Chapter 585: The Northern Air Force of China in the Eastern Crusade
The arrival time of the Soviet Union was much earlier than Han Yunhua expected, because both sides thought that the little devil would definitely send his own air force to intercept the Soviet air force to aid China, so every fighter plane took off from Ulaanbaatar with full fuel and bombs, and even the personnel were extremely complete in order to deal with possible situations. However, the journey went unexpectedly smoothly, and it was said that the Japanese air force did not appear, and even the Japanese reconnaissance planes that could often be encountered did not appear.
The Soviet Union arrived in Guisui on the morning of 28 May, and Han Yunhua arrived at 5 o'clock in the afternoon; in order to accommodate these Soviet pilots, Tan Zhenlin vacated the best houses in the Saibei Military Division.
For the arrival of the Soviet aid air force in China, the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region attached great importance to it, Tan Zhenlin even asked Han Yunhua to open his wine cellar, a large amount of fine wine was carried out, in the evening, the entire Guisui City fell into a kind of carnival, the soldiers' joy directly affected the people, I heard that our soldiers' troops have their own planes, the people are happy.
This time, the supreme commander of the Soviet Air Force aiding China is called Bayanruv, who is the deputy commander of the 24th Aviation Division of the Soviet Union, with the rank of major general. At the first glance of Han Yunhua, Major General Bayanruv gave Han Yunhua a very standard military salute, and called him Comrade General as soon as he opened his mouth.
It was learned from the air of Major General Bayanruv that this time they brought a total of 100 Lag-5 fighters and 50 Il-16 fighters, as well as 50 bombers and 3 reconnaissance planes. This time, a total of 540 air units were sent to aid China, which was the largest number of troops sent by the Soviet Union to aid China.
There is nothing polite to Han Yunhua about the Soviet Union's entry into the Soviet Union, he knows that the current situation in the Soviet Union is no better than China's, although the overall strength of the Soviet Union is that China can't catch up, but Han Yunhua also knows that the Soviet Union is facing an unprecedentedly strong hostile invasion, and Japan, which is invincible in China's eyes, may be a second-rate country in the eyes of the Soviet Union, and it is not at all comparable to half of Germany's threat to the Soviet Union. Therefore, now the Soviet Union does not have the desire to enjoy it at all, and although China's food and wine make the aftertaste endless, almost all the Soviet air forces aiding China show a lack of interest.
On the morning of 29 May, Shangguan Qingyun, who received Han Yunhua's telegram, arrived at Guisui Airport with only 26 fighters of the Inner Mongolia Military Region.
From Han Yunhua's mouth, Major General Bayanruf learned that a group of American planes would soon arrive here, along with some American instructors. Just as the United States did not want to see the Soviet Union enter, the Soviet Union did not want to see American GIs who were full of the unruly atmosphere of western cowboys, and Bayanruv even proposed to change the training grounds. Han Yunhua smiled and did not agree, between the Soviet Union and the United States, Han Yunhua did not obviously rely too much on either side. He did this to tell Stalin and Roosevelt that he, Han Yunhua and the whole of China, do not have to rely on you, the United States or the Soviet Union, and are willing to support us.
In addition, Han Yunhua also hopes to form a state of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States, and this competition is manifested in fighter planes on the one hand, and in teaching on the other. When Soviet students shot down three enemy planes over China, the American instructors had to do everything possible to devise effective tactics to shoot down more Japanese planes, so that the Chinese Air Force could become combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
At 3 p.m., after defeating the interception of the Japanese North China Front Air Force, the US Air Force successfully arrived at Guisui, and all the air units of the Inner Mongolia Military Region were now in order.
June 6, 1942, is a day worth remembering for the Inner Mongolia Military Region and the entire **, because it has its own aviation unit today, and after Han Yunhua's application to the Party Central Committee for approval, the Northern Air Force of China under the combat sequence of the Inner Mongolia Military Region was established. Unlike the Chinese Air Force of the Nationalist Government in the south, the Northern Air Force of China established by Han Yunhua's department did not report to the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Nationalist Government at all, and anyway, Han Yunhua also knew that the Nationalist Government would not agree to such a troop establishment. Moreover, the Nationalist Government was very dissatisfied with the US Government's one-time support for 200 P40 fighters of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and its eyes of envy and jealousy were overflowing, and it wanted to detain these fighters at Kunming Airport many times, but because Roosevelt's resolute attitude, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to give up.
The newly established Northern Air Force of China has two air divisions, 454 fighters of various types, eight airfields, and a total of 48,600 troops and pilots serving the air force on the ground. Han Yunhua is also the commander-in-chief of China's Northern Air Force, the political commissar is sent by the central authorities, the chief of staff is nominated by Han Yunhua to be Bayanruf, and the director of air intelligence is Ma Qingyun, Qian Zhuangfei's right-hand man.
In addition, the establishment of the newly established Northern Air Force is also different from that of the aviation regiments in the world, except for the division and brigade level, the rest are composed of aviation brigades, squadrons, and fighter groups. Each aviation division has two aviation brigades under it. Each brigade has three aviation squadrons, each aviation squadron has three aviation squadrons under its jurisdiction, each aviation squadron has three fighter groups, and each fighter group is composed of four fighters; and so on, the entire aviation division needs 216 fighters, and in addition to dozens of training planes, the Inner Mongolia Military Region can set up two aviation divisions.
There is no doubt that the commander and political commissar of the First Aviation Division was Shangguan Qingyun. However, regarding the selection of the commander and political commissar of the Second Aviation Division, Han Yunhua and the entire high-ranking prisoners of the Inner Mongolia Military Region muttered that there are only a few people in China who understand the Air Force, and they are all on the side of the Nationalist Government. **Shangguan Qingyun is the only one who really understands the Air Force here, and all the high-level officials, including Han Yunhua, don't know anything about it, so the division commander and political commissar of the Second Aviation Division are temporarily vacant, and Shangguan Qingyun is temporarily in charge of the overall situation.
After careful consideration by the central authorities, Comrade Xiaoping was appointed as the chief political commissar of the air force unit of the Inner Mongolia Military Region to assist Han Yunhua in commanding the overall situation of the air force.
Although the Northern Air Force is under the name of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, as long as the head is not stupid, it can be seen that in fact, the entire Northern Air Force is directly controlled by the central government. More than 400 fighters, this number is much more powerful than the current Nationalist Government Air Force, although after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Chinese Air Force, which has a short history, miraculously resurrected from the dead, giving the little devil a heavy blow. But for the time being, the air force of the Nationalist Government has only a pitiful 250 fighters, which is far worse than that of the Inner Mongolia Military Region.
Although the eight airfields of the Inner Mongolia Military Region were finally completed under the overtime work of the large army, almost all the oil depots were empty, and all the ammunition depots were basically nothing except for the poor airborne machine gun ammunition that was barely enough, and even the aerial bombs were only a few hundred, which were brought by the Soviet Union when they entered, that is to say, each fighter could not get a single aerial bomb on average. Such an air force is more than a stumbling force.
So Han Yunhua was busy contacting the Nationalist Government and the Soviet Union everywhere, and first solved the oil supply, let alone 400 planes, even if there were 4,000 planes, they could only be placed at the airport and waited for the little devils to bomb ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ]