As soon as he went to work in the afternoon, Zhang Shusheng met with General Fan Siran, commander-in-chief of the Air Force, and General Jiang Baili, chief of the general staff, in his office......

Since the ground offensive in the Far Eastern Theater is about to begin, the issue of air supremacy is the most worrying thing at present. Whether or not they can grasp sufficient air supremacy, provide powerful fire cover for the ground offensive forces, and provide ferocious air support in overcoming the enemy's solid defense line means whether the war can be fought according to the Wehrmacht's thinking.

Jiang Baili is a veteran of the National Defense Forces, and General Fan Siran is also one of the veteran generals of the National Defense Forces. However, according to the regulations on the award, if it weren't for the sudden defection of Yuben to join the Allied Powers, the ceremony of awarding the title of general this time would have been completed. As it stands, it will be postponed until the end of the year.

Fan Siran pushed the highly myopic glasses on the bridge of his nose and said methodically, "Chairman, judging from the current summary situation, our first phase of air combat was carried out very perfectly, and it happened to grasp the big gap in the rhythm of the integration of attack and defense of the Su Yu army, and broke it again.

At present, in the first phase of the three-day air battle, we have taken off and landed a total of 3,000 sorties of fighters of various types, uprooted 44 Soviet radar stations, several forward observation stations, and more than 100 forward air defense bases, and basically wiped out the radar early warning network set up by the Soviet Union in forward and moderate depth. ”

"It seems that we have done a good job in radar counter-reconnaissance and scout infiltration, as long as there is a certain amount of time, it is enough to apply it to actual combat."

Zhang Shusheng believes that radar plays an increasingly important role in World War II, and it is not enough to find the enemy's radar, but if the enemy's radar is found and destroyed, it is a combination of attack + countermeasures.

Now that there are no anti-radiation missiles, it is naturally impossible to launch dozens of missiles from a distance and destroy the enemy's radar station. What's more, not to mention anti-radiation missiles, even ground-attack air-launched missiles are not currently equipped on a large scale, and with the exception of ground-attack missiles used for special air operations such as scalpel strikes, other types are still slowly developing, not because they lack technology, but because they are completely unnecessary, and the cost-effectiveness ratio is too low.

Radar anti-reconnaissance technology and reconnaissance reconnaissance and reconnaissance by scouts are the most feasible methods for dealing with ordinary World War II radars. After all, at present, the British, with the exception of China, the most advanced radar technology, do not have a detection range of 300 km. Conversely, front-line radars within this distance can be within the strike range of aircraft.

This time, the focus was on pulling out the forward radar of the Soviet army, mainly from the area between the Bureuya and Amur rivers, and the location of Komsomolsk was close to the Amur River basin in the south, which is also the origin of the Amur Komsomolsk.

In this way, China is tantamount to starting from the north of the former meat grinder of the Far Eastern battlefield of the United States and the Soviet Union, creating a false impression that it wants to violently attack the flank of the Soviet army and directly cut off the rear.

"Yes, Chairman. Our focus on removing the Soviet army's forward radar and forward anti-air positions has created a false impression on the Allied side that our next all-out offensive will be on the Soviet side. In today's confrontation, the proportion of aircraft appearing has risen from 10 percent on the first day and 30 percent on the second day to 55 percent today. ”

When General Fan Siran said this, he looked at Jiang Baili, chief of the General Staff, and it was time for the general to take charge of the overall situation.

"Chairman, so far, our overall feints in the first phase have been very successful. The air force has succeeded in attracting the attention of the United States and the Soviet Union, creating the false impression that our army will launch an all-out air attack on the Soviet army in preparation for an all-out attack.

On the army side, we also mobilized the troops of one army group, and also set up two virtual army groups, created a large number of radio communications on the other side of the Soviet army on the other side of the Breya River, launched a large-scale artillery balloon observation balloon, and made the illusion of forcibly crossing the Bria River and forcibly building bridges. A large number of fake troops, fake numbers, tanks, artillery, and planes that can be used as fake ones have already entered this area. ”

Jiang Baili briefly introduced the current progress of the battle.

Because Su said that the original main battlefield in Komsomolsk, the water network was dense, the trenches were dense, and even large-scale anti-tank trenches were everywhere, and the two sides of Su said that they were heavily armed here.

In this way, it would be impractical for the Wehrmacht to cut straight into the cross-belt of Soviet-Chinese forces, and to try to divide and encircle either side from the Komsomolsk defense line. It is inconvenient to deploy large-scale armor, and the fortification of the position may encounter a strong defensive line that has been opposed by the Soviet Union for more than a year, and then it will be able to deal with the attacking Chinese army by turning the gun.

From the perspective of the tripartite analysis of the United States and the Soviet Union, the most likely attack for the Chinese is naturally to attack the Burya River on the left side of the battlefield, which is also closest to the actual control area of China centered on Hailan Pao, which can avoid many problems, and if China's actions are fast enough, it may even easily divide and surround hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops and seize food from the tiger's mouth.

Although Ben and the Soviet forces in the middle and rear could support it, it could get bogged down in a scuffle.

"Well, if I were the commander of the United States and the Soviet Union, I would also be biased towards the conclusion that 'the Chinese will give priority to attacking the Soviets in the north.'" After all, at present, the Soviet army seems to be the weakest, while the army and air force are stronger, and the logistical problems are not big, even if the Chinese choose to take the initiative to attack the actual occupied areas of Yueben, it is not possible to decide the superiority in a short time. ”

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile.

"Yes, Chairman of the Committee, so we use the Fifth Panzer Army and the Sixth Panzer Army as a false impression, supplemented by an offensive force of more than 500,000 troops, so that the United States and the Soviet Union think that we will attack the areas controlled by the Soviet Union.

And our arrangements in other directions are also intensifying, and the last armored division has already left Harbin a day ago and is expected to arrive in offensive positions tomorrow morning. Jiang Baili looked on his face and said, "In general, the large-scale attack plan for Yue himself is going well so far. ”

Zhang Shusheng looked at the map where Jiang Baili had just drawn an additional attack arrow, and the three arrows were pointing squarely to the occupied area in the Far East.

One points to Vladivostok (Vladivostok, the southernmost point of the Far East, close to North Korea), one points to Boli (Khabarovsk), and the other points to Darinelechensk.

The three areas are close to the Chinese border in the shape of a 200-kilometer-wide belt that rises diagonally.

In other words, the real direction of this important offensive was to attack in three sections on the 200-kilometer-wide and 400-kilometer-long section of the occupied area, which is closest to China, to the south, and closest to the sea.

In the end, Zhang Shusheng waved his hand and said in a summary manner, "Success or failure lies in the next move of the Air Force!" ”

…… In the Far East, Vanino is a coastal city across the sea from Sakhalin Island and separated by the Tatar Strait.

At the height of the Soviet-Chinese war, this occupied city was bombed more than a dozen times a day by the Soviet army. The Soviet army bombed completely indiscriminately.

In order to prevent the Soviets from attacking the air, the cunning city built the airport directly to the edge of the small city for the first time, and the military supplies were directly transported into the city, which was equivalent to kidnapping the Soviets of the entire Vanino.

However, the Soviets did not scruple so much, and the air force came to bomb every day.

At the height of the bombing, his planes were stationed on Sakhalin Island, except for the main airfields and field airfields in the rear such as Boli and Vladivostok. Vanino, on the other hand, served as a field airfield for strategic diversion.

After the Soviet Union officially declared an armistice and the Soviet Union joined the Central Powers, he focused on the development of Vanino, drove out the remaining Soviets, and quickly built a large-scale front-line field airfield.

When the Chinese launched high-intensity air operations against the Soviet troops in the left rear of the Komsomolsk defensive line, that is, in the direction of the Burea River, and the Soviet troops became increasingly unable to resist, it served as the most important front-line airfield to support the Soviets.

"Your Excellency, won't you sleep a little longer?"

At half past four o'clock in the morning, Yamashita Fengwen, deputy commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Theater of the Chinese Army, suddenly woke up, and a deputy chief of staff on duty outside heard the call and hurried in.

During this period of time, Yamashita Fengwen has always had trouble sleeping.

In the past few days, the Chinese have been moving against the Soviet army, and the Chinese Air Force has been taking off and fighting with high intensity in a posture of overwhelming the Soviet army.

Although the Chinese did not directly launch operations against the Yue army, and the Yue Ben side also lost hundreds of aircraft, including Zero fighters, Yamashita was extremely vigilant.

The reason is very simple: Marshal Yishanshan, the former commander of the Far Eastern Theater and a marshal of the army, was transferred back to China to take up the post of adviser to the military department due to the unfavorable operation of the 'Komsomolsk meat grinder', which is equivalent to idleness.

As deputy commander-in-chief, Yamashita has already received a personal message from Hideki Tojo, the new head of the military department, that he will succeed Ichisugi Sugimoto as supreme commander of the military forces of the Far East Theater, including Korea, and will be in charge of a huge military force composed of 2 million troops, nearly 3,000 army air force fighters, and nearly 200 warships of various types.

Regarding the high-intensity air operations of the Chinese, Yamashita Fengfu has always had a guess that the Chinese drunkard does not mean to drink. This is also the reason why he, in his capacity as deputy commander, urgently inspected Vanino.

"I just had a dream, and I dreamed of a story in Sun Tzu's Art of War, encircling Wei to save Zhao."

For this deputy chief of staff, Yamashita Fengfumi has always trusted him very much, and this person is talented, courageous and resourceful. He had already decided to promote this person to the post of chief of staff of the Far Eastern Theater of Operations after becoming Supreme Commander. This person is a close confidant, so Yamashita Fengfu did not hide what he wanted to say.

For Chinese culture, he doesn't worship it, nor does he like it, but he has always studied it, such as Sun Tzu's Art of War, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it is Yamashita Fengwen's favorite.

"Wai Wei to save Zhao?" Deputy Chief of Staff Kitani Shitoshi is also a half-China expert, especially Yamashita Fengfumi likes to study Chinese things, and he also studied those things, and as soon as his mind turned, he thought of the reason, "Your Excellency Commander means that the Chinese may be using air raids on the Soviet occupation areas as a cover, but in fact they are gradually weakening the strength of our air force?" ”

In the past three or four days, the air operations of the Chinese in the north have become more and more intensive, and even the United States cannot sit idly by and watch the Soviet Union suffer such a disaster; once the Soviet Air Force, airports, and important facilities are bombed by the Chinese, it will lead to serious consequences, and the best outcome will be to compress the battlefield space of the coalition forces again.

And if China really chooses to attack the Soviets, the ineffective and weakened Soviets will be a nightmare in the face of the Chinese Tiger Wolf Legion, and their performance may even be worse than being captured by the Germans at every turn on the Eastern Front.

Therefore, the side had to be saved, and the fleet of air forces sent out became larger and larger, and naturally, the obstruction was getting stronger and stronger.

In yesterday's air battle, the fleet of planes used by the Chinese to stop the planes even exceeded the number of Chinese planes over the Soviet-occupied zone.

"Well, the losses of the empire are expanding, more than 300 planes have been lost in three days, and we have paid a huge price, but the Americans think that we are still preserving our strength to see the jokes of the Soviets, and we must show full sincerity to deal with the war with this batch of armored division equipment that is about to arrive in the empire."

Yamashita was not very much in favor of the Soviets resisting this catastrophe excessively, and if the Soviets were too weak to be remarkable, they would have gained greater benefits in the Far East. As for the decline of the Soviet Union, there are naturally imperial legions that rely on US aid to strengthen their armaments to contend with them.

He also clearly knew that the military headquarters was already drawing up a plan to attack the Chinese mainland, and if the Far East battlefield went well, he would return to the northeast by the end of the year at the latest.

Hearing the scale of the loss of this number, Kitani Zijun was slightly surprised, it was greater than the loss he knew, and it seemed that it should be the most real loss.

"There is such a possibility, the best thing the Chinese are at ambushing their aircraft group at high altitude, and our air force goes to save the Soviets, and they can take the initiative in air combat and sneak attack or surround our aircraft group." Kitani Zijun said angrily, "The shameful Soviets, I didn't expect it to decay to such an extent, and the scale of a thousand sorties a day can't support it." ”

"Their losses are indeed large, the Chinese have removed most of the radar and front-line anti-aircraft fire, and there may be a big operation next." The Chinese like to do the most is to concentrate superior forces and quickly destroy the enemy, which is very similar to the spirit of their art of war.

I don't know what kind of air operation they will have at dawn. ”

After Yamashita Fufumi finished speaking, he asked Kitani Shitoshi to inform the troops in the occupied area, asking them to strengthen their vigilance, especially to strengthen surveillance in China again, not because they were afraid of a sneak attack by the Chinese, after all, there was no possibility of a sneak attack like the Soviet-German war in the Far East.

It was just dawn, and like the first day, at half past five, Yamashita had just eaten a little breakfast when he was interrupted by a report.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Chinese aircraft fleet has been dispatched, and the scale this time is very large, and the specific numbers are still being counted, but according to the intelligence personnel's approach reconnaissance, the take-off scale of several major airports has exceeded 30% of the first wave of aircraft in the previous two days."

With a grim expression, Kitani Shitoshi informed His Excellency the commander of this latest situation, who was already in power, and that Issugi Sugimoto had already returned to China to report on his work, and now His Excellency, the deputy commander who had made an emergency inspection in Vanino, was the supreme commander of the Far Eastern Theater.

"In other directions, what are the movements of the Chinese? Are there any movements of the Chinese ground forces along the Bria River? ”

Yamashita Bongbun jerked down the bowl and asked sternly.

"I've already asked the staff officer to call and ask."

"Report!"

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, a report sounded, "Your Excellency the Commander, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, it is very quiet in other directions, the Chinese are only sending the Air Force on a large scale." ”

"Not good, this may be an air raid before the general offensive of the Chinese, to remove obstacles to the offensive for the ground forces and provide cover." Yamashita Fengwen, once such a large-scale air raid achieves the expected results, it is very likely that at this time tomorrow, or even tonight, the Chinese [***] team will be able to cross the army in the dark and attack the left side of the Soviet army.

"Order, telegraphed to Lieutenant General Suzuki of the air force, immediately take off with all its strength to support the aircraft group, and be sure to disrupt the general air offensive of the Chinese. In addition, contact General Patton to inform him of the prediction that the Chinese may launch a large-scale attack on the ground. ”

After Yamashita gave the order, he immediately set off to rush back, saying that the headquarters of the Far Eastern Theater of Operations had just been transferred to Sakhalin Island, and in the past, the headquarters was located in Vladivostok and was also temporarily set up in Boli, but now it is said that the command center is naturally as far away as possible.

…… Ouhua, who has just been promoted to the commander of the C05 Fighter Regiment, is commanding two fighter squadrons as a regiment commander for the first time.

However, this time, the goal was not to go to the airspace over the Soviet-controlled area, but to go over the control area.

Yesterday evening, Ouhua led the entire fighter regiment from Heihe Airport to a secret field airfield in Jiamusi.

"5:29!"

At this time, it was not very bright, and Ouhua sat in the fighter pilot's cabin and looked up in the direction of the east, but it was a little white.

However, this is not a problem, with the upgrading of the Wehrmacht's standard fighters, radar and other equipment are fully popularized, most of the J-3 Guniu fighters have the ability to take off in night battles/low-light conditions, although the real night combat capability needs to be examined, but the ability to take off and fly is really simple. As the regimental commander's landline, Helvar's plane even carries infrared equipment.

5:30!!

"Woo woo woo ......"

"The action begins!"

With the command center's order, the group of planes that had been preparing for a long time began to quickly take off into the air.

Helvar's fighter regiment was in the first and second take-off sequences, and soon after the fighter plane in front of him slid down, he also started the plane. At the moment of takeoff, his eyes fell on an aircraft that was being mobilized on the auxiliary taxiway, which had no propellers and was streamlined as a whole, showing a special metallic beauty under the illumination of the airport lights.

"That's the Tenryu ......"

Almost at the same time, the field airfields in Jiamusi, Hegang, Qitaihe, Jixi, and Mudanjiang were like disturbed beehives, and a large number of planes took off one after another.

Unlike the more than 700 fighters that feinted to attack the Soviet-controlled area, the first batch of planes that took off to the airspace over the occupied area reached more than 500, but there were four batches in a short period of time, that is to say, after receiving the support of the Air Force's Northeast Theater, the total number of Chinese fighters and bombers participating in the air raid on the area-controlled area reached 2,000.

Another big deal.

At this time, a considerable part of the warplanes of the Chinese army were taking off and flying towards the airspace over the Soviet-controlled area.

For fighters with a speed of more than 700 kilometers per hour, the distance of 2 or 300 kilometers does not take much time, and seeing that the border line is in sight, after obtaining the unified instructions of the superior commander, Ouhua gave a steady order, "Speed up and break through the border, our goal is Vladivostok." ”

For a time, a large number of aircraft flew in three directions: Boli, Vladivostok and Darinelechensk.

As many of the main airfields and field airfields dispersed and then merged with the groups, the number of planes in the air soon exceeded 1,000, and the fighter groups were mixed with bomber groups for the sake of the sudden surname of the air raids.

Since the radar deployed on the side of the Chinese border control area was not attacked or damaged, the Chinese aircraft group adopted the usual approach, that is, to break through from a high altitude.

I have never been able to thoroughly grasp the actual penetration altitude of Chinese fighters, and although the radar surname can continue to improve, Chinese fighters can always break through from a higher altitude than the position of Yue himself.

Of course, radar does not mean that there is no effect, the aircraft must reduce the altitude if it wants to fight, the higher it flies, the longer it takes to descend to the combat airspace, and some radars with higher positions have a high detection altitude, and when the aircraft group reaches a certain distance, it can still be detected, and these times are often enough for radar warning. After all, ground-based radars are much stronger than shipborne radars.

At the same time as the aircraft group penetrates the defense, the ground forces that will attack the Japanese army will also be ready, and they will capture the forward positions of the Chinese army at the fastest speed and launch an all-out attack at the same time that the air group has uprooted the main airfields and radar stations of the Chinese army and bombed the artillery groups and armored divisions that have been exposed.

At the same time as the Chinese group broke through the border line, Yamashita Fengfumi, who was about to board the plane and rush back to the Sakhalin headquarters, was anxiously informed that something big had happened.

"Report, Your Excellency Commander, the Chinese have launched a shameful sneak attack on us."

The combat staff officer reported in horror.

"Baga, aren't the Chinese attacking the Soviets?"

Seeing this person's panicked appearance, Yamashita Fengwen slapped him and immediately knocked him back two steps.

"General, the air raids of the Chinese on the Soviets are feints, and their real direction is us. At present, the super-large fleet of aircraft has broken through the border line, and some airfields on the front line have been bombed. ”

"Baga, where is our main fleet now?"

The thunder in Yamashita Fengwen's mind was like lightning and thunder, and he had a feeling of impending disaster.

"The fleet is entangled with the Chinese feint attack group, and in a short period of time, it will not be possible to return to the aircraft on a large scale, even if it is ...... to return."

What Deputy Chief of Staff Kitani did not say was that even if he returned to the flight, the tired fleet was estimated to have become a feast for the Chinese.

"Baga, order the main aircraft group to return at full speed, order all units to prepare for battle immediately, and the troops near the border line are ready to defend against the Chinese attack at any time. We immediately returned to the headquarters. ”

Shortly after Yamashita Fumi's plane took off, a telegram came back that had completely stunned him.

"Your Excellency, Commander, Chinese launched a fierce attack on our army from three directions, and at present many places have been lost, and the situation on the side of Boli is particularly tragic......

Yamashita Fengwen's face was full of dead gray, and it turned out that the real direction of attack of the Chinese was the control area from the beginning.

"I order all the ministries to fight to the death for the sake of the great empire and His Majesty the Emperor with the supreme spirit of bushido, with the idea of loyalty to the king."

In the face of a pot of porridge-like chaos, he can only hope that the division commanders on the front line can play extraordinarily.

(To be continued)