The town of Ilov, Stalin's wartime residence, is a small town hidden in the middle of the woods, less than 200 kilometers from Moscow, but it is heavily guarded by the Soviet Red Army, where the Bolshevik supreme leader still leads most of the Soviet territory.

Although now the European part of the Soviet Union is moaning under the iron hooves of the European Nazi legions, and the Far East is full of yellow uniformed devils, Siberia was originally the safest place, but after the Chinese sent troops, it not only became one of the main battlefields, but also became the backbone of the Soviet Union that could be broken at any time.

"Comrade Meretskov, can't we prepare for war any faster? Just like the battlefield on the Eastern Front, in the fastest time, like giving the Germans, giving the Chinese a heavy pain, representing the counterattack of the most powerful forces of the Bolsheviks. Comrade Vasilevsky is about to go and recognize the supreme commander of the theater, and I hope you will cooperate with his work. ”

In the palace, Stalin was expectantly speaking to the chief of his General Staff, Marshal Meretskov.

Meretskov was in a state of great distress, and if he had told Comrade Stalin directly that the transfer of troops of the current size in a short period of time was already the limit, he would have angered the leader. As the supreme leader, Comrade Stalin was always concerned only with results. As for Vasilevsky, he is very optimistic about the famous generals on the Soviet-German battlefield, who has successfully repelled many large-scale strategic attacks by the Germans, and is a marshal with rich experience in commanding large battlefields.

"Comrade Stalin, we have once again ordered the Siberian Military District to speed up preparations for war, and I had a telephone conversation with the commander of the Siberian Military District, General Kurdyumov, in the morning, and he assured me that at present three army groups have been organized, and several other military districts are also deploying troops to support the Siberian Military District according to the plan."

The situation told by the Chief of the General Staff Meretskov seems to be going well, but only he knows that several Red Banner Reading Army groups in Siberia have been annihilated, directly causing nearly 300,000 Red Army to disappear from the establishment, and what is particularly shocking is that only half of this part of the troops were really wiped out or killed or wounded by the Chinese at most, and the rest threw away their weapons on the spot and went back to the local farms.

He was not sure that Stalin did not know about this, and perhaps someone from the Siberian Military District or intelligence services had concealed this incident in distant Siberia, but as chief of the General Staff, he could recognize something unusual from it.

Judging from various intelligence and reports handed over by the Siberian Military District, the Chinese attack was very rapid, and the attack of the Third Front Army, the Siberian direction, was especially rapid, and in just a few days, it occupied Kyakhta, eliminated three Red Banner Reading Group Army, and also prepared to attack in the direction of Lake Belga.

Although the area around Lake Belga is not a heavy industrial area or a resource concentration area, it is one of the important centers of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and once the Chinese plot to occupy the Lake Belga area succeeds, then the Trans-Siberian Railway will be officially cut off.

How serious the consequences of the cutting of the main artery of the railway, do not think, Meretskov also knows it. At that time, no supplies from the west could be sent to the Far East battlefield, nor could the resources and other outputs of the Far East be sent to the west, and even the entire Soviet Union could be cut in half.

To prop up puppet republics and restore the reading identity of several union republics, just by a simple thought, Meretskov found that if he was Chinese, after successfully occupying the Lake Berga region, there would be many means to bring down the Soviet Union.

"Comrade Kurdyumov must be warned that the defeat of the three armies has already made me angry, and I will transfer him more troops, more tanks and planes, and I need him to block the offensive momentum of the Chinese and wait for the main forces of the great Red Army to have a chivalrous decisive battle with the Chinese in Siberia, in the area of Lake Belga."

Stalin said angrily that the Soviet Union had a large territory and too large a territory that caused the problem of a shortage of troops, especially in the Eastern Front and the Far East, which contained a large number of elite Red Army troops, and after several second-rate armies were defeated, Siberia actually had a situation of empty troops.

Therefore, when secretly mobilizing a large number of advanced aircraft, Stalin also ordered a number of military districts adjacent to the Siberian Military District to form support armies and go to the front.

"Yes, Comrade Stalin."

Meretskov was about to say something, but saw that Stalin had already picked up another report, and after reading it for a while, he stared at Air Marshal Novikov on the side. He secretly said in his heart that the anger of the leader was finally about to shift the target.

"Comrade Novikov, why such a crushing defeat, are we not having enough failures? I want you to give me a reasonable explanation. ”

When Stalin saw the above battle damage comparison figure, his face was instantly difficult to see, although he had read this battle report before, but whenever he picked it up, he would still be extremely angry, "If our opponent is the Germans, I can bear a temporary defeat." However, even with the Germans, we had no less brilliant results. The Air Force, yes, the Air Force, hundreds and thousands of ace pilots appeared, each of whom shot down a large number of German planes.

I can tolerate the losses suffered in the early days because of the sneak attack of the Chinese, but why did our counter-sneak attack on Kyakhta suffer such a fiasco? ”

Novikov was in a cold sweat, even in a high position, he was extremely nervous at this time, he was also not on the Siberian front, but this operation was led by him, a sudden bombing operation, with an unprecedented size of the aircraft group, suddenly attacked Kyakhta, which the Chinese had just occupied and was about to be transformed into a material transit and military station.

"Comrade Stalin, we suspect that the Chinese have placed radar stations in positions at the front, so our aircraft group was detected in advance. In addition, the aircraft of the Chinese this time can be a level higher than the previous level as a whole, and according to the oral statements of the returning pilots, this new all-metal aircraft of the Chinese is stronger than our new Ilf aircraft in terms of speed and maneuverability.

According to the intelligence department's intelligence, our military aircraft group should have encountered the Chinese J-3 fighter, which began to equip the troops in batches several years ago. ”

Novikov said cautiously.

"The J-3 fighter, the kind of fighter nicknamed 'Guniu'?" Stalin frowned slightly, he had an impression of this name, and several officials attending the meeting at that time jokingly called it the smoke released by the Chinese, and changed the name of the J-2 fighter, so they jokingly called it "China's bull."

Novikov opened his briefcase, handed over a stack of photographs, and said, "Comrade Stalin, please see, this is the kind of plane." ”

Stalin turned his head sideways and saw a black-and-white photograph of a plane with a faint white light just taking off in the morning sky, with a unique shape, flying directly into the sky.

"A new all-metal aircraft." Stalin frowned again, this is really not good news, "Comrade Novikov, our aircraft development program must also be accelerated, moreover, you immediately form a negotiating team, throw these materials to the Americans, let them provide us with more aircraft, otherwise, tell them that these new aircraft of the Chinese are likely to turn around and fly to the Pacific Ocean." ”

"Yes, Comrade Chairman." Novikov nodded.

Stalin groaned slightly, and continued, "The battle for air supremacy in the air over Belga must be prepared with all our might, and if there are not enough pilots and planes, we can draw from the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and if it is not enough, ask the Americans for help." You prepare, together with Comrade Vasilevsky, you are responsible for directing the Air Force to fight. ”

As the supreme leader, Stalin's wisdom was also very high, and he knew that the Americans at this time had to agree to all kinds of strange conditions, just because, once the Soviet Union fell, the German army would begin to prepare to land in Britain, and the huge army of the Chinese would also take the entire Central Asian region, South Asia, and a large area near the South China Sea.

He knew very well that this was absolutely unacceptable to the Americans.

"Follow your will, Comrade President." Novikov felt lighter for no reason, and he might be able to stay away from Moscow, which was also a temporary relief for him, who was already a deputy defense commissar and marshal of the Red Army.

…… Han Jing, Zhang Shusheng's office.

"Chairman, the Soviets are moving more and more, and a large number of aircraft are being transferred in the direction of Siberia from various military districts, even from the Soviet-German front and the Far Eastern theater."

Air Force Commander Fan Siran and Air Force Chief of Staff Li Xianghong are reporting to Zhang Shusheng on the progress of the air battle on the front line.

"Hehe, this is a very simple truth, if it is not for us to attack the Soviets, but for the Soviets to rush directly from Siberia to Shanxi, and even cut off the communication between the east and the west, the north and the south, if it is us again, we will also fight back to the death."

Zhang Shusheng knew very well that Stalin seemed crazy at this time, but in fact he was walking a tightrope on the Allied Powers, and Stalin's only reliance was that the United States and Britain, the two Allied giants who pulled the rope of the fate of the Soviet Union, could tighten the rope and nervous the future of the Soviet Union.

Obviously, both the Americans and the British think so.

Judging from the report obtained by Zhang Shusheng, the Americans not only directly sent carrier-based aircraft to undertake the task of land-based aircraft, rushed to the front line to participate in the war, but also fought with the German army for the first time. And more planes, advanced planes from the United States, were loaded on large ships like no money, and they were sent to the USSR along the direction of the Arctic Ocean.

"That's right. Recently, the Soviets have been making very frequent moves, changing their previous cautious posture and frequently sending out the Ilf aircraft group in an attempt to conduct a small- and medium-sized in-depth test with the aircraft group of our air force.

However, the Soviets have secretly concentrated more than 2,500 fighter jets and thousands of pilots, and it is believed that they will end this careful temptation in the near future and start a real operation. ”

"The huge air battle of thousands of planes is really exciting. The English Channel is too narrow, and the Soviet-German front is too long, to be able to concentrate forces for a decisive battle like we and the Soviets did in Siberia. This is dictated by the strategic position of Siberia and the will of its leaders. ”

Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and his heart moved to rely on the frontline battlefield monitoring equipment again, and then peeked at the true face of this unprecedented air battle.

"Are we ready?"

Hearing the chairman's question, Fan Siran replied, "Chairman, according to our plan for a large air battle, even if the Soviets do not fight, we will carry out a devastating bombing of Lake Berga and all strategic targets in the area north of it.

If the Soviets avoid a decisive battle, we will be able to use more than 1,000 bombers to completely disable important targets within 500 kilometers north of Lake Belga.

If the Soviets join Armageddon, then our fleet of more than 2,000 J-2 fighters and J-3 fighters, totaling more than 2,000, will deal a blow to the Soviets. ”

Hearing Fan Siran's answer, Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Once upon a time, he once dreamed that one day, China would no longer be millet plus rifles, China also had aircraft artillery, aircraft carrier tanks.

He once dreamed that not only would China not have to be cut off from Outer Mongolia, but should also be able to conquer the Siberian Plain, cultivate hundreds of millions of acres of fertile land, and then distribute them to the sons and daughters of China.

He once dreamed that China would no longer rely on the handouts of the Americans, and would be able to arm itself with a powerful navy, land and air force.

He once dreamed that China's aircraft carriers could fly anywhere in the world, and that China's fleet was as numerous as cattle and horses.

He had dreamed that Chinese planes would be able to fly in droves over the enemy, dropping bombs all over the sky.

And now, it's happening fast, even right around the corner.

Compared with the previous Pearl Harbor incident, this 1,000-plane air battle made him look forward to it even more, and the overwhelming group of aircraft in the blue Belga = North Sea fierce battle is destined to go down in the history of air warfare.

"Chairman ......"

In Fan Siran's call, Zhang Shusheng came back to his senses, and after realizing that he was so distracted for the first time, he couldn't help but blame himself a little, and then said, "Okay, let's stop here today, this is a very important air battle, related to whether the Soviet battlefield can be quickly resolved, related to the belonging of the Siberian region, be sure to fight hard, don't leave a hand, no matter who it is, as long as it is the enemy, and it is still flying in the sky, shoot it down for me, whether he is from the Soviet Union or the United Kingdom or the United States." ”

"Yes, Chairman."

The two then left.

Time flies quickly, and half a month has passed in a blink of an eye.

On this day, Zhang Shusheng had just come to the office, and when he was enjoying morning tea by the inner patio of the office, the morning scene was broken by a knock on the door.

"Chairman of the committee, I have just received the information that the Sino-Soviet air battle has begun, and the first batch of 500 Chinese fighters successfully led out a large number of Soviet aircraft in the air raid on Ulan-Ude."

"What's the latest situation?" Zhang Shusheng hurriedly asked, ten days ago, he had already transported the compound eye battlefield observation system directly to the front line, and this time there should be another good show.

Chief of Operations Su Yuren said, "At present, both sides are constantly raising planes, and both want to eat each other in one go. ”

"Okay, that's it, since we all want to eat each other, let's see whose family is big enough and whose plane is advanced enough."

Seeing that the Soviets were finally forced to take the bait, even if they were not fooled, Zhang Shusheng was still very happy, and immediately ordered to go down, and then went into the underground center, ready to see the situation on the front line.

(To be continued)