Chapter 20: The Battle of Moscow (8) Big Fish

On this day, the group, led by Ensign Nikolai, came to the nearby area to reconnoiter a target and attract their attention, "Comrade Ensign, look in that direction" The sniper made a report to Nikolai, and Nikolai immediately took out his binoculars and observed

This also seems to be a German camp, but it doesn't look like an ordinary unit, because the security next to the camp is very tight, Nikolai found at least three sentinels in his observation, and there are checkpoints on the road to the camp, which looks very important, Nikolai visually measured the distance of about 900 meters, so Nikolai decided to approach to reconnoitre, so Nikolai's group began to approach to reconnoitre, this approach, Nikolai found that there were armored vehicles patrolling next to the camp and the patrol team was also very vigilant, So at a distance of five hundred meters, Nikolai decided not to risk approaching, but to lurk and observe, the gilly suit is really a good thing, the sniper and the observer are on alert, and the others are drawing the camp, at this time there is a screeching sound on the road, two German soldiers are driving on three wheels, there is a German car behind them, and a truck followed the convoy into the camp, the sniper noticed that the officer who got off the car at the back door of the car was a lieutenant colonel rank, and his eyes moved with the figure of the German officer, and found it, Several more officers appeared from a tent in the camp to greet him, and suddenly the sniper took a deep breath and then he carefully looked at the rank of the leading officer by adjusting the multiple of the scope is a general, a German general, the time is very short, and soon a group of people entered the tent, and the sniper quickly reported his amazing discovery to Nikolai in sign language, and Nikolai did not expect that there was a German general, then this camp is the headquarters of the German army, Sure enough, on the tent next to them, they observed the radio antenna, which seemed to be the headquarters of a German division. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And after the camp was mapped, Nikolai successfully retreated with the group at night, and the intelligence of Nikolai's group was very fast, and when he arrived at Andrei, the German division headquarters, based on the military certificates found on the German patrols ambushed during this period of time, it can be determined that the Nikolai group is near the 137th Infantry Division of the German Ninth Army, and the commander of the 137th Infantry Division of the Ninth Army is Major General Bugman, according to the development of history, he will be killed by the Soviet army on December 5, eh, If I can kill or capture the German general, I am afraid that I will not be able to run, but from the report of Nikolai's group, the German division headquarters is heavily guarded, I am afraid that his special combat team will not have this good tooth, but after thinking about it, Andrei feels that this is a rare opportunity, if the division headquarters of the 137th Division can be destroyed, then Unit A will be able to make a great contribution this time, but the question is what to do, in history, Burgman was also killed by the Soviet army in the general battle, There are only light special forces in their hands and some guerrillas, and the German army guarding is at least close to a battalion, and once they can't fight quickly, once the German army uses the radio to call a large number of reinforcements, then their own side will be unable to escape, this strong attack is impossible, then outwitted, send people to mix in as an internal response, this is obviously not good, you must know that according to the intelligence of the Nikolai group, the German army is a clear post and a checkpoint, and you have no German password and no suitable identity, The captured military cards are all for junior officers and soldiers, why are you and a bunch of junior officers coming to the division headquarters if you have nothing to do! Fools know that there is a problem, that long-range sniping, no, first of all, although the sniper can lurk to a distance of 500 meters, but first of all, the German division commander will not enter and exit casually, Bugman is afraid that there are not many opportunities to show his head, and the division commander must have an adjutant guard to drive forward and back, accompanied by the sniper in such interference, I am afraid it is difficult to hit, and it is difficult to guarantee a hit to kill, and there is one more thing, once the sniper fires, he can't run, The German troops pouring in from all directions must tear the snipers to pieces, and they can't let their soldiers commit suicide just to kill a German general!

This made Andre frown suddenly, it's a big fish, but this big fish is not easy to catch!

And seeing Andrei in a tangle, Alyosha spoke next to him: "Brother Andrei, if you can't feel this kind of thing, then ask your superiors!" ”

Yes, this kind of thing can't be solved by yourself can be reported to the superiors, and there is no investigation without the right to speak, it is best to go to the reconnaissance in person, so Andrei decided to go to the scene to reconnoiter on the spot first, and look at the layout of the German army, after all, the wise man must make a mistake, so Andrei and Nikolai's group converged the next day to continue to reconnoiter the German division headquarters, and when reconnoitring on the side, Nikolai also reported to Andrei the layout of the German division headquarters, and the German garrison strength in the headquarters was about a reinforced battalion, There are 7 outposts around the camp, 4 secret sentries, there are checkpoints on the road leading to the camp, and there are armored vehicles in the camp, and each patrol has armored vehicles to accompany them, the checkpoint has two German infantry squads, two machine guns, the checkpoint is under the monitoring of the camp post, once something happens, the German troops in the camp can immediately support, this is really well defended, after careful analysis Andrei understands that unless he can find a way to quickly eliminate the German guard force, I am afraid that he will not be able to get close to the German general, The German defense is very strong, and I am afraid that I will not be able to complete the task with the strength of Force A alone, so what should I do?

Seeing Andrei thinking bitterly, Leonov complained on the side: "The Germans' command post is too far from the front line, otherwise we can let the artillery open fire and kill them." ”

"Call shelling, shelling" Andrei muttered "call" in his mouth, by the way, Andrei suddenly thought of a way, the cannon could not reach so far! "Airplanes can, although the Soviet Air Force suffered heavy losses at the beginning of Barbarossa, the Soviet Air Force was not completely finished, the Soviet Air Force played a very large role in the war in the construction of airfields in the rear of the second and third lines, and this factor actually saved the Soviet Air Force from being hit hard. The Luftwaffe concentrated almost all of its attack forces and destroyed only the planes on the Soviet Union's front-line airfields, of which only about half of the 2,739 new fighters equipped by the Soviet Air Force were deployed within the Luftwaffe's attack range, and the Soviet Air Force's equally weakly defended rear airfields were in the far rear beyond the reach of the Luftwaffe. The most important factor was that most of the Soviet Union's combat forces were concentrated on second-tier airfields, which enabled the Luftwaffe to collide head-on with Soviet air forces taking off from second-tier airfields during the day on June 22 after eliminating the Soviet Union's first-line air forces.

The echelon deployment of the Soviet Air Force units and the huge scale of equipment allowed the Soviet Air Force to survive the blitzkrieg of the German army. Although the reserve forces of the Soviet Air Force suffered a large number of losses due to backward equipment performance and unfavorable organization, the Soviet Air Force still completed 47,000 combat sorties in the 18 days before the start of the war, of which 47 percent of the combat sorties were used to carry out ground attack missions, 37.1 percent of the combat sorties were for air combat missions with German fighters, and the other combat sorties were reconnaissance and other auxiliary missions. The remaining part of the Soviet Air Force caused great trouble to the Luftwaffe in the air, and also effectively delayed the speed of the German ground forces' assault, the Luftwaffe's attack on the Soviet Air Force can be said to be successful from a tactical point of view, but from a strategic point of view did not achieve the expected purpose at the beginning of the war, but this problem is not because of any problems in the Luftwaffe in the command of the campaign, but the result of the joint effect of the Luftwaffe's equipment structure and the vast territory of the Soviet Union.

Therefore, although the Soviet Air Force was unable to compete with the Germans for air supremacy, it still had the ability to attack! ”

So Andrei decided to ask his superiors to carry out air-ground coordinated operations, and the ground used flares and signal flares or ignition guidance to assist the Air Force bombers in carrying out air strikes on the German divisional headquarters, logistics bases, and artillery positions.

This is the most advanced combat method in this era to give full play to the combat effectiveness of the air force, the ground with air power as the protagonist, Andrei believes that his special combat team is completely capable, he likes to compare this unit with those special forces in the previous life, from the perspective of training science, nutrition, equipment and intelligence and logistics support, the current force is simply incomparable, but now this force has one thing that many special forces in the previous life can not compare, that is, they have countless opportunities for actual combat, One actual combat is better than ten training sessions.

In the past, subjects such as psychological training in the army were important subjects, but for this unit, they have seen a lot of bullets and bullets and strong enemies looking around them, and the constant actual combat has made the psychology of the members very mature, and the continuous victories have given every person who has served and is serving in the special forces a supreme high honor, and it is very difficult for a unit with a sense of honor to defeat.

So Andrei also exchanged views with the team members, everyone felt incredible, let the air force attack, the current Soviet Red Army thinking is very rigid, and lack of initiative, everything likes to ask the superiors, and obey orders, brave but lack of change, so for Andrei put forward the idea of summoning the air force is incredible, you must know that in the current Soviet military command system, only the front army level can request the air force to attack, the command of the air force and the army are separate, Therefore, they all found it unimaginable for Andrei to mobilize the air force, and they were very skeptical about whether they could be called, but under Andrei's order, they chose to accept the order, and after formulating this battle plan together, with the radio waves, the telegram of this air-ground battle was sent directly to Lubyanka and the Western Front Headquarters.