The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 1156

The outcome of the aerial melee could not be determined in a short period of time, but because they were held back by German fighter planes and unable to split themselves, the Soviet army’s interception plan was greatly affected.

Under the Soviet interception, some German troops still broke through the interception, flew over the retreating Soviet army, and dropped a large number of bombs on them.

The most feared thing for any army when marching in the field is an air attack.

Faced with attacks from the air, the troops on the ground have almost nowhere to hide, and there is no place to hide themselves.

The pilots flying bombers have an excellent field of vision at high altitudes and can clearly see every move of the enemy troops on the ground.

Unless they can create an air-raid shelter on the spot and hide underground.

Otherwise, when facing an air raid, the troops on the ground will not have a good way to deal with it.

“”Quick, lie down, hide!”

The commanders of the Soviet army are desperately evacuating the troops to prevent them from being gathered together and being wiped out by the enemy.

When facing air raids, the troops are most likely to be in chaos.

When the enemy’s planes bomb in the air, the troops on the ground suffer a large number of casualties, and panic will immediately spread in the army.

Under the control of the desire to survive, the soldiers instinctively want to hide.

And when there are too many such people, the troops will be in chaos.

And the army in a chaotic state will completely lose its organization and become a living target for the enemy.

Therefore, when attacked by air, the grassroots commanders must stand up and arrange the troops to hide and find cover as soon as possible.

If there is really no place to hide, they can lie down on the spot.

In this way, when the bomb explodes, the casualties caused to them can be effectively reduced.

The Soviet army’s organization is not bad, and with the presence of a large number of grassroots instructors, the troops are able to hide when they are attacked. After the bombing, there was only a little chaos at the beginning.

But it was soon calmed down, and under the command of the commander, the troops immediately began to get into shape.

Anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and even some soldiers raised their ordinary firearms and fired at the German bombers flying in the sky!

Due to the hasty organization, the Soviet anti-aircraft firepower was not dense.

But even so, several German bombers were still shot down.

The main reason for this was that in order to get rid of the entanglement and harassment of the Soviet fighters, the German army formed a dense formation and rushed over under the cover of their own fighters.

After rushing over, seeing the enemy on the ground, most of them did not have time to complete the readjustment of the formation, and went directly into the battle!

In this case, the German formation was too dense, which helped the Soviet army improve its hit rate!

“”Disperse the formation, don’t get too close to the enemy and make a living target!”

Seeing this, Goering immediately ordered the evacuation of the formation to prevent the bomber unit from suffering further losses.

As expected, after the German army consciously dispersed the formation, the hit rate of the Soviet anti-aircraft guns dropped sharply, and the number of bombers shot down was reduced a lot.

“Quick, contact the Air Force and ask them to send fighter jets to drive away these German bombers as soon as possible!”

The Soviet troops on the ground suffered heavy losses from the bombing, and they all complained angrily to the Air Force.

They were very angry about the Air Force’s behavior of watching the German bombers slip away from under their noses and ignoring them.

Because these bombers not only caused them thousands of casualties, but also seriously affected their marching speed.

In order to guard against enemy air raids, they could not swagger and retreat in a line on the road, but could only retreat from various small roads.

It was easier for personnel, they could go wherever they wanted, very flexible.

But vehicles and logistical supplies were not so flexible, these things could only travel on the road.

Without the road, they could not move at all.

So the German army only needed to blow up the road, or destroy the Soviet vehicles on the road, blocking the passage, so that the Soviet army behind them would be able to have a major impact on them!

The Soviet army could not Abandon these vehicles and baggage troops, after all, these are their heavy weapons, and weapons, ammunition and food supplies are all on the convoy.

Without these things, the Soviet army can not only not fight, but also can not survive!

So no matter what, these must be taken away.

And if the threat in the air cannot be lifted, they can not withdraw at all.

After receiving the request of the army, the air force had to take action.

They also knew the dangerous situation of the Soviet army at the moment. If they let the German bombers do whatever they want in the rear, it would be difficult for the Soviet army on the front line to return to Mins before the specified time.

If they cannot arrive in Mins on time, if Mins is lost, the three million Soviet troops will be finished!

For this reason, the Air Force specially withdrew a group of troops from the chaotic air battle and put them into the airspace in the rear to patrol and protect the air safety of their own troops!

After hearing the news, Goering laughed out loud!

“The bears have been fooled!”

He risked huge casualties to send his bombers to the rear of the Soviet army, in order to mobilize the Soviet army to disperse its forces.

Once they dispersed their forces, the Soviet army’s strength on the front battlefield would inevitably decline.

At this time, if the German army put in another fresh force, the balance of power between the two sides would be unbalanced.

The German army, with its advantages in quantity and quality, will defeat the Soviet Air Force and win this unprecedented air melee!

As long as they win this air battle, they will have air supremacy on the battlefield.

After having air supremacy, they can bomb the Soviet army on the ground more unscrupulously!

The Soviet commander may have seen this, but facing the German bombing, even if he knew it was a trap, he had to dive in.

Because he couldn’t fight the German army with the dissatisfaction and protests of the army!

“Transfer the 6th and 7th Air Forces from Lower Saxony and Brandenburg over here. Remember, all of them must be fighter jets!”

“The local bomber group will set off in three hours, and the destination is Mins, 400 kilometers away!”

Göring gritted his teeth and sent five of the seven German air brigades to join the battle!

This time the number of German fighters increased to 2,300, and the number of bombers also increased to 1,400!

Judging from the military strength alone, the German army has surpassed the Soviet army at this time.