Chapter 1021 1022 Last Seen
"Drop bombs!" At an altitude of more than 7,000 meters, on a DO-217 bomber, the commander loudly gave the order to start bombing, and one after another German bombers, which had already opened the bomb bay, began to throw the bombs in the bomb bay to the ground.
The air currents blew through the tail of the aerial bomb, making a buzzing sound. If you want to say that the idea of installing a whistle on the bomb, the person who proposed it must be a master of psychological application, and only a small whistle as a cost, caused dozens of times the psychological damage to other enemy soldiers who were not killed by the bomb.
The sound of whistles in the sky almost broke down for Soviet soldiers who could hear it, accompanied by the dull sound of explosions hitting the ground, and the trembling of the earth perceived from all parts of the body, everything here tested people's faith and destroyed people's will.
The anti-aircraft guns near Moscow were moaning weakly, after all, they had not been added to them for a long time. In order to compensate for the losses of the army, Stalin pushed most of the resources in his hands to tank production, so the anti-aircraft fire in his hands was not as dense as people imagined.
However, today, because there were too many German planes, these small anti-aircraft guns still shot down several German planes. A soldier at an anti-aircraft concealed observation post pointed his binoculars at the sky in the distance, where a German DO-217 bomber was falling from high in the sky dragging long plumes of smoke.
It is a pity that the fall of several planes did not prevent the Germans from dropping more bombs on Moscow for combat operations. An aerial bomb exploded through the streets of Moscow, smashing the floor-to-ceiling windows of shops, igniting curtains and pendants behind windows, and piercing even the heavy doors of the hotel.
It is empty, after all, Moscow has subway stations and proper anti-aircraft shelter facilities, and good infrastructure makes the entire city have a high level of air raid resistance. However, although the loss of people was not large, the buildings could not hide underground, so these old and sturdy buildings were destroyed in the explosion.
"Hit the target! The first batch of bombs has hit the target!" After flying over the target first, the German soldiers who were watching the collapsed and burning houses with observation equipment in the plane that followed to confirm the results of the battle were loudly confirmed on the radio.
"Hey, I said, where we just flew over, is it the Kremlin? I saw the golden spire, and there was a sea of fire around it. A German pilot asked the co-pilot next to him, "Did you see that just now?"
"I just saw it, and I'm not sure if our bomb actually hit the Kremlin...... I'm sure the building is completely finished, though. The pilot in the co-pilot replied with some emotion: "Oh my God, we can finally kill that hateful Stalin......"
"Goodbye, Moscow...... I think I'm the last person to see the city. A German pilot who bombed London uttered what he once uttered over London: "The city is finished, really finished." ”
It is not yet known whether Moscow will actually disappear from the face of the earth, but it is certain that most of the city's buildings have been affected by the bombing. As for how much it will be affected, it depends on the luck of these buildings, if you are lucky, you may only drop a little dust, and if you are unlucky, you may collapse completely.
It is impossible for the German bombers to continue bombing for too long, because after all, the bomb load of medium bombers is limited, and the pilots are extremely precious, and it is not in line with the consistent style of the German army to consume them for no reason. So having dropped all the bombs they carried, the German bombers turned around and began to leave Moscow's airspace.
And in such a large-scale bombing attack, most of the Soviet Air Force pilots did not even have the courage to take off to intercept the operation. Only the pitiful 12 P-40 planes of the Soviet Air Force took off urgently and entered the battlefield, but unfortunately, these 12 fighters did not last for 5 minutes before they were all eaten by the escorting German fighter units.
The difference between the fighters between the two sides was so huge that even the fighter pilots of the Soviet Red Army could not fly their fighters to the speed of the Luftwaffe fighters at full power. On the other hand, the difference in the quality of the pilots of the two sides was so great that the Soviet pilots did not have even basic dogfighting skills.
In the one-year Great Patriotic War, Soviet pilots bravely faced the Luftwaffe, and nearly 10,000 Soviet pilots who were not afraid of sacrifice flew into the air to fight against German aircraft. It is a pity that these heroic pilots have no way to redeem their inferiority in equipment, so they can only pay with their own lives.
In modern warfare, covering the movement of ground forces requires air force units to fight to the death; defending one's own important transportation hubs and cities requires air force units to fight to the death; reducing the losses of ground defense forces and counterattacking enemy ground forces also requires air force units to fight to the death. Countless Soviet pilots were forced to take off again and again, only to save their ground forces but to lose even more.
Now, at last, the Soviets had to pay the price for their methods of warfare that consumed pilots indefinitely. They lacked a large number of pilots, so much so that even though the gap between them and the Germans was narrowing in terms of the quality of their fighters, the results of both sides were gradually widening.
Compared to training a car driver and an infantryman who can kill people with a rifle, the time and cost of training an air force pilot is really much more. This is well felt by the Japanese in Asia, where the loss of their fighter pilots took a long time to make the base camp desperate. If Yamamoto had to choose, he would rather sink two aircraft carriers in his fleet than lose 300 valuable fighter pilots.
Looking at the German bombers outside the window who patted their butts and drove away, General Vatutin, who had just climbed out of his underground headquarters, felt a little like crying without tears. His carefully arranged anti-aircraft positions proved to be nothing to mention in the face of the powerful destructive force of the Luftwaffe's all-out attack.
German Stuka bombers bombed on the outskirts of the city, destroying 13 of the 20 Moscow anti-aircraft artillery defensive positions and completely destroying 4 of them. And the news he just got was that behind such huge losses was the pitiful disgraceful record of shooting down 21 enemy planes.
Vatutin smiled bitterly, and then called his assistant to him: "Immediately put all the front-line troops on alert, the Germans may launch a ground offensive immediately after the bombing, and ensure that the front-line positions will not be easily broken through by the enemy!"
His assistant hurriedly stood up and saluted, and before he could answer, he hurried out of the headquarters. There was also a huge crater outside the window, and the wind poured into the room through the shattered glass windows, blowing the maps on the walls and the books in the room rattling.
The bombardment just now was so alarming that it was only at this time that Vatutin remembered to ask about the defense of the front line. Firetrucks began to pour out from all directions, because there were fires everywhere, and these firefighters, as well as the women and girls who assisted them, could only start extinguishing the fire from the starting point.
There was rubble and rubble everywhere, and many fire trucks were unable to reach their intended locations because the roads were damaged. With the exception of the more unobstructed and important vicinity of Red Square, the whole of Moscow seems to be in a desperate state of chaos. For the first time, people realized that the war was so close to here, so close that they could face death at any moment.
"Ring, ring, ring. The phone rang, and Vatutin grabbed the dusty telephone receiver on his desk and said, "I'm Vatutin." ”
On the other side of the phone, Stalin's voice came: "Comrade General, the Kremlin was hit, 7 guards on duty and 3 attendants were killed. I also ordered the flags to be hung here for the parade, but unfortunately they are all burning flames now. ”
Outside the window, you can still hear the sound of German shelling, most of which is concentrated in the western part of Moscow, and although it is far from Vatutin, the dull sound is still clearly audible.
So Vatutin opened his mouth to persuade Stalin, who was taking care of himself: "Great leader, Comrade Stalin...... The shelling of the Germans continues, I hope you will pay attention to your safety...... I'll rush over to meet you in the afternoon. ”
"Well, I'll wait for you!" Stalin replied: "Well, comrade general. Do you think it's better to continue with our military parade plan, or to cancel it?"
When is it? Are you still thinking about your ridiculous military parade? Vatutin suppressed the anger and disdain in his heart, and replied: "Comrade Stalin, great leader, unless you want the whole world to see Moscow like this, I think it would be better to cancel the parade." The Germans were not only able to bomb with bombers, but now they could also bombard with artillery and hold military parades, which was obviously unsafe. ”
Stalin was silent for a long time, and hung up the phone without saying anything more. Apparently he may have been in a very bad mood, perhaps because of the German shelling of Moscow, maybe because the parade was forced to be cancelled, but who knows?-
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