Chapter 21: Air Raid on Nameless Hills
"Boom...... Bang bang...... Boom ......"
The German bombers began to drop bombs in a neat queue, each of the JU52s could carry two tons of ammunition, and countless bombs fell like raindrops, and the Hota River instantly became like boiling water, and countless columns of water rose in the Hota River, and at the same time flew all over the sky with some iron fragments.
The pontoon bridge of the government general was torn apart in front of the large aerial bombs, but the German JU52 bombers were the same in front of the government anti-aircraft guns, and the speed of the bombers was not fast, and now in order to maintain the bombing progress, Hartmann reduced the height to 500 meters, and even the machine guns could shoot in the air, and Hartmann had no choice, because the visibility was really bad, so he could only bomb at this height.
"Woooooooooo......oo Boom...... Bang bang"
The anti-aircraft artillery of the government army indiscriminately fired at the planes in the air, and even some heavy machine guns joined in, forming a barrage in the air one after another, and the German bombers who dropped bombs suffered heavy losses, and the survival rate was only 50 percent.
The first group of twelve planes bombed most of the pontoons, and lost six bombers themselves, and Hartmann saw that he was bombing like this, and his own planes were afraid that they would have to be reimbursed half, so he hurriedly ordered the follow-up planes to immediately raise the planes, and at the same time turn to fly, and then continue bombing after assembling in a relatively safe space.
The temporary withdrawal of the German planes made the government troops think that the German troops were repulsed, and they all shouted for victory, and there were still many materials for the general's pontoon bridge, which were stored on the shore, as long as the German planes did not come to harass, and with more efforts tonight, the pontoon bridge could be built.
Soon Hartmann formed the remaining more than 30 bombers at high altitude, this time Hartman organized his planes into two groups, the first group had two squadrons, a total of 20 aircraft, they were the first to bomb, the target was the government air defense position on the shore, carpet bombing did not require much accuracy, so it could drop bombs at high altitude, Hartman required the first group of planes to fly at least 6,000 meters, the government anti-aircraft guns were basically 37 mm, and the shooting height had just been reached, even if there was a searchlight in this sentence, Their shooting effectiveness will also be greatly reduced.
After the first group of planes carpet bombed the government army's anti-aircraft artillery positions, the second group of bombers suddenly lowered their altitude to bomb the pontoon bridge and related equipment, Spain is not an industrial power, and now the civil war has already beaten Spain to the ground, their heavy pontoon building materials are supported by other countries, once they are all blown up, it is basically impossible to build a heavy pontoon bridge.
Soon the first group of bombers flew to the government anti-aircraft artillery position, the German bombers were at an altitude of six thousand meters, and the JU52 could only fly so high when fully loaded, and the flares were thrown, but the bombardier on the plane, looking at the ground through the observation glass, was still pitch black, but the enemy's searchlight column was very dazzling.
The dozen or so searchlights of the government army are the number of only a division, and these searchlights are all arranged along the river bank, which is very clear when viewed from high altitudes. The German bombers of the first group adjusted the defensive line a little, and lined up neatly along the searchlights of the government troops to carry out high-altitude horizontal bombing, which was carpet bombing, covering the surface.
Bombers at an altitude of 6,000 meters were not so easy to shoot down, and countless aerial bombs fell from the sky in a "torrent", and in an instant, the banks of the Hota River shook on the spot, and countless powerful explosions rushed endlessly.
Under the firelight of the explosion, the explosion caused the river to ripple, and some aerial bombs deviated from the course due to the wind, smashed into the river, and the water column that soared into the sky flew with the wind.
There was an explosion of fire on the bank of the Horta River, and the fiercely firing anti-aircraft artillery was also dumb at this time, and even more than a dozen anti-air searchlights of the government army were all extinguished, and the opportunity for the second bomber group came, Hartman took the remaining twelve JU52 bombers to quickly reduce the altitude, and swooped down on the pontoon, because the bombers were diving at thirty or forty degrees, so there was a terrible whistling sound, and in coordination with the earth-shattering explosion, the government troops still dared to shoot at the air.
Their anti-aircraft artillery was blown up, the searchlights were extinguished, and they could not stop the bombing of the German bombers at all, and Hartmann, who flew over the pontoon, led the group of planes to bombard the pontoon bridge indiscriminately, and the large pontoon bridge built by the government troops was torn into pieces of different sizes under the bombardment of large aerial bombs. Even the anti-aircraft positions on the shore were in ruins, and the German bomber group, although it paid the heavy price of five or six downed planes in this operation, also completely blew up the pontoon bridges and related equipment built by the government troops, and even the materials they stored were lost.
The pontoon bridge built by the government forces was destroyed, and Giselle received the division commander's order to retreat that night, and Lieutenant General Feliza's assessment of the German Condor Army was that the Germans had concentrated most of their forces to block themselves, so they postponed the attack and waited for the situation to become clearer.
Li Mo found that there was no enemy army under the nameless hills, it seemed that these government troops had retreated overnight, and Li Mo was about to send someone to bury the remains of government soldiers, when government fighters and bombers flew towards the north, and the black pressure was overwhelming.
"Woooooooooo......oo Woohoo......"
At this time, there was no radar, all the observers observed from a visual distance, and the German air defense observers immediately sounded the air defense alarm after discovering the bombers of the government army, and all the German soldiers on duty in the trenches hurriedly ran back to the anti-artillery holes, and Li Mo was no exception, and the government troops were carrying out a crazy revenge for last night.
Li Mo's cannon fodder command post hurriedly grabbed the radio intercom on the table and shouted:
"Bobcat calls headquarters, hear please answer."
"Lynx, please."
"More than 40 enemy planes are flying over our position to bomb, and we request that the headquarters immediately send planes to support."
"Understood."
The airfield of the Condor Legion is about 200 kilometers away from Li Mo's position, and when the planes of the Condor Legion reach the sky above Li Mo's position, it will be almost more than 20 minutes later, will the government planes continue to bomb for more than 20 minutes? Apparently the government forces were not stupid, but Li Mo still called for air support.
This time, the government army also used medium-sized bombers, carrying aerial bombs of the 100-kilogram level, and the fighters were carrying large aerial bombs of the 500-kilogram level, and these government planes were really bold, and even the escort fighters carried aerial bombs to bomb, and this was mainly due to the fact that there was no radar, and the government planes could completely run away after dropping the bombs, and the German planes 200 kilometers away had to feel that they were above the target, and they had already slipped away.
"Boom...... Boom...... Boom"
Li Mo's defensive position has no way to shoot at the air, and even if there is, Li Mo has an 88 anti-aircraft gun, and the others are all light machine guns, which are of no use at all, so it is better to hide the soldiers in the anti-artillery holes, but it is safer.