It was on this evening that Koch made the decision to re-investigate.

The sun had set, and the towers of the aviation base, searchlights collectively illuminated a field. Some ground crews who were urgently mobilized, with their tools, were ordered to repair the runway urgently!

Tomorrow, there will be a White Stork reconnaissance plane to carry out a new reconnaissance mission, and the characteristics of this reconnaissance plane for short take-off make it take off with only a 100-meter runway, so the pressure on ground crew work is not great.

The real pressure is none other than Paul, the pilot who is about to carry out a reconnaissance mission.

Two and a half weeks have passed since the last air raid, and Paul's life has been relatively quiet in those days. Because the brigade lost five fighters under his poor command, his command ability was greatly questioned. Therefore, when many pilots and fighters were transferred to the Kharkov front, he was retained. And because of the long-term rainfall, he had to stay in his dormitory and do nothing.

Paul wrote a lengthy debriefing, although he had good reason to say that the Russians had strong anti-aircraft firepower, and that reason could not hide his poor command.

He was dismissed from piloting a fighter plane, but his personal flying ability is very strong, and his job as a pilot of a reconnaissance plane is still very reliable.

After the military meeting, he had to accept a reconnaissance mission, even though it was fraught with great danger.

But when it comes to danger, aren't those comrades who are transferred to the front line also face greater danger?

Before falling asleep, he stayed at the bar at the aviation base, drinking whiskey alone.

This melancholy man also caught the attention of the bartender.

"I heard that tomorrow you are going to the south on a mission again! It's terrible, it's a hell of a place. ”

After a terrible pick-up, Paul looked up and muttered, "I know! I don't know I'll be shot down by them! It's terrible. ”

"In that case, you continue to drink? Wouldn't it be very dangerous if you were not in good spirits tomorrow morning! ”

"Forget it!" Paul waved his hand, "It's dangerous for others, it's all right for me!" The Russians' bullets can't hit me! Tomorrow I will fly high, their anti-aircraft weapons cannot hit too high! ”

"In that case, I wish you success. What more could you order? ”

"Again...... Give me another drink! ”

……

This time Paul drank a lot, and he said that it was all right, but he was very depressed.

It was just as the bartender was worried, because he had drunk too much spirits, and the next morning Paul was in a bad spirits.

He bothered and arrived at the airport in a slightly sluggish manner.

Here, there were no farewell ceremonies, not even comrades-in-arms to see them off. Some were just a few ground crews, who kindly told him that the plane had been commissioned.

Looking at the brand-new reconnaissance aircraft, Paul swallowed deeply.

When he heard the news, he said: "Is this plane equipped with weapons?" ”

"There is an aviation machine gun, and a thousand rounds of spare ammunition."

"Nope! The machine gun and bullets are too redundant, you remove them. ”

"This ...... Don't you even want firepower for self-defense?! ”

"No, you don't. The Russians in the swamps don't have planes, do I want machine guns to shoot eagles in the sky? These heavy burdens interfere with my flight. Listen to my orders and tear it down immediately! ”

Speaking of self-defense firepower, Paul silently pinned Luger to his waist, this pistol is enough! Besides, if you really encounter an accident and get shot down and fall into danger, this gun can also kill itself.

After the ground crew quickly disarmed the reconnaissance plane, Paul also sat in the cockpit of the plane.

As soon as he sat on the soft chair, his mind, which was tossed by alcohol, immediately sobered up, as if he had reached the point of integration between man and machine!

The propeller made a strong buzzing sound, and under the attention of the ground crew, the reconnaissance aircraft quickly rose into the air.

In fact, it was not only the ground crew who were paying attention to him, Koch did not show up today, but he witnessed the launch of the reconnaissance plane through the window of his office. The most important task of the scout's trip was not to find the stronghold of the Russians hidden under the forest, but to fly very specifically to the mines that had been bombed.

In Koch's view, the Russians want to make weapons, and no matter how much they bomb the mines, the Russians will not stop digging. Especially after the last air raid, throwing away the results of the war, the bombing of the mining area by aerial bombs must have shattered a large amount of ore, which objectively benefited the Russians in excavation.

He could be sure that the total population of the Russians was not large, and since the large-scale encirclement and suppression of the infantry divisions had returned, the air force should play a more active role. Koch, the captain of the air force, has a certain agreement with his most senior superior, Goering, on the so-called winning theory of the air force. Here, if the air force can bomb frequently and cause continuous casualties among the Russians, it will be tantamount to continuing to weaken their strength. When this weakening reached a critical value, the infantry was encircled and suppressed on a large scale, and the problem of the so-called Russian 63rd Army, which had plagued the German army for a year, was solved in a package!

This time it was a simple reconnaissance exercise, and Paul's only task was to determine whether the Russians had started mining again. Therefore, he does not need to take a particularly tortuous path, he only needs to establish a straight course and fly to the limit of climbing high and cruising flight. As for the anti-aircraft weapons of the Russians, unless they are armed with large-caliber anti-aircraft guns!

In fact, if the White Stork reconnaissance plane were to fly at the limit altitude, it would be able to fly up to 4,000 meters! However, it is difficult to see the target on the ground at such an altitude!

This time, Paul planned to make sure that he would retreat, and as long as he did not stay, the possibility of being shot down did not exist. What's more, this small reconnaissance plane can not make much noise, maybe he is ready to return, and the Russians only find out that they have just been reconnoitred.

With confidence, Paul quickly climbed to an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, and began to fly steadily.

However, of course, he did not know that the Russians were already equipped with a new type of equipment, and it was indeed detected when it had just taken off!

Just after night on June 16, all the personnel of the Soviet radar platoon, along with their equipment, had arrived in Homnich.

Radar cars were laid out on the edge of the forest, on the south side of the ruins of the city.

The camouflage net that it should have had was gone, and instead there were a lot of tree branches stuck in the trucks, and of course, the huge radar antennas were not.

The possibility that the Germans could fly at night must not have existed, so Yang Mingzhi ordered the radar soldiers to turn on the machine after dawn. Considering that the radar was overheating, he ordered the four girls to turn off the radar every two hours for ten minutes to cool down the machine.

On June 17, the sun quietly rises above the horizon at 3:30 a.m. local time, and the summer solstice will be reached, where the day will also reach a peak.

The radar is turned on according to the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, so by the time Paul took off at six o'clock in the morning, the radar had been working for more than two hours!

The four full-time radar soldiers were arranged in shifts, each of them listening for half an hour, and the two-hour start-up time was just enough to complete the rotation. In addition, half an hour is not a long working time, which allows the listeners to maintain a high level of vigilance without getting tired.

The girls have finished a rotation and even finished the first ten-minute break of the radar.

The radar is turned on again, and the radar antenna continues to begin to rotate 360 degrees.

The current monitor was Liu Hongxiu, just like she had done an hour ago, putting on her headphones, her eyes fixed on the tube that was not yet shining, and she was intently perceiving possible anomalies......