artillery arc

Chapter 53 The morning light falls on you
Lyudmila walked in the middle of the team, with the nurses from the field hospital.

She kept staring at the white horse carrying wounded soldiers not far away.

Su Fang asked curiously: "What are you looking at the white horse for?"

Lyudmila whispered: "He would never give up his white horse to a wounded soldier before, absolutely not."

"Who?" Su Fang didn't react for a moment, "Oh, 'he', he has grown up. That word is called... yes, metamorphosis! I have read a book about insects. Many insects are bugs when they are young, and eventually they become insects. It forms a cocoon, and when it emerges, it becomes a butterfly.”

Lyudmila looked at Su Fang: ""Insects"? The one written by the Carolingian biologist?"

"Seems to be."

Lyudmila shook her head and continued to look at the white horse: "Can people become so thorough? Isn't it said that it is easy to change the country and hard to change the nature?

"I grew up with him. He was a bastard since he was a child, and he became a lustful bastard when he grew up... But now I feel like he is a different person."

At this moment, the nurse who was walking in front of the two people turned around and said, "Miss, you don't know, men will change when they fight.

"This is what my mother said. My father was also a bastard when he was a child. Later he participated in the war with Anatolia, and then he changed!

“My mother no longer remembers what happened during the war, but my father still remembers which army was commanded by which general, which general was a hero and which general was a pustule, he remembers them all.

“If other old men come to visit us, they can spend the whole day talking about these things in the living room.

"War is like magic to men. In war they either die or become men who can stand alone."

This nurse aunt is obviously a talkative person. She won't stop talking as soon as she starts talking.

Finally, she closed the coffin and concluded: "The count should be like this too. The wounded soldiers in the hospital are all talking about the count riding a white horse in the gunfire. If they were a girl's family, they might have been fascinated by it!"

Su Fang looked to the side awkwardly.

Lyudmila still frowned: "But, when the war just started, he was... uh... forget it, just pretend I didn't say it. Alyosha can actually make the girl fascinated, there must be something wrong with this. .”

The aunt laughed.

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"Alyosha" Wang Zhong didn't care what the girls were saying now. He took two steps and looked back because he always felt that he heard an explosion.

Yegorov, who was walking next to Wang Zhong, comforted: "The enemy has suffered greater losses than us and will not attack at night. Maybe the car will be repaired tomorrow and they can join us at Bogdanovka."

Wang Zhong nodded: "I hope so. If the enemy doesn't attack tonight, then we should let them withdraw."

"They want to blow up the car. Once the car blows up, the enemy will be alerted." Yegorov paused and continued, "Besides, maybe they can hold on for one more day in Penieldo and give Bogdanovka The Sixty-third Army has more time to prepare the defense line."

Pavlov continued: "They came from Bogdanovka. They know what the current defense line looks like. Maybe they left it behind on purpose."

Wang Zhong nodded: "If that's the case, we must inherit their legacy and continue to fight."

"of course."

Wang Zhong asked again: "What is the process for applying for a medal?"

Although it was strange for an officer to ask such a question, since Wang Zhong was originally an ignorant playboy, it didn't seem strange to ask such a question.

Pavlov was speechless: "The application for the medal must be signed by the military bishop. You destroyed the bishop."

Wang Zhong corrected him: "I destroyed the spy disguised as the bishop."

Yegorov turned around and asked: "Hey, are there any priests in the army?"

Someone answered in the darkness: "All the regiment leaders are dead. The priests are usually the first to die."

Yegorov showed his hands to Wang Zhong.

Pavlov added: "Our situation is quite troublesome. All the higher-level command structures have been wiped out and they are all left in Ronezh. There is only one Divine Arrow group left in the cult.

"We don't even know who will be commanding us when we arrive in Bogdanovka."

Wang Zhong: "It doesn't matter who is in command, as long as he can defeat the Prosen Japs."

At this time, he suddenly remembered something important. Because he had been fighting, he had no idea what day it was today.

So he pretended to be casual and said: "With all these continuous battles, I almost forgot what day it is today."

Pavlov: "June 29th, the first Sunday after the war - Damn, today is actually Sunday!"

Yegorov also suddenly realized: "Has it been a week since the war started? I remembered that the night before the war started, I was going to try high art, so I bought a ticket for the Roniezh Theater, but fell asleep directly and applauded I can’t even wake up.”

Wang Zhong scratched his head: "Has it only been a week since the war started?"

"Yeah, it's only been a week. In the end, even Ronezh was lost. The Prosin people's advance was much faster than ours in the Winter War and the Civil War." Pavlov was stunned. "Although they are enemies, they have to Acknowledge that they are awesome.”

Wang Zhong: "Fortunately, the enemy advanced quickly, so we were not attacked by heavy artillery. If the enemy's heavy artillery came up, the remaining people of ours would have to fill in."

As he spoke, he recalled the feeling of being bombarded by the enemy navy's 381mm cannon, and he sincerely hoped that it would not happen again. At this time, white fish belly began to appear in the east. Wang Zhong looked at his watch and found that it was almost dawn.

Before I knew it, I had already walked all night.

But Wang Zhong didn't feel tired at all. Before he realized that he had been walking all night, he didn't feel any discomfort in his legs at all, but now he began to feel that his legs were swollen, showing the fatigue of a long journey.

Wang Zhong: “When can we arrive in Bogdanovka?”

At this time, the leading soldier who came out came back on a gray horse and saluted Wang Zhong: "Your Majesty, there is a farm ahead!"

Yegorov: "Is there a well?"

"Yes, Captain."

Yegorov immediately turned to Wang Zhong: "I suggest you rest at the farm for fifteen minutes and fill the kettle."

Only then did Wang Zhong realize that he was sweating a lot and his mouth was very dry.

So he nodded: "Rest at the farm. Set up sentries and be on guard against pursuers."

Yegorov immediately turned around and ordered.

It is said to be a farm, but it is actually just a simple building complex with a one-story bungalow, stables and barns, surrounded by a chest-high low wall.

The barn is a tall silo. As soon as Wang Zhong saw the silo, he reflexively wanted to climb up and look around.

To him now, tall buildings are like watchtowers in the Assassin's Creed series of games, which naturally attract people to climb up.

There were three generations of a family living in the farm, and they were led by the old man Alexandrovich to welcome Wang Zhong and his party.

"Sir," the old man glanced at the troops entering the courtyard, "did you lose the battle? The Proscenians are coming soon, right?"

Wang Zhong: "We won the battle, successfully withstood several times the enemy's attack, and completed the task of delaying the enemy. Master."

Old man: "That's right, so the Proscenians are coming soon, right?"

"Yes, you run with us, we have our defense line in Bogdanovka."

After Wang Zhong finished speaking, Pavlov added: "The train should still be available there, so take the return train and run east!"

But the old man shook his head: "My wife and I can't walk anymore. Can you take my daughter-in-law and grandchildren away? My son left on the day the war started and went to join the army.

"At that time, he said that we would defeat the enemy soon, and if we didn't join the army quickly, we wouldn't be able to get any meritorious service. He also said that he wanted to come back as a noble!"

The old man's eyes became sad as he spoke: "We can't defeat the enemy quickly, can we?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes. Pavlov, the hospital should still need nurses, right? Let this lady join."

Pavlov looked troubled: "Ladies, yes, but children..."

Wang Zhong: "Let them go with us. There will definitely be a nursery at the rear. Just leave it to the nursery then."

"Yes."

Pavlov made a gesture of invitation to the old man's daughter-in-law.

Just then, the sound of engines came from the sky.

Sergeant Major Gregory, who had been on guard next to Wang Zhong and others, shouted: "Hidden!"

Wang Zhong: "Don't worry, it's our plane."

He had seen the plane coming from the east through an overhead view.

As soon as the lying soldiers got up, an Il-2 appeared in the morning light in the east.

Yegorov muttered: "The number is the same as the one yesterday. It's the same plane."

Wang Zhong: "It's the one who helped us yesterday!"

Sergeant Major Gregory took the lead in shouting: "Hurrah!"

Amidst the sound of URA, the plane passed over everyone's heads, and the rockets mounted under the wings could be clearly seen.

The plane seemed to hear the sound on the ground, so it rolled sixty degrees. The pilot looked at the ground from the cockpit and saluted everyone.

Wang Zhong had a feeling that this military salute made all the previous battles meaningful - no, these battles must have been meaningful, but now this military salute made these meanings real.

He also returned the favor to the pilot on the ground to thank him for his help yesterday.

After passing over the farmland, the aircraft turned back to its normal attitude.

At this time, the sun finally showed its face in the east, and the bright morning light fell on Wang Zhong.

(End of this chapter)