The Russians have finally increased their forces to the front, what good patience! It cost us more than 50,000 people! ”

In the German front headquarters in Warsaw, a middle-aged man in a gray field marshal's uniform sighed alone, and in front of him was a stack of important documents that had just been transferred from the front.

"Oh, those are nothing more than Polish cannon fodder, and I'm convinced that this deal is worth the money!

From head to toe, the Russians are extremely afraid of consuming a large number of troops in the border areas, so they will lose the biggest capital to use the vast area to fight a war of attrition, not to mention their large population, but the most elite are these dozens of divisions! At this time, the speaker has a black and neat beard on his upper lip, and it is this small shape that has swept all over Europe in the last ten years, and many admirers have shaved off their chins to keep only such a handful of beards, and there is only one person with such a charm.

"But they can't resist the temptation of a small victory, can they?" The middle-aged marshal's face looked peaceful, but for the enemy, the competition hidden under this peace was a terrifying power.

"Uh-huh! If it were me, I might have fallen for you! Chen Tian said with a smile, "But there is one thing, you see that the commanders of the Russians frequently appear on the front line, and what about our marshal?" But still blowing a fan freely in Poland, what is this called? What a gap! That's a big gap! ”

"Your Majesty, don't you appreciate an old Chinese saying?" Ollie replied unhurriedly, "Strategizing thousands of miles away!" Calculate that Warsaw is not 1,000 kilometers from the front line, and it seems that I will have to move to the North Sea! ”

Chentian solemnly told Ollie, "The Chinese's 1 li is only 500 meters, and a thousand miles is 500 kilometers, and after this battle is over, our army should rush forward!" It's time for you to hurry! ”

"Well, I should have prepared sooner!" Ollie moved his middle-aged body slightly, and I have to say that it is indeed very hard to run around under the scorching sun in such a hot summer. But there is no way, who made him the commander-in-chief of the German army at the front of the battle?

Two close personal friends were talking, but an attendant officer walked in with a telegram with a grim face. Of course, the two figures, who are accustomed to seeing the big world, are not upset by this, and they only stop talking for the time being.

"Your Majesty, this is a secret telegram from Berlin!"

The attendant did not mention the marshal Ollie, which also means that the telegram was given exclusively to Chentian, and only he allowed it. Only others, including Ollie, are eligible to see it.

Chen Tian took the telegram and blurted out an unsightly sentence: "Oh, damn the Japanese! It's so damning! ”

After carefully reading every word on the telegram, Chen Tiancai handed it to Ollie.

It turned out that the obscene Japanese had taken advantage of the war in Germany again, and this time the target had become their neighbor China for thousands of years! Although China is the prey that Japan has coveted for a long time, it has been blocked by the treaty between Germany, Japan, and Russia, and the Japanese Government has not dared to brazenly invade China, but now that Germany and Russia are at war, they have no time to take care of anything else, and this is the best time to launch a war of aggression. How could the Japanese let it go?

In 1928, it was clear that China did not yet have the ability to engage in a full-scale confrontation with Japan. Only one year after the establishment of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army was still continuing, and the Feng army was defeated and retreated one after another. Zhang Zuolin was ready to retreat outside the border, and the relationship between Japan and the leader of the warlord was gradually deteriorating because he refused to accept the "traitorous" demand.

With the end of the war in Oceania and the beginning of the German-Russian War, the Japanese military headquarters, feeling that the time had come, could no longer hold back, and on June 11, the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed in northeast China was the first to provoke a conflict. When the news reached Chentian, the Japanese army had just captured the entire city of Shenyang.

"Is there a suspense in that war?" Ollie shook his head helplessly after reading the content of the telegram, "The equipment of the two ** teams is almost an era apart!" ”

"Suspense? It took more than a year for the Japanese to attack Australia, and they were in a hurry to launch the next war of aggression before they had recovered their vitality.

The bloody case in Australia has made all countries see the fate of being ruled by Japan, and I think the Chinese will resist desperately for the survival of the nation! Chen Tian said with certainty.

"That being said, ......Chinese alone against Japan," Ollie shook his head, "I'm afraid it's a catastrophe for China!" ”

Chen Tian knew what that war meant, and his tone became a little low, "Yes, Japan controls the resources of Southeast Asia and Oceania, unless the squadron can kill and injure a large number of Japanese troops, it will take 10 years." The gap in weapon technology between the two sides will only get bigger! ”

"What does Your Majesty think the outcome of the war between China and Japan should be?" Ollie suddenly said in a very serious tone.

Chen Tian breathed a sigh of relief and raised his head, "That nation will awaken in the flames of war, but we have to help them!" ”

"Give them a hand? Why? Ollie continued to ask.

"To help them is to help ourselves, because the ambitions of the Japanese will never stop at the Chinese!" Once China falls, it will be followed by India, or the Americas, until the whole world is under the direct rule of the Japanese emperor! Chen Tian frowned, "Their way of conquest is different from ours, we only eliminate the threat of potential enemies, but they are cruel colonizers, look at France, and then look at Korea, this difference is very obvious!" ”

"Indeed!" Ollie finally nodded this time, "They are in **naked occupation, they are assimilating, they are destroying, if the Japanese defeat us Germany in the future, the whole world will be left with only one color!" ”

"So we should help those people when we have to, but not yet!" Chen Tian said decisively, "Now we have to deal with the enemy in front of us as soon as possible, the merit of war is a quick victory, a war of attrition will only get us into trouble!" ”

"Well, it's time to show the Russians what we're really capable of! Your Majesty! Ollie looked at Chentian squarely, his eyes full of determination.

In the airspace of northern Ukraine, at an altitude of 80 meters, 20 silver-gray warplanes are flying at ultra-low altitude at a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour.

"Guys, it's about 10 minutes away from the target, get ready, watch out for Russian ground artillery fire!"

Young Squadron Leader Martin, Reichard reminded his pilots through the throat communicator that they were flying like grass in the woods and fields. It was a delicate job, not only to be careful of protrusions such as hills, but also to the anti-aircraft fire of the Russian army hidden in the woods, villages and towns, and the Luftwaffe had nominally gained air supremacy on the battlefield, but no one could guarantee that the Russian army did not hide a few fighter jets near the Ukrainian capital.

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

The pilots responded very seriously to the squadron leader's reminder, some of these people had participated in the European War, some had participated in the South American War, and half of them had shown their skills on the American battlefield. But basically they were still very young, the oldest was only in their early 30s, and the youngest was only 19 years and 8 months old, and this was where the greatest vitality of the Luftwaffe lies.

The reason why these 20 Vulture II chose to fly at an altitude that the Russian machine guns can reach is not because the German pilots despise the ground firepower of the Russian army, on the contrary, in order to deal with the Luftwaffe's concentrated bombardment of their own railway junctions and road hubs, the Russian army has recently deployed quite a lot of air defense units, especially small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns, around these important areas, these firepower have a considerable threat to the German fighters who carry out low-altitude horizontal bombing and dive bombing, but high-altitude bombing cannot achieve accurate strikes at all, As a result, the German pilots resorted to this ultra-low-altitude flight that minimized the enemy's warning and preparation time.

It's not. Captain Reichard's formation had just flown over a wood. A Russian anti-aircraft position was found near a granary at the edge of the woods, and although it was too late to confirm it carefully, Rehard knew that there were at least 4 guns and 10 machine guns there. Due to the suddenness of the appearance of these German fighters. The Russian officers and soldiers there had not had time to return to their respective positions, and it was not until the group flew away that the Russians fired a few shots in confusion.

After flying through another wood, a railway line appeared in the field of vision of the German pilots, this railway came from the southeast and extended to the northeast, Reichard took the lead in adjusting the direction so that the fuselage was parallel to the railway, and the pilots behind did the same, the whole group had just finished adjusting the direction, and a railway station appeared not far ahead, looking around.

There are two other railways that come from the east and the west, respectively, to meet there.

"That's it! Climb and get ready to attack! ”

Reichard pulled the lever back, and the nose of the plane went up, and the railway line and train station quickly disappeared from view, replaced by a blue sky with white clouds.

Reichard glanced back, and the other planes in the squadron also began to climb upward, and by the time he looked back at the instruments in front of him, the altimeter pointer had already passed 1,500 meters. Normally, the Vulture II needs to climb to an altitude of 2,500 meters, preferably 3,000 meters, and then increase its speed to more than 500 kilometers per hour with a dive of 1,500 to 2,000 meters. These three proposals, which were said to have been made by the Kaiser himself, did indeed greatly improve the combat performance of the dive bomber in the eyes of the pilots, and of course they were equally pleased that they carried 250 kg bombs under the wings of each sortie instead of the less powerful 150 kg bombs, and if the flight distance and speed were not too high, they could carry an additional 204 30 kg bombs under the wings. - Just as he was about to climb to the top, Rehard heard the sound of machine guns coming from the ground, followed by the sound of 40mm and 75mm anti-aircraft guns, which, to be honest, displeased him very much, but he would soon return with another sound.

At an altitude of 2,800 meters, Reichard announced that he was ready for level flight and diving, and then turned on the power switch of the altimeter to set the bomb drop altitude at 1,000 meters.

"Attention to the aircraft, attention to the aircraft, and then carry out dive bombing in small teams, and meet at an altitude of 4,000 meters after the end! Let's get started! Team 1, follow me! ”

When the 20 German Vulture II entered the dive state one after another, the artillery fire on the ground gradually intensified, and it was obvious that the Russians also attached great importance to their railway hub, an aerial bomb that accurately landed on the railway could keep a group of workers busy for half a day, and an aerial bomb that landed on the railway hub would keep a group of workers busy for at least 24 hours!

As the altitude decreases and the speed increases, the Vulture II's starter begins to emit an extremely piercing scream, and successive tests and exercises have shown that this alarm-like sound can bring a huge psychological shock to the people on the ground, and this new weapon of the Germans has also been tried and tested again and again since the start of the war against Russia.

The Russian officers and soldiers on the ground are still trying to fire at the air, but how can their anti-aircraft guns, which are not satisfactory in terms of rate of fire, accuracy and power, compare with the Luftwaffe that entered the Stuka era! Only a few machine gun bullets were able to hit the steel vultures that were diving at high speeds, but they did not do substantial damage to an opponent with good armor protection.

After the bell, smoke rose from the railway hub in the southeast of Kyiv in a violent explosion, and several locomotives parked near the platform were blown up, not to mention the station's buildings, material warehouses, and tracks were seriously damaged.

As the vultures departed, Germany's most elite panzer units moved in the northernmost part of the long front, East Prussia and Lithuania.

2 Krupp 420 mm "Big Belta", 8 Skoda 305 mm cannons, 20 Krupp 280 mm super heavy howitzers, 120 20-barrel 210 mm self-propelled rocket launchers and a large number of field howitzers The fierce bombardment made a gap nearly 4 kilometers wide in the area north of the Russian Sokolov Line near Riga, the power of German artillery fire is so powerful that even the so-called strongest "hedgehog" is difficult to support, and the ground artillery fire has just subsided, Hundreds of Vulture II appeared over the battlefield, sometimes hovering in the sky, sometimes dive-bombing and strafing, and the Russian reserve forces were completely stopped by these aerial weapons. At the same time, tanks III and IV of the 1st Panzer Corps of the German Panzer Group under Guderian's command poured through this gap with infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and with the support of the air force, they continued to widen the gap in the Russian defense line. By the time it got dark, the width of the gap had widened to more than 10 kilometers, and in the face of the fierce fire of pure German heavy armor, any efforts of the Russians to regain lost ground by night were in vain, and the northern end of the line was crumbling!

On the same day, as the four most elite armored units of Germany, the 2nd Panzer Army in Bohemia, the 3rd Panzer Army in Hungary, and the Panzer Corps directly under the Royal Combat Army in Romania also broke through the Russian Sokolov defense line under the cover of heavy artillery and air force, and Operation Dumpling began!