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Chapter 1513 Assault Miraculous Achievement

On March 19, at 7 o'clock in the morning, the red sun appeared in the eastern sky, indicating that today is another good day. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info On the tarmac of the three military airports that were urgently repaired in the Tangnu Ulianghai in China, Abai, Ustikan, and Karagai, ground crews shuttled back and forth, refueling and reloading A26, A27 fighters, AB26, B1 (mosquito bombers), and B2 (imitation Stukka) bombers, and doing final maintenance, while the pilots gathered on the wide lawn of the airport to listen to the commander explain the key points of the operation.

Due to the large number of wooden and semi-wooden Mosquito series fighters and A27 fighters, many woodworks, musical instrument factories, and furniture factories can produce aircraft parts, and Syria's aircraft production capacity has increased rapidly, and the number of fighters produced by various aircraft factories has reached 428 last month alone, resulting in the rapid expansion of the Anjia Army Air Force.

However, it is precisely because of this expansive development that pilots who received short-term training from Yichang Aviation School and Simao Aviation School have also begun to take up combat posts, and some pilots and crew members cannot help but feel a trace of nervousness when they face the actual combat test for the first time.

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In the Belaga region of Kazakhstan, 350 kilometers away from China's national border, the 1st and 2nd Mechanized Corps of the Mongolian Military District, which was responsible for the attack on Semipaladinsk, converged into a mighty torrent of steel and made a rapid breakthrough to the south with an indomitable momentum.

The commander-in-chief of this unit is Xiao Wu, deputy commander of Ye Cheng's front army and commander of the First Tank Army.

At present, the two front armies under the command of Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong are still stranded in Ningxia, and it is expected that it will take another week to rush to the battlefield on the western front of Mongolia, and the operation against Kazakhstan is imminent, and the two mechanized corps of the Mongolian Military Region, which has been moved in place in advance by railway, urgently need a commander with rich combat experience, so Xiao Wu and his staff officers were urgently airlifted by transport planes to Barnaul, an important town in the eastern part of the Kurunda Plain in Siberia, and then took a train south to join the main force.

In the torrent of steel, in a specially made armored command car, Ye Cheng was carefully looking at the map, and his adjutant, Major Yu Zhijie, constantly issued Ye Cheng's orders to various departments through the on-board radio. By half past seven in the morning, only fifteen kilometers away from the target, Ye Cheng personally reported to the headquarters of the front army, saying that his troops would be under the city of Shemipaldinsk at about half past eight in the morning, and the battle would start at that time.

It is also strange to say that the Soviet army opened its mouth on the western and central fronts of the main attack direction of the Far Eastern Army, and allowed the million-strong army of the Far Eastern Army to gallop across the country, but on the eastern front, it showed the appearance of fighting for every inch of land, which made people wonder whether it had obtained a specific plan of action and troop mobilization of the Anjia Army, otherwise it would not have been possible to make such a targeted layout.

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Nanhua, General Staff War Room.

The staff officers were busy back and forth, and when An Yi got Ye Cheng's telegram, it was only 7:35, and the telegram was sent from the area at the junction of Siberia and Kazakhstan to the headquarters of the Western Front, and the Western Front reported to the military region, and the military region was then transferred to the headquarters, and the whole process took only five minutes, which was relatively fast in this era.

"Chairman, the Air Force departments are ready, just waiting for your orders." Air Force Commander Huang Bingyi softly asked An Yi for instructions.

An Yi nodded, no longer hesitated, and issued an order loudly: "I order: the air force unit will carry out an air assault to the designated coordinates in accordance with the pre-war plan!" ”

"Yes!"

Huang Bingyi was slightly excited, walked quickly to the telegraph, and conveyed An Yi's order to the front through the cipher code.

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The Ustikan airport, which is only 300 kilometers away from Semipaldinsk in a straight line in the air, took the lead.

Colonel Zhou Yunlai, commander of the regiment, was originally the commander of the No. 1 Squadron of the First Regiment of the Southwest Air Force.

The first to rise into the blue sky were the A26 fighters of the three squadrons, who, after taking to the air, circled back and forth in the air, waiting for the AB26 bomber group to take off, and then as an escort force, to ensure the absolute safety of the bomber group of three squadrons.

Since it was the first battle, for the sake of safety, the Air Force Command chose the hard-skinned AB26 bombers as the first wave of main fighters on the ground.

After a half-year transformation, the current ab26 has been replaced with a larger horsepower engine, and the armor has been strengthened again, especially the front and bottom of the fighter fuselage, which is equipped with high-strength alloy steel plates introduced from Germany, and the key parts have also been strengthened in two to three layers, which can effectively resist the attack of ground anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns.

In addition to carrying 1,000 kg of bombs for ground attack, the ab26 is also equipped with three 12.7 mm caliber aviation machine guns on both sides of the wing and tail, and a twin 23mm machine gun is also installed in the nose, especially under the fuselage and wings, it can also carry aerial bombs and rockets, making the ground and air combat more powerful.

After such a transformation, the range of the ab26 has been sharply reduced from 2400 kilometers to 1200 kilometers, and it can be increased to 1600 kilometers after adding fuel tanks, and the maximum speed has been reduced from 480 kilometers to 420 kilometers. In a sense, the role of the AB26 has changed from a bomber to a bomber, but there is no such thing as a bomber in this era, so it is still classified as a bomber.

A series of AB26 bombers with powerful firepower and survivability took off from the runway, joined up with the fighter group, and flew at high speed towards the western sky.

Xiang Yu is an ordinary pilot of the 4th Bomber Squadron of the 1st Flying Regiment, 18 years old this year, with the rank of second lieutenant in the Air Force. He was originally a student of Beijing Furen University, after the victory of the Baoding air battle in July last year, Yichang Aviation School recruited pilots from all over the country, and Xiang Yu did not hesitate to sign up for the selection and was successfully selected.

Xiang Yu is characterized by mental toughness and particularly solid basic skills, although he is not as outstanding as the classmates who were selected to join the Anjia Army Air Force in November and December last year, but his calm temperament and solid basic skills are enough to make up for the lack of understanding, especially after taking over the AB26 fighter under his seat, he immediately liked this kind of bulky, strong defense so strong that he could almost ignore the ground air defense fire strike, and was determined to perform well.

Zhang Zhijiang, the bombardier sitting behind Xiang Yu, is 17 years old, with the rank of air sergeant, and is originally from Shanghai.

At this moment, Zhang Zhijiang's mood was very nervous, and he would control the button and throw the bomb stored in the magazine. AB26's throwing precision, reaching an astonishing fifteen meters, in the previous training, Zhang Zhijiang's best result is that the throwing accuracy of the longitude error is 18.5 meters, at this moment, he constantly cheered himself up in his heart, hoping that he could play at his usual level, not to make jokes.

A loud roar came from above the group, and the two men looked up almost simultaneously, their eyes wide as they watched a squadron of four-engine heavy bombers, already commanded B4, flying into the southwestern sky under the protection of three squadrons of A27 fighters.

It is equipped with 13 12.7 mm large-caliber machine guns, with 10 members, 8 tons of bombs, and four 1,200 horsepower air-cooled star-shaped engines with turbocharging technology, with a range of up to 3,100 kilometers, a maximum speed of 490 kilometers per hour, and an altitude of 10,000 meters.

Due to limited production capacity, the entire Syrian province is currently equipped with only one squadron of B4 bombers. The reason for using the B4 this time is to distribute leaflets and conduct psychological warfare against all large and medium-sized cities in Kazakhstan, and to use real threats to clearly and unmistakably tell the Soviet troops and people in Kazakhstan that no matter where you are, you will be within the range of our strikes, except for obediently cooperating or surrendering!

After another half an hour, the group flew over Semipaladinsk, and at the moment when the morning sun had just risen, after the position carefully constructed by the Soviets, it seemed very quiet, like a stunning beauty in a deep sleep, and soon after, this beauty was about to be brutally carried out by the strong man of An Jiajun.

With the reminder of Lieutenant Colonel Liang Peter, the leader of the fourth squadron, that "the attack is about to begin", Xiang Yu and Zhang Zhijiang both cheered up.

The A26 fighter roared, first accelerated, and like lightning, it reached the kilometer-long fortifications that the Soviets had built north of the city of Semypaldinsk. The expected anti-aircraft guns did not sound, and the barracks on the ground began to pour out Soviet soldiers, apparently attracted by the loud roar caused by the aircraft.

Zhang Zhijiang's hands were trembling, this was not fear, but excitement, in the face of the large-scale air raids of the An Jiajun, the Soviet army had obviously not reacted.

The A26 fighter quickly climbed to an altitude and searched everywhere at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 meters, but found no trace of the Soviet fighter.

The AB26 bombers began to pick up speed and dispersed in search of their targets.

According to the plan, the first targets of the bombardment must be anti-aircraft positions on the line of defense that can be used for both air defense and the destruction of tanks.

When the ab26 swept over the Soviet position, the Soviets finally made a move, and the anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns on the position began to fire sporadically, but this level of anti-aircraft fire could not stop the AB26 from approaching, and the ab26 bombers had already begun to make a sad scream and dive.

Soon, the bombs dropped by the first batch of fighters were thrown in beautiful arcs and fell heavily on the air defense position, rising more than ten meters high fire, and thick plumes of smoke soared into the sky. The sandbags surrounding the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were violently lifted up by the waves of bomb pressure and thrown around, and the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, which had not yet fired a few shells or fired a few bullets, instantly became piles of scrap copper and rotten iron, and were paralyzed on the position.

The wounded soldiers of the Soviet army shouted bitterly, but soon, presumably for fear of affecting morale, someone raised their guns and shot the wounded soldiers, as if they were ready to defend their positions to the death.

Xiang Yu circled in the sky, and suddenly found a valuable target, which was an artillery position hidden in the temperate jungle, the 107mm, 122m, and 152mm caliber guns that the Soviets were proud of were a great threat to the upcoming mechanized troops of the Anjia Army, so he turned back and greeted: "Zhijiang, prepare to drop bombs!" ”

Then, the ab26 fuselage let out a poignant scream, which became louder and louder, and began to prepare for a high-altitude dive.

Sergeant Zhang Zhijiang suddenly found that his palms were full of sweat. In order to change the previous problem that the AB26 bomb delivery accuracy has always been low, the new AB26 has added a special thrower, who also acts as a radio liaison. Before the fuselage was ready to adjust and prepare for diving, he scolded himself in his heart for being too composed, while wiping the cold sweat oozing from his palms on his clothes, at this moment, he felt extremely uncomfortable with his poor performance.

You must know that the button of the bomb throwing device is very small, once the hand slips, it is easy to affect the downward pressing action of the throwing, if you do not hit the target because of the error of a few tenths of a second, you will definitely be ridiculed by your comrades after you go back, which is difficult for Zhang Zhijiang, who has strong self-esteem, to accept.

The indicator in front of the cockpit was already pointing to 55 degrees, and suddenly, the entire fuselage began to dive in a posture as if it was about to fall.

The artillery positions of the Soviet army were getting closer and closer, and the fuselage soon achieved a ninety degree angle perpendicular to the ground, like a bomb, rushing to the ground at high speed, the indicator light in front of the cockpit suddenly turned red, and Xiang Yu shouted: "Launch!" ”

Sergeant Zhang Zhijiang pressed the throwing button almost conditionally, and the indicator light indicated that the two grenade magazines under the fuselage were opened at the same time, and two 100-kilogram bombs had been dropped.

At this time, Zhang Zhijiang was extremely desperate, because he was too nervous, he had just forgotten to adjust the angle of the throw, this time he didn't know where the bomb would fall, he could only pray in his heart that he would hit the target.

When the entire AB26 bomber was vertical to a height of 20 meters above the ground, it was as if it was about to lose control and hit the ground, just when the Soviet soldiers on the ground fled in a panic and the whole fuselage was about to come into close contact with the earth, it suddenly climbed up in a "U" shape with a beautiful pulling action, and the poignant scream was so terrifying.

"Boom-"

The first bomb hit the body of a 122mm gun in a Soviet artillery position, and a large mushroom-shaped fireball burst up, and the gun was blown to pieces, and fragments flew in all directions. Another bomb is even more magical, because the ejection device of the magazine has a certain angle, huge kinetic energy, even made this bomb continue to fly forward for a certain distance, fortunately landed on the ammunition storage point more than 50 meters behind the artillery position, after the huge explosion sound, followed by a series of explosions, the entire Soviet army carefully constructed artillery position, suddenly fell into the iron and fire chain explosion waves.

"Oh my God! Hit! They all hit! ”

Zhang Zhijiang looked through the mirror and was surprised to find that his character exploded, hitting two different targets at once, and he had a good start! Because his mood was too mobile, he sweated all over, and felt that the hand that grabbed the throwing device was slippery and greasy, and when he raised his hand, his palm was soaked with sweat again. Zhang Zhijiang subconsciously stretched out his tongue, and secretly thanked the gods and Buddhas in his heart for their blessings.

"Beautiful! That's right! Zhijiang, I didn't expect you to have this hand, I was worried that you were too nervous and would affect your performance! ”

Second Lieutenant Xiang Yu was obviously very satisfied with his flight maneuvers just now, when he first entered the battle formation, at the moment of the dive, he no longer had any negative emotions such as nervousness and excitement, and some just flew the fighter plane wholeheartedly and did everything he could to hit the opponent.

After completing this beautiful sortie, Xiang Yu continued to use his sharp eyes to find a valuable target, and then rushed over to kill it mercilessly!

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In the sky, the whistling AB26 aircraft group has been making a diving posture, those Soviet soldiers who did not look for cover to hide, became the food of the AB26 aircraft group armed to the teeth, and the bombers who completed the throwing mission did not have the slightest intention of leaving, continued to let out a poignant scream, constantly diving, and then used two 12.7mm caliber aviation machine guns on both sides of the wing to shoot mercilessly at the Soviet soldiers on the ground.

Because of the first successful experience, Zhang Zhijiang now seems much more stable, just in this moment, he has completed the transformation from a new soldier to a veteran, just now he hung two 200 kg heavy bombs on both sides of the wings, dropped on the bunker of the Soviet position, after the explosion a large area of sunken ground, indicating that the value of this target is very great.

Zhang Zhijiang admired the sharp gaze of the captain Xiang Yu very much, and at the same time praised his sudden leaps and bounds in his throwing skills. Of course, the most important thing is to meet such an excellent pilot as Xiang Yu, because the action of throwing must depend on the pilot's control of the angle of the fuselage, and the bombardier only needs to make local fine-tuning through the sight glass, which is very suitable for the bombardier's play.

Subsequently, after four consecutive dives, two hidden Soviet artillery positions were eliminated, and two rounds of bombs were invested in a group of rapidly fleeing armored vehicles, which paralyzed and burned twelve armored fighting vehicles.

Because the squadron leader, Lieutenant Colonel Liang Peter, had not yet given the order to retreat, Xiang Yu said that he would first use up the bullets in the two aviation machine guns. Zhang Zhijiang, who was in a state of extreme excitement, of course would not oppose the captain's decision, and he even looked forward to operating the 12.7mm caliber machine gun in the back seat to strafe the Soviet troops.

Unlike the bomber groups, which used the entire northern defense line of the Soviets as their own stage for performances, the pilots of the A26 fighters were now depressed, hovering for nearly ten minutes at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 meters, except to see the proud bomber units dive again and again, and then make the kind of terrifying whistling sound that the enemy felt creepy, and the bomb-throwing action or the action of killing the Soviet troops with machine guns on both sides of the wings, One by one, the pilots cursed, they couldn't forgive the Soviets, why didn't these cowards send fighters to their deaths!

You must know that the current A26 fighter has also been upgraded, and after being replaced with a 1200 horsepower engine, the fighter has enough power to transform the armor and weapon system.

There is nothing to say about the armor, and high-strength alloy steel plates are added to key parts, and what is striking is the change in the weapon system. In order to crack the tactics of four-shot bomber group operations such as the Flying Fortress, the nose of the aircraft was replaced with a 23mm cannon, and the wings on both sides were equipped with 12.7mm large-caliber aviation machine guns.

Unable to waste their ammunition on air alert, the three fighter squadrons could only watch the bomber units wield their might.

It was not until the second wave of B2 bombers arrived that the satisfied AB26 squadrons were ordered by their respective squadron leaders to take to the air and assemble, and then flew back to the airfield in the Tangnu-Ulianghai area of Mongolia. Compared to the A26 fighters, the bomber units of the three squadrons returned with a full load.

The second wave of bombers carried out the task of extending the bombing of the position, clearing all obstacles for the mechanized troops that were about to launch offensive operations.

At this time, the mechanized cluster of the Anjia Army had moved to the north, two kilometers away from the defensive position of Semipaldinsk, and almost all the commanders and fighters in tanks, armored vehicles and armored personnel carriers heard the continuous and fierce bombardment, and every soldier was enthusiastic. Especially the drivers of the tank, they couldn't help but step on the accelerator, speed up the speed of the tank, and move towards the battlefield, forward!