80 transport planes, that is, only 1,600 people were airdropped in each batch.

Petrokov was completely unaware that this was a taboo in airborne operations...... The most important thing in airborne operations is to be able to put troops into the battlefield at the same time in large quantities at one time, and only in this way can we burst out with greater combat effectiveness and make the enemy hastily respond regardless of the head.

Otherwise, a group of more than 1,000 people will be eaten by the enemy as soon as they are thrown, and they will be eaten by the enemy who rushed to the enemy not long after throwing more than 1,000 people...... In this way, the airborne landing is actually to send prisoners to the enemy.

The reality is worse than that.

The first batch of 80 Li2 arrived over Baku at about 5 a.m., and their mission was to parachute two miles outside Baku and then occupy Baku with lightning speed...... Obviously, the Soviet army wanted to use the power of the people of Baku.

If the Germans were not prepared, this plan would indeed cause great trouble for the Germans.

But now, this plan of theirs is almost suicidal.

Qin Chuan and the others looked at the parachutes falling in the sky with unbelievable expressions...... They could not believe that the place where the Soviet troops landed was in the city of Baku.

"What are they doing?" Eberhard asked, "Don't they even have to reconnoiter before they land?" They should know about what we are preparing for in Baku, shouldn't they? ”

"They are Soviets, major!" Kuhn replied, "Anything you can't imagine can happen to them!" ”

"Are you going to talk about the Soviets landing on their feet?" Qin Chuan ordered: "Act now!" ”

"Yes, Major!" The officers and men answered, and then immediately drove to the parachute drop point of the Soviet troops.

The outcome of this battle can be imagined...... This cannot be called a battle at all, but a hunt.

The Germans drove motorcycles and cars to the Soviet parachute landing point, and then waited below for the Soviets in the air to fall.

Many Soviet soldiers had raised their hands before their feet touched the ground, knowing that there was no hope at all for this airborne landing.

Of course, there were also some Soviet soldiers who were blown far away by the wind, but in general, this Soviet airborne force was routed by the Germans before they had time to assemble in a hurry.

What is even more important is that the commander of the front, Major General Grazunov, had just landed on the ground and sent a telegram to the command with a "smooth landing" and then the radio broke down...... The major general in the dark was blown five kilometers away from Baku, and he did not see his troops attacked by the Germans for the time being, so it was indeed a "smooth landing" for him.

After that, the radio station was never repaired...... Radio in the USSR, problems were the norm.

As a result, the command was never warned of the failure of the first airborne landings and the adequacy of the German preparations in Baku.

So the second batch was again airborne near Baku...... Half an hour after the last, this batch was formed by Petrokov assembled 25 newly arrived Lib-2 transport planes and 50 Teber 3 bomber cameo transport planes.

This stunned all the German officers and soldiers, who were familiar with airborne operations, and they simply could not believe that the Soviet troops would do this.

But they couldn't believe it, they still attacked in time, and once again easily defeated the elite Soviet airborne troops who hung on parachutes and had no resistance.

Only then did the Soviet command receive a warning, because the commander of the second group of airborne Soviet 8th brigades hurriedly reported to the command on the way to escape: "Comrade Petrokov, the situation is very bad, there is not at all a regiment (the first batch of airborne) units in Baku, there are Germans there, and we were attacked by them as soon as we landed!" ”

Only then did Petrokov realize that something was wrong, and hurriedly changed the parachute plan, changing the landing site to a basin ten kilometers away from Baku...... This gave the paratroopers time to assemble and take advantage of the favorable terrain for defense.

But it was already too late, and by this time it was already dawn.

The third group of transport planes bound for Baku was unsurprisingly intercepted by German fighters.

Of course, the Soviets also sent fighters to escort the convoy, and even the 4th Air Army in the North Caucasus sent more than 60 fighters to join the battle.

But all this could not prevent the massacre of Soviet transport planes by the Germans...... The German fighters basically ignored the Soviet Seagull fighters, interspersing back and forth between the clouds and the Soviet fleet, and always shot down several transport planes with each dive or climb.

A speed of 710 kilometers per hour is not an order of magnitude at all with a speed of 240 kilometers per hour, and all the Seagull fighter can do at 442 kilometers per hour is to stare dryly from the sidelines.

Moreover, when the transport plane was destroyed at this time, it was still very good-looking, because from time to time there would be airborne troops jumping out of it and hanging on parachutes and falling down.

In the end, the Soviet transport plane was almost beaten before it reached its destination, and only more than 300 people were able to successfully parachute to its destination.

Of course, these more than 300 people will not be able to make the weather, and the Germans just sent a battalion, and the battle ended in half an hour.

In the blink of an eye, half of the 10,000 men that Stalin intended to devote to Baku to play a big role were lost.

After receiving this information, Stalin couldn't help but be so angry that his face was like ashes, and he couldn't help but curse at this time: "Shameful, incompetent, these wastes, they always have a way to lose to the Germans!" ”

But objectively speaking, it is unreasonable for Stalin to scold like this, because fundamentally speaking, he actually caused all this...... For example, the appointment and dismissal of commanders, such as the development of transport aircraft and the training of airborne troops, etc.

Taking a step back, even if Stalin was unable to do anything, he should at least know that the speed of the Eli-2 transport aircraft and the capabilities of the Soviet Airborne Forces could not be quickly assembled and thrown into battle in a matter of hours.

However, scolding and scolding, this mess still has to be cleaned up.

Calm down and think about it, Stalin knew that the Baku oil fields could not be taken back.

Stalin was reluctant to admit it, but he had to face reality. Especially if the USSR took back the oil fields, it would not help...... Because the Germans were bound to blow up all the facilities at the last moment.

On the other hand, if the situation of the war is allowed to continue in this way, the entire Caucasus region, including the Transcaucasian and North Caucasus Fronts, will be completely surrounded by the offensive of the German Army Group A.

When the time came, the two fronts would lose the barrier of the Caucasus Mountains and the oil and munitions factories of Transcaucasia, and they would have no choice but to surrender.

Thinking of this, Stalin could only grit his teeth and order: "Order the Transcaucasian Front and the 4th Air Army to destroy oil refineries and oil fields as much as possible, and then withdraw the movement from the Caucasus to Stalingrad!" ”