Chapter 1077 Night Attack 2
Chapter 1077 Night Attack 2
"What are you cowards doing here? Why don't you get on the boat and rescue the people who fell into the water!" Just as a group of Russian engineers were preparing to unload the wooden boat next to the pontoon and come to repair the pontoon, a man with a scar on his face The big man walked over in two steps and pushed one of the Russian soldiers aside with a slap. Then some of his companions behind him got on the boat, untied the cable and rowed towards the center of the river.
"What are you doing!" Chapayev stepped forward to argue with the other party, but before he could finish his sentence, a person next to the big man immediately pushed him to the ground. Just when Chapayev was about to struggle. , a string of bullets almost flew past his scalp, making him calm down immediately.
"Brother, my comrades fell into the water. I need to rescue them. Borrow a boat. Thank you. I will pay for his disrespect." With that said, the guy who just saved his life stuffed a pocket watch into Chaba In Yev's hands.
"Uh, okay, by the way, help save the people who fell into the water on the stone bridge." Chapayev was completely confused by the plot that was flipped several times. He watched with his own eyes a group of people carrying their belongings on a merchant ship and rowing towards the center of the river.
"It looks like there's something on the river," Myers' deputy said, pointing toward the river.
"Leave him alone. We can't hit them. Knock out those searchlights first. These things make me feel uncomfortable." Miles glanced at several small boats on the river and then ordered.
The pontoon bridge was only 500 meters away from the target bridge, and Lieutenant Wright, who had sneaked into the ship, was only 300 meters away from the bridge pier after boarding. This distance was already very close to the swimmers, and both the soldiers on the pontoon bridge and the stone bridge were not No attention was paid to these small boats, especially since they were painted with the logo of the Russian Engineers. After a searchlight scanned them around, no one noticed these little guys anymore.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lieutenant Wright fixed the sealed explosives and fuses he had brought, and then jumped into the water first. Fifteen German soldiers swam towards the stone bridge in the distance with a total of more than 200 kilograms of explosives. They chose a shadowed area near the shore, where searchlights rarely visited, and the sound of nearby machine gun fire was enough to cover up the sound of paddling.
"What are we doing now?" asked a disguised German soldier.
"For show, at least we can't be idle." Scarface thought for a while, then looked at the group of Russian engineers on the other side of the river who were doubting him.
More than 10 minutes later, Lieutenant Wright and his men finally touched the bridge pier. The speed was faster than they expected, because shortly after they launched into the water, two K-4N bombers dived and killed two searchlights and several There was a machine gun bunker, and the red-eyed Russians began to concentrate all their firearms on each other, and they could even hear the sound of hundreds of rifles firing into the air.
Now, there was darkness on the river, which greatly facilitated Second Lieutenant Wright's actions. After fixing more than a dozen packs of explosives on the supporting points of the two bridge piers, and once again confirming that the time fuse could work normally, the Second Lieutenant waved his hand to indicate that everyone could Withdrew.
Half an hour later, when Lieutenant Miles and his crew finally used up all their ammunition and prepared to retreat, a violent explosion came from the water! Two soaring flames instantly illuminated an area several hundred meters in radius. A four-wheeled carriage on the bridge was thrown directly into the air more than 100 meters, and was blown to pieces as it rose.
Then, the two bridge piers collapsed directly, and the entire bridge deck broke into several sections! Tons of rock, wood, and steel crashed into the water, creating a thunderous noise.
"We didn't bring any bombs weighing more than 200kg, right?" Captain Miles said in surprise as he looked at the half-exploded stone bridge in the distance.
"Maybe a bomb happened to fall on the bridge and detonate the Russian ammunition truck on the bridge?" said the partner in the back seat.
"When we were carrying out the bombing mission, the target bridge collapsed unexpectedly. It should have been destroyed by a large amount of explosives, but it was probably not our fault because we did not have that many bombs. And judging from the damage, it should have been The support part of the bridge pier was blown up," Second Lieutenant Myers wrote in his report after the war.
Second Lieutenant Wright, who had arranged the explosives, also looked at the bridge in the distance that was broken into two pieces with an expression of disbelief. "This is not right! It should have been ten minutes before it exploded!" the second lieutenant said, looking at his watch.
"Whatever, our mission is accomplished anyway!" Scarface patted the second lieutenant on the shoulder and told the latter to leave quickly. Before the Russians could react, the group entered the night. After achieving their goal, the Night Owl team naturally did not waste too much time and left immediately. It was only 2 o'clock in the morning, and they still had half the night to move to a relatively safe place.
"The blowing up of the Constantine Bridge is an absolute nightmare for us, because it is one of the important passages for our Eighth Army to retreat to the rear. Although we can assume that the temporary pontoon bridge will solve the personnel problem, the fragile wooden pontoon bridge is Neither its firmness nor its ability to pass through can be compared with the Konstantin Bridge. The former is easily destroyed by the Luftwaffe's attacks, and even incendiary bombs from large-caliber machine guns can cause huge damage to the bridge deck. The Germans like to use Incendiary bombs are the natural enemies of wooden pontoon bridges. As long as one hit, a wooden bridge several hundred meters long may be completely burned. And a hastily built wooden bridge cannot pass artillery weighing more than 4 tons. "
"During this night attack, the Germans also had ground troops to cooperate with the air force. They carried machine guns and mortars, and the number was about a hundred. We began to think that this was just a special phenomenon. However, as time went by, we Military depots, supply depots, and transportation hubs have all been attacked. Although we have also captured some German infiltration teams, the losses they have caused us have far exceeded their efforts. This new way of combat deserves our attention." This incident even alarmed Alexeyev, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Southeastern Front. The Russian general wrote in his diary after being shocked to hear that a key bridge had been bombed.
Teams of Night Owls continued to perform sabotage and harassment missions behind enemy lines. After the Air Force conducted a night bombing, it did not continue to expand the scale of the night attack. On the one hand, the effect of the night attack was so average. There are still some technical issues that need to be resolved. On the other hand, the German Air Force needs to accumulate strength to prepare for the upcoming war. Just when the Russians were struggling with a small team that was wreaking havoc behind them, Mackensen's iron fist finally smashed down!
Third update today~~~! The recent subscription has been very unsatisfactory--! The author is saddened that the land battle is almost over--! There will be a naval battle soon--!