As time entered the 5th and 29th, the Guerrilla Republic began to fully respond to possible German air strikes, and all parties began to act according to the plan.
Arsenal and fertilizer plants have comprehensive smoke controls, and civilians are strictly prohibited from lighting fires for cooking during the day! Excess smoke will attract the enemy's attention, so civilians support various restrictions.
However, restricting smoke is equivalent to restricting the output of weapons and fertilizers. The work of burning charcoal, burning pottery and drying peat has also been severely disrupted.
The guerrilla republic cannot limit itself for a long time because of the enemy's air threat. Complaints about such passive measures have existed from the first day of implementation.
Yang Mingzhi was therefore more concerned about how many of the anti-aircraft machine guns he wanted could be produced. When he went to the arsenal early in the morning to find out, the exhausted Liguschkov immediately reported the good news.
He led Yang Mingzhi to a large wooden house, and an object covered entirely by gray burlap appeared in front of everyone.
"It's incredible. Could this be..."
"Yes! It's the anti-aircraft machine gun you want!" Liguschkov steeled himself, walked forward, and pulled off the linen cloth.
Yang Mingzhi has always been very confident about the efficiency of the arsenal, but he never expected that in less than twenty-four hours, the anti-aircraft machine gun would turn from an idea into a real object.
Yang Mingzhi walked over vigorously and picked up a large number of this weapon from top to bottom. He had to admit that most of the parts of the weapons that were hastily completed in the arsenal were still sharp and angular, and many locations were rough.
However, the overall structure of this eight-gun anti-aircraft machine gun is very sturdy.
This machine gun is operated by three people. The middle seat is responsible for firing. On the two side seats, one is responsible for the shooting angle and the other is responsible for the direction. The weapon and core are the eight MG34s. After simple modification, the eight sets of triggers were integrated into one. Another key point
It is this weapon's complex gear system that is also the most responsible mechanical system produced by an arsenal that Yang Mingzhi has seen.
Yang Mingzhi originally planned to install this thing on a jeep, but it seems that he thought too much. If this first eight-gun machine gun is used as a mobile air defense, then some trucks will have to be modified.
Taking advantage of the excitement, Yang Mingzhi simply made a decision: "This weapon is very good. The only thing left is to use it. The arsenal will remodel some trucks, just four of them. Install anti-aircraft machine guns on the trucks. When the enemy launches an air attack, they will be ready at any time."
Go out to support!"
He was extremely excited. The complex base of this weapon and some precision instruments were all made by lathes. Once the arsenal was damaged in an air strike, this kind of weapon would never be manufactured in the future!
Although Liguschkov made a guarantee that the machine processing workshops of the arsenal can definitely withstand any bombardment. The reason for his confidence is that these workshops are reinforced with concrete and some trees have been transplanted around them. The so-called camouflage and
Pay equal attention to reinforcement. Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but feel worried. He had no good solution. He could only hope that the arsenal could work hard at night, and he also hoped that the mine would move faster.
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Also on this day, at seven o'clock in the morning, Paul was finally ready to start a new journey after having breakfast.
He was by no means alone today, a full-time war cameraman was sitting in the back seat.
The two people took off in a brand new White Stork reconnaissance aircraft. After throwing away all the excess weight, especially the MG15 aircraft machine gun, they began to take off.
Everything went without saying anything. As the plane quickly glided into the sky, it was gradually obscured by the warm rays of the morning sun.
"Don't worry. As long as we fly high this time, the Russian machine guns won't be able to hit us." The cameraman had already comforted us.
"I hope so!"
"Oh? Why don't you believe it? I am the aimer of the Henschel bomber! As long as we fly to an altitude of three thousand meters, we will be immune to the enemy's firepower, unless they have anti-aircraft guns!"
Paul didn't want to know more about his new comrade-in-arms. Since he claimed to have operated a large bomber, this at least showed that he was not an idiot.
As a Paul with combat experience, he never wants to fly low again!
The plane flew higher and higher, because all the weapons and sundries were thrown away, the plane was still light even with two people on it. The route was determined, that is, the plain mine, and the plane gradually rose to an altitude of 3,300 meters.
Looking at the altimeter, Paul yelled: "Okay! We can't go higher anymore, the rest is up to you! It seems that we can't communicate with our superiors by radio here, let's complete the task and go back!"
"Can't contact me? Have you tried?"
With impatience, Paul turned on the radio. Suddenly, the bad noise in the headphones disappeared. Before he could help being surprised, a gust of wind suddenly rushed into the entire cabin.
He turned his head violently and yelled: "Hey! Why did you open the window? Close it for me."
"Idiot! How can I take a picture without opening the window! Damn it, this all feels like twenty years ago!"
This White Stork reconnaissance aircraft is doing the same job as the reconnaissance aircraft during World War I. The cameraman is carrying a very advanced high-altitude camera of this era, purely made in Germany, with a Zeiss lens. But it still shoots in black and white.
Photos undoubtedly require very careful analysis after they are developed.
The reconnaissance plane had already flown over Misi Ferry. The Germans already knew that this was a Soviet stronghold, and no one paid much attention to it. Paul felt brave and headed south along the winding course of the Dnieper River, aiming at the location of the mine like a sharp sword.
Plunge through.
Three thousand three hundred meters is not too high for an airplane, but for anti-aircraft machine guns, this is an insurmountable distance, because heavy machine gun bullets can reach an altitude of two thousand meters at most. However, at this height, it is already the end of a strong crossbow, and weak ones cannot even hit it.
Transparent white paper.
There was a strange roar in the sky. At this moment, Yang Mingzhi was still in the arsenal, supervising the workers to make new anti-aircraft machine guns.
The rumbling sound made people in the blacksmith village panic again, and the arsenal immediately took drastic measures to seal all the chimneys!
Liguschkov changed his calm image and exclaimed to the commander; "The enemy is investigating again! They must be searching for our location. Once the arsenal..."
"Shut up, let's go out and take a look first!"
Yang Mingzhi's face was ashen. He raised his telescope high and looked for the small black spot in the blue sky and white clouds. The noise of the enemy reconnaissance plane was not violent, which only meant that it was too high! Or it was obscured by the steaming white clouds.
After a lot of effort, Yang Mingzhi finally saw the small black spot, which was about the same size as a mosquito, heading south.
Liguschkov continued to say worriedly: "Our anti-aircraft machine guns are already capable of actual combat. Should we pull them out and shoot now?"
"It's too late!" Yang Mingzhi raised his right hand to stop, "I guess the enemy is going straight to the mine! This is a reconnaissance plane! It's really bad. At this height, only large-mouth anti-aircraft guns can knock it down and use electromagnetic interference.
It’s meaningless!”
In desperation, Yang Mingzhi stamped his feet and gave this order: "Liguschkov, hurry up and produce the anti-aircraft machine gun you have built. Don't install it on the truck. Transport it to the mine quickly.
That must be the target of the enemy’s attack. No! I have to personally give orders to the mine!”
In fact, Missidu had already reported the intelligence on the detection of enemy aircraft. Since Yang Mingzhi was not at the headquarters, Yevlov sent messengers to the arsenal to find the commander, and on the other hand began to organize air defense troops.
Podovich was ordered to do so in the face of danger. His air defense battalion was a primitive one, with a strength of just over a hundred, and the weapons on hand were only some MG34s. At least they were unprepared compared to the day before. The Soviet army quickly dispatched some machine gunners. However, when the enemy planes appeared
At this time, Podovich ordered the safety to be turned off. Why? These machine guns could not reach the "Eagle".
For the German army, the reconnaissance operation on May 29 was really a successful operation. They were high up and did not encounter any effective interference. As the cameraman said, the altitude of three thousand meters is immune to bullets!
The plane continuously circled over the mine, and Joshua received an air defense order. Her men and armed supervisors fired wildly into the air. The machine gun positions that were originally used to guard against collective riots by prisoners of war erupted with strong firepower.
The plane was unscathed, but the crazy shooting scared the prisoners of war. The German prisoners of war who originally wanted to cheer became mute today.
The cameraman shot three rolls of film in one go, and the harvest was huge.
"Hahaha! I thought I was going to have to dodge in the hail of bullets again this time, but I didn't expect that their machine guns just rang out!" In the cabin, Paul couldn't hide his excitement.
The cameraman was also very satisfied. He patted the camera on his chest gently: "These photos can be developed tonight. This is the certificate we need. In this way, the superiors will also authorize our aviation group to attack?"
"Why is there such trouble?!" Paul shook his head, "I can't wait until the photos come out again and we have already obtained permission! Captain, he is eager for revenge!"