69novels Chapter 1154
Chapter 1154
“The Soviets have begun to retreat!”
After realizing that the Germans might launch a surprise attack on their rear and cut off their retreat,
Timoshenko deployed troops to strengthen the defense of Mins City and buy as much time as possible for the troops on the front line.
On the other hand, he immediately began to make arrangements for the three million Soviet troops on the front line to begin an orderly retreat.
However, if such a major event as a retreat was carried out under the eyes of the Germans, it would naturally be impossible to hide it from the Germans.
“It’s not surprising. If he didn’t do this, I would be surprised!”
Manstein’s expression was relatively calm after hearing the news. He raised his wrist and looked at the time.
“It is now 11:30 in the morning. The Soviet response time is about three and a half hours, which is much faster than we expected!”
According to the German army’s expectations, after dawn, the two German troops in the bear’s territory will be exposed.
The Soviet army will immediately know the strength and movements of the two German troops, and then will pay attention to it and report the news. It will take at least one and a half hours for this news to be reported to the commander-in-chief of the Soviet front line.
The Soviet commander will make a judgment based on the intelligence, and then pass on his order, which will take more than an hour.
By the time the Soviet army on the front line receives the order and begins to prepare to retreat, it will take at least three hours.
According to the German army’s prior deduction, the Soviet army should The retreat should have started around twelve o’clock.
But at this time, the time was just half past eleven, and they began to act, which was half an hour earlier than they expected.
Half an hour may not seem long, but on the battlefield, half an hour may have unexpected effects.
If the plan fails because of this half-hour time difference, and then triggers a chain reaction that leads to the defeat of the entire battle situation, then the German army will lose both the wife and the army!
Therefore, whether it is Manstein or other German generals, after learning the news, the first thought in their minds is to delay the Soviet army and prevent them from retreating with peace of mind.
“What’s the situation with Goering? Aren’t they ready yet?”
Manstein is ready to use the air force as a trump card!
Only the air force can bypass the obstruction of the Soviet army on the front line, directly attack their rear, and delay their retreat.
“The three air brigades led by General Goering are already in position, ready to take off and fight at any time!”
The representative of the Air Force stood up and answered immediately when he heard Manstein’s name.
This answer made Manstein very satisfied:”Very good, send a telegram to General Goering immediately and tell him to let the Air Force bomb the retreating Soviet troops immediately. They must delay their retreat and never let their main force arrive in Mins before our army!”
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One hundred kilometers to the rear, at the airport in the suburbs of Warsaw, after receiving the order from the commander-in-chief of the front line, General Goering personally led more than 1,200 fighters and bombers to take off and participate in the battle.
This was the largest-scale air operation dispatched by the German army since the outbreak of the Soviet-German War.
Such a large-scale air operation made the Soviet army very nervous!
“Take off, take off immediately to fight, we must not let them interfere with our retreat!”
The Soviet defense on the front line was very tight, which prevented the German army from attacking the Soviet airport, so after the battle broke out, the Soviet Air Force was not completely destroyed.
Although a series of fierce air battles broke out between the two sides in the past two days, the Soviet losses in the air battles were much higher than those of the Germans.
However, they have a large number of pilots and a large number of aircraft in reserve, and these losses are not enough to completely deprive the Soviet army of its combat capability.
Therefore, after Goering’s Air Force took action, the Soviet Air Force immediately began to take action, preparing to take off to intercept these invading enemy planes!
Seeing the opponent’s fighter planes taking off one after another, Goering quickly made arrangements.
“The First Aviation Brigade maneuvers to the left, distances itself from the main force, protects our army’s flanks, and doesn’t let the Russian planes take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in!”
“The Second Air Brigade continued to maintain the scheduled route, and the fighter squadron began to carry out escort missions!”
“The Third Air Brigade is advancing at full speed to engage the enemy’s fighter planes. Remember, destroy as many enemy fighter planes as possible and don’t let them touch our bombers!”
In order to inflict greater damage to the Soviets, Goering was unreserved this time, bringing all the bombers deployed on the Eastern Front.
Among these bombers, there were not only light bombers such as the JU-87 Stuka dive bomber, but also heavy bombers such as the B-52 strategic bomber.
In addition, a large number of Henk medium bombers were also dispatched to participate in this operation.
The quality of the Soviet fighters is very good. Most of these fighters, mainly La and I fighters, are new fighters that have been in service for less than three years.
The maneuverability, firepower and maneuverability of these new fighters are at the top level in the world.
In the previous confrontation with the coalition forces, the Soviet Air Force had suppressed the coalition air force.
Many of the BF-108 fighters purchased by the coalition forces from the Third Reich were shot down by the Soviet new fighters.
And these battles also showed that the performance of these new fighters of the Soviet Army was better than that of the German BF-108.
However, after facing the German BF-109, it is hard to say whether they can still take advantage!
“The German army has fewer fighter planes than we do. Don’t be afraid of them, just rush up and kill them!”
“As long as we kill their fighters, the remaining bombers will be our food, and we can slaughter them at will!”
The commander of the Soviet army is doing his best to boost morale, trying to make his pilots have confidence in the next battle!
Soviet pilots are generally young, but their combat experience is not bad.
Although the coalition’s attack has tied down the energy of the Russian bear to a certain extent, it has also consumed the national strength of the Russian bear.
However, from another perspective, the coalition’s attack has stimulated the war potential of the Russian bear in advance, allowing the Russian bear to enter the stage of full mobilization early.
In this case of total mobilization, everything of the Russian bear is for the service of war. Their factories work overtime to produce various weapons and equipment, including airplanes, tanks, artillery, etc.
Not only that, on the other hand, the Soviet soldiers have also accumulated rich experience in battle and quickly grown into an excellent army.
Among them, the fastest growing and least hit and lost is obviously the Russian bear’s air force!