USSR 1941 - Chapter 844

  Chapter 844 Dangerous

   This issue has not been discussed much. In fact, Trufanov would propose to let the soldiers retreat after lighting the fire, just to see if there is such a possibility.

  Once knowing that there is no such possibility, there is no doubt that he supports Shulka’s idea.

  Veniamenco only hesitated before ordering.

   To be precise, he did not hesitate, he sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Second Airborne Regiment.

   “Comrade Vissarion, I want to know who commanded the army that attacked the village of Butur!” Veniaminco said.

   “Yes, Comrade Veniamenco!” Vessarion replied: “But it will take time!”

It does take time, because the follow-up route to Butur Village was even blocked by the Germans with firepower… The Germans are trying to wipe out these enemies who have entered the village so as not to be attacked internally and externally and even cause internal chaos (in the dark night Combat is prone to the problem of unclear identification of friend and foe).

  So, the German army concentrated mortar and machine gun fire to block the gap in the village defense circle and besieged the buildings.

  In this case, you must risk your life if you want to get in touch with the troops in the building.

   After thinking about it, Veniaminco said: “Well, you bring the order in and let them ignite the building they are in, no matter what method they use!”

   “Light the building?” Vessarion was a little confused: “Comrade Veniamenko, if they light it, they won’t be able to stay there!”

   “They have to stay there!” Veniamenko replied: “Until the last moment!”

  Vissarion seemed to understand a little when he heard this, he hesitated for a while, and then replied: “Yes, Comrade Veniamenco, I promise to complete the task!”

“Also!” Veniamenko went on, “You have to take their names and bring them out, everyone’s, understand? Tell them they’re going to be Heroes of the Soviet Union, everybody, their families will be Proud of them and well taken care of!”

   “Understood, Comrade Veniamenko!”

   “Quick action, must be completed before dawn!”

“yes!”

  The order was issued in this way, and then everyone waited in the command post, almost all eyes were on the direction of the communicator and the radio station.

   Soon, a radio station came, and the correspondent reported: “The first batch of ten correspondents failed to break through the enemy’s firepower network, and all died!”

   “Redispatch!”

   “The second batch, all killed!”

   “Send again, twenty people, from different directions!”

  …

   It wasn’t until half an hour later, twenty minutes before dawn, that the correspondent shouted excitedly: “We got in touch, they accept the order!”

   As for how to know that you are in contact, it is not difficult, just use a signal flag or a flashlight to send a signal outward.

   “Very good!” Veniamenco looked at his watch, and then ordered: “Let them get ready and light the fire in ten minutes!”

   “Yes, light the fire in ten minutes!”

   “Contact the Air Force immediately!” Veniaminko continued to order.

In fact, the Air Force has already contacted them a long time ago. Not only did they make contact, but before that, sixty Il-2s loaded with rocket pods had been launched into the air. The direction is to attack and bomb the village of Butur.

  The reason for dividing into three directions is because we are worried that which direction will be intercepted by the German army and bombing cannot be carried out.

  The reason why there are six teams is because the mission is carried out at night, and there is only one location for ignition.

  If there are multiple ignition positions, such as roughly forming a circle, then the pilot in the air can easily judge the distance and orientation of the target.

  But if there is only one place, and it is still the dark night as the background, is it near, far, high or low?

   These cannot be judged, so the basic accuracy cannot be guaranteed… Especially the accuracy of rockets is very low. If you don’t even know the basic orientation, then you can’t hit it.

   But the Air Force naturally has their way.

  They have two rows of Il-2s up and down in each direction, and when they know their own and the other’s height, they can calculate the height and distance of the target through the azimuth with the fire… This is similar to the calculation method of artillery observers.

   But of course, this is not something a novice pilot can do.

  The reason why the air force needed to spend so much trouble and dispatched experienced pilots was because this air strike was very important, and it even determined whether the airborne troops could successfully win the village of Butur and even the outcome of the entire battle.

   Therefore, Veniamenco made a clear request to the Air Force: “The best pilots must be sent to carry out this mission. Three directions, as long as one direction can successfully launch rockets, it must be able to destroy the defense of the Butuld army!”

  The air force did not dare to neglect. After all, this is the most important battle at present, and at the same time there is an order from the Supreme Command, so three batches of “Il-2” fighters were urgently assembled from several different air force bases to take off and stand by.

   At this time, after Veniamenco confirmed that there would be a fire in Butur village ten minutes later, after estimating the time, they flew to Butur village one after another.

   “Estimate” is to be able to rush to Butur Village at the same time.

  The purpose of doing this is to predict that the German army will send fighter planes to intercept them. If they arrive in batches, they will be shot down by German fighter planes one after another.

  But if the three batches arrive at the same time and arrive from different directions, even if the German Air Force has three heads and six arms, it will be difficult to completely block them.

   Sure enough, Colonel Nils of the Luftwaffe, who was in charge of blocking the Butur airspace, panicked when he saw this situation.

   “Ask for reinforcements, ask for reinforcements!” Colonel Niels said: “The enemy has a large number of fighter planes flying towards us, and we cannot intercept so many targets at the same time!”

   Lieutenant General Linus of the air force base was a little indifferent: “Let them come, Colonel, they are nothing more than sending more supplies!”

  Lieutenant General Linus thought that the Soviet planes were here to drop supplies or paratroopers for reinforcements.

  If this is the case, then the German army really doesn’t need to worry too much, because the sky will soon be bright, and neither supplies nor reinforcements can make the Soviet army take Butur quickly.

  As for the bombers… Bombers also have to drop bombs at low altitudes. Dropping bombs at low altitudes means that they will be wiped out by German fighter planes, and they cannot pose a big threat to the defense of Butur Village.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Linus thought that the outcome of this battle was already decided. They only needed to wait for dawn, and then sent fighter planes and bombers to bombard the exposed Soviet paratroopers indiscriminately, and then the armored regiment arrived. Attack and the battle is over.

  Lieutenant General Linus did not expect that the danger was approaching Butur step by step.

  (end of this chapter)