Chapter 66: Forward or backward, that's the question
At this time, Leng Yuan, who was already the commander of the 1st Air Division, was directing the battle at high altitude: "The first regiment destroyed the enemy planes below, the second regiment served as a guard at high altitude, and the third regiment covered Stuka for dive bombing. ”
The commander of the 51st Flying Regiment of the Russian Red Army, Colonel Lyapidevsky, graduated from the Russian Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, which is the best air force academy in Russia and the oldest in Russia. Therefore, this Colonel Liapidevsky has enough reason to be proud, and he has climbed to the throne of the flight regiment commander in five years by virtue of his excellent ability, and has achieved the peak that others can only reach in ten or even twenty years.
He was amused by Zhukov's order to let him escort the ground forces, is there an air force in Huaxia? Even if there were a few Il-15 bars that Russia had aided two years ago, they were only early models, only equipped with two 7.62 mm machine guns, but the latest model of the Il-153 was equipped with four 12.7 caliber machine guns, and could also hang 100 kilogram bombs and two empty rocket launchers. Although Russia already has more advanced monoplanes, he firmly believes that with his excellent technology, both Russia and China will belong to the great Russian Air Force.
"Comrade regiment commander, the Huaxia Air Force has been found ahead." At this time, a report from the comrade in charge of reconnoitering the enemy situation in front of the headset sounded, "Okay boys, let's teach those Huaxia planes who have just learned to fly into the air an unforgettable lesson!" Liapidevsky cheered loudly on the pilots on the communication channel.
"Long live the Russian Air Force! The boys in the "Ula" flying group stepped on the throttle valve and rushed forward with a smile.
"Oh God, what kind of plane is that!" Then there was an exclamation from the headset.
The enemy planes on the opposite side were getting clearer and clearer, and Colonel Liapidevsky could see the Huaxia planes in front of them, oh, it was really ugly, like a big round iron bucket, and this was the first feeling of Colonel Liapidevsky and his companions.
But soon the boys of the 51st Flying Regiment could not laugh, and the P-47, which occupied the height, dived down from the sky at an alarming speed, and the huge (it was the largest propeller fighter in World War II) was full of weight and more than 30 fighters, each wing of which was loaded with three 12.7 caliber Browning machine guns. The powerful firepower suddenly caused heavy losses to the 51st Flying Regiment of the Russian Army, and more than a dozen planes spun around on the spot, and the unlucky ghosts who were unlucky enough to hit the fuel tank would even explode in mid-air in a volley.
Damn, this is a new plane out of nowhere. Colonel Liapidevsky couldn't believe his eyes, the Huaxia Air Force was beating his own flying regiment with a new type of aircraft that he had never seen before.
Enraged, Colonel Liapidevsky sped up and rushed towards an enemy plane in front, but the plane that had just dived and knocked out an Il-15 ignored him, and instead pulled up the nose and flew upward, and his extreme speed made Colonel Liapidevsky behind him only jump straight below.
After a while, the P-47, which had occupied the height, dived down again, and in an instant seven or eight more Il-15 fell. This made Colonel Liapidevsky, who was staring dryly below, look at it with tears, these damn Chinese planes don't entangle with them at all, which makes their biplanes have a small turning radius, and the advantage of maneuverability and agility cannot be reflected, they pursue a hit-and-run tactic, and they will never entangle with you when they hit and go. As a result, the pilots of the 51st Flying Regiment were in a situation where they could only be beaten passively.
In fact, this one-hit-and-go tactic is precisely the 'initiative' of our great commander Su, who knows that the P-47 has never been known for its agility and maneuverability in history, and its huge body is destined to only hit the enemy in this one-hit-and-go assassin-like way. When he devolved the manual and tactical methods of the P-47 to the various departments of the Air Force, it almost sparked a protest from the pilots. The pilots had just reluctantly accepted what they called the 'fat man', and now they were even talking about their tactics, which made these elites who claimed to be the pride of the sky embarrassed! However, in the simulated air battle over the Feilong Airport, the pilots who pursued the tactical thinking of the Soviet Union caught those who did not believe in evil by surprise, and the 23-0 record made those pilots who still had a conservative mentality completely wake up, and the tactics of the Air Force should also change along with the changes in weapons and equipment.
Now it was the turn of the pilots of the 51st Regiment of the Russian Army to taste the bitter fruit, in less than 20 minutes of air battle, 56 Il-15 were almost completely lost under the blow of more than 30 P-47s, only Colonel Lyapidevsky saw that the situation was not good, and slipped away from a low altitude under the cover of the terrain.
Fifty-five to 0, it was a brilliant victory, and the excited group of pilots joined the ground attack before they had time to celebrate.
At this time, more than 60 Stuka were repeatedly tumbling up and down in the low altitude and throwing bombs, and when more than 60 fighters dropped a 500-kilogram aerial bomb from the screaming vultures and fell to the ground, the First Army's marching road was already full of huge explosions. At this time, Zhukov could only hide under a ditch with the guards, watching the vultures sprayed with the mark "Sunny Day White and Red on the Ground" on the fuselage make a sharp and strange scream, slaughtering the soldiers running all over the ground.
Looking at the familiar sign in the sky, Zhukov sensed a great irony. Just the year before last, the political axe representing this flag was still accompanied by a smiling face and asked his political axe to support them with some planes in a pleading tone, and he also 'generously' "donated" to the other party's backward Ilplane on behalf of the Russian political axe, and the other party's grateful expression at that time is still vivid in his mind.
Why is it that things are reversed in a blink of an eye? Now the other side is slaughtering its own army with planes that they don't recognize.
"Boom" A huge explosion sounded more than 100 meters in front of Zhukov, and more than a dozen trucks that had been staying there suddenly rolled into the air like children's toys, and then fell to the ground and were reduced to a state of parts.
At the beginning of the Stuka's dive bombing, a large group of P-47s were still hovering at high altitude, and when the Russian planes were shot down, they couldn't help but join in the strafing, and the six 12.7 caliber machine guns under the wings caused great casualties to the vehicles and personnel on the ground.
Thirty minutes later, the boys of the 1st Air Division, who had run out of ammunition, swaggered away, leaving only the wounded and dead on the ground, the wreckage of vehicles, and Zhukov, who wanted to cry without tears.
When Zhukov received the report from his subordinates, he almost fainted when he saw the number of "more than 6,500 casualties, more than 120 vehicles, and 86 artillery pieces".
When Hu Lian, who was still waiting for news in Ulaanbaatar, learned that the Russian First Army had suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of the 1st Air Division, he immediately ordered the 1st Armored Division to take the lead, and the three infantry divisions then followed and marched in the direction of the Sedu Ma, preparing to give the invading 1st Army a head-on attack.
With Hu Lian's order, Bai Yingliao immediately ordered the 1st Armored Division to load the Somoan S-35 tanks onto large flatbed trucks (one flatbed truck for every two tanks), and the 1st Armored Division set off in less than three hours.
Looking at the mighty tank on the flatbed truck, Zheng Xiaoyou couldn't help but feel a little envious. said to Wang Changqing: "Battalion commander, it would be good if we could reorganize into an armored division when we can." ”
"What are you envious, as long as you kid is still in our 102nd Division, you will want to open this iron guy." Wang Changqing hit the poor young man mercilessly, and then said in a mysterious tone: "I heard from the fellow in the division headquarters that Chief Su intends to reorganize our 102nd Division into a mechanized infantry division. ”
"What do you call a mechanized infantry division?" Zheng Xiaoyou asked like a curious baby.
"Mechanized infantry division, that's, that's it" After thinking for a long time, Wang Changqing couldn't help but be speechless, and could only say: "This mechanized infantry division is still an infantry division"
Zheng Xiaoyou, who waited for a long time to get such an answer, couldn't help but secretly give his middle finger to this top boss who didn't know how to pretend to understand.
At this time, Zhukov, who was far away in the Duma Duma, found himself in a dilemma, moving forward, his own side was already short of ammunition and artillery, and he was even more nervous when he was attacked by the Huaxia Air Force just now. Retreat, don't be kidding, if you retreat without a fight, even Marshal Bruchull won't be able to save himself.
The tangled Zhukov thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to stay where he was and wait for reinforcements, waiting for the Second and Third Armies led by Marshal Bryucher to come up.
Chahar at this time, the headquarters of the 37th Army.
"The Yue army on the opposite side has been active a lot recently, and they have increased their troops to the front line of Dage Town, Datan and Shantai, and the number is enough for two divisions, and the target is likely to be the oil field in Duolun." Jiang Baili was reporting to Su Tong on the movements of the approaching army.
"Not possibly, for sure! The discovery of the oil field by Duolun must have been exposed. "No one knows better than Chief Su that he is thirsty for resources and land, and in later generations he can go to war for the resources of Southeast Asia and the United States, which claims to be the most powerful in the world. For the sake of resources, he can gamble on his national fortune until he spends his last copper plate, and now that he knows the news that Duolun has extracted oil, how can he not make these robbers crazy.
"It seems that your original concerns were right, and we still have some money left for housekeeping." Jiang Baili smiled and said.
"Then you are not fulfilling your duties as Chief of Staff now?" Su Tong said with a smile.
Jiang Baili smiled and picked up the phone, "Hey, the second flight division?" I am Jiang Baili, and now I order the immediate execution of the 'Defender' plan. ”
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