artillery arc

Chapter 47 Respect
When the crew of No. 67 began to repair the car, the commander Seryozha jumped down from the turret again and said to Wang Zhong: "My lord, while we are repairing the car now, I will go and take a look at the No. 422 car.

“By the way, let’s survey the battlefield, especially the road conditions.

"We, a cumbersome guy, might fall down again halfway if we're not careful."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, I'll take you for a ride."

After speaking, he pointed to the west and took the lead.

At this time Pavlov said: "Second Lieutenant, have you eaten?"

Second Lieutenant Seryosha: "No, we have been running for a day. At the beginning, we were ordered to move towards Roniezh. As soon as we set off, we received a radio saying that we should go to Bogdanovka. Later, the radio broke down and there was another breakdown on the road. Soldiers blocked the road and finally reached Bogdanovka, where they told us we needed support.

"If he hadn't traveled so many wrong roads, this old guy wouldn't have broken down so frequently."

As he spoke, he pointed at the tank.

Pavlov: "Then you are lucky, we have Mr. Boyer's treasured beef, as well as potatoes and pickles."

"That's great," Seryosha said. "Let my members eat first. I have to explore the battlefield."

Wang Zhong: "Let's go this way."

The group of people began to move. Wang Zhong personally commanded the tank to gallop through the village. He already knew the terrain well and introduced it to the second lieutenant as he walked.

Finally, the group came to Tank No. 422 parked at the edge of the village.

The bodies of the tank crews had been taken to the church for burial by the infantry, leaving only the tanks parked at the location where they fought yesterday evening.

The moment he saw the tank, Wang Zhong felt an emotion he had never experienced before.

He stepped forward and gently touched the iron skin of the tank.

Before traveling through time, he had read a cartoon, which showed an American soldier in tears giving his broken Jeep a good blow. This meant that the Jeep had been regarded as a close comrade by the American soldiers, and they could not bear to let it be captured by the enemy.

Wang Zhong thought the cartoon was a bit exaggerated at the time, but now he knows that humans do have feelings for the weapons that accompany them on the battlefield.

He touched the cold iron sheet of No. 422 and recalled his comrades who died in the battle, and he was no longer willing to leave this tank to the Prussians.

Fortunately, the car was still moving and the driver was only injured and could continue driving.

If it has a gunner, it can even continue fighting.

Second Lieutenant Seryozha carefully observed Wang Zhong's expression from the side and seemed to understand something.

He did not disturb Wang Zhong's "exchange of feelings" with the tank, but turned to the front of the tank to check the shot site.

Wang Zhong noticed his actions and explained: "It should have been hit in the front, by the 50mm cannon of the Prosen III tank."

Seryosha: "Yes, it hit the small turret on the left side, directly killing the electromechanical operator operating the turret. Normally, only the driver is likely to survive being shot at this position. You are very lucky."

Wang Zhong: "I leaned out of the car with most of my body in order to have a good view."

"Maybe this method saved your life." Second Lieutenant Seryosha said firmly, "I have also driven a T28. To be honest, it is not a good tank. I would rather drive a light tank than this thing, at least a light tank. It has good maneuverability and a lower failure rate.”

Wang Zhong: "Yeah, it's useless except for the 45mm cannon."

Seryosha continued to check the stone wall in front of the tank: "It's strange, there are bullet holes in the stone wall... The shell should have been shot away, right?"

Wang Zhong pointed not far away: "I was shot there. At that time..."

He recounted the fight with four No. 3 vehicles in the evening.

Second Lieutenant Seryozha praised: "What a good fight!"

At this time, under the dim light of the stars, the wreckage of the Prosen tank in the wild can be vaguely seen. Second Lieutenant Seryosha looked at the two tanks in the distance and said: "I actually defeated the enemy's three tanks in a long shot." Tank, according to the intelligence obtained during the Castilian Civil War, the enemy has a sight that is very suitable for long-range shooting, and we have to calculate it ourselves based on the size of the enemy tank."

Wang Zhong also saw the sights of the Ant Army later. He wanted to try to see if he could be a gunner, but found that the sights only had simple secret positions. They needed to be manually calculated based on the actual size of the enemy tank and the scale on the secret positions. distance.

The sights on the Proson tanks that were destroyed in the town all had mechanical computers. As long as you knew the basic length of the enemy tank, you could calculate the distance immediately by adjusting the sights.

Not only that, through ingenious design, while calculating the distance, the crosshair of the scope is also stapled in place, so you can just put the cross on it and shoot.

On the Ant Army side, after calculating the distance, you still have to manually adjust the crosshair.

Therefore, Wang Zhong could understand why the gunner's first shot flew away when he was attacking the wave of enemies in the daytime.

If it weren't for the fact that Wang Zhong's plug-in could directly determine the enemy's distance, it wouldn't really be possible - no, it was definitely impossible to defeat the enemy in a long-range shooting.

No wonder Second Lieutenant Seryosha was so impressed.

He said in a regretful tone: "Your gunner is really amazing. He must have undergone countless shooting training."

Wang Zhong wanted to say that he told the distance, but when the words came to his lips, he did not say them.

Let this Seryozha praise him a little more, and maybe he can apply for a medal for the gunner or something in the future. Although the medal has no meaning to the dead person, it can make his family feel better.

Second Lieutenant Seryosha: "Let's continue. The enemy's tanks have been destroyed in the village, right?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, and in order to prevent enemy tanks from using firepower to block the road, we built some roadblocks on the road. We have to clear the roadblocks before we can drive to the village entrance. This way."

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Afterwards, Wang Zhong took Second Lieutenant Seryozha around the village for half an hour, allowing him to become completely familiar with the terrain.

After Second Lieutenant Seryozha returned to his crew, Wang Zhong decided to go to the church to see the situation.

He was also a little curious about what mass was all about. The No. 67 heavy tank will come to support, probably because the mass has an effect, and the call for help is heard by the hymn monks behind.

When we arrived at the door of the church, the guard guarding the door was taking a nap. When he saw Wang Zhong, he immediately woke up and stood at attention and saluted: "Your Majesty the Duke!"

Wang Zhong: "I am a count."

"My Lord Count!"

Wang Zhong: "Can I go in?"

"Okay, but please don't make a sound." After saying this, the guard gently opened the door.

Wang Zhong walked into the church quietly.

He saw Su Fang kneeling in the center of the altar, with her hands folded in a praying posture, and Lyudmila kneeling on the steps to the right of the altar, also in a praying posture.

Brother Ye Tsemenko held something like a bell and circled around the two of them, shaking the bell as he circled.

That bell-like thing looks familiar to Wang Zhong. It seems that many Western religions have this magical weapon. The British table game Warhammer 40K also incorporated this thing into the setting. The priests of the Mechanicum like to use this thing. Chanting sutras while walking around various large machines.

Wang Zhong tiptoed to the altar.

Brother Yetsemenko opened his eyes, looked at him, and hissed.

Wang Zhong felt that it was not good for him to just stand next to the altar, but he was not a religious person and had never prayed in his life.

He could only imitate the way Su Fang did when she was still Lyudmila praying, and draw an inverted triangle on his chest.

At this time, Su Fang suddenly opened her eyes and cheered: "There is a response! Someone said that reinforcements have been leaving for three hours!"

Wang Zhong: "Reinforcements have arrived."

Su Fang was startled, lost her balance, and fell forward to the ground.

"Ouch, my front teeth!"

Just as Wang Zhong was about to go up and help Su Fang, Lyudmila next to him opened her eyes.

"Alyosha? Are you okay? Do you still have a fever?" As she said this, Lyudmila wanted to stand up, but it turned out that she might have been kneeling for a long time and her feet were numb. When she was about to fall, Wang Zhong's quick eyesight and hands quickly caught her. .

She just threw herself into Wang Zhong's arms.

Wang Zhong didn't want to feel the girl's "turbulence", so he directly helped Lyudmila sit down on the chair next to him, and then pulled up the tearful Su Fang: "What do you say over there?"

"They said that reinforcements have been dispatched for three hours, and we must fight until eight o'clock tomorrow night. Bogdanovka's defense line has not been repaired yet."

The defense line has not been repaired. This intelligence vehicle No. 67 has been brought over.

Wang Zhong nodded: "Well done, reinforcements have actually arrived."

Su Fang was overjoyed: "How many people are there?"

"One car, but it's enough." Wang Zhong said with confidence. After all, the enemy on the opposite side could not penetrate the KV88's armor except for the 1mm anti-everything cannon.

That tank is placed in the wilderness, and one man can guard it against ten thousand others.

Su Fang smiled: "That's good. I have to take a rest, give me water."

Brother Yetsemenko, who had obviously celebrated many masses, handed over a full kettle.

Next to her, Lyudmila was already drinking.

Wang Zhong: "You guys should have a good rest and leave the rest to me - to us."

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Seryozha returned to his crew.

The driver Ashka asked: "How is it? How much is the count's bragging worth?"

"I'm afraid there's no moisture." Seryosha paused and continued, "It's hard to see clearly the tank wreckage in the wilderness, but I turned around and didn't see an anti-tank gun..."

Ashka: "It was the Divine Arrow that did it! I asked, there are clergy here, so there must be a Divine Arrow team. The noble young master always has a Divine Arrow team around him when he joins the army."

Seryosha said seriously: "Don't say that, the count may be different from other nobles. I checked the tank wreckage in the village, and six of them were destroyed by tank guns.

"I reviewed the situation and estimated that two of them were destroyed when they first entered the village. After a melee between infantry and tanks, the enemy had already pressed into the village and gained an advantage.

"Then someone suddenly came around to the back and destroyed at least four tanks in a sneak attack."

Seryosha gestured as he spoke: “These four tanks were all destroyed from behind or from the side, and the turrets were not facing in the direction of the attack.

"Someone eliminated them through clever flanking attacks. I don't think I can do it in a continuous circle around the city and destroy the enemy tanks, even with infantry support."

Ashka frowned: "That Earl did all this?"

Seryosha: "I don't know. But, listen, if I am injured or die, you will accept the count's command, and then you will be able to see his weight for yourself."

"Don't say such unlucky words." The gunner said, picking up the dinner plate in his hand, "Here, eat some beef and drink some wine. This is good wine. It is said to be made from the wine cellar of a local nobleman. A little. That’s it, they’re using this to make incendiary bombs!”

Seryozha took the bottle first, took a big gulp, and immediately smiled: "Good wine! If you are going to die at dawn, it is not a loss to drink good wine!"

(End of this chapter)