artillery arc

Chapter 745 Elegy
September 9, Melania in the capital.

Oscar, the commander of the 36th Grenadier Division of the Asgard Knights, used a telescope to observe the building occupied by the Warsaw Uprising, muttering as he observed:
"They are all civilians, and the way they hold their guns is very unprofessional. Before we came, intelligence said they were former Melania soldiers and had received military training."

The adjutant replied: "Our soldiers also reported that the enemy lacked basic tactical skills and had nothing but bravery."

Oscar put down the binoculars. "This is the unreasonable thing about modern warfare. Even a rookie with no combat experience can kill the most experienced warrior. This was not the case in the cold weapon era. An experienced veteran with neat armor could defeat a thousand enemies.

"Have the flame tanks arrived?"

"The 335th Special Weapons Battalion has arrived, General."

As soon as the adjutant finished speaking, a major officer of the Wehrmacht stepped forward and saluted the captain of the Oscar Knights Brigade (equivalent to a major general): "We are fully equipped, Your Excellency Major General."

Oscar: "How much fuel do you have?"

Major: "Enough to burn down an entire city block."

Oscar nodded: "Then burn the block in front of us."

The Wehrmacht major was stunned: "What? This is a civilian residence, there must be non-military personnel!"

Oscar: "There are no civilians in this city. If you spray fire on a house and the enemy runs out in panic, it means they are guerrillas and are moving their positions. If they still hide in the house and don't come out, it means they are well-trained guerrillas."

The Wehrmacht major seemed to be still trying to comprehend Oscar's meaning and remained silent.

At this time, several Asgard Knights soldiers came over with a little boy.

The major immediately pointed at the little boy and asked, "Is this also a guerrilla?"

Oscar glanced at the major, took a step forward and reached out to touch the boy's cheek.

As a result, the little boy bit Oscar's finger, his teeth digging deep into his flesh.

Oscar slapped the little boy, pulled out his finger, and showed the teeth marks to the major: "Look, she is a guerrilla."

After saying that, Oscar waved his hand and said, "Send him to my command vehicle and cuff him tightly!"

"What are you going to do?" the major shouted.

Oscar pushed the major onto the tank's skirt and poked his trachea with his finger: "Don't pretend to be a good guy here, Major. I was originally a member of the Wehrmacht. Those hypocrites said I was a bitch and sent me to prison, but I know that everyone who judged me had done something dirty! We are all demons and bad guys!
"Why are the Ants so angry? Why are they trying so hard to push back? Don't you know what we did on their land?"

The Wehrmacht major's lips trembled, but he could not utter a word of rebuttal.

Oscar looked at the medals and badges on the chest of his military uniform from a very close distance: "Knight's Iron Cross, you are still a hero, Melania Battle Medal, haha, I dare say that when you entered Melania, you also slept with one or two "inferior women", right?
"You are also one of the sinners who destroyed their country. What? Are you going to repent now? Are you going to be a good person with chivalry? Seeing that you are about to lose the war, you hurriedly hide your devilish appearance under human skin. I call this hypocrisy!"

The major said in a trembling voice: "You can't insult my honor as a soldier! I have never done such a thing!"

"Did you stop others from doing it? Did you report it to your superiors? Did you publish articles in the newspapers denouncing these atrocities? No, you didn't. From the marks on your body, I can see that you have been in the front line for a long time and you were promoted.

"If you do what I said, you will never be promoted.

"Don't you understand? You knew that those were atrocities, but you watched them happen. Your crime is even more serious!"

The major dropped his eyes.

"I will spend the rest of my life atonement."

Oscar: "You will be hanged, just like us. Now perform your military duty and burn down the block in front of me! This way we can lose fewer excellent fighters. Rokossov has launched an offensive, and we need these excellent fighters."

The major hesitated for a few seconds, then replied through gritted teeth: "Yes, I will follow your orders."

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Hermann returned to the uprising headquarters and rushed to the radio room as soon as possible.

The uprising headquarters was set up in the reinforced concrete building of Melania's capital radio station. Although Plossen's air strikes and artillery bombardments destroyed most of the transmitting antennas, the rebels still gained far better telecommunications capabilities than before thanks to the radio station's equipment.

"Where are the Ant Army?" Hermann asked.

The telegraph operator replied excitedly: "They are only 30 kilometers away from us!"

Hermann's mouth curled up slightly, but before he could say anything, the chairman of the uprising committee rushed in and slammed the table of the radio station and cursed: "Why are they advancing so slowly? They defeated the Prosen people! Back then, the Prosen people could advance 50 kilometers a day!"

Hermann grabbed the chairman's shoulder and pulled him away from the radio. "The Ants' opponents are the Prosens, and they have just finished a major battle and advanced several hundred kilometers. They need to replenish their personnel and equipment."

Chairman: "They have only advanced 120 kilometers! Six days have passed, an average of 20 kilometers a day!"

Hermann: "On the other hand, even if they advance at a speed of 20 kilometers a day, it will only take two days to reach the other side of the Vistula River.

"We now control the bridge over the Vistula River, and they can cross it and strike the enemy immediately."

The chairman was stunned for a few seconds, and finally responded: "They will be here in two days! Great! Great!"

As the chairman smiled, others also started laughing.

The Chairman: "Long live Rokossov!"

Others followed suit and shouted: "Long live Rokossov!"

Chairman: "I thought he was just pretending, but I didn't expect them to really rush over!"

Herman's mouth, which had just been raised, finally turned into a smile: "Marshal Rokossov is a true hero. He really wants to save us from the dire situation. When Melania is liberated - they seem to call it liberation, when Melania is liberated, I want to meet him and have a good drink."

"Hermann!" The messenger rushed into the room. "Hermann, something bad has happened! Come and see!"

After saying this, the messenger turned and ran out of the room, leaving the door open.

Hermann suppressed his smile, strode out of the room, and saw the messenger standing at the window with tears in his eyes.

"Hermann, look! Them!"

Outside the window was an orange-red ocean, and the whole city was burning.

Hermann rushed to the window.

Hot wind poured in from the window and blew on Hermann's face.

"Demons!" he cursed, "These demons actually set the city on fire!"

In this situation, it is impossible to organize firefighting or open up isolation zones. The fire will spread wildly until it is extinguished naturally.

I don't know how many civilians will die in the fire. No, I should say that after the fire, I don't know how many people will be left alive.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a camera shutter.

Hermann turned his head and saw the United Kingdom's special envoy taking pictures.

"What are you doing?" Herman demanded.

Special Correspondent: "Take a picture. When this picture is published on the front page of the Times, war bonds will usher in a new sales boom. At the same time, people will ask where the Ants are and where the invincible Rokossov is."

Herman: "He's already pushing as far as he can! He'll be on the other side the day after tomorrow!"

The commissioner nodded: "Then you must hold the bridge. But with this wind direction, the fire will spread to your occupied area, right?"

Hermann was stunned for a moment, then strode to the balcony next to him, untied the cloth strip for friend-or-foe identification from his sleeve, and held it high.

The wind direction was indeed very unfavorable to the guerrillas.

Herman: "Gather all the explosives we have and prepare to use explosions to create a cordon!"

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"Yes!"

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Fleet Street, Allied Headquarters, United Kingdom capital.

"After 36 days of landing, we finally captured Chinburg. It was almost 20 days slower than we expected!" Prime Minister Leonard complained to Admiral Ike, "Because it was too slow to capture Chinburg, the supply of the entire landing force has become a problem. We have already spent too much time in the fields of the Norman Duchy!"

Admiral Ike: "We are making progress. It may not look particularly obvious on the map, but we are already 166 miles inland."

Prime Minister Leonard: "Where do you start to calculate the 166 kilometers?"

Admiral Ike: "From Fort Chin, of course."

Qinbao is at the tip of the peninsula, and the Allied forces landed on the "halfway up the mountain" of the peninsula, so Ike's algorithm was very "clever".

Prime Minister Leonard: "I was once the First Lord of the Admiralty and participated in the Boer War. I am familiar with the map. Please tell me how far we have advanced from the beachhead!"

Admiral Ike: "It's not fair to calculate from the beach, because we first go north from the beach to Qinbao, and only after we capture this place and ensure the supply can we attack inland. It's not appropriate not to calculate the distance from the beach to Qinbao."

Prime Minister Leonard: "Then do you know how far Rokossov's battle group advanced in six days?"

"120 kilometers. I know." Ike answered immediately.

Prime Minister Leonard: "Then tell me, are we facing more enemies than Rokossov, or are we less well-equipped than Rokossov?"

Admiral Ike: "Rokosov's troops are all veterans. They are very familiar with the tactics of the Prosons and can respond in a targeted manner. Most of our 300 million troops have only seen the Prosons in propaganda posters.

"In addition, our supply has not been smooth, and a large amount of supplies are piled up on the beach. We have begun to solve this problem. I have appointed a special commissioner who is organizing the 'Red Ball Express' convoy. They will solve the supply problem of the troops until we liberate Paris."

Leonard's eyes widened when he heard the word "liberation": "No! It's liberation! Don't use the words of the Ants! After the war, they will be our main opponents! Melania is already theirs, but we can still take over the Low Countries, the Duchy of Upper and Lower Burgundy, and even the Duchy of Hesse!

"If we move quickly, we can even cross the Elbe River and approach Prothenia!"

The generals looked at each other.

Admiral Ike: “We will try our best. In fact, according to the intelligence we have received, Rokossov’s advance has exhausted his last offensive potential, and they will soon stop.

"After we captured Qin Castle, fully equipped troops were arriving one after another. The Prosom troops in front of us were simply unable to maintain a complete defense line. Our army could surround them from all directions.

"Before liberating -- recovering Pari, there may be a large-scale war of annihilation."

Leonard: “That’s better.”

After saying that, he turned and left the coalition commander's office.

Ike shook his head: "No wonder the President specifically reminded me to pay attention to Leonard. What he is thinking about now is more about maintaining the United Kingdom's empire, rather than defeating our enemies and destroying those demons.

"Your Excellency the President is right. The British Empire should perish along with Proson. This is the best thing for the world."

His adjutant agreed, "I feel the same way. Especially after seeing the atrocities committed by the Prosens in Melania, I sincerely hope that Marshal Rokossov can successfully rush to the Melania capital and put an end to their suffering."

Ike: “But Leonard hopes that the suffering of Melania people will slow down Rokossov, he doesn’t care about the suffering of the people on land.

"At the beginning of the war, he might have been a righteous fighter, but now - we have to exclude his opinions from the Allied command. Otherwise, I have a feeling that Leonard's ideas will cause the Allied forces to suffer heavy casualties."

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On September 9, the fire burned for 7 hours.

Hermann held a submachine gun and looked at the ruins that extended all the way to the horizon.

The efforts to establish a cordon failed, and the efforts to put out the fire also failed as a matter of course.

The guerrillas' last reliance was reduced to ashes in the fire, and now they can only use their flesh and blood to resist the steel beasts of the Prosen people.

The sound of the engine was like muffled thunder in the distance, and the rolling thunder was approaching the guerrillas' last stronghold.

"Hellmann!" the messenger came running up and whispered, "everyone is asking you what to do."

Hermann: "Fight to the last moment, and then die with dignity. Don't worry, our compatriots under Marshal Rokossov will avenge us. They will rush into Prothenya on our behalf and return everything we have suffered to the enemy."

Messenger: "But——"

"The committee has run away!" A cry came from a distance. "Hellman! All the members of the committee are missing! They ran away! We have been betrayed!"

Herman: "Isn't it just a matter of time? Don't worry, I'm still with you."

The enemy's footsteps were getting closer, and the noise of the track gearbox was mixed in with the roar of the engine.

Hermann checked the submachine gun in his hand, turned around and said to the crowd: "Come on, the final moment is coming!

"Life is short, so it should burn brilliantly!"

He pulled the bolt handle hard and the gun was loaded.

(End of this chapter)