At eight o'clock in the morning, over Hailar, a large group of flying planes appeared. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is not the Japanese Air Force of the Kwantung Army returning from Prague in Tamchag, but the Soviet air fleet that took off from three airfields including Bayantumen.

This fleet consisted of 105 I-16 fighters and 20 SB-2 bombers. Just before the attack on Tamchag Prague, Manturov made a phone call to Bayantumen airfield, asking the air force there to be ready to be dispatched at any time.

When the Japanese aircraft group was dispatched to attack Tamchag Prague, Manturov made another phone call to Stein, commander of the Far Eastern Front, explaining to him the emptiness of the Hailar airfield and his plan for an air attack on Hailar.

Stern agreed to Manturov's plan, giving Manturov and Zhukov the authority to command the relevant units of the Air Force.

After receiving the command, Manturov immediately ordered the Far Eastern Military District and the air forces stationed at other airfields in Mongolia to take off immediately, assemble over Lake Bell, and then go straight to Hailar, the lair of the Kwantung Army's air force.

Seeing the appearance of the Soviet flying group, Michitaro Komatsubara and Ogishu soldiers in Hailar felt very bad. Just now the Japanese Imperial Army failed in a sneak attack, and now Soviet planes are flying over themselves, how is it possible? Could it be that there are Soviet spies on our side? No!

At this time, there were only a few reconnaissance planes and a dozen outdated Type 95 biplane fighters at Hailar Airport. In the face of the huge Soviet fleet, this aircraft had no resistance at all.

Michitaro Komatsubara stood on the ground and watched the Soviet I-16 fighter roar towards him.

He could do nothing but give the order to return fire and prepare to dodge, but watched as Soviet planes dropped bombs, strafed Japanese personnel, and bombed Hailar airfield and nearby command posts.

Seeing the arrival of the Soviet fleet, the Japanese pilots hurriedly prepared their planes to take to the air to resist, and the air defense units were also in place.

However, they had to deal with a huge fleet of 125 aircraft.

Hailar Airport, which had never been threatened by air raids, had only six anti-aircraft guns and more than a dozen outdated Type 95 biplane fighters. In the face of the Soviet army, which was superior to them in both numbers and combat effectiveness, their resistance was almost useless.

In the airfield, bursts of anti-aircraft artillery sounded, and black smoke from anti-aircraft shells appeared in the sky. But the air defense forces of the Kwantung Army had almost no experience in air defense, because in the Chinese theater, especially in the northeast, they had hardly encountered hostile air forces and did not need to undergo much air defense training.

The Soviet Air Force not only had quantitative and qualitative superiority, but also made corresponding preparations before the air raids, assigned different tasks to different aircraft, and was quite organized and planned.

Leading the way were 12 I-16 fighters, piloted by experienced pilots who had fought in the Spanish Civil War.

The 12 planes, lined up in a two-plane attack formation, divided into six groups, dived rapidly at a speed of 550 kilometers per hour.

They are responsible for the most dangerous and also the most important task - the destruction of enemy air defense.

After diving to an altitude of 200 meters, the 6 groups of aircraft began to split up, each of which was responsible for destroying an anti-aircraft battery.

The plane slowed down and was still about 500 meters from the target. Calmly and calmly, the pilots aimed at the anti-aircraft batteries for which they were responsible, and decisively pressed the button to launch the rocket.

Twelve rockets were shot from 12 different planes, and the fire from the rockets was inconspicuous in the fierce sunlight, and it was not until the moment before the rocket hit the target that the little devil realized that his life was short.

The sound of a "bang......" explosion resounded throughout the airport. 12 rockets concentrated their targets almost at the same time, blowing up the anti-aircraft guns of the little devils into scrap metal and the anti-aircraft troops into meat sauce.

The Japanese pilots took off in a hurry, but before they could leave the runway, they were destroyed by Soviet planes that were catching up behind.

In just ten minutes, the Japanese biplane fighters were almost completely destroyed. The air defense forces were completely lost, and they were already powerless to resist.

However, the Japanese were not a people to give in easily, and the Japanese soldiers lined up on the ground, picked up the 38 bars in their hands, or shot at the I-16 fighters in the air with light machine guns.

Since the Soviet planes flew too low and were not very fast, it was not difficult to aim. As a result, under intensive artillery fire, several Soviet planes close to the ground were shot down by Japanese infantry. Seeing that the goal of destroying anti-aircraft guns and ground aircraft had been reached, the rest of the Soviets began to climb and pick up speed, avoiding rifle fire.

After destroying the Japanese air defense, Soviet SB-2 bombers began to drop bombs on the ground. The 20 twin-engine bombers were divided into two teams, one to bomb the airfield facilities and the other to bomb the headquarters of the 23rd Division.

Seeing the arrival of the twin-engine bombers, the commander of the 23rd Division, Michitaro Komatsubara, hurriedly left the headquarters. As he walked out into the street, several bombs were dropped, blowing the headquarters to shreds.

In this explosion, several junior officers in the headquarters did not have time to escape, and were either killed by bombs or crushed to death by the falling rubble, including two Dazuo, three Zhongzuo, and five Shaozuo.

Forget about the death of a few junior officers, the military flag of the 23rd Division of the devil, which symbolizes the honor of the empire, and several portraits of the emperor, were all blown up. For the little devils, the military flag, the emperor statue or something are all symbols of honor and indestructible holy relics.

However, these holy relics were blown up by the Soviet army in an instant, which was a major blow to the Japanese army. They can go behind enemy lines at all costs for the sake of a military flag and retrieve it, in order to prevent this sacred relic from falling into the hands of the enemy.

Since the establishment of the Japanese Kwantung Army, the first burned military flag belonged to the cavalry wing of Higashi-800 Tibet, and at the last moment before being annihilated, the last thing Higashi-800 did was to burn the military flag, and the enemy would not be able to get the complete military flag until he died.

In our history, the East 800 Tibetan military flag was abandoned on the battlefield, and the Soviet army, which did not know the role of the military flag, did not capture it. It was not until after the peace talks between Japan and the Soviet Union that the small Japanese search team returned to the battlefield under the strict supervision of the Soviet army and found the sacred military flag.

But in that parallel universe, Manturov, who knew the importance of the military flag, ordered the Soviet flag to be captured and placed in the underground warehouse of the Soviet army to be closely guarded.

Watching the headquarters being bombed and the portrait of the emperor burning, Michitaro Komatsubara has almost lost all his pride. He used to be a military attache at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow, he was proficient in Russian and had a certain understanding of the situation in the Soviet Union.

He had always believed that after the Great Purge of the Soviet Union, the talented commanders in the army were purged and it was impossible to make qualified strategic decisions.

But he never imagined that he was facing a time-traveler with memories of the afterlife. At the same time, he was not aware of an important fact - the Soviet Union had changed generals, and the 57th Special Army began to be commanded by Zhukov, a superman of combat ability.

In just one hour, the Soviets destroyed half of Hailar's military facilities, but their bombers did not carry enough bombs to destroy all of Hailar's military facilities.

When the bombs were dropped, the Soviet planes formed a formation and headed for Outer Mongolia and the Soviet Far East.

Half an hour later, the Japanese planes that attacked Tamchag Prague returned to Hailar in disarray, and by this time, the airfield had been completely bombed, and the facilities for communications, airing, ammunition, and aircraft hangars had all been reduced to nothing. There are also several large potholes on the runway, and it is difficult for planes to land on such a runway.

When the Japanese pilots saw the almost complete destruction of Hailar Airport, they realized that they had fallen for the Soviets' tricks. Taking advantage of their take-off for Tamsk, the Soviets dispatched planes from other airfields, which in turn attacked Hailar airfield, and were successful.

In this way, Manturov won a second victory, achieving his strategic goal of gaining air supremacy on the battlefield.

After that, due to heavy losses, the aviation of the Kwantung Army could only be carried on the ground most of the time, and almost no longer played any role.

Air supremacy was firmly grasped by the Soviet army, and in the subsequent wars, the Soviet army grasped this advantage.

Although the little devil lost a lot in this air raid and the headquarters was bombed, Michitaro Komatsubara still refused to give up and was unwilling to retreat.

He mobilized a large number of troops, and also mobilized the elite units of the Japanese army, known as "national treasures", to prepare for a decisive battle with the Soviet Red Army on the ground.