It lasted for 20 minutes before and after three waves of cluster intensive bombardment passed, that is, people in the air defense basement of the solid front army headquarters could really feel the power of the bombing!

The ground no longer trembled, the headquarters reserve generator was started again, and many comrades were covered in dust under the bright light, which were all dust and cement debris. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lin Jun's eyes, which were like an old monk, suddenly opened, his eyes were cold, and there was no trace of emotion. Standing up, he didn't even shoot the dust on his body, and walked straight to the front army war room next door.

"Andrey, I have given the order to rescue as much as possible, the troops are being contacted, and all the correspondents have been dispatched." As soon as Zhukov saw Lin Jun walk in, he said: As the commander of the ground front, Zhukov has long been prepared to be bombed, and he also knows that the worst mood in the headquarters must be Lin Jun.

The deputy commander of the Air Force, whose city was bombed by a carpet, was hard for others to feel the psychological pressure that Lin Jun was undergoing.

"Zhukov, it looks like I'm going to change places. After a while, I will go to the headquarters in Kobets, where I will direct the air defense and offensive in the entire Belarusian direction, and I will leave it to you. You'd be better off without me, and I'm going to build a reliable air support for you. ”

Lin Jun's anger has reached its peak, he doesn't want to hide in the basement anymore and be bombed, and it is not suitable to command ground operations here, so it is better to go to the airport - although he can't fly the plane into the air himself, but at least he can stay at the airport and actually command the troops, which is better than watching the excitement.

The gesture stopped Zhukov's move to express his opinion, "This is an order." ”

"Leonov, prepare my things, departure in 10 minutes, airfield No. 6."

"Yes, Deputy Commander."

The Air Force Command of the Front Army is not here, and there is only one air force liaison group in the Front Army Headquarters, so that although the contact between the two sides cannot be perfected at once, Kobets can command his air force more effectively: all the ground units also have air force liaisons, and the air force also has to rely on radar and observers to report the situation in the air, so it can achieve more effective command on the east side of the city.

Walking out of the steel gate of the bunker, there were fires and ruins as far as the eye could see, the night sky was lit up by burning flames, and the collapsed buildings were flying everywhere, and the comrades were organizing the extinguishing of the fire.

The small convoy had to stop several times along the way, and the boys of the guard helped clear the blocked road - a single bombardment, Lin Jun estimated that the damage to the central area of Minsk was more than 50 percent!

On both sides of the road were cleaned up corpses, some soldiers, more in civilian clothing, many burned beyond recognition, and the air was filled with the mixed smell of smoke and fire and a hint of burnt human bodies. Lin Jun didn't get out of the car, but just stared at the burning city through the window of the car expressionlessly, thinking about the next battle plan in his heart.

Build a reliable air defense, this is just one of them, the Soviet Air Force needs to fight back!

It was three hours before Lin arrived at Kobets' No. 6 airport, which is also the most well-equipped permanent airport within a few hundred kilometers of the Minsk airport after its destruction earlier this month. There were bits and pieces of flashes in the air from the navigation lights of night planes, and it was the MiG-3 long-range fighter formation returning home -- a new MiG-3 group was deployed at Airport No. 6, and they had all followed the Luftwaffe for nearly 400 kilometers to return to the group!

The two groups of Yak-1 fighters deployed at the airport had all returned home an hour and a half ago, and the mechanics on the tarmac were overhauling the planes, and a strong fighting spirit filled the airport.

The convoy parked directly at the entrance of the command building, and Lin Jun walked straight into the war room. It was brightly lit, and the staff officers were busy at the huge flat map table in the middle - judging by the icons and models on it, the German fleet had flown out of the war zone, and some of the planes had landed on Belarusian soil.

It is in the cloister on the second floor (a common feature of high-level air force war rooms during World War II: huge map tables are in the lobby on the first floor, and the lobby is very high like a hotel lobby, and the large map tables have led the staff to even use long push rods to arrange signs. The offices are located around the corridor on the second floor, which can be seen from the top floor, and the commanders at all levels above can clearly see the changes in the situation on the map table on the first floor. Kobets had already seen Lin Jun arrive and trotted down the stairs.

"What, you went up too?"

Lin Jun saw Kobets wearing a flight suit, and knew that the commander of the front army must have used himself as an aviation division commander just now.

"Yes, Comrade Marshal. There are not enough pilots who can fight at night, and my chief of staff was born flying transport planes. Kobets's expression was a little ashamed, and the problem was already explained in his words - there were planes at the airport, but there were not enough pilots who could ensure that they could rise into the air at night, fight, and find a return landing at the airport in the dark: he temporarily gave command to his subordinates, because he himself was an experienced all-weather pilot.

Kobets left his post a little without permission, but this situation is not unheard of in the history of air force operations in World War II, and some senior commanders will still fly planes into the air at critical moments. Lin Jun did not reproach Kobets: In the situation just now, other commanders can also do at least ground command, and no one below can do better.

Kobets' ability Lin Jun knew that he could do more in the air just now than in the headquarters.

Kobetz did a good job, he commanded a fighter group to pester the Germans for an hour, and the Yak-1 fighter he piloted killed three Junkers 88 twin-engine bombers, and the whole group caused the Germans to suffer heavy losses until they were entangled near the Bug River.

"My office will be with you from now on." Saying that, Lin Jun walked upstairs and saw Kobets's embarrassed eyes: "Don't worry, I won't go to heaven." I'm going to organize the next battle, passive defense is not the way, contact me with Porenin. ”

Kobets was worried that Lin Jun would come here and he wouldn't be able to stop him. Now relieved, immediately put people in contact with the new director of the Red Army bomber unit, Porenin.

As soon as he walked into Kobets's office, Lin Jun didn't ask anything else: "I just came from the city, and most of Minsk has been destroyed." ”

"I didn't expect the Germans to launch a night bombardment of this scale, and it was my responsibility that the troops were not adequately prepared."

"It's not you, it's me. The Germans wanted to destroy our morale with bombing, and months of air battles had made them understand that there would be a huge price to pay for a large-scale air raid during the day, and that I was not well prepared. Lin Jun took the initiative to take the responsibility.

"Kobets, now is not the time to talk about responsibility, but to make a plan for the next step. How many fighter pilots do you have on hand who can effectively engage in night combat? ”

"150 people, up to 200, and the rest can't be counted on even if they have night flight experience."

"Our fighters are all designed for daytime operations, and the training is similar, so we have to find a way. On the contrary, our bomber units are rich in experience in night combat, ironically. ”

Lin Jun was sarcastic about himself, for a long time he had the time and ability to improve the night combat capability of the troops, but he did not: there were also both hardware and external reasons - night bombing was a waste of resources unless it was aimed at a large area, and all countries noticed it relatively late. The bombing of London is a representative of night air raids, but fighter pilots who can fight in the night sky cannot be trained in a moment and a half, and in addition, all types of fighters are designed for daytime, and the situation of several powerful countries is half a pound to eight taels.

Feeling the danger of a night air raid and designing a night fighter when necessary – the United States did the same, Germany did the same, and Britain did the same. Relying solely on the naked eye and radar to guide air defense at night is the pilot's ability and luck, and the radar cannot be equipped with fighters for a while: now the advantage in the night contest is actually on the side of the bombers!

"Captain, I plan to concentrate most of the fighter pilots with night combat capabilities into three or four airfields, today's sortie has exposed the shortcomings of the lack of group shock capabilities, which will at least alleviate the temporary difficulties."

"When you go to arrange, you must pay attention not to disrupt the original unit structure too much, and in general, the focus is on the daytime."

The command successively summed up the situation of the Luftwaffe base within 400 kilometers, which was one of the reasons why Lin Jun wanted to contact Polenin - he wanted to attack the German air base, which was more effective than passively defending against German bomber groups near the battle line.

Kobets now has a shortage of troops capable of carrying out large-scale bombing, and Lin Jun has to temporarily borrow a batch from long-range aviation, and anyway, those bombers are also carrying out some tactical and campaign tasks.

Splitting into small strands to support the distance is very effective, but now Lin Jun needs to hit the power that can be gathered in a short period of time and use it for a period to relieve the pressure in several occupation directions. The Germans were not going to stop there, several other large cities were targeted, and judging by the situation today, German planes were coming from three major directions, and the German air flotillas in conjunction with Army Group South and Army Group North were also involved.

This air counterattack will be on the scale of the entire front, and not for the sake of one Belarus and the weakening of the others, which will be effective on all fronts. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )