There's something to do tonight, only one chapter, and I'll make it up tomorrow.

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After a few whistles, rockets exploded in front of the bunker.

THESE ROCKETS ARE DESIGNED FOR ANTI-TANK PURPOSES, AND WITH A RANGE OF 160 METERS, THEY CAN PENETRATE 200 MM THICK STEEL PLATES, WHILE THESE PILLBOXES IN FRONT OF THE AIRFIELD ARE ONLY 150 MM...... The Soviets built these fortifications near the airfield in large part to defend against infantry or to provide a little buffer time for the airfield.

The reason is very simple, this is an airfield, and the combat radius of the fighters is several hundred kilometers, to say the least, and generally there will be no situation where the enemy is in front of them and the planes are still in the airfield. And even if there were, it was the enemy's infiltration into the rear, such as paratroopers, and the famous German Brandenburg detachment.

THEREFORE, THE POSITIONING OF THESE PILLBOXES IS TO BE ABLE TO BLOCK THE ATTACK OF LIGHT EQUIPMENT, AND EVEN IF THE "FOUR" TANK IS DRIVEN HERE, IT MAY BE ABLE TO COLLAPSE THESE PILLBOXES WITH A FEW MORE SHOTS WITH ITS 75MM CALIBER ARTILLERY.

Of course, there was no need to use the "four" tank at this time, and a few rockets passed through the pillbox and there was a miserable scream...... Being pierced by a jet of hot metal is not a pleasant thing, at least the smell of roasted meat around the wound is unbearable.

Their suffering did not last long, though, as several Germans soon rushed up and threw several smoking grenades into the bunker.

"Boom" a few times, there was a muffled sound in the bunker, like the sound of putting a firecracker in a confined space to ignite, you can feel its vibration sound but it is not very loud, but you can imagine it...... The sound outside is not very loud, which means that even the sound is held back inside, and the Soviet soldiers bear it.

The tanks continued to "rumble" forward, and after the German soldiers cleared another pillbox, no Soviet soldiers dared to hide in the pillbox and shoot, because they all realized that in the face of German rockets, these pillboxes would not only fail to protect them, but would become a grave for them.

This caused the First Battalion to rush into the airfield as if it were no one, and then strafed the back of the Soviet troops who were scattering and fleeing in front of them.

Qin Chuan followed the troops into the airport, the space was open in an instant, more than 100 meters away from the upper right is the fighter runway, from left to right there are a total of five, that is, five fighters can take off at a time, at this time there are people in the lights at the other end of the airport are vaguely busy, obviously want to take off the fighter urgently.

"Block the runway!" Qin Chuan shouted.

The soldiers immediately set up machine guns and mortars in front of the runway, and fired at the end of the runway regardless of 3721, but they were 500 meters away from each other, and it was difficult to see whether they hit the target at night.

Looking closely, sure enough, two fighters were speeding along the runway in the rain of bullets, and the German soldiers picked up MP43s and fired at the two fighters, but only one of them hit the black smoke and then lost its balance and fell over on the side of the runway, and the other was getting faster and faster and was about to take off and escape from under everyone's noses.

When it was too late, a 38T tank rotated the turret, and then fired a shell with a "boom", and after the loud bang, a bright flame broke out in front of everyone, and the whole plane disintegrated into pieces, and then fell from the air piece by piece...... I'm afraid this is only one of the few cases where tanks hit planes.

With Slein's order, the three 38T tanks each opened up a gun lane...... The tank itself can be an obstacle to prevent the fighter from taking off, and the tank may not be able to hold the fighter on the battlefield, but if you play a collision game, the tank will definitely not lose to the fighter.

"Surround them!" Colonel Slein ordered loudly: "No one is allowed to escape from here!" ”

The German soldiers responded and quickly launched an attack in all directions to block the exits.

Colonel Slein's order was of course correct, because it was the Soviet pilots who were more valuable than the fighters...... In fact, Soviet fighters were not of great use to the German army, especially such low-speed biplane fighters with backward performance, and if pilots were arranged to fly these fighters into the air to fight, it could be said that it was a waste of German pilots.

However, it turned out that they were not actually scrap metal, because the Germans could give these fighters to client states such as Latvia, Romania, etc.

However, the effect of this is still limited, if there is any effect, it is to reduce the Soviet army by more than 200 fighters in an instant, which greatly affects the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Air Force in the Caucasus...... The Soviet 4th Air Force Group had only more than 900 fighters in total, which cost the Soviet army a quarter of its strength.

The more important role was, in fact, the Soviet pilots in Soglione.

As mentioned earlier, the strategic location of Soglione is very important, and the rate of loss of fighters is quite fast...... As a result, there were as many as 500 pilots stationed here, as well as mechanics, airport managers, etc., all of which were important strategic resources for the Soviet army.

If an aircraft is damaged, it can be built in a factory, but if a pilot is lost that takes several years to train, it will not be able to recover in a short time.

So, from the very beginning, the goal of the first step corps was clear, and the focus was not on aircraft but on pilots.

This was not difficult, because there was a wall around the airfield, and the Germans only had to occupy the exits and hold the wall, and then everyone inside would be a turtle in an urn.

The Soviet pilots had planned to occupy several buildings to resist stubbornly...... In the words of Colonel Khrizov, as long as they hold out for half an hour, reinforcements will soon arrive to relieve them.

This should be true, north of Soglione there is also the 47th Infantry Brigade of the Soviet Army 86th Army, with a strength of 9,000 men, and they sent reinforcements to the airport as soon as they received the distress telegram from the airport, and they will indeed arrive within half an hour.

But......

After a few rockets fired at the German soldiers' building, the Soviet pilots realized that it was almost impossible to hold on to the building for half an hour...... Pilots are not infantrymen, many of them only have pistols in their hands, and they may be good at flying planes and diving down to strafe and drop bombs at their targets, but they are good at ground combat.

As a result, under the attack of the German army, there were soon heavy casualties.

The Germans did not want to be caught alive, and the living pilots did not benefit the Germans at all, because they could not become German pilots, what they wanted was that these pilots could not return to the Soviet army and fly into the sky again, so the mortars, machine guns, etc. shouted at them, and the Soviet pilots screamed miserably.

Eventually, after fifteen minutes of stubborn resistance, the pilots, including Colonel Khrizov, surrendered.