German 8th Air Corps has outstanding performance among Polish campaign. In the process of preventing Russian 9th Army Corps from escaping, their air strikes not only caused a large number of casualties to Russian 9th Army Corps, but more importantly, delayed Russian 9th Army Corps's retreat speed, making them unable to evacuate in time when faced with German military's crazy pursuit. In the end, Russian 9th Army Corps except for a few generals who escaped, the rest were all annihilated.
This time the battle against the Russian Southwestern Front Army, German 8th Air Corps, is also an important force of German 8th Army Corps. To this end, 8th Army Corps specially forced tens of thousands of Russian prisoners of war to build a number of large airports in the south of Kingdom of Poland for these aircraft of 8th Air Corps to take off and land. In this case, given the range of German 8th Air Corps's fighter jet and Bomber's, they can participate in almost the entire war, further increasing German military's chances of winning.
German 17th Army Corps's bombardment had just begun, and 8th Air Corps's fighter planes had already taken off one after another. However, they did not enter the battlefield immediately, but were waiting for the opportunity. What they waited for was undoubtedly the emergence of a more valuable target for the Russian army. The Russian artillery is undoubtedly a very valuable target.
Before German 8th Air Corps's fighter planes arrived on the battlefield, German artillerymen had already begun to suppress the Russian artillery. A door of 105mm Light Howitzer and 150 mm heavy-duty Howitzer, under the guidance of Observation Balloon, attacked the Russian artillery position.
"Boom! Boom!"
The artillery shells hit the Russian artillery position like raindrops, causing very heavy losses to the Russian army.
A Russian 76.2mm field artillery position was attacked by 150mm Heavy Artillery from German military. A dozen 150mm Shells in a row accurately hit the artillery position.
A violent explosion sounded on the battlefield. Black smoke enveloped the position.
When the smoke dissipated, it could be clearly seen that craters appeared one after another on the Russian artillery positions. As for those 76.2mm field guns, they were blown up and down, and many of the cannons had even been destroyed.
As for the losses of the Russian artillery, it goes without saying that under such a fierce bombardment, very few of them can survive. Unless they are really lucky, otherwise they will only die. The entire position was covered with the broken limbs and broken arms of these Russian artillerymen.
German military's heavy artillery continued, calling out the Russian artillery positions one after another, causing great losses to the Russian army. But even so, the Russian army still did not issue an order to stop the shelling, and they still gritted their teeth and persisted.
Because the Russian artillery bombardment is not useless at all. At least, their shelling also destroyed some of German military's artillery. Although the quantity is not much, it has made them very satisfied. In addition, under the interference of the Russian army's artillery fire, German military's artillery strikes on the Russian army's forward positions were also affected to a certain extent.
Although the loss of artillery makes General Dimitriev and others feel very sad, if they can persist for a longer time until the Russian reinforcements arrive, it will undoubtedly be very cost-effective.
However, the goals of General Dimitriev and others will soon be shattered. Because, a large number of German aircraft are about to enter the battlefield. It is probably very difficult to say how many Russian artillery positions could survive the bombings from these aircraft.
In the northern sky, small black dots appeared one after another. These small black dots appear to be very slow, but in fact they move towards the battlefield very quickly. However, the Russian army was entirely focused on the battlefield at the moment and did not discover it immediately. These little black spots are all German 8th Air Corps planes, Bomber and fighter jets loaded with bombs.
"General, 8th Air Corps's plane has arrived." the adjutant reported to Lieutenant General Seeckt.
"Immediately give them guidance and let them attack the Russian artillery position. This time, Russians's artillery must be eliminated. After Russians's artillery is eliminated, Armored Forces and the infantry can launch an attack." Lieutenant General Seeckt ordered.
The artillery of the Russian army has always been a key target of German military. After taking care of them, German armored forces and the infantry will face much less threats when attacking.
"What is that?" A Russian officer spotted German aircraft who was getting closer.
When they used their binoculars to see the planes and the Iron Cross symbols on the wings, their expressions changed drastically.
"God! German aircraft is here."
"Quick, German aircraft has appeared, take cover immediately!"
When German aircraft arrived, Russian 4th Army Corps's generals were immediately thrown into chaos.
According to the information they received, they already knew how powerful German aircraft was. After all, the destruction of Russian 9th Army Corps is inseparable from the aircraft of German military.
General Dimitriev and others immediately began to evacuate. They are the Commander of the Russian army. If they suffer heavy losses under the attack of German aircraft, there will be no way to continue this battle.
However, when General Dimitriev and others retreated to a safe place, they discovered that German military's planes were not coming for them at all, but for the Russian artillery positions.
"Prepare to attack! Destroy the Russian artillery positions." Commander of 8th Air Corps gave the order.
One after another, Bomber took the lead in lowering its altitude. When the altitude dropped to 800 meters, these Bomber opened the magazine and started dropping bombs.
One bomb after another, like raindrops, fell on the Russian artillery position. The Russian artillery position was instantly enveloped by explosions and flames.
When the smoke cleared, what appeared in front of everyone was a piece of land that looked like the surface of the moon. As for the Russian artillery, they had long been blown into a pile of scrap metal. Those Russian soldiers were bombed to the point where nothing was left.
German 8th Air Corps's Bomber troops began to destroy the Russian artillery positions one after another. The Russian army, which does not have anti-aircraft weapons, is completely powerless in the face of the German military air attack.
"Evacuate! Evacuate immediately!" General Dimitriev almost broke his own teeth when he saw this scene. He immediately ordered the Russian artillery to evacuate, otherwise, these artillery might be killed by German aircraft.
However, it was obviously too late at this time.