Wherever Soviet troops were caught in pockets, the main Soviet Army maintained contact with them through use of planes, radios and tanks—possibly because no solid front exists and the Russian tanks sometimes were able to slip between the German lines to aid these isolated formations, Reliable quarters said that in many cases the Russians in these pockets, after. fighting against the German rear and destroying Nazi communications, broke through and rejoined the main Red Army although they suffered considerable losses in men and materials, Although the chief emphasis in Soviet air tactics was to give direct support to the Russian army, it was stated that the Red Air Force was sufficiently strong to continue the long-range bombing of strategic Objectives such as Konigsberg, Danzig, Warsaw, Cracow, Bucharest, Ploesti and Constanza. Informed experts revealed that the Soviet Air Force was primarily responsible for halting the break-through of the Germans in the Minsk sector, where the Nazi mechanized forces were partially annihilated, The Russians say that the Germans, whenever possible, avoided challenging the Soviet air force and usually fought only when forced to, The Russians also claimed a number of undisclosed successes by Soviet naval air forces against German naval planes over the Baltic and. Black Seas.
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