Cannon Fire Arc

Chapter 948: Chapter 7 “Undead Magic

Wang Zhong: “Like they’ve lost their souls?”

Filippov: “Yes, they even turn with the tanks at the front line, the two tank destroyers we captured had malfunctioning mechanisms while turning.”

Wang Zhong squinted, remembering that on Earth, in Carius’s memoir “Tiger in Mud,” it was mentioned that he later went to command the Tiger Hunter heavy tank destroyer battalion. Inexperienced recruits turned in front of the enemy, wasting the opportunity and ended up getting beaten badly by the Allied Forces.

Was the Tiger Hunter battalion sent to the Western Front brought to the Eastern Front on Earth?

Yet, in both worlds, the fate of turning in front of the enemy is unavoidable.

Wang Zhong: “Very well, it means the enemy’s prideful Armored Troops are finished. Continue to hold your ground and report any enemy movement at any time.

“I’ll deploy the Air Force to bomb the enemy’s rear oil and ammunition supply units and repair units.”

After saying that, Wang Zhong returned the telephone receiver to Vasily and then asked enthusiastically, “Haven’t you finished the psychological warfare-specialized model of the Rocossov II? Come, explain it to me.”

Vasily placed the receiver on the telephone with a mysterious smile at Wang Zhong: “You will definitely be satisfied; I’ve created an Undead Magic for you!”

Wang Zhong looked down at his body: “Undead?”

Vasily gestured “follow me,” leading Wang Zhong to the back of the room at the large stables.

Only then did Wang Zhong realize the stables had been converted into a mechanical workshop, with a Rocossov II tank parked in the middle, a dummy standing on the turret.

Vasily climbed onto the tank, holding the turret, introducing the dummy to Wang Zhong: “This is the puppet we prepared; we call it Alyosha. Alyosha has two features, first, bullets can easily penetrate it, and if it’s over a hundred meters away, it doesn’t even show it’s been hit.

“However, Alyosha also has a skeleton. To prevent the skeleton from being damaged, we’ve arranged a simple circuit. If a part of the skeleton is hit, Alyosha will activate the smoke machine installed on the base.”

As Vasily spoke, he demonstrated in person, causing a large amount of smoke to emit from Alyosha’s base, engulfing him.

“Then! Here comes the highlight!” his voice came through the smoke, “Taking advantage of the smoke covering the vision, the tank crew can climb out and replace it with Alyosha II. Turn on the exhaust fan!”

The engineer turned on the exhaust fan, and soon all the smoke in the old stables was drawn out, with Vasily and Alyosha reappearing in Wang Zhong’s view.

“Look! Alyosha is intact!”

Vasily spread his arms like a magician.

“With Alyosha like this, we wrapped it in canvas and hung three outside the tank, with two stuffed inside the tank.

“On the battlefield, the Prosens definitely can’t see that clearly, they won’t notice Alyosha has been replaced! For them, the Rocossov becomes a truly immortal enemy!”

Wang Zhong was silent for several seconds before saying, “Your…this trick is so childish…but I have a feeling it might work.”

Vasily: “Of course it will; if it doesn’t, there’s no loss. We also have Alyosha Mark II. In the adjacent stables.”

Wang Zhong: “This thing even has a Mark II?”

“Of course, and Mark II is even simpler and more feasible. Please!”

Vasily, like a butler, respectfully gestured for him to proceed.

Wang Zhong, half-convinced, followed his lead to the adjacent stables.

Upon entering, he was stunned, seeing dozens of white horses inside.

Wang Zhong: “I seem to understand what you mean by Mark II!”

Vasily didn’t answer but instead called over a cavalryman who was adjusting his clothes.

“Look at this clothing; now, it looks like an ordinary Ante Cavalry, right?” he explained, “But actually, with just a pull——”

The cavalry overcoat flipped over, and a marshal star with a plethora of medals appeared.

Wang Zhong: “Doesn’t this have too big of a flaw?”

Vasily: “Who can tell on the battlefield! Plus, with the Red Flag! They will definitely think this is you! If he gets shot off the horse, then immediately a second person will ‘transform,’ and everyone is your stand-in.”

Wang Zhong: “That’s not going to work; you’re all on white horses, the enemy might see through it.”

“So we gathered all the Ante’s white horses here; if you ask why, it’s because your Imperial Guard Cavalry should ride white horses.”

Wang Zhong looked at the stand-in guy, then at Vasily: “Alright, you still have more tricks. If this works, it’ll be quite humorous, and future war historians will be impressed by the great humor at the end of this war.”

Vasily laughed: “There have been so many sad things in this war, isn’t a bit of humor good?”

Wang Zhong didn’t answer but asked the stand-in guy: “You know this is very dangerous, don’t you? You might lose your life.”

The young man smiled: “I’ve already fought into Plowsonia, and even played you once, it’s worth it.”

Wang Zhong scrutinized him, asking: “How long have you been in the army?”

“I enlisted in the second year of the war and have been in the Western Front Army ever since.”

Wang Zhong: “The Western Front Army? Surviving the meat grinder is not easy, maybe you shouldn’t participate in this operation…”

The Western Front Army only has a slightly lower casualty rate than the Saint Andrew Regional Army trapped in Saint Andrew Fort.

Especially several offensive campaigns, although they pinned down a lot of Prosen forces, allowing Wang Zhong to win battles, the losses were truly significant.

The young man immediately frowned: “Marshal! How can you say that? Even if not playing your stand-in, I could still sacrifice in the siege battle.

“Indeed, the war is about to end, peaceful days are coming, but if we all become afraid of death because of this, then who will liberate Plowsonia?