Chapter 1110 Bombing Minsk
In the dark night sky, relying on advanced radio navigation equipment, Major Helmut Pohler's bomber gradually flew closer to his target.
Minsk, the capital of Belarus, was still surrounded by dark street lights at this time.
The Soviet Union was stunned by this sudden attack, and everything could not react. A big city like Minsk didn't even know how to implement a blackout! It can even be said that the thinking of the Soviets has not changed.
The radio navigation of this era can only roughly guide to the correct orientation, there will be no distance marking, and it will not be accurate to the order of meters like the satellite navigation of later generations.
Therefore, after flying close to the target, it also depends on the visual observation of the bomber force.
Now, for the Junkers-88 bomber unit, this is a perfect opportunity. The bombardiers in front shouted with excitement: "Discover Lenin Street in the center of Minsk, and prepare to enter the bombing route!"
The main arsenal they want to bomb is on the central street of Minsk. In the center of the street is the railway station, and next to the station is the important arsenal of the Soviets, which stores the supplies of hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops. .
Now, the dim street lights below pointed the way accurately, the Soviets are simply too stupid!
The plane continued to fly forward, and soon entered the sky over Minsk. At this time, no anti-aircraft artillery fired into the sky!
This cannot be blamed on the Soviets. For them, it is still a time of peace, the artillery positions have not yet been deployed, and the anti-aircraft artillerymen are still sleeping, but no one has notified them to get up for air defense.
The headquarters is being overwhelmed by various situations from the front line, how can it take into account a small anti-aircraft artillery unit in the rear.
In fact, the more direct reason is the great purge of the Soviets. Countless excellent commanders who had gone through the civil war were killed in the mighty purge campaign, and countless new commanders filled in, but They don't have much experience at all, and at this time, they're already panicking.
The Junkers-88 bomber flew into the vicinity of the train station in a big way like no man's land. In order to pursue the efficiency of the attack, Major Helmut Pohler also ordered his bomber to dive and drop bombs.
The German pilots are extremely skilled, and the Junkers-88, an all-purpose bomber, is absolutely unambiguous in dive bombing.
"Oh, bomber!" At this time, outside the arsenal, the soldier standing guard heard a sound in the sky. When he raised his head, he saw from the sky that the terrifying bomber was diving towards his arsenal. !
At such a time, of course, he would not continue to wait here foolishly. He almost used up all his potential and ran out quickly. The arsenal was hit. What were the consequences?
He will be blown to the ground!
The Junker-88 whizzed from the darkness with a precise dive angle. When it pulled up, a string of bombs had been thrown down.
"Boom!" The arsenal here is just an ordinary warehouse. There is no solid concrete fortification at all. The aerial bombs almost easily lifted the ceiling, and then the follow-up bombs exploded in the arsenal.
"boom!"
"boom!"
The night sky was illuminated, and the dim street lights had long since dimmed. In the entire sky, you could see the fire burning on the ground, and the flames jumped up to hundreds of meters high!
The explosions continued one after another.
The sentinel just now did not run away. Although he moved quickly enough, there was still no violent shock wave from the explosion behind him. He was pushed to the ground by a powerful airflow, and blood flowed from his mouth. At the last moment of his life, he twisted. Look over and watch the terrifying explosion in the arsenal.
The whole land of Minsk is shaking!
It was originally planned to have a flying group to kill the target here, but unexpectedly, a plane of Major Helmut Pohler completed its mission, and he shouted on the radio: "Freedom to find the target to bomb!"
When they came, of course, they made a lot of plans. There were enough targets in Minsk that were worth bombing, arsenals, government buildings, railway stations, power stations, army headquarters and so on.
After getting his order, the Junkers-88 bombers at the back spread out, looking for their target with murderous intent.
The shock from the ground made Pavlov instantly stunned. Unlike others, he was a veteran from the front line after all. He had participated in the brutal Spanish Civil War, and he was quite familiar with this kind of shock.
Explosion, this is a big explosion, and then feeling the direction of the vibration, he immediately judged that it was a German bomber that flew to his side!
"Blackout, hurry up, implement the blackout across the board, and put out all the damn lights for me!"
Just after Pavlov finished speaking, the noisy telephones in the command room rang one after another. The adjutant received the call, and his face changed greatly: "General, our arsenal has been bombed!"
Nonsense, does this need to be said? You can figure out what's going on with your ass!
Pavlov was very confused at this time, and he also knew that this was his last chance.
The entire Western Special Military Region has a total of 650,000 troops. How many troops does the Germans have in total? The number of Germans is small, which is the biggest disadvantage. They launched an attack on the entire front, so their own side has a military advantage in part.
"Boom!" At this moment, a bomb suddenly fell from the sky and hit the open space in front of their building. The airflow generated by the explosion smashed all the glass in the command room here. The earthquake shattered.
An officer was so frightened that he got under the table at once.
"You bastard, come out!" Pavlov kicked his ass with his leather boot: "Now, go find sheets, bedding, etc., block the windows, don't let the light exposed."
What kind of situation did you not experience when you were in Spain? Sitting on the body of the dead has eaten, and Pavlov's composure infects everyone.
Although the Germans are attacking across the board, it is also important. For example, the Brest Fortress must be a key position for the Germans to attack. Well, I will block them from here!
"Order the mechanized 14th Army to reinforce in the direction of Brest!" Pavlov said: "Let them fight back the German troops that came out! Let the Germans usher in a tragic defeat!"