USSR 1941

This issue has not been discussed much. In fact, Trufanov would propose to let the soldiers retreat after lighting the fire, just to see if this is possible.

Once he knew that there was no such possibility, he undoubtedly supported Shulka's idea.

Veniamenco hesitated only a moment before ordering.

To be precise, he didn't hesitate, he sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Second Airborne Regiment.

"Comrade Vessarion, I would like to know who commanded the force that attacked the village of Butur!" said Veniaminco.

"Yes, Comrade Veniamenco!" Vessarion replied, "But it will take time!"

It does take time, because the follow-up route to Butur Village was even blocked by the Germans with firepower... The Germans are trying to wipe out these enemies who have entered the village so as not to be attacked internally and externally and even cause internal chaos (in the dark night It is easy to have the problem of unclear identification of friend and foe when fighting in China).

As a result, the German army concentrated mortar and machine gun fire to block the gap in the village defense circle and besieged the buildings.

In this case, trying to contact the troops in the building must risk life.

After thinking about it, Veniamenco said: "Well, you bring the order in and let them light the building they are in, no matter what method they use!"

"Light the building?" Vessarion was a little confused: "Comrade Veniamenko, if they light it, they won't be able to stay there!"

"They have to stay there!" replied Veniamenco, "until the last moment!"

Vessarion seemed to understand a little when he heard this, he hesitated for a while, and then replied: "Yes, Comrade Veniamenco, I promise to complete the task!"

"Also!" Veniamenko went on, "You have to take their names and bring them out, everyone's, understand? Tell them they're going to be Heroes of the Soviet Union, everybody, their families will be Proud of them and well taken care of!"

"Understood, Comrade Veniamenko!"

"Quick action, must be completed before dawn!"

"yes!"

So the order was given,

Then everyone waited in the command post, almost all looking in the direction of the communicator and the radio station.

Soon, a radio station came, and the correspondent reported: "The first batch of ten correspondents failed to break through the enemy's firepower network, and all died!"

"Send again!"

"The second batch, all killed!"

"Send again, twenty people, from different directions!"

...

It wasn't until half an hour later, 20 minutes before dawn, that the correspondent shouted excitedly: "We got in touch, they accept the order!"

As for how to know the contact, it is not difficult, just use a signal flag or a flashlight to send a signal outward.

"Very good!" Veniamenco looked at his watch, and then ordered: "Let them get ready and light the fire in ten minutes!"

"Yes, light the fire in ten minutes!"

"Contact the Air Force immediately!" Veniaminco continued to order.

In fact, the Air Force has already contacted them a long time ago. Not only did they make contact, but before that, sixty Il-2s loaded with rocket pods had already taken off. They were divided into three teams... to be exact, it should be six teams. Attack and bomb the village of Butur in one direction.

The reason for dividing into three directions is because we are worried that which direction will be intercepted by the German army and bombing cannot be carried out.

The reason why they were divided into six teams was because the mission was to be carried out at night, and there was only one place to ignite the fire.

If there are multiple ignition positions, such as roughly forming a circle, then the pilot in the air can easily judge the distance and orientation of the target.

But if there is only one place, and the dark night is the background, is it close, far, high or low?

These cannot be judged, so the basic accuracy cannot be guaranteed... Especially the accuracy of the rocket is very low. If you don't even know the basic position, then let alone hit.

But the Air Force naturally has their way.

They have two rows of Il-2s up and down in each direction. When they know each other's altitude and the other's altitude, they can calculate the altitude and distance of the target through the azimuth with the fire... This is similar to the calculation method of artillery observers.

But of course, this is not something a novice pilot can do.

The reason why the Air Force needed to spend so much trouble and dispatched experienced pilots was because this air strike was very important, and it even determined whether the airborne troops could successfully win Butur Village and even the outcome of the entire battle.

Therefore, Veniamenco made a clear request to the Air Force: "The best pilots must be sent to carry out this mission. As long as one of the three directions can successfully launch rockets, it must be able to destroy the defense of the Butuld army!"

The air force did not dare to neglect. After all, this is the most important battle at present, and at the same time there is an order from the Supreme Command, so three batches of "Il-2" fighters were urgently assembled from several different air force bases to take off and stand by.

At this time, after Veniaminco confirmed that there would be a fire in Butur village ten minutes later, he estimated the time and then flew to Butur village one after another.

The "estimate" is to be able to rush to Butur village at the same time.

The purpose of doing this is to predict that the German army will send fighter planes to intercept them. If they arrive in batches, they will be shot down by German fighter planes one after another.

But if the three batches arrive at the same time and arrive from different directions, even if the German Air Force has three heads and six arms, it will be difficult to completely block them.

Sure enough, Colonel Nils of the Luftwaffe, who was in charge of blocking the Butur airspace, panicked when he saw this situation.

"Reinforcement is requested, reinforcement is requested!" Colonel Niels said, "The enemy has a large number of fighter planes flying towards us, and we cannot intercept so many targets at the same time!"

Lieutenant General Linus at the air force base was a little indifferent: "Let them come, Colonel, they are just sending more supplies!"

Lieutenant General Linus thought that the Soviet planes were here to drop supplies or airdrop paratroopers for reinforcements.

If this is the case, then the German army really does not need to worry too much, because the sky will soon be bright, and neither supplies nor reinforcements can enable the Soviet army to quickly take Butur.

As for the bomber... The bomber also needs to drop bombs at low altitude. Dropping bombs at low altitude means that they will be wiped out by German fighter planes, and they cannot pose a big threat to the defense of Butur Village.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Linus thought that the outcome of this battle was already decided. They only needed to wait for dawn, and then sent fighter planes and bombers to bombard the exposed Soviet paratroopers indiscriminately, and then the armored regiment arrived. Attack and the battle is over.

Lieutenant General Linus did not expect that the danger was approaching Butur step by step.