The spring of 1941 was different: it wasn't as cold as the winter of '39, but the breath of spring seemed to be slow to come to Soviet soils - on the plains of Ukraine and Belarus, the snow had not yet melted in mid-April. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Thousands of years of war have proven that winter in Russia is not suitable for major military operations, but the cold is not the worst weather in Russia, and the maddening muddy season in this land is the most annoying.

Lin Jun knew that the snow would melt very late in the spring of '41, but winter would come very early -- when the Soviet Union was marching and fighting, a competent commander had to ask the opinion of a meteorological expert first.

The course of history led Hitler to attack the Soviet Union in '41, and it was clear that God was not going to go with him, and Germany was not given enough time - if it had been 40 or 42 years, at least the Germans would have spent a few days rolling in mud puddles and trekking in the snow.

The muddy season in the eastern part of the Soviet Union was a nightmare, with seasonal floods and mud-churning roads making it difficult for even infantry cavalry units to move forward, and mechanized troops to move hard. The Soviet Union paid attention to large-scale in-depth advances, and Hitler wanted a blitzkrieg, and if they wanted to deal the biggest blow to the opponent at the beginning, both sides had to honestly wait for the arrival of early summer.

Compared with Germany, the Soviet Union still had some advantages, at least the army had been in such a seasonal cycle for so many years, and its adaptability was much stronger than that of the German army, which was accustomed to the native German climate and the sunny French front. The German garrisons in eastern Poland had tasted a little of the Eastern European mud last year, and they felt the horror of the mud in the garrisons and cities, and Hitler could not have attacked before the ground was solid enough.

The weather gave the Soviet Union a chance, and Lin Jun knew when the muddy land in Eastern Europe would end this year - in late June, even in mid-June, those roads were still "a mess".

On June 22, Lin Jun will not wait for this day to come, at least the road situation in Poland will be better than in Ukraine. The Germans would not launch a full-scale offensive before mid-June, unless they were willing to sink into the mud and engage the Reds in strong, dry fortifications.

The original time for the offensive was in May, which was also the result of taking into account seasonal factors, but looking at the current situation, this time had to be pushed back: bad weather was an ally of the Red Army, and Stalin had already asked Lin Jun what he meant - by June 15 at the latest, the Red Army would march westward.

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At the Odessa airport, Lin Jun stood on a high tower and looked at the west, and the group of sortie planes was about to arrive.

The roar of engines could be heard in the distance, and the tower had made contact with Porenin's group, and the bombers landed on the runway one after another, and after a while, the huge tarmac on both sides was full of DB-3 bombers. The escorting lager group had already flown far away, their airfield was dozens of kilometers away, and only a few fighters in the sky that had just taken off for patrol duty continued to hover.

Lin Jun stepped down from the tower, and Porenin, who was dressed in a flight suit, walked over quickly with an airplane chart book, and "snapped" in front of Lin Jun: "Comrade Marshal, the raid group has successfully completed its mission, and the target has been basically destroyed." ”

Lin Jun shook his subordinates' hands tightly after returning the salute: "Good job!" He turned to the nearby pilots who were stepping off the plane and shouted, "Well done, comrades!" The Soviet Fatherland is proud of your audacity! ”

The airfield resounded with earth-shattering cheers of "Ula", one after another.

"Allow me to give you a preliminary statistic." Before entering the war room, Porainin opened his chart book, which was marked with a number of red dots and crosses.

Lin Jun was also anxious to know the effect of the air raid and nodded.

"Twelve refineries were completely destroyed, and the damage rate of other targets was close to 40 percent."

"The Germans are running out of gas!" Lin Jun was very happy - the ground offensive on the border was also smooth today, and the two main divisions had defeated two Romanian border regiments in two hours, and pulled out two important Romanian ferry forts on the Prut River; In the Ukrainian direction, border guards occupied several Romanian posts on the Eastern Carpathians, blocking three mountain passes.

At this time, Gusev ran over: "Comrade Marshal, Kishinev (Chisinau) phone, from the southern airfield. ”

"I guess those dive bombers from Moldavia want to go to the oil fields." Porenin said to Porenin beside him as he walked to the communication room.

Sure enough, the call came from the commander of the Polbin regiment: his bombardment regiment and escort fighters were preparing for another sortie, requesting another attack on those scattered targets, and another blow to them while the Luftwaffe had not yet had time to enter the oil field and the Romanians were busy extinguishing the fire!

"How many planes do you have? How long will it take to be dispatched? ”

"Comrade Marshal, 78 dive bombers of our regiment can be ready in an hour, and there is a regiment of the escort lag. Let me go one more time, and I will be guaranteed to reimburse the Romanians for more than 200 oil wells! ”

Polbin on the phone was full of confidence, and Lin Jun also had enough confidence in this most outstanding commander of dive bombers in the history of the Soviet Air Force!

"Approved, what's the bomb, but be careful, tell your people, don't bother those Romanian workers!"

"Yes, Comrade Marshal! Only bomb buildings, not people! ”

"Complete the mission and return home immediately, don't get too entangled with the enemy's air force."

After giving instructions, Lin Jun hung up the phone, "Before dark, the oil wells in Romania need to be two hundred less, let Hitler have a headache!" ”

The original plan included preparations for a second sortie, but the primary target refinery had been completely destroyed, and there would never be a large-scale sortie, and another attack by the high-speed Pe-2 was the safest and most efficient method.

"Porenin, do you think the intensity of today's big blow is enough?"

"If only for the oil industry in Romania, we have fully achieved the desired goal. If it's the whole of Romania......." Porenin didn't go any further: Romania has just lost its most important part.

"According to the original plan, the troops are immediately ready to make preparations for the transfer, and tomorrow the troops transferred from the north will go to those selected bases." Now that the goal has been achieved, and the big war is imminent, it is necessary to replenish the assault forces in the main directions, which was originally planned.

One hour later, Lin Jun informed Moscow of the preliminary statistics of the raid, and Stalin was very satisfied.

"Andrey, return to Moscow as soon as possible, the Supreme Command will be formed, and you will need to participate in the development of the battle plan."

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, tomorrow I will return to Moscow. Comrade Stalin, to prepare the troops on the border to prevent the retaliation of the Germans. ”

"Ribbentrop has already protested to us and ignored him."

"Okay, Comrade Stalin, tomorrow I will report to you in detail."

Polbin's troops were ready to take off again at 11 noon, and the whole regiment and the escorted fighter units took off from three airfields and climbed to an altitude of 4000 to reach Romania.

This time it was not as smooth as the morning raid, and as soon as it crossed the border, it was intercepted by Romanian fighters. In a short time, the escort Rager dispersed more than two dozen P.11 fighters that came to intercept them, shot down eight of his opponents, and lost nothing of his own. An hour later, the group reached the skies over Proiesti, and another round of dive bombardment fell on the Romanians.

Polbin commanded the group to reduce the flight altitude, the German anti-aircraft artillery units could not effectively defend the vast oil well area, there was no need to attack from a high altitude, the altitude of 1,500 meters was sufficient, the destruction efficiency was higher, and the speed was also fast - it was necessary to complete the task before the Luftwaffe at the southern airfield arrived in this area.

Romanian oil field workers have already been organized and are organizing forces on the ground to extinguish fires. As soon as the Soviets bombers came again, the workers did not want to be bombed near the derrick, so they all ran to hide in the wilderness.

The pilots had been clearly told that they only bombed the facility and did not pay attention to the crowd below, and the "big windmill" started again, spinning to reap the results, and the violent explosions ignited one pillar of fire after another. After 20 minutes, all the bombers had dropped their bombs, and Polbin gave the order to return.

When all the aircraft reached a cruising altitude of 4000 meters, the escort fighters reported: A group of enemy aircraft was spotted in the direction of 5 o'clock.

"I'm Polbin, don't get entangled with enemy planes, accelerate the formation to 550 mph, get rid of it, and return!" All planes also have enough fuel to get rid of with increasing the throttle. The Romanian "yellow-headed cigar" in the back has a maximum speed of more than 500 points, and as long as you don't do it, you can't do anything about it: the most important thing is to bring these precious planes and pilots back safely!

If the Romanians dared to follow, and near the border were the world of those rags, and Polbin would not prevent the fighter unit from increasing its ranks. (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.) )