"Your Majesty is right, we absolutely cannot tolerate Russians's cruel behavior, we must retaliate against them!" Air Force Minister Albert? Field Marshal Kesselring immediately expressed his position.
Hundreds of pilots died tragically, which made him very distressed. Although, when those pilots were shot down, he knew that their chances of survival were slim. But such a loss was still unacceptable to him. You must know that every pilot is precious. Even a pilot like Bomber requires a lot of time and materials to train. After being shot down, if it can be rescued, it can also attack again. But now, Russians directly hanged them, directly cutting off all hope.
"Yes, Your Majesty. We must retaliate against Russians, and we cannot let those pilots die in vain. Since Russians does not comply with "Geneva Convention", there is no need for us to comply. We can also not take Russia prisoners during the war!" Field Marshal Manstein said.
"In this case, I'm afraid it's playing into Russians's hands." said the new Foreign Minister Ribbentrop.
"Oh? Why do you say that?" Field Marshal Manstein asked.
"If we don't want Russia prisoners of war, those Russia soldiers will still die after knowing that they are captured. Then, they will fight to the death against us during the war. In this way, their combat effectiveness will be improved. Let us pay greater casualties on the battlefield. Russia generally doesn't care about the life and death of those prisoners of war. What they want is to win the war. As long as they can win the war, they won't care no matter how many people die. Therefore, Russians definitely wants us to execute the prisoners of war!" Ribbentrop said.
"Cunning Russians!" Field Marshal Manstein couldn't help but curse.
Oscar's face became even more ugly. Russian government was clearly setting a trap, waiting for Germany to jump into it. If Russia also executed prisoners of war, this would be exactly what they wanted.
"Then what should we do? Do nothing?" Albert Field Marshal Kesselring asked.
"Of course we can't do nothing, we have to fight back Russians!" Oscar said.
Everyone's eyes fell on Oscar.
"Order our air force to shoot down the Russia aircraft during the mission and if any pilots are found to be parachuting, shoot them! Those Russia pilots, after successfully parachuting, will still take off to fight next time! In addition, there is no need to be scrupulous during strategic bombing." Oscar said coldly.
Since Russia dared to execute the captured Germany pilot, ignore "Geneva Convention". Then, Germany no longer has to abide by "Geneva Convention".
"Yes, Your Majesty." Albert Field Marshal Kesselring replied.
Although this method of revenge is not as drastic as the execution of all Russia prisoners of war. However, there is no doubt that the attack on Russian Air Force can be further intensified. Although Russia has a large number of pilots, they have also lost a lot after the war retaliation. If these Russia pilots can be killed during the battle, then Russian Air Force's strength will become weaker and weaker. After all, training a pilot is not that easy.
At the same time, German government also reported to the German Empire and the people of all allied countries the execution of the captured pilots by Russian government through television, radio and newspapers. This almost aroused the indignation of the entire Allied Powers people. Everyone regarded Bolshevik Russian government as a devil and demanded that Bolshevik Russian government be severely punished and completely eliminated.
At the same time, the pilots of German Air Force were also filled with indignation. Although Russians's approach did make these Germany pilots feel some worries, fearing that they would also be killed if they were shot down during the battle. However, what they thought more about was to save their dead comrades.
Next, German Air Force's strategic bombing of Buru was not affected and continued. Moreover, as the number of BF-110 fighter jets in service increases, the escort strength becomes more and more powerful. Bolshevik Air Force Once a fighter jet dares to take off to intercept, it will often be severely defeated.
On January 18, 1940, German Air Force launched a strategic bombing against Ufa. The Russian army dispatched more than 200 P-40 fighter jets and more than 300 I-16 fighter jets to intercept. However, they were attacked by more than 400 escorting BF-110 fighter jets.
The performance gap between the two sides' fighters is too great, and the gap in pilot quality is also very large. So much so that in the air battle, the battle was almost one-sided. The pilot of Bolshevik Air Force simply could not withstand the attack of the escort fighter jets of German Air Force. A large number of Russian fighter planes were shot down almost instantly.
Almost all Russia pilots who were shot down chose to parachute. This is the hinterland of Russia. They can be rescued after parachuting. As long as their luck is not too bad, there is no problem in saving their lives. If the aircraft is lost, it can be rebuilt, and the pilots are the real valuable asset. Therefore, Russian Air Force also attaches great importance to rescuing these pilots.
However, those Russia pilots who parachuted soon learned that it was not so easy to survive. Because those Germany fighter jets actually pounced on the parachuting pilots.
"Da da da!"
Aviation machine guns began to fire, and the Russia pilots who were parachuting were hit one after another. Bullets penetrated their bodies, and blood flowed out and scattered in the wind.
"Damn it, those Germany people actually attacked a parachuting pilot!"
The pilots of Russian Air Force were all frightened. Originally, they thought that even if they were hit, it would not be a big deal and they could escape by parachuting. But now they know that they can't survive even if they skydive!
"Despicable Germany people, you will go to hell!"
"Damn Germany people, they are so cruel!"
Those Russia pilots who parachuted, cursed the German Air Force pilots. After parachuting, they didn't even have the ability to escape. This left them no choice but to let German Air Force slaughter them.
These Russia pilots seemed to have forgotten how elated they were when they saw the news of the hanging of the Germany pilot. In the blink of an eye, retribution came. The Germany people simply ignored "Geneva Convention" and opened fire on them, the skydivers.
Many Russia pilots were shot before they even landed after parachuting. This caused Russian Air Force's losses to begin to increase further, even much greater than those of German Air Force.
In addition, German Air Force often had no scruples when conducting strategic bombings, causing greater casualties to Russia.