The trench life of German officers and soldiers was really boring. The enemy had not taken the initiative to attack for two months, and we would not rush south. If this stalemate continued for a long time, the vigilance of the soldiers continued to decrease.
Until something strange appears in the sky.
what is that?!
A German platoon leader raised his binoculars and looked carefully at the target. The scene was shocking.
This is a veteran, and he was even attacked by Soviet fighter jets in early April. Through his telescope, he suddenly saw a group of parachutes floating from the south! Could it be that the Russian paratroopers were dispatched again?!
The platoon leader decisively pulled out his pistol and fired a warning shot, which immediately alerted the bored trench soldiers and put them into battle preparation.
The German soldiers raised their heads, and they soon saw the parachutes, and even saw the black shadow hanging under the parachute. Because it was a sudden incident, the German army immediately launched a fire counterattack.
The ground troops are not as romantic as the air force. The so-called not shooting people on parachutes is absolutely impossible!
They raised their rifles and machine guns and fired at the target. Many recruits thought this was their first time shooting at the Russians. Undoubtedly, the tension of the first battle made these young soldiers so excited that they did not notice anything unusual about these parachutes.
The veterans have gradually discovered that they are not shooting at the enemy at all. What is even worse, these parachutes are simply pocket-sized.
The bullets hit some targets, the parachutes descended sharply, and some fell directly into the German positions.
The soldier's eyes widened and he watched helplessly as the strange object fell.
"No! It's a new type of bomb from the Russians! Get down quickly!"
A squad leader reacted quickly. Under his order, the entire squad of soldiers immediately lay down in the zigzag trench, covering their ears and waiting for the loud noise.
Nothing happened.
"Damn, what did the Russians throw? Isn't it a bomb?"
"Karl, go and take a look!"
"Why me! This is dangerous!"
"This is an order! Are you a coward?"
Not everyone is not afraid of death. These German Wehrmacht officers and soldiers are generally cautious, especially the officers and soldiers guarding this line of defense.
The soldier climbed over cautiously and vigilantly used the butt of his gun to smash the object under the broken parachute. Suddenly, the black cylindrical thing was deflated.
"Damn it! This thing is actually a paper tube!"
It turned out that the one hundred rockets used for the radar experiment did not land in the mud of the swamp as quickly as Yang Mingzhi estimated.
Everything stems from the warm south wind.
On the flat land, the wind is not strong, but at an altitude of two thousand meters, the southerly wind is very strong. Today's weather is cloudy, and the water vapor evaporating from the Black Sea gathers into clouds and continues to move to the north. The previous continuous rainfall is
It is a product of this climate pattern. The impurities above the swamp have long been washed away, and there are no longer condensation nuclei of precipitation.
The strong winds at high altitude even prevented some parachutes from falling. They continued to float southward, drifting fifty kilometers in a blink of an eye, and landed one after another in the afternoon.
In fact, only a few rocket debris fell into the positions of the German 707th Division, but they landed very cleverly.
The 707th Division also made great contributions during the so-called suppression of bandits. They reported the elimination of more than 10,000 guerrillas. In fact, the top German army officials also knew that they had killed many civilians to take credit. This matter will not be pursued. This infantry division's
The mission is to guard transportation lines and eliminate guerrillas.
The 707th Division suffered heavy casualties in previous battles, so veterans who survived without being seriously injured were promoted one after another.
Today, Lawrence is so lucky. Even after being injured many times, he can still pick up weapons and fight. After some personnel adjustments, he has already assumed the position of leader of the main force!
Perhaps in this infantry division, this Lawrence is the smartest man. He may not be good at commanding operations, but at least he is a very cautious guy.
Some things that were obviously rocket debris were discovered by his officers and soldiers, and this matter naturally attracted his attention.
After all, this is the most amazing thing that has happened on the battlefield in the past two months.
With these wreckage, he immediately drove to the division headquarters in the rear.
"Lawrence! You should knock on the door and come in! Are you coming to report the Russian attack?!"
"Look at this!" Lawrence worriedly took out the remains of a parachute and placed it directly on Hertzman's desk regardless of how dirty it was.
This move made the teacher very dissatisfied, "This thing. What exactly did you give me, a new toy?"
"No! This is a new toy of the Russians, although I don't know how it happened. They did come from the south! They must have come from the swamps!"
When it comes to the Pripet Swamp, Herzmann's head is big. He has aged very badly this year, which was all caused by the Russians. As the commander of an infantry division, he led the troops to victory one after another. This is
The honor of an officer. Unfortunately, honor is getting farther and farther away from him. How unlucky is it that he led the troops to fight to the death against the Russians in the swamp?!
He held his breath, put on white gloves first, and held the black cylinder in his hands.
"I thought, this thing is a rocket! Look! I can already smell the smoke!"
"Yes!" Lawrence added, "There is not only the smell of gunpowder smoke, but also an indescribable stench."
"Stink? It seems, there is indeed some strange smell. Why is it so familiar? But I just can't think of it."
"I feel like I'm pissed!"
"That's it!" Hertzman patted the table excitedly, then quickly fell silent. The current situation made him even more confused!
"It's really baffling. How could we find such a strange thing? It's a rocket shell with a parachute tied to the top. In terms of design, this thing is both simple and exquisite. We don't have such a thing.
It must be something the Russians did! What on earth did they do this?"
Hertzman slowly closed his eyes, relying on this thing and thinking about what happened to his defense zone during this period.
For a month, our own troops drove away some stragglers who robbed transport convoys. Later, due to continuous rainfall, the roads became muddy and road transportation was interrupted for several days.
He muttered: "These Russians must be thinking of ways to make life difficult for us. They made some rockets and tried every means to make them land slowly. There must be a conspiracy in this."
Suddenly, Hertzman opened his eyes suddenly, slapped his thigh and stood up, "Oh! That damn rain before could not have been caused by these Russians!"
Lawrence was also shocked by the teacher's theism: "Sir, you mean they can make rain? How is this possible?!"
"How is this impossible! Lawrence, it seems that you are still too superficial. Don't you know that using certain methods can cause rainfall? Looking back on the precipitation we have experienced before, isn't this abnormal? Is it a simple natural factor, or is it
Because the Russians desperately launched rockets to turn the excess water vapor in the swamp into rain?"
This is a theory that Lawrence has never heard of, and it seems very reasonable when told by his teacher. He did not dare to agree completely, and speculated: "If this is true, we should have rain by now!"
"Then go out and have a look! I hope the damn rain doesn't come down!"
It is true that the rain did not fall, and even dark clouds did not form. In fact, Homnich's large-scale release of high-altitude rockets may trigger rainfall.
The main reason why there is no rainfall is that the wind is strong at high altitude today.
But in the eyes of Hertzman and Lawrence, these floating white clouds are indeed more numerous and denser than yesterday. Both of them are trying their best to give psychological hints, making them more and more convinced that the previous rain was caused by the Russians!
In front of them, these two officers have completely believed in many anecdotes. The so-called 284th Guards Division of the Soviet Army in the swamp is a powerful unit! They can imitate the Dutch in artificial rainfall. If you think about it carefully, this is also