Chapter 345 Outflanking and Counter-Outflanking

Colonel Busse heard the sound of artillery fire and immediately asked the vanguard: "What's going on? Who is firing? It sounds like the caliber is not small!"

The vanguard's answer was a series of screams: "We were ambushed! The company commander has been killed, and half of the company has been written off!"

Colonel Busse: "Who are you?"

"Lieutenant Hans, the third platoon leader!"

"You are the commander, I ask you to identify the direction of the enemy and fire a flare! Now, immediately!"

Colonel Busse saw a flare take off in front and fall straight to the front.

Busse raised his eyebrows: "Why do you have to arrange the firing position in front of you for an ambush? No, why can you write off half of the company in one go if you arrange it in front?"

It took less than half a minute from Colonel Busse hearing the sound of artillery fire to talking to the vanguard. It was a bit too scary to write off half of the armored company in half a minute.

"Lieutenant Hans, can you see the vehicles used by the enemy?"

"No! I can only see the smoke and dust blown up by the muzzle wind when the enemy fired! The enemy used the Rokossov-style bunker!"

Colonel Busse frowned even more.

The Rokossov-style bunker requires a lot of time and labor to complete the construction. Even if it is the simplified version of the Plosson Army, it takes a long time to dig a bunker that can completely hide the vehicle body.

However, when the Plosson Army passed this place yesterday, there was no trace of the Ants. The reconnaissance planes of the Plosson Air Force also passed here many times, but still did not see the Ants carrying out earthwork.

Colonel Busse quickly ruled out the possibility that the enemy had dug a bunker - at least not a complete bunker.

Then he remembered the report of the motorized reconnaissance platoon leader who had escaped death before, who said that he did not see the Ant tanks.

Colonel Busse made a quick judgment: "It was an anti-tank gun towed up by a motorized vehicle, and was hidden in the wheat field! The enemy obtained a large number of mobile vehicles from the United States, and some of their anti-tank gun units may be fully motorized!"

Motorization refers to the use of motor vehicles to tow and maneuver.

The anti-tank gun units of the Plosson Army are fully motorized, all towed by half-track vehicles and Opel trucks.

The Ants may learn from Plosson's organization and give priority to motorizing the anti-tank gun units.

Based on this judgment, Colonel Busse ordered the entire battle group: "Immediately deploy the attack formation. There are enemy anti-tank gun positions on the front hills. We will outflank them!"

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Vasily held the headset a little further away from himself and reported: "The enemy thought they were intercepted by our anti-tank guns, and believed that our anti-tank gun units were already motorized."

Wang Zhong smiled. How could he, the chairman of the Equipment Review Committee, not know whether there was motorization?

In fact, there are very few anti-tank artillery units in the ANT forces that can be motorized, and most of them are still "mule-horse-based".

Wang Zhong: "Continue to monitor."

Vasily nodded and continued to put his ear on the headset.

A telecommunications vehicle supported by the United States was parked next to him: an M3 half-track vehicle equipped with a large generator, a high-power radio and a huge radio antenna.

This antenna always reminds Wang Zhong of the "roofs" on the tanks used to prevent drones before he crossed over, but this roof is hollow, like a grape rack with the vehicle.

Relying on this telecommunications vehicle, Vasily can hear radio signals that he could not hear before - after all, Wang Zhong's "headquarters" is almost five kilometers away from the actual battle site at this time, and the signal strength of the Prosen people is already very weak.

The electrical technician on the car looked at Wang Zhong and said, "This thing is too powerful. Whether it is a generator or a radio, we definitely can't make it."

Wang Zhong corrected: "If we can't make it now, it may not be certain in the future."

The technician nodded.

Wang Zhong's troops were equipped with a large number of radios, and the demand for radio maintenance also increased.

Then he regretted to find that there were not so many radio-related talents.

The church opened a flying club to train pilots, but did not open a radio club, because at that time, they did not think that radio was so important - if they had thought of it, they would not let only the platoon leader's car in Ant's tank platoon have a radio.

There was no way, Wang Zhong could only open a night school for training. The technician of this telecommunications car was trained in the night school. There was a night school graduation medal on his military uniform - this medal was established to reward those who successfully passed the night school assessment, and their families would also receive a certificate and get an extra can of Spam every day.

Many people go to night school for this medal - and the can of Spam rewarded to their families.

This person is one of them.

Noticing Wang Zhong staring at his medal, the young technician was a little embarrassed: "At that time, my family wrote to me and said that rationing had begun. I was worried about my two younger brothers, who were at the age of eating a lot, so I attended night school to fight for canned Spam.

"Now I regret it a little, because the famine my father talked about did not come. Although the supply of doctor sausages was indeed reduced, and there was one day a week where we could only eat fish, and there was fish on other days, but we didn't starve.

"In short, it seems that there is not much need for a can of Spam every day."

At this time, canned Spam is no longer the canned Spam at the beginning of the war. The canned Spam now is bacon, which can only solve the problem of whether there is meat or not. Only people in the United Kingdom will find it delicious.

Wang Zhong: "Do you mean to change the reward to vodka?"

"No, I have no objection to the reward. After all, I was afraid that my family would starve. Since there is no possibility of starvation, I still want to be a fighter." The technician looked at the pile of medals on Wang Zhong's chest with envy.

Wang Zhong also looked down and said, "We are not fighting for medals."

"I know, it is to restore the motherland." As expected of someone who can pass the night school assessment to become a technician, "You have taught me many times."

Wang Zhong: "But I still want medals?"

"Who can not want it?"

"Just because you can brag in the pub?" Wang Zhong asked.

The technician was very embarrassed.

Wang Zhong was about to continue educating the technicians when Vasily said, "According to the wiretapped conversation, the enemy deployed their formation and wanted to outflank our ambush position."

Wang Zhong: "Notify the Vortex Battalion."

Vasily immediately picked up the radio and called the battalion commander of the Vortex Tank Destroyer Battalion: "Aguda Aguda, Valdaichu River calling, Proson is ready to outflank your position."

Wang Zhong raised his vision and made another new discovery. It seemed that when the staff around him contacted his subordinates, they would also be regarded by the plug-in as being able to directly command the troops.

Oh my god, I finally don't have to use the radio to call each unit one by one! The walkie-talkie is very heavy!

In the future, I can call the staff or Vasily, and I will pose next to it to show off! (Actually, I was looking at the bird's-eye view)

Wang Zhong decisively posed in a cool pose and cut the view to see what was going on.

The battalion commander of the tank destroyer battalion divided the troops into two parts. The first part, 15 tanks, were shooting at the enemy on the small hill. The second part was arranged behind the small hill, with five tanks on each side, and the other five were obviously the reserve.

Wang Zhong understood it at a glance. The battalion commander had long realized that the enemy would outflank him. He was ready to show the Proson people his "light wing deployment" when the outflanked enemy began a pincer attack.

But Wang Zhong had a better idea.

He said directly to Vasily: "The annihilation battalion is ready. Tell the battalion commander to follow his idea and say that I approve of his concept."

Vasily was shocked and temporarily turned off the voice function of the walkie-talkie. He said to Wang Zhong: "I don't even know his idea!"

Wang Zhong remembered that Vasily could not see the bird's-eye view, so he evaded: "I know the battalion commander of the annihilation battalion and can probably guess his plan."

Vasily: "You not only remember all our names, but also guess our plans? Wow, are you so powerful?"

Wang Zhong: "Hurry up and convey my meaning."

Vasily immediately conveyed Wang Zhong's meaning to the annihilation battalion. After ending the communication, he looked at Wang Zhong and said: "You still want me to contact other troops, right?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, call two jeep troops at the same time."

The technician who had just talked to Wang Zhong said: "I will cover the two frequencies together, you call their radio call signs separately."

Wang Zhong patted the technician's shoulder with satisfaction: "Thank you for your help, good job."

Vasily handed the walkie-talkie to Wang Zhong soon: "Take it off, the commanders of the two troops are online."

Wang Zhong picked up the walkie-talkie: "I am Rokosov. The reason why I don't use the radio call sign is that the next mission is very dangerous and requires you to show great courage. I can't give such an order with a code name."

He said this to highlight the sense of ceremony, showing his importance to the two troops and this mission, which can boost morale.

Sure enough, the commanders of both troops answered in high spirits: "Please give the order!"

"General, we will complete the task."

Wang Zhong: "I order you to circle around the enemy troops and use machine guns to interfere with the deployment of the enemy's formation."

"General, we can't penetrate the enemy's tanks."

"But you can force the enemy's tank commander to get into the tank. After their vision is limited, find a way to get close to the tank and throw incendiary bombs."

Wang Zhong's tactics were used by African black uncles to hit the colonel's tank.

Just now, he saw the jeep and the enemy's three-wheeled car racing and got the inspiration. Isn't the dry grassland on the ground the same as the African grassland? Willys Jeep and Toyota pickup truck are similar, even more flexible.

Then why not give it a try?

And Wang Zhong himself also rode a horse to avoid the tank's gun line. Bucephalus can do it, why not let Willys Jeep try it?

At this time, one of the two commanders asked: "If we refuse to carry out the mission, you will lead us in person, right?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes. So you want to refuse?"

"No, we believe you. Make sure to complete the mission."

The other commander also replied: "Make sure to complete the mission!"

Wang Zhong: "Let's go!"

He returned the walkie-talkie to Vasily and switched the view.

In the first ten seconds after the call ended, Wang Zhong still had the vision of the troops. He could see the jeep starting up and rushing towards the enemy's two wings with billowing smoke and dust.