The German 8th Air Force performed outstandingly in the Polish campaign. In the process of preventing the Russian Ninth Army from escaping, their air strikes not only caused arge number of casualties to the Russian Ninth Army, but more importantly, dyed the retreat of the Russian Ninth Army. During the frantic pursuit of the German army, it was impossible to evacuate in time. It eventually led to the end of the Russian Ninth Army, except for a very small number of generals who escaped, and the rest were annihted.


    This time against the Russian Southwest Front, the German 8th Air Force is also an important force of the German 8th Army. For this reason, the 8th Army specially forced tens of thousands of Russian prisoners of war. In the southern part of the Kingdom of Pnd, severalrge airports were built for these nes of the 8th Air Force to take off andnd. In this case, in terms of the range of the fighters and bombers of the German 8th Air Force, they can almost participate in the entire battle, which further increases the chances of the German army''s victory.


    The shelling of the German 17th Army had just begun, and the fighter nes of the 8th Air Force had already taken off one after another. It''s just that they didn''t enter the battlefield immediately, but were waiting for the opportunity. What they waited for was undoubtedly the appearance of a more valuable target for the Russian army. The Russian artillery is undoubtedly a very valuable target.


    Before the fighter nes of the German 8th Air Force arrived on the battlefield, the German artillery had already begun to suppress the Russian artillery. A pair of 105mm light howitzers and 150mm heavy howitzers attacked the Russian artillery positions under the guidance of observation balloons.


    "Boom! Boom!"


    The artillery shells hit the artillery positions of the Russian army like raindrops, causing veryrge losses to the Russian army.


    A Russian 76.2mm field artillery position was attacked by a German 150mm heavy artillery. A series of more than a dozen 150mm artillery shells urately hit the artillery position.


    A violent explosion sounded on the battlefield. ck gunpowder smoke enveloped the position.


    When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, it could be clearly seen that one after another bomb craters appeared on the artillery positions of the Russian army. And those 76.2mm field guns were blown up and down, and even many cannons have been destroyed.


    As for the loss of the Russian artillery, it goes without saying that under such a fierce shelling, very few of them survived, unless they were really lucky people, otherwise there was only a dead end. The entire position was covered with the remains of these Russian artillerymen.


    The heavy artillery of the German army continued to roll call the artillery positions of the Russian army 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 insisted.


    Because, the shelling of the Russian army is not useless. At least, their shelling also destroyed some of the German artillery. Although the quantity is not much, it has made them very satisfied. In addition, under the interference of the Russian army''s shelling, the German army''s artillery strikes on the Russian army''s forward positions were also affected to a certain extent.


    Although the loss of artillery made Admiral Dimitriev and others very painful, it would undoubtedly be very cost-effective if they could hold out for a longer period of time until the arrival of Russian reinforcements.


    However, the goals of Admiral Dimitriev and others will soon be shattered. Because arge number of German aircraft are about to enter the battlefield. Under the bombing of these aircraft, it is probably very difficult to say how many Russian artillery positions can survive.


    In the northern sky, small ck dots appeared one after another. These small ck dots seem to be very slow, but they are actually moving towards the battlefield very quickly. It''s just that the Russian army''s thoughts are all on the battlefield at the moment, and they didn''t find out immediately. These small ck dots are all aircraft of the German 8th Air Force, bombers and fighter jets loaded with bombs.


    "General, the ne of the 8th Air Force has arrived." The adjutant reported to Lieutenant General Zeckert.


    "Immediately guide them to attack the Russian artillery positions. This time, the Russian artillery must be eliminated. After the Russian artillery is eliminated, the armored forces and infantry canunch an attack." Lieutenant General Zeckert ordered.


    The artillery of the Russian army has always been the key target of the German army. After solving them, the German armored forces and infantry will be much less threatened when they attack.


    "What is that?" A Russian military officer discovered the approaching German aircraft.


    When they used binocrs and saw the nes and the Iron Cross symbol on the wings, all of them couldn''t help but change their faces.


    "My God! The German nes areing."


    "Hurry up, the German ne has appeared, take cover immediately!"


    The arrival of the German ne immediately caused the generals of the Russian 4th Army to change into a mess.


    ording to the information they received, they already knew the power of the German aircraft. After all, the demise of the Russian Ninth Army has an inseparable rtionship with these German nes.


    Admiral Dimitriev and others immediately began to evacuate. They are themanders of the Russian army. If they suffer heavy losses from the German nes, there will be no way to fight this battle.


    It''s just that when General Dimitriev and others retreated to a safe ce, they discovered that the German nes were not aimed at them at all, but at the Russian artillery positions.


    "Ready to attack! Destroy the Russian artillery positions." Themander of the 8th Air Force issued an order.


    One bomber after another, the first to lower the altitude. When the altitude dropped to 800 meters, these bombers opened their magazines and started dropping bombs.


    Bombs one after another, like raindrops, fell on the artillery positions of the Russian army. The artillery positions of the Russian army were instantly enveloped by explosions and mes.


    When the smoke cleared, what appeared in front of everyone was a piece ofnd like the surface of the moon. As for the artillery of the Russian army, they have already been blown into a pile of scrap iron. Those Russian soldiers were bombed to the point where there was not even a scum left.


    The bomber unit of the German 8th Air Force began to destroy the Russian artillery positions one by one. The Russian army without anti-aircraft weapons was powerless in the face of German air strikes.


    "Evacuate! Evacuate immediately!" Seeing this scene, Admiral Dimitriev almost gritted his teeth. He immediately ordered the Russian artillery to evacuate, otherwise, these artillery would probably be killed by German nes.


    However, it is obviously toote at this time.