Chapter 41: Changes in the Pattern of War (2)

In fact, Fang Jianxiong admires another song the most, "Soviet March", this song composed because of the Red Police, it is called a domineering. However, this song now has another name "March of the Armored Corps", because this song was born in advance, and Fang Dashuai is now a relatively famous musician.

Woo-woo, the sound of sirens interrupted the pilot's march, and a bunch of pilots rushed out of the room on duty, running for their respective warhawks. The ground crew made preparations in advance, and one plane after another took off after receiving the order from the control tower, and more and more planes circled over the airport, until the warhawks of the entire wing went into the sky, and then flew in formation.

When it comes to air combat experience, the Chinese Air Force is undoubtedly the top in the world. The Air Force benefited the most from the two years of war in Europe, which trained hundreds of experienced pilots with real combat experience. When these pilots returned home, most of them became instructors, passing on their experience to newcomers, and some remained in the army as commanders.

In just one year, the twenty aviation schools of the Chinese Air Force have trained more than 1,000 pilots. There are still very few non-governmental flying clubs, and only the children of wealthy families in Beijing and Shanghai can play them, and the main force of pilots has to come from military aviation schools. Eighty planes flew away in formation, and Feng Hua, who was standing on the control tower, watched the planes fly away greedily, and his heart was very unwilling.

At noon, the Soviet troops on the avenue did not relax their vigilance in the slightest, the focus of air defense was on the railway, on the train loaded with artillery, Russian-made 76-meter anti-aircraft guns were ready, the march was carried out as usual, how many bombers the Chinese could come, and the Soviet army did not have an accurate number in their hearts. Anyway, the focus is on protecting the railway, which is the lifeblood of the army.

In fact, due to the lack of awareness of the severity of air strikes, this powerful ground force does not have many anti-aircraft weapons.

The vanguard of the Soviet Army is a cavalry division under the First Cavalry Army, and the First Cavalry Army, which has made great achievements in the civil war, is undoubtedly a proud unit of the Soviet Army. In the first three days of the eastward advance of the army, the cavalry division encountered no resistance at all. I was nervous when I spotted the enemy plane before, and when the plane flew away, three hours passed. The tension also disappeared.

"Rest in place and feed the horses." At the sound of the order, the soldiers of the cavalry division dismounted one after another to rest, and the smooth march made them not have much vigilance. A roar sounded in the sky, and a dense formation of planes appeared in the sky. Nervousness and uneasiness are growing, and the war horse is sneezing uneasily.

The cavalry division was lucky, as the Soviets were prepared for, the cavalry was much less valuable than the baggage troops. The reconnaissance aircraft in the sky spotted the cavalry, but did not take it seriously, and the whole formation continued to move forward.

It was the first time that the commander of the cavalry division, Niltsev, had seen so many planes appear together. There was a hint of uneasiness in my heart, and it seemed that something not very good was slowly growing.

The flight formation moved along the railway, and after half an hour finally found the first worthy target, a military train loaded with 122 howitzers. To say about this 122 howitzer. The reason why it became the main howitzer in the Soviet army was that this gun was really good and amazingly powerful, and at the same time, due to the fact that millions of shells of this caliber were stockpiled in the pre-Russian era. The historically famous M1938 howitzer of the 122 type was redesigned by Petrov's team and was used until 1955.

122 howitzers of this space-time. Or a product of the pre-tsarist era.

"Discover the target! The bombers lowered their altitude, and the fighter brigade paid attention to the vigilance. The co-captain gave the order. Forty bombers, like sharks smelling blood, descended to an altitude of about 3,000 meters. At this time, the anti-aircraft guns on the ground had begun to shoot, but the anti-aircraft guns of the Tsarist era were really not very powerful, and it was too difficult to hit the flying planes, not to mention that there were only four anti-aircraft guns on this train, and the Soviet army's anti-aircraft fire base was furnishings.

After a bomber brigade dropped its bombs, it did not have time to check the results of the battle and pulled it up, and the threat of anti-aircraft guns on the ground still existed. Another brigade began to lower altitude, and the target was still this military column.

On the ground, the railroad and the surrounding area have been blown into flames, and on the unsheltered Siberian plains, the trains are crumbling in pursuit by well-trained aircraft. The marching procession on the side of the railway had long since dispersed, and the soldiers lying on the ground could only watch the planes commit violence against the railway and the military columns. With a rifle, you don't want to pose a threat to the aircraft, and with a machine gun, you don't have a tripod, so you don't have to count on it. Even with a tripod, this bomber was not a dive, and could only watch four anti-aircraft guns resist.

Finally, a bomb landed on the train, and after the explosion of a hundred kilograms of bomb, a cannon was easily lifted away. It seems that the impact of this bomb has been received, and the next planes have a target, and the more they lose them, the more accurate they become, and one bomb after another landed alive on the railroad and on both sides, and they were directly hit by the train. After the stubborn train was dropped four bombs, the fifth bomb finally landed on the railway in front of it, and a section of track flew up, and the train rushed off the tracks.

The tragedy continued, and cars loaded with baggage were soon discovered on the main road that followed. A group of bombers immediately dropped bombs on the new target, and soon the road was filled with smoke.

Seeing that the bomber brigade was majestic, Zhang Bo, who was piloting the Eagle III, was extremely depressed, and finally looked forward to the battle, but not a single plane on the opposite side appeared. It's been half an hour of play, and the Soviet fighters still haven't come.

After the bloody bloodshed, the bombers began to return. The five squadrons of fighters escorting the escort really wanted to cry without tears. Just go back? Very unwilling! Someone on the radio suddenly said: "There are still targets on the ground, you can't just come out like this, it's a waste of fuel, right?" ”

This was said by Zhang Bo suddenly, and the captain Liao Haibo immediately said loudly when he heard it: "The Fifth Fighter Group, dive with me." "Someone took the lead, and the matter was simpler. One plane after another whimpered into a dive, and at an altitude of five hundred meters, the machine guns were pressed to the end. Wherever there are many people on the earth, go there.

In an instant, the entire marching procession was in disarray, full of soldiers rushing to dodge, and startling horses carrying artillery and supplies.

The machine gun bullets were finished, and the fighter formation flew away satisfied. Watching chickens fly and dogs jump on the ground, in fact, the losses are not very large. More than 100 people were killed in the strafing and more than 300 were wounded, a figure that was negligible for hundreds of thousands of troops, but a heavy blow to the morale of the Soviet troops. You can't just look at other people's planes and drop bombs if you want to, and strafe when you want to, right? When did the great Soviet Red Army suffer such a loss? Got so angry?

"What? Massive bombing by aircraft of the squadron? What about casualties? Frunze, who was still far behind, was also taken aback when he got the news.

"The railway was blown up about thirty meters, one military train was tracked, thirty artillery pieces were destroyed, fifteen cars were destroyed, one hundred and thirty-five people were killed, and thirty-six and sixteen were seriously wounded. Baggage losses are not counted for the time being. ”

When the chief of staff reported, his tone was heavy, and the special commissioner, Comrade Stalin, turned pale like the bottom of a pot, and said for a long time: "Comrade commander, it seems that we should be cautious about bombing, by the way, how many planes did the enemy dispatch?" ”

"About a hundred, probably less. Half of them were bombers. ”

"Comrade commander, our commanders and fighters do not have much experience in air defense, and the enemy's bombing capabilities exceed expectations, and this matter must be taken seriously." Stalin was still very bullish, and he quickly found the main point, which is worthy of being a big bull in history.

While the countermeasures were still being looked for, the second batch of planes on the Novosibirsk side had already taken off, and when they learned that there were no fighter escorts on the opposite side, Feng Hua ordered to reduce the amount of machine gun bullets carried, and the fighters added a 227-kilogram bomb, and diving was the king. Judging from the results of training and actual combat, the effectiveness of bomber formations is far inferior to dive bombing.

A whole went down, and the Air Force command became the busiest place in the whole of Novosibirsk. In order to maintain the continuity of the bombing and the deterrent effect, Chief of Staff Gao Fei Jianyi said that it was better to go to two brigades at once, one bomber group and one fighter group, so as to maintain the continuity of the bombing and make the Soviet army uneasy.

Feng Hua accepted this and immediately changed his tactics, and the ten brigades of the second wing took off two brigades in ten minutes. When the 1st Wing returned, it hurried to replenish its ammunition and prepared to take off in order.

The Soviet army was stunned by this new mode of warfare, how could it be played like this? The bully planes didn't keep up, and they didn't stop in an afternoon, although they didn't come very much each time, but they walked a wave and came again in a few minutes, and the ranks that were scattered during the air defense were just neat, and the next bombing came again.

The next change, Frunze was also anxious when he heard the news, and reported nineteen air raids throughout the afternoon. Except for the first air raid, which was a little larger, the subsequent air raids were all small-scale. Even so, the air raids throughout the afternoon caused huge problems and casualties in personnel and materials for the Soviet troops. In terms of materials, 60 cars and more than 100 pack horse carts were blown up, a train was destroyed, and more than 100 artillery pieces of various calibers were lost. On the personnel side, more than 500 were killed and more than 1,000 wounded.

Before the face of the Chinese imperialists could be seen, they were jumped by the whole family, suffering heavy casualties, and the morale of the Soviet army fell again and again. The momentum at the time of departure was like a rainbow, and now it is a change of color.

Frunze and other high-ranking officials in the rear, after an afternoon meeting, decided to change the way of marching. March at night, rest during the day, and march during the day when the weather is bad. The sappers were ordered to speed up the construction of the airfield, and all the planes from Omsk must arrive at the advance airfield early tomorrow morning. At the same time, Stalin reacted to this problem to Moscow, demanding an increase in the number of aviation forces.