On the Great Plains of Ukraine, the Russian army has about 80,000 troops, mainly concentrated near Kyiv, and some are guarded on the coastal defense line. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAfter the Tang Dynasty took control of Thrace, Russia was particularly worried that the Tang Dynasty army would come from the Black Sea and attack places such as Crimea and Ukraine, which they actually controlled for a short time. After Russia seized the Black Sea coast, it also migrated to this region, but the time was still short, the execution capacity was not as strong as Datang, and the resources that could be mobilized were not as abundant as Datang, so the results were relatively limited. For example, Odessa, the famous port on the Black Sea coast in later generations, is now at most the level of a township. The Crimean peninsula is still dominated by yellow-skinned Tatars, and the number of Russians is still relatively small.

These problems have also caused the Russian army to encounter a lot of difficulties when defending the coastal zone, and the Russian army's weapons, equipment and supplies have to be transported from the hinterland to the coast by road and railway, and the coastal area is large in scope and the foundation is also thin, so the defense is not easy.

The Black Sea defense line held by the Russian army focuses on Kherson on the mouth of the Dnieper River, and Yamiansk, where the Crimean peninsula connects to the mainland part. Kyiv is on the waterway of the Dnieper, and if Kherson is broken through, then the Don army can directly transport a large number of troops to Kyiv. Yamiansk is also a similar communication artery, and if the Don Army implements a landing on the Crimean Peninsula, it will have to break through Yamiansk if it wants to continue to expand in depth.

The Russian army is still quite afraid of the large-scale mechanized troops of the Tang Army, although the Russians have also built a large-scale mechanized army with the support of the whole of Europe, but in terms of quantity and quality, it cannot be compared with the mechanized troops of the Tang Dynasty.

The Ukrainian plain is another flat river, as long as the Tang Army successfully lands, it will be able to send a large number of armored troops to Ukraine, then the Russian army will face a huge dilemma.

After the Black Sea Fleet was wiped out without even running the trick, Russia was also panicked, and Tsar Alexander I hurriedly called Britain, France, Germany and other countries, asking them to immediately support Russia. The air superiority of the Don Army is too huge, and the Russian Air Force deployed in Ukraine has been completely damaged in the surprise attack of the Don Army.

Alexander I had to send a large number of air forces from elsewhere to support, and the importance of air supremacy was now well understood by various countries, and once the Russian sky was lost, then the ground forces of the Don Army would appear on the soil of this country without any worries, which was an unthinkable thing.

When Datang was preparing for an amphibious operation, a more fierce air battle between Datang and the Russian side took place.

The main fighters equipped by the Russian army at this stage are already the product of joint European production. Designed and supplied by the British, France, Germany, Russia and other countries carried out peripheral support, and the Spitfire developed by the Europeans equipped a large number of European air forces, completely replacing the original foreign trade biplanes sold by Datang. These Spitfires don't actually resemble the Spitfires in the other plane, they just have the same name. Its combat performance is not excellent, but it can also be said to be decent, Datang aviation experts believe that these monoplane fighters are better than the foreign trade monkey version of the monoplane sold by Datang.

It's just that it's useless.

The first large-scale air battle between the two sides took place in the airspace east of Kavbas, Ukraine, and Russian Air Force fighters flying from the north tried to regain Ukraine's air supremacy and pounced on the Tang Army in a relatively large group. The Datang Air Force only knew about the Russian Air Force before this, but it was not very clear what they wanted to do, but since the enemy was coming, there was no reason to let them go back.

The Datang carrier-based fighter Flying Leopard, which was cruising in the air, faced the Russian Air Force in small formations. The carrier-based aircraft of the Datang Naval Aviation had only 6 aircraft, which were divided into three different groups, and the normal coordination of the long aircraft and wingmen. At this time, Datang has not yet acquired an airfield on the front line in Ukraine, so it is difficult for the Air Force's land-based aircraft to conduct tactical cruises over Ukraine for the time being. This work is now all done by the Datang aircraft carrier carrier-based aircraft unit.

The carrier-based fighter carried by a Texas-class aircraft carrier is the size of an aviation regiment, and it is still a bit tight to cruise such a large airspace. Therefore, the Don Army dispatched another aircraft carrier battle group from the Split naval base in Dalmatia to the Black Sea. This aircraft carrier is a Liaoning-class aircraft carrier, with a larger tonnage, which has increased the number of carrier-based aircraft to 70, carrying a total of 40 J-8 Flying Leopard fighters.

The tonnage of the Flying Leopard as a heavy aircraft is still a bit large, which also limits the number of aircraft it can carry on. But fortunately, this fighter has a long battery life, good mission adaptability, and can do a lot, so even if the number is small, there are a lot of things to do.

The six Flying Leopards did not have the slightest stage fright when facing the Spitfires of the Russian Air Force, which numbered more than forty units. The Flying Leopard fighters carrying the auxiliary fuel tanks calmly threw the auxiliary fuel tanks down, and at the same time quickly pulled up in groups of twos and twos, bypassing the huge fleet of Russian Air Force fighters in just a moment.

The Russian Air Force did not expect that the performance of the Tang Army's fighters surpassed them so much, and they clumsily pulled the control stick to catch up with the flying leopard, but the flying leopard had already made a circle and came behind these Spitfires. The Flying Leopards, each carrying four air-to-air missiles, each locked on to the target and fired missiles, and the Russian Air Force fighters, which were still unclear about what was happening, were shot down by air-to-air missiles one after another, which was also the first time in history that air-to-air missiles were shot down in actual combat.

The Flying Leopard pilots found that they were indeed like a group of fierce leopards, and the Russian Air Force fighters, whose livery seemed to be powerful, were instead like a group of domestic pigs that could not run fast and were not very flexible. The Russian Air Force's Spitfire has a top speed of just over 600 kilometers per hour, while the Flying Leopard's top speed is Mach 1.75, which is basically three times that of the Spitfire. The difference in flexibility is just as stark, and no matter how much the Spitfire tries to get out of the biting lock, it can't do it.

The Datang carrier-based fighters no longer attacked with missiles, and directly fired their guns to take down the Spitfire. The Flying Leopard's double-barreled 23mm cannon is very powerful, and it only takes a few rounds to bite the enemy and knock down the enemy plane. The hunt of six leopards for a pack of pigs lasted for a short time, and Spitfire couldn't run away even if he wanted to.

In the end, the 44:0 record can be regarded as a refresh of the combat history of the Datang Air Force, and the huge gap in technical level makes the Datang pilots feel that the sky seems to be a little boring, and it is not as interesting as their training in the team. (To be continued.) )