Chapter 315 Situation in March 915

At the end of February, as the temperature warmed up, the snow began to melt, but only the snow on the surface was melted. In fact, the ground deep in the ground was frozen into ice and remained as hard as before, forming a barrier to prevent the melted snow from penetrating into the deep ground.

So, the muddy season began.

Even in big cities like Yebao, where asphalt roads are everywhere, you can see the shadow of mud. When you go out, your trouser legs are full of mud spots.

In such a bad situation, tanks will shake three times, and cars can't even think about driving off the asphalt road.

So the battlefield was completely silent, and all large-scale military operations from north to south stopped.

Both sides are seizing the time to stockpile ammunition and replenish troops, preparing to do a big job in the summer.

On March 6, Lieutenant Colonel John Wick suddenly visited the Suvorov Military Academy and found Wang Zhong in the principal's office who was about to go to class.

As soon as they met, he asked, "Have you heard about it?"

Wang Zhong asked in confusion, "What did you hear about it?"

"The intelligence agency of the United Kingdom just conveyed the information to your headquarters."

Wang Zhong: "It was just conveyed, how could I have heard about it?"

"Is that so?" Lieutenant Colonel John Wick sat down in front of Wang Zhong and smiled, "Then let me tell you. The Prosens are preparing to launch an attack on the southern front. The first stage is to break through the defense line from the coastal fortress to Borsk. The specific time and main direction of the attack have not been found by the intelligence officers of the United Kingdom."

Wang Zhong: "What is this?" What's the use? Everyone knows that Proson is going to fight on the southern front. "

John Wick: "It is also very important to confirm the original conjecture. After all, if you deploy troops based on conjecture, once the conjecture is wrong, it will be recorded in military textbooks as a model of error."

Wang Zhong: "It won't be wrong. When they attacked Yebao last year, we were at our weakest. Now if they want to attack Yebao again, they will face a reorganized and experienced defensive force. They will never fight as easily as last year.

"As for the northern front, even if they take Fort St. Andrew, there is nothing to fight northward. The north is all forests and tundra, the infrastructure is worse, and there are few settlements. They will have difficulty moving forward. On the contrary, we can rely on the ice-free port in the north and have sufficient supplies. ”

Originally, the main industry of the ice-free port was the shipbuilding industry. This city and the surrounding industrial belts could not supply a front army. The north did not have much agricultural production capacity. We could not let the army eat salted fish and wood, right?

But now the situation has changed. The ice-free port is the end of the Arctic Ocean transportation line. The materials shipped by the allies are piled up in the ice-free port, which is enough to supply a million troops for combat.

So even if Fort St. Andrew is lost, the Fort Andrew Front Army can continue to fight by changing its name. The defense will be deployed along the railway line from the ice-free port to Yebao, and the whole line will have good supplies.

Wang Zhong analyzed all of this, and then said decisively: "The enemy can only attack the southern line. This is basically an open conspiracy. All the rumors that they are going to attack the northern line or the center are actions to deceive the enemy."

Lieutenant Colonel John Wick smiled and said: "Your judgment is basically consistent with that of our generals. Do you think the Prosen people can succeed?"

Wang Zhong: "I'm not sure. Duke Myshkin is a very outstanding general and has a lot of experience in defensive operations. I don't know if he can stop the enemy's offensive. "

In fact, the front led by Myshkin already has hundreds of thousands of troops, and the coastal fortress has tens of thousands of naval infantry. As long as the commander is not stupid, this group of troops can definitely stop Plossen for a while.

The question is how long it can be stopped.

Lieutenant Colonel John Wick changed the subject: "I heard that you have made significant progress in the matter of inciting Plossen prisoners of war to defect?"

Wang Zhong: "It would be better for you to ask Cardinal Lafkid of the Tribunal about this matter."

"Come on, I'm not a reporter. I'm asking you about the situation as an army military attaché. After all, we will need to recruit as many Plossen prisoners of war as possible in the future."

Wang Zhong: "The current situation of prisoners of war is not bad. Some prisoners of war agree to enter the factory to help us produce equipment. But inciting prisoners of war to defect is a long-term job, and it takes time to achieve results. "

John Wick: "I thought the Plossen people, who regard themselves as a superior race, would not be willing to go along with the inferior race! "

Wang Zhong just smiled and said nothing, without answering John Wick's question.

So John Wick changed the subject: "When will your child be born? The United States government plans to give him a small gift."

Wang Zhong: "You should ask the obstetrician."

John Wick: "Of course, our intelligence department has asked the obstetrician, but I think with our friendship, I should be able to get an answer by asking directly."

Wang Zhong: "Of course, the earliest should be August."

"Will Belinsky preside over its baptism? Or will he be its godfather?" John Wick continued to ask.

Wang Zhong: "He will preside over its baptism. The godfather has not yet been decided."

In fact, many people have come to inquire about the child's godfather in the past few days. After all, this matter may affect the power structure of the Ante Empire in the future.

Wang Zhong is extremely disgusted with this kind of consideration of how to divide the spoils before winning the battle, so even if John Wick, a foreign friend, comes to ask, he puts on a bad face without hesitation.

John Wick immediately said: "This is not what I want to ask, but Mr. Ambassador is very concerned about this matter, please ask me. ”

Did you pass the buck to Mr. Ambassador?

Wang Zhong: "We haven't decided who the godfather of the child will be yet, because the competition is too fierce. I will inform Mr. Ambassador when it is confirmed."

John Wick seemed quite satisfied with this answer and continued to ask the next question: "Can I visit the test of the 'Vortex' tank destroyer?"

The Vortex improvement has been advanced to the third-generation prototype, which has corrected some problems of the second-generation prototype, improved reliability, and adjusted the structure of the gun shield again.

Now the Vortex has good member survivability at a distance of more than 1,000 meters, even if it is hit by an 88mm gun.

Yes, member survivability, not armored vehicle survivability.

Even if it is hit by an 88mm gun at this distance, the gun will be damaged and lose combat effectiveness. In this case, it is good to save the tanker.

In addition, Plossen's PAK40 anti-tank gun also has the ability to damage accessories and take away the combat effectiveness of the Vortex at a distance of 1,000 meters.

PAK40 basically cannot threaten members at a distance of 1,000 meters, and the crew will definitely survive.

Those who have observed the Vortex test generally have a high opinion of this tank destroyer.

The only problem is productivity. This thing is really hard to produce.

The turret, a big part that takes up a lot of man-hours, was removed, but the production time was even higher, breaking the general rule that assault guns are cheaper than tanks.

The main reason is that there are too many fine parts on this car.

Wang Zhong also wanted to make a poor version and mass-produce it for everyone to use, but was blocked by General Sergei's words: "Do you want the poor version to snatch the 100-gun barrel from you?"

The production of 100-gun barrels is so large. The current prototype uses the barrels originally prepared by the Navy for the secondary guns of destroyers and battlecruisers, but after mass production begins, these barrels may be used up in a week, and the production will be determined by the production of barrels.

There is really no need to make a poor version to snatch the barrels.

In short, the "Vortex" has become a rare commodity that only elite troops can use, just like the Tiger tank it is benchmarking.

All the Tiger tanks on Earth were assigned to the heavy tank battalion, and then when the fire brigade ran around on the front line, they left an amazing exchange ratio wherever they went.

Of course, Wang Zhong did not intend to organize the vortex into an independent annihilation battalion, nor did he intend to let them run around as a fire brigade. It should only be equipped with the First Mobile Army under Wang Zhong, which had just been given a number.

This made everyone more interested in this weapon, because in the eyes of others, this was a special equipment that Lieutenant General Rokosov used his authority to make for his direct troops, and everyone wanted to see it.

Facing John Wick's request, Wang Zhong readily agreed: "No problem, I will ask Vasily to arrange a visit immediately."

"Thank you very much." John Wick stood up, then took out a file bag from his briefcase and put it on Wang Zhong's desk.

Wang Zhong untied the rope at the mouth of the bag in confusion and took out the stack of documents inside.

The cover of the document had the iron cross logo of Proson.

Wang Zhong: "Proson's battle plan?"

John Wick smiled bitterly and said: "No, that's too hard to get. This is the status of each unit summarized by the Proson Command in February, including key data such as the number of tanks in combat readiness."

Wang Zhong opened the cover, turned over the title page and the summary page, and went directly to the text.

The first thing that came up was a table of the number of tanks in the combat readiness of each armored division of Proson, as well as a table of the replenishment of troops.

Wang Zhong frowned: "Why is the number of tanks in Proson so small? The First Armored Division only has 81 tanks in combat readiness, 25 tanks under maintenance, and 40 tanks returned to the factory? The Second and Third Armored Divisions only have a little over 100 tanks in total, including those under maintenance and returned to the factory!"

John Wick: "It seems that the Director of Armored Forces has lost power, so the Proson people no longer pursue his dream of a large armored division with 400 tanks, and have reduced the number of armored battalions in most divisions to two, and some divisions even have only one armored battalion."

Wang Zhong turned to the next page and exclaimed: "The number of tanks has decreased, but the accompanying troops have not decreased, and even an armored grenadier battalion has been added. Did the enemy see the final fate of our divisions that have nothing but tanks, and was scared to increase the degree of synthesis of the troops?"

After all, it is a bit embarrassing that a tank division with 200 tanks was dealt with by an infantry division, and it is normal for the Proson people to be scared.

John Wick: "It's not all about reducing the number of tanks. This report does not include the Asgard Knights, and the Knights are said to be organized into three armored battalions."

Wang Zhong: "The Asgard Knights are not under the jurisdiction of the Proson Command?"

John Wick nodded: "Yes, they are directly under the emperor. By the way, everyone now thinks that your First Mobile Army is the same."

Wang Zhong: "Absolutely not!"

This time it was John Wick's turn to smile without saying anything.