Chapter 562: The War of Resistance Against Northern Mongolia and the Destruction of the Enemy in the Air (2)

Judging from the speed of the fleeing planes in front, the Soviet pilots judged that the Chinese planes fleeing in front were all old models in the late stage of World War I, and compared with their planes, their performance lagged behind a lot, and as long as they caught up, it was easy to shoot them down.

This kind of old plane also dared to come out to attack the Soviet army, which made the Soviet pilots very angry. Moreover, this is a good opportunity for them to shoot down enemy aircraft and establish meritorious service. This made these Soviet pilots willing to let go of this piece of fat that had already reached their mouths. At the moment, unceremoniously in hot pursuit.

At a high altitude dozens of kilometers southeast of Kulun, Gao Zhihang, with the third group of his fighter wing, was circling in the air while sorting out the formation.

The Soviet planes flew together from the Ulan-Ude airfield, and the observation post on the border sent back a telegram, and Gao Zhihang, who had already been preparing for several secret field airfields north of Manlai, immediately took off with their planes and prepared to meet them.

In order to successfully conduct a large-scale campaign to encircle and annihilate the Soviet army, it is very important to first deal with the Soviet aircraft. Otherwise, the casualties of the troops fighting in the strafing bombardment and strafing operations of enemy planes will be very heavy.

The Soviet army in Ulan-Ude has four improvised aviation brigades with more than 300 bombers and 120 fighters. The Soviet fighter model is the U-2, which has better performance.

In terms of the number of advanced aircraft, the number of Newburg and Unicorns of the Soviet Army and the Fourth Route Army Air Corps was roughly the same. In addition, the Soviets had 48 bombers and two fighter groups equipped with the older U-1 in Veli.

The basic tactical corps of the Soviet Air Force at this time was the aviation brigade. The standard establishment is that each fighter brigade has five brigades, each of which has 15 aircraft. The group of bomber brigades is 12 aircraft. It was not until 1940 that the Soviet Army was transformed into an aviation brigade into a much larger mixed aviation division.

At this time, the Soviet fighters were mainly U-1 and U-2.

The U-1 aircraft is a Soviet aircraft that the Soviet Union imitates the Avro 504 fighter trainer (K). This Avro 504 fighter was one of the main models of the British Royal Air Force during World War I.

In 1928, when the Soviet Union was looking for a new design, the Soviet designer Polikarpov won the bid for the design, and the new model was named U-2, which was also born from the Avro 504, which was called corn in the Soviet Union. In World War II, the U-2 was mainly used as a reconnaissance, bombing or training aircraft, and there were dozens of derivative models. However, at this time, because the Soviet aviation industry had only started for less than ten years, and the aircraft design capacity was limited, the U-1 and U-2 were regarded as the main fighters in the Soviet Union.

The overall performance of the U-2 is similar to that of the Newburg-28, but in terms of speed and agility, the Unicorn of the Fourth Route Army is better than the U-2.

However, many Soviet pilots had participated in World War I and the Civil War, and not only had good flying skills, but also had rich experience in actual combat. Comparatively speaking, the pilots of the Air Corps of the Fourth Route Army were much worse, and in terms of combat experience, they could almost be said to be zero. If you rashly let the fighters of the Air Force Corps fight with the Soviet army, the chance of victory is not great.

The outcome of the first battle will seriously affect the growth of the young contingent of the Air Force Corps, and this is an important reason why Song Zhewu has been reluctant to agree to the Air Force Corps to fight.

Seeing that the Soviet planes bombed their own people indiscriminately every day, Wu Jin, Mike, and Gao Zhihang were very anxious, and this time they put forward a battle plan, Song Zhewu was very interested after reading it, and discussed with them for half a night, and finally finalized this plan, striving to solve the Soviet army's air threat to the Fourth Route Army in one fell swoop before encircling and annihilating the Soviet army.

Of course, this threat will only be eliminated for a short time, and even if all the Soviet planes at Ulan-Ude and Dauri airfields are annihilated, the Soviets will soon mobilize a large number of planes to northern Mongolia.

At this time, the Soviet Air Force, like the air forces of the European powers, used the tactics used to successively put into air combat forces in order to maintain the continuous existence of its own combat strength in air battles and at the same time to enable its own planes that were short of fuel to return to the airfields in a timely and safe manner. At the same time, the Soviet army's air combat formation, like the West, also uses clumsy three-plane formations.

This was the case with the fighter units of Ulan-Ude in the USSR, where they sent one group of fighters at a time to escort the bombers, and every hour a second group.

Mike and Gao Zhihang, who were very familiar with Western air combat tactics, decided to take advantage of the weakness of the Soviet army's air combat tactics to strike a severe blow at the Soviet air force.

The plan of Gao Zhihang and others was: All the planes of the fighter wing were transferred to the three secret field airfields north of Manlai at night, and then the Fourth Group, equipped with old models, lured the enemy to an area several dozen kilometers south of Kulen from the field airfield, where they could fight so that the planes of the Air Force Corps could gain enough time to stay in the air. ,

After the second wave of Soviet fighters took off, the second brigade of the Fourth Route Army also took off at the same time, still ambushing Soviet planes in the air.

A brigade of the Soviet Army had only 15 aircraft, which was basically equivalent to a squadron of the Fourth Route Army, and a squadron of the Fourth Route Army had 12 aircraft, and the whole brigade had 38 aircraft. In air combat, Soviet aircraft were fired in groups of three, for a total of five groups. The Fourth Route Army, on the other hand, had 19 formations of 38 planes in a brigade, which had an absolute advantage in numbers. According to Gao Zhihang and Mike's estimates, by the time the second wave of Soviet fighters arrived, the first batch of 15 Soviet fighters had already been destroyed.

For the subsequent waves of Soviet fighter units, the same was done.

In order to grasp the characteristics of the Soviet army's air combat and test whether the tactics were correct, Gao Zhihang personally led the team this time as the first wave to take to the air.

The airspace set up in an air battle ambush is difficult to grasp, and if the distance is too close, it will be discovered by the other side, and the purpose of the ambush will not be achieved. If the distance is too far, the planes that lure the enemy may suffer heavy losses.

In addition, there is also attention to the direction of the ambush. Occupying a position in the direction of the sun in air combat can gain a great advantage because of the light.

Moreover, the airspace of the air battle must also be far away from the southern foot of the Bogda Mountain, so that the Soviet troops there cannot see the air battle. Otherwise, the Soviet troops at the Ulan-Ude airfield would have been reported, and the Soviet troops could well have sent a lot of aircraft into battle at once.

For this reason, Mike, Gao Zhihang, and Chen Honglu took a lot of brains, and Gao Zhihang even flew the plane to check the situation in person.

Gao Zhihang's current position fully meets the above requirements. It was far from the Bogda Mountains, and the sunlight also began to turn behind Gao Zhihang at this time.

"Eagles, eagles, sparrows have appeared, in the direction of 11 o'clock, at a height of about 2000"

In Gao Zhihang's headphones, there was a report sound.

Gao Zhihang turned the landline to the northwest and searched for it downward. Soon, he found his goal. Soviet planes were already on the verge of catching up with the 4th Brigade that had lured the enemy.

"The height of the third squadron is 6,000, the height of the second squadron is 5,000, the first squadron is keeping up with me, and each squadron should pay attention to maintaining the formation." Gao Zhihang decisively gave the battle order.

Of the four squadrons of Gao Zhihang's fighter wing, four are old models, the first and second brigades are Newburg-28s, and the third brigade is equipped with unicorns.

Although it was quick for veteran pilots to adapt to the new aircraft, which was only faster and more flexible, the time was too short, and it would have been better if there had been another month or two. It's just that the battle situation is tense, and the three major teams have to be pulled to the battlefield in advance, which is also one of the reasons why Gao Zhihang personally participated in the battle.

After giving the order, Gao Zhihang pushed the control stick, and his landline with the serial number 001 took the lead in diving down from a high altitude.

The 15 planes of the Soviet army, in groups of three, formed a flat triangle formation, tightly biting the four brigades, were chasing closer and closer, and in just a few minutes, they entered the range of Soviet machine guns.

Because of the excitement, the Soviet pilots were all staring closely at the "prey" in front of them, and they were unaware of Gao Zhihang, who was swooping down from behind, until a string of large-caliber aerial shells shot into the Soviet aircraft group from behind, and two planes were shot and injured, and one of them emitted black smoke and pierced into the ground.

The first air battle in the sky of Northern Mongolia in history, and at the same time the maiden battle of the Fourth Route Army Air Corps, began.

Only then did the Soviet pilots discover that while they were preying on their prey, they themselves had unwittingly become the prey of others.

In a panic, the formation of the Soviet aircraft group suddenly became chaotic, some began to climb rapidly, and some turned to the wings.

Although the unicorn's 20 mm caliber cannon has a long range and great power, and as long as the plane with a wooden fuselage is shot, most of them are unlucky, but in the shooting just now, Gao Zhihang did not open fire.

Gao Zhihang, who studied in France, has always admired the ace pilot of the German ace who was famous in World War I and shot down more than 80 planes, and Manfred, who was called the Red Baron by the British? Feng? Richthofen. Gao Zhihang also often used the famous quote of the Red Baron to teach his pilots.

"Try to get as close to your opponent as possible, then press your shot button and you'll be the ace."

Gao Zhihang judged that the pilot of this enemy plane was probably the captain of the Soviet flying group, and if he could shoot him down as soon as possible and clean up the more than 10 enemy planes that had no leader, it would be easier.

"002, cover me, I'm going to start attacking."

Gao Zhihang reminded his wingman while trying to stabilize the bumpy landline in the air current, firmly put the enemy plane into the sight, and then pressed the cannon button fiercely.

A string of faint light flew out from under the belly of Gao Zhihang's plane, and the tail rudder of the enemy plane in front of him suddenly turned into fragments, and the enemy plane seemed to be violently lifted up from behind, and the tail of the enemy plane was cocked, and then it spun rapidly and plunged to the ground.

Chapter 562: The War of Resistance Against Northern Mongolia and the Annihilation of the Enemy in the Air (2).

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