Chapter 792

The bloody battle of Kharkov left the city in ruins, so that the occupied German army could not use the city as a strategic fulcrum in a short period of time. It was considered that the Soviet Union had achieved its strategic goal. However, to the south of Kharkov, the German army won Donetsk, which was equally important, with almost no effort. However, the Soviet Union was a little uncomfortable.

It is not the main purpose of the war to capture a city and make it into ruins. The ultimate purpose of occupying a city is to use the city, including storing materials, using the airport and railway station near the city. To know that a piece of ruins for anyone, are not very useful existence.

Donetsk fell into the hands of the German army almost intact, which not only provided the German army with such a good strategic fulcrum, but also provided many convenient conditions for the German army. For example, more than ten field airports fell into the hands of the German army.

Soon, butcher bombers flying from large airports in Ukraine swept over these field airports that originally belonged to the Soviet Union. After more than a year of accumulation, these huge bombers have exceeded the scale of a thousand, but generally speaking, it is impossible to deploy such a large number at one time.

However, the German army has already had the experience of commanding about 500 super large formation bombing, so taking off hundreds of planes to bomb opponents is just an ordinary task for the commanders of the German air force.

Above the sky, one after another, butcher bombers blocked the sky like locusts. Because they are loaded with heavy ammunition, these planes fly at an altitude of 10000 meters, heavy but awe inspiring.

Yes, awe! Under the belly of hundreds of planes, there are 30mm caliber machine guns as dense as the forest, and the 20mm caliber machine guns point to their warning positions. It is estimated that if the enemy dares to approach, it will meet the attack as dense as raindrops.

"Take off!" At the field airport on the ground, with the order of the ground crew, hundreds of fighters in charge of escorting these bombers began to turn their propellers. The roaring sound of the engine covered up other sounds. One after another, fw-190d fighters rushed out of the runway and climbed high into the sky.

"Take off!" Farther away in a field airport, the more advanced ta-152 fighter squadron is also taking off its own fighters at the fastest speed. They have to form a formation in higher airspace to cover the top of the whole bomber formation and annihilate any Soviet fighter that dares to take off and fight.

"Hartman! This is not a combat patrol or a take-off interception mission. Are you sure you want to participate? " The squadron leader stood next to an airplane with a black tulip painted on its head, raised his head and asked the pilot in the cockpit who was checking the plane.

Hartman, with blond hair, looked up from the cabin and nodded to the squadron leader: "since the last time I took off to intercept American bombers, I have no prejudice against the formation of bombers. Whether it's heavy flight or smart flight, it's all flight. Is that right? "

"It seems that if you have figured it out, I have nothing to worry about. I'll start the plane and take off behind you. " The squadron leader smiles, then buckles his fur cap on his head, makes a please sign, and then walks quickly to his plane.

One after another, ta-152 fighters began to take off. These advanced fighters were still used as secret weapons more than half a year ago and were distributed to some ace troops on the front line for use as experimental planes. Now, hundreds of these fighters have become the standard configuration in the Third Reich air force.

In fact, there are a lot of Soviet anti-aircraft gun positions in the Caucasus, but these anti-aircraft guns are scattered over an extremely vast area and are not used intensively. Most of these anti-aircraft guns were deployed in Baku oilfield, Stavropol natural gas field, chatura manganese mine and Armenian copper mine, and only part of them were deployed in Stalingrad direction.

Unfortunately, the German strategic bombing happened to be Stalingrad. 573 butcher strategic bombers, escorted by 110 fighter planes, stormed the Red Army's defense line.

"Woo... Woo...!" The harsh air defense alarm sounded on the front positions of the Soviet Union. The Soviet soldiers raised their heads in despair in their trenches and looked at the darkened sky, where one after another German planes covered the whole sky like a dark cloud.

"Hello! Is it an anti-aircraft gun position? Is it an anti-aircraft gun position? Yes, I'm the commander of the 194th infantry division in the front line. Please don't open fire easily. If the other side returns fire, we will be in great trouble. " A commander is holding the phone, asking his friends not to open fire rashly in this situation. If these bombers change their purpose and drop bombs on the front line, it may be a disaster for anyone on the front line.

"Are you an idiot? We have only 37mm caliber anti-aircraft guns on our side. There is no way to deal with this kind of enemy aircraft flying at an altitude of 10000 meters. " On the other side of the phone, the commander of the artillery position was obviously angry because he couldn't open fire. When he heard someone's request, he immediately replied in a poor tone.

After that, without waiting for the commander of the infantry position to say anything more, he hung up. Then he turned around and said to the signalman beside him, "send a telegram to the air defense headquarters of the group army to tell them that there are a large number of German planes invading, so that they can be ready. What are you waiting for? Go! Hurry up Soon a telegram arrived at several important Soviet air defense headquarters. A staff officer handed the message to the commander, and the air defense alarm of the whole Baku oilfield was sounded. There was a shrill sound everywhere. On the hidden anti-aircraft gun position, the camouflage net was pulled open by the soldiers, and the gun barrels of 85mm caliber anti-aircraft guns quickly pointed to the sky. In the vicinity of Stavropol gas field, the same scene is happening again. The anti-aircraft gun positions nearby are busy. Further away, the Soviet Field Airport, which is responsible for the defense of this area, is also struggling to take off its own aircraft. Even though most pilots know that they can't beat their opponents, they are still ordered to fly the aircraft and fly into the sky. On the outskirts of Stalingrad, rokosovsky, who had just arrived by plane, was walking down a ladder. On another runway not far from the plane, two I-16 fighters are taking off urgently. An officer rushed to the transport plane whose propeller had not stopped completely. In front of rokosovsky, he stopped and stood at attention to salute: "Comrade General! Just got the news, the German army sent out a large number of bombers, across the border... "" I know, the radio on the plane has just announced that all planes except fighter planes in the Caucasus region should be evacuated immediately. I'm not deaf. " Rokosovsky glanced at his officers and waved them to leave the runway first. When he got to the lawn beside the runway, he said again, "I'm here to take charge of all the defense affairs here, but I'm not an air force professional, so I don't say much about air defense operations. All of them are handed over to the comrades in charge of air defense operations. " He looked at the worried officers and said, "our air defense at the front line has not been very good, because our aircraft is not as good as the German aircraft. So I understand the difficulties of you comrades, but... "When he said this, he paused, and then seriously continued:" but this is Stalingrad. It's not Minsk, it's not Kiev, it's not Donetsk, it's Stalingrad, the city named after the leader. I hope you will join me in defending this city, which has been given high hopes, and the crucial Caucasus! "“ Yes! Comrade General Everybody stand at attention. Just as they were talking, the antiaircraft gun positions near Stalingrad began to raise one antiaircraft gun barrel after another. These air defense weapons point to the sky, quietly waiting for the arrival of the invaders. If there are enemy planes here, then the whole sky will become a sea of flames“ The observation post along the way found the target! Find the German fleet! The target is Stalingrad! The goal is... Stalingrad! " A soldier stumbled into the outskirts of the country, rokosovsky just selected the underground command bunker, loudly reported. His report was not much faster than the arrival of the enemy. Near the horizon outside the bunker, Soviet anti-aircraft guns began to roar. The sound of cannons sounded in the suburbs of the city, and people here finally realized that the war was not far away from them. At an altitude of 10000 meters, the German planes were approaching the targets they were going to bomb, despite the intensive Soviet artillery fire. As these targets were getting closer and closer, the voice of the commander came from the radio: "open the pod! Tell these Soviet idiots! Here we are The sound of metal friction, the sound of mechanical rotation... Accompanied by the explosion of anti-aircraft artillery shells, the bomb drop chamber of the bomber fleet began to open. All the planes began to descend“ Here's Stalingrad. " A co pilot of an airplane, while assisting his captain to descend the height of the plane, joked to the captain nearby on the shaking and trembling plane: "Hey, do you think what we are doing now is slapping Stalin in the face?"—— Today's fourth watch, the Dragon Spirit fought for the warriors of the Empire! Soldiers of the Empire, recommend the monthly ticket and fire at Longling! Fire at me!