At the same time as the Americans launched an attack on "Target A", a group of Russian aircraft appeared over "Target B". Target B is a larger airport with a wider main runway, a larger apron, and even a reinforced hangar that Target A does not have. Of course, there is also much more anti-aircraft fire than "Target A". On both sides of the airfield were at least eight 4-pack 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, and there were also 2-3 such small-caliber anti-aircraft guns in the towers, hangars and aprons. And according to intelligence, there are also some self-propelled versions of FLAK38 in the airfield. In addition, on the periphery of the airfield, there were two anti-aircraft artillery positions, each with 8 to 10 88-mm anti-aircraft guns and an unknown number of 20-mm guns.

Because of this, in the scheme of attack on "Target B", special emphasis is placed on the suppression of air defense. In order to suppress air defense, the P-81s sent to "Target B" were sent to "Target B" in numbers and a full double as those sent to "Target A".

The Soviets likewise chose to enter from the direction of the sun. Farther away, they changed the formation into two columns, each pressing its shadow as far as possible on the plane in front of them. Approaching the airport, the planes began to fly to their respective routes according to their intended targets, and at the same time, all the planes turned their engines to idle. As a result, the engine is also quieter. Although the fighters of the two squadrons, even when the engines were idling, the noise was not small. However, because of the "Goal B?1? Root? Read? The novel xstxt is very busy in its own right. Several transport planes were now preparing to land, so the sound from the P-81 fleet was muffled.

As a result, the airfield was basically defenseless against the incoming P-81. However, the two 88-mm anti-aircraft gun positions on the periphery of the airport, because the angle of view was different from the airport, was able to spot the attacking P-81 fighters first. However, the commander of the air defense position had never seen a P-81 fighter and could not imagine that an enemy fighter would fly here. As a result, the Commander did not order an immediate attack, but first contacted the airport tower to ask if they knew the identity of the planes. The unknown tower was not able to respond immediately, so it was not until the P-81 began to dive towards the airfield that the commander was sure that it was an enemy plane. Of course, by this time it was already too late.

Unlike the Americans, who safely left 8 fighters at a high place to prevent accidents, the Soviets did not leave planes at a high place, and all the fighters pounced on them in one go. This is because although there are more planes attacking "Target B", there are more targets to be attacked, and there are 88 anti-aircraft artillery positions nearby, and staying at a high place will only become their target in vain. There is also a reason that if the number of attack aircraft put into action at one time is small, they will be subjected to concentrated fire from those anti-aircraft guns on the airfield. And with so many planes pounced at once, it was difficult to concentrate anti-aircraft artillery fire to play a role.

In fact, the anti-aircraft guns with fixed positions really didn't do much, because they were the priority targets. First a few rockets, then six 20-gun shots, most of which were destroyed before they could fire. The real threat was posed by the FLAK38 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, which were not fixed and were almost impossible to identify until the rain cloth covering the guns was removed. So these anti-aircraft guns have escaped the first catastrophe. But there are too few of them, and they are not located in a very suitable location for firepower. Unable to form a mutually supportive firepower network, and 20 mm shells could not have a one-hit killing effect on a solid warplane like the P-81, when the Flak38 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns opened fire, they were unable to shoot down any of the P-81s. On the contrary, shortly after the opening of fire, they came under concentrated fire from several P-81s. And then, well, there was no then.

With the anti-aircraft fire at the airfield muted, the Soviets began to attack any target they could see with impunity. On the "Target B" tarmac, there are at least 50 more aircraft. But now those planes, whether they are jet ME-262 fighters, or propeller FW-190 and BF-109 fighters, or Junker 52 transport planes, Ju-88 bombers, are all too finished. Eight Soviet P-81s dropped 16 500-pound napalm bombs on the tarmac, burning the tarmac into flames.

Several fire trucks ran over to put out the fire. But before they could connect the water pipes, they sprayed firefighting foam into the fire. Two P-81s that came out of nowhere used a string of shells to break the fire truck to pieces, and together with them, knocked down a large group of firefighters.

The pilot's lounge on the side of the tarmac was hit directly by at least four 500-pound high-explosive bombs. It was completely blown up, and a worried Maozi threw another napalm bomb on it. This time, you can ensure that no one will survive with character. If someone can survive such an attack, then he must not be a human, but a great true bandit gull. Moreover, after he escaped, he would never have another chance to fly into the air, and Hitler would not hesitate to pack it up and send it to Dr. Menger for research.

"Target B" has a reinforced hangar. However, according to reconnaissance, these so-called reinforcements can only withstand the attack of ordinary high-explosive shells. The Allies assumed that the Germans would put their most precious and delicate jets in there. So, in the group of aircraft for this sortie, there was a whole squadron, and 24 P-81s were loaded with armor-piercing shells that are usually used to attack warships. The planes swooped down from a height of 3,000 meters at a near-vertical angle towards the hangar.

The P-81 was equipped with dive flaps. This greatly improved its stability when dropping bombs in a dive, so much so that when performing a dive-dropping bomb, its hit rate was only less than 10 percentage points lower than that of the Navy's Dreadnought dive bombers. So much so that some guys at Lockheed even considered whether to add a bombardier to it, believing that with the addition of a bombardier, the bomb hit rate of this thing would definitely not be worse than that of the dreadnought.

However, the Army has not been very interested in dive bombers, and the Army does not feel the need to add a bombardier and a new aircraft in order to achieve a hit rate of less than 10 percent. And Lockheed also knows that with the take-off and landing performance of the P-81, it will definitely not be favored by the Navy. So, naturally, this idea came to an end.

Although the accuracy of the P-81 dive bomb is not as good as that of the dreadnought, it is still quite guaranteed to hit targets such as hangars that cannot be maneuvered. At an altitude of 800 meters, they dropped bombs. 48 out of 45 armor-piercing shells accurately hit the target. And of the bombs that hit the hangar, 40 managed to penetrate the protective layer on top, and an explosion occurred inside the hangar. It is estimated that most of the aircraft in these hangars can only be used for dismantling parts and reheating.

Four planes also dropped bombs on the oil depot. However, the oil depots of "Target B" are clearly better protected than those of "Target A". High-explosive shells failed to penetrate the protection of the oil depot. The planes returned in vain.

It's only been a few minutes since the attack was launched. But the entire airport has been plunged into a fireworks hell. Having completed the strikes on key targets, the Soviets did not stop there. They began to use their artillery to attack other vehicles on the airfield, as well as anything they could see and still be moving.

"Enough, don't waste any more shells." Pokryshkin ordered, "We will return to the sea, and there will be many targets to hit on the way back." ”

This is what Ron had already discussed with Pokryshkin: before launching an attack on the main target, he must "quietly enter the village, and do not shoot", but on the way back after the attack is launched, he must follow the principle of "sweeping operations" and come back like a swarm of locusts.

Having received an order from Pokryshkin, Soviet aircraft began to retreat from the sky over "Target B". They broke away from a low altitude, and after moving away from the range of the 88 anti-aircraft guns, they began to climb rapidly. The fleet climbed to an altitude of 6000 meters in one go. And at this height completed the rendezvous with the Americans.

The huge fleet of planes was at such an altitude, slowly swallowing and swaggering back. It's like at an armed parade. There was a purpose in doing so, they were waiting, waiting for fighters from several nearby German airfields to come over, and then in air combat, giving the Germans a hard slap in the face. If this goal is achieved, it will be a serious blow to the morale of the Luftwaffe.

The Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front was not the same as the Luftwaffe on the Western Front. Except in the "small land", they rarely suffered much in the battle with the Soviets. So they still have a strong fight**. In addition, after "Target A" and "Target B" were attacked, the message sent was "bombed by enemy bomber groups". As a result, many German officers immediately made up this attack as a sneak attack like the last bombing of Berlin by Soviet long-range aviation. Coupled with the speed at which the attack aircraft group flew back after the attack, it made people believe that they were a group of long-range bombers. And the Soviets did not have fighters that could escort long-range bombers. Isn't such a large group of bombers without escort a medal for a large group of flying bombers? Therefore, various nearby airfields quickly dispatched interceptor groups, and in addition to the usual BF-109G and FW-190A, even such things as the Ju-88 ran over without knowing whether they were alive or dead. Of course, if the target is really a group of bombers as they imagined, the thick-skinned and powerful Ju-88 is more suitable than the BF-109G and FW-190A for this mission.