Chapter 1587 Ambush 5
However, before Xiafei could answer, the sound of engines from the sky broke the tranquility here. With the cover of the clouds, the Bavarian bomber force successfully approached the French marching column, but the latter showed no reaction!
"Air defense alert! Evacuate immediately!" Xiafei's guards quickly pulled their commanders to find a safe place, while other tanks and vehicles also began to disperse. The anti-aircraft artillery was quickly unloaded from the transport vehicle and prepared for anti-aircraft shooting, while the machine gunners began to set up machine guns under the command of the officers. However, what the French did not expect was that the attack target of two squadrons of K-6 bombers was not them, but flew towards the rear of the French army several kilometers away!
"Damn it! They are attacking our transport troops and artillery! At this time, the artillery is deployed and cannot move!" A terrible thought came out of Xiafei's mind.
The distance of thousands of meters is only a few minutes for an airplane. The time from the time the French saw the first airplane to the time the bombs were dropped on their heads was no more than 5 minutes! At this time, 5 kilometers away from the battlefield, the French artillery position, which had just completed the shooting mission and was preparing to call it a day, was in a panic. They could only quickly find a hiding place, and then looked at the precious 105mm and 155mm howitzers. and cannons reduced to ashes by German bombs!
The British fighter jets have not yet arrived. In fact, when Xiafei chose to launch an in-depth assault, the British's provision of anti-aircraft umbrellas was more symbolic than practical. The British could only guarantee 4 to 5 hours of cover a day, and At this time, the first batch of planes from Yinggurou were on their way, and the Bavarian War Eagles, who had no air threats, once again demonstrated their amazing attack capabilities!
The 36 K-6 bombers were divided into two waves. The first wave of attacks fell directly on the artillery positions that had not been recovered after the deployment. More than a dozen 105mm cannons and several 155mm cannons were neatly arranged in the wilderness, forming the final sight. Good target. More than a dozen bombers quickly passed over from an altitude of 150 meters, and in less than 2 minutes, they dumped more than 10 tons of bombs on this artillery position. In an instant, the explosion shook the ground and covered tens of thousands of square meters. The area is filled with fire and explosions. Pillars of smoke rose up one after another, and countless pieces and flames spread in all directions. When the smoke gradually dissipated, the entire artillery position had been blown up like the surface of the moon, with nearly a hundred craters scattered throughout the area. All the artillery was lost. If they were lucky, they could still see their former appearance, but if they were unlucky, they would be reduced to a piece of scrap metal!
After successfully covering the artillery positions that the French had neglected to guard against, the K-6 bombers hovering in the air began to turn their attention to the transport vehicles next to them. For these targets, the Germans kept circling over the opponent like windmills, bombing The French who were suppressed by alternating firing with large-caliber machine guns couldn't hold their heads up. A series of cheap 12.7mm bullets could easily smash a transport truck worth tens of thousands of francs into a pile of pieces! The French tried to stop the anti-aircraft firepower, but the anti-aircraft firepower without scale and unified command could be described as powerless in the face of a large number of bombers. The German sub-bombs were specially prepared for anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns!
Several fire snakes shot into the air from somewhere on the ground,
Scattered attacks drew curved arcs in the air, and the French tried their best to drive away the god of death above their heads. However, after a few sub-munition bombs fell, a series of bullets covered the entire position like a goddess scattering flowers, and incidentally also killed several people nearby. A truck was blown to pieces. The other two K-6 bombers were not satisfied and flew over from low altitude again. The machine guns with more than 2 digits used more than 4 digits of bullets in a very short time to clean up all the remaining valuable targets near this position. net!
Just as the French artillery positions suffered, the logistics convoy in the rear also suffered a heavy blow. Hundreds of wheeled trucks and carriages were neatly arranged on the road. Originally, they thought they would only encounter a few encounters in front of them. The trouble would only delay a little time at most, so the formation was not disbanded, and a group of French soldiers also took advantage of this rare opportunity to take a break and smoke a cigarette. However, what they were waiting for was not the order to leave, but the incendiary bombs from Bavaria!
Several round objects fell from the sky, making people mistakenly think that the other party was throwing gasoline barrels! However, these unsightly appearances do not hinder the huge power of these bombs! Huge flames soared into the sky in the convoy. The semi-solid gasoline added with coagulant was ignited and then splashed around like fire. They could absorb everything they encountered and would never extinguish it until everything was burned! The wooden structures and flammable paint used in cars of this era undoubtedly greatly promoted combustion efficiency!
Violent explosions and black powder billowed in the air. Many trucks had their fuel tanks detonated, completely turning the area into a sea of fire. K-6 bombers hovering at low altitude were like demons from hell, spreading flames and death. In the convoy, crackling sounds of burning and explosions were heard all the time.
"The Germans seemed to have thought that we would deploy artillery positions here, and they also thought of intercepting our transport convoy. The weapons they carried were very suitable for dealing with us." A French officer recalled afterwards. After being hit suddenly, the French didn't understand the reason for a while. After all, the bombers overhead were hovering in the sky, and they had no time or energy to think about it. But there are always people with keen minds who can feel the strange situation on the battlefield - why are the Luftwaffe's air strikes so precise? !
The answer soon came out. Before the death in the sky left, a group of wheeled armored vehicles rushed into the originally chaotic French army. More than a dozen 2-pound rapid-fire cannons aimed at another group of baggage at the rear. The convoy fired a dense barrage of artillery shells!
Long before the French forward hit the blockade, relying on the mobility of wheeled armored vehicles, the reconnaissance team had already circled to the side and rear of the French. The French army did not realize at first that the German army would come so quickly, so the defense depth on the flanks was not large. However, even so, the seemingly bloated logistics convoy could not be eliminated by a single reconnaissance team. Not to mention anything else, the anti-tank rifles and special tungsten alloy hardened bullets equipped by the French can cause a lot of trouble for this thin-skinned and bulky armored vehicle.
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