Seeing this scene, the people watching the battle on the ground were full of regret.

Although the long plane was shot down, the remaining Soviet fighters still bravely rushed up, and the outflanked German fighters opened fire one after another. The sound of machine guns like fried beans was coherent and crisp, and the German fighter in the lead quickly made a sideways maneuver to avoid the attack of the Soviet fighters, but the German fighter behind reacted somehow half a beat slower, and was immediately hit by the Soviet fighters fiercely.

The German BF-109 fighter was hit by a rain of bullets from one 20-mm cannon and two 12.7-mm machine guns of the "LAG-3" fighter, but almost at the same time, the "LAG-3" fighter was also hit by the German fighter.

With helplessness and sadness, the Soviet soldiers and civilians on the ground watched their own fighters and the enemy's fighters dragging long black smoke to the ground.

Before the plane fell, the Soviet pilot finally parachuted in time, and the white umbrella flowers bloomed in the air, with an indelible sentimentality. The German fighters did not fall into the well to snipe the Soviet pilot who parachuted, but rejoined the bomber formation.

This air battle lasted less than 2 minutes, but it gave Sun Hui a better understanding of the sinister situation they were in now.

It is not so easy to change the course of history.

The air battle ended, but the battle did not end there. Amid the hasty shouts of the Soviet soldiers, the "Stuka" and "BF-109" fighters swooped down together. Some "Stukkas" are capable of killing people on the ground with their cannons and machine guns, even after they have dropped all their bombs. A barrage of bullets whizzed down from the air, and the ground was suddenly stirred up with a large cloud of dust and mud. In a hurry, Soviet soldiers and civilians quickly took refuge in prepared bunkers - there was little effective anti-aircraft fire here, and German fighters almost always carried out low-altitude strafing without scruples, and if it were not for the Soviet military and civilians who had been prepared, a single lateral strafing could even kill an entire street.

The flying machine-gun bullets swept over and hit the body and turret of the "KV-1" tank, making a screeching sound, but this time the girls seemed to be adapting, none of them screamed, and Wang Linlin even hummed the tune of "Katyusha".

They adapted to the war environment much faster than Sun Hui imagined.

Now Sun Hui only hopes that the crew members of the two "T-34" tanks that are going to fight with the "521" car formation can grow up as fast as the girls.

According to the two commanders, Ansakov and Yurkin, they only destroyed two German trucks and two German 37-mm anti-tank guns with tank guns during the battle, and the record against German tanks was not at all. Of course, this cannot be blamed on their lack of training, but in general, the "loving father" has to bear a great deal of responsibility here.

Although Stalin was reluctant to admit that the unfavorable situation on the battlefield was largely his fault, the colossal defeat taught Stalin a lesson and forced him to make some correct decisions. But Stalin, lacking knowledge of modern warfare, could not tactically come up with more ways to provide to the front-line troops. Compared with his enemy, Hitler, Stalin at this time knew too little about modern warfare and needed to learn and improve in the course of war.

If in the modern military field, Stalin was more or less a novice in the early days of the war, but he was rich in experience in the use of an iron fist. At a time of great tension, Stalin did not forget to punish those he believed to be responsible for the defeat with an iron fist, a large number of high-ranking generals were dismissed, generals directly responsible for the defeat were brought to court-martials and quickly shot, and Stalin also approved the establishment of screening battalions in order to censor the Red Army soldiers who were prominent in the German encirclement.

Later generations abhorred Stalin's arbitrariness, dictatorship, and brutality. But for the Soviet Union and the Russian nation, which were facing an unprecedented crisis at that time, to withstand a formidable enemy, they had to accept Stalin and his hand. It was a bitter war, and any weakness and hesitation would lead to the demise of an entire nation. The greatest thing that distinguishes Stalin, a leader who is not very well versed in military affairs, is that he has strong enough nerves to withstand one of the most terrible blows and shocking losses, and to learn war in this great school of war, where millions of people's lives are spent paying for their tuition.

But it is not enough to have "iron leaders", it also needs people who are equally strong. It is up to them to use their relatives and even their own flesh and blood to bear the endless suffering and sacrifice brought about by the war. Later strategists could talk about the great potential of the Soviet Union in terms of territory, resources, and manpower, but all this potential needed to be discovered by the Russian people at an unprecedentedly heavy national sacrifice that no other nation in the world had ever endured. In the history of mankind, there have been many countries and nations with great potential who could not afford the hellish war and chose to compromise and surrender. But the Soviet people did not do this. This is not because of the so-called "repressive rule", the people who have experienced the brutality of war have lost their fear of terror. As a people who have long struggled in the abyss of backwardness and are despised, the vast majority of Soviets do not need to look at the top-secret documents in German safes to realize how they will be treated as "untouchables" under the rule of noble and superior people. At this life-and-death moment, the fate of every person and every family is closely linked to the nation that has survived for thousands of years, and the concept of the nation is no longer empty preaching and incitement with ulterior motives, but a collection of tens of millions of people. For the sake of this greatest and most precious existence of mankind, the people are willing to endure all suffering and sacrifice, all the sins and filths of others or themselves, and all the superior people who come with death. To die for life, to live for death, the goodness of sin and the sin of goodness, all these are the greatness and charm of human beings.

Stalin understood his people, and he was going to rally them. After making a series of concrete deployments, he made a radio address to the people as the leader of the Soviet Union. The Georgian, who was not particularly good at speaking, impressed the people with his native Russian, and they were determined to heed his call to resist the invasion through fortified wilderness, guerrilla warfare, and superhuman efforts. It can be said that it is the indomitable people and countless flesh and blood that have made him a "great leader".