Solinsky's brows furrowed, he did not expect that some Chinese troops, who were not much stronger than the weapons and equipment of the partisans, would actually delay themselves on the sand for so long. Stubborn resistance, combined with bunkers on the soft sand, made it difficult for the panzers to fully deploy, and apparently Solinsky's tanks were not good at using night vision devices in the dark, and the soldiers of the 5th Agricultural Division always had a way to destroy their T-64 in a way that Solinsky found ridiculous and impossible.

From the beginning of the battle to the present, Solinsky was shocked to find that a group of infantrymen who did not even have recoilless guns and rocket launchers had destroyed nine of their T-64 tanks, and such a result would have brought him the ridicule of his colleagues even if he completely destroyed the Chinese army formation at the end of the day.

"Reduce the gap between tanks and use a denser defense to keep the Chinese death squads out!" Solinsky took the battlefield phone and ordered his grassroots commanders on the front line, and he couldn't think of any good way to do it at this time. Because of the need to protect the ship's debris, he was restricted in many ways, making him dance like he was dancing in shackles, which was very unpleasant.

Solinsky's method is definitely not wrong, the assault tactics of infantry and tank coordination generally require a certain distance between tanks, which is the problem of breaking through the width, but at this time it is obvious that maintaining those 100-150 meter spacing taught in textbooks is not a smart choice, because even with the help of night vision devices in the dark, it is easy to miss some details, and the sneaky Chinese bundle explosives and grenades and throw them under the chassis of the tank.

As the T-64s began to gather together and cooperate with each other to guard their surroundings, the infantry anti-tank tactics of the 5th Agricultural Division began to fail, and the armored troops advanced slowly but steadily, gradually beginning to destroy the confidence of the 5th Agricultural Division, which had a huge battle loss rate.

Division Commander Liu was also aware of this phenomenon, he resolutely took out his Type 92 pistol, and said: "Let's go, go to the front line, even if our Fifth Agricultural Division is defeated today, we will drag the Soviets here to provide valuable time for backup!" ”

When the supreme commander of this unit had already made up his will to die, he still wanted to persuade him to withdraw the division headquarters, and the people who took over the Eighth Division behind him also kept their mouths shut. No one wants to say something bad at this time, even they have a strong sense of fear in their hearts, they all think about their families, they think about their own lives, but the military uniforms on their bodies are like a suppressive charm, as long as they wear them, they can't think about anything else, put their own gains and losses above the interests of the collective and the country, even if it means their personal death.

Just when Division Commander Liu and the others just walked out of the temporary headquarters, they suddenly heard a roar from the dark sky, and then they saw several fighters flashing night lights flying rapidly over their heads, and just a moment after flying over their heads, these fighters released several missiles on the pylons, and after the rocket engine ignited, with a dazzling fire, it flew towards the T-64 tank several kilometers away.

Only a loud explosion could be heard in the distance, and at least four tanks had been overpowered by the round-looking missile from the weakest point of the roof. The 60-kilogram shaped high-explosive warhead directly lifted the turrets of several tanks, and there is no doubt that there will be no gasping for breath in it, and whether the whole corpse can be found is a big question mark.

Division Commander Liu was immediately excited: "The Air Force has arrived!" ”

With his shout of relief and joy, more and more fighters roared by, just like the previous ones, throwing missiles from the pylons that looked like elongated oversized winter melons with four large wings. These missiles have only recently entered service in the Air Force, and the model is the AR-2 air-to-surface anti-tank missile, but some Air Force people and military fans like to call this thing "China's version of the Maverick".

205 kg of bullet weight, 2. 3 meters of bullet length, 0. 28 meters of bullet diameter, 0. With a wingspan of 7 meters, this type of air-launched anti-armor missile that is almost no different from the Maverick missile is actually based on the original AR-1 missile specially developed for UAVs, mixed with the Maverick missile used by the Red Alert Allies, and finally designed a 30-50 km all-weather air-to-ground missile with a range of 30-50 kilometers and no matter after launch.

The demand for air-to-surface missiles of the Maverick level in the PLA of later generations is not particularly strong, the reasons are very complicated, first of all, the army's tank army itself is an anti-tank weapon, plus it is more suitable for anti-armor helicopter gunships, which are carried by attack aircraft and fighters, and are suitable for attacking large-scale armored clusters of cheap missiles, which are not particularly important. In addition, the TG Air Force has not been enthusiastic about doing the "dirty work" of ground attack, and the defensive national defense policy does not need too many missiles with obvious attack attributes.

However, the Soviet Union is still pressing on the northern frontier, and tens of thousands of tanks are not just a threat to European countries. The development of such a missile would play a very important role in neutralizing the large-scale armored forces of the Soviet Union. From the point of view of the original intention, there is no difference with the Americans developing missiles such as Maverick, Hellfire, and TOW.

At this time, the fighters in the sky did not actually belong to the Air Force, at least not completely. More than 20 Leopard B multi-role heavy fighters were originally ordered by the Air Force, but Qi Yiming temporarily withheld them before delivery, allowing the Red Alert pilots to drive away and transfer to the airport in Xinjiang.

As a powerful multi-role fighter, the Leopard B uses composite pylons, and the mission payload is unified as follows: two auxiliary fuel tanks, two PL-12 and two PL-8 on them, and up to four navigation and guidance pods are used in the front air inlet pylons and wingtip pylons, and seven AR-2 anti-tank missiles.

That is, these more than twenty Leopard Bs brought one hundred and fifty or sixty AR-2s into the war zone in one go, and there were absolutely not a hundred of Solinsky's tanks in person.

This time it was Solinsky's turn to be dumbfounded, and he slapped the table angrily: "What about the Territorial Defense Forces? Why did you not find the approach of the enemy's fighters? Why didn't you take off? ”

Solinsky's staff officers widened their eyes, patted their commander, pointed outside and said to him: "Comrade Chief, I think that's the reason!" ”

Solinsky hurried to the window to look, and saw an object in the sky with a beautiful trajectory like a comet, in the form of a parabola, thinking of falling headlong in the distance, and it was a barracks of their division, but fortunately there was no one there at the moment.

"Short-range surface-to-ground missile!" Solinsky's head buzzed. But this was not the end of the story, as more and more "comets" pierced the sky and began to attack various military installations on the Soviet side.

The staff officer shouted with a worried face: "Comrade Chief, our radar station in the border zone has been destroyed by short-range surface-to-surface missiles, uh, and they used anti-radiation warheads. The Territorial Air Defense Force had already taken off interceptor fighters more than ten minutes ago, but the enemy was too numerous, and they still wanted to continue to intercept, but at several important airports were attacked by Chinese short-range surface-to-surface missiles, and airfields and other facilities were damaged, and now they are stepping up maintenance. ”

"Abominable Chinese! Did they want a full-fledged confrontation with our great Soviets? They won't have a chance, the Soviet Red Army will beat them to powder! Solinsky clenched his fists, and the muscles on them were pounding, apparently angry.

It's just that his staff officers are still constantly reporting bad news to him, "Comrade Chief, the 21st Tank Regiment has been completely wiped out...... Hardly a single tank was able to continue the battle, our infantry also had some losses, but they were not yet routed, and the Chinese infantry on the opposite side had almost broken up before, please instruct. ”

Solinsky's mind was moving quickly, and the most important trump card in his hand was the tank regiment, but after a group of unreasonable Chinese fighters flew into the war zone, they threw anti-tank missiles like they were punching and killing the old master, and the hit rate of these missiles was frighteningly high, and the Soviet armored troops who lacked battlefield air defense (at first Solinsky did not expect it to evolve into this) were beaten all over the ground by the sky full of leopard Bs. Having lost the armored corps at important nodes on the battlefield, even if their infantry still has a certain shock power, Solinsky does not doubt that the Chinese air force has arrived, and their support units in the rear will not arrive too late.

After a short period of contemplation, Solinsky decisively said: "Immediately request the support of the 32nd Army, the Chinese are going to fight with us, for the sake of glory, for the sake of the Soviets, we must not let the Chinese take advantage, we must crush the Chinese and take the fragments into our hands!" ”

The staff officer said weakly: "Comrade chief, the latest news, a Chinese flying group flying from the direction of Kashgar has attacked the only way for our rear support to advance, which is a premeditated battlefield blockade by the Chinese, and the 32nd Army is rushing to repair the road with all its might, but it will take at least 7 hours to reach the theater." ”

The Turkestan region of Central Asia has a complex topography, with large plains and river valleys, towering mountain ranges, and thousands of miles of arid deserts, so the troops rely on basic transportation facilities for their marches. Especially on this side of Lake Alahu in the Soviet Union, the mountains are crisscrossed, and once the road is cut off, tanks and armored vehicles cannot cross the mountains, and a detour is even more unrealistic.

Solinsky's strength seemed to be drained: "So now we are the only troops in the theater of operations?" ”

The staff officer said with difficulty: "It seems so, Comrade Chief. ”

Solinsky did not have the psychology of sacrificing his life and righteousness, and when he heard this, he immediately clapped his head and said loudly: "Order the infantry regiment to retreat, take away all the debris that can be carried in advance, we will pull to the rear, temporarily rest, wait for the 32nd Army to complete the repair of the road, and after the division, we will give the Chinese another fatal blow!" ”

He touched his bearded chin, and could only say with hope: "I hope that the Territorial Air Defense Force can block the Chinese Air Force, without air supremacy, we will face a catastrophe." ”