The Soviet "Il" attack aircraft's behavior of not dodging or completely ignoring the German fighters aroused confusion among the German pilots.
The adjutant flew a fighter plane and shot at an "Il" and asked loudly: "What happened to them? Were they beaten stupid by us?!"
"Obviously not, Colin!" Colonel Niels replied: "They are waiting for the target!"
"What is the waiting target?" The adjutant still didn't understand: "Why don't they wait while maneuvering?"
"See the rocket nests under their wings?" Nils explained: "They all carry rockets, all of them!"
When Colonel Niels said this, the adjutant understood, and so did the other German pilots.
This is not difficult to understand. Although rockets have many advantages compared to throwing bombs, for example, they can be launched at long distances without flying over the target, and for example, carrying a large number of bombs makes it easier to form a dispersion attack (note: aerial bombs are heavy but small in quantity).
, more suitable for bombing strong fortifications rather than scattered and destroying, killing large numbers of evenly spaced targets, such as infantry).
But the shortcomings of rockets are also obvious, that is, they need to know the target's orientation more accurately... You don't need to know the data to throw bombs. The worst thing is to fly at low altitude and constantly adjust your attitude and then drop the bombs when the distance is close.
Rockets are launched from a long distance. If you don't know the more accurate position data, it's basically like a blind man touching an elephant.
"So, they're waiting for a signal from the ground forces?" the adjutant said.
"Yes!" Colonel Niers replied: "The command is wrong. If these rockets are successfully launched, Butul will be finished!"
The adjutant couldn't help but exclaimed: "We should warn them!"
"Do you think it's too late?" Colonel Niels replied: "We have already entered the airspace of Butul Village! Rather than spending time to warn, it would be more realistic to shoot down a few more targets!"
Just as he was talking, Nils saw a little fire outside the port window, and then the fire quickly became brighter. It looked very conspicuous in the dark night, like a beacon light in the sea.
"Coming!" Nils sighed, and then ordered: "Don't give up, disrupt their rhythm!"
The German pilots immediately increased their speed, and some even gave up the step of shooting the rear cabin gunner first and then the vital points of the aircraft, and directly chased the tail and fired... This actually gave the "Il" rear cabin gunner room to play.
Then, amidst the hail of bullets, the Soviet and German air forces shot down each other's fighter planes.
However, the number of German fighters was still too small after all, and they were unable to recover at this time.
"Fire!" Gavriel ordered.
In an instant, dozens of "Il"s launched an attack on the target. The rockets made a "swish, swish, swish" sound and headed straight towards the fire with bright lines... Although the German fighter planes were divided into three parts to attack, they could succeed.
It interferes with every target, but it also means that the targets in three directions cannot be completely wiped out, so the rockets can attack Butur Village from different directions.
You must know that each aircraft of the 194-type "Il" can carry 8 1MM caliber rockets. The thirty-seven surviving "Il"s have 96 large-caliber rockets. These rockets will instantly destroy the entire layout.
The village of Tours was turned into a sea of flames, which occasionally ignited German ammunition and caused bursts of explosions. (Note: "Il" models after January 194 only carried four 8MM caliber rockets.
This is mainly because "Katyusha" rocket launchers have been equipped in large quantities, and there is no longer much need to use precious air force to launch rockets.)
Among them, there were especially several railway artillery shells in Butur Village that had not had time to be evacuated. One of them was being prepared to be hoisted to the train for emergency transportation by the railway track. As a result, it was unexpectedly bombarded by the dense rockets indiscriminately.
It was detonated... There was just a loud "boom", and a mushroom cloud of smoke and dust exploded from the fire. It was very conspicuous because it was surrounded by the flames of the shells. Soviet soldiers a few kilometers away
Everybody can see it clearly.
At this time, Veniamenko's order was no longer needed. Vessarion jumped out of the trench and shouted: "Comrades, the last moment has come. Drive out all these invaders! Charge!"
"Charge!" the airborne troops shouted and charged towards Butur village with bayonets drawn.
In the village of Butul, the German soldiers had long been beaten to pieces by rockets and cannon shells. Even if they were not killed, they were stunned and injured. Facing the swarming Soviet troops,
I had no choice but to watch them getting closer and closer...and then the bayonet flashed and pierced into the chest.
The whole battle lasted only ten minutes, and the Soviet army fully occupied the village of Butul.
This can hardly be called a battle, but a collection of corpses.
When the 51st Army Headquarters received the telegram of victory from Vessarion, Veniamenko suppressed his excitement and ordered: "Very good, Comrade Vessarion! But we have not won yet. You should organize your defense immediately. The sky is dark."
It's about to light up, and the enemy's air force and reinforcements will arrive soon. You have to hold Butul Village for at least one hour, do you understand?"
"Yes, Comrade Veniamenko!" Vessarion answered.
Only then did a burst of cheers erupt from the headquarters.
Veniamenko hugged Shulka excitedly and said: "That's great, Comrade Shulka! You succeeded again, you defeated them and saved our troops!"
This can indeed be said to be a reversal, because if the Butur village cannot be captured, the airborne troops will be waiting to die.
But now... although Butul Village may not be able to be defended, at least there is hope.
Then, another good news came from Butul village.
"We found eight anti-aircraft guns, 88MM anti-aircraft guns in the ammunition depot!" Vessarion said: "There are also a large number of supporting ammunition, and there are also many anti-aircraft machine guns!"
It was an underground ammunition depot, built specifically for the Dora cannon by a German engineer battalion.
It is not surprising that there will be so many anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, because the "Dora" cannon is deployed in the rear. In principle, what it needs to worry about is the enemy's air force... The infantry must break through the German defense lines before it can threaten
to "Dora", which is almost impossible.
The Air Force's sneak attack on the "Dora" cannon was difficult to guard against.
Therefore, the troops protecting the "Dora" cannon around Butur Village are almost all air defense troops, and they need to be equipped with a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower.
Of course, these troops need to be prepared for equipment replacement and replenishment.
The equipment used for replenishment is transported to Butur Village and stored in an underground warehouse. (To be continued)