CANNON FIRE ARC

Chapter 780: Chapter 32: The Other Side of War (6K)_3

“Yes, Yegorov has always referred to him respectfully as Division Commander, so let him play that role!”

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Wang Zhong sneezed loudly.

Ludmila: “It must be some Prosen generals cursing you again.”

Wang Zhong: “Then my sneezing would never stop.”

Alekseyevna, sitting in the passenger seat, turned back: “Don’t catch a cold now, this is not the time…”

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Wang Zhong: “Even if I were laid up with a cold right now, the counterattack would continue. The only thing that can hold us back is our logistics.”

As they spoke, the motorcade passed by a row of burnt-out truck wrecks, all pushed to the side of the road not to obstruct traffic.

Alekseyevna pointed to the wreckage: “Whose trucks are missing?”

Wang Zhong: “Enemy trucks, see the logo on the front? That’s Opel, a famous Prosen brand.”

Ludmila: “The overturned motorcycle over there should be a Daimler-Benz, also a Prosen brand.”

Wang Zhong continued to explain: “It should be the work of our Cavalry Troops, the grasslands are ideal for cavalry to penetrate and interweave, slipping through specifically to target enemy supply convoys to set them ablaze.”

By the roadside, several elders were leisurely digging pits, while seven or eight others were collecting the bodies of fallen Prosen Soldiers nearby with ox carts.

Seeing Wang Zhong’s motorcade, the elders hadn’t realized it was the Marshal’s vehicle, jokingly saying: “This young master, taking your fiancée and mother for a stroll?”

Wang Zhong smiled at Alekseyevna: “See, the elders are saying you’re my mother.”

Alekseyevna smiled faintly: “Marshal Davarish, better not call me mother, most of the good people who did are dead.”

“How could that be, your eldest son came back, didn’t he?”

Alekseyevna sighed: “One coming back isn’t enough, not nearly enough.”

After driving for several more minutes, Grigori suddenly braked and slowed down, passing by a road sign.

Wang Zhong clearly saw it read “Upper Penie, 10 kilometers”.

His heart tensed.

Through an overhead view, he saw photographer Robert Capa in the car behind, wildly snapping photos of the road sign with his camera.

Ludmila’s hand gently rested on the back of Wang Zhong’s hand: “Don’t be nervous, it’s just a return to familiar grounds.”

Wang Zhong: “I’m not nervous.”

Grigori: “The rooftops up ahead look familiar, take a look!”

Wang Zhong stood up, looked forward, and immediately saw the Water Tower where he once lay burning with fever giving orders, he laughed: “I see it, the Water Tower is still there, as is the winery. I remember taking a gun and forcing Boye the house servant to open the door to make Incendiary Bottles with the alcohol.”

Ludmila: “I know, I remember too.”

Wang Zhong: “The church’s broken bell tower is still not fixed. You remember, at first, someone wanted the entire Divine Arrow group to climb up to the bell tower because the manual said it had the best firing range! I strongly opposed it and had your positions set on the first floor.”

Ludmila: “Back then, none of us really understood war—I mean, except for you.”

Actually, I didn’t either, thought Wang Zhong to himself. I just had a bit of a background in military games, with the added advantage of a cheat code.

While they were talking, the vehicle approached Upper Penie. Wang Zhong saw several old Half-track vehicles abandoned in the fields and excitedly said: “These vehicles! The enemy was planning to encircle us, but we destroyed them! I commanded that T28 tank; it really did a lot of work.”

In Wang Zhong’s memory, the only part left related to the T28 was the scene where he was wounded and took a letter out of the Gunner’s pocket.

Now he remembered, purely in terms of combat results, the T28 crew was indeed a meritorious one.

Of course, this was mostly because he was the one commanding, a cheater.

Finally, the Jeep entered the village, and Grigori slowed down to walking pace.

Wang Zhong excitedly pointing at a house at the village entrance: “That second floor has a machine gun, it was the only one we had guarding our rear. After the first-generation 422 tank I commanded wiped out the enemy’s flanking troops, it retreated, leaving only the machine gun to fend off enemy infantry.”

Soon, the vehicle arrived in front of the winery. Wang Zhong jumped out of the car, only to discover that the gatekeeper was the same house servant of Boye from two years ago.

The house servant was stunned upon seeing Wang Zhong: “You are… Who’s there? The local Priest is in the church, the one with the bombed bell tower.”

Wang Zhong: “‘We’ve requisitioned this winery!’”

The house servant had a realization: “You’re that Lieutenant Colonel! Haven’t seen you in two years, you’ve become a Brigadier!”

Wang Zhong thought, here we go again, mistaking my marshal stars for a brigadier’s. Have you ever seen a brigadier’s stars so large?

Vasily jumped down from another car, explaining beside Wang Zhong: “This man is already a Marshal.”

The house servant was shocked, his eyes widened: “A Marshal! But shouldn’t a Marshal have the Double-headed Eagle?”

Wang Zhong: “Times have changed, the big star is the new Marshal insignia.”

After all, soon there won’t be any more beacon fires.

Suddenly he remembered something and asked: “What was the name of your manager? The one who asked me ‘Do you have the paperwork’ that year!”

The house servant: “Mr. Korshov became the mayor after the Prosens occupied us, behaving like a tyrant around town, then one night was executed by the guerrilla.”

As soon as these words were uttered, Alekseyevna, who had been ignored on the side, spoke: “Serves him right. We should kill every yellow dog and every traitor we find; in these two years, they have caused the deaths of so many good young men, so many of my sons.”

Wang Zhong: “You’re right, Alekseyevna, don’t be angry.”

He stopped and looked at the winery gatekeeper: “You didn’t betray us, did you?”

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