Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

The fierce and intensive shelling lasted for three full days, and the defense lines on the outskirts of Smolensk were ravaged by artillery fire like rags riddled with holes. The position was densely covered with large and small craters. The trenches, machine gun fire points, anti-tank gun firing positions and other defensive fortifications built by the Soviet army were destroyed in the artillery fire; many anti-gun holes collapsed due to bullets, and many Soviet soldiers were buried. Most of them were "guards" armed by civilians. These passionate young people who vowed to go into battle to kill the enemy and defend their country did not even see what the enemy looked like, so they slept underground.

But even if the suburban defense line was completely destroyed, the German ground troops had no intention of attacking. The fierce artillery fire continued to extend forward and began to bombard the urban area.

On an artillery position, 12 large-caliber heavy guns were firing.

The artillerymen wearing only vests used a simple lever machine to load the shells. The gunner closed the breech. Following the gunner's command to fire, "Boom!" the heavy artillery let out a thundering roar.

The noise of large-caliber heavy artillery when fired can reach a terrifying 180 decibels. What is this concept? You must know that a sound of 190 decibels can cause death!

In the past, when conditions were more difficult, guns had to be fired without protective measures. The gunners could only open their mouths wide to offset the pressure of the sound on the eardrums. But one disadvantage is that if you open your mouth, you will definitely get it full of dirt, because the air waves when firing will roll up all the dirt on the ground. After several rounds of cannons, you may be full of dirt.

Later, various hearing protection equipment appeared, but it cannot be said that it will have no impact after a long time. Some retired artillery soldiers will have varying degrees of hearing problems, and some will have tinnitus and hearing loss. Moreover, this kind of protective equipment, such as earplugs, will affect the gun squad's ability to accept the shooting command, which is a bit troublesome.

Fortunately, Yannick invented shock-proof earplugs for later generations. This is a very simple rubber product. When the artillery is fired, the rubber edge at the bottom of the earplugs is impacted by powerful sound waves and expands, thus naturally sealing the ear canal. It ensures that the cochlea and eardrum are not impacted by strong sound waves. When the strong sound waves disappear, the rubber edge automatically retracts and a gap appears in the ear canal, which will not affect communication with others.

Amidst the dull explosion, a ball of orange-red flame was instantly sprayed from the muzzle, which turned into pungent white smoke in an instant, quickly spreading to the surroundings, and finally shrouding the entire gun emplacement.

The gunners guarding the cannon had no time to worry about whether the shells hit the target. They started busy as soon as the cannon fired. Push the breech open, eject the shell case, and then quickly clean the unburnt residue in the barrel. A shell with a fuse was moved over by two gunners, carefully pushed into the barrel, closed the breech, and was ready to fire again.

Not far away, another heavy cannon also sprayed out a plume of smoke. Although the rate of fire of these heavy artillery is slow, their power is quite powerful. A single shell can easily destroy a building.

Along with the artillery bombardment of ground troops, the Luftwaffe was also dispatched. Densely packed Mosquito bombers, Junkers Ju-88s, HE-177s, and ME264s flew towards Smolensk in groups.

Among them, the Junkers Ju-88 is a medium-sized twin-engine bomber that has just begun mass production not long ago. In the original space and time, this bomber was designed by Hugo Junkers as early as 1935. It served from 1939 to 1945 and became one of the standard combat aircraft used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. It served in many different tasks during the war and was known as an all-round working machine, also known as the "Doctor Universal". It successfully served a variety of objectives during the Great War and was one of the most versatile aircraft. The Ju-88 became a valuable asset to the Luftwaffe and one of the largest weapons production programs of the German Army in World War II.

A total of 15,000 Ju-88s were produced during World War II, far more than any other twin-engine German aircraft of the period. Throughout the production process, although there were dozens of derivatives of the Ju-88, its basic structure remained unchanged, proving the superiority of its original design quality.

Previously, Yannick did not approve the production of other types of twin-engine bombers because of the Mosquito bombers; however, as the war progressed, Yannick felt that the Mosquito bombers alone were insufficient, so he approved the production of the Ju-88.

The ground troops surrounding Smolensk saw a scene they would never forget. Nearly a thousand bombers were flying high in the sky. Although the sun had risen at this moment, the huge fleet of aircraft blocked the sky, just like blocking the sun's rays.

"Oh God! This is so spectacular!" The German soldiers on the ground couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw this scene. The sight of the overwhelming Allied bombers that appeared over Germany in another time and space was slightly copied by Yannick in this time and space, and was directly used on the Soviets. “Is the Air Force going to wipe Smolensk completely off the map?”

The anti-aircraft guns in Smolensk had already been cleared several times by German attack aircraft, and the remaining anti-aircraft guns did not dare to fire rashly. Commander Shaposhnikov simply ordered these anti-aircraft guns to stop fighting in the air and prepare to strike. German ground troops.

"Drop the bomb!" the bomber formation commander issued the order, and one after another the bombers, which had already opened their bomb bays, began to throw the bombs in the bomb bays to the ground.

These bombs rapidly descend along their own parabola, and the high-speed airflow enters the air whistle installed at the tail, making a heart-rending scream. The whistle that fills the sky is enough to cause the weak-willed enemy to collapse instantly.

A bomb fell on the top of a building. The impact of the impact caused the entire building to tremble. Then with an earth-shattering explosion, the entire building collapsed instantly, with steel bars and stones flying everywhere.

Then another aerial bomb exploded on the street. A terrible shock wave swept through everything around. The shrapnel shattered the floor-to-ceiling windows of nearby shops. The high temperature ignited the curtains and hangings behind the windows, and even the heavy hotel's curtains. Several hideous holes were punched through the door.

There is no one on the ground. Commander Shaposhnikov has already built complete underground air defense facilities under the city of Smolensk. The good infrastructure has given the entire city a high level of resistance to air attacks. However, although the human losses were not large, the buildings on the ground could not hide underground, so these ancient and strong buildings were damaged in the explosion.

Of course, even hiding in an underground bomb shelter is not absolutely safe.

A staff officer hurried into the underground command room and reported to Commander Shaposhnikov. "Comrade Commander, area 11 was bombed by the Germans and collapsed."

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