October 29, 915, 0700 hours, Abawahan Front Army Headquarters.
Pavlov heard the telephone ringing and said to Wang Zhong, "I guess the front line is under artillery fire."
Before Wang Zhong could reply, he picked up the receiver, "Front Army Headquarters, okay, got it. Hold your ground."
After hanging up the phone, Pavlov looked at Wang Zhong.
Wang Zhong asked, "Is the artillery preparation starting?"
"Yes."
Wang Zhong said, "Given Prosen's patterns, this indicates their troops are already assembled. We should start preparing counter-artillery fire too. Fire away. They had moved their assembly point forward last time to avoid our counter-artillery fire, I bet they're using the same spots as before."
Popov interjected, "Actually, it doesn't matter if we don't hit them directly, we now have enough shells to waste freely."
