"We're about to reach the Great Lake, so be careful and observe. [This article is from]"

Xiong Bofei pressed the throat intercom and glanced back at his team. On the head of his second thunderbolt, 11 small golden dragon patterns have been printed. Of these, 10 were acquired in Iran and 1 was acquired after being transferred to the north-west. Originally, according to this record, he was already able to go back to the rear and be comfortable as an instructor, but because the northwest side urgently needed experienced pilots to lead, he and his comrades came to the western frontier of the motherland.

His first one was not shot down, but because of the special hot weather in the Persian Gulf, which caused the engine to overheat and catch fire during takeoff. This is a common problem of air-cooled engines, the stronger the horsepower, the more difficult it is to dissipate heat, and this kind of thing has happened seven or eight times in several air wings in the Persian Gulf, so that when they are dispatched on particularly hot days, the ground crew has to spray the nose with a water gun to cool down. But in the cold northwest region, the thunder and lightning play very well, and there is no need to worry about overheating.

Because it was a patrol, there was no need for radio silence, so it didn't stop in the headset after takeoff. "Captain, did you think you would meet 109 today? I heard from the third team that the Soviets deployed a lot of 109s in this generation, and they encountered it once, but unfortunately they fled as soon as they met them. ”

"yes, it would be nice if I met 109, it's not fun to always play i16."

"Haha."

Xiong Bofei also listened to itchy, because except for the first four little golden dragons were BF109 and HE111, his other shooting down results were I15 or 116, or Po2, which was not happy enough. But in the vast Kazakh steppe, it is not easy to meet BF109.

"Think beautifully, the Soviets protected this kind of aircraft very well, and the reconnaissance team pulled the net back and forth for more than half a month, but they didn't find where the base was." Xiong Bofei's words made the channel resound with a unanimous gritted teeth. Indeed, the Soviets found that in addition to the BF109 and Tu-2 (the Soviet version of HE111), there was a certain threat to the Chinese Air Force. There were quite a few deployments in the northwest, but a lot of camouflage was carried out to ensure that they were not detected before the attack, so the Air Force only found them a few times in the past few months, and there was no record of effective records.

"Captain, it's time to swing in the reeds."

In the shouts of the wingman, the reed delta of the Ili River appeared under the wing. Looking down from above, a makeshift railroad track stretches straight into the middle of the delta, and at the end of the line, there are simple factories and dormitories, and if you look closely, you can see tanks and cannons camouflaged in reeds.

Zhuo Fan raised his head. Take a look at the protected Thunderbolt Squad. After the modification plant was placed here, this reed swing became the top secret of the entire theater of operations, and the Air Force also sent the most elite pilots to protect it day and night. But he didn't have time to watch it because the pressure of work was too much! In order to complete the assembly of all the landing craft in fifteen days, he almost broke his leg, and when he learned that the Falcon commando team that had picked him up had arrived, he also ran to find someone to ask for a Z-3 for a car, and from one factory to another, he invited Almaty and East Kazakhstan masters who knew welding and mechanics here. In the end, not only did all the mechanics of the First Army be requisitioned, but two engineering battalions were also asked from the 15th Army. However, this toss did allow him to accumulate a lot of contacts, and now everyone knows that there is a mad lieutenant colonel in the First Army who "robs people".

"Master Yang, how much has it been done?"

Inside a spacious factory tent on the riverbank. Dozens of masters from inland shipyards led mechanics to assemble the landing craft, carry the heavy battery pack onto the ship, and then weld an aero engine to a special tripod behind the landing craft. When Zhuo Fan found the person in charge, this Master Yang had just finished inspecting a completed boat. Patting the old engine that the fighter had replaced, he said, "Don't worry, Chief Zhuo, this has already been done with sixty ships." Lo and behold, they are all parked by the river. Tanks can be put on board at any time. ”

Following his fingers, dozens of landing craft were already lined up with open hatches and parked on the shore. Master Yang was also very satisfied with his results, and continued: "Sir Zhuo, don't look at the large number, in fact, as long as the spare parts are riveted, it is a little trouble to install batteries and weld the engine. ”

Zhuo Fan nodded, since it is 70 kilometers from the mouth of the Ili River to Tomar where the troops are stationed, and the width of the lake is only 50 kilometers, in order to reach it in concealment, this section of the road will be propelled by the speed of the river and the battery, and only after reaching Tomar will the machine be crossed at full speed. Therefore, the landing craft needs to carry an additional battery pack of nearly two tons, and as for the aero engine, he looked at it in detail and asked: "Master Yang, can you really guarantee a speed of 20 knots?" ”

"Rest assured, we have already tried it on Poyang Lake a few times. The boat itself has 13 knots, plus this engine has a thousand horsepower, enough to rush to 20 knots with a full load of 40 tons, and if the weight is light, 22 knots. ”

After looking at the landing craft, Zhuo Fan went to inspect the fire cover boat again. Due to the width of the lake, the artillery could not support it, and the landing was chosen at night, and the aircraft bombing was not accurate, so when he made the plan, he thought that he needed a kind of equipment that could provide fire support. He chose the army's light 12-barreled 107-mm rocket launcher. In fact, the army also has a larger rocket artillery, but it is not suitable because of its large size, and this volume is just right, and the recoil is also small, which is very suitable for loading on landing craft. The rocket also has a range of 7 km, although the accuracy at this distance is very poor, and it is enough for temporary firepower.

Under the leadership of Master Yang, he soon saw 8 fireboats being assembled. The fireboat was converted from a small personnel transport landing craft with a wooden deck on top as a firing platform and steel pipes on the bottom. Each platform is equipped with 3 rocket launchers, a total of 36 tubes, and the instantaneous firepower exceeds that of a 105 howitzer regiment. For long-term cover, three large skylights in the ammunition depot of the lower cabin can ensure that the ammunition can be delivered up quickly. The 36-tube rocket rack and 72 spare rounds of ammunition are powerful. But if it is hit by an enemy shell, the fate is estimated to be even worse.

But he didn't have time to think about it now, Lake Balkhash was not a sea, and there were no heavily armored firepower ships, so he could only be simplified. After Master Yang promised that it would be completed within two weeks, he decided to go to the airborne division again. As the weather gets colder and colder, the danger of airborne landing is also increasing, especially yesterday the meteorological experts of the headquarters said that there is very likely to be heavy rain in the past two weeks, and in severe cases, freezing rain, so the command is very worried.

But as soon as I got into the jeep, a piercing air defense siren suddenly sounded next to my ears!

"Whew."

The sound of the alarm startled everyone, and even the masters in the factory shed came out to check. The soldiers even covered the exposed parts of the machine with camouflage nets and reed mats as fast as they could. Zhuo Fan was also startled, and turned his head to see that the eight 85-mm anti-aircraft guns close to the assembly area had been rapidly rotating and pointing to the southwest, on more than a dozen half-track anti-aircraft vehicles. The gunners had already pressed 40-mm shells into the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

He was about to speed up to find a hiding spot when a young brigadier suddenly jumped into the car: "Sir, let's go!" Radar detected an unidentified aircraft approaching. By the way, can you send me to the third battalion, I will go back to command air defense. ”

"Three battalions?" Zhuo Fan suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned his head to look. 26-year-old appearance, tall and thin, looks and temperament very similar to the president. However, he didn't say much, and stepped on the accelerator and rushed in the direction of the third battalion.

At this time, Xiong Bofei, who had just flown over the lake, had already received a ground warning. Immediately throw off the drop fuel tank and rush in the direction of the suspicious target. In less than five minutes, he saw 4 BF109s and 4 IL2s, which had recently begun to be equipped by the Soviet army, trying to cross the Great Lake from the left side of Balkhash.

"It's a Chinese plane! Against! Let Boruf and them scout, and then break out on their own! "Captain Marasev, who was sitting in the cabin of the BF109, also spotted the lightning opposite. Although the newly equipped IL2 still did not have a radio, the formation had already made a plan before departure, so while the 4 109s turned to meet the battle, the IL2 immediately dispersed and rushed into the reed delta.

But they had barely approached the edge of the Reed Delta when they were stopped by a Thunderbolt team coming from the other direction.

Upon learning of the arrival of reinforcements, Xiong Bofei gave up IL2 and looked at his prey with all his might. He's also weird, though. I didn't expect to meet BF109. Because since the Thunderbolt was stationed in the northwest and carried out reconnaissance and patrol and other air supremacy missions, the Soviet army's forward reconnaissance planes suffered heavy losses and were defeated by an unprecedented 56:0. So the Soviet troops began to actively shrink, in particular, to reduce the launch of BF109. It was not that the Soviet pilots were afraid of war. On the contrary, most of the Soviet pilots he met were aggressive, and the reason for this arrangement was that Kulik did not want the best aircraft to be consumed on daily missions.

Because of this, it is strange that there are now 4 in one go.

Xiong Bofei didn't know. In fact, this time, Captain Marasev came out on the orders of Lieutenant General Lukin, commander of the 16th Army. Because he felt that the Wehrmacht should not abandon the great hole of Lake Balkhash, he wanted to find out whether this reed delta was hiding the enemy. And the Karaganda command was not informed about the mission. It's just Lukin's own thoughts.

Xiong Bofei is not a staff officer who calculates this all day long, thinking about hostility, he just wants to continue to add a few little golden dragons to the nose of the plane now. So when the reinforcements arrived, they immediately flicked their wrists softly, rolled sideways and suddenly pulled upwards.

"Follow me!"

Xiong Bofei shouted, and the three thunderbolts beside him also climbed up to grab the height. He knows very well that the BF109 is very good at vertical maneuvering, so he must grab the height first, otherwise if the opponent carries out a dive attack, the lightning will not be able to stop it. "They want to grab heights! Follow me! "Marasev, worthy of being a first-class pilot, saw through Raiden's intentions at once, and led the formation to circle at a small angle, wanting to go around behind Raiden's ass. But the vertical pull speed of thunder and lightning is too fast! From 0 to 5,000 meters altitude, even the jets developed in Chongqing are willing to bow down.

Marasev, who was following behind, saw the terrible climbing speed of the thunderbolt, and suddenly shouted in his heart, he still despised this new fighter jet, which had only recently begun to be equipped with the Chinese Air Force. Sure enough, after Xiong Bofei grabbed the height, he glanced at 109 who was following behind, and shouted coldly: "It's now!" Follow me and attack! ”

The sound sounded, and his thunder and lightning had quickly rolled on its side. The three pilots behind him were also woken up by the explosion and immediately began to prepare for the dive. High-speed dives and maneuvers are a severe test for carburetors and engines, so experienced pilots will fly sideways or dive at a small angle first to allow the engine to get used to it for a while. Only novices will roar to the end when they see the enemy, and the probability of finally causing the engine to stall is more than seventy percent.

Marasev was also an experienced pilot, and he knew it was a precursor to an attack when he saw the action. But the time left for him to think was too short! Before he could give the next command, Xiong Bofei had already rolled sideways and killed in a U-shaped dive route. No one has yet summed up the theory of energy air combat, but all countries are actually standing on the threshold, and they all know that high speed and speed are the key to victory in the air. Especially for an old bird like Xiong Bofei, after research with his comrades, he has summed up a set of methods to increase the speed of lightning dive to nearly 900 kilometers without stalling.

In the face of lightning diving at 850 km/h, the BF109, which lost speed and altitude, could only rely on the advantage of being small and agile to dodge. Marashev's order is still in his throat. His own wingman was hit by a string of bullets and turned into a fireball.

"Dodge! Watch out for dodge! As he reminded his comrades, Marasev stared at the lightning bolt that was rushing towards him, and when he was about to enter the firing distance, he suddenly rolled two times in a row, which was able to avoid the flames of the thunderbolt. He dodged! Captain, this is a great character! Oh no, he bit me! Bite me! Xiong Bofei's wingman didn't expect that someone could avoid it a second before diving and firing, and he could immediately go around and bite himself, and suddenly shouted nervously.

At this time, Xiong Bofei had already turned his target into a fireball. After hearing the shout, he immediately turned his head to look, and found that Marasev's BF109 had bitten his wingman, and hurriedly reminded: "Turn left!" Fly to me! Don't worry, he's still 450 meters away from you, don't panic! Turn on the water squirt and you're faster than him! On the radio, Xiong Bofei kept reminding the wingman. In air combat, the strength of the team is the most powerful guarantee for victory! Wingman pilots, though not novices, are also the first to go to the battlefield. It is natural to panic when encountering something, so it is necessary to constantly remind him to reassure him, and then use team tactics to solve the problem.

"Turn this way to me! With crossover tactics! During Xiong Bofei's shouting, the wingman turned on the water spray and accelerated to fly eastward. Marashev found that the enemy aircraft accelerated significantly. Also pressed down the oil rod. He knew that if he couldn't take out his opponent before he could fully increase his speed, he would only have to eat ashes. The two fighters staged a pursuit battle from left to right. Marasev continued to fire in an attempt to pressure his opponent to make a mistake, but when he put the lightning into the aiming ring again, the target suddenly turned to the right.

Marasev just wanted to dial the baton in pursuit. I found that the moment the enemy plane dodged away, an oncoming thunderbolt actually appeared in the sight that had been blocked just now! Four orange-red tongues of fire swept towards him violently! "Hit!" The moment Xiong Bofei hit the enemy plane. But he didn't know that he had made a big mistake, because he didn't choose a more powerful cannon. Maybe it was to save shells, or maybe he thought that 4 12.7 machine guns were enough, so after seeing the enemy plane's wings burning and planting down, he changed to level flight.

But before he could be happy, an accident happened.

"Captain, he pulled up, pulled up again! He's flying towards the reeds! In the shouting of the wingman, Marasev's BF109 actually pulled up the nose of the plane and flew quickly towards the reeds. This made Xiong Bofei suddenly frightened into a cold sweat, you must know that the above strictly ordered not to let any aircraft approach! So immediately his eyes were red like a bull, and he chased after him with full horsepower.

Malasev knew that his life was hanging by a thread, so he didn't think about the idea of opening the wheels to slow down and landing, and rushed directly to the reeds at a high speed, trying to make a forced landing with the belly of the plane! This crazy scene made Xiong Bofei even more determined to kill this guy.

The small BF109 slammed into the reeds more than a person high, like a wild bull stepping into a wheat field, splitting a wide mark. "Slow down! You damn bastard! Slow me down! Malasev gripped the lever with one hand, and a beastly howl came out of his throat. The other hand quickly opened the cabin door, and after seeing the plane slowing down, he quickly unbuckled the safety belt and jumped out of the cabin. "Da da bang bang!" Almost at the same time, Xiong Bofei's bullet grazed his body and hit the plane, and the exploding fireball almost burned him to death, but also helped him temporarily avoid his gaze and quickly burrow into the dense reeds.

"it! Sweep him out! Inform the Army, come here and find someone! "Xiong Bofei is already mad. At this time, another Thunderbolt team also shot down IL2 and rushed in, and eight Thunderbolts used machine guns to shoot wildly at the reeds, but there was no trace of Marasev.

This serious accident caught the Northwest Theater Command off guard, and everyone was worried that the Soviet pilot would discover the secrets inside the reeds. Xu Shuzheng, Long Yun and others had to face a serious problem, if they struck first, then the Soviet army was likely to retreat to Karaganda and defend to the death, and if the Soviet army dragged it until December, it would have to wait until tomorrow spring to continue the offensive. On such a vast and long front, the main force of the opposing side cannot be exterminated, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents! But if you continue with the plan, then you run the risk of being found out and forcibly crossed! After careful consideration, Xu Shuzheng finally decided to continue the original plan, and asked the First Army to prepare for forcibly crossing the situation to open up the situation, and at the same time decided to cancel the original plan that the Soviet army would do it first and then bomb it, and ordered the air force to immediately bomb the first-line airfields of the Soviet army!

Unbeknownst to Marasev, his survival adventure would be the catalyst for the battle. Ten days later, he miraculously escaped the search of tens of thousands of soldiers, swam back to Soviet-controlled territory from the southern end of Lake Balkhash, and was sent back to Moscow to be promoted as a hero, but by then it was too late.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Bomb! Hang up the bombs! ”

After Xiong Bofei ran out of fuel and failed to find Marasev, he had to lead the team back to the airport. After landing, it was found that the entire base was like a fried pot, and groups of bombers and attack planes began to hang bombs and prepare for attack. As soon as he and his squad got off the plane, they were taken by the gendarmes to the Political Department to ask why.

Fortunately, after some investigation to find out the situation, he and his comrades returned to the battlefield. But this incident has always made him haunted, and after reaching 20 effective downed planes and returning home, he also took the initiative to give up the opportunity to return to China and become an aviation school instructor, and continued to stay to fight against the Soviet Union. By the end of 1943, when he was wounded by anti-aircraft guns, his overall record was 117 effectively shot down and 1 damaged.

From Almaty to Semyy, more than 40 airfields have all entered the highest combat readiness. Two hours later, the first batch of 1,126 fighters began to rise into the air one after another, rushing murderously towards the intended targets of the Soviet troops. At this time, Lukin was still waiting for the reconnaissance report in Aksu Ayure. "Haven't you come back yet?" Lukin looked at the sky in the east, and his heart sank vigorously, but the commander of the aviation division next to him, Nietzelev, seemed to be prepared, and said with a wry smile: "General, this is the reality!" The skies here are more dangerous than we expected. ”

Lukin opened his mouth, eager to send another plane. But considering that the responsibility for the loss of eight of the best aircraft at one time is very large, if you don't report to the headquarters, I'm afraid that you won't be able to wear this military uniform, so you can only take back the order stupidly. Nietzelev seemed to know that he was worried about the other side of Lake Balkhash, so he came up and suggested: "General, in fact, what they said is not right, there are still a few speedboats that can be driven in the town of Balkhash, but those cowards dare not use them for fear of bombing by enemy planes." ”

"Great! Thank you, Comrade Nietzelev. Hearing that there was a speedboat, Lukin thanked him and turned around without hesitation, but as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the headquarters, before he could arrange the task of crossing the reconnaissance, the noisy buzz suddenly penetrated his brain.

"God!" …… (To be continued......)