New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

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This time the air strike came too suddenly. In the past, the US air strikes would always be launched more than two hours after the last air strike, that is, when the German maintenance work was almost completed.And this time, the air strike just ended less than 10 minutes ago, and the second air strike came immediately.All of a sudden, the Germans on the bridge were in a mess.All the people dropped what they had and ran towards both ends of the bridge.

This time, the American plane came very fast.When the air raid alarm sounded, Fernand had just boarded the bridge. When he dropped the angle steel, before he had time to run to the air-raid shelter, a group of PA-38 attack planes appeared in his field of vision.

"Why did the Americans come so fast?" Such a thought flashed in Fernand's head, but he didn't have time to think about it now, because a PA-38 attack plane was flying towards him.

"It's going to shoot at me!" Fernand quickly jumped to the side, and then rolled down a slope by the river!

Speaking of why the Americans came so fast that the air defense alarm sounded, these attack planes killed the bridgehead, which is actually very simple.Prior to this, American aircraft flew at an altitude of about 4000 meters.Anyway, the targets to be hit are all targets that cannot run, and it is relatively safe to fly at this altitude.Of course, this will also allow the Germans to discover them earlier, allowing the German army to obtain a longer warning time.

But the goal of the pa-38 attack fleet sent out this time was to kill the Germans who were repairing the bridge, so after approaching the bridge, the attack fleet lowered the altitude to about 30 meters in one go.At such a height, relying on the cover of undulating terrain, the Germans can greatly reduce the detection distance of these attack aircraft.Therefore, this time, when the lookout post found these attack planes flying almost from the height of the treetops and issued an alarm, the time left for the Germans to evacuate was very short.So when Ma Long rushed over with the fleet, the bridge was still full of Germans.

In the battle the day before yesterday, Malone's fighter plane was severely damaged, and his rear-seat machine gunner was shot and unconscious.It took Malone a lot of effort to land the plane on the airport.But the rear-seat machine gunner eventually died of his wounds.This incident filled Ma Long with a sense of humiliation, and this feeling made him even more eager to fight now.

When his plane jumped up and appeared near the target bridge, he saw a German standing in front of the plane. He didn't even need to adjust his aim, he just fired directly and beat him to pieces.But the reaction speed of this German is really not bad. He quickly jumped to the side and rolled down the slope, but the slope was so steep that this guy couldn't stop at all and just rolled to the river.

"It's just a person, just run away." Ma Long has no intention of chasing him, because there are more targets on the bridge ahead.

Malone's PA-38 attack aircraft did not carry aerial bombs, but was filled with rockets under the wings and belly.This weapon is more effective against exposed living targets.Ma Long pointed the nose of the aircraft at the bridge deck and pressed the button to launch the rocket.Immediately, fire snakes drilled out from the belly and under the wings of Malone's PA-38, and rushed towards the Germans on the bridge. The smoke engulfed it.

The few pa-38s following Ma Long were naturally not polite, and they also fired wildly at their targets with rockets and cannons.

The American attack came and went quickly. In just a few minutes, Ma Long and other pilots fired up all the rockets. They drove the plane and circled the bridge again to see what seemed to be Unable to find a better target, I pulled up the plane and began to return while climbing upwards.At this time, the low setting sun was also reflecting the river water under the bridge blood red.

Just as the American fleet left in a hurry, Fernand also struggled to climb up from the river.His water quality is not good, he fell into the river suddenly just now, and even choked on his saliva. In addition, he had exhausted a lot of energy from the previous work, and he almost drowned in the river as a result.After almost exhausting all his energy, Fernand went ashore. First, he lay down on the bank to catch his breath and regained a little strength, then walked up the slope in a staggered manner.

As he was walking, Fernand suddenly felt his feet sink, as if he had stepped on something.At this time, Fernand, who had gradually recovered his physical strength, had a much clearer mind than before. He immediately stopped and looked down. This look almost scared him out of his wits—his right foot was hitting the ground. Stepping on a landmine!Just now, when he was still not very clear-headed, he accidentally walked into the minefield.He knew that as long as he stepped on this kind of crushing mine, he would explode as soon as he lifted his foot.So Fernand could only stand there motionless, and then shouted in a fearful voice: "Is there anyone? Come and help me! I stepped on a landmine!"

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The night had already enveloped the land, but the night did not make everything quiet, at least, on the road, the night was more lively than the day.Countless people and vehicles are flocking to Mar del Plata along the highway.Everyone knows that if you pass there, you can escape.

The sound of propellers came from the sky again. This is the British night bomber.As before, these bombers would continually drop flares over the roads to search for targets and launch bombing.So whenever enemy bombers were found approaching, the German convoy would drive off the road and stop for cover.And this also slowed down the retreat.

As before, the Allied forces would keep dropping time bombs on the road to interfere with the German march.It's just that the German army now has the means of confrontation. They will directly attach a small magnetic bomb to the time bomb, and then detonate those time bombs through it.

However, the Allies also made technological advances in nighttime attacks.An aircraft specially developed for attacking marching troops at night was used.This kind of aircraft is called a night search aircraft. In fact, it is just a temporary modification of a glider by the Americans.The Americans fitted some of the gliders with engines, radios, and listeners.Like a glider, these planes are towed by a bomber to take off, and then they can maintain a long-term flight with a low-power and low-noise engine, because they have very good gliding performance, even if the engine is turned off, they can fly for a long time At this time, they were absolutely silent in the sky, and it was naturally impossible for the Germans on the ground to detect its arrival by the sound of the engine.On the contrary, there are so many troops on the ground, especially the noise of armored vehicles moving, the pilots can hear clearly without even the help of hearing aids.Once they spot a target, they radio to other bombers to strike the target.

The use of this kind of aircraft made it more difficult for the Germans to march at night. In many cases, although the troops immediately concealed themselves after hearing the sound of enemy bombers, the bombs still fell relatively accurately.Of course, the precision and effect of the Allied aircraft's attack still cannot be compared with that during the day.But such an attack still made the German army move much slower than expected.

This speed of retreat also made Marshal Kruger anxious.At this speed, I am afraid that most of the troops will not escape the situation of being surrounded and wiped out.During the day, the U.S. military repeatedly bombed those key bridges, so that these bridges have not yet recovered the ability to pass tanks, especially heavy tanks. It can barely be opened to traffic in the middle of the night. As for the big things like Tiger tanks, even if the US military does not destroy the bridges tomorrow, I am afraid they will not be able to pass through these bridges before the day after tomorrow.

That being the case, Kruger simply sent the surviving tigers and leopards to the two wings to support the troops that were struggling to withstand the attacks of the US and British troops, so as to buy more time for the retreat of other troops.

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Throughout the first half of the night, Allied bombers continued to make trouble for the Germans.According to American estimates, there should be very few Germans who escaped at night.In this way, the Germans will lose at least a few hundred thousand people in the encirclement.General Bradley felt that he had won the battle.

"Tomorrow, until noon tomorrow at the most, our troops will be able to seal the final exit and surround the hundreds of thousands of Germans. In this way, the entire German defense line will completely collapse, and the Germans will be absolutely sure in a short time." They can't take out so many troops to make up for the loss. Their entire defense line will be unable to maintain because of this. The door to Berlin is open!" General Bradley thought so, and a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes .

At this time, a staff officer opened the door and hurried in.He saluted General Bradley and handed a document to General Bradley.General Bradley opened the file and looked at it, the smile on his mouth disappeared, and his face became serious.

"Notify the commanders of the ground forces above the first level, and the commanders of the air wing commander above the first level, to hold an emergency meeting!" General Bradley put the documents on the table and said to the staff officer who was still waiting next to him.

"Yes, General!" The staff officer saluted again, and then left Bradley's office.

"What a hell! In such an emergency, such a damn thing will happen!" Bradley, who couldn't bear it anymore, threw the pencil in his hand to the ground when the staff officer left the room, and cursed. up!