Black smoke also began to emit from the rear of Paul's F190, and there was a discordant tremor in the fuselage.

"Oops, I got hit too!"

He turned his head in horror, stimulated by the black smoke from his tail, and his unconscious head came to his senses again.

At this moment, he thought of death.

"No! I have to live! I still want that medal! And you, Mary! ”

In order to fulfill the promise to the captain, as well as the promise made by the female nurse in the hospital, he shook his wings from side to side and made the gesture of giving the order to retreat. Whether his comrades were aware of it or not, he had to retreat.

If it weren't for the bad electromagnetic interference, the retreat order would have been well implemented, and the tragedy of three planes shot down in the group would not have happened.

It's a pity that the dead comrades and the downed planes are irretrievable, and many fighters are damaged, and if they don't retreat, they will suffer!

The majority of the German pilots retreated, not because they saw Paul's signal, but because they had stayed too long, and the fuel tanks they had abandoned before the battle were not enough to meet the needs of a long battle.

The Germans lost three planes and five staggered back with smoke in tow.

Seventeen warplanes returned unhit, and the noisy electromagnetic environment suddenly became clear, allowing Paul to return to radio to contact his wingman and distant airfields.

When Koch learned that three fighters had been damaged during the operation, he had to examine himself: "Maybe I'm too arrogant?!" Those Russians are far stronger than they think! ”

With great apprehension, he and his entourage waited on the runway of the airport, waiting for the arrival of the return group.

No shorter take-off and landing than the short and lean White Stork reconnaissance aircraft, the heavy Stuka and F190 require longer gliding. The damage of all types of combat aircraft in this era during take-off and landing is not even inferior to the damage in air combat. One of the reasons for this is that this runway is just a piece of land that has been tamped!

Of the five injured fighters, two of them were eventually damaged when they landed, because the ammunition had run out and the fuel was almost exhausted, the planes did not deflagrate, and the precious pilot was seriously injured.

Paul was lucky to survive again, but he was much more chagrined. This is already the third plane he has flown on, why does the damage always linger?

As for Captain Koch, he watched the landing fail and turn into a mass of parts, and this tragic scene touched his sensitive nerves.

He angrily walked over to Paul, who had just stumbled out of the cabin, and almost slapped his big ears over the melon seeds.

He had exercised great restraint and asked, "What the hell, how did you command the battle?" Lost five warplanes, do you know how much money the empire lost for this? I think you should go to the gendarmerie and turn yourself in! ”

Paul had nothing to say with a tense face, he really didn't want to provoke this angry boss, so he didn't say anything, but put on a posture of admitting his mistake. "I'm sorry, it's my command dereliction of duty, I'm sorry for my comrades who died in battle!"

"Looks like you're pretty self-aware." Koch let out a long sigh, he also knew that it was shameless to blame a pilot for all such losses, and it would be the same death to confess to his superiors for such absurd reasons. "Now you go to the hospital for a check-up, I guess you're injured too. Whether you are guilty or not, we will investigate. ”

Paul was silent, and some people couldn't stand it. The aerial cameraman who had worked with him on reconnaissance missions was actually a fighter pilot. He took a lot of combat photos outside of the battle, and he stood in front of Koch with his camera in hand.

"Captain! It's a record of our battles, and I think you'll be shocked by our bravery today, and cheer up our allies. ”

This person participated in the war with a camera that Koch did not expect, and the existence of these papers suddenly made him anxious and had Chu Xinguo. Koch immediately asked, "What did you see?!" ”

"Of course it's our bombing scene! In the specific situation, you can think of a volcanic eruption! At the time of our operation, the Russians were mining in the hundreds, and our air strikes killed at least 500 people! ”

"So much?!"

The elimination of 500 real partisans in one go is a great victory, and the elimination of the 284th Guards Division of the Soviet Army, which is a headache for the top brass, is it not a great victory?! Koch, who didn't know how to report to his superiors, changed his attitude in an instant, and even his harsh criticism of Paul turned into encouragement!

Koch was so good that he defined it in front of all the pilots: "Today's battle is indeed a great victory for our army, but some losses should be avoided." ”

For a moment, Paul's mind was very confused.

The Germans estimated that the Soviet losses were as high as 500 men, and in fact, the situation was far worse than this estimate!

After the group of planes flew away, the Soviets were left with a mess of mines and hundreds of dead bodies! Many of the corpses were completely devoid of human appearance, and were caught in the rubble, which was like a true portrayal of hell.

The surviving Soviet troops and prisoners of war left the mine one after another.

Joshua led her remaining troops in the barracks, carrying telegraphs, and transporters who had been quickly mobilized to take refuge in the unloading yard, and a large number of empty wagons quickly arrived at the mine.

The army did not arrive to rescue the wounded, but to maintain order. The terrible scene in the mine undoubtedly did not shake the hearts of the female soldiers, so much so that everyone thought that the female soldier company guarding here had all been killed!

Before the German air raids, the personnel in the mining area were more than 900 prisoners of war, as well as nearly 700 soldiers and armed overseers. The surviving prisoners of war were escorted to an open field by soldiers who were also lucky to survive. Facing the arrival of Joshua and the arrival of a large army, the agitated group of prisoners of war was suppressed, and then the casualty statistics were followed.

The so-called statistics are very simple, i.e. they count the number of people. The work was easily accomplished, and the fact was announced, and the huge casualties of the air raid on the mine were announced.

Of the 1,500 people in the mining area, only 400 were immediately counted.

"It can't be! How can there be such a few people?! Joshua was stunned and at a loss, she couldn't believe this fact, and ordered: "Comrades! Fast! Let's go down to save people, there must be people who haven't had time to come up yet! ”

The facts are indeed as she judged, but Joshua's so-called rescue saved the people of the Soviet army, and as for the prisoners of war, the prisoners of war who were still wailing and moaning in the mine, she really didn't have the time to care about it in the first place. Even cold-blooded, who cares if the prisoners of war live or die? They were not executed in the first place, which is already a great mercy.

More than 600 people immediately participated in the search and rescue, and they searched for all the people who were moaning, and if they were prisoners of war, they would not be treated. The actions of the Soviet army saved the lives of many armed overseers, and to Joshua's delight, the losses of the female soldiers she sent to stay behind were still bearable.

She also learned of the fact that the only eight-link anti-aircraft machine gun really made great achievements, shooting down three and damaging many enemy planes! She had reason to believe that if there were more anti-aircraft machine guns here, how could the enemy be rampant?

This is also the only remarkable place for the Soviet army under the bombing tragedy.