Chapter 286 The Two Pillars of the Empire Open Their Hearts to Each Other (Update 2733)

Chapter 286: The two pillars of the empire open their hearts (Update 27/33)

After leaving the Summer Palace, Wang Zhong, General Gorky and his entourage went straight to the airport and boarded the Li-2 transport plane waiting there.

This Li-2 transport plane looks a bit like the plane of another principal in "The Great Battle", maybe because the movie used the Li-2.

It's like the T34 turret in the World War II movie with a wooden shell on it to play the Tiger.

Anyway, when Principal Wang Zhong got on the plane, he couldn't help but imagine the airdrop order - no, he imagined himself sitting in the plane in the sky and using the plug-in to point out all the enemy division headquarters, and then ordering the artillery to "shoot them one by one".

As soon as General Gorky sat down, he asked the flight attendant: "Do you have the black drink that the United States provided?"

Wang Zhong: "Black sparkling drink."

General Gorky: "Do you like it too? Is that a variant of champagne? It tastes very different from the sparkling wine we produce."

Caviar, sparkling wine and doctor's sausage are the three pillars of the church to win over the hearts of the grassroots. The reason for sparkling wine is that before the civil war, sparkling wine represented by champagne and caviar were symbols of aristocratic life, and ordinary people could not drink it at all.

So after the civil war, the church desperately increased the production of caviar and sparkling wine, and with the cheap and affordable doctor's sausage, it occupied the civilians' dining tables, fed the people first, and then naturally gained the support of the people.

However, sparkling wine is not as widely recognized as caviar and doctor's sausage. The Ants prefer vodka, and sparkling wine is disliked by ordinary people as too sissy.

There is a saying that if you don't have enough courage to fight a bear after drinking sparkling wine, what's the point of drinking this wine?

Now facing General Gorky's question, Wang Zhong shrugged: "The principle is somewhat similar, but they use different formulas."

General Gorky was a little surprised: "You don't know either? I thought the nobles would know."

Wang Zhong shrugged: "If you know me, you will know that I am a noble and not ordinary nobles."

"Rumor has it that he is no different from ordinary dandies." While General Gorky was speaking, the Coke was served.

The general directly picked up the bottle and took a big sip: "Well, it's far from champagne. But it tastes good, and it makes your mind clear."

Wang Zhong thought that it was because the Coke formula of this era did contain caffeine.

After three sips of "black champagne", General Gorky changed the subject: "I read the booklet you compiled for the Suvorov Military Academy. It is quite good for sharing experience, but it is a little lacking in systematization as a teaching material for military academies. You can't use it to teach students."

Wang Zhong: "I have compiled a systematic textbook. I will give you one when it is printed."

General Gorky smiled: "Very good, I'll wait. Let's talk about the enemy's offensive next year. We all agree that they will launch an offensive on the southern front in the summer. So how can we stop their offensive?"

Wang Zhong: "I think with our current technical and tactical level, it is not possible to confront the enemy head-on on the grassland."

General Gorky also nodded: "We can't beat Prosen's elite tankers, this is a fact. Your model division should not be able to beat them either?"

Wang Zhong: "If you set up a defensive position in advance, you can achieve a 1:1 combat loss ratio, or even a slight advantage."

Wang Zhong tried to take the initiative in Loktov. Although he had an advantage in armor-piercing, he was almost killed by the enemy.

General Gorky was about to answer when the flight attendant came over and said, "We are ready to take off."

"Okay." Wang Zhong and the general answered together.

General Gorky glanced at Wang Zhong and said, "Fortunately this is a short trip. It would have taken my life to come back from St. Andrewsburg."

Wang Zhong smiled.

General Gorky continued, "We can't win in an armored confrontation. Next summer we can only retreat and use the open space between the two industrial belts."

The characteristics of Ant are that the longitudinal industrial belts distributed along the river are all open areas with relatively poor infrastructure.

The general made a gesture to the adjutant, and the adjutant immediately handed over the map.

Wang Zhong was very pleased to see this and also made a gesture to Vasily. Vasily looked around and finally put his hand in Wang Zhong's palm.

Wang Zhong threw away Vasily's claws: "Are you a dog?"

"I thought about it for a long time and didn't understand what you want!"

General Gorky laughed, but immediately stopped smiling and pointed to the map and said: "This is a large area of ​​grassland. Although there are some railway hubs and towns, the infrastructure of this large area is generally not good.

"I think that in response to the enemy's offensive next summer, we can give this large area to the enemy and then meet the enemy here."

General Gorky drew a line on the line of the Valdai River with a pencil.

Wang Zhong: "Yes, if we maintain a heavy concentration of troops on this line, the enemy is unlikely to feel at ease to go south, because there is no strategic location to defend on the grassland, which is the case for both sides.

"If they don't care about our heavy concentration of troops, we can cut off their back waist like this."

Wang Zhong dipped his hand in water and drew a line on the map.

General Gorky: "The most intense and decisive battle will take place on a certain section of the Valdai River, but unfortunately we cannot determine where it will be at the moment."

Wang Zhong: "Another possibility is to defend the Primorsky Fortress, so I speculate that fierce fighting will break out in the area between the Primorsky Fortress and Borsk, northeast of the fortress."

He drew on it with a pencil.

Borsk, Duke Myshkin's troops are retreating this way. If Duke Myshkin obtains higher command authority, he might be able to block the enemy here.

General Gorky nodded: "This is the best situation. If we can block the enemy on the coastal fortress-Borsk line, our situation will be greatly improved.

"The safety of the transport line from Bahara-Baras and then through the inland sea will be guaranteed."

Wang Zhong made a joke: "This transportation line bears almost all of our tea supply. Once it is cut off by the Prosen people, the consequences will be disastrous."

General Gorky laughed.

Wang Zhong: "Of course, I know that the most important material for this transportation line is rubber. However, with the current retreat speed of the United States, the rubber producing areas on the island will soon be gone."

General Gorky: "Yes. No matter what, we have to hold on next summer."

Wang Zhong: "I hope my troops can train for more than half a year."

General Gorky: "Then we can only hope that Duke Myshkin can resist for a while longer."

Wang Zhong: "Duke Mei Shijin?"

"Yes, he should be appointed as the commander of the Coastal Front. How could you know about this later than me, the son of a shoemaker?"

Wang Zhong spread his hands: "I don't pay attention to these."

The two continued to chat about the battle front, the enemy's inevitable offensive next summer, and the formation of new troops, etc., until the plane landed at an airstrip.

When the plane landed, Wang Zhong felt as if the wheels had hit a stone, and the entire plane shook as if it was about to fall apart.

After getting off the plane, Wang Zhong only saw a few jeeps waiting, but not a single senior officer.

General Gorky scolded: "I am the new commander of the front army after all. Why did I send so many people to greet me?"

Wang Zhong: "Maybe I'm afraid of the gun I brought. When I came to greet him, the airport was immediately covered with blood."

Gorky turned back and asked: "Can you?"

Wang Zhong: "Not sure. Let's see when the time comes."

At this time, the major who greeted them came to the two men and saluted: "Salute to you two."

General Gorky returned the salute casually and got directly into the jeep.

Wang Zhong sat directly next to the general, and then found that the co-pilot had been occupied by General Gorky's adjutant, and there was no room for Vasily to sit.

Wang Zhong: "Vasily, you are so young, it would be over if you just stand on the pedal."

"You're right." Vasily stood directly on the pedal with his hand on the holster of his gun. He looked like a Chicago mafia leaving the scene after doing something big.

The convoy started and headed straight to the Western Front Headquarters.

As soon as he entered the town where the headquarters was located, Wang Zhong saw a group of staff burning documents from a distance.

When they saw the convoy approaching, the staff stopped and looked at the convoy.

Also stopped were the troops in the town, including the anti-aircraft artillery unit and the Divine Arrow unit responsible for air defense, as well as the headquarters guard regiment.

The soldiers looked at the convoy.

Before the car stopped, Vasily jumped off the pedal and shouted: "Don't burn, don't burn! We won't retreat!"

The staff officers looked at each other.

At this time, Wang Zhong opened the door and got out of the car, looking around with sharp eyes.

A soldier immediately recognized him: "It's Rokossov! The Imperial Iron Wall is coming!"

"Look Rokosov is coming!"

"Is he here to command us?"

"Why is he a lieutenant general? A lieutenant general can't command the front army, can he?"

At this time, General Gorky opened the door and came down, looking at the speaker.

"It's General Gorky, the general who blocked the enemy on the St. Andrew's Front!"

"Ante's two best defensive generals are here!"

"One is the commander of the front army and the other is the chief of staff?"

Wang Zhong frowned and thought, please spare me. I don't want to do the job of chief of staff, let Pavlov do it!

General Gorky said loudly: "Stop burning documents! The enemy only counterattacked locally and has no intention of a full-scale attack! What are you talking about! You are so frightened!"

Wang Zhong grabbed a staff officer and asked, "Where is your commander? No, where is the former commander?"

The staff officer glanced at the pistol on Wang Zhong's waist, swallowed before timidly saying: "He... is inside."

Wang Zhong and General Gorky looked at each other, and the latter made a "come on" gesture.

Wang Zhong then strode into the headquarters house and walked all the way to the map room.

Tukhachev was sitting in a chair, like a deflated rubber ball, and the staff officer next to him was removing the map on the wall.

Wang Zhong: "Wait a minute, don't tear down the map! The new commander will need it later!"

The staff officer stopped in surprise.

Tukhachev suddenly raised his head: "New commander?"

Wang Zhong: "It's General Gorky Konstantinovich. And I am His Majesty the Emperor's special envoy, specially here to understand the situation!"

Wang Zhong paused, then stepped forward and slapped Tukhachev: "You idiot, you are an opportunist and adventurist when you attack! When you encounter a slight setback, you immediately turn into capitulationism! You didn't even see the enemy clearly. Attack action, the front line is still fighting and you are thinking about running away!

"If you take a moment to think about it, you will know that the enemy's goal in counterattack is to level the front, not to eat your front troops!"

Tukhachev looked at Wang Zhong: "I...I...just don't want to lose so many troops! I just..."

Wang Zhong: "Are you going to give up the results of your counterattack? You idiot!"