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This air strike came too suddenly. In the past, the US air strike would always be launched more than two hours after the last air strike, when the German repair work was almost completed. But this time, the air strike just now was launched.

Less than twenty minutes after it ended, the second air raid came immediately. This suddenly caused the Germans on the bridge to become a mess. Everyone dropped what they were doing and headed towards the bridge.

The two sides ran wildly.

This time, the American plane arrived very quickly. When the air raid warning sounded, Fernan had just stepped onto the bridge. When he dropped the angle steel and before he could run to the air raid shelter, a group of PA-38 attack planes appeared next to him.

In the field of vision.

"Why did the Americans come so fast?" Such a thought flashed in Fernan's head, but he didn't have time to think about it now, because a PA-38 attack plane was flying towards him.

"It's going to fire at me!" Fernand quickly jumped to the side, and then rolled down a slope by the river!

Speaking of why the Americans arrived so quickly that these attack planes arrived at the bridge as soon as the air defense warning sounded, it is actually very simple. Before that, American planes flew at an altitude of about 4,000 meters.

Anyway, the targets to be hit are all targets that cannot escape, so it is relatively safe to fly at this height. Of course, this will also allow the Germans to discover them earlier, thus giving the Germans a longer warning time.

But the goal of the PA-38 attack fleet sent this time was to kill the Germans who were repairing the bridge. Therefore, after approaching the location of the bridge, the attack fleet lowered its height to about 30 meters in one breath. At such a height

, by using the cover of the undulating terrain, the Germans can greatly reduce the detection distance of these attack aircraft. Therefore, this time, when the lookout post discovered these attack aircraft flying almost from the height of the treetops and issued a warning

When the aircraft was reported, the time left for the Germans to evacuate was very short. So when Malone rushed over with the fleet, the bridge was still full of Germans.

In the battle the day before yesterday, Ma Long's fighter plane was seriously damaged, and his rear seat gunner was shot and knocked unconscious. It took a lot of effort for Malone to land the plane at the airport. However, the rear seat gunner eventually died of his injuries.

.This incident filled Ma Long with a sense of humiliation, and this feeling made him even more eager to fight.

When his plane jumped up and appeared near the target bridge, he saw a German standing in front of the plane. He didn't even need to adjust his aim, he could just fire directly and beat him to pieces. But this

The German's reaction speed was really good. He quickly jumped to the side and rolled down the slope. However, the slope was so steep that the guy couldn't stop at all and rolled directly into the river.

inside.

"It's just a person. He just ran away." Ma Long had no intention of continuing to chase him, because there were more targets on the bridge in front of him.

Malone's PA-38 attack aircraft is not equipped with aerial bombs, but is equipped with rockets under the wings and belly. This weapon is more efficient at attacking exposed living targets. Malone will

He aimed his head at the bridge and pressed the button to fire the rockets. Immediately, fiery snakes emerged from the belly and under the wings of Malone's PA-38 and rushed toward the Germans on the bridge.

, in a blink of an eye, those German soldiers were engulfed in the flames and thick smoke of the rocket explosion.

The PA-38s following Malone were naturally not polite either. They also fired wildly at their respective targets with rockets and aircraft cannons.

The American attack came and went quickly. Within a few minutes, Malone and other pilots fired all the rockets. They flew the plane and circled around the bridge to see if it seemed

Unable to find any better target, I pulled up the plane, climbed upwards, and started to return. At this time, the low setting sun was also reflecting the river under the bridge blood red.

Just as the American fleet left Shiran, Fernan struggled to climb up from the river. His water quality was not good. He fell into the river suddenly and choked on his saliva.

The previous work consumed a lot of energy, and he almost drowned in the river. After almost exhausting his strength, Fernand went ashore. He first lay on the bank and took a breath, regaining some strength.

, and then stumbled up the slope.

As he walked, Fernan suddenly felt his feet sink, as if he had stepped on something. At this time, Fernan's mind had gradually recovered and his mind was much clearer than before. He immediately stopped and lowered his head downwards.

The sight almost frightened him out of his mind - his right foot was stepping on a minefield! Just now, when his head was not very clear, he accidentally walked into the minefield.

He knew that this kind of pressure mine would explode as soon as he stepped on it. So Fernan could only stand there motionless, and then shouted in a fearful voice: "Is there anyone? Come and help me.

!I stepped on a landmine!”

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Night has enveloped the earth, but the night does not make everything quiet. At least, on the road, it is more lively at night than during the day. Countless people and vehicles are pouring along the road towards Mar del Plata. All

Everyone knows that if you pass there, you can escape.

The sound of propellers came again in the sky. This was a British night bomber. As before, these bombers will continuously drop flares on the road to search for targets and launch bombings. So whenever an enemy bomber is found approaching,

, the German convoy would drive down the road and stop to take cover. This also slowed down the retreat.

As before, the Allies will continue to throw time bombs on the road to interfere with the German march. But now the Germans also have a means of confrontation. They will directly attach a small magnetic bomb to the time bomb.

bomb, and then detonate those time bombs through it.

However, the Allies also made technological progress in night attacks. An aircraft specially developed for attacking marching troops at night was put into use. This aircraft was called a night search aircraft. In fact, it was only used by the Americans.

The temporary transformation of gliders came about in a hurry. The Americans installed some gliders with engines, radios, and listeners. Like gliders, these aircraft were towed by bombers to take off, and then relied on engines with low power and low noise to last for a long time.

The flight time, because they have very good gliding performance, can fly a long distance even if the engine is turned off. At this time, they are absolutely silent in the sky, and the Germans on the ground will naturally not

They may have detected its arrival by the sound of the engine. On the contrary, it was the noise of so many troops on the ground, especially armored vehicles, that the pilots could hear clearly without the help of a listening device.

.Once they find the target, they will use radio to contact other bombers to attack the target.

The use of this kind of aircraft made it more difficult for the Germans to march at night. In many cases, although the troops immediately took cover after hearing the sound of enemy bombers, the bombs still fell relatively accurately. Of course, the Allies

The precision and effect of the attacks by military aircraft were still not comparable to those during the day. However, such attacks still made the German army move much slower than expected.

This speed of retreat also made Marshal Kruger anxious. At this speed, most of the troops would not be able to escape the situation of being surrounded and annihilated. During the day, the US military repeatedly bombed those key bridges, causing these bridges to collapse.

The ability to pass tanks, especially heavy tanks, has not yet been restored. Although the engineering troops are repairing it overnight, these bridges will not be open to traffic until at least midnight. As for big things like Tiger tanks, even if the US military does not arrive tomorrow

If we continue to destroy the bridges, we may not be able to pass through them until the day after tomorrow.

In this case, Kruger simply sent the remaining tigers and leopards to the two wings to support the troops who were struggling to withstand the attacks of the American and British troops, so as to buy more time for other troops to retreat.

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Throughout the first half of the night, Allied bombers continued to cause trouble for the Germans. According to American estimates, very few Germans escaped at night. In this way, the Germans would have lost at least a few soldiers in the encirclement.

There were 100,000 people. General Bradley felt that he had a winning chance.

"Tomorrow, or at most noon tomorrow, our troops will be able to seal the last exit and surround the hundreds of thousands of Germans. In this way, the entire German defense line will completely collapse. The Germans will be absolutely

They can't use so many troops to make up for the losses. Their entire defense line will be unsustainable because of this. The door to Berlin is already open!" General Bradley thought like this, and a smile appeared in the corners of his eyes.

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At this time, a staff officer opened the door and hurried in. He saluted General Bradley and handed a document to General Bradley. General Bradley opened the document and read

He stood up, the smile at the corner of his mouth disappeared, and his face became heavy.

"Inform the ground force commanders above the corps level and the aviation wing commanders above the level to convene an emergency meeting!" General Bradley put the document on the table and said to the staff officer who was still waiting next to him.

"Yes, General!" The staff officer saluted again and then left Bradley's office.

"What the hell! In such an emergency, such a hell thing would happen!" After the staff officer left the room, Bradley, who couldn't bear it anymore, threw the pencil in his hand to the ground and cursed.
Chapter completed!