Chapter 662 Crazy
The war continues without anyone being able to predict and deduce the exact direction.
In accordance with the orders personally conveyed by Zhukov, Malashenko led the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment and the infantry division commanded by Colonel Cherchenkov to occupy the last field defense line on the outskirts of Stalingrad and use it as a starting position , the German army who faced the enemy fought fiercely with each other's offense and defense.
The next day's battle was just as Zhukov and Yeremenko decided together.
The Soviet aviation units that arrived one after another put all their strength into the operation. Hundreds of IL-2 attack aircraft and Figure 2 tactical bombers took turns to launch air strikes against the German troops on the ground.
After receiving the emergency request for help, the German Air Force immediately rushed out!
The Fourth Air Force commanded by Baron Richthofen dispatched almost all the fighters that could be assigned to the skies over Stalingrad. This huge air force, which accounted for 54% of the total strength of the Luftwaffe, had only one purpose: to block The Russians' crazy air strikes ensured that their ground forces would not be completely defeated.
The Soviet pilots tried their best to defend the great holy city behind them in the name of their leader. They lowered their fighter planes to a height that could almost knock down small trees and launched dense rocket and aerial bomb attacks on the German positions. For a time, The German troops on the ground who were in a defensive posture were beaten until they couldn't even lift their heads, let alone fight back.
The German fighter groups occupying a favorable position at higher altitudes tried their best to fight with the Soviet fighter aviation to seize air supremacy in the theater. At the same time, they were forced to allocate part of their forces to deal with the Soviet attack aircraft and bombers that were like a herd of sheep in the low altitude.
The flames of the tracer bullets filled the red sky burned by the war, and the flames of blood and death were released in the sky-high explosions after the clusters hit the ground, with astonishing power.
The German pilots who thought they were ready to fight the Russians were soon shocked to discover their mistake. The Soviet aviation force they faced at this moment was far crazier than they imagined!
The fighter plane Major Strauss piloted was the FW190A4 fighter jet he had just received, nicknamed the "Butcher Bird."
The BMW 810 D-2 14-cylinder radial engine equipped with the latest water-jet afterburner is extremely powerful, with a maximum thrust of 2,100 horsepower. This aircraft is equipped with four 20mm wing cannons and two 92mm cannons. The fighter jet with a nose machine gun has become an extremely fast and terrifying hunter with full firepower.
Major Strauss' plane dived straight down from high altitude, with an airspeed of up to 670 kilometers per hour. This reached the top speed of the A4 FW190 fighter jet in level flight and caused the fuselage to tremble.
Having absolute confidence in the structural strength of the aircraft and his own air combat skills, Major Strauss set the aiming ring in the cockpit in front of him on a Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft that had just finished its dive and was pulling up. On the back of the aircraft, he accurately controlled the direction of the aircraft nose at high speed and used this only attack window to succeed in one fell swoop!
The powerful firepower of 4 20mm wing cannons and 2 92mm nose machine guns is full of power! A 20mm chain of bullets mixed with powerful thin-cased bullets and armor-piercing charges hit the IL-2 in the blink of an eye until the wings were on fire and riddled with holes.
According to Major Strauss's estimation, if it were not for the Russian-designed Il-2, its body structure would be as solid as a tank, and it would not fall apart even after a hard belly landing. In addition, the Il-2 is currently at 500 meters. At a high altitude, low altitude and low speed, just the appearance of being riddled with acne was enough to cause it to disintegrate on the spot, and the damaged skin was torn apart by the airflow and instantly torn into a pile of pieces.
Major Strauss, who succeeded in one blow, had no time to rejoice over his 18th kill. In the airspace where he was located, there were at least nearly a hundred German fighter jets competing for air supremacy with a similar number of Soviet fighter jets!
If you include the Soviet attack aircraft and tactical bombers that are still diving and attacking and bombing in the low altitude, the total number of aircraft invested by the Soviet army is almost double that of the Luftwaffe in this airspace!
Major Strauss, who did not dare to neglect at all, swung the joystick tightly in his hand. The fuselage, which was not as flexible as the BF109F4, immediately began to change the course in a not-too-cumbersome manner, but he subconsciously turned back to confirm the results of the battle. What he saw at that time shocked Major Strauss immediately!
The Il-2, which was covered in fire and black smoke and was about to disintegrate in mid-air, was still controlling the fuselage in this situation of certain death, changing the dive course towards the earth with extremely difficult posture. .
Major Strauss subconsciously glanced at the ground along the dive route of the Il-2 that was covered in fire. At the final straight-line impact point predicted by experience, there was a group of small weapons manipulating the incoming Soviet troops. Wildly shooting at the German infantry trying to drive them back.
Two groups of four 132mm heavy-duty air-launched rockets carried under the wings, plus four 100kg aerial bombs in the belly magazine, melted almost as soon as the smoke-filled nose hit the ground. A horrifyingly huge fireball shot straight into the sky.
Aviation fuel, machine gun ammunition, machine gun ammunition, aerial bombs, heavy air-launched rockets
Everything that can participate in the explosion and contribute to the explosion is releasing its destructive power!
The German infantrymen who were about to die raised their heads and glanced at the sky because of the screams of the high-speed dive. Major Strauss, who had excellent eyesight, felt that he could even see the approaching soldiers on the ground from an altitude of 500 meters. The terrifying expression of fear and despair before death. Even though this was mostly just wishful thinking and imagination, it still couldn't stop the huge shock from deep in his heart!
These Russians are crazy! They actually drove their own fighter planes with full ammunition and fuel to suicidally hit the ground!
Major Strauss knew very clearly that the Soviet pilot just now would definitely die even if he didn't do this!
There was no chance of parachuting at an altitude of several hundred meters, and the Il-2, whose body structure had reached the final edge of fragmentation and was covered in fire, was not strong enough to support its forced landing.
But in the eyes of Major Strauss, everything that seemed certain to die was not enough to be the reason for the Soviet pilot to regard death as such.
They are all soldiers, and they are all fighting for their motherland. The only difference is their incompatible beliefs.
Major Strauss, who had once been on the verge of death, understood what kind of despair and helplessness it felt like. It took immense courage to die with one's enemies.
Hovering in the sky with lingering fear, Major Strauss couldn't help but ask himself, if the situation had been reversed, could he have made the same generous decision to die as the Soviet pilot?
