"Comrade Chief of Staff, look at this official letter." After reading the official letter, Sokov handed it to Vitkov on the side, and said with a smile: "In this way, our problems will be solved."
When Vitkov took the official letter, he couldn't help but smile: "Comrade Commander, I really didn't expect that the General Staff took care of us so much that he actually assigned two aviation divisions to our group army."
Sokov asked to face the four air force commanders: "Where is your field airport?"
"Grodivka," Colonel Nechepolenko glanced at the map on the table, then pointed to a location directly east of the Red Army Village and said: "Our field airport is here."
"Well, it's less than ten kilometers away from the city." Sokov looked at the location of the field airport, nodded and said, "When infantry needs air support, you can move in time."
"Comrade Commander," Vitkov approached Sokov and asked him for advice: "How do you plan to use our air force?" He asked this intentionally, in order to remind Sokov that since it is an air force under his jurisdiction, it is possible to raid the enemy's traffic lines.
"Two Colonels," Sokov heard what Vitkov meant and asked, "Do you have reconnaissance planes in your division?"
"It's all right," Neceborenko quickly replied: "Not only any type of aircraft, but also any aerospace division level are equipped with reconnaissance aircraft."
"Since there are reconnaissance planes, it's easy to do." Sokov called out three other air force commanders, stood at the table, and said to them: "According to our reconnaissance, the enemy will transport supplies to the enemy on the left bank through the bridge every day from the right bank of the Dnieper River. The first task I give you is to send reconnaissance planes to figure out the enemy's transportation route."
Colonel Nechepolenko was the commander of the bombing aviation division. When he heard Sokov say this, the first mission he thought of was to dispatch enough bombers to carry out air strikes on the bridge on the Dnieper River. He interrupted and asked, "Comrade Commander, are you planning to let our division blow up the enemy's bridge?"
"Comrade Colonel, you guessed it wrong." Sokov shook his head and explained to Nechepolenko: "The enemy is very clear that the bridges on the Dnieper River are the channels to ensure the supply of materials for the frontier troops. They will save this lifeline at all costs. If we dispatch bombers to bomb, we will definitely be subject to intensive anti-aircraft artillery fire, which will cause huge losses to the bomber formation. Even if we blow it up after paying a huge price, we can repair it quickly with the enemy's ability."
After hearing Sokov's words, Colonel Nechepolenko became confused: "Comrade Commander, why do you send our reconnaissance planes to reconnaise the enemy's transportation lines?"
Sokov picked up the red and blue pencil, drew a line from Pavlograd to the Skeleton Division defense zone, and said to Nechepolenko: "Comrade Colonel, the task I give your division is to wait for the reconnaissance plane to figure out the situation of the enemy's transport team, and immediately dispatch bombers to carry out bombing. We must compress the supplies obtained by the Germans to the minimum."
"Use bombers to bomb the enemy's transportation lines." Nechepolenko asked hesitantly: "Comrade Commander, is this too wasteful? Instead of using bomber formations to deal with German trains or cars, it is better to bomb the German positions."
"Even if we dispatch bombers to bomb the enemy's positions." Sokov saw that Colonel Nechepolenko did not understand his intention, he explained to him: "If the enemy's fortifications are blown up, they will repair them overnight. If we go to bomb their transportation lines, there will be no need to do too many aircraft to be dispatched each time, two or three aircraft can be used. Blow up a truck and a car wand, and the supply the enemy gets will be less than one car wand. In the long run, the enemy will experience a serious shortage of supplies, which is very beneficial to our future attack."
After Sokov's explanation, Nechepolenko finally understood what was going on. He nodded vigorously and replied with certainty: "I understand, Comrade Commander. The enemy must have arranged strong air defense firepower near important facilities. But if the transport vehicles are attacked, the Germans will not equip these vehicles with sufficient air defense firepower. Then we can basically complete the task of ramming the enemy's traffic line with zero casualties."
"Comrade Colonel, you are right." Sokov said with a smile: "We must use this method to destroy the German transportation lines, so that the frontier enemies will soon be short of food and medicine."
In the afternoon of the same day, the reconnaissance plane that bombed the 202nd Division of the Aviation Army took off and reconnaissed the road between Pavlograd and the Skeleton Division's defense line to see if there were any enemy transport convoys.
The pilot of the reconnaissance plane was lucky. After flying in the air for two laps, he saw a convoy of tastes appear on the ground. Except for the two open-circuit armored vehicles in front and a broken armored vehicle, the rest were all with tents. He quickly reported to the division headquarters through the radio: "Terminal headquarters, division headquarters, I discovered the German transport convoy in the 11th area."
Nechepolenko hurriedly asked, "How many vehicles are there in the enemy's convoy?"
"In addition to the two armored vehicles that opened the road in front and one broken behind, there are about forty trucks with tents." The pilot replied: "The entire convoy is about one kilometer long, and it is easy to identify targets in the air."
After finishing the call with the reconnaissance pilot, Colonel Neceborenko immediately ordered his chief of staff: "The Chief of Staff will immediately send a four-plane formation to take off and rush to Area 11 to carry out air strikes on the German transport convoy moving on the ground."
Two minutes later, four bombers on standby took off and headed towards Area 11, preparing to air strikes the German transport convoy there.
The German convoy on the ground had been walking on this road for a month or two and had never been air strikes by the Soviet army. Therefore, the auto soldiers believed that the Russians would not use planes to deal with them at all. Therefore, when they just discovered the reconnaissance plane in the air, no one was surprised. They knew very well that even if the reconnaissance plane found itself, they could not attack it.
Chapter completed!