Chapter 739: German-Soviet War (61)
"Enemy planes!"
This Soviet infantry unit had not advanced far when someone suddenly pointed behind them and shouted.
It was indeed behind them. They were heading from north to south to Smolensk, and several German attack planes were coming straight at them from the northwest. These attack planes were originally heading to the rear of the Soviet army to perform a bombing mission, and on the way back they accidentally discovered this Soviet unit. There was a ban before, and even if they saw Soviet troops heading to Smolensk, they could not attack. This morning, the ban was officially lifted, and now that they had discovered it, they must not let it go.
The Soviet troops on the ground instantly became a mess. Although the superiors ordered them to hide on the spot, this road had not been attacked by the Germans before, and there were no decent bunkers nearby, not even a bomb crater that could hide people.
But they were lucky. These German attack planes had dropped all their bombs in the previous attack, leaving only some machine gun and cannon ammunition. The attack plane formation dived down, and the machine guns plowed deep grooves on the ground. One after another, they landed in the densest crowd. The bullets penetrated the flesh and blood, and blood was flying everywhere.
After a round of attack, the German attack plane formation raised its altitude and left; the frightened Soviet soldiers continued to move forward at the urging of their superiors.
But less than an hour after the march, they saw several more German fighter planes flying in the distant sky, to be precise, ten attack planes.
"Hide!"
The superiors shouted, but this time the soldiers did not seem too nervous. After all, with the experience just now, they were much calmer. Their team was a full division, and the probability of being killed or injured by these ten German fighter planes was not very high among so many people. Therefore, many people lay on the ground, which was considered hidden.
But what they didn't know was that the German attack aircraft that came this time were not only equipped with machine guns and cannons, but also carried not ordinary aerial bombs. What they would drop would become the nightmares of these Soviet soldiers for the rest of their lives... Of course, if they still had a chance to survive.
The ten attack aircraft that came this time were the land-based version of the A-1 attack aircraft, and each of them carried more than two tons of napalm bombs of various sizes.
For the German army, napalm bombs were nothing new. They could be said to be the trump card weapon for attacking exposed targets. Just throwing such weapons in large numbers could ensure that no one would be left alive in a certain area. This weapon also had a miraculous effect in attacking bunkers and shelters, and could attack troops that had not been deployed, and the effect was even more surprising.
The special feature of this batch of napalm bombs was that they were equipped with proximity fuses, which exploded in the air at a certain height before landing. After continuous improvements, the incendiary bombs detonated in the air can turn a large area into a sea of fire, covering a wide area. If a large-capacity transport aircraft is used, then only one aircraft can turn an area the size of dozens of football fields into a living hell.
The few anti-aircraft guns of the Soviet troops on the ground fired sparsely at the sky, and ten A-1 attack aircraft descended to an altitude of 2,000 meters and dropped napalm bombs one by one.
The bombs fell like raindrops, and when they fell to an altitude of 100 meters, these bombs exploded, setting off a raging fire in the air, forming a huge fire net, which stagnated for a few seconds, and then the fire net suddenly covered it! !
"Oh my God!" Looking at the real "fire rain" falling from the top of their heads, everyone widened their eyes in horror; before these soldiers could react, the rain of fire fell on the Soviet soldiers one by one.
"Ahhhh!"
"Ugh!!"
"It hurts so much!!"
These seemingly inconspicuous colloid burning materials have a temperature of hundreds or even thousands of degrees, and they are as sticky and burn-resistant as lard. The Soviet soldiers immediately let out a series of shrill howls like slaughtering pigs. Many people subconsciously slapped the fire with their palms, but the more they slapped, the more fierce the fire became. From a small fire point to a small flame, it burned most of their bodies in an instant. Some soldiers simply rolled on the ground, trying to put out the fire, but it further increased the fire and made their whole bodies burn. Some of them had more burning pieces on their bodies, and when they struggled, they threw the pieces of fire on their comrades around them, causing further secondary casualties.
"Ah!!!"
The burning napalm and human fat burned, and countless firemen screamed heartbreakingly, struggling and running. The flames kept falling on other soldiers as they struggled. The firemen who still had a trace of consciousness often rushed to crowded places to seek help from others, but instead attracted the flames to more people.
"Hurry, run..."
After witnessing the tragic situation of others being set on fire while trying to rescue their comrades, and seeing the firemen rushing towards them, the Soviet soldiers screamed and fled in the opposite direction.
But where could they escape to in this rain of fire? !
When the fire gradually subsided, the original strength of a division was less than that of a battalion. When the Soviet soldiers who had escaped by chance finally got up from the ground, they saw a veritable hell scene in front of them; looking at those soldiers who were struggling in the flames and refused to die, they felt that it was a kind of mercy to end the lives of these soldiers by cutting their throats with saws.
What on earth did the Germans drop? How could human courage face such a terrible weapon? The terrible scene in front of them made everyone have a question in their mind.
"Devil, this is the devil's wrath..." Many people couldn't stand this terrible stimulation and became crazy and babbled. "The devil is helping the Germans, we can't beat the Germans at all... We have to ask the Virgin Mary..."
A few hours later, another Soviet army unit came here and saw this tragic scene, as well as a group of crazy soldiers. Several soldiers found the highest-ranking regiment commander among the survivors, brought him to their division commander, and asked what happened. "A division of troops, just gone, just gone... The Germans are devils, absolute devils..." The regiment commander said in a daze, suddenly pulled out his pistol, pointed it at his temple and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Snap!
Unfortunately, he forgot to turn on the safety.
The people around him were startled, and quickly snatched his pistol and subdued him.
At this time, several soldiers who went to explore the way came back to report to the division commander. "Commander, we checked, those burnt bodies ahead..." When they said this, several soldiers turned pale, and one couldn't help but vomited on the spot. Some older soldiers gritted their teeth and continued to report. "Those are people, burnt bodies."
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