The antiaircraft guns are frantically firing into the sky. These artillery are doing their best to defend their hometown. These soldiers desperately shake the wheel that controls the direction of the antiaircraft guns, hoping to make these weapons more lethal.
A German bomber with long smoke fell to the ground, broke its broad wings in mid air, and then burst into a huge flame on a hillside. No one on the plane was able to survive, not even a charred body could be found.
But farther away, on the German bombers who had already passed the anti-aircraft gun position, the bomber was using his own eyes, through the accurate horizontal bombing device, aiming at the important targets marked on the map. He calmly pressed the bomb dropping controller, and then the bombs hanging inside the belly fell one by one by relying on gravity.
One after another, heavy bombs fall in an imprecise parabola. The wind speed and slight turbulence make these bombs change their downward trajectory until they fall on the target. Then there was a huge explosion. The air wave raised dust and damaged the structure of the building. The shock wave tore everything in the diffusion path. The flame of the explosion devoured all life. A terrible explosion was completed in an instant.
The huge explosion completed in an instant made a 7-story building in Stalingrad collapse in an instant. Steel bars and stones flew everywhere. The civilians who didn't have time to hide in the air raid shelter watched in horror as the first bomb fell into the peaceful city, creating a terrible scene.
Soon they knew that this was just the beginning of a disaster, because the bombs falling from the sky were not one or two, but thousands of them. More than 500 planes flew across the city, and at least 10000 bombs were dropped on the city's streets and buildings.
Like the bombing of other cities and fortresses, the Germans used to mix a few napalm bombs with high explosive aerial bombs to improve the actual effect of their bombing. Therefore, the whole city not only had to meet the destruction of shock wave and vibration, but also had to deal with the unquenchable fire and terrible smoke.
However, the long-term effect of incendiary bomb has not been reflected. The picture presented to all people in Stalingrad is the explosion that is cruel to suffocate, powerful to despair, and terrible to collapse.
A building began to shake and collapse under a huge shock wave, and dust began to spread around, pouring out of windows and door openings. Then the tall roof began to fall down, the tiles and some metal frames fell to the surrounding streets, and finally an external wall collapsed, but the structure inside was twisted and stubborn.
Everything here has been made up in a moment. Everything here has gone from good to death. On the originally flat street, there are only scattered corpses, huge craters and spreading panic.
At the other end of the city, the Soviet heavy industrial city, which is the focus of attention, is now a piece of scorched earth. Another factory that the German army, which lacks long-range bombers in time and space, has no ability to destroy, is now easily destroyed. It may take a long time for the production to recover to its previous level.
One after another, butcher bombers flew over the city and dropped countless bombs on their target area. The station was destroyed by the bombs, and the railway across the city was broken into pieces of scrap iron. The locomotive in the station overturned on the other side of the station platform because of the huge impact.
Next to a burning house, a charred cloth doll's belly has split, and the blackened cotton inside is shaking with the breeze. Not far from the building is still burning fire, and not far from the overturning of this carriage, the car's goods scattered on the ground.
No one has leisure to care about those goods, because their houses have disappeared from the earth, and no one cares about those houses, because their relatives have also disappeared from the earth, and no one cares about those relatives, because they will disappear from the earth the next second.
It may take a hundred years or even more to build a huge city, and it seems that the time to destroy it is not even one month. When the German bombed London, it turned the beautiful city into a piece of ruins. Today, more than a year later, it is still clearing the ruins and slowly rebuilding. So German pilots have a lot of experience to turn a prosperous city into a piece of rubble and cemetery.
In the hidden underground fortifications in the suburbs, rokosovsky is holding a telescope and looking at Stalingrad, who is beyond recognition. He seems to have been able to feel Stalin's anger when he heard the news. Now he can only smile bitterly, and then helplessly orders the troops to prepare for the rescue work after the bombing.
In fact, the Soviet Union was very well prepared for this air raid. From the time these terrible bombers crossed the actual control line of the two armies, the Soviet Union began to prepare for this air raid. However, if we did not see this situation with our own eyes, no one could imagine how daunting the destruction was.
"In terms of fire fighting, how many people can be sent out to help, and try to transfer as many as possible. Especially in the factory, I heard that there are many unfinished T-34 tanks in it?" Rokosovsky looked back from the observation port and asked Stalingrad's original officers.
"There are about 30 unpainted T-34 tanks in the factory, but it's hard to say how many are left now." An officer in the field of war equipment replied: "there are still some big guns, but... Howitzers with 122 caliber have very good performance."“ At the time of reporting, all cases will be dealt with as destroyed. " Rokosovsky said softly, "buckle down all the remaining weapons and report according to the destruction. All these weapons will be equipped to the two new divisions mobilized by Stalingrad. I will arm two more armored divisions before the arrival of the Germans. What's the problem?"“ Comrade general, this is not very good, is it? We... "An old general retorted. However, his words were immediately interrupted by rokosovsky, and it was very cruel: "pull out, and deal with it according to the military law of treason... When he reported, he said that he bravely rescued factory materials when the enemy plane attacked, and finally he was killed by a bomb."“ This You!...! " Before he could speak, the old general was dragged out of the bunker by two expressionless Soviet soldiers. Rokossovski has the final say, "the Germans are approaching here. I am not the time to take the lead in the south of the iron front brother." Yes! Comrade General Everyone stood at attention and made their stand clear. Only when rokosovsky saw the unprecedented bombing did he realize how heavy the burden on his shoulders was. When he attacked Liszt in the central region, he did not face up to the huge air superiority of the German army. He made use of the snowfall, and his troops almost fought in a plane situation, so that they made a modest achievement. Now the weather is getting better and better, and the snowfall is not continuous. Moreover, the ground troops he is facing have changed from the liste group army, which is mainly infantry, to the G group army, which is the most elite German army, and the combat effectiveness is obviously not at the same level. So he felt the danger in front of him and had to use tough means to strengthen his strength. Let alone a tank, a cannon, even a shell or even a bullet, we must try our best to fight for it. Relying on his 400000 troops in the Caucasus, 100000 elite infantry retreating from Kharkov, and the second armored front army of the close guard, what he wanted to keep was the oil resources that the whole Soviet Union could not lose“ Send the news back to Moscow and report that Stalingrad... Was bombed by German bombers. " Rokosovsky took another look at the burning and destroyed city in the distance and said, "and swear to Comrade Stalin that I, rokosovsky, will live and die with Stalingrad!" In Moscow, in the Kremlin, Stalin is frowning at the urgent message he just sent. He has read the contents once, and now he is reading the words that annoy him for the second time. Finally, he crumpled the message into a ball and smashed it on the soft carpet“ That's Stalingrad! It's a city named after me! The Germans are challenging my dignity! They are teasing me He yelled and swept all the papers and pens on his desk to the ground: "damn arcado? Rudolph! I will never die with you! If I don't raze Berlin, the war will never end! Forever“ Great leader comrade Stalin An aide gently reminded the furious Stalin: "bombing Stalingrad certainly made the whole Soviet angry, but now is not the time for us to be angry. What we need to do is to strengthen the air defense of Moscow, Leningrad and other important political centers..." Stalin stopped roaring. This problem is indeed the first thing that must be dealt with now. The positive Soviet army is making plans to give up some defense areas. Once the German army occupies there, Moscow, Leningrad and other important political, cultural and economic centers will be within the attack range of German long-range bombers, even medium range bombers-------------- Even more, soldiers of the Empire, the empire is great because of you!