artillery arc

Chapter 576 Return to Yarvik (Update 32/81)

Wang Zhong's small tank drove directly onto the central avenue of Yarvik.

Looking at the streets, Wang Zhong sighed: "When we left, this was still a beautiful city, but now it has become like this."

As he was sighing, an ANT infantryman came running over and tried to climb onto the tank. However, the tank was surrounded by slopes and was difficult to climb. He failed after several attempts.

Wang Zhong: "There's a wire over there, it's for you to use as a footstool when you climb the tank."

This scene reminded him of something that he had overlooked before: they should install a telephone on the back of the tank like the American Marine Corps on Earth did. Infantrymen could report the situation by simply going to the back of the tank and picking up the receiver. This would save trouble and be safer for the infantrymen because tanks usually face dangerous places.

He silently reminded himself that the next time he saw Ke Jing about to make this request, the young soldier climbed onto the tank and said to him, "General, there is an enemy anti-tank gun ambushed on the left. You can see three of our tanks are already burning on the street ahead."

Wang Zhong picked up the telescope and switched to a bird's-eye view. As expected, he saw that the Prosen people had occupied a four-story building. There was an anti-aircraft artillery position on the roof and a PAK40 anti-tank gun hidden in the basement. The gun mount was raised with layers of wooden boards and fired through the skylight in the basement.

After carefully observing the design of this stronghold, Wang Zhong sighed that the Proson people were quite good at setting up strongholds. The position of the anti-tank gun was such that even if it was discovered, it would be difficult for a tank to destroy it with just a few shells.

However, Wang Zhong had a better idea, which was to render this underground anti-tank gun useless.

He found that the balcony on the second floor of the building was just above the basement skylight.

It might be difficult to send a shell into the skylight, but it was very easy to collapse the balcony with one shell and let the balcony fall down and bury the skylight. Even a novice gunner could do it.

At this time, the young soldier was still saying, "Our company commander asked someone to call for that Ukrainian assault gun, but it is said that the gun is several blocks away, and it takes a long time to reload after firing a shot. General, do you think this weird tank of yours can take out the enemy's stronghold?"

Wang Zhong put down the telescope and looked at the young soldier: "What did you just say, kid?"

"The assault guns are a few blocks away..."

"The last sentence."

"Your strange tank..."

Wang Zhong frowned: "Isn't my tank handsome?"

The young soldier was speechless for a moment: "Uh... handsome... right?"

Wang Zhong: "Do you understand the beauty of strength? Okay, go back the way you came and tell your company commander to prepare to attack with me. I will personally deal with that enemy stronghold."

"Okay!" After saying that, the little soldier turned around, jumped lightly and slid down the side of the tank.

After Wang Zhong confirmed that the young soldier had left the tank tracks, he ordered: "Start, drive forward! Remember to adjust the angle when you turn the corner, there is a PAK40 aiming at the intersection."

"Just look at the destroyed T34 at the intersection," said the driver.

The tank slowly accelerated, moving forward in a straight line first, and then turned to the corner of the intersection when it was approaching the intersection, preparing to cut out along the corner. In this way, no matter where the enemy's PAK40 anti-tank gun was, it would face angled armor when it fired, and it would not be possible to hit the armor vertically.

Well, Wang Zhong's new tank doesn't have much vertical space.

Especially since the enemy's anti-tank gun is in the basement and firing from such a low place, I'm afraid the bullets will ricochet no matter what.

Wang Zhong crawled into the turret and closed the hatch. Since he had a plug-in, he could see the surrounding situation without actually sticking his head out.

The steel behemoth accelerated and crashed out of the corner. Wang Zhong also saw the building where the PAK40 was located with his naked eyes, but the PAK40 anti-tank gun in the basement could not be seen from the commander's tower.

Wow, it turns out the enemy placed the anti-tank gun there for a reason. Under normal circumstances, the tank commander would basically not be able to see the anti-tank gun unless he stuck his head out.

Cannon fire rang out.

There was an obvious thump on the outer armor.

Wang Zhong couldn't see where the shell went, so he didn't care. He just patted the gunner on the shoulder and said, "Turn the turret to the right. Do you see the smoke from the enemy's gun?"

“I’m spinning!”

Wang Zhong: "I think the enemy's smoke is very small. Maybe the enemy's artillery is in a relatively low place. Turn the altitude control downwards!"

Gunner Alexander quickly did as he was told and shouted, "Found it, in the basement! I'll fire a shot!"

Before Mr. Wang called for a stop, Alexander opened fire.

As a result, the shell flew directly into the window next to the basement. Alexander thought it was a cannon fired from that window!

Wang Zhong switched to a bird's-eye view and as soon as he saw the enemy firing.

As a result, the shell flew past the turtle shell of Wang Zhong's car and hit the church bell tower more than a hundred meters away.

Wang Zhong: "Wait a minute, don't shoot at that basement window. I see smoke coming out of all the windows in the basement when the enemy opens fire. Now, raise the gun barrel and see the balcony on the second floor? Blow the balcony down and block the window!"

Alexander: “Okay!”

While he was cranking the elevator, the loader finished loading and shouted, "High-explosive shells, good!"

At this time, the enemy fired the third shot, obviously wanting to hit the weak point. The weak point they chose was the coaxial machine gun muzzle on the gun shield.

A cannon shot up and it definitely didn't penetrate the tank, but Wang Zhong heard something make a noise, and then it bounced back and forth inside the tank with a clanging sound.

Finally, the thing hit Wang Zhong in the face and cut a hole on his cheekbone.

"Sukabulie!" Wang Zhong cursed, and subconsciously touched it, gritted his teeth in pain - the wound didn't seem to be deep, it must be a machine gun part or a screw that was broken off by the enemy's shot.

Just at this time, Alexander opened fire. The high-explosive shells directly shattered the balcony, breaking it into many pieces that hit the ground and blocked the observation window tightly. Wang Zhong: "Very good, keep aiming at the second floor. There is a machine gun position in the window of the second floor!"

Just at this moment, the enemy machine guns began to fire desperately.

Alexander: "I saw it! If he doesn't fire on his own initiative, I'll have to wait a while to identify him!"

Loader: "High-explosive bomb, okay!"

As soon as the shout was made the gunner started firing.

Smoke and dust began to spew out of the window where the machine gun was located, as well as seven or eight windows around it. Then the wall around the machine gun collapsed, leaving a large circular hole in the building. More bricks and debris fell to the ground, blocking the basement ventilation window even more tightly.

At this time, the anti-aircraft position on the rooftop also began firing at Wang Zhong's Iron Turtle.

Wang Zhong: "See if you can blow up the load-bearing columns of the building and collapse it!"

"Let me try. The left side has been blown up. Let me try the right side!"

The turret turned a small angle to the right, and with the loader's shout of "High-explosive shells, good", the 100-barrel gun roared again.

The shot hit the stairwell, hollowing out half of the right side of the building.

The next moment, the building collapsed completely on the side facing Wang Zhong, even the roof collapsed, and the 20mm machine guns and heavy machine guns placed on it all fell down, along with the Proson soldiers on top.

Immediately afterwards, a "Ura" sounded, and the Ante warriors who had been hiding in other buildings rushed out of the bunkers and rushed towards the Proson stronghold which had collapsed halfway.

At the same time, the machine guns assigned to the infantry company also fired at the building. Now there was no wall on this side of the building at all, and all the surviving Prosen people were exposed to the machine gun fire.

The infantry rushed forward in an instant, giving the enemy's remaining troops no chance to reorganize their firepower.

Wang Zhong patted Alexander on the shoulder, and then patted the loader on the shoulder with his left hand: "Well done, guys! Well done!"

At this time, someone knocked on the hatch. Wang Zhong looked down and saw that it was the young soldier who had just reported the news.

So he opened the hatch and stuck his head out: "What's wrong?"

"The company commander said thank you, General. He also said that our mission is to advance to the railway station as the spearhead company. Can you provide support?"

Wang Zhong: "Go back and tell him to just follow me. I'll go straight to the train station."

"it is good!"

The little soldier turned and ran.

Wang Zhong was watching the young soldier leave when he suddenly noticed someone looking at him from the second-floor window opposite.

He waved at the window and it closed.

Why? Are they locals who want to be Prosom people?
With Ant being so big, it's not surprising that there are such people.

The next moment, the window opened again, and the lady changed her skirt and washed her face.

At this time, more windows opened, and people who remained in the city looked at Wang Zhong's tanks.

Most of the people who open the windows are elderly people, and there are also some girls.

An old man asked loudly: "General! Are you not leaving this time?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, I won't leave this time."

"Last time they all said that since Rokossov had come, they would not leave, but you left anyway!"

Wang Zhong: "This time, I won't leave. We have surrounded and annihilated 600,000 Prosen people, and captured nearly 400,000 prisoners."

He almost wanted to say that they would surround hundreds of thousands of enemies later, but fortunately he held back. After all, this matter had to be kept confidential and could not interfere with Vasily's deception operations!
Wang Zhong: "The Prosens have failed. This winter, I, Alexey Konstantinovich Rokosov, promise you with my honor and life that this city will not fall a second time, never!"

As he finished speaking, the whole street fell silent, and the sound of nearby gunfire became more noticeable.

Suddenly, someone threw colored paper from the window.

"Liberation!"

People shouted.

There was more colored paper, as if these people had been making colored paper during the six months of occupation just for this moment.

Although there was still dense gunfire around at this moment, people were still cheering for liberation!
"Liberation!"

Wang Zhong: "Fellow villagers, don't rush to celebrate. The enemy has not retreated yet! Moreover, we currently do not have the strength to cross the river. The enemy will still bombard us from the other side of the river! Fellow villagers! Don't go to the streets! Don't get excited!"

He shouted for a long time but it was no use. Suddenly, a whistling sound was heard in the sky and a mortar shell landed on the street.

Wang Zhong immediately got into the tank, and the celebrating crowd scattered.

However, Wang Zhong was still excited.

"I'm back, Yarvik!"

(End of this chapter)