On another battlefield, Lusman, who knew that he had been fooled by the Russians, was in a fire and he accidentally hit Vasily's plane to attack. After killing 70% of the ammunition, he finally seized the opportunity to successfully hit the opponent. Vasily's plane burst out with thick smoke and fell to the ground. Lusman, who had no time to check the results of the battle, quickly pulled up and rushed towards another plane, preparing to quickly solve the current enemy and then support the lonely Jinte-Lal.`

Vasily's years of training finally saved his life. Seeing that he could not fly back, he tried his best to control the plane to glide forward, struggling to jump an umbrella more than 2 kilometers away from the left bank of the Don River. Fortunately, the troops of the 24th Army were all below, otherwise he would have become a prisoner of the Germans like his brother Yakov.

After Vasily successfully parachutes, Hartman, who witnessed Gent Larva's three results, was finally caught out of the water by the Romanians. He felt that his whole body was almost frozen. The more embarrassed he looked, the more embarrassed he was. If the other party's movements were slower, he would become a lump of ice in the Don River.

Hartman, who was trembling all over, quickly changed into clean clothes, stared at the subsequent battle of Gent-Lal. He saw that the opponent became more and more brave. After the next 10 minutes, he used exquisite technology to shoot down three aircraft in succession, two of which were SB-2s and one was I-4 bombers. Now Hartman finally saw some tricks. It is undoubtedly true that Gent-Lal's flight skills are better than him, but the unknown aircraft he drove also helped a lot, hovering at a low altitude, rolling, and flipping ability was particularly flexible and outstanding. Not to mention that the clumsy bomber was no match for dog fights, even fighters such as Jacques-3s and La-5s were at a disadvantage. But he was confused. Why didn't such a good aircraft be seen before? Could it be a new model?

However, Gent-Lal was not in a hurry to fight with the Red Army fighter jets. He had fully understood the purpose of the Red Army, so he let go of the opponent's escort aircraft and fired violently at the bomber. During his battle alone for more than 20 minutes, he shot down eight aircraft in a row. The Red Army bomber team was disrupted by him and failed to achieve intensive bomb drops. He could only attack the warship in groups of three or three. These pilots who had not received training in attacking surface targets. They drove bombers that did not have dive bombing function, and finally most of them threw bombs into the river. Except for blowing up several water columns more than 20 meters high and some fish, they had no other practical effect.

Seeing that Vasily's plane was shot down by the Germans, the other formation members immediately lost their fighting spirit. They covered the bomber group and escaped from the battle, and the pilots of the jg52 Regiment did not dare to pursue them. They rushed back to the Don River Basin for support. At this time, the Red Army attack aircraft group that rushed into the low altitude found that they had lost their best chance and had lost a lot of planes. In the end, they could only retreat in disappointment. When retreating, the unyielding Gent-Lal seized the opportunity and beat up the next one, increasing his single-day results to 9 in one fell swoop.

The Red Army troops on the left bank of the Don River were busy rescuing the pilots who were parachuting. One of them was the son of Comrade Stalin, who was not only shot down but also injured on his shoulder. Everyone was shocked. The commanders of the 24th Group Army who knew the news wanted to arrive at the scene immediately. 15 minutes later, even the commander of the group army, Galanin, was alarmed. He immediately ordered the troops to protect the important pilot at all costs.

Unlike the general imagination, Vasily didn't feel too frustrated. Although he was shot down, his life was safe after all. After parachuting, he fell into the hands of the 6th Army. His safety was fully guaranteed. The injuries on his body were not fatal, and he could recover after 2-3 months of recuperation. In his eyes, these were not important. What was important was that he successfully completed the task today. From the team task, he successfully led the formation to lead the German cluster, creating conditions for the assault troops. From the personal task, he also

He seized the opportunity to shoot down an enemy plane, successfully improving his performance to three, getting closer and closer to the standard of ace pilot (5). He was quite proud when he was rescued. Later, he heard that a German plane had killed nine planes in the assault formation alone, and his face quickly sank. As for whether the bombing of surface ships was successful, he was too lazy to mention - as long as he heard the sound of gunfire on the Don River, he knew that the bombing operation was undoubtedly a failure.

He thought well about this. However, the Romanian warship on the Don River had received a few near-missile bombs and remained intact overall. The formation commander Colonel Bernard also reacted from the panic and poured more firepower on the Red Army's positions on the other side to vent his anger.

When Novikov and Wasseylevsky heard the news that the air raid team had failed, they felt deeply frustrated, but the more frustrating news was that the pilots of the returned enemy formation reported in unison that Comrade Vasily was shot down by the enemy and that their lives and death were unknown.

As soon as the news came out, Sokolov jumped up and went crazy on the spot. Comrade Stalin had a son who had fallen into the hands of the Germans. If Comrade Vasily had a few shortcomings, he would definitely be finished if he didn't have to think about it for the rest of his life. Countless things flashed through his enclave in his head, and the only thing he hadn't thought about was that he would break himself before the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to him or wait for Comrade Stalin to fall?

He cried and jumped and cursed other pilots. Novikov and Vasilevsky didn't expect such a thing. When they thought of the terrible consequences of the danger of life and death in Vasi, they couldn't sit still. Although Sokolov did not dare to catch fire openly, his eyes at Novikov and Vasilevsky had completely changed to other things. If he could do it at this moment, he would even have the desire to kill people - you two bastards insisted on comrade Vasilevs going to the battlefield. Now, let's see how you explain to Comrade Stalin at that time? I can't let you two go if I die, and I must pull you back.

While the three of them were staring at each other, the chief of staff ran in with a waving telegram and waving, "Good news! Good news! Comrade Vasily is still alive, he successfully jumped on an umbrella! Comrade Galanin personally sent a telegram saying that Comrade Vasily was rescued by the 24th Army. He was injured, but he was not in danger of his life. I hope we will send a plane to pick it up as soon as possible..."

"Okay! OK! OK!" Sokolov, crying with joy, thought that he was finally saved, and the faces of Vasilevsky and Novikov also returned to a little calmer.

"Immediately arrange the best transport aircraft pilot to bring Comrade Vasily back... Arrange 4 aircraft, not 16 fighter jets to escort." Sokolov shouted at Bu's orders. Novikov frowned and was about to say something. Vasilevsky quickly held him down and added explanation: "Comrade Sokolov, after you take it back, you will lead the team yourself. Immediately send Comrade Vasily to Moscow for treatment, where there is the best doctor... In addition, please report the battle situation to Comrade Stalin truthfully and tell him that Major Vasily did not embarrass him. He fought against the fascists bravely, and shot down an enemy plane and apologize to Comrade Stalin for the injury."

"Yes..." Sokolov subconsciously agreed, and then immediately thought of something again. Qiqi said illegitimately, "But...but..."

"Disaster is not a way. Hiding may not necessarily make Comrade Stalin forgive us..." Huasilevsky knew what the other party was worried about, so he sighed, "I will write you a note later. When you arrive in Moscow, go to Comrade Zhukov first and ask him to come forward to say a few good words to you, so that you can pass the test."

"Okay, that's great."

Just as Vasilevsky and Novikov were bothering to think about how to overcome the advantages of German warships, Manstein was also troubled by the unfavorable news that followed:

First, the enemy situation reports reported by the troops in the encirclement. Since the 24th Army was not expected to advance so quickly, the troops surrounded by the Red Army of the Hequ Division were not the expected 22 divisions and 2 brigades, and there were 7 additional divisions and 1 brigade in the middle, which was almost one-third more troops. Therefore, the Red Army of the Hequ Division was not the expected 140,000 people, but about 190,000 people, and in terms of the total number of people, the total number of German troops carrying out the encirclement and interspersed the mission;

Secondly, the southwestern front army in the upper reaches of the Don River was coming in full force. On the 6th and 12th, the 5th Tank Army continued to attack, and the four divisions who were responsible for the enemy blocking mission had come to ask for help. Although he did not want to use the reserve team so soon, at the suggestion of Heinrich, in order to consolidate the upstream defense line, Manstein still sent two infantry divisions to the left to support. In the same way, the offensive forces of the 62, 64 and 57th Army in the downstream were becoming stronger and stronger. He had to send another infantry division, so that the relevant anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-territories reached 8 divisions. Now, except for the three divisions on the road defense line, he still has three divisions left, and there is no extra tank left. The power use has basically reached the maximum extent.

Finally, the style of the Red Army trapped beasts and fighting was beyond imagination. The imagined that the Red Army's combat will collapsed rapidly did not appear. Today, three relatively strong resistance centers have been formed in the left and right sides. Each center is at least 2ooo-3ooo Red Army. They have good fortifications to rely on, and they are lightly equipped and have low firepower troops cannot chew them for the moment. Because Manstein did not delay the entire battle window, he could only demand that the troops bypass and not fight.

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Chapter completed!