Chapter 1,339 Thunderbolt
Chapter 1339 Thunder
After Ruprecht sent the telegram to Prince Leopold, all preparations for the war have reached the final moment, and this time, the Allied Air Force on the Eastern Front will also carry out the first large-scale strategic bombing in history. Not that The German Air Force on the Eastern Front was already stronger than the air forces of Britain, France, and Germany on the Western Front. This was because their opponents were too weak. The air forces of both sides on the Western Front were at the same level, while on the Eastern Front, Russia was completely crushed!
During the last night, the entire airport was brightly lit, and the ground staff of the airport sharpened the sharp talons of these German eagles. A large number of bombs were extracted from the ammunition depot by trailers, and then installed in different locations by various ground staff teams. on the plane,
In order to deal with hard targets such as fortifications, turrets or fortified areas, some K-6 bombers carry 500KG or even 800KG bombs modified from battleship shells. The warheads of some of these big guys are painted black and have a yellow ring behind them, indicating that they are armor-piercing bullets, while the incendiary bombs have black warheads with two red rings behind them, which contain a mixture of metal powder and propellant. and explosives. And if there are three red rings behind the black warhead, it is a specialized napalm bomb. By adding a special coagulant, the gasoline becomes as viscous as glue. These things are an absolute nightmare for infantry and wooden buildings!
This time, in order to better deal with infantry and light units, the Bavarian Air Force has specially equipped a new type of submunition. The bomb body is distinguished by black and white squares. The weight of the submunition ranges from 250KG to 500KG, among which There are small bombs with weights ranging from 3KG to 10KG. After the bomb is thrown, when it reaches a certain height, the bomb body regrets opening the parachute, and then the bomb body explodes, throwing away the bullets inside. Covers a large area. (Historically, all countries in World War II, including Japan, had submunitions. In principle, they are definitely not something high-end.)
While these eagles carrying heavy bombs were making final preparations before the war, the fighter jets originally used for air combat were also proactively engaged in ground attack and harassment operations. At least no less than 3 squadrons of them were engaged in ground attack and harassment operations. The J-3 fighter jet is equipped with a special 20MM cannon pod. They seemed to feel that the firepower of one gun and two guns on the aircraft was not lasting enough, so they added an additional cannon in the middle of the belly! As many as 250 rounds of 20MM shells in the pod are enough for them to straf targets on the ground for a long time!
A full 8 air wings were put into the opening ceremony of this battle. As time goes by, more air wings will join the battle, which is similar to the British air raid in the Dardanelles Battle. In comparison, the Bavarian Air Group has more numbers and the overall level of bombers is stronger. (Although the V1500 is very cool, it only has one squadron. The FB27 and O-400 are not as good as the K-6.) And because the combat distance is closer, the amount of bombs dropped and the number of sorties have increased exponentially!
"In the first day, the bombs we dropped were at least ten times more than the bombs dropped by the British in Turkey!" Prince Leopold's air force liaison officer assured the prince!
When dawn comes,
The attack countdown reaches zero. The Bavarian eagles that have been dormant for a long time finally spread their wings that are enough to scare the world! Planes painted in German gray took off against the rising sun. If before, the Bavarian Air Force was a weapon that could frighten the Russian troops on the front line, then now, the bomber groups flying towards targets deep in Russia have become A scalpel that can be used at a strategic level!
At the base of the KG11 Bomb Wing, nearly a hundred bombers were ready to go on the triangular runway. With the help of tractor cars, groups of bombers were neatly arranged in small groups at the end of the runway. When the order to prepare for takeoff is given, along with the start of the engine, the roar of the engine and the friction of the propeller cutting through the air at high speed resound throughout the airport, so much so that the crew and ground staff can only communicate with gestures and flags!
"Ready." The pilot stretched out a fisted hand and waved it up and down a few times.
"The field has been cleared and ready for takeoff!" the ground crew standing next to the runway responded, waving the green fluorescent light in their hands. Then, quickly leave the runway. As the pilot released the brakes, the huge K-6 bomber began to gradually accelerate. Under the buoyancy of the air, the huge bomber began to slowly leave the ground and fly into the air!
At the same time, at 11 other airports, hundreds of bombers took off one after another. They circled and formed in the sky, and then flew to distant targets like gray grim reapers! They are representatives of the most powerful force in the air in this era. They no longer bother to attack the enemies on the surface positions. They are like life-threatening swords, stabbing directly towards the vulnerable rear of the Russians. The newly forged sword was sharp as soon as it came out of the body!
"God, what are those things? I have never seen so many flying things in the sky!" Some Russian soldiers were able to witness the attacking formation of German bombers. Hundreds of bombers occupied at least one square kilometer in the air. area! The entire formation is like a splicing of small triangles. The roaring engines are nearly 20 meters long and the wings are spread more than 20 meters. Even if it flies over thousands of meters in the air, it looks quite huge from the ground. , and when these bombers lined up, when the bombers quickly passed over the ground in the shadows, even if the target was not them, it was enough to scare the soldiers below!
"The Germans dispatched hundreds of bombers as big as Ilya and flew deep into us!" When the Russian air defense sentry personnel at the front trembled and picked up the phone to report to the back, their reports were ignored by the officers on duty. What a joke, what kind of joke are you kidding me? The Russian Air Force spent so long saving up before the war to produce more than 60 aircraft, but the Germans on the Eastern Front were actually able to produce hundreds of them? This is absolutely a fantasy in the eyes of the Russians! But dozens of minutes later, when the first batch of bombs fell on the Russian military-level supply center and station, the Russians believed it!
The first target to be attacked was the train station northwest of Brest, where enough grain, meat and canned food for the officers and soldiers of three divisions were piled up for a week! Plus a division's base of ammunition. Train after train follows the railway into the station and unloads its cargo. Piles of grain and ammunition were placed in different places in the cargo station, and hundreds of carriages were transported in and out of the cargo station in order. More than four figures of Russian soldiers were busy in the entire cargo station. They had just finished eating the bread, beetroot soup and accompanying salted fish for breakfast. Just as I was getting ready to start the day's work, boundless sky fire fell from the sky!
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