack once our vanguard arrives. We're just worried that the enemy will blow up the bridge."

Wang Zhong said confidently: "Don't worry, Komanda will be fine."

(End of this chapter)