When Andrei and Yakov looked up, they found that the originally beautiful carriage was in shambles. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the top of the carriage from right to left there are two rows of bullet holes neatly swept by, the row of light bulbs that originally emitted light has disappeared without a trace, leaving only a basin-sized hole, his two guards fell to the floor covered in blood, the operator behind him was leaning back, his body was hit by a 12.7 mm large-caliber bullet, the whole body was almost broken in two, blood splattered everywhere. All in all, after being strafed by large-caliber bullets, the entire carriage was almost unrecognizable as if it had been ravaged by a typhoon.

Yakov struggled to get up, coughed twice and cursed loudly: "Damn, where did this plane come from, how can it attack us?" ”

Andre's forehead was stabbed by sawdust flying around, and there were two blood marks, and at this moment the blood was constantly flowing down his forehead, which looked particularly hideous, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It's a plane of the Huaxia people, I really can't think of anyone else who dares to attack us here besides them." ”

"By the way, what about our anti-aircraft guns, doesn't this train have two Type 39 37-mm anti-aircraft guns?" Yakov, who was scared out of a cold sweat, remembered at this time, as if his side was not without the strength to fight back.

"Don't think about it, do you really think that those two 37 anti-aircraft guns alone can deal with the planes of the Chinese?" Andrei said angrily, the current train is moving at a speed of thirty or forty kilometers per hour, at this speed to hit a fighter moving at high speed, the probability is not much higher than buying a lottery ticket, the greater role of the two anti-aircraft guns is deterrence and air defense when stationary.

"Knock knock ......"

As he spoke, the sound of low and rapid gunfire still rang out from time to time, accompanied by the screams of the soldiers from time to time.

"Let's go...... Let's go up to the roof of the car and take a look. Listening to the fierce gunfire outside, Andrei gritted his teeth and said suddenly.

"You're crazy, is this time to go to the roof of the car to send you to death? I don't want to visit your wife every year in the future. Yakov glared at Andrei with a look on his face like he had seen a madman.

"I'm not crazy!" Due to the fact that his forehead was cut by sawdust, Andrei's face was covered with blood at this time, and he looked particularly hideous, so he snorted coldly: "If I remember correctly, now we are still more than a thousand kilometers away from Manchuria, I want to see what kind of plane can fly here to attack us." ”

After saying that, Andrei walked towards the junction of the carriages, despite Yakov's dissuasion.

"Damn it!" Yakov cursed in a low voice and hurriedly followed. You must know that the staff officers and guards in the carriage are all lying in a pool of blood, and if Andrei, the division commander, has any problems, the entire 363 Infantry Division will be leaderless.

Soon, Andrei and Yakov climbed up the stairs to the carriage, and when they stood on the carriage in the cold wind, they immediately saw that there were four planes that they had never seen before hovering at a low altitude of more than 2,000 meters, and in groups of two, they were taking turns strafing the train they were taking, and the huge blue sky and white sun sign under the wings of the planes was clearly visible.

"Bastard, it's really a plane from the Huaxia people!"

Andre's eyes are very good, you can see the plane that is diving without binoculars, and see that these four planes are bombing the train they are taking in turn, although the two anti-aircraft guns on the train keep firing at the sky, but in response to the sentence, the anti-aircraft guns shoot mosquitoes, in the face of flexible and mobile fighters, it is too difficult to hit the enemy plane on the fast-moving train, and the bullet marks can only helplessly follow the plane.

"What about our planes? Why did the planes of the Huaxia people fly here, but our planes can't even see a shadow, is the Air Force asleep? Seeing this, Andrei couldn't help but roar anymore.

"Andrey, the nearest air base to us is also more than 500 kilometers away, and they can't fly here." Yakov replied helplessly.

Andre pointed to the sky and said with a blue face: "What about the Huaxia people, how did their plane come from?" Don't their planes burn oil? ”

Faced with his friend's anger, Yakov had to spread his hands and shook his head helplessly. The Soviet planes and German planes in these years have a characteristic, that is, short legs, even the latest La-7 fighter has a range of only 990 kilometers, as long as the combat distance exceeds 450 kilometers, they have to stare dryly, and now seeing that the fighter of the Chinese people, who has always been regarded by the Soviets as cowardly and incompetent, can fly a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers to attack his own train, Andrei's heart is naturally full of anger and dissatisfaction.

Andrei and Yakov naturally did not know that the four planes that attacked were the P-51 Mustang fighters that had just been equipped with the troops of the Third Army, and the range of this fighter was notoriously long, just by virtue of the fuel carried by the fuselage, the range could reach 1858 kilometers, and if the auxiliary fuel tank was loaded, the range could be increased to an astonishing 3306 kilometers, which was already higher than some medium bombers, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as frenzied. Therefore, this aircraft can easily fly from the airport in Hulunbuir to the area of Irkutsk for cruise, and even harass and even bomb the tongues of fire along the way.

After more than ten minutes, the four P-51s, which had been dumped with their ammunition, were still unscathed, and then swaggered their butts and flew towards the road they came, leaving corpses and smoke all over the ground behind their butts.

"Comrade commander, just after the news came that the Chinese began to send planes to attack our trains, many trains transporting troops and supplies were attacked by the planes of the Chinese people, and just over ten minutes ago, the military train transporting the 363 Infantry Division was attacked, killing and wounding thousands of people, and even the chief of staff Yakov was wounded."

In the headquarters of the Far Eastern Front in Ulan-Ude, Senior General Apanashchenko was listening to the report of Lieutenant Colonel Seryosha, the operational staff officer.

Apanashchenko put his right hand on the table and tapped it gently, pondering something in his heart, and only after a long time did he raise his head and sigh: "We all underestimated the courage of that Huaxia general, but we didn't expect that he would really take this step, then the next battle would be difficult to fight." ”

Seryosha showed an angry look in his eyes, and said indignantly: "Comrade commander, the Chinese people dare to send planes to attack our military columns, this is a provocation to the great Soviet Union, we must report this matter to Moscow and punish him severely!" ”

"Punishment?" Apanashchenko's eyes showed a hint of helplessness, "Seryosha, how do you want to punish them?" ”

"Of course, it's a ...... Uh...... "Speaking of which, Seryosha suddenly became dumb, isn't what the USSR is doing now exactly punishing the Chinese? Almost all the forces of the front army were mobilized to attack Mongolia, and hundreds of thousands of people were about to fight in Mongolia, which was no different from a formal war between the two countries, and it would be naïve to say such punishment now.

After a long time, Seryosha muttered: "Then at least report this matter to Moscow, so that they can quickly mobilize the flying troops over, otherwise it will be too dangerous for our fighters to fight without air supremacy." ”

"Of course I know that." Apanashchenko said with some annoyance: "But the problem is that we have to wait for the plane to arrive for at least five days, and it is very difficult for our troops to get air support during these five days, and whether we will launch an attack as scheduled in this situation is what I am most concerned about." ”

"yes!"

Seryosha was silent, and Moscow gave them the task of launching an attack on the Chinese army invading Mongolia as quickly as possible, striving to annihilate all the Chinese troops in Mongolia, and then swallowing Inner Mongolia in one go, and finally annexing the northeast border to directly threaten the hinterland of China, and strive for the most powerful situation.

Moscow's blueprint is good, but now it seems difficult to realize. Because they had just received the information, the Kwantung Army suddenly withdrew its troops from Mukden and took the initiative to disengage with the Huaxia Army, and the Third Army, which was not contained by the Kwantung Army, was immediately able to free up its hands and send the 347th, 350th, and 351st Divisions, which had already been half rested, to Mongolia, and at the same time mobilized hundreds of planes of their Second Air Division, so that the plan to quickly eat the main force of the Third Army in Mongolia was frustrated, and if it was not possible, it would have to become a stalemate, which the Soviet side did not want to see.

After a long time, Apanashchenko asked: "How are the 116th Infantry Division and the 68th Artillery Brigade doing now?" Arrived at your destination? ”

Seryosha nodded: "Comrade Commander, the 116th Division and the 68th Artillery Brigade have arrived in Suhobaatar as planned, and are rushing towards Ulaanbaatar, I believe that they will be able to make contact with the Huaxia people tomorrow morning." ”

Apanashchenko thought for a moment and said: "Order them to stop when they reach Darkhan and wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops before advancing." ”

"Why?" Seryosha asked puzzledly: "Moscow has given us the task of rushing to Ulaanbaatar as quickly as possible to relieve the siege of Ulaanbaatar, and take this opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Third Army, and then occupy the entire territory of Mongolia. ”

Apanashchenko naturally understood the meaning of this sentence, and now it has only been less than five years since the Great Purge, and once Apanashchenko is put on the hat of being a combatant or sympathetic to the hostile elements, he will be arrested and shot by the Ministry of Internal Affairs the next day, you must know that during the purge period, even the founder of the Soviet Red Army like Marshal Tukhachevsky was killed as he said, let alone Apanashchenko, the commander of the Front.

"I've already decided on this." Apanashchenko said resolutely: "Since we have no air supremacy for the time being, and we do not have favorable armored forces, it is impossible for one or two infantry divisions alone to complete the tasks assigned to us by Moscow. ”

"Okay!" Seeing that Apanashchenko's mind had been decided, Seryosha had no choice but to take the order......

On the blue grassland, there is a convoy composed of more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles, led by a Sd.Kfz.223 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle, this reconnaissance vehicle with a maximum speed of 85 kilometers is driving fast on the grassland, although there are many herdsmen's tents and cattle and sheep along the way, but these vehicles do not stop, but continue to move forward.

In the middle of the convoy was an Sd.Kfz.247 armored command vehicle, in which three No. 4 tanks and two Tiger tanks were guarded in the middle of the front and rear of this armored car, and in the rear of the team there were even three trucks full of soldiers and four Dongfeng anti-aircraft tanks, which could be described as heavily guarded.

The convoy drove until it stopped in front of a military camp, and when the convoy listened steadily, the door of the banker's command car opened, and Su Jin, who was wearing a stone rock gray military uniform and wearing the rank of general, walked down, and more than a dozen generals such as Fred, Huang Weiguo, Sun Liren, and Huang Baitao, who had been waiting outside the barracks, all greeted him.

"Hello Sir Su!"

"Sir, I've worked hard all the way here!"

Looking at the people who greeted him, Su Jin smiled and returned the salute and exchanged a few words with them one by one, and finally smiled: "Okay, everyone don't stand, let's go in, I've been in the car for a long day, and I'm still hungry, have you prepared anything delicious for me?" ”

Huang Weiguo, who has been with Su Jin for the longest time and has the closest relationship, said with a smile: "Of course there is, the ministry and the brothers will invite the chief to eat Mongolian roast mutton!" ”

"Oh, that's a good feeling. I've heard for a long time that Mongolian barbecue is a must, so I have to try it today. ”

Everyone hugged Su Jin into the tent while talking and laughing.

This is a large tent covering an area of about seventy or eighty square meters, enough to accommodate dozens of people to hold meetings inside, and when Su Jin entered, he found that a rectangular table and a dozen chairs were placed inside, and a huge map was hung at the end of the tent. Su Jin took the lead in sitting down, and then motioned for everyone to sit down as well, and only after everyone was seated did Su Jin ask: "Everyone, our army has been assembled, which of you will give me a brief introduction to the current situation?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and finally Huang Weiguo said with a smile: "Sir, let's let Brother Huan Ran come to it." ”

"Yes, Brother Huan Ran came first, let him introduce the situation to you!"

"That's right, the situation on the other side is clearer, and it is most suitable for him."

Everyone also spoke out in agreement with Huang Weiguo's words.

"Oh?"

Su Jin looked at Huang Baitao who was sitting silently behind everyone with some surprise, among the many division commanders of the Third Army, Huang Baitao is a very inconspicuous person, he doesn't talk much on weekdays, and he looks very ordinary, but no one dares to underestimate his talent, just by his ability to train a newly formed infantry division into an old division with combat effectiveness no less than that of 347 and 348.