artillery arc

Chapter 543 Farewell
Wang Zhong watched as all the able-bodied people in the front headquarters picked up their guns and rushed to Potemkin Street together with the personnel from the logistics department deployed near the tunnel.

Fortunately, even if the enemy passed Potemkin Street, they would not be able to see the tunnel entrance as long as they did not turn the corner.

The good news is that there are roadblocks and barricades on Potemkin Street, which block the advance of enemy tanks and require the enemy's combat engineers to use explosives to clear the obstacles.

The bad news is that these things provide a lot of cover, making the machine guns blocking the road much less effective.

Wang Zhong saw the Prosen people skillfully making leapfrog advances - they didn't even bother to throw up smoke.

Moreover, Prosen's tanks quickly took out the machine gun point.

In this open area, the advantages of the Plossen tank were greatly magnified.

Tank guns continued to knock down machine gun bunkers, and the battle line on the street gradually retreated.

Wang Zhong saw it clearly from the bird's-eye view.

Suddenly, he saw an Ante soldier releasing smoke in front of his machine gun, while the machine gun was still firing according to the calibrated parameters, blocking the advance of the Prosen people on the street.

This idea is good, but this kind of unaimed shooting requires dense firepower to hit the person. If the firepower is not enough, the machine gunner still needs to aim at the enemy.

As smoke covered the muzzles of the machine guns, the Prosons stood up and leaped forward, ignoring the inaccurate bullets flying at them.

The next moment, the Plossen tank opened fire, and the shells penetrated the smoke and hit the second floor of the machine gun firing point.

Although this shot missed, the violent explosion caused the second floor to collapse, and blocks of concrete fell on the machine gunner's head.

At the same time, the combat engineer Proson pressed the lever of the fuse, and the explosives installed on the anti-tank concrete piles were detonated one after another, just like setting off firecrackers.

After the blasting was completed, a flamethrower tank drove forward from the road opened by the engineers, spraying dazzling flames at the smoke-covered building.

The building was immediately set on fire, and the Ante warriors hiding in the building rushed out howling and rolled on the ground.

A Proson submachine gunner holding an MP40 ended the suffering of all the Proson soldiers with skillful short bursts of fire.

Wang Zhong switched perspectives and looked at Pavlov: "With this group of makeshift troops, they can't stop the Prosen people."

Pavlov: "Yes, so you should quickly retreat to the east coast and continue to command the battle there. We cannot let the dying struggle of the Prosen people deprive us of our victory."

Wang Zhong: "No, my soldiers need me now. Don't worry, I won't go to the front line. I'm just here to boost morale."

Pavlov: "No, I object!"

Wang Zhong: "Pavlov, I just appeared where the soldiers could see me. You know how much this boosted morale."

Pavlov looked helpless. "Well, the commander's presence in front of the soldiers at this time can really boost morale. I ask Sergeant Grigory and Yakov to follow you closely."

When Gregory heard that Wang Zhong was going out, he had already come over and was ready. At this time, he patted his chest and said, "As long as I am alive, the general will not be in danger."

Yakov also imitated Gregory and patted his chest: "Me too."

Wang Zhong: "Gregory, take my red flag! Without it, how will the soldiers know where I am?"

"I have asked someone to take it. This is the flag bearer Nicholas." Gregory patted the flag bearer on the shoulder.

Wang Zhong's eyes were fixed on the flag. It was a flag given to him by a textile worker in Shepetovka. It had been with him in battle for a whole year and had bullet holes and traces of gunpowder.

Wang Zhong reached out and gently stroked the surface of the flag, and recalled the year when this flag accompanied him in battle.

I don’t know how the workers in Shepetovka are doing, and whether they have been evacuated to the rear.

Wang Zhong released the red flag and said to Pavlov: "Order the artillery group on the other side of the river to fire smoke bombs at Potemkin Street."

Pavlov nodded, but suddenly remembered something and grinned: "Remember a year and a half ago in Roniezh? You ordered the artillery regiment to fire the last smoke bomb, and then let Yegorov launch an assault, defeated the attacking enemy with hand-to-hand combat, and finally escaped by breaking through in the opposite direction." Wang Zhong: "How could I forget, that was the starting point of my resistance. Let's try again today, remember to make sure the smoke bombs cover the entire Potemkin Street."

"Ok."

Wang Zhong turned to go out the door, but suddenly remembered something and turned back to Pavlov and said, "If I die, please ask the High Command to let General Gorky of the Western Front command the troops."

Pavlov stared at Wang Zhong and said, "I originally wanted to say a lot, but when I think about it, you have been in danger too many times. Maybe hell is afraid of you."

Wang Zhong: “So this is just in case.”

After saying this, he strode out of the room, followed closely by Gregory, Yakov and Nikolai carrying a red flag.

Pavlov sighed and picked up the receiver: "Operator, Western Front."

While waiting for the call to be connected, Pavlov shouted to the communications staff: "Send a message to the headquarters. If Rokossov dies, please let General Gorky take over the command. After the message is sent, destroy the code book and all telegram archives, and prepare for battle."

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General Gorky put down the receiver and stared at the table with a serious expression.

The chief of staff asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Is the Tsar asking why the offensive has not made any progress in so long?"

General Gorky raised his head and looked at the chief of staff: "No, it was the chief of staff of the Abavakhan Front who called and said that General Rokossov wanted me to take over the command if anything happened to him."

Chief of Staff: "This... Could it be that the enemy has reached the front headquarters? Shouldn't the headquarters choose to retreat?"

General Gorky took a deep breath, took off his hat and put it on the table: "Rokossov likes to go to the front line by himself. I guess the situation over there is quite critical. Rokossov wants to go to the front line in person to boost morale. So I asked Pavlov to call me so that I can prepare in advance. When the plane of the headquarters arrives, we can set off immediately."

The Western Front Chief of Staff widened his eyes and asked, "Is the situation in Abavahan so dangerous?"

"It's just a temporary difficulty." General Gorky picked up the intelligence on the table. "Look, there are so many numbers on our front, which means that a considerable part of the enemy's troops that can be deployed to the front line have been assigned to our front. We have tied up so many of Prosen's troops, so his side - I mean Rokossov's side should be more relaxed."

Chief of Staff: "But the battle has reached the stage where close combat is required, which shows that the enemy has also put great pressure on the Abavakhan Front."

"I think the enemy is at the end of its strength and is at its last gasp," General Gorky said firmly.

After a short silence, General Gorky muttered, "I was thinking about leaving my name in Ante's military history and wanted to challenge Rokossov for the naming rights of the new tactics, but he only cared about victory and even appeared at the front in person to boost morale."

He stood up, walked to the large-scale map of the entire battlefield, and stared at the name of the city at the mouth of the Valdai River.

"Compared with Rokossov's behavior, I am far behind." General Gorky said with admiration.

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As soon as Wang Zhong walked out of the tunnel, he smelled the smell of burnt flesh.

There were obviously fewer guards at the tunnel entrance than when they moved in before, because the front headquarters guard regiment had been pulled to the front line.

When the remaining guards saw Wang Zhong coming out of the tunnel with a red flag following him, they immediately stood at attention and saluted with their guns.

Wang Zhong waved his hand and said, "Guard the entrance. If we can't repel the enemy's attack, you will be the last line of defense. At least hold on until the documents are burned down there."

The platoon leader of the guard platoon and the soldiers at the scene looked at each other and then said, "General, shouldn't you retreat to the other side? Leave the dangerous work to us. If you sacrifice yourself, it will have a huge impact on the progress of the war."

Wang Zhong: "If I sacrifice myself, there will be thousands and thousands of me standing up. Ant will not lose the war just because of the loss of one person."

As he spoke, Wang Zhong walked towards Potemkin Street.

(End of this chapter)