This issue did not go through much discussion. In fact, Trufanov would propose that the soldiers retreat after lighting the fire, just to see if this was possible.
Once I knew there was no such possibility, there was no doubt that I supported Shulka's idea.
Veniamenko only hesitated before giving the order.
To be precise, he didn't hesitate, he sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 2nd Airborne Regiment.
"Comrade Vessarion, I want to know who commanded the army that attacked Butur village!" Veniamenko said.
"Yes, Comrade Veniamenko!" Vessarion replied: "But it will take time!"
It does take time, because the follow-up route to the village of Butur has even been blocked by the German army with firepower... The German army is trying to eliminate these enemies who have invaded the village to avoid being attacked by both internal and external forces and even causing internal chaos (in the dark night
In Chinese operations, it is easy to have problems such as unclear identification of friend and foe).
As a result, the German army concentrated mortar and machine gun fire to block the gaps in the village's defense circle and besiege those buildings.
In this case, contact with the troops inside the building must be done at the risk of life.
After thinking about it, Veniamenko said: "Let's do this, you bring the order in and let them set fire to the building they are in, no matter what method they use!"
"Ignite the building?" Vessarion was a little confused: "Comrade Veniamenko, if it is ignited, they will not be able to stay there!"
"They must stay there!" Veniamenko replied: "Until the last moment!"
Vesalion seemed to understand a little after hearing this. He hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "Yes, Comrade Veniamenko, I promise to complete the mission!"
"In addition!" Veniamenko continued: "You must write down their names and bring them out, everyone's, understand? Tell them that they will become Soviet heroes, everyone, their families will
Be proud of them and they will be well taken care of!"
"Understood, Comrade Veniamenko!"
"Act quickly, it must be completed before dawn!"
"yes!"
The order was issued, and everyone waited in the headquarters, almost all looking in the direction of the correspondent and the radio station.
Soon, a message came from the radio, and the correspondent reported: "The first batch of ten correspondents failed to break through the enemy's fire network, and all died!"
"Send again!"
"The second batch, all killed!"
"Send another twenty people, from different directions!"
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It wasn't until half an hour later, twenty minutes before dawn, that the correspondent shouted excitedly: "Contact has been made, they accept the order!"
As for how to know that we are in contact, it is not difficult. Just use a signal flag or a flashlight to signal outward.
"Very good!" Veniamenko looked at his watch and then ordered: "Let them be ready and light the fire in ten minutes!"
"Yes, light the fire in ten minutes!"
"Contact the Air Force immediately!" Veniamenko then ordered.
In fact, the Air Force has already made contact. Not only has the contact been established, but sixty ILs loaded with rocket nests have already taken off before that. They are divided into three teams... to be precise, it should be six teams. The plan is to start from three.
direction to attack Butul village and carry out bombing.
The reason why it was divided into three directions was because we were worried about which direction would be intercepted by the Germans and would not be able to carry out bombing.
The reason why we need to divide into six teams is because this mission is performed at night, and there is only one ignition location.
If there are multiple ignition positions, such as roughly forming a circle, then the pilot in the air can easily judge the distance and direction of the target.
But if there is only one place, and the dark night is the background, then is it near, far, high or low?
These cannot be judged, so basic accuracy cannot be guaranteed...especially the accuracy of rockets is very low. If you don't even know the basic orientation, then forget about hitting.
But the Air Force naturally has their own methods.
They have two columns of Il up and down in each direction. When they know each other's altitude and that of the other party, they can calculate the height and distance of the target through the azimuth angle with the fire... This is similar to the calculation method of artillery observers.
But of course, this is not something novice pilots can do.
The reason why the Air Force had to go to such great lengths and send out experienced pilots was because this air strike was very important, and it even determined whether the airborne troops could successfully win Butul Village and even the outcome of the entire battle.
Therefore, Veniamenko made a clear request to the Air Force: "The best pilots must be sent to perform this mission. As long as rockets can be successfully launched in one of the three directions, they must be able to destroy the defense of the Butuld Army!"
The Air Force did not dare to neglect, after all, this was the most important battle at present, and there was also an order from the Supreme Command, so it urgently assembled three batches of "Il" fighters from several different air force bases to take off and stand by.
At this time, after confirming in Veniamenko that there would be fire in Butul village in ten minutes, we estimated the time and flew to Butul village one after another.
The "estimate" is to arrive at Butul Village at the same time.
The purpose of this is to predict that the German army will send fighter planes to intercept them. If they arrive in batches, they will be shot down one after another by the German fighter planes.
But if three batches arrive at the same time and from different directions, even if the German Air Force has three heads and six arms, it will be difficult to completely block them.
Sure enough, Colonel Niels of the German Air Force, who was responsible for blocking the Butul airspace, panicked when he saw this situation.
"Requesting reinforcements, requesting reinforcements!" Colonel Niels said: "The enemy has a large number of fighter planes flying towards us. We cannot intercept so many targets at the same time!"
Lieutenant General Linus at the air force base was a little indifferent: "Let them come, colonel, they are just sending more supplies!"
Lieutenant General Linus thought that these Soviet planes were here to airdrop supplies or paratroopers for reinforcements.
If this is true, then the German army does not need to worry too much, because it will be dawn soon, and neither supplies nor reinforcements can enable the Soviet army to quickly capture Butul.
As for bombers... bombers also have to drop bombs at low altitude. Dropping bombs at low altitude means that they will be wiped out by German fighter planes, and they will not pose much threat to the defense of Butur Village.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Linus thought that the outcome of this battle was already decided. They only needed to wait for dawn, and then sent out fighter planes. The bombers bombed the Soviet airborne troops exposed in the wild, and then the armored regiments arrived.
Attack and the battle is over.
What Lieutenant General Linus did not expect was that the danger was approaching Butul step by step. (To be continued)