Chapter 144: Target, Imphal
With the entrustment of the Party and the people, and of course primarily Comrade Stalin, Andreyevich led his La-9 and Il-4, one after another, into the sky, then disappeared into the thick clouds, climbed upwards to an altitude of six thousand meters, formed a huge air formation, and flew south into the airspace of Afghanistan according to the guidance of the radio compass.
It's a real adventure.
The greatest threat is not the enemy, the soldiers of the Hong Army, who have experienced the bloody test of the Great Patriotic War, are not afraid of any enemy, on the contrary, they are excited about the upcoming battle, especially since they will once again fight against the enemy who does not share the same sky.
But the unfamiliar route made everyone nervous.
What's more, this is a night flight, and in order to avoid being discovered by people on the ground, they must also be kept at an altitude of 8,000 meters, fortunately, whether it is an Afghan or a Pakistani, there is no radar warning system at this time, the former is too poor, how can a small country that is about to be forgotten by the world have this high technology, the latter has just been established for half a year, and even many countries in Europe have not been established, let alone them.
In order to keep secrets, the entire group maintained radio silence, and above the thick clouds and under the starry sky, each of them silently flew more than a thousand kilometers away with their excellent flying skills.
Just as it flew into Pakistani airspace, a Lajiu suddenly accelerated, and approached Andreyevich's plane, and then made a reminder action, Andreyevic, who understood the meaning of this action, hurriedly raised his head and looked up at the night sky.
Well, the pilot told him, as if he saw a plane overhead.
But Andreevich did not see anything unusual in the starry night sky, he approached suspiciously, and gestured with the pilot through the cockpit lights. Then the two planes broke away from the formation at the same time and climbed towards the limit altitude of nearly 10,000 meters, but even at an altitude of 10,000 meters, they still did not find anything abnormal, the latter made a gesture to him apologetically, and the two did not waste any more time. Quickly descended in height and returned to the formation.
But he wasn't mistaken.
At an altitude of nearly 20,000 meters, a large plane painted black is flying in the same direction at the same speed as them. And beneath its head, various observation instruments are constantly monitoring Andreyevich's formation, then turning their images into a stream of data to a geostationary satellite tens of thousands of kilometers away. The latter then transmits this encrypted data to the ground receiving station on Ambuna Island, and after conversion, it becomes an image and recreates it on a giant screen of nearly 10 square meters in the underground vault of the Führer's capital.
Well, it was actually a Global Hawk drone, but it didn't take off from Ambuna Island, but took off from the Voyager directly in the sky, Yang Feng's inner line had already told him the take-off time and approximate route of this formation, and this Global Hawk had been waiting for almost an hour.
Dealing with this new group of enemies is actually quite simple. Just let the fighters at Imphal airport take off and intercept them before they land, although there is no on-board radar. But it can use the Voyager as an AWACS to guide it.
And these Soviet planes, especially those La-9 flying to the territory of Tianzhu, the fuel is basically almost to the limit, and those Il-4 bombers, in order to reduce weight and ensure the flight altitude, there is no ammunition at all. Let the Mustang group sneak attack at high altitude at night, and it is estimated that even if it can't be used in one pot, it can at least kill the vast majority.
But what Yang Feng needs is to maximize his own interests in this matter.
So...
So his approach was simple, he sat in his secret room. While eating cherries, you can enjoy the live broadcast of the flight formation through the night vision camera.
At the same time, in the distant Chittagong City, Admiral Machar, commander of the High Seas Fleet of the Ming Navy, suddenly received an order from the General Staff, and then all the officers and men on the battleship who were sleeping were awakened by the alarm sound of the emergency sailing, and thick smoke began to rise from the towering chimneys.
On the order of the Führer, the High Seas Fleet immediately returned to the island of Ambuna, for his birthday was approaching, and he was to hold a parade on his birthday to review his increasingly powerful fleet.
Well, Yang Feng was not prepared to let his sweethearts stay in Chittagong and wait for the Soviets to come and bomb, and in his design, the Soviets should go and bomb his Imphal base, because he was there and had prepared gifts for the Soviets.
Jaipur, Rajasthan, northwest of Tianzhu.
A temporary secret airfield, Nehru stood on the ground with great ambition, watching his own warplanes, one after another out of the night sky, under the guidance of the ground lights, especially when those Il-4 bombers, stopped on the improvised dirt runway, the prime minister, as if he saw countless bombs fall on the Imphal airport, on the tanks and combat vehicles of the Ming army in Gohati, and then with the explosion of the bombs, from the crater where they landed, black crude oil gushed out.
"Prime Minister, we're now tied to the Soviets' chariot."
General Timaya said on the sidelines that although he was defeated in Assam, Tianzhu talent was rare at this time, and as the number one general in the army, he did not fall out of favor in front of Nehru.
Nehru didn't understand anything, he knew very well that under the circumstances, whoever changed the command would inevitably lose in the end, without air support, the enemy was playing armored clusters, and there were even air bombs, and that battle could not be fought!
Timaiya's worries are normal, in fact, most of the Tianzhu government and parliament are in a state of anxiety at this time, although under the stimulus of the Assam super oil field, they agreed to Nehru's request for help from the Soviets, but now after calming down, the liver is also pounding, after all, the British Empire's hundreds of years of prestige can not be eliminated at once.
What's more, this is openly slapping the face of the Chinese people, the deputy secretary of state of the United States, Acheson, but personally presided over the peace talks on the Renville, and in order to confuse Yang Feng, the recent peace talks have made breakthroughs, Acheson is complacent in front of reporters, boasting about his contribution to peace in the subcontinent, and now he is suddenly given a resounding slap in the face, and it is easy for anyone to collapse.
The anger of the people of the United States is terrifying.
"For the sake of Tianzhu's future, we have no choice, as for the people of the United States..."
Nehru sneered and continued: "We are no longer a colony of the Britons, we are a large country with a population of hundreds of millions, and we are already qualified to sit at the table of a wine banquet, not those dogs who squat under the table and wag their tails and beg for leftovers." ”
Well, he didn't know that he was going to be beaten up as a dog anytime soon.
"Lieutenant Colonel, it's a great pity that I have to tell you a sad news, although I should welcome you from afar with some good news."
Nehru said apologetically as he shook Andreyevich's hand, who looked at him suspiciously.
"Our enemy, just removed his fleet."
Nehru said.
"Your Excellency, did they get the information?"
Andreevich asked with a frown.
"No, no, lieutenant colonel, please rest assured that until now, absolutely no one else has known the news of your arrival, the withdrawal of the Ming fleet is just an accident, an accident that we have all overlooked, their lone is about to have a birthday, he is going to celebrate his birthday with a parade, a very ridiculous decision, but since he is a lonely, it is not surprising."
Nehru said with a shrug.
Since the news of their arrival has not leaked out, Andreevich is relieved, as for the retreat of the Ming fleet, this is not his responsibility, in fact, he does not want to risk attacking this fleet, the Soviet Air Force pilots are seriously inexperienced in attacking large fleets, not to mention that this is still an aircraft carrier formation.
But then they have to re-select the target of the attack.
"I think the Imphal airfield is the best choice, this airfield is the core of the Ming army's military force in Assam, there is a bomber group and two fighter groups stationed there, as long as this airfield can be destroyed, the rest of the Ming ground forces are not a big deal. So far, they have only one army armored brigade, one armored marine brigade, one infantry brigade and one lightly armored airborne brigade, with a total strength of more than 20,000 troops. And we have already mobilized 100,000 main forces for the next operation, as long as we seize air supremacy, even if we use human lives, they will be piled to death, not to mention that soon the tanks that your country came to aid us will also arrive, and two hundred T34 tanks are enough to sweep the whole of Assam. ”
In the airfield's improvised headquarters, General Timaiya pointed to a map and said to Andreyevich.
"Okay, then Imphal Airport."
Andreevich said that this was originally the predetermined No. 2 target, but now that the main target is gone, it is natural to turn to the No. 2 target.
"So, when will our ammunition arrive?"
He then asked.
"It's been sent to the frontline airfield, you need to go there to refuel and reload first, and there is another problem that you have to solve, if you want to attack in a surprise way, then you have to face their radar, they not only have radar, but they also have a very good radar. In the past, we lost our air battles, mainly because of this, and there was also radio interference, usually before we fought an air battle, several radio channels would all fail, as for what means they used, we still do not know. ”
General Timaiya said with a solemn face. (To be continued......)
PS: On the second night, I have something to do during the day.