Chapter 286: Heavy Loss

"Da da da!"

The German fighter jets in the sky opened fire one after another, using dense aviation machine gun bullets to straf the Russian troops on the ground.

For a while, there were endless screams. Countless Russian soldiers fell to the ground under the strafing of German aviation machine guns, and suffered heavy casualties.

"God! Run away! The German planes will kill us all."

Countless Russian soldiers, screaming, fled the road, and fled to the crop fields or woods on both sides of the road, trying to avoid the pursuit from the sky.

An F2 fighter jet passed over the heads of the Russian army. Mounted two small bombs under the wing, then dropped them, and fell into the Russian army's queue.

"Boom! Boom!"

When the bomb exploded, more than a dozen Russian soldiers were killed on the spot, and countless were injured.

Facing the massacre by German planes, the Russian troops on the ground were simply powerless to fight back. Apart from running away in all directions, they have no way to deal with it.

Countless Russian soldiers fell under the guns of German planes.

Because of the performance of the aircraft, it did not carry many bullets and bombs. Therefore, in less than ten minutes before and after, the fighters of the 81st Fighter Brigade of the German 8th Air Force had to return because they ran out of bullets.

However, the 36 F2 fighter jets of the 81st Fighter Battalion caused at least thousands of casualties to the Russian army. This kind of strike ability is undoubtedly very terrifying. Moreover, the panic they caused to the Russian army was even more serious. Many Russian soldiers had already peed their pants, let alone continue to fight.

This is just the beginning. Once the 3 fighter brigades and 3 bomber brigades of the 8th Air Force take turns to launch air strikes against the Russian army, it is natural to imagine what kind of effect it will have.

After the German planes left, the Russian army began to gather troops. It is not an easy task to find the panicked Russian soldiers from the woods and crop fields, and then set off in formation again. Especially when these Russian soldiers have been terrified, it will undoubtedly take a lot of time.

When the Russian army completed the whole team again and continued to march along the road. In the northern sky, German planes appeared again.

This time, those Russian soldiers seemed to have become frightened. They didn't need the officer's order, they immediately dispersed, desperately looking for a place to hide. The tragic death of those comrades who were shot and killed by German fighter jets almost scared them out of their wits.

The aircraft that arrived on the battlefield this time were no longer F2 fighter jets, but 36 H1 bombers from the 82nd Bomber Group. These bombers are not only much larger than fighter jets, but also carry more powerful weapons. Each H1 bomber carried 20 aerial bombs weighing 25 kilograms.

"Lower the altitude and drop the bomb at a height of 300 meters!" The commander ordered.

Immediately, the thirty-six H1 fighter jets began to lower their heights one after another. When they were only 300 meters above the ground, those huge planes could already be clearly seen on the ground. Many Russian soldiers were even more frightened with pale faces.

"God! The Germans even have such a huge plane, how could we beat the Germans?"

This has undoubtedly become the common aspiration of many Russian soldiers.

When the German bomber flew over the heads of the Russian army, the magazine had already been opened, and the bombs fell to the ground one by one, like dumplings.

"What are those? Is the plane laying eggs?" A Russian soldier asked stupidly.

"Idiot! The German plane dropped a bomb, get down!" A Russian officer yelled, and fell to the ground first.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As the bombs dropped by the German bombers fell, there were intensive explosions on the ground. In the continuous explosions, many Russian soldiers were torn to pieces.

"God!" The Russian soldiers who saw this scene were all stunned in shock. They became the first batch of people to experience intensive bombing in this time and space, and they were all frightened stupid by the huge power.

Of course, in fact, the 36 H1 bombers of the German army did not cause too much loss to the Russian army. The number of Russian soldiers who died in the bombing was no more than a thousand. For the Russian Ninth Army, which has hundreds of thousands of troops, such a small loss is nothing at all. What really makes the Russian army unbearable is the blow to the morale of the troops and the time that has been lost.

Throughout the afternoon of September 14, the bomber brigades and fighter brigades of the German 8th Air Force took turns to attack the Russian army. More than 5,000 people died in the air strikes of the 8th Air Force. What's more, they also caused many wounded to the Russian army. As long as the generals of the Russian army will not abandon the wounded, they will have to spend more people to evacuate the wounded. In this case, the retreat speed of the Russian army can be further delayed.

Facing the pursuit of the main force of the German 8th Army, the commander of the Russian 9th Army, General Letsky, originally wanted to evacuate quickly. In this case, although the Russian Ninth Army will lose a considerable part of its troops, it will at least retain its main force and will not lose its combat effectiveness. However, the 8th Army of the German Army will never be willing to give up this opportunity to eliminate the main force of the Russian Army. Therefore, they will stop the withdrawal of the Russian army at all costs. It is an important means to use the air force to launch air strikes against the Russian Ninth Army and delay their withdrawal speed.

That afternoon, under the air attack of the German 8th Air Force, the retreat speed of the Russian 9th Army was seriously delayed. In the whole afternoon, they only marched for more than ten kilometers.

General Letsky, the commander of the 9th Army of the Russian Army, after learning of this situation, his face became even darker, like the bottom of the pot.

"General, the Germans are constantly dispatching planes to attack us. The loss of the troops is very large. And, what's more serious, the marching speed of the troops has been seriously delayed. If this is the case, it will not take a few days for the Germans to attack us. The main force of the army will catch up." A lieutenant general said.

Admiral Letsky nodded: "Indeed, we never thought that the Germans still had such powerful planes, let alone that they would use planes to slow down our marching speed. Do you have any ideas about this? ?”

A group of generals of the Russian army, you look at me, I look at you, but no one speaks. They really don't know how to solve the current dilemma they are facing.