981 Broken Bridge
This time, the bombing bombs used by the Germans were the most conventional touch fuse bombs, and the main targets were seven different bridges near the bend of the Moscow River.
So, when the bombs that touched the fuse fell to the ground, they immediately burst into scorching flames.
The explosion enveloped all the surrounding scenes at once, and the shock wave tore at everything it encountered, even tearing down some of the already unreliable walls.
The power of the bombshell can only be truly understood if you have faced it directly. This is not the kind of movie special effects that are brilliant after the explosion, but even the hero next to him can't be killed, but a sharp blade that really kills people.
A bomb slammed into the ground along a parabolic trajectory from the flanks of the plane, and it got closer and closer to the ground, and everything on the ground became clearer and clearer.
As its height continued to drop, it finally crashed into the street, and more than half of the projectile was stuck in the ground.
Then, in just a split second, the explosion broke through the steel body and spread out in all directions.
Not far away, on a Soviet anti-aircraft gun position that was firing incessantly into the sky, Soviet soldiers were desperately carrying ammunition next to their anti-aircraft guns.
There were so many German planes in the sky that they all felt a little desperate. However, as soldiers, they can only obey orders and use their weapons to constantly fire at the enemy in front of them.
The blast wave of the bomb explosion spread before the sound of the explosion, directly shattering the sandbags surrounding the anti-aircraft guns, tearing them apart.
Then, the shockwave continued its journey without abating, cutting the people it encountered into pieces and pushing it backwards.
One after another, Soviet soldiers died quietly - in fact, this adjective is not quite correct, because the sound of shell explosions always keeps up with the speed of the spread of the shock wave, and then the death of these people becomes vigorous.
Before they could see what had killed them, the soldiers were actually dead, and in that respect, perhaps this was a mercy.
And in the next position, the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery had a lot of time to prepare to avoid this terrible shock wave.
The Soviet soldiers, who were far away, lay on their stomachs, keeping their bodies as low as possible to avoid the wind of the shock wave that passed overhead.
A large crater with a diameter of more than 10 meters was left on the ground, and black smoke was constantly rising from it.
The surrounding scenery was obscured by the black smoke, and the Soviet soldiers, whose vision was disturbed, did not know how many of their comrades had died around them.
"Medic! Carry the wounded down! Fast! "Someone started shouting before the explosions had completely stopped.
At this moment, the sound of something collapsing sounded farther away from the black smoke: "Bang lala." ”
Unlike when a building collapsed, the sound of the collapse was followed by the sound of a huge thing falling into the water.
"Bridge! Bridge! "The commander of the Soviet troops, stationed near the bridge, had just crawled out of the dust that buried his body, and he shouted loudly.
Sure enough, right in front of his eyes, a huge bridge was directly hit by a bomb and had completely collapsed.
A bomb that fell from the sky landed right on the bridge deck, blowing up the bridge and causing damage that it knew could not be repaired.
The entire bridge had been blown off, and from time to time the concrete stones from the broken bridge fell into the water of the Moskva River with a clattering sound.
This German bombing, which dropped hundreds of high-explosive bombs, finally achieved certain results, destroying a bridge over the Moscow River.
After the blowing up of this bridge, there were only 6 bridges left in the vicinity that the Soviets could use - this sounds like a lot, but it is actually not much.
You know, as long as one of these bridges appears in the artillery mirror of the German artillery observer, it means that the bridge is no longer usable.
The German ground artillery was more accurate than the less accurate aerial bombardment, and there was no need to worry about any losses.
"A bridge has been blown up! Yes, the German bombardment ...... "A Soviet commander on the other side of the Moskva River grabbed the phone and desperately reported what had just happened.
He saw with his own eyes the bridge breaking, and also saw the huge column of water dozens of stories high stirred up by the German bombing.
He also witnessed with his own eyes the aerial bombs that fell on the banks of the Moskva River and blew the place to pieces.
"The Germans have dropped hundreds of bombs, and our defense here is under too much pressure, so we ...... ask for reinforcements," the commander grabbed the phone in a bit of a panic and asked for more support.
If it weren't for the fact that his headquarters was strong enough, he would have wanted to move backwards now. Not everyone dares to face life and death, in fact, most people don't have the courage.
The bombing just now, because the anti-aircraft guns defending the bridge were more concentrated, were blown up several times, and he hoped that they could be replenished so that there would be no bigger problems.
After all, these anti-aircraft guns also take into account supporting the soldiers on the other side of the river in peacetime, and in the future, if necessary, they will also carry out anti-tank operations.
Now that several doors have been blown up, it will be found that there are not enough when they are used, and it may be too late to request support.
In addition, there is another problem: if it is possible that the rear still has the ability to transfer some equipment to replenish the number now, and if it is asked for tomorrow, there may be no way to transfer more weapons and equipment.
Sure enough, after hearing his words, the boss on the other side of the phone began to hesitate, and finally explained to him that there was no surplus weapons and equipment to replenish the front-line troops now.
In fact, the Soviet army's weapons and equipment were indeed insufficient, and the German bombardment of Moscow weakened the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery units, and at the same time blew up some weapons and equipment hoarded in the city.
For example, there are not many places to hide tanks in Moscow, and the number of bombing and blowing up is not small.
After a series of attacks, the Soviets now only have rifle ammunition in their hands and are still sufficient, and the rest of the resources are scarce.
Against such a background, the supply of anti-tank weapons in the front-line combat units of the Soviet army could not be fully guaranteed, let alone the non-front-line anti-aircraft artillery units begging for weapons and equipment.
In short, the conclusion given by the people above is simple: no! Nothing! You can only use your own flesh and blood to hold your ground.