Chapter 285: Heavy losses
"Da Da Da!"
The German fighters in the sky opened fire one after another, using dense aviation machine gun bullets to strafe the Russian troops on the ground. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
For a while, the screams were endless. Countless Russian soldiers, under the strafing fire of German aviation machine guns, fell to the ground and suffered heavy casualties.
"Oh God! Run! The planes of the Germans will kill us all. ”
Countless Russian soldiers, screaming, fled the road, fleeing to the crops or woods on both sides of the road, trying to escape the pursuit from the sky.
An F2 fighter jet, passing over the heads of the Russian army. Carrying two small bombs under the wings, they were immediately dropped and fell into the ranks of the Russian troops.
"Boom! Rumble! ”
The bomb exploded, and more than a dozen Russian soldiers were killed on the spot, and countless others were injured.
In the face of the slaughter of German aircraft, the Russian troops on the ground were simply powerless to fight back. They had no way to deal with it other than to flee in all directions.
Countless Russian soldiers fell under the guns of German planes.
Because of the performance of the aircraft, it did not carry many bullets and bombs. Therefore, in only about ten minutes, the fighters of the 81st Fighter Group of the 8th Air Force of the German Army had to return because they had used up all their bullets.
However, the 81st Fighter Group's 36 F2 fighters have caused at least thousands of casualties to the Russian army. Such a striking capability is undoubtedly already very terrifying. Moreover, the panic they caused to the Russian army was even more serious, and many Russian soldiers had already peed their pants, let alone continue to fight.
This is just the beginning, once the 8th Air Force's 3 fighter groups and 3 bomber groups take turns to launch air strikes against the Russian army, it is natural to imagine what kind of effect it will have.
After the German planes left, the Russians began to gather their troops. It was not an easy task to find the panicked Russian soldiers from the woods and crops, and then set off again. Especially when these Russian soldiers have been frightened, it will undoubtedly take a lot of time.
When the Russian army re-completed the formation and continued to march along the road. In the northern skies, German planes once again appeared.
This time, the Russian soldiers seem to have become frightened birds. They didn't need the officer's orders, and immediately dispersed, desperately looking for a place to hide. The tragic death of those comrades who were strafed and killed by German fighters almost frightened them.
The planes that arrived on the battlefield this time were no longer F2 fighters, but 82 H1 bombers from the 36th Bomber Group. These bombers are not only much larger than fighters, but also carry more powerful weapons. Each H1 bomber carried 20 aerial bombs weighing 25 kilograms.
"Lower the altitude and drop the bomb at an altitude of three hundred meters!" The commander commanded.
Immediately, the thirty-six H1 fighters began to reduce their altitude, and when they were only 300 meters above the ground, they could already clearly see the huge planes on the ground. Many Russian soldiers were even more frightened.
"Oh God! The Germans even have such huge planes, how can we beat the Germans? ”
This has undoubtedly become the common voice of many Russian soldiers.
When the German bombers flew over the heads of the Russian troops, the bomb magazines had already been opened, and one bomb after another, like dumplings, fell to the ground.
"What are those? Are planes laying eggs? A Russian soldier asked stupidly.
"Idiot! The planes of the Germans dropped bombs, lie down! A Russian officer yelled and threw himself on the ground first.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
As bombs dropped by German bombers fell, dense explosions occurred on the ground. In the continuous explosions, many Russian soldiers were torn to pieces.
"Oh God!" The Russian soldiers who saw this scene were all stunned and stunned. They became the first people in this plane to see the intensive bombardment, and they were all stupefied by the immense power.
Of course, in fact, the 36 H1 bombers of the German army did not cause much damage to the Russian army. The number of Russian soldiers who died in the bombing was only a thousand people. For the 9th Army of the Russian Army, which has more than 100,000 troops, such a small loss is nothing at all. What really makes the Russian army unbearable is the blow to the morale of the troops, the time that has been lost.
Throughout the afternoon of September 14, the bomber groups and fighter groups of the German 8th Air Force took turns to attack the Russian army. More than five thousand people died under the air strikes of the 8th Air Force. What's more, they also inflicted a lot of wounded on the Russian army. As long as the generals of the Russian army do not abandon the wounded, they will have to spend more people to evacuate with the wounded. In this way, the retreat of the Russian army can be further delayed.
Faced with the pursuit of the main forces of the German 8th Army, the commander of the Russian 9th Army, Colonel-General Letsky, originally wanted to evacuate quickly. In this way, although the 9th Army of the Russian army will lose a considerable part of its troops, it will at least preserve the main force and will not lose its combat effectiveness. However, the German 8th Army Corps will definitely not be willing to give up this opportunity to solve the main forces of the Russian army. Therefore, they will stop at nothing to prevent the withdrawal of Russian troops. The use of air forces to launch air strikes against the Russian 9th Army and delay their withdrawal is an important means.
In the afternoon of the same day, under the air strikes of the German 8th Air Force, the retreat speed of the Russian 9th Army was seriously delayed. In the whole afternoon, they only marched more than ten kilometers.
The commander of the 9th Army of the Russian Army, General Letsky, after learning of this situation, turned even darker as if the bottom of a pot.
"General, the Germans are constantly sending planes to attack us. The losses of the troops were very large. And, to make matters worse, the pace of the troops' march was severely delayed. In this case, it will not take more than a few days for the main forces of the Germans to catch up. A lieutenant general said.
Admiral Letzsky nodded: "Indeed, we did not expect at all that the Germans would have such powerful aircraft, let alone that they would use aircraft to delay our march." Is there anything you can do about this? ”
A cadre of generals of the Russian army, you look at me, I look at you, but no one speaks. They really don't know how to solve the dilemma they are currently facing.