Although government agencies in downtown Moscow have been evacuated, this does not mean that the entire city's defense facilities have also disappeared. At least now the air defense sirens are still faithfully reminding these defenders that enemy aircraft have arrived. When the penetrating air defense sirens sounded, the Red Army soldiers who were still repairing their positions immediately dropped their tools and hid in a safe place. But they didn't know that the napalm bombs brought by the Luftwaffe this time and the ordinary fortifications had no effect at all.
Although Admiral Kesselring's Second Air Force independently supported the SS offensive during this bombing, it did not mean that other air forces were idle. For the bombing of Istria and Tula, there was also the Third Air Force. Simultaneously with the Fifth Air Force. Not long after, the air defense warning had just ended, and the uninvited guest from Smolensk had already arrived in the sky above Moscow. This also marked the beginning of disaster for the Red Army soldiers.
At this time, the anti-aircraft artillery position deployed near the Kremlin roared in defense of dignity and vented its anger on these invaders. Three Heinkel He111 bombers were shot down, but compared to more than 500 Heinkel He111 bombers, these downed bombers only belonged to some unlucky people, and the results achieved by the Red Army's anti-aircraft artillery units were only symbolic. of. On the contrary, if they do not retreat immediately, they will be swallowed up by the flames.
The Luftwaffe, which rushed straight into Moscow, followed the SS offensive route from Leningrad Street to the Kremlin. Of course, they did not receive orders to blow up the place. Their target was the Red Army units defending the Kremlin. Soon, as the bombers at the front dropped their bombs first, the bombing finally kicked off. The initial napalm bombs will certainly not cause much damage, but the raging fire will point the way for the subsequent fleets, and the carnage will soon begin.
After the falling napalm bomb exploded, the napalm inside flew in all directions. The extremely sticky napalm immediately began to burn the things they touched. Wood, stone, steel, nothing could be burned by it. will not be damaged. When it explodes, it sputters around, emits a high temperature of about one thousand degrees Celsius, and can stick to other objects and burn for a long time. The hydrogen released by the combination of metal and water burns again, increasing the combustion power. The fire was raging, and immediately the German vultures in the sky seemed to smell the smell of carrion, and they began to bomb.
Napalm, if used sparingly, is not necessarily more effective than regular bombs. But if used intensively, it will form a real sea of fire. When it explodes, the chemicals in the napalm will combine with oxygen and become a life-hunting killer. The Soviet Red Army soldiers and anti-aircraft artillery troops in the field immediately became victims of napalm bombs. The soldiers who were stained by the napalm in the napalm bombs, without exception, fell to the ground and rolled over in the hope of extinguishing their wounds. Fire, but just like the properties of napalm, often the more you do this, the less and more intense the fire on you will become as you roll, until it burns you.
Some soldiers near the river tried to jump into the nearby river or use water to put out the fire on their bodies, but it was completely useless. The chemicals in napalm bombs can completely ignore the common sense that water defeats fire. Often some Red Army soldiers soaked themselves in cold water at sub-zero temperatures, only to find in despair that the fire on their bodies could not be eliminated. They enjoyed the taste of ice and fire.
Large buildings that once left SS soldiers helpless could not escape the attack of the sea of fire. Perhaps these buildings were not built without considering fire protection, but the high temperature of more than 1,000 degrees was obviously beyond the capabilities of the designers. The roofs of some iconic buildings were even cracked in an instant. Russian buildings, which like to be decorated with gold foil, immediately used black paint to block these golden roofs that might attract bombing by the Luftwaffe after the war started. But now, the golden roofs are once again It has returned to its original appearance because the paint has been destroyed by the high temperature.
The bombing of the bomber group continued. From the sky, the scope of the sea of fire expanded rapidly within the scope of the naked eye. With the Kremlin as the center, the pilots of the Second Air Force faithfully executed the above orders and used With his superb skills, he surrounded the Kremlin with a sea of fire. When the soldiers stained with napalm gradually stopped their useless struggles, when the wooden products with low ignition point burst into flames, the sky-high heat waves and roaring fire began to rush from the surface of these large building fortresses into the inside.
The wooden gates cannot withstand the flames at all and will be burned through in a short time. Unfortunately, these fortresses converted from opera houses and museums obviously will not put a large iron gate that ruins the scenery. , so in almost a short moment, the sea of fire broke through the barriers of the doors and windows and began to kill the Red Army soldiers inside the fortress. Relying on the fortress, these soldiers could kill Germany's best-equipped SS troops at almost a one-to-two ratio. Unfortunately, they were not supermen and would die if burned. The Red Army soldiers, whose whole bodies were burned, let out desperate wails when they fell to the ground. The sounds were as if they were coming from hell, which made people feel chilling.
Although some places that were originally grain depots or warehouses had large iron doors, the sky-high flames would rush in through the windows, not to mention the German vultures in the sky that were still circling, as if they were afraid that the Red Army soldiers inside would not die. Same thing, drop the last napalm bomb under the belly of the plane.
"Great!" Within a safe area, Lin Wei, who was already the commander-in-chief, was watching this rare scenery. The raging sea of fire made his face turn a little red, but compared to this time A successful fire attack and a small discomfort will naturally not make Lin Wei angry.
"Now all these Soviet Red Army soldiers have turned into turkeys! This successful bombing can completely kill 20,000 of my soldiers, or even more!" As if seeing the desperate wailing of the Red Army soldiers, Lin Wei said cruelly said.
Whether it was Paul Hausser or Crawford, both of them were extremely shocked by the huge fire. The first intensive use of napalm not only shocked the defending Red Army soldiers, but also shocked everyone. German SS soldiers on the attacking side. Human life is so fragile under this kind of weapon. Facing the sea of fire, no one can escape unless they hide in a completely sealed fortress.
After the last Heinkel He111 bomber dropped its bomb, the most prosperous area of Moscow, the political center of the Red Empire, no longer looked like what it should be. Even some steel frames were destroyed. The high-temperature burning has caused distortion, and with the fierce fire, these steel buildings may break at any time, which also illustrates the power of napalm from the side.
"Order the SS offensive troops to prepare, wait for the sea of fire to extinguish, and immediately capture these strongholds for me, and attack the Kremlin at the same time!" After thinking about it, Lin Wei continued to urge, "Let the soldiers wear gas masks. , because the fire is too big, there must be a state of hypoxia, because the oxygen has almost burned out and cannot be filled in a short time! At the same time, after the fire is extinguished, a large amount of toxic gases will be produced. If these gases travel, they are not even worse than the power of poison gas bombs. Be careful!" Lin Wei didn't want anyone in his army to fall at that time, it would be too embarrassing. As for the issue of defensive masks, although Germany has never used gas masks, in view of the painful lessons learned during World War I, Germany has equipped all soldiers with gas masks since the beginning of the war. The gas masks are in small cans carried by German soldiers. Almost everyone has it, and the SS, as a force founded by Lin Wei, is certainly no exception.
Although the order has been issued, it does not mean that it will be implemented immediately. A big reason why the soaring fire is very difficult to extinguish is that a fire of this level cannot be extinguished by easy means. If there are no accidents, they will devour everything that can be burned, and will not stop until they have exhausted their energy and stopped when there is nothing left to serve as a fuel for combustion.
At least now, whether it is SS observers or Air Force reconnaissance planes, all reconnaissance shows that the current fire is still expanding, not shrinking. Lin Wei has to wait for the fire to extinguish, and he can have a sumptuous meal. After lunch, come back. In fact, Lin Wei is indeed planning to do this now.
The fire burned for more than an hour. Just as Lin Wei expected, the fire caused by napalm was completely extinguished after there was nothing to burn. Due to Lin Wei's strict order As well as the soldiers' orders and prohibitions, no SS soldiers were affected by this bombing. You must know that on the battlefield, soldiers dying under their own friendly forces is nothing new.
When the fire was completely extinguished, the SS offensive troops in the safe area, a total of 9,000 people, neatly wearing gas masks, rushed into the Garden Ring Road under the cover of a hundred Panther tanks, where they arrived. There was no resistance everywhere, but behind the gas mask, the face of the young German soldier was not so good-looking. In some areas that were heavily attacked by napalm bombs, the terrible fire almost burned the thick cement floor to cracks. In some areas, In the corner, there were some disgusting-looking things. The German soldiers didn't want to admit that it was a human corpse. Even though the thing was indeed the outline of a human being, the corpse oil left on the black corpse made them shudder. .