Chapter 145 "Heavy Rain" At Night

Prosen Army, Anpra Armored Division Headquarters, 2030 hours.

Cruze frowned when he saw the tank combat readiness reported by the troops: "You told me that 146 tanks were broken in front of this broken city in one day?"

"A considerable part of them are No. 1 and No. 2 of the sixteen-pack." The staff officer who reported the report also smiled, as if losing No. 1 and No. 2 was not a big deal.

Kruse glared at the staff officer: "The tank crews who drive the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks will become combat-effective when new tanks are replaced in the future! Moreover, the survival rate of tank crews after these two tanks are destroyed is even lower. How can you laugh? "

The staff officer shut his mouth and kept a straight face.

Kruse was pacing back and forth angrily. At this time, the division commander of the 16th armor said: "Actually, there should be many tanks that can be repaired. If the surviving crews are regrouped, a lot of new crews can be made up. The losses It’s not as big as it looks on paper.”

"But we didn't win the battlefield, and we couldn't repair the tanks paralyzed on the plain. Although I have no doubt that we will eventually win the city, the problem is that we only have so few tanks left to attack tomorrow. !”

As Cruze spoke, he shook the tank combat readiness report in his hand - combat readiness means that it can be dispatched into battle immediately.

Kruse: "The enemy has strong fortifications, heavy artillery, and at least one regiment of infantry that has not been engaged in the battle! There are also tanks. Before, we thought the enemy only had one battalion of T34, but now another battalion has appeared. ! And then there’s a battalion of T26 that appears out of nowhere!”

The Prosen Army mistook the T26 that fired from the bunker on Highland 153 for T34.

Kruse sighed: "Now it seems that it is impossible not to ask for reinforcements. Last night, General Moltke seemed to be preparing to divert the breakthrough direction of the entire armored group to us..."

At this time, the door of the armored command vehicle opened. The guard who opened the door reported, "The commander of the artillery brigade of the cluster has arrived," and then stepped back to make way.

The commander of the artillery brigade entered the armored command vehicle, put his heels together and saluted: "Your Excellency!"

Cruze returned the greeting and asked impatiently: "Where are you? Can we fire now?"

"It's available at any time. Our 21CM heavy artillery and 17CM heavy artillery have been deployed."

Kruse nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked eagerly: "You didn't stop in the village, did you? Didn't you stop near the farm, threshing floor, and barn? The enemy likes to fire at these places! It seems that the time is about the same It’s time to start!”

Brigadier: "We deployed next to the road, not close to any buildings."

Cruze breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. The enemy has forced us not to live in the house, and the whole army is sleeping rough. You are welcome to join the ranks of sleeping rough."

Brigadier: "We have long been used to it."

Cruze: "Now that you are here, let's give the enemy a taste of our power tonight. They won't let us live in the house, but they live in the house themselves. Let them have no sleep tonight! Come here!"

The artillery brigade commander immediately came to the map table.

Cruze pointed at the map and explained: "The enemy has deployed heavy troops in the 153 Highlands and this woodland, and then here is Aorachi City, which is the enemy's logistics center. Tonight, we will implement firepower coverage of these three places. After bombing for an hour, continue bombarding and disrupting the enemy with a firepower density of one round per minute.”

The artillery brigade commander frowned: "Is it going to this extent? The continuous bombardment means that our soldiers cannot rest tonight, at least not fully, which will affect the density of firepower tomorrow."

"That's it! This is a retaliation against the insidious and cunning General White Horse! This bitch made us so uneasy yesterday! We are applying what we have learned!"

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Orachi City, the headquarters of the 151st Provisional Infantry Division of the Ant Army.

Wang Zhong: "In addition to mortars, we also have to find a way to deal with the enemy's high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. Is there any way to combine two magic arrows into one to attack the reconnaissance aircraft?"

Popov: "I don't know much about technical matters. Let's call Ye Tsemenko and ask."

At this time Neli opened the door and said, "Supper is ready."

The staff officers in the map room seemed to be waiting for this voice and immediately relaxed.

Wang Zhong looked at Neli: "What are you eating today? Why are you wearing a boat-shaped hat?"

He looked at the boat-shaped hat on Nellie's head with confusion, feeling that the hat looked familiar.

Nellie: "Someone suggested that I wear a boat hat so that I look more like an orderly. Doesn't it look good?"

Wang Zhong stood a little further away and looked at Nellie carefully.

The combination of maid uniform and boat hat seems surprisingly good!

Of course the key is that Nelly looks good.

Wang Zhong nodded seriously: "Academically speaking, I think this combination is pretty good."

"Academic?" Nellie blinked, "When you said 'academic' before, it was the time to pick up that girl."

Huh? Did I still have this habit before?

Nellie: "Do you want to pick me up?"

"No, you misunderstood. I just expressed my academic opinions, or aesthetic opinions!" Wang Zhong took a step back, as if Nellie was some kind of scourge, "Aesthetic!"

Just as Nellie was about to say something, a roar came from the sky, and the bullet fell so fast that everyone in the room didn't even have time to react.

The earth shook, the house seemed to be trembling, and dust and pebbles fell on Wang Zhong's head.

Nelly screamed, covering her ears with her hands.

The shells fell one after another, and everyone in the headquarters hurriedly fell to the ground.

Wang Zhong stepped forward, grabbed Nellie's hand, and took her to the corner of the room.

"Hold on a little! Like this!" He showed Nelly the standard anti-cannon moves, "Otherwise you will be injured!"

Neli nodded and followed Wang Zhong's example and lay down in the corner, with the boat-shaped hat on her head falling directly to the ground.

A shell may have landed nearby, and the shock wave instantly destroyed the window panes of the map room. Glass fragments sprayed into the room, first cutting the curtains.

The candles in the room were blown out by the storm, and the whole room was plunged into darkness.

Nelly screamed.

The enemy's heavy artillery made her take off all her defenses and turn into the little girl she was before.

Wang Zhong was still teasing from the side: "Screaming is right, it can balance the internal and external air pressure, especially the air pressure in the brain! You should scream! Ahhhhhhhh!"

When Wang Zhong shouted, Neli calmed down and looked at him with contempt.

Wang Zhong: "Scream quickly, it can really balance the pressure inside and outside the brain! Ahhhhhhh!"

The other people in the room looked at each other and yelled "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh".

Nellie looked at them, as if she finally believed them, and shouted together: "Ahhhh!"

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Highland 153 was also covered.

Lieutenant Colonel Eugene said confidently: "As long as it enters the anti-gun bunker, this kind of gun will be fine! I swear I dug it hard enough!"

Orlov, commander of the 13th Armored Battalion, was shocked: "Anti-gun bunker?"

Lieutenant Colonel Eugene: "Yes, there are tanks next to them too. Just follow the drill before!"

Orlov: "Our battalion just joined you today and has not practiced before."

Eugene half-opened his mouth: "Huh?"

Orlov: "That's bad. In this case, they don't know there is an anti-gun bunker, so they will definitely hide under the tank!"

He dropped the cup of coffee in his hand and was about to rush out of the bunker.

Lieutenant Colonel Eugene grabbed him: "Don't go! You don't know where the bunker is! I'll go!"

As he spoke, the lieutenant colonel took the lead and rushed out of the bunker, shouting as he ran: "Quickly enter the anti-gun bunker, tank crews, hurry into the anti-gun bunker!"

When the messenger Misha saw this, he rushed out and followed the lieutenant colonel, shouting together: "The bunker is on the left! The path is on the left!"

The enemy's shells continued to fall, like giant raindrops, each drop causing a splash of mud on the ground.

The lieutenant colonel and Misha were like ants running wildly in a heavy rain. If they were not careful, they would be lifted up by the huge raindrops and never be seen again.

Orlov stood at the door of the bunker. Just as he was about to go out, Captain Andre dragged him back and pinned him to the ground: "Don't go! It's enough to have two people in danger! The lieutenant colonel is very familiar with the position. He will be fine!"

Orlov got up, maintained his anti-cannon posture, and cursed at the same time: "Damn it, Prossens! I'm not done with you! I'm not done with you!"

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The bombing lasted for more than an hour. When the outside finally calmed down, Wang Zhong raised his head.

There was a fire burning somewhere outside the window, and the firelight shone in through the window, coating everything in the room with a layer of red.

Wang Zhong checked on Neli and found that the girl was shivering - just shivering means she is still alive.

The next moment, Wang Zhong's sarcastic words came out: "Weren't you quite calm when you were bombed before?"

Nellie: "The bombing happened all of a sudden, and I didn't even react!"

Wang Zhong stood up, pulled Neli up, then picked up the boat-shaped hat on the ground and put it on her head: "You are wearing a boat-shaped hat. You are a soldier of our army. How can you be afraid of shelling?"

After that, Wang Zhong took off his big cap and dusted it.

Others also stood up one after another, and Pavlov said: "Speak for yourself who is killed in battle."

There was faint laughter in the room.

Popov: "It feels like this artillery is more powerful than the one that bombarded us during the day. Has the artillery from the armored group arrived?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another artillery shell fell in the city, causing new dust to fall on the ceiling.

Nellie fell down quickly.

The others did not lie down in a hurry, but raised their heads to listen to the sound of the next shot.

"They didn't come. They were deliberately harassing us." Wang Zhong said.

Nelly stood up awkwardly and picked up the boat hat by herself.

Wang Zhong: "The enemy's heavy artillery group must have arrived."

He came to the table, struck a match, lit the candle, and looked at the map: "Where will they deploy the heavy artillery cluster? How many artillery shells do we have left?"

Pavlov: "One base has been fired today. The good news is that we have two more bases. The bad news is that these two bases are stored in independent ammunition bunkers, and now the artillery regiment is working hard to move the ammunition to the position."

The enemy's cold artillery fell for the second time.

No one in the room had any intention of hiding, as if the sound of the cannon was just ordinary muffled thunder.

Nellie stood nearby, carefully looking at Wang Zhong, Count Rokosov, who was calm and composed in front of the map table.