The sudden ringing of the telephone, in the "ticking" sound of the electric keys sent by the operator, was not abrupt, but it attracted everyone in the empty finger, and their expressions were tight, and Colonel He Zhijun, chief of staff and head of the Operations Department of the Southern Flight Group of the Air Force, picked up the phone and said in a steady tone: "I am the empty finger!" What's the situation report? ”

Everyone stared at He Zhijun, "Well, okay, I'll report to the commander immediately, you must continue to monitor it strictly, and report all the movements of the Soviet army fleet at any time!" He Zhijun nodded frequently.

Putting down the phone, He Zhijun said to Le Yiqin: "Commander, the radar monitoring center reported that at about 3:40 a.m. today, a large number of Soviet planes took off at the same time from the Soviet field airfields in Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Balnaor and other places in the Soviet Union. ”

Le Yiqin breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "As long as the Soviet aircraft group has a move, even fighters and bombers, nearly 1,500 of them, menacing!" Lao Maozi is still a big hand, what a big formation! ”

Suddenly, Le Yiqin withdrew the smile on his face and said in a cold tone: "Order, all participating fighter regiments, in accordance with the battle plan, take off immediately, and maintain radio silence during the flight before approaching the Soviet air formation, and only receive guidance from ground radar stations!" ”

More than a dozen operational staff officers immediately used the telephone to send Le Yiqin's orders to various field airfields, and immediately one after another, fighter planes and two planes took off into the air. Rushing into the dark sky before dawn like an arrow, the "booming" engine sound gradually disappeared and disappeared, and after dozens of minutes, the airport was calm again, but how many pairs of eager and expectant eyes looked north.

Le Yiqin picked up another phone and said simply: "Give me the division headquarters!" ”

"Jingle bell!" The phone rang, right next to Tang Qiuli's hand, and he picked it up. Le Yiqin's voice came: "Report to the division commander, the Soviet army has dispatched the aircraft group, and our aircraft group has already caught up!" According to the calculation of the speed of the Soviet fleet, the time to reach the airspace of the Sejingge River was about five o'clock in the morning. However, please rest assured. The battle plan we have developed. It is for this to say that whether you can get to the target area or not, we have the final say! ”

Tang Qiuli interjected and asked, "You stayed in the empty finger, why didn't you lead the team to take off?" It's not your style! ”

Le Yiqin replied simply: "The division commander has an order, and he doesn't dare to disobey it!" ”

Tang Qiuli said in disbelief: "It's strange, why are you so obedient this time." Don't think about it with other ideas! Well, the heavenly affairs will be handed over to you! ”

Putting down the phone, Tang Qiuli said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, notify Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan immediately." The Soviet army began to move, and according to Le Yiqin's report, the time for the Soviet infantry to attack should be around five o'clock in the morning, so that they can get ready! The fighter group of the Southern Flying Group, which has already met the battle, has ensured that the position is not bombed by the Soviet bomber group! ”

Putting down the phone, Le Yiqin smiled proudly, and said to his chief of staff He Zhijun and chief of staff Dong Ningxuan of the Northern Flight Group: "After the battle begins, I will take off with the reserves of three regiments to kill Lao Maozi's bomber group, and the ground command will be handed over to you, but there is one point, the division commander asked, and said that I was commanding the air battle, and I was very busy, so I didn't have time to answer the phone!" ”

The enemy report of the division headquarters, when they arrived at the front line of the Sejingge River, Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan were returning from the forward position, in fact, even if they were not warned, the two people were also aware of the abnormal movements of the Soviet army, Liu Hongzhang looked at the Soviet troops on the other side of the river in the telescope, and was constantly assembling to the river, and said to Ouyang Yishan: "This is about to start, I just don't know the exact time of the Soviet army's attack!" ”

Ouyang Yishan didn't answer Liu Hongzhang's words, and said to himself: "On the last day, it is the beginning of the battle of blood and fire, I don't know how many warriors' blood will be sprinkled here, stunned, I feel too much!" As he spoke, he sighed with emotion.

Liu Hongzhang patted Ouyang Yishan's shoulder in understanding, and said: "Brother, I'm the same, I've fought for so many years, but I'm suffering here, fortunately, the division commander's net has been spread, and Lao Maozi hasn't been jumping for a few days, let's come back when we leave, go back to the headquarters, maybe the division commander has an order!" ”

As soon as he entered the command headquarters, Chief of Staff Liu Chenglin said: "The two commanders, after receiving a report from the division commander on the enemy's situation, the division commander judged that the Soviet army's ground offensive would be launched at about 5 o'clock in the morning, and in addition, the aviation force would intercept the Soviet bomber group in the north of the Seshuangge River!" ”

Liu Hongzhang raised his eyebrows and said: "Okay, that's what you want, without Lao Maozi's bomber, this battle is not difficult to fight, Chenglin, convey the order of the headquarters, and the troops will immediately enter the anti-artillery hole and shelter department to prevent the Soviet artillery attack!" ”

The commander of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, General Kulygin, prepared for the attack at 5 o'clock in the morning of 26 September as a decisive attack.

Not only in the first wave of attack forces, the assault forces of four infantry divisions were deployed as never before, and all the artillery of various calibers were concentrated together and divided into four artillery groups to provide artillery support in the four main breakthrough directions, and more than 700 tanks of the three tank brigades were also evenly distributed in the offensive direction.

However, the Soviet offensive troops' greatest reliance was still on the air group, five fighter divisions, three bomber divisions, and nearly 1,500 combat planes.

General Kurykin, who was dominated by euphoria, did not hesitate to refute it, his words sharp and scathing, "Comrade General, I don't know where this idea of yours comes from, but I ask you to speak only after everything has passed through your brain!" ”

"We dispatched all the combat planes, the goal is not only to break through the Sejingge River, but to consider that after the breakthrough, our army will continue to attack Kulen in the south, and we need to master air supremacy, and at that time, the vast airspace of Outer Mongolia will not be able to accommodate our more than 1,500 fighters? I am afraid that when the time comes, the comrades will complain that there are too few fighters and bombers to support you, and this is one of them. ”

"Second, after the aircraft group completed the bombing of the defending positions of the Independent Division on the south bank of the Sejingge River, the subsequent task was to attack Kulen by air, and bomb all the important targets of the Chinese army along the way, open the passage for the capture of Kulen, and occupy Kulen, which means the end of the Outer Mongolia campaign.

General Kuregin's words were said by the senior officer who proposed the establishment of a river, his face was red and his neck was thick, his mouth was spitting, and he didn't squeak, but he secretly slandered himself in his heart, "To put it easily, a stunned river, fighting for five or six days, it's not that a large-scale fleet has not been used, what is the result, can it be successful today, I don't believe it!" ”

The four Soviet infantry divisions, on the beachhead on the north bank of the Sejingge River, were in full formation, waiting for the arrival of the aircraft group to start bombing, and immediately launched an attack, more than 1,600 artillery pieces of various calibers, raising their thick muzzles, were also waiting for the arrival of the aircraft group.

At about 3:20 a.m., the sky was still pitch black, and a staff officer came in, "Report to Comrade Commander, our sentry heard the sound of engines in the air, it seems that there is a large group of planes flying from south to north!" ”

"Huh?" General Kurygin rolled his eyes suspiciously, "Big swarm? It's not right, it's not in the right direction, is it the fleet of an independent division? ”

For the sake of prudence, General Kurygin ordered the communications staff officer to immediately contact the commander of the air formation, Lieutenant General Jonasov, deputy commander of the Air Force of the Don Military District, to inform him of the situation. ”

General Kurygin was relieved, the comrades of the Air Force of the Don Military District, did not find out about the situation, then it was normal, maybe the sentries made a mistake, but this spirit of constant vigilance was still worthy of praise, and the comrades of the commander, who was in a relaxed mood, ordered the communications staff officers to convey their decision of verbal praise to the sentries who heard the sound of the aircraft and reported it in time.

In fact, it was not only this sentry who heard it, but the more than 60,000 Soviet soldiers who had already assembled on the north bank heard the faint roar of airplanes in the air, but no one paid attention to it.

At about 3:40, the telegram from the commander of the air formation, Lieutenant General Jonasov, made General Kurygin unable to sit still any longer, and he knew that the sentry was not mistaken, "Commander Kurygin, at about 3:30, our air mixed aircraft group formation was suddenly attacked by the fighter group of the independent division, and I have ordered some fighters of the escort group to meet it, and the formation will arrive at the bombing area on time!" ”

The tone of Major General Jonasov's telegram was very relaxed, because the fighters of the independent division that attacked his own group were only more than 100 units, and for a large group of more than 1,500 combat planes, it was almost like a fly, and it was enough to disperse.

However, General Kurygin is not so optimistic, he has been fighting with the Chinese for almost a week, and he knows very well that the Chinese are cunning, insidious and cunning from the bones, make good use of stratagems, and if they are a little careless, they may suffer big losses!

(To be continued)(To be continued......