The 587th Dive Bomber Combat Regiment is equipped with the PE-2 light bomber, the most famous Soviet bomber of World War II, the aircraft is a two-person aircraft, can carry 3000 kg of ammunition, has four 7.62 mm machine guns, thick armor, and has strong survivability on the battlefield. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

One of the two planes they made their first sortie after Rokossovsky's order was piloted by the regimental commander, Major Roslava. After takeoff, the plane flew all the way west to search for German transport vehicles on the ground.

After flying in the air for half an hour, it seemed that it was about to fly to the Don River, and still no trace of the enemy was found. Just as Roslava was about to give the order to return, the machine gunner sitting in the back suddenly exclaimed: "Major, you hurry up and look at the bottom left, there seems to be a station at the edge of the woods below!" ”

Roslava turned her head to look at the position that the machine gunner had mentioned, and sure enough, she found a railway station there, and hurriedly radioed to the wingman: "202, 202, prepare to lower the altitude, find an enemy station in the lower left, prepare for the attack." Repeat and get ready to attack! ”

"202 understands!" Moments later, the wingman's answer came through the headset.

The two planes lowered their altitude and flew towards the railway station on the edge of the forest.

A train carrying munitions was parked at the station, and German soldiers were removing boxes of ammunition from the car and stacking them on the platform next to it. The German soldiers, who were on duty on the west side of the station, suddenly saw two Soviet planes appear in the sky, and they were flying quickly towards their position, and hurriedly opened their throats and shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!" ”

Due to the secluded location of this small station, which had never been attacked by Soviet partisans, the defense was lax, and only one MG34 machine gun was placed on the east and west sides of the station. Seeing that Soviet bombers were diving down from a high altitude, the machine gunners, hiding behind the sandbag fortifications, hurriedly raised their guns and fired at Roslava's plane.

If an anti-aircraft machine gun had been deployed at the station below, Roskova might have made a few evasive maneuvers while diving. At this moment, seeing that it was only an ordinary machine gun firing below, he rushed straight down, and when he was still seventy or eighty meters above the ground, he suddenly pulled the control stick and dropped the bomb while pulling the plane up.

In the violent explosion, the German machine-gun fire point was terminated, and several German soldiers standing next to them with guns shooting in the air were also blown up by the air wave of the explosion.

Roslava pulled the plane into the air, and was about to make a turn in the air before making another dive to drop the bomb, when she suddenly heard an earth-shattering explosion from below. The shock wave and updraft from the explosion caused her plane to jolt violently, and she felt like a small boat struggling in the waves, and quickly continued to pull the control stick back to keep the plane climbing upward.

At this moment, the wingman's shout came from the headset: "Oh no, my plane was shot!" ”

Roskova turned her head to look down, and saw that the station was from time to time flashing with dazzling fires and large puffs of black smoke, while her wingman was climbing high into the air, dragging a long black smoke. She took a closer look and found that there was no sign of German machine-gun fire on the ground, and there were no enemy planes around, and she couldn't help but wonder how her wingman could have been shot.

"Comrade Major," shouted the machine gunner, who was sitting in the back row, "we were lucky, the wingman blew up the enemy's arms train!" ”

The words of the machine gunner immediately reminded Roskova that the wingman was not accidentally hit by the enemy's aircraft or the concentration of ground fire, but by the fragments from the explosion. After figuring out the situation, her heart suddenly became much more steady, and she hurriedly shouted at the wingman: "202, 202, steady, steady!" You weren't shot, you were hit by shrapnel from the explosion. You take control of the plane and fight to get back to the airport. Do you understand? ”

"202 understands!" As soon as Rosciva finished speaking, the wingman's reply came through the headset: "I will try to control the plane and try to return to the airport." ”

After resuming level flight, Roslava looked back at the long black smoke coming out of the wingman's fuselage again, sighed silently, and continued: "202, 202, if the plane can't be controlled, I authorize you to give up the plane and parachute, understand?" ”

After she gave the order, there was no sound in the headset, she thought she didn't hear it, and was about to repeat her I's order, but she heard the wingman's voice: "201, don't worry, I will definitely fly the plane back to base." ”

Hearing the wingman's statement, Roslava nodded, and did not give the other party any more forcible orders, but turned her head from time to time to look at the explosions in the station one after another, and secretly rejoiced at the results of today's attack.

As soon as the two planes landed at the airport and the planes came to a standstill, Roskova hurriedly climbed down the cockpit from the ladder set up by the ground crew, and ran quickly to the wingman to carefully inspect the damage to the plane. I saw that there were several fist-sized holes in the belly and left wings of the plane, and it was not easy to drive the plane back to the airport without skillful technology and extraordinary courage.

Hearing that the two planes that had gone out on a cruise had returned, Air Force Commander Rudenko hurriedly called the flight regiment to inquire about the situation. When he heard Roskova's voice, he asked bluntly: "Comrade Major, how is the situation today, and have you achieved any results?" ”

"Report to Comrade Commander." Roslava replied respectfully: "We were cruising today when we attacked one of the German train stations and blew up one of their arms trains. ”

"What, blowing up an arms train?" For the results achieved by Roslava, Rudenko couldn't help but sigh in his heart, their luck was really good, the first time they went out on a cruise, they destroyed the German arms train, and the male pilots flew in the sky every day, and they did not see such results. However, for the sake of safety, he still asked: "Comrade Major, are you sure that you are destroying the munitions train?" ”

"That's right, Comrade Commander, I can confirm it." Roslava replied confidently: "My wingman was injured by shrapnel from the explosion of the munitions train during the lifting process, but fortunately the pilot's skill allowed him to fly the plane back to the airfield." ”

Before reporting the results of the battle to Rokossovsky, in order to ensure that Rokova's report was true, Rudenko immediately sent a reconnaissance plane to the place where Rokokova and the others bombed to verify the situation after ending the phone call with the other party.

After a long wait of an hour, the report of the reconnaissance plane was finally delivered to him. The pilot reported that a forest was burning in the reconnaissance area, and that the wreckage of the station and the train on the ground could be clearly seen on the plane, apparently having been bombed.

After confirming Roslava's results, Rudenko's heart suddenly became steady. He picked up the phone on the table, dialed a number, and heard the voice of the operator coming from inside, so he immediately ordered: "Pick me up from the front headquarters." ”