Chapter 2052: A Difficult Journey
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As night fell, in the sky on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, an air strike team consisting of an S3 reconnaissance plane, two A29 fighters, and six B1 bombers was flying along the coastal road toward the southern sky. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the reconnaissance plane headed by the leader, Captain Jiang Yi, the pilot and commander of the operation, was carefully judging whether the plane had reached the vicinity of the intended target.
The S3, which is newly equipped with a high-altitude night vision imager, can rely on the on-board computer to automatically intelligently compare the ground scene with the photos taken in advance and stored in the system, and display them on the electronic display. This allows the navigator to notify subsequent bombers to carry out the most accurate bombing operations.
The B1 bomber that carried out the mission later has been upgraded to the fifth generation, due to the increased wing strength, the bomb load has been greatly increased, in addition to the fuselage bomb bay can carry 1000 kg of bombs, two additional 250 kg bombs can be hung under the wing, the total bomb load reaches 1500 kg.
At the same time, due to the replacement of the high-horsepower engine, the maximum flight speed of the B1 reached 559 kilometers per hour, far exceeding that of other bombers, coupled with the interception radar that can explore and automatically track the target, it can perform bombing missions well even at night, so although there are already six models in the bomber hangar of the An Jiajun, the B1 still has an irreplaceable position.
"Ding Ding Ding-"
The alarm bell sounded and the red light on the bridge flashed, indicating that the scene on the ground matched the pre-taken and stored photos in the system, and the plane had arrived over its destination without incident.
Jiang Yi was overjoyed. Turning his head to look at the monitor, he saw that some red spots began to flash on it, which was the section of the road that needed to be blocked for this mission.
"Attention captains, we have reached the skies above the bombing target. This time we were carrying cluster bombs. Although the bomb itself comes with // the fastest text update - no ads // altimeter, which automatically disintegrates in the air and spreads automatically, in order to slow down the retreat of the Germans as much as possible, pay attention to the distance between the bombs and spread them reasonably, neither too sparsely nor too densely. ”
"Yes!"
The pilots of each aircraft responded one after another, and then conveyed the instructions to their respective crew members.
"Attention. We have reached the target and the planes have dispersed on their own, dropping bombs along the coastal road. ”
With Captain Jiang Yi's order, six B1 bombers scattered in all directions in the night. If it were daytime, people would see that black bombs were constantly falling over the coastal road, and when these bombs fell to a certain height, they suddenly exploded automatically, and the originally huge body of the bomb exploded. Suddenly, it turned into hundreds of small objects, which fluttered in the air with the air currents, swirling and falling to the ground below. Dig deep into the ground.
"Well done! Machine No. 6, have you finished dropping the anti-tank mine bombs you are responsible for? ”
After waiting for the rear bombers to pull up in turn. Captain Jiang Yi asked in the microphone when he noticed a fire dragon in the distance composed of the headlights of the vehicle. It is rapidly approaching the south.
"Don't worry, all of them have been dropped, and none of the ten bombs filled with fifteen anti-tank mines have fallen, all of them are evenly scattered on the road and on both sides, just waiting for the Germans to come and take a mine formation!"
In the communicator, the confident answer of Second Lieutenant Shui Guanglei, the pilot of the No. 6 plane, came.
"Okay, now that everyone has completed the mission, let's go back! Now the Germans have good fruit to eat...... Seriously, if it weren't for the limited fuel, I'd really like to stay and see the Germans panic when they face these things...... I heard that the battle on the ground today was very fierce, who would have thought beforehand that the Germans would fight vigorously after retreating here? ”
"Yes! But if it weren't for that, how could there be this bombing mission? Originally, the above already had the intention to let the Germans go, but the continuous fierce battles and endless suicide attacks in the past few days made the theater command very dissatisfied, so they decided to leave a deep impression on the Germans, and every time they made a plan of action in the future, they would weigh the consequences of opposing us! ”
Lieutenant Su Cheng, the pilot of the A29 fighter plane, the deputy commander of the operation, took over the conversation, and his words were full of ridicule.
"Let's go, let's go home!"
Captain Jiang Yi with a little regret, circled in the air, and then flew towards the eastern sky, deputy commander Su Cheng piloted the A29 fighter and wingman with him, six B1 bombers, after completing the bombing mission, all left the coastline, leaving mines everywhere.
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"Boom-"
Several violent explosions rang out, and the convoy that was rolling forward quickly stopped.
Commander of the German 20th Motorized Division, Hans. Lieutenant General Tsoen leaned out of the armored car he was riding in, and saw the front of the convoy, the flames and flames splashed after the explosion, soaring into the sky, and a strong sense of unease made the German ace division commander who had gathered a belly full of fire when he retreated from Jerusalem even more uncomfortable.
The communications corpsman hurried to report on a motorcycle: "Division commander, an unknown number of mines have been found on the road ahead, four motorcycles and two armored vehicles have been blown up, and the engineer battalion is organizing personnel to carry out mine clearance and obstacle clearance operations, but—"
The communications corps stopped talking.
"But what?"
Hans. Lieutenant General Tsoen was furious: "Don't you know that a large number of squadrons may come behind us at any time?" If we do not speed up the march, rush to Port Said ahead of schedule, and rely on the Nile line for defense, we are in danger of total annihilation! ”
"This - division commander, maybe you can go to the front and see for yourself." The communications soldier lowered his head and said stiffly.
"Okay, I'll go check it out!" Hans. The armored car in which Tsohn was riding slowly circled the vehicle in front of him and drove to the front of the convoy, and he was carefully looking through the window when two more No. 3 tanks tried to move on, and in two violent explosions, they became burning coffins, and the gasoline overflowed all over the ground. There were blazing fires everywhere.
Hans. Tsoen's heart sank, and after getting out of the car, he took the binoculars to observe carefully, and involuntarily gasped, and goosebumps broke out all over his body.
Although in the darkness of the night. The light is not very good, and it is not very clear to see, but through the burning fire of the wreckage of tanks, armored vehicles and motorcycles, Hans. Tso'n still clearly saw that the coastal road to the south and the land on both sides were covered with black iron mounds.
Needless to say, these iron mounds are definitely mines used to stop the advance of their own troops, and they are densely packed with them, which makes people feel a sense of powerlessness.
"Let's continue demining. Let's just go slower! "Hans. Tso'n gave the order with some reluctance, and then turned back to the armored car.
For the next half hour, the sheer number and even distribution of mines made it difficult for the troops heading south. Impatient Hans. Tsoen's heart was full of complaints--with the same mechanized troops, the 7th Panzer Division could retreat to the nearest Tel Aviv port and return home by sea, while he himself had to continue the difficult trek.
At this pace, head towards Port Said. Hans. Tsoen was very worried that he might be bitten by the An Jiajun who followed him. The battles that took place during the day in the Jordan River and the city of Jerusalem caused Hans, who was already seriously demoralized, to the heart of Hans. Tsoen was terrified, and he was very worried that he would be like those mechanized divisions that had been annihilated in the Two Rivers region. Become a pitiful victim.
Hans. Tso-eun could no longer stand the slow pace and gave the order again. Let some of the Panzergrenadiers leave the transport vehicles and do their best to help the sappers clear the mines.
Originally. In the process of demining by the sappers just now, Hans. Tsoen found that although these anti-tank mines were powerful, they had no obvious effect on the infantry, and their huge size made them easy to identify. With care, mine removal is not a big problem.
Sure enough, with the addition of Panzergrenadiers, the speed of demining increased significantly, but Hans. Lieutenant General Zorn's good mood did not last long, and several explosions slightly quieter than grenade explosions were heard in front of him, followed by the painful wails of the German soldiers from their wounds.
"What's going on again!?"
This time it was the engineer battalion commander Martin. Captain Corno personally came to report and let Hans. Tsoen had to try to suppress the anger in his heart.
"Divisional commander, this is a big problem......" saw Hans. Tso'en's red eyes were staring, Martin. Korno snorted, turned around and pointed forward: "Division commander, I can't say clearly for a while, you better go to the front and take a look yourself." ”
Hans. Tsoen had no choice but to get out of the car, come to the front of the convoy that had stopped moving forward again, pick up the binoculars and look at it carefully, and the whole person was like an eggplant beaten by frost, and he was all at once.
With the help of the fire from the explosion, the headlights at the front of the car, and the flashlights in the hands of the officers and men, it was clearly visible that on the ground of the road ahead and in the grass on both sides, there were some pieces of iron that were not as big as a palm and looked very much like spiders scattered. Listen to Martin. According to Captain Corno, these iron spiders are intertwined, and the dense silk threads they spit out will explode immediately as long as people touch them.
Several wounded soldiers who were carried down for emergency ambulance had their lower bodies covered with blood and flesh, and the upper and lower legs of the medical soldiers who had cut open their trouser legs were covered with tiny shrapnel, and the wounded soldiers were shaking violently while wailing, obviously in great pain. The encounter of these wounded soldiers made the surrounding officers and soldiers feel extremely frightened by these strange things like spiders, and their faces became very bad.
Jean Hans. Tso'n was desperate that as far as the eye could see, the minefields were almost endless, and he didn't know how many such things were waiting for him on the road ahead.
"What should I do?"
Hans. Countless thoughts were spinning in Tsoon's mind, and one of the voices was saying to him: "Turn around and head north now, to the port of Tel Aviv!" If the 7th Panzer Division could calmly retreat by sea, why can't we? Even if you can't retreat tonight, it's better to hold on to the city than to be in the wilderness! ”
Right here in Hans. When Tsoon hesitated, the division's chief of staff, Bruno, who was sitting in the rear communication command vehicle. Colonel Kalm came to the front on a motorcycle, and when he saw what he saw, he was obviously taken aback, and immediately called aside the commander of the engineer battalion and several soldiers to ask for details.
etc. Bruno. Kalm walked back to Hans after asking about the situation. Beside Tsoen, the former iron man division commander couldn't wait to express his opinion: "Chief of staff, do you think we can withdraw to Tel Aviv Port?" ”
"Huh!?"
Bruno. Kalm never thought that the always wise division commander would make such a stupid move, and hurriedly said: "Absolutely not! The reason why the division commander, the army group command did not let us withdraw to the port of Tel Aviv was that the sea transport capacity was limited, and at the same time, the enemy's planes in the sky would harass us at the pier at any time, and the retreat was not as smooth as imagined......"
See Hans. Tsoon looked incredulous, Bruno. Kalm had no choice but to tell what he had learned: "I and the chief of staff of the 7th Panzer Division, Rolf. Colonel Law, a classmate of the Berlin Military Academy, said that from the afternoon to now, the entire Tel Aviv port has been subjected to more than ten air raids, the docks have been lit up many times, the boarding of troops and the transfer of armored vehicles are extremely difficult, and so far four transport ships have been sunk by bombers of the An Jiajun! When we go north at this time, aren't we throwing ourselves into the net? ”
"So what do you say now?"
Hans. Tsoen pointed to the mine in front of him: "The sappers don't dare to clear the mines, as long as that ghost thing touches the silk thread a little, it will explode, and our brave soldiers don't even dare to clear the mines!" ”
Bruno. Kalm took a closer look at the minefield ahead, and combined with what he learned from the commander of the engineer battalion, he immediately suggested: "Maybe we can take advantage of the overly sensitive nature of this mine and crack it with artillery fire!" Division commander, first transfer a few mortars to give it a try and see what happens. ”
Hans. Cuoen thought about it carefully, and then suddenly patted his head in annoyance: "How did I forget this stubble......"
Soon, eight mortars transferred from the guard company swung out in a row, firing more than 60 shells in a row towards the minefield in front of them from back to front, and the continuous explosions sounded one after another, and those spider mines exploded violently one after another with the breaking of the silk thread, and the whole land became a hell of flames.
"Haha! I didn't expect this mine to be so easy to crack! Chief of Staff, thanks to your carefulness, otherwise I would have made a huge mistake! "Hans. Cuo En nodded again and again, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "That's fine, as long as this hateful mine is removed, and then the sappers are arranged to clean it thoroughly, we can fight a bloody way." ”
Bruno. Kalm was also relieved, and said with a smile: "The division commander is concerned about chaos, and the pressure given to us by An Jiajun is too great!" Now I just hope everything goes well! ”
The explosions sounded for nearly half an hour, and although most of the spider mines were eliminated by the detonation, the anti-tank mines were still tenaciously present, and at the same time, due to the massive explosions, the roads became potholes and had to be repaired by sappers, otherwise motorcycles and cars were difficult to pass.
In this way, it was not until dawn the next day that the huge convoy broke out of the mine array and fled for its life in the south of Egypt in the face of the flying group of Anjia military planes.
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