Chapter 27
Because of the promise of logistics, Manstein became generous and ordered all units not to save ammunition and beat the Soviet Union to death.
Therefore, there was no artillery fire, and the Soviet Union was basically at a disadvantage and could only be beaten. It wanted to fight back, but it was powerless to do so.
At this time, the Soviet Air Force received the order from the field airport and immediately took off hundreds of I-16 fighters and flew towards the designated target.
When they arrived above the battle, Colonel Ivanovsky, who was in charge of the command, said loudly:"Each of you find your target. The only mission is to destroy the German artillery positions."
""Yes!" The voices of the Russian pilots came over the radio.
Then, the Russian pilots began to drive their fighter planes towards their respective targets.
At this time, a group of black shadows flew in the distance at a very fast speed.
Before a Russian fighter plane could react, it was instantly destroyed by a 37mm machine gun.
"Boom! The pilot didn't even have a chance to parachute, and was blown up in mid-air.
"Oh my god, it's a German fighter, get out of the way!" A sharp-eyed Russian pilot saw the logo on the plane and shouted in fear.
Unfortunately, the Russian pilot encountered the most advanced J-5 jet fighter of the German army this time. The J-52 wing returning from the southern line immediately replaced the new J-5 jet fighter and headed directly for the Manstein cluster, just in time for this battle.
As for their original fighters, they were left at the airport for maintenance.
The J-5 fighter was like a tiger killing a flock of sheep, slaughtering crazily. No fighter could survive a round. Basically, they were killed in a single encounter. Many people were shot down before they even had time to react.
""Devil, devil, all devils, it's too scary, what kind of plane is this, it's so fast!" A surviving Russian pilot said in horror.
On the ground, Manstein looked at the J-5 jet fighters slaughtering the Russian fighters crazily, and said in shock:"When did the Empire develop such an advanced fighter? ? ?"
If such a powerful fighter had been produced earlier, they would not have suffered a disastrous defeat, and he might even have been able to rescue the Sixth Army.
"The latest fighter plane produced by the secret factory of the empire, few people know about it, and it is directly under the Emperor."At some point, Major Priss came over and introduced
"A secret factory?"Manstein was stunned. He was the Grand Marshal of the Empire. There were basically very few secrets he didn't know.
"You don't need to ask for details, just know that the most advanced technology of the empire is concentrated there, including the new weapons you are using now, which are all produced there."Major Priss gave a brief introduction.
Hearing this, Manstein nodded, said nothing more, and looked up at the sky.
At this time, the victory or defeat has been decided. The Russian fighter planes are not even as good as the German FW-190 fighters, let alone the J-5 jet fighters, so they can only be slaughtered in the face of the J-5 and cannot stop the German attack at all.
"We won!" Looking at his own fighter planes chasing the Russian fighter planes, Manstein murmured,"Let the armored forces set off immediately and tell them that they have only one mission: advance, advance, and advance again. They are not allowed to stop without my order. The logistics department will distribute all the fuel."
"Yes!"
Two thousand T-34 tanks and one thousand Tiger tanks are being assembled quickly. At the same time, the logistics department of the Southern Army Group also began to take out all the stocks to make all preparations for the general offensive.
As the order for the general offensive was issued, the German army stopped the bombardment. The artillery fire of the Russian bear had long been gone, because facing the endless bombardment of thousands of Katyusha rocket launchers, the artillery of the Russian bear was wiped out and dared not fight back.
All the surviving Russian soldiers sat on the ground exhausted, some smoking, some resting breathlessly, some bandaging their wounds, some chatting, and some reporting on the battle situation.
"The damn German army finally stopped the shelling. I thought the battle would last a whole day and night."
"What is one day and one night? Last year's counterattack lasted for three days and three nights."
"But at that time, we had the upper hand, but now we are being suppressed by the German army and dare not fight back. I think our casualties this time are definitely very serious."
"Of course, I didn't expect the Germans to be equipped with our Katyusha rocket launchers. But why do they seem to have plenty of ammunition?"
"Yes, it's been several hours now, and it never stops."
"Maybe it's because I accumulated too much before."Someone speculated
"It's possible, but our artillery suffered heavy losses, at least half of them were killed, and now the artillery positions are still filled with smoke."
"Let alone, our air force also suffered heavy losses, hundreds of fighter planes were almost wiped out."
These surviving bear soldiers told the gossip they saw and heard one by one, hoping to ease their inner fear in this way.
"Damn the Germans!"
In the rear, the surviving artillery commander of the Russian bear looked at the messy positions and roared crazily. The Russian bear's artillery was used in a centralized manner, so they would set up artillery divisions, artillery armies, and even heavy artillery groups. They were originally used as strategic weapons, but they suffered this time. Facing the German army's free-for-all fighting style, they suffered heavy losses.
Many artillery divisions were annihilated as a whole. The artillery commander in front of him looked at the only dozen small-caliber artillery left, and he wanted to cry but had no tears.
PS Try to update more every day! Tomorrow the Russian bear should be confused, why does the German army have so many T34 tanks...