The commotion caused by the German reconnaissance planes ended quickly, and the villagers who had completed their air defense covert operations returned to their homes one after another.
What happened today really shocked tens of thousands of civilians, because it was unprecedented! The army actually discovered the enemy plane half an hour in advance!
As we all know, the early warning radar that created this early warning miracle came from the army's early warning radar. Who made the radar? Of course they were Commander Belekov.
The majority of villagers already had great admiration for their commander, and now this admiration is even deeper!
Yang Mingzhi can naturally imagine that after this incident, the villagers will love him even more, which can be seen from the congratulatory messages sent by everyone in the headquarters. Among them, the most valuable congratulatory message is from Salinchkin, this old guy
He came to the headquarters in person and held Yang Mingzhi's hand firmly as soon as they met.
"Comrade Berekov! You are really an inventor. You really used the small parts of the old radar to create a brand new radar! Today, it is really eye-opening for me!"
This guy was too enthusiastic and made Yang Mingzhi a little embarrassed.
"Okay! Comrade Commissioner! This is indeed a happy event, and it does not deserve your excessive joy! You see, I am not overly excited either."
"Okay, I should be calm too! Now I have to do some self-criticism!"
"Oh?" Yang Mingzhi was confused, "What do you blame yourself for?"
"Just yesterday, I was suspicious of the four radar soldiers, fearing that they would not be able to do this important job. I never expected that not only did they do a good job, but they also made a contribution! I am a pragmatic person,
I have written down all the soldiers who have made meritorious service." As he said this, Salinchkin blinked his left eye and whispered: "I will keep my promise and I will ask for credit for those girls!"
Yang Mingzhi was stunned at first, and then felt happy.
"That's great! I thank you on their behalf!"
"Okay, this matter is over for now! This damn German reconnaissance plane, they have arrived at the mine again. I am very worried that the enemy will conduct another air attack! After all, our mine is very important!"
"Regarding this matter, I am also about to invite you to participate in our emergency military meeting. Since you are here, let's not waste any more nonsense and start right away!"
All senior officers gathered in the headquarters. They were not complacent about the radar warning, but were very pragmatic and conducted in-depth analysis of possible future actions of the German army.
Here, Yang Mingzhi is the main analyst.
"The German reconnaissance plane only encountered counterattacks from our military fire at the mine. Not a single bullet was fired from our blacksmith village or even other collective farms. I focused the enemy's attention on the mine, especially the fake military camp being built!
If the enemy wants to carry out an air attack, the first one to bear the brunt is the fake military camp! I ordered Medvedev’s people to project firepower on the enemy planes in the fake military camp! If I were the German army, I would not hesitate to believe that this is the real Soviet army.
The military camp!”
This explanation was so convincing that neither Yevlov nor Fomin questioned it.
There is always someone who wants to question, and that is Salinchkin. He asked: "Are the Germans really that stupid? Will they easily jump into your trap?"
Yang Mingzhi nodded: "This is not a question of smartness and stupidity. The Germans have every reason to believe that they have found an important target. They have only two choices, ignore it or bomb. I think they will definitely choose to bomb! After all, we will
Taking the initiative to attack will always touch the sensitive nerves of the enemy, and they will inevitably retaliate. However, people often lose their reason when they decide to retaliate!"
"In this case, they will bombard our false targets indiscriminately?!"
"It's best like this!" Yang Mingzhi smiled slightly, "That's what I hope! They'd better drop bombs as hard as they can. I've said before that the mud in the swamp is an excellent buffer. They dropped bombs into fake military camps.
Many of them cannot explode! These dumb bombs were captured by our army, and the large amount of explosives inside belong to us! This is the truth of guerrilla warfare! As the saying goes, there are no guns or cannons, the enemy makes them for us! I don’t ask to seize a large amount of ordnance, I can get it
A lot of TNT, that’s the best!”
On the other hand, after the German reconnaissance plane returned to the base and Paul made a reconnaissance report, the aviation group fell into a commotion.
The German pilots who stayed here were very envious of their comrades who had moved to the front line in Kharkiv to fight. Those people slaughtered Soviet pilots on the front line and easily bombed Soviet ground targets. As a fighter pilot, who doesn't want to be in the credit book?
Does your name appear on it?
The spiritual totem of all German pilots is the famous Red Baron Friedrich. This combat hero shaped the military soul of the German Air Force in his unique way.
Every pilot hopes to recreate the romance and exploits of this hero, but the opportunity to fight is not available to everyone.
Now, there is an opportunity for attack in front of the Koch Aviation Group. Although there are only a few fighter planes, after mounting bombs, bombing the enemy camp will definitely achieve huge results! Only a major victory can make the superiors take them seriously.
The Koch Air Group also has great military value!
Koch received a report from Paul, and he was completely convinced that that area was indeed the new Russian military camp. He had no reason not to believe it.
At an emergency military meeting, he shouted to his subordinates at the top of his lungs: "Gentlemen! The opportunity to serve the Third Reich has come! We must bomb the Russian military camps and kill their effective forces on a large scale. We will never be merciful!"
The only ten pilots had electric eyes, their hearts were beating wildly, and they were eager to try new actions.
"Gentlemen, you go get ready now! I will report this to my superiors immediately. I think the air raid permission will be issued immediately!"
Koch did report the matter to his superiors as soon as possible and formally mentioned the application for air strikes. The report he submitted was also handed over by the Air Force to the army stationed throughout Belarus, and even to the top Nazi commander in Belarus, William Kube.
in hand.
Revenge against the Russians was fully supported by the high-level German army, so the Soviet military camp in the swamp was discovered. How could the air strike be delayed?
On June 17, just four hours after Paul ended his investigation, an order was sent to Koch.
"Order, the Fifth Aviation Group, to dispatch all combat aircraft, mount bombs, and bomb the Russian military camp! The time is the morning of June 18th!"
The speed with which the superior issued the order was beyond Koch's expectation. He was extremely excited. However, when he recovered, he realized that the order from his superior was also a bit too hasty.
Because the current runway has not yet been fully restored, ground crews must repair the runway in a very short time to carry out new operations.
is it possible?
Koch had no choice. At five o'clock in the afternoon, he used a loudspeaker to order all ground staff and garrison troops in the entire aviation base to assemble urgently.
He issued two orders. First, all fighter pilots should prepare for combat, and technicians should inspect all combat aircraft to prepare for tomorrow's air raid. Second, all ground crews and garrison troops should immediately start all machinery to prepare for the next twelve months.