May 30, cloudy with a southerly wind of two degrees.

Early in the morning, the weather information quickly informed the early pilots that a great deal of detailed information was necessary for the operation to be executed perfectly.

Because the operation of a dive bomber has to withstand a powerful overload, eating too much breakfast while dive, it is to find yourself uncomfortable. The pilots, including Paul, only ate a small slice of bread to pad their stomachs, and they agreed to come back for a big meal after completing their mission!

Does anyone think about dying? Not a single one.

Paul had a well-planned plan for this air attack, and they had a way to completely evade the enemy's ground fire and fight directly above the target!

The sun actually rose at five o'clock in the morning local time, and at this moment, on the long runway, twenty planes lined up in columns.

The ground crew completed the final commissioning overnight, and all the participating aircraft were in top condition, now waiting for the pilot to get into the cabin.

After all, this is the first battle after the return of the aviation brigade, and it is difficult for Koch not to pay attention to it. Now that the aviation brigade has regained its strength, one pilot is in high spirits, and one fighter is full of bombs, who dares to say that this is not a strong division?!

In this meeting, maybe all the pilots finally drank a glass of Zhuangxing wine, and they were more majestic. They are German after all, and they have special etiquette.

The German chaplains dressed like officers, with large crosses around their necks and Bibles in their arms, proving their unique identity.

The chaplain gave the twenty pilots a blessing on their lips, and after the ceremony, they quickly boarded their cars.

Today's Paul will assume an F190, and depending on the mission, he will always be at high altitude, directing his men to act by radio. He also made the alternative of using the traditional method of command if the radio was disturbed by unknown causes.

He is the navigator, and he is the front-line commander of this operation, and he also took the lead in taking off.

F190 fighter, this is the best "electric fan" of the German army, excellent pilots can drive it in the air dog fight, almost all German aces, is to drive it to achieve a three-digit record! For ground attack, that's its side hustle.

Amid the cheers of the garrison, fighter jets began to glide, gradually becoming a flock of old vultures, flying east towards the sun.

"That's it! Ladies and gentlemen, We flew towards the sun, rounded Gomel and then turned southeast, for some time in the direction of Chernihiv, and finally, on my orders, all to the southwest! ”

Paul tried the radio as he repeated the tactical essentials.

The radio voice was clear, and he did not dare to take it lightly, and once again emphasized: "There may be magnetite under the target, and once the signal is interfered with, the battle groups will look at my wing and give orders!" ”

Therefore, the German flight trajectory will be a counterclockwise arc, which is also a left hook, targeting the sulphur mines of the guerrilla Republic.

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The German attack wave was already on the way, and the Soviets really didn't know anything about it.

After yesterday's hustle and bustle, the enemy will never come to investigate today, right?!

The Soviet troops deep in the mine were under a lot of pressure, and as a new eight-fold anti-aircraft machine gun was transported to the mine by truck, Joshua's tense nerves relaxed slightly. With only one anti-aircraft machine gun, its firepower is still too weak, and its biggest drawback is that it cannot reach higher enemy aircraft.

She is also aware of the fact that there are still three eight-fold anti-aircraft machine guns in the arsenal, which are being produced in a hurry, and with the strong production capacity of the arsenal, they will all be completed as soon as June 2!

The Germans would never surprise an air strike after the reconnaissance was completed, giving the Soviets a period of time to prepare.

According to Yang Mingzhi's plan, strengthening the air defense of the mine at this stage is the primary task. It takes time to make all the factories that emit smoke smoke-free, and during the day, the only way to reduce the amount of smoke is to reduce production.

The Soviet officers always stressed to their subordinates that "the enemy will not sleep", and now, everyone really hoped that the enemy was dozing, and no one could have predicted that the enemy attack would really start on May 30.

The world seemed to be at peace, and early in the morning, after all the prisoners of war had eaten breakfast, they began their excavation work again.

Both Germans and Romanians wore gas masks, and the Soviets classified them according to their ethnicity and treated them differently.

The most bitter thing here are the traitor prisoners, who do not even have gas masks, and the Soviets deliberately let them die in such pain as revenge for their treason. The second pain was the Germans, who had lost confidence in them because of the previous commotion, and now they were working with ropes tied to each other.

On the one hand, Yang Mingzhi gave the relevant orders, and secondly, they maintained restraint and maximum cooperation in the riots, objectively helping the Soviet army to quickly calm down the situation.

Whatever their lives, they were prisoners, forced labor in the sweltering mines, and if it weren't for the machine guns and bayonets everywhere, they would have been picked on long ago.

Everyone didn't want to die, and at this time they could only listen to the promise of the Soviet army, the so-called work hard, and go home after the war. Some prisoners of war would never have imagined that they would not die at the hands of the Russians!

The German "bombing army", led by Paul, made a beautiful "left hook", so much so that some strongholds of the German 634th Division in Chernihiv also found an abnormal roar in the sky. Because the Germans in this area share intelligence, they all know that this is their own fleet, and all they have to do is to take revenge.

So, Paul took on the responsibility of avenging the many troops, and after seeing a few characteristic bends in the Dnieper, he ordered the whole group to turn.

Stuka does not let out a terrifying roar when flying straight, and as the pilots see a huge yellow-white area in the forest and ocean, the combat teams gradually reduce their altitude.

Under the mine, Ding Ling was a prisoner of war who was digging ore, and he couldn't notice the abnormality in the sky at all.

For the first time, Joshua's women's barracks, who was the defender, heard noise, and it was louder than yesterday. Joshua stood outside the camp headquarters, listening intently, and as time went on, she gradually realized what it was!

"It's an air raid! The enemy fleet is coming! Everyone, prepare for air defense operations! ”

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and the current Joshua is obviously unprepared. These girls have never seen a large-scale enemy air raid at all, and after they have received their guns and ammunition, what should they do next?

The only eight-pack anti-aircraft machine gun was still in the mine, and it was in the charge of the newly formed anti-aircraft battalion, and the three fighters were quickly put into combat readiness. A total of eight machine guns, each with a chain of two thousand rounds, and eight fighters were ready to change the barrels at any time. Therefore, this kind of anti-aircraft machine gun, one with eleven people in charge, its firepower is enough for a company of the German army!

However, the number of machine guns and ammunition kept in the mine was not satisfactory, and the best weapons to use at this time were anti-aircraft guns, but unfortunately, the Soviets did not have one.

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"It's now! The first, second, and third teams bombed the mine and strafed the crowd. Four, five, six, bombard enemy buildings! ”

Paul finally saw the target clearly and gave the bombing order, and the Soviet army was also shocked to see the formation of enemy planes in the sky like a flock of geese!

They were indeed enemy planes, for Stuka's characteristic death-like dive began.

Whether it was Stuka or F190, they descended rapidly from a height of three thousand meters, and they threw all the bombs at a near-vertical angle.

Compared with 500kg bombs, a large number of 100kg bombs were released in a scattered manner, and the fire coverage area was actually larger. In addition, for soft targets such as dense crowds, a large number of small bombs are extremely effective. Unfortunately, Koch's Stuka models have not yet been modified, and they cannot carry a large number of small bombs of only 10KG, which are really excellent weapons for enemy infantry positions and barracks targets!

The German Air Force was accustomed to three aircraft formations, three combat teams with a total of nine aircraft, to strike at the mines, and they invested in as many as 34 aerial bombs, of which 30 were 100 kg large.

The explosion occurred in an instant, like a magma burst under the mine!

The explosion kicked off a large number of stones, and also blew up the passage of the underground hot spring, there was no black smoke and dust here, and there was a huge white fog that quickly soared a hundred meters, at first glance, it looked like a mushroom cloud! This is because the hot springs instantly turn into steam under the high temperature of the explosion, and in terms of damage, these high-temperature steam plays a more terrifying role!

Many prisoners of war did not die from shrapnel and blasting from the bombing, but were immersed in 150-degree steam and burned to death!