At 3 a.m. on 27 June, a total of 137 Japanese planes from three brigades of the Japanese Kwantung Army took off from the airport in Hailar. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The planes formed a neat formation, and the formation spread over Hailar, and flew in the direction of Tamchag Prague.

When the Japanese group flew 150 kilometers from Tamchag Prague, the Soviet radar unit detected the arrival of the Japanese planes and informed the military commissar of the 57th Special Army, Manturov, and the commander of the air force.

Manturov, who received the situation, checked the date of the day, looked at his watch, and found that the time roughly coincided with the time of the Japanese attack on Tamsk in history. It seems that the time has come to implement his "defense" plan.

At 6:20 a.m., the Japanese plane group had already arrived over the Tamsk airport and began to bomb the airport indiscriminately.

The 60 fighters on the Soviet airfield were all dispatched before the first bomb was dropped by the Japanese planes, and they adopted a two-plane attack formation to attack the Japanese flying group.

But these 60 planes could not stop the flight group composed of all 137 Japanese planes. More than a dozen Type 97 dive bombers and several heavy bombers, under the cover of more than 30 Nakajima Type 97 fighters, flew over the airfield, and began to drop bombs.

The rest of the Japanese Type 97 fighters engaged in a fierce aerial battle with Soviet fighters over the grassland a few kilometers in front of the airfield.

At first, Japanese aircraft, under the command of several ace pilots, showed considerable combat effectiveness, shooting down several I-15 biplane fighters in a matter of minutes.

But the Soviet Air Force was no slouch, and the I-16 fighters equipped with six rockets also had a firepower advantage. Soon, a Soviet pilot who had participated in the Spanish Civil War at the head had his eyes on a Japanese ace pilot who was leading the battle, and decisively aimed at his Nakajima 97 fighter.

He decisively and without hesitation pressed the button to launch the rocket, and one of the hanging rockets was ignited and shot out of his И-16 fighter.

Like a meteor, the rocket suddenly appeared in the air, flew rapidly in the air, and in the blink of an eye, flew in front of the plane of the Japanese ace pilot.

Before he could react, the rocket had already hit a Nakajima 97 fighter piloted by an ace junior pilot, "Boom! The sound rang out.

The force generated by the explosion blew up all parts of the fighter, and the originally intact instruments, engines, and shells were instantly blown into countless pieces, and the pilots were also blown into meat sauce.

The flames caused by the explosion were quickly extinguished, and the heat was blown away by the air currents in the air.

The fragments of the plane, as well as the fragments of the pilot's body, were grabbed by the Earth's gravity and began to run towards the ground at an acceleration of 9.81 per second.

Eventually, they all went where they belonged, and fell forever on the peaceful, bitterly cold Mongolian steppe, at the mercy of the wind and rain. What was originally a mighty fighter eventually turned into inconspicuous pieces of metal, rusted under the baptism of time, and finally buried by the wind and sand.

The fact that the flying ace was shot down greatly dealt a blow to the morale of other Japanese pilots, and other Soviet pilots followed the example of their comrades and used the rockets mounted on the planes to shoot down more than 10 Japanese planes, several of which were junior pilots, which dealt a greater blow to the morale of the Japanese troops.

Watching the ace pilot shot down, the other Japanese pilots quickly lost patience. With the spirit of bushido, they began to use their last strength to fire at Soviet planes.

Originally, the heroism of bushido was good for a soldier, so that they were not afraid of death, they were not afraid. But for pilots, it's not a good thing.

With the determination to die, they concentrated their firepower and frantically fired at the Soviet planes, and the pilots lost their original calm and composure. Under the fire of dense machine guns, several Soviet planes could not dodge at all, and after being shot in succession, they soon crashed into the steppe.

However, after a short time, due to the overfiring of the Japanese machine guns and the overheating of the barrels, most of the Japanese machines could not fire, and they could not exert intensive firepower in a short time. As a result, they were attacked by the Soviet pilots, and they lined up in a neat offensive formation, spared back, and calmly aimed at the Japanese planes in front of them and opened fire.

"Tubu! Sudden Sudden Rush! "In just a few minutes, more than a dozen Japanese planes were shot down.

The rest of the Japanese planes, after the machine guns cooled down, continued to fire frantically at the Soviet planes, shooting down three Soviet planes, but due to excessive fire, their bullets quickly ran out, and in the end, on the contrary, they lost their combat effectiveness and were chased by the Soviet troops.

Since the speed of the Soviet planes was faster than that of the Japanese planes, and they had just taken off, they had more fuel, and those Japanese planes that had run out of ammunition had no time to escape, and were soon caught up and killed by Soviet fighters!

On the other side, however, more than a dozen Type 97 dive bombers and several heavy bombers, under the cover of more than 30 Nakajima Type 97 fighters, flew over the airfield, and began to bomb.

"Boom! Rumble! "Explosions rang out at Soviet airfields, and aircraft fuel depots, ammunition depots, and even headquarters were bombed.

Fortunately, before the start of the air raid, Manturov had already transferred the supplies and equipment in the headquarters to the newly dug air-raid shelter, leaving only a little fuel that could not be put in and put it on the ground to be bombed.

Suddenly, the airport was blown up to the ground, tents were burning, and several holes were blown out of the runway.

Pre-installed anti-aircraft weapons on the ground played a key role at this time. Intensive anti-aircraft fire returned fire on the Japanese planes in the air, shooting down a third of the Japanese planes in the air.

The Japanese planes involved in the bombing found that the anti-aircraft fire on the ground was too fierce, and received the news that the air ace had been killed, so they quickly withdrew from the airfield, bypassed the Soviet planes that were engaged with other Japanese planes, and fled in the direction of Hailar.

In the end, the air raid ended in the defeat of the Japanese army. Not only did the Japanese not destroy the Soviet airfield facilities, but they also lost 47 aircraft, several air aces, and a number of junior pilots were also killed in air battles.

And the Soviet side, in addition to the loss of 35 aircraft, lost a little ammunition and dozens of barrels of fuel that did not have time to be transferred.

After the battle, the Tamsk airfield was soon back in operation, and air supremacy remained firmly in the hands of the Soviet troops.

The rest of the Japanese planes withdrew from the battlefield in disarray, fled to Hailar Airport, and reported to Lieutenant General Toru Saga that "the Soviet army was prepared, and the air attack failed."

When he received the news of the failed air raid, Tetsuji Saga felt that his life was about to run out. A few days ago, he was scolded by Masanobu Tsuji, who promised him that the air raid would be successful in a few days, but after a few days, the air raid ended in failure, which greatly hit his mood.

He felt that he had no shame to face Masanobu Tsuji, no shame to face Kenkichi Ueda, and even more shame to face His Majesty the Supreme Emperor, and finally committed suicide by disembowelment in front of the statue of the emperor hanging high in the emperor's headquarters.

However, after the failure of the air raid and the suicide of the Air Force commander, the nightmare of the Japanese army was just beginning.

Shortly after the withdrawal of the Japanese troops, Manturov, who was sitting in the command headquarters and drinking coffee, received a call from the military district.

He took a sip of coffee, picked up the phone and said: "Comrade Petrov, is everything ready?" ”

"Ready, all the planes are out as planned, and now they have arrived at the designated position, ready to attack."