More than a dozen horse-drawn sleighs, carrying the guns and ammunition they had collected, returned to the woods. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The soldiers were very careful, the helmets, armed belts of the Germans and even their military uniforms, were useful.

"It's funny, we don't have poison gas, they still wear gas masks." With that, Balzen tucked the mask back into the tin keg and threw it back on the sleigh. The barrels of gas masks used by the Germans were really useful as explosives, and it was perfect for making simple mines.

In addition to these, there was also a large amount of food for the booty, and he did not stop the soldiers from filling their pockets with biscuits and the like. Everyone's physical exertion is very high, and it is necessary to eat some captured high-calorie food.

Natasha sat in a sleigh and held her unfired sniper rifle as she headed back into the woods. She didn't catch any loot, two cartons of milk biscuits, three cans, and a small piece of chocolate. These German rations will be immediately used to meet the immediate needs of the Soviet army.

Balzen had been commanding troops in the ruins of Homnich, and more than two dozen sleds had arrived, which would be used to transport the wounded, as well as the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

There are always deaths in war, and in just a few hours after the battle ended, dozens of seriously wounded were killed. In this battle, the death toll of the Soviet army exceeded 200, and they were corpses that should not be in the wilderness, but all of them should be gathered. At least dig some pits in the woods where the troops are hiding, and bury the remains of the dead fighters in the land where they were raised.

As for the Germans, most of them were stripped of only white panties. The snow dried, and the corpse quickly turned gray and white, lifeless as a piece of marble.

Time was ticking, and time was running out for Balzen.

"This is the last batch of corpses! Ship that away and we're supposed to leave. Balzen ordered, but another soldier gave a new suggestion.

If it had not been for this German invasion, the troops would have come to Homnich, and the plan was to transport the steel bar. The soldier reminded: "In the ruins, there are still a lot of steel bars scattered around. We also found what Alexander said about the German artillery that they moved into the city. It's a pity that all these big guys were blown up, and their broken metal cannon bodies are still useful. ”

Metal is still the most needed strategic resource for the 284th Division, and steel is really needed to make new weapons, such as recoilless guns.

Gritting his teeth, Balzen was of course unwilling to evacuate immediately. He ordered, "Soldier, how soon do you think you'll be able to get those damn scraps of brass and rotten iron away?" ”

"About two hours. We try to move as fast as possible. ”

The soldier was a militiaman, and he knew the value of these metals better than the regular army soldiers.

Balzen looked at his watch, and it was almost five o'clock in the morning. The dimensions of Belarus are relatively high, and according to the winter season that is now enforced, the sun will rise at seven o'clock in the morning. In other words, the militia applied for two hours to collect metal.

He agreed with this decision and ordered: "When you see the first light of light in the East, no matter how much metal you move, you must retreat at once!" ”

At the same time, the German air force aviation brigade in the vicinity, twenty pilots were urgently ordered to get up.

Captain Hans Koch had always felt that sending a group of bombers against the guerrillas was like fighting mosquitoes with anti-aircraft guns. None of the soldiers of the security army were good soldiers, perhaps because of their quality, which made them passive in encircling and suppressing the guerrillas for a long time, and they had no choice but to use unarmed villagers and soldiers. It's not honorable at all, but orders must be carried out.

Therefore, Koch also had to carry out the order, and he was temporarily incorporated into the battle sequence of the army group in the south of Belarus, and the meaning of his existence was to assist the 715th and 722nd divisions.

His air brigade had forty-five aircraft, twenty of which were Stuka and were all of its dive bombers.

The pilots, who had been involved in the bombing of Homnage a few days earlier, gathered and said: "We just bombed the city into ruins, and the ground is full of craters, like the surface of the moon." Has the enemy not been eliminated yet? ”

Koch understood this question, and he immediately ordered: "This is an order, we must carry out the orders of the army group." Your complaints against the security forces are now all reserved, and we have been ordered to bomb Homnich again. All you have to do is drop the bombs exactly into the ruins of the city. ”

"Yes!" All twenty men stood upright and saluted.

Suddenly, Koch hesitated. The man kept an eye on it and said to the two pilots in the team: "Kulain, Adler, when you are on a mission, pay attention to the forests near the city, especially the forests in the south of the city. ”

"Why? Could it be that there will be an enemy hidden there? Adler asked.

"Maybe, maybe not. The two of you have the best eyesight, for example, you Adler, your surname is Hawk, and I want your hawk eye to detect anomalies on the battlefield. After all, we are different from those security forces, even if we suppress bandits in the rear, we must inherit the will of the Red Baron. ”

“sieghail！” Adler performed the standard Nazi salute.

When it was past six o'clock in the morning, the time of dawn came. Because of the scattering effect of the atmosphere, the light will dispel the night more than half an hour before the first rays of sunlight break the horizon. Even if the light was faint, Koch didn't want to drag it out.

That is, the battle took place in the early hours of the morning, and in just a few hours, the damned Soviets would have fled without a trace. There are many indications that they may well have been defending positions in the ruins of the city. This is exactly the great opportunity for the Air Force based on their fatal blow!

The planes were pulled out of the hangar, and all Stuka underwent a final check. And machine gun bullets were stuffed into the nose, wings, and two 250-kilogram aerial bombs were mounted on each side, plus machine guns and ammunition, which was the loading limit of such an aircraft.

They were all listed on the field airfield, and the pilots were already sitting in the engine room, waiting for orders from the tower.

When the group leaves the airport for the battlefield, this is Koch's favorite moment. "Twenty dive bombers, twenty tons of bombs, enough to blow you up again." After talking to himself, he ordered the task to be carried out.

At this moment, the sun is not yet alive, and the air is full of chills. The cold made the aircraft engine not burn very well, and the first few took off and taxied, emitting a lot of black smoke. After all, they still took off safely, and after making a big turn in the air, the target Homnitch advanced!

But at the same time, the militia who carried scrap metal was still working intensively.

Balzen had retreated into the woods, where the vegetation was so dense that it was theoretically impossible to see any signs of it in the air. The White Russian woods are always in large clusters, and the vegetation is nothing more than those tall trees. Balzen's large army hid in the pine forests, and these hardy plants perfectly covered the Soviet camp under the conifers!

Many soldiers felt safe, and one by one chose to rest in place, eating some captured meals by the way.

Natasha is no exception, in addition to not being able to live and eat some hot food, Meimei is also delicious to eat some German biscuits. After all, even in times of peace, these things, especially chocolate, are very expensive.

Compared to everyone's involuntary relaxation, Balzen was very anxious.

"Damn, these militiamen, why haven't they brought things back yet?!" Holding up a telescope, he could faintly see figures in the ruins of the city, still loading and unloading goods.

In fact, because the broken metal gun carriage was so heavy, it took a lot of time for the militia to move it to the sleigh with all their might.

They were also worried about running out of time, and looked at their pocket watches, which soon arrived at seven o'clock in the morning.

"Maybe the enemy's air strikes will lag behind, or maybe the enemy will not have air strikes at all, and we are worried about nothing?" Balzen comforted himself, he really hoped that the division headquarters of the 284th Division was simply thinking too much. Perhaps it is still peaceful today.

He was daydreaming, when suddenly, Balzen heard a strange stiffness in his ears except for the sound of the wind! It was a low hum, and it was getting closer and more dangerous.

Suddenly, every pore of this person's sweat stood up. This strange noise can be understood by others, but the vast number of soldiers of the regular Soviet army should understand!

The noise came from the enemy's dive bombers, which came from the "Jericho Horn", which was created by an air-driven sounding device mounted on the cooling air intakes in the nose of such aircraft. The purpose of its existence is to make noise and psychologically intimidate the enemy on the ground. In fact, it did have very good results, so when Balzen gave the order, his men, as well as the Anatoly people, immediately stopped resting, and one by one their nerves became vigilant.

"What the hell, I really let the division commander say it!" Balzen yelled at the ruins of the city, for it was only at this moment that the sleds pulling the metal began to move.

A dozen horse-drawn sleighs pulled heavy loads towards the camp, and at this time Balzen only hoped that they would move faster, never thinking that the actions of these people would cause a disaster!

The dawn of the morning swaggered the earth, there was still some morning mist in the air, the sun from the east sowed holy light, and the vast land was covered with snow, this holy and beautiful scene was about to be swept away by the iron and blood of war.

Stuka formations of the German army, led by captain Liszt. Before the operation, the captain said that the first task of the sixteen planes of the large army was to bomb the city, and the two of them with their respective wingmen stared at the forest, looking for anomalies and changing tactics at any time.

As the plane approached Homnitsch, Adler, who had a keen eyesight, immediately noticed something strange in the snow.

"That's a carriage or something, it's definitely a Soviet partisan!" By radio, he immediately reported his findings. For this reason, Liszt immediately made important adjustments.

Eight planes of the first team bombed the city, and the second attacked the exposed Soviets on the ground.

In the woods, Balzen saw the enemy's formation of planes in horror, and they immediately changed formation in the air, and some of them actually rushed towards the horse-drawn sleigh procession, which was running wildly.

"Hell! It's all over! "Balzen and the officers and men saw the enemy attack, and the planes began to dive, and one plane dropped a bomb, followed by a huge explosion.

Two aerial bombs exploded, kicking up huge amounts of smoke and dust, and the shock wave quickly rushed to the woods where the large army was hiding, and the heat wave blew and swayed the pine trees. Obviously, this group of more than 50 militiamen will inevitably be wiped out!

At the same time, the bombardment of the city of Homnich began, and the ruins not far away once again rose into the air with a large amount of smoke and dust, like a volcanic eruption, and like a wall of smoke and dust. If there were still troops stationed there, they would inevitably be blown to powder! (To be continued.) )