Chapter 706: Air Combat (Fifth Shift)

"Da Da Da!" The aviation machine gun in the nose of an F5 fighter opened heavy fire, and several Soviet Red Army soldiers who were running below were immediately knocked to the ground. Their bodies were almost torn to pieces by the high-powered bullets of the aviation machine guns, and the scene was extremely bloody.

The F5 fighters hovering in the sky seemed to have turned into the Grim Reaper on the heads of the officers and men of the Soviet Russian Red Army. The blazing bullets are constantly taking their lives.

"Damn, heavy machine guns mount and shoot down those damned Chinese planes for me!" The young Red Army division commander roared. Under the air raids of the Chinese Air Force, the Red Army suffered heavy losses. Moreover, the means of the Soviet Russian Red Army against the Chinese Air Force were extremely limited. They lacked specialized anti-aircraft machine guns and were able to recharge them only with ordinary heavy machine guns. Such a heavy machine gun, when firing at the air, has limited power, and it is difficult to threaten fighters flying in the sky.

However, the order of the division commander could not be disobeyed, and several heavy machine gun groups set up heavy machine guns and began to strafe into the sky. The blazing bullets shot into the sky, but they were easily dodged by the Imperial Air Force fighters.

Fighter jets are already flying at high speed, and it is already difficult for heavy machine guns on the ground to hit fighters flying at high speed. Not to mention, there is still a case of lack of specialized anti-aircraft machine guns.

The counterattack of the Russian Red Army made the fighter pilots of the Chinese Air Force in the sky very angry, as if they thought they had been provoked. So, an F5 fighter began to circle downward, aiming at a heavy machine gun that was firing and strafing. Dense aerial bombs were fired, tearing several soldiers operating the heavy machine gun to shreds in an instant.

Other fighters followed suit and attacked. In just a few minutes, these heavy machine guns were turned off.

The F5 fighters of the Chinese Air Force in the sky did not leave until they had fired all their bullets.

After it was determined that the planes of the Chinese Air Force had flown away. The Russian Red Army, which was hiding, only then came out of its hidden place.

"What happened to our losses?" Comrade Division Commander asked with a pale face. Although no specific damage report has been obtained, he believes that this time the losses of his infantry division will definitely be not small.

Ten minutes later, the initial battle damage report came out. In the air raids of the Chinese Air Force. At least a thousand people were killed in their infantry division. Hundreds of people were seriously injured. However, there were very few minor injuries. After all, injuries from aerial bombs are often killed or seriously injured, and there are rarely minor injuries. It was the same with being hit by an aviation machine gun. In addition to being killed, it is a serious injury such as breaking hands and feet. Countless weapons and equipment and war materials were destroyed by the bombing.

After getting the battle damage report, the division commander's heart seemed to be dripping blood. The air raid of the Chinese Air Force lasted less than half an hour. It was the result of such heavy casualties for them. If you come a few more times, then how can you get it?

"Send a telegram to the military department. We were subjected to air strikes by the Chinese Air Force, and our troops suffered heavy losses. In addition, the military headquarters and the headquarters of the group army are requested to pay attention to guarding against air raids by the Chinese Air Force. The division commander said with a dark face.

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." The communications soldier nodded, and immediately went to send a telegram.

After the vanguard of the Russian Red Army had just been attacked by air raids, another 36 F5 fighters and 36 A2 attack aircraft of the Imperial Air Force also launched attacks on the other Soviet Red Army.

Compared to the H5 bomber. The A2 attack aircraft carried a small amount of ammunition, albeit not so much. However, they are able to stay in the air for long periods of time. Ability to launch attacks continuously. It was also able to inflict greater casualties on the Russian Red Army.

"Da Da Da!" F5 fighter jets were circling and strafing, and the ground was full of fleeing Russian officers and soldiers. They were constantly overtaken by bullets fired from fighter jets' aviation machine guns and were knocked to the ground.

The A2 attack aircraft was constantly dropping bombs. Compared with the intensive bombing of the H5 bomber, the bombing of the A2 attack aircraft is undoubtedly relatively more accurate. Almost every time, the explosion was able to be thrown on the heads of the Soviet Russian Red officers and soldiers, causing them a lot of casualties. The 20mm cannon in the nose of the A2 attack aircraft is also very powerful. The only flaw is probably that the amount of ammunition is a little too small.

These fighters and attack aircraft attacked a marching column of an infantry corps of the Russian Red Army. The attack lasted longer and inflicted more casualties on the Russian Red Army. When these fighters and attack planes finished their attack, they swaggered away. The ground was already devastated. Scattered fragments of corpses, burning war materials, twisted barrels were everywhere.

"Bastard! Damn the Chinese. Do they only dare to attack with planes, and do not dare to engage us in an honest manner? Where did our planes go, why not fight back against the Chinese? Comrade Commander, who suffered heavy losses, scolded.

The air raids launched by the Chinese Air Force cost the Soviet Russian Red Army dearly. On the afternoon of April 27 alone, the Imperial Air Force launched two waves of air raids, causing casualties to the Soviet Russian Red Army at least more than 5,000. The war materials that were blown up are even more numerous. More seriously, the march of the Russian Red Army was delayed.

That night, when Voroshilov got the battle damage report sent back from the front, his face was also black as if he were the bottom of a pot. In just one afternoon, the Russian Red Army lost more than 5,000 men. Together with the destroyed war materials, the Soviet Russian Red Army can be described as suffering heavy losses. If the Chinese Air Force continues to launch air raids, won't the Russian Red Army have to pay even more casualties? In this case, it will undoubtedly be even more difficult to defeat the Chinese* army.

"Order the troops on the front line to continue their offensive to the north after a short rest. Order the baggage troops to transport a batch of supplies for the front-line troops as soon as possible. Voroshilov ordered.

"Yes, Comrade Commander." The communications officer nodded.

"Send a telegram to Comrade Frunze telling him about the predicament we are facing and hope that he will urgently supply us with a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns. Also, ask the Air Force to provide us with protection. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for us to defeat the Chinese* army. Voroshilov continued to order.

Voroshilov's telegram for help was soon delivered to Frunze. After reading the telegram, Frunze was silent for a long time.

"Did the Chinese start attacking? It's just that I didn't expect their attack to start with the Air Force first. Frunze thought secretly. Although the loss of more than 5,000 people made his heart ache. However, the fact that the Chinese* army had already begun to attack reassured him a lot. As long as the Chinese * army appears, there will be no more silence. Then, there will be less worry in his heart.

"Send a telegram to Comrade Voroshilov that he needs an anti-aircraft machine gun, which I will provide to him as soon as possible. From tomorrow, our Air Force will provide them with protection. Frunze said.

The Ural Front was not only an army unit, but also the main force of the Soviet and Russian air forces. More than 600 fighters, reconnaissance planes, and bombers of various types have long been deployed to field airfields west of the Ural Mountains and can launch operations at any time.

The next day, the Russian Red Army continued its march north. In order to delay the movement of the Russian Red Army, the fighters of the Imperial Air Force took off again and launched an air attack on the Russian Red Army.

Four fighter groups, two bomber groups and two attack aircraft groups, divided into two waves, participated in this air raid. As for the remaining two fighter groups, they are responsible for the task of airing the airfield and fighting for air supremacy. After all, the Russian Red Army also had an air force of considerable size. Although the performance of their fighters lagged behind, there were quite a few of them, and the Imperial Air Force could not afford not to pay attention to them.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the first wave of fighter and bomber groups responsible for air strikes flew over the Soviet Russian Red Army and once again ravaged the Russian Red Army. It's just that this time the Soviet Russian Red Army has already been prepared. As soon as the Chinese Air Force arrived, they had already asked for help from the Soviet Russian Air Force. The fighters of the Soviet Russian Air Force, which had been on standby for a long time, immediately rushed to the battlefield.

When the H5 bomber was dropping bombs, the F5 fighters were on escort missions at high altitudes. As soon as the intensive bombing of the H5 fighters was over and they were about to return home, the fighter pilots spotted the fighters of the Soviet and Russian Air Force, which had flown from the west. These biplanes, painted with red five-pointed stars on their wings, look imposing. However, the old wooden-skinned biplane, in the face of all-metal monoplanes, undoubtedly has a generation difference.

"Enemy fighter spotted! The bombers immediately returned home, and the fighters prepared to meet them. "The captain of the fighter brigade gave the order.

The H5 bomber, which had already completed the bombing, immediately accelerated away from the battlefield. After the bombs were dropped, their speed was able to increase to 240 kilometers per hour, and at the same time, the altitude was constantly climbing.

And the F5 fighters of the fighter group, threw away the small bombs mounted under the wings and continued to climb. The most practical tactics of the Imperial Air Force are undoubtedly to climb to a high altitude and then dive down to strike at the top of the enemy aircraft. This tactic of falling from the sky is undoubtedly the simplest, but at the same time the most practical.

The F5 fighter of the Imperial Air Force has an absolute advantage in terms of fuselage structure, speed, and climb power, and is more able to give full play to this tactical performance.

As a result, 36 F5 fighters climbed to an altitude of more than 5,000 meters and directly killed dozens of fighters of the Soviet and Russian Air Forces. These old biplanes are simply not comparable to the F5 fighters of the Imperial Air Force in terms of maximum ceiling. So much so that at the very beginning of the air war, they were bogged down. (To be continued.) )

PS: The fifth shift is here, and there are only a few dozen votes left from the previous one, do book friends still have monthly passes?