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After dropping all the cargo, the weight of the aircraft was greatly reduced, and both the transport planes and bombers flew extremely light. Accompanied by a large number of fighter jets, they made extreme turns over the dense forest, because this vigorous scene really shocked and shocked everyone.
The German troops facing off against the 284th Division.
In fact, before the airdrop began, the German army had already roughly determined the direction of the enemy planes through intelligence collection in various occupied cities. Their destination must pass through the Pripet Swamp, and it was unknown what actions the Soviet army was carrying out!
Kharkov did not encounter air strikes, nor did Sumy and Chernikov. Were they going to attack Kiev? Or were they going deep into Belarus to attack Babruisk? Based on the bomber's range analysis, the German army concluded that Babruisk
Sk is the limit of its flight.
The roaring in the sky was extremely dense, and the German army had no idea what the Soviet army was going to do.
Various military strongholds have urgently begun air defense work, including the German 707th Division stationed on the Mozyr-Gomel Highway.
"The Soviet air raid troops don't know where they are going to attack. It's definitely not my position in the field anyway! They are going to attack the city!" At first, the division commander Hertzman didn't care at all about the urgent order from his superiors.
Therefore, this infantry division was originally equipped with some 88mm anti-aircraft guns, but the muzzles of the guns were still not facing the sky. The majority of officers and soldiers still stuck to their posts. Today was obviously another peaceful day for them.
The infantry regiment, including Lotharheim, had just experienced a series of bad battles, and the soldiers were very upset. They lost many brothers, and the battle turned out to be very inexplicable! The Eastern Battalion went into the forest to search, but withdrew with heavy losses.
Now this group of people are complaining!
Lotharheim did not want to take another risk. If the Eastern Battalion continued to enter the forest, they might defect. As for their own men, they continued to hold on to the battlefield to guard against possible Soviet attacks.
When dawn dawned on March 30, an emergency call came from the division headquarters and he had to end his rest.
He knew that the Soviet air force under cover of night was very likely to pass through the 707th Division's position due to possible route reasons. It was impossible for them to attack here, and the officers and soldiers should still be careful.
"What on earth are the Soviets going to do? Are they inexplicably sending out the air force at this time?" Losaheim, who hung up the phone, was completely sleepy. Looking at his watch, it was only four o'clock in the morning.
For him, life on the front line these days has been really terrible!
"The Soviets are in the forest, and my troops can't destroy them at all! Now there is a group of Soviet aircraft flying over my head! Could it be that my position means that the enemy can come and leave at will? I am not here.
Beerhouse!”
He lit a cigarette for himself and stayed alone in his dormitory. A lonely German man needed to be understood. Unfortunately, it was impossible for his superiors to send more soldiers for him. Instead, he would soon ask questions about the results of the battle in the past few days.
I should think about how to report to the division commander why I lost so many elite soldiers in vain.
The more I thought about it, the angrier I became, so much so that I slammed the cigarette in my mouth to the ground and stomped on it!
"Soviet people! You'd better not let me see your plane. If I spot it, I'll blow you up with cannons!"
Therefore, originally the division commander Herzmann just ordered his troops to be on alert, without thinking of any war. When the order was passed to Lotharheim, he immediately understood it to mean that he would immediately open fire upon discovering enemy planes.
The assembly horn sounded at 4:30 in the morning, and the sleeping German soldiers quickly got up. These well-trained soldiers would not be sloppy in their own positions, and because of the previous battles, they could easily interpret this emergency gathering as a sign of the Soviet army.
sneak attack.
The soldiers quickly rushed to their combat posts. On the long battlefield, each soldier defended a distance of ten meters. Similarly, the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion also entered the trenches, and the German infantry regiment was fully prepared for combat.
Losaheim also put on his military uniform, and soon all the junior officers gathered at the regiment headquarters, and he issued orders from the division headquarters.
When the sleepy-eyed Lawrence heard that a large number of Soviet planes were coming from the sky, he had serious doubts about the division commander's order. "Commander, is it possible that the Soviet fleet has been flying for a long time without dropping a bomb?"
, in case their purpose is not bombing. If the intelligence is too taken for granted, what the Soviets carried out this time was not a bombing mission at all."
"Oh? What is that?" Losaheim rolled his eyes at him. "What else could they do besides bombing?"
"I guess... airborne?"
Lawrence's words immediately caused many officers to laugh, which made him very unhappy. After Lawrence knocked on the table several times, he said: "This is not impossible! My battalion is fighting a huge Soviet army.
! Their losses in the last huge battle must have been serious. Why did they send a large number of troops to ambush us? Their troops can launch an attack! But! This didn't happen at all! It's hard to fight. Don't you think they are waiting?
What?"
Losaheim was suddenly very interesting. If we connected the exposed Soviet army with the incoming Soviet aircraft fleet, maybe they were really preparing for an airborne landing.
Losaheim thought for a while and said in surprise: "Could it be that they sent out paratroopers? Then they will attack us mercilessly?" He looked at Lawrence. Among the current staff, this battalion
The commander said this intriguing thing. "Lawrence! Our Chief of General Staff is temporarily vacant. If what you said is true, then I should really nominate you with my superiors to serve as the new Chief of Staff!"
"But, it's better that this thing doesn't happen." Lawrence waved his hand, "The Soviet Union has paratroopers. Didn't they also conduct airborne landings on the southern battlefield? If they choose to airborne this time, it will be the best for us.
Oops! I really hope what the Soviets are flying over are bombers, attacking areas that are not under our control."
"They had better not be paratroopers!" Losaheim looked serious and ordered: "At least one thing is certain, it will be dawn soon, and the Soviet fleet will fly near us! We always have
We were passively harassed by the Soviets. Now we must seize the opportunity to shoot down a few enemy planes to save our poor morale! So I don’t need to say more about what to do! Everyone quickly go to your respective units, and the air defense operations will begin now.
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The new mission of this infantry regiment is to point its muzzle toward the sky. Unfortunately, this is not a professional air defense force. The mg34 was completely developed as an anti-aircraft machine gun. The exaggerated rate of fire is to increase the damage to enemy aircraft. These 7.62 mm
Small water pipes are very lethal to current Soviet aircraft.
But when facing bombers, it is better to replace it with a 12.7mm large tube. The best one is an anti-aircraft gun. Among them, the 88mm anti-aircraft gun has the best effect, and it can definitely shoot down if it hits it.
It's a pity that the entire regiment only has two such anti-aircraft guns. Compared with being a field artillery piece, Lotharheim has deployed it as a field gun for positional warfare, which is really overkill! rw