Chapter 1,075 The Night Has Come
Chapter 1075 Dark night has come
"You know? This is the first time I hate the air force!" A soldier wearing a Russian military uniform cursed in a low voice and drove a four-wheeled carriage into the nearby woods.
"Hurry up. Those guys flying in the air now don't know whether you are German or Russian. Now the Russian Air Force has almost collapsed. These winged guys are crazy! They don't know restraint like wolves. , It will never be finished unless you chew everything you see into crumbs." The colleague next to him said jokingly while helping.
This Russian-style four-wheeled carriage was filled with food on the surface, but underneath were three MG machine guns and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition. The next vehicle contained mortars and artillery shells, and the last vehicle contained explosives and detonating devices. There are a total of 12 vehicles in the entire convoy, 7 of which are equipped with weapons and ammunition that the team needs to carry. The other five vehicles carry food, water and fodder.
As the commander of the entire team, Captain Smerdon didn't bring these things all this way just to kill a few Russians and be done with it. He had big plans. When his subordinates moved the vehicles one by one into the woods and watched the planes whizzing by in the sky, he thoughtfully wrote down something in his notebook.
"Boss, these are the exact locations of several military stations in Russia. Which one should we visit tonight?" A big man with scars on his face came over and handed over a marked map.
"Tonight we..." After roughly scanning the map, Smeiden said: "We won't move anywhere. These places have limited significance. We can blow them up with mortars, and the air force can also use bombs. .”
"I now feel that this No. 3 stone bridge is a very good target. Of course, we can't demolish them until we pass by." The captain said pointing to a highlighted bridge on the map.
"The Air Force is not omnipotent. There are a large number of anti-aircraft firepower composed of machine guns around this stone bridge. Although it is difficult to shoot down those bombers, it is still possible to force them to increase the bombing altitude. You know the accuracy of these bombers. They can drop bombs above 2,000 meters. If so, you can only expect it to hit a target as big as a village. And at this time, we need to take action." said the captain.
"This target? Even if we use up all the mortar shells, we can't kill it. This structure is very strong, unless we carry a 150MM heavy howitzer with us." Lieutenant Wright next to him shook his head and said.
"We can use explosives," the captain said.
"The key is that we can't get close. In order to ensure that the road is clear, the Russians have arranged military police 1 kilometers away. They will carefully check every vehicle. All vehicles pass through the bridge, and most of the personnel pass by from the side. It is recommended to pass on the floating bridge.
Even if we choose to attack at night, it is impossible. They have arranged searchlights. Going over the land is tantamount to courting death. There are at least 40 machine guns deployed around. We can't get through it. "The scar-faced second lieutenant also said the same thing.
"What's more important is that the explosives will be more effective if they are placed on the bridge piers, but how can we get to the bridge piers?"
"By the way, those pontoons that pass people have never been attacked?" the captain asked.
"Naturally, they have been attacked. They are not within the defense range of machine gun fire, so they are often strafed. The 12.7MM machine gun is very powerful. When using incendiary bombs, it is very effective in damaging the wooden pontoon. So the Russians are ready next to them. We have obtained wooden boats and planks and are ready for repair at any time," said Lieutenant Wright.
"So how many kilograms of explosives do we need to blow up this stone bridge?" the captain asked.
"If the bridge deck is damaged, forget it. Even if part of it can be blown off, the Russians can repair it quickly. If it is a bridge pier, find two suitable locations and place 50KG of explosives on each. It should be about the same. If If our data is correct."
"Okay, that's enough. I will put forward the plan later, and then we will discuss it. If it works, we will take action tonight!" said the captain. However, what the captain never expected was that his action inadvertently set a new world record. At the same time, a full 200 kilometers away from here, a group of specially improved K-4 bombers are making final preparations. This is the first batch of bombers in the world equipped with radio navigation equipment, and they are today The night mission was to carry out the first night bombing of the Luftwaffe.
"It is difficult for our bombs to hit that stone bridge even during the day, let alone at night, so our main task is to attack the five pontoons next to the stone bridge." Captain Myers said to his pilots. This attack actually has more experimental significance than actual combat significance. After all, the distance of 400 kilometers back and forth has greatly reduced the bomb load of the K-4 bomber, and then uses bombs to attack when the visibility is very poor? Well, Miles thought it might be better to use machine guns, so he didn't have too many requirements for the effect of this night attack. In his opinion, if the plane could fly over and then fly back again, it would be a victory.
However, Captain Myers still made serious preparations. Because the target was a wooden pontoon, he carried a large number of small incendiary bombs, and was equipped with special illumination bombs. The number of tracer bullets for the machine gun was also sufficient, and some aircraft also tried A searchlight is installed under the nose.
The so-called navigation of this night bomber, called the K-4N bomber, is actually a set of passive radio receiving and positioning devices. The Germans set up two radio transmitting base stations at base 2, and then installed radio receiving and positioning devices on the aircraft. Positioning means. The radio receiver can then determine the aircraft's position by receiving signals from two transmitting base stations. Then determine your direction based on ground markers (such as town lights).
"To be honest, when I received this order, I even thought it was something a big boss in the Air Force came up with after drinking too much. They might think we were too idle, so they tried their best to find something for us!" The captain once wrote this in his diary. (In fact, night bombing has been around for a long time. The Russian Ilya bomber carried out the first night bombing in human history not long after the start of World War I. Later, during the Albion operation, the Luftwaffe Night bombings were also carried out in the Gulf of Riga.)
Thus, in a rather coincidental situation, the Cougar Squad and the Luftwaffe's first night bomber detachment conducted an unexpected joint operation. Although there was no direct connection with each other, at a specific time, both sides launched attacks at the same time, which still caused chaos in the Russian army.
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