Chapter 774 Tactics

The third group used STG44 to knock down the pilots and guards who swarmed out, and the second group threw the time bombs in their backpacks under the plane or even inside the plane. The whole operation lasted for fifteen minutes, and then the transport planes came down one by one to pick up the soldiers.

The helicopter flew to the sea again, and there were explosions at the airport behind them. The whole airport was blown into a sea of ​​fire.

Looking at their "results" behind them, the German soldiers cheered.

"It's so exciting!" Werner said: "I guarantee that we will blow up many more planes tonight than the Air Force shot down!"

"So, the pilots can retire!" The baker said.

"Hey!" The helicopter pilot turned around and responded: "The pilots are retired, are you going to drive this thing?"

"Sorry, Ross!" The baker replied: "Of course we don't include you!"

The German soldiers laughed happily.

Zhukov on the other side personally led his troops to the airport for reinforcement after hearing that the airport was attacked.

But they obviously didn't make it to this "grand event". The Germans acted too quickly. It took only 20 minutes from the time they discovered them to the time they ended the battle and withdrew from the battlefield.

So when Zhukov arrived at the airport, all he saw was a raging fire at the airport and a row of neatly arranged fighter planes burned into scrap metal in the flames.

Zhukov waved his hand, and the soldiers quickly put away their rifles and joined the firefighting team.

But needless to say, there would not be many planes that could be rescued.

Zhukov grabbed a pilot who ran by and asked, "Where is your commander? Where is Major General Bonlesman?"

"I don't know, sir!" The pilot recognized Zhukov's rank as a marshal, and a flash of fear flashed in his eyes... He was worried that Zhukov would throw him into a punitive camp or shoot him for escaping.

But Zhukov didn't have time to pay attention to it. He pushed the pilot away and walked towards the airport control tower with his guards and several staff officers.

As expected and unexpected, when Zhukov arrived at the control tower, he saw only corpses.

As expected, because no one had come to report to Zhukov, which seemed to tell Zhukov that the airport command center was finished.

Unexpected, because Zhukov couldn't believe that anyone could break through the fortress-like building of the airport control tower in just ten minutes. You know, it was designed for enemy bombing, and the reinforced concrete on the top was five meters thick.

But when Zhukov's military boots stepped on the glass on the ground and made a few crisp sounds, Zhukov understood... The Germans not only attacked from the front, but also attacked from the windows at the same time, and the windows were the most unexpected and the weakest part.

When he walked to the window, Zhukov saw the mess and bullet holes on the windowsill, and he knew that his guess was right.

"Comrade Zhukov!" At this time, a staff officer shouted in the corner.

Zhukov understood something and walked forward quickly. Then he saw the bloody Air Force Commander Major General Bonlesman lying on the ground. He was holding a Tokarev pistol, but after checking, he found that he didn't even have the chance to pull the trigger.

In addition, almost all the bodies were facing the window... It was obvious that the Germans first used firepower to attract their attention in the direction of the stairs, and then suddenly attacked from the window, which was their back.

"Damn fascists!" Zhukov punched the desk hard.

"Comrade Zhukov!" The signalman shouted: "Moscow call!"

Zhukov hurried over, hesitated for a moment before he stood up to answer the phone, and a few drops of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"The airport was attacked?" Stalin asked on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!"

"How much loss?"

Although Zhukov didn't want to say it, he had to report truthfully: "Almost all, Comrade Stalin!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone. After a long while, Stalin said: "Change the strategic goal, station troops in the Caucasus Mountains, and keep the Germans in Transcaucasus!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov replied.

Stalin was right. It was basically impossible to continue the attack when the air superiority was completely lost. If the battle continued, the mountain division that attacked the Caucasus Mountains would be annihilated.

Therefore, the only way now was to station troops in place and stalemate with the Germans in the Caucasus Mountains. Although this would not recapture Baku, at least the Caucasus Mountains could be used to block the Germans and prevent them from threatening the flank of the Soviet Don River defense line.

However, even so, the Soviet army would freeze to death or starve to death in large numbers in the Caucasus Mountains due to insufficient supplies.

"Do you know why we are always attacked by the Germans and have no way to stop them?" Stalin asked.

"Helicopters, Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov replied.

"Yes!" Stalin said, "This is a terrible weapon. Although its attack and defense capabilities are not strong, they can take the enemy almost anywhere. So the battle is not always on the front line like before. Any point in our rear... the headquarters, ammunition depots, airports, etc., may become the target of the German attack. All these important places need to be defended, so there are loopholes everywhere!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov nodded in agreement, which was the same as what he thought.

Being on guard everywhere means that you can't be on guard everywhere. As long as the intelligence is accurate, the Germans can quickly attack and retreat after one blow, while the Soviets... don't know when the Germans will suddenly appear in front of them, so they have to be on guard 24 hours a day.

"You have to find a way to deal with this tactic!" Stalin said, "Otherwise we will be very passive in future battles!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov put down the phone and couldn't help but feel calm.

Although he didn't know how to deal with helicopter tactics... This kind of special operations using helicopters as a means of transportation has no good response even in modern times, let alone this era.

But since Stalin let Zhukov find a way to deal with it, it means that Stalin has not lost trust in him.

But this seems normal, because Stalin himself understands the severity of this tactic and the difficulty of defense, so there is no reason to put all the responsibility on Zhukov.

Simply put, this matter is ultimately due to Stalin's understanding of strategy and tactics, otherwise things would not have developed like this.