CANNON FIRE ARC

Chapter 809: Chapter 40 “The Rise of Quick Victory Theory and Bankruptcy”_4

“Damn it! Not even once went well! Why are you like this too?”

Just kidding.

Wang Zhong skipped over this topic and seriously looked towards the two Federation officers: “So, what brings you two here?”

“We’re preparing for a long-range bombing.”

Wang Zhong: “Then just bomb away, no need to inform us. We’ve been using our Pe-8s to bomb the enemy’s large repair factories and train dispatch stations to the best of our abilities.”

“Here’s the thing, we’re planning to have the bombers land at Ante’s airfields after they’ve finished dropping their bombs, to resupply ammunition and rest, then fly over Prosen in the night and bomb them a second time.

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“Our staff believes that this will greatly increase the number of bombs dropped and the efficiency.”

Wang Zhong: “But it will tire out the pilots to death.”

“No worries, you might not be familiar with the life arrangements of bomber pilots. They have many days to rest between bombing runs because the ground crew needs to repair the airplanes.”

Wang Zhong of course knew this, thanks to the “Memphis Belle,” any military enthusiast knows the little fact that “you can go home after completing 25 bombing missions.”

A quick check reveals that many crews from the Eighth Air Force haven’t even completed 25 bombing missions after a year of service.

A simple calculation shows that there’s a lot of downtime between bombing missions for the pilots.

The Federation officer continued: “So a bit of fatigue during the bombing isn’t a big problem, and the benefits are clear. The number of bombs dropped will double within a day, and the damage to the Empire of Prosen will double as well.”

Wang Zhong nodded.

He remembered that on Earth, the Eighth Air Force had also conducted such bombings, and then was surprised to find that Russian airfields were in poor condition, and that Russian Air Force had no air superiority at all. The Sturmtigers’ fighters could smell the opportunity and even bombed airfields full of bombers.

Hence, this “leapfrog bombing” plan was quickly put to a stop.

But now, this plan suddenly became feasible; the Ante Air Force had recently seized most of the air superiority over the battlefield, and Prosen Air Force could only take advantage of the times when the Ante Air Force returned for resupply to launch their attacks quickly.

Under such circumstances, if you can let the air force units strike the Prosen Air Force bases before the Allied bomber fleet arrives, it can cover for the large fleet and ensure their safety when landing within Ante territory.

Wang Zhong: “Alright, I agree with the plan, what do you need me to do? Just issue an order to the Front Army’s Air Force Commander and have him assist you?”

“We also hope that you could give a motivational speech to the pilots,” said the Federation liaison officer.

“That’s easy,” Wang Zhong happily agreed, and at this moment he saw the weather report he had been holding in his hand and reminded them, “However, we’re likely going to have heavy snow here.”

The Federation liaison officer, being an Army Air Corps officer himself, immediately understood the implication from Wang Zhong: “Before we execute the plan, we will, of course, check the weather situation carefully, no need to worry about that.”

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On the Prosen side, Southern Army Group Command.

Marshal Mendel put down today’s “Daily Report” and said to the Chief of Staff: “Considering our officers’ practice of exaggerating the enemy’s impact on themselves, Rocossov’s progress today is minimal.”

Chief of Staff: “The plan of constructing a second line of defenses outside the enemy artillery range has been effective. Next, we should take advantage of the night to counterattack and recapture as many positions as possible, so that tomorrow the enemy’s artillery will still be afraid to advance.”

Marshal Mendel nodded: “Let’s do that. By the way, didn’t the Imperial Academy of Sciences send over some night vision equipment? What’s the word on that?”

Chief of Staff: “I have arranged for the 16th Armored Grenadiers Division and the technical experimental unit 603 to cooperate, but there are very few pieces of equipment, I personally think it’s difficult to be effective on a large scale.”

Mendel: “No matter, the key is to let the Anteans know that we have night fighting equipment, Rocossov will be more cautious—this was taught to us by them, ‘hands-on’ teaching, I remember it clearly.”

At this moment, the sound of a grenade explosion came from outside.

Of course, it wasn’t a grenade, but the bombs dropped by the Ante Air Force’s nighttime bombers.

There have always been rumors among the Prosen Forces that to carry more bombs, the Anteans would just throw grenades from these wooden biplanes; originally only able to carry two small bombs, a wood plane could now carry a bag full of grenades. Though it might not kill many people, it caused chaos wherever the plane flew over.

Mendel pointed outside: “Could those night vision devices first be used to deal with those planes to see their effectiveness?”

Chief of Staff: “I’ll make a phone call to them.”

“No, don’t bother. The gadgets the Imperial Academy of Sciences made to please His Majesty hardly ever work.”

Chief of Staff: “In today’s battle, the new tank-buster Rocket Launchers received high praise.”

“That’s copied from Antean products!” Mendel suddenly raised his voice.

But he immediately suppressed his emotions and sighed.

“Alright then, launch the night raid.”

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