Major Andrei, who was running in front, heard the gunfire behind him, he accelerated his running, and he quickly stepped into the cockpit of the MiG-19 "Ha, ah, ah, ah, ha, ah" gasping for breath, he hurriedly turned on the engine of his landline numbered Д3211, and then turned on the communication equipment in the cabin, "Ha, ah, tower, ha, ah, we received information, ha, ah, there is a squadron at the airport, request an emergency takeoff, emergency takeoff!" ”

"Д3211, I'm Major Kiminovsky, what's the matter? Could you please indicate the source of the information so that we can verify it. ”

"The situation is urgent, it's too late, I'm going to take off forcibly." Major André couldn't take care of it anymore, and then he heard a jumbled voice coming from the tower.

The engines of the two MiG-19 fighters made a loud roar and began to move forward

Gao Shouqing, who had been standing in front of the window of the No. 3 VIP room at the airport, put down the infrared telescope in his hand and said, "Knock out those two planes that are about to move for me!" ”

The machine gun shooter, sitting behind two Type 51 14,5 mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns, had already put the cockpits of these two aircraft in the coordinates of his high-level infrared sights, and was waiting for the order to shoot. After hearing Gao Shouqing's order, he pressed the trigger of the machine gun at the first time, and dozens of 14.5 mm armor-piercing explosive incendiary bombs were drilled into the cockpit of the two MiG-19s, which relied on the direct collision between the projectile and the target to ignite the incendiary agent in the combustion tube and detonate the sensitive explosives around it, and after the explosion, it can produce more than 20 effective fragments, and the energy of the fragments can still penetrate the 1.2 mm thick hard steel plate, and the tungsten alloy hard core gives the 14,5 mm projectile a powerful armor-piercing ability. The two planes in the night flashed dozens of red lights.

In the cockpit of the MiG-19 fighter numbered Д3211, the Major Andrei, who had participated in the bombing of Berlin in World War II, was no longer to be found, and only a pile of fragmented limbs, large and small, and fragmented instruments and mechanical parts were left in the cockpit

His wingman pilot, Lieutenant Muskilov, a lively Russian boy with freckles on his face, could no longer know what happened to Major Andrei and his sweetheart on that quiet night. Because he, like Major Andrei, also turned into dozens of pieces.

They didn't figure out until they died, why they ran out, what they took off for. He was just seriously implementing the "Combat Regulations" of the Soviet Air Force.

In the evening, the moon has just risen, and at Hohhot Airport, 20 "sky trains" line up on the airport's auxiliary runway, and under the light of the hazy moonlight, the gray-blue fuselage shimmers with metallic luster. Geng Zhi, commander of the 1st Airborne Division, went through the bloody battle of Siliguri, and today he once again led his troops to the battle. The first batch of nearly 1,800 airborne troops of the First Airborne Division led by him boarded one "air train" after another in a tense and orderly manner. At 20:30, Deng Feng, secretary of the Far East Work Committee and commander of the Far East Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, gave the order to take off. "10 seconds, 5 seconds, 3 seconds, 1 second, take off!" A large transport plane of "sky train" roared into the vast night sky.

On the Baotou airfield, Zhang Tianfang, commander of the fighter division of the Far East Corps, stepped into his beloved J10 fighter. He led 4 J10 fighters and 12 "Falcon" J-1 fighters to escort the airborne troops of the 1st Airborne Division. After receiving the order to take off, 20 Warhawks were divided into 10 groups. The two-plane formation, jumping lightly, like an arrow off the string, roaring through the sky, sweeping the sky. Escort the elite divisions of the Republic and carry out a thousand-mile raid.

The fighters that took off from the two airfields completed a large group formation over Durhan in Inner Mongolia, and the huge group flew over the mountain peaks of the Mongolian Plateau and flew along the predetermined route to the airspace of Ulaanbaatar.

At this time, the Ulaanbaatar control tower was busy. Gaoqiang constantly issued instructions based on the real-time information transmitted by three D1WS200 small UAVs. When the first "air train" came to a standstill, more than 70 airborne troops of the 1st Airborne Division and a Type 55 wheeled paratrooper infantry vehicle rushed out of the cabin to rendezvous with the flying leopard assault team on the airport to strengthen the airport's defense. Twenty-five minutes later, all 20 "sky trains" landed on the airport in Ulaanbaatar. After completing the delivery task, these "air trains" will return to Hohhot Airport and then carry the next batch of personnel and supplies. After landing, the first batch of nearly 1,800 airborne troops of the First Airborne Division, under the guidance of four Soviet Gas-69 military off-road jeeps of the Flying Leopard Commando, took over the defense of the Soviet airfield in an all-round way. One hour later, the second batch of 30 "air trains" landed at Ulaanbaatar airport again, and in addition to the second batch of nearly 1,000 airborne troops of the First Airborne Division, a large number of equipment and ammunition were also transported. Under the leadership of Zalhagwa, deputy commander of the 1st Reading Regiment of the Ulaanbaatar City Garrison, the second batch of more than 1,000 airborne troops marched into the city of Ulaanbaatar to take over important defense points.

At the time when the lights of Ulaanbaatar Airport were brilliant and busy, Zhang Tianfang, commander of the fighter division of the Far East Corps, led four J10 fighters and 12 "Falcon" J-1 fighters, divided into four groups, each group had a J10 fighter as the command aircraft, because the J10 fighter had an airborne pulse Doppler fire control radar, the search range could be 150 kilometers, and the moving target could be found in time, so it served as an early warning aircraft and command aircraft for each group of air patrols. The atmosphere was particularly tense as the four air patrol groups circled and shuttled back and forth over an area 100 kilometers north of Ulaanbaatar, alerting the Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, and Chita air bases of the Soviet Red Banner Far Eastern Military District Air Force. Suddenly, Zhang Tianfang found that on the multifunctional monochrome liquid crystal display of his landline, a formation of six planes had entered the border of China's Outer Mongolia from the direction of Ulan-Ude in the Soviet Union, and he immediately informed the Ulaanbaatar airport command and the air patrol formation led by himself of this situation, and he immediately ordered the crew to immediately change from a patrol formation to an attack formation, make combat preparations, and then quickly fly the plane to approach the Soviet air force formation.

He switched the radio to the Soviet army's communication channel and issued a warning in English to this Soviet formation: "Soviet pilots, please note that we are the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. You have invaded the airspace of China's Outer Mongolia region, and on behalf of China's political axe, I would like to lodge a strong protest against your aggression! I also order you to immediately cease this act of aggression and withdraw from the airspace of Outer Mongolia of our country. Otherwise, you will be fully responsible for all the consequences that may arise from this. I repeat, Soviet pilots pay attention"

After Zhang Tianfang warned the Soviet invasion planes, he quickly assigned tasks to his own attack formation. "Adjust the optimal range and turn on the radar to lock on to the respective target." Zhang Tianfang gave the order again.

Having lost contact with Ulaanbaatar, the Soviet Far Eastern Military District was in a state of tension. Although it has been conveyed that China may take action against the Mongolian People's Republic, it is not clear what exactly China will do, let alone specific countermeasures. Whether or not to fight or not to fight is a very difficult task for the leading organs of a theater of operations, and this not only involves the relations between the two parties and the two countries, but also involves the situation in the whole world, and the responsibility is heavy. Such a heavy responsibility is not something that the commander of the Red Banner Far Eastern Military District, General Penikedarsky, can afford, and he can only make a very vague order: "Wait and see what happens, strengthen defense, and have limited self-defense."

"Wait and see how it changes" also needs to know how it changes. Faced with the loss of contact with the city of Ulaanbaatar, which had never happened before, the Air Force of the Red Banner Far East Military Region ordered the Ulaanbaatar Air Base, which is the closest to Ulaanbaatar, to conduct an aerial reconnaissance of the Ulaanbaatar area, and then stationed at the Ulaanbaatar airport in order to strengthen Ulaanbaatar's air defense forces.

Shortly after Lieutenant Colonel Paslovsky entered the Mongolian border, he heard Zhang Tianfang's warning, but he did not find the Chinese Air Force plane that had given them a warning. He ordered the planes under his command to spread out in battle formation, prepare for battle, turn on the radar to search, and resolutely respond if the other side provokes again. Lieutenant Colonel Pasravsky's decision was undoubtedly correct, and no soldier with the slightest sense of responsibility would be frightened back without discovering his opponent and only hearing his opponent's warnings. It is not even the surname inherent in the strong Russian nation.

Zhang Tianfang looked at the Soviet planes opposite, and did not retreat because of his warning, but formed a battle formation. He knew that a contest with the Soviet Air Force was inevitable.

He was not at all worried about the outcome of the contest, and he was absolutely sure of the victory over the Soviet Air Force. He has a very deep understanding of the Soviet MiG-19, and he has piloted this "J-6" aircraft many times when he was in the primary training of the Shanghai Aviation Academy. Even the J-6 he drove at the beginning was more advanced than the MiG-19 in the Soviet Union. The MiG-19 was the last fighter with a traditional swept wing layout and the first supersonic fighter in the world to enter mass production. It climbs fast, accelerates and maneuvers well, has strong firepower, can fight in all weather, has a maximum level flight speed of 1440 kilometers per hour, a flight altitude of 18.5 kilometers, and a maximum range of 2160 kilometers. The main equipment on board includes a communication station, an altimeter, a rangefinder, a friend or foe identifier, and a radar. The aircraft is equipped with two 30mm cannons, 140 rounds of ammunition, and four PC-1Y, which is called AA-1 in the West, designed and produced by the 293rd Moscow Plant, and is used to intercept enemy bombers' first radar-type air-to-air short-range missiles. Or a rocket launch nest with 8 S-5 unguided rockets. The rocket launch nest rocket is either the S-5M is an air-to-air rocket or the S-5K is a ground-attack rocket. If it weren't for the fact that the base came to this era and brought qualitative changes to the equipment of the squadron, this MiG-19 aircraft would undoubtedly be extremely powerful. But not now, the MiG-19 has a range of no more than 10 kilometers from either an air-to-air missile or an air-to-air rocket, and this attack capability cannot compete with China's over-the-horizon offensive missiles. The MiG-19 is also equipped with a radar, but the search range is only 20 km. It is far below the search range of 50 kilometers of the "Falcon" J-1 fighter. This kind of information asymmetry is difficult to win.

Lieutenant Colonel Pasravsky was engrossed in searching for the target with his falcon-like eyes, when he heard his wingman Alexander's exclamation: "Target found - 4 planes!" Almost at the same time, Lieutenant Colonel Pasravsky also spotted the bright spots on the display of the radar signal rushing towards him, and he hurriedly pulled up the nose of the plane, ready to occupy the attack position first.

Zhang Tianfang had already locked the MiG-19 piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Paslovsky through the helmet-mounted sights, and with the rotation of Zhang Tianfang's head, the on-board fire control system also worked, continuously transmitting the coordinate data of the obtained target relative to the position of the aircraft to the on-board electronic computer. The computer quickly processes these data and outputs the direction and pitch angle aiming instructions, and corrects the flight attitude through the automatic control system to control the airborne weapon system to aim at the target. Zhang Tianfang saw that the target indicator light went out automatically, he pressed the launch button of the PL-9C air-to-air missile, and a PL-9C air-to-air missile with a multi-infrared seeker nearly 3 meters long and excellent omnidirectional attack capability broke away from the J10 fuselage, rushed out with a beautiful tail flame, flew to the target at 15 kilometers, and accurately drilled into the turbojet engine on the left side of the MiG-19 piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Paskovsky. The explosion of the 10-kilogram high-explosive warhead of the PL-9C air-to-air missile cut off the waist of the MiG-19 that was being raised, forming a huge ball of fire, from which fragments of aluminum skin of various sizes flew out, like a huge firework that lit up the vast night sky of the desolate steppe.

The moment Zhang Tianfang finished firing the first missile, he set his eyes on Lieutenant Colonel Pasrowski's wingman Alexander, and his eyes and the thumb of his right hand were almost synchronously completing the missile launch task. The PL-9C air-to-air missile is a third-generation infrared air-to-air missile, and once the target is locked by the seeker, not to mention the current broken aircraft, it is the third and fourth generation fighters of later generations, and no matter what countermeasures are taken, it is difficult to escape the fate of being shot down and injured.

(To be continued)