Chapter 285 Intersection

Wang Zhong glanced at Lyudmila, who smiled and said, "Go quickly, you can't help here."

"Okay." Wang Zhong stepped forward and kissed her lips gently, then turned and nodded to the school officer from the Summer Palace.

Then the group quickly left the filming site.

Lyudmila held the long staff that the angel of St. Andrew had once held and watched him leave.

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The atmosphere in the Summer Palace seemed a little tense, and the guards all looked "as expected" when they saw Wang Zhong appear.

Wang Zhong was led into the lounge, and then he saw a general in the room, holding a Coke and standing by the window, looking at the snow outside.

The general had raised his right hand and was about to take a sip of Coke, but when he heard Wang Zhong's footsteps, he kept holding the Coke bottle and looked over with a squint.

Wang Zhong saluted habitually when he saw the general's collar badge.

The general quickly drank the Coke in one gulp, put down the bottle, and saluted Wang Zhong in return.

After both sides put down their hands, the general spoke: "Is it Lieutenant General Rokossov? I have heard of your name for a long time."

Wang Zhong used the plug-in to look at the general's name and said, "General Gorky, I thought you were guarding Fort St. Andrew."

General Gorky: "The situation in Fort St. Andrew has stabilized, and the enemy should not be able to launch a large-scale offensive before February next year. Our counterattack drove the enemy away from the edge of the ice lake, making it impossible for the enemy's artillery to threaten the highway on the ice lake.

"That's all we can do at this stage."

Wang Zhong: "At least the city is temporarily saved."

"Yes. For the time being. The enemy can't hit us, and we can't drive the enemy away. Before we get sufficient reinforcements next year, the situation in Fort St. Andrew will not improve fundamentally." General Gorky picked up another bottle of opened Coke and took a sip.

Wang Zhong: "So you will come to report on your work?"

"No, the order issued to me the day before yesterday asked me to come back. It took me more than a day to leave the city and take a plane here. "General Gorky finished his Coke and put down the empty bottle, "I guess I will have to clean up the mess of the Western Front. Why did you come here?"

Wang Zhong: "I just got the news of the attack of the Prosen people this morning, and I was called here."

General Gorky: "What do you think of the attack of Prosen?"

Wang Zhong: "I heard that the Prosen people have recaptured some of the positions they lost before. If the enemy is a pincer attack and intends to encircle and annihilate a large number of our troops, they will not waste their efforts to seize the jagged positions on the front.

"I judge that this is not a large-scale offensive, but just to gain a better position and prepare for a large-scale offensive next year."

General Gorky nodded: "Well, that makes sense. If the enemy really regained a lot of the positions lost before and "flattened" the front line, it does not seem like a precursor to a large-scale offensive."

General Gorky walked around the lounge twice and suddenly asked: "Lieutenant General Rokosov, where do you think the enemy will attack next year? Will it be Yebao again?"

Wang Zhong: "They attacked Yebao to end the war as soon as possible, but now this plan has gone bankrupt. Even if they take Yebao, we will continue to resist. Although Yebao, as the general intersection of all our country's railway trunk lines, still has extremely high strategic value, but..."

Ante's railways actually rarely intersect, with only three relatively large intersections in total. Agsukov has been occupied by Proson, and St. Andrew's Castle is now under enemy siege, leaving only Yebao.

If Yebao is lost, many railways in Ante will be cut off, so it cannot be said that the enemy's occupation of Yebao next year has no strategic significance.

But it may not be worthwhile to invest so many troops for this goal.

Wang Zhong: "I think next year Proson may shift its strategic focus to the south line. After taking the coastal fortress, it will go straight into the vast grassland to seize iron ore, coal, rare metals and the most important Kuba oil."

General Gorky nodded: "Galloping on the grassland is indeed very suitable for their mechanized corps. The area around Yebao is not suitable, because there are too many trees."

Vasily finally couldn't help but interrupt and said: "What are you two talking about without a map?"

Wang Zhong and General Gorky stared at him together.

Wang Zhong: "Vasily, go to the adjutant's lounge next to you."

"My adjutant is also there, you can chat with him." General Gorky echoed.

Vasily left in a huff.

General Gorky: "Although we all think so, there is no guarantee that Emperor Proson will not continue to attack Yebao."

Wang Zhong: "Then let him come. This will become the burial place of Proson's army. When they run out of fuel reserves, it will be our turn to counterattack."

"No, I don't think Emperor Proson will be so stupid. What he wants to ensure now is that the war can continue. He must get Kuba's oil. Moreover, after they take over the oil field, we will be the ones who will suffer. Although there is support from the United States, the United States itself has to supply their huge army."

As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, General Gorky said: "I heard that the United States is about to lose their main oil fields in Asia?"

Wang Zhong nodded: "Yes, the Borneo oil fields are almost finished."

General Gorky was shocked: "It sounds like Kuba is a key point that neither of us can give up in the next year. "

Wang Zhong nodded.

At this time, the door opened, and the court etiquette officer came in and announced loudly: "General Gorky Konstantinovich, Lieutenant General Alexei Konstantinovich, please follow me!"

General Gorky: "I understand. Let's go, Lieutenant General Rokossov, it's our turn."

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The palace etiquette officer directly led Wang Zhong and General Gorky into the venue of the imperial meeting.

As soon as Wang Zhong entered the door, he looked at the map and confirmed that the enemy was indeed retaking the positions occupied by the Western Front one by one, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's really not a large-scale attack.

At this time, General Gorky, who was walking in front, saluted Olga first.

Wang Zhong hurriedly followed.

Olga: "You two don't need to be polite. I called you here because I want to ask you about your judgment of the situation. The enemy just launched a counterattack before we launched the attack."

General Gorky glanced at Wang Zhong and made a "come here" gesture.

Wang Zhong did not refuse. He picked up a nearly two-meter long pole and started drawing on the map: "The enemy's counterattack only captured the previously lost positions and 'levelled' the entire front. This can save troops on the defensive front.

"I speculate that the enemy will let the troops who have replaced their defenses start to rest in the next step."

Olga's eyes widened: "So, this is not another large-scale offensive?"

Wang Zhong: "If it is a large-scale offensive, why seize these insignificant positions? Direct a pincer offensive, break through our defense line and cut off our logistics, and we will give up these 'dog teeth' on the front line ourselves.

“But the enemy did not launch a pincer offensive, but evenly distributed counterattack forces on the front and launched attacks in multiple places.

"No, no, Your Majesty, this is not a large-scale attack."

Wang Zhong put down the two-meter long pole and gave the right to speak to General Gorky.

The general took over and said: "Although it is not a large-scale attack, if some of our people are frightened and the troops are shaken, the enemy may also turn to attack. The top priority is to stabilize the troops and tell them that this is not the enemy." large-scale attack.

"Then let most of the troops build defenses and rest in place to prepare for fighting again next year."

Olga nodded: "Okay, I understand. Admiral Turgenev!"

Turgenev stood up and picked up the order in front of him: "Now appoint General Gorky Konstantinovich to take over the position of commander of the Western Front. He will take office immediately to take thunderous actions to stabilize the morale of the army and the front."

Gorky saluted: "Promise to complete the task."

Wang Zhong was very curious at this time. He called General Gorky and Lieutenant General Rokossov together. There was no reason to give General Gorky a new position.

Are you going to force me into the Western Front as chief of staff? The lieutenant general is indeed very suitable to be the chief of staff.

Don’t do that kind of thing! I don’t want to become a bald man like Pavlov!

Fortunately, General Turgenev continued: "Appoint Lieutenant General Alexey Konstantinovich as a special minister to His Majesty the Tsar to go to the Western Front to inspect the situation and punish incompetent officers."

Wang Zhong frowned. He knew that the higher-ups were planning to use the reputation of "White Horse General" to stabilize the morale of the army, but——

Wang Zhong: "Are you sure you want to give me this appointment? After I arrive at the Western Front Headquarters, many people will be scared to death."

Olga smiled and said: "This is the goal of this appointment. If they are frightened to death, the officers of the aristocratic faction can't say anything. But remember, for Tukhachev and others, let them come back first and pass the procedures. We must convict them in a just way, and we can’t just kill them like last time.”

Wang Zhong raised his eyebrows: "As ordered."

Olga urged: "Then you two should set off as soon as possible. The situation of the Western Front is not very good now. Even the front headquarters reported that there is obvious shaking."

Wang Zhong nodded.

General Gorky asked: "Are we two on the same plane? If you want to boost morale, it would be best for us to appear together."

Olga looked at Admiral Turgenev.

The admiral replied: "We have indeed put you on the same plane, and the escort is a MiG-3 from the 11th Destroyer Regiment."

Marshal Boris, chief of staff of the headquarters, added: "You should leave now. The plane is already waiting at Yebao Airport. It will land directly on the airstrip next to the front headquarters. After landing, you can immediately go to the front commander. department."

Wang Zhong and General Gorky responded in unison: "Yes."

Then the two left the imperial meeting together.

When he was leaving, General Gorky said directly to the palace guards: "Go and call me and Lieutenant General Rokossov's adjutants. We are about to set off."

The guards left in response, and Wang Zhong and General Gorky stood in front of the corridor window and chatted about their new appointments.

"We must first let the troops understand that it is not a large-scale attack and cannot mess up their position." General Gorky said.

Wang Zhong: "First tell the entire Western Front that General Gorky and General Rokossov are coming."

General Gorky shook his head: "I don't have such a high appeal as you, so I can just spread the word and go to the front line. Speaking of which, I saw the document you submitted for establishing a model division. I think this kind of elite division is very important in the work we are currently doing. It's useless in a war of this scale.

"Do you know how many casualties were recorded on the entire front in the past two days, excluding the Western Front that was launching an offensive?"

Wang Zhong told Vasily not to report casualty numbers very early on, because he still couldn't get used to such cold numbers.

So he answered truthfully: "I don't know."

General Gorky: "Six thousand five hundred people, this is a recorded casualty. Half of the division is gone at this time. Not to mention the attacking Western Front."

Wang Zhong: "So I will use these elite divisions together, and I will decide where they should be deployed."

General Gorky curled his lips: "Then I look forward to your performance."

At this time, both adjutants arrived, so General Gorky waved his hand: "Let's go to the front line to see what's going on with the Western Front. They can't even tell that the enemy is not attacking on a large scale? It's unbelievable!"