Arc of Gunfire

Wang Zhong was just trying to get a closer look at the enemy's attack formation, but suddenly noticed a wheel track on the ground that was heading to the side.

It was impossible for a single vehicle to leave such clear wheel tracks on the grassland. It could only be that multiple half-track vehicles drove off the road from the same place.

Wang Zhong immediately followed the wheel tracks to look for the enemy, but the wheel tracks went north for a distance and then went out of his sight.

What did this group of Prosen people mean by going due north?

Wang Zhong thought about it but couldn't figure out what they were going for. Just in case, he began to check along the edge of his vision.

Because his bird's-eye view depends on the direction he is facing, there is no view at the back of his head, so he can only switch back to the naked eye view and turn around to face north.

Su Fang also followed him up the water tower. Seeing him looking north, she asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Aren't the enemies to the west?"

Wang Zhong didn't bother to answer and switched back to the bird's-eye view.

Sure enough, he found the wheel tracks due north of the village of Kapeniye.

Good guy, this group of people went around the side and ended up walking in a square! Wang Zhong's field of vision is circular, so he can't see the corners of the square.

There are three roads that intersect at Upper Peniye, forming a lying Y shape.

The enemy's previous attacks came from the west, and there were two roads to the village from the west, so the defensive positions arranged by Yegorov were mainly facing the west.

On the only road to the east, there were units without combat effectiveness such as field hospitals, and the combat troops were very scarce, with only some lightly wounded soldiers who were armed.

It seems that the enemy's flanking troops are planning to enter the village from the only road in the east, sandwiching it from both sides!

It would be bad if they succeeded!

Wang Zhong skillfully switched perspectives and turned, and ended up facing Su Fang.

Su Fang: "?"

Wang Zhong took a step to the side, and switched again after gaining the eastern vision.

He saw that at the end of the eastern vision, the enemy's half-track vehicles were driving onto the main road!

The enemy has already circled to the right place!

Each vehicle carried more than a dozen soldiers, packed like sardines in a can.

The enemy always took a square when going around, so they were so rigid. Theoretically, they shouldn't be overloaded. They weren't Indians, right?

We can only speculate that a half-track broke down during the process of going around, so the people in the broken car were stuffed into other cars.

To be honest, if the enemy played an armored cavalry assault at this time and came directly in a half-track, it might really catch Wang Zhong off guard.

But they stopped and began to deploy their troops!

So the Prosen people can't fight without deploying their troops, right?

Wang Zhong quickly thought of a way. The first thing he thought of was to find Yegorov and transfer a troop to the back to establish a defense line.

Then he thought that maybe he could pretend that he didn't notice the circumvention and set an ambush.

Just as he was about to choose this plan, a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

He carefully checked the enemy's equipment.

Eight half-track vehicles - this type of vehicle is also the iconic equipment of a certain army in another time and space. When mentioning armored grenadiers, this style of half-track vehicles will definitely appear.

The German army generally named this half-track vehicle with the German abbreviation sdkfz+number, so it got a nickname "SD Confucius" in the Chinese circle.

This half-track vehicle has a version with a gun, ranging from 20 mm to 45 mm. Wang Zhong likes to use this thing to play around when playing "War Thunder".

But now the eight half-track vehicles behind are all equipped with machine guns.

Wang Zhong carefully observed the equipment of the enemy infantry.

Thanks to the overhead perspective plug-in, Wang Zhong could even see clearly how many magazines the enemy submachine gunner had.

After careful observation, he determined that the enemy was not equipped with individual anti-tank rockets such as Panzerfaust, and at most only anti-tank grenades.

The enemy has no anti-tank firepower!

And there is still a large plain behind. In order to prevent being discovered, the enemy deployed at least 1,500 meters away from the village!

1,500 meters of open plains! Or at least! Maybe 2,000 meters!

A tank guarding the entrance of the village can send all the enemies to see God! I don’t know if this world belongs to God.

After discovering this, Wang Zhong was so excited that he switched back to the naked eye perspective, turned around and lay on the railing of the water tower. Just as he was about to shout to the tankers in the yard below, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.

He immediately looked up and saw smoke rising from the hilltop in the west.

Then the sound of the shells breaking through the air tore his eardrums.

Enemy shelling!

Just as Wang Zhong was looking for the rear-end troops, the enemy pushed the infantry artillery to the top of the hill!

The first shell landed in the wheat field west of the village, and the soil that was blown up into the sky was as high as two floors!

This infantry artillery shell has a lot of gunpowder!

Wang Zhong shouted: "The shelling is coming! Take cover!"

Before he finished speaking, the second whistle came, and Wang Zhong clearly felt that the thing that made the sound passed over his head - it seemed to be too high.

When he turned around, he saw that the house on the easternmost side of the village was hit, and a large piece of the roof was directly blown down.

Wait, one shot is close, one is far away - the enemy is correcting the shot!

If the third shot lands behind the village, the rapid shooting will begin!

The third whistle came, and before Wang Zhong could react, the roof of the mechanical mill was hit.

The storm formed by the explosion almost blew Wang Zhong off his feet.

Fortunately, the distance was a bit far, and the fragments and shock waves did not find Wang Zhong.

At this time, Su Fang rushed over and pushed Wang Zhong to the ground.

The girl rested entirely on Wang Zhong's back.

Wang Zhong heard her hurriedly say: "You can't die!"

The next moment, more whistling sounds came.

One after another, the explosions tore Wang Zhong's eardrum.

Can just one rifle battery produce such an effect?

Wang Zhong vaguely understood the reason why artillery was called the king of war.

However, Wang Zhong couldn't just lie down like this.

He was lying to the west, so he couldn't see the situation to the east, but he could imagine the enemy advancing towards the village behind him.

Must act immediately!

He turned over, threw Su Fang on his back to the ground, climbed up, shouted "Tank crews are in position", and rushed down the stairs.

The tank crews were all lying around the tank now, and they got up only after hearing Wang Zhong's voice.

Wang Zhong reached out and pulled out the loader lying under the tank, and then climbed directly onto the tank.

At this time, the gunner had climbed to the side of the turret, opened the side door for the gunner and loader, and when he saw Wang Zhong coming up, he asked: "Your Majesty, what happened?"

Wang Zhong: "I saw the enemy's retreating troops above, to the east. The enemy has no anti-tank firepower, so we have to block them at the entrance to the village on the east."

"Got it!" The gunner nodded and got into the side door. The loader followed.

Wang Zhong climbed up the turret, got into the commander's hatch, and put on headphones and a microphone in the car.

At this time, the driver and electromechanical personnel also all entered the tank.

Wang Zhong: "How many grenades are there?"

"Don't worry, we didn't fire many grenades just now, there are still 42 rounds left!" the gunner's voice sounded in the earphones.

Before Wang Zhong could answer, a shell fell in the courtyard and collapsed a section of the courtyard wall.

Several rounds of shrapnel hit the tank's armor, making a clanking sound.

Wang Zhong thought that for the sake of safety, I should go ahead with the tank——

At this time, Su Fang climbed onto the tank and stood behind the main turret and on the radiator grille of the engine.

Wang Zhong: "Get down!"

Su Fang: "I'll use this anti-aircraft machine gun!"

As she spoke, she skillfully operated the machine gun on the top of the tank turret and pointed it forward.

Wang Zhong: "I'll operate this machine gun! You get down."

"You have a fever, so the injection may not be accurate!"

Wang Zhong wanted to say something else, but when he thought that the enemy might enter the village from the east at any time, he couldn't care less and had to leave her alone.

Wang Zhong: "Driver, shift forward and go! Turn left when you go out and go east until you reach the intersection."

Driver: “It’s the same route as in the morning, I know!”

The tank rushed out of the winery gate and turned sharply.

At this time, the building opposite the winery was hit by a gunshot, and broken tiles fell down. Wang Zhong shrank his neck and could feel the gravel hitting him.

Su Fang was hit by a tile, and there was a cut on the corner of her right eye, which was bleeding.

Wang Zhong: "You are bleeding, get down!"

"I don't!"