For the transport planes behind, the suffering has only just begun.

Those transport planes in the rear of the formation, who have not yet entered the dense fog area, can return home, and those transport planes in front, once they get into the dense fog area, there is only one way, fly forward!

Anyway, it's all flying in formation, so why don't you just say a word from the formation commander and turn en masse?

It's not that simple.

Different aircraft have different turning radii.

A big guy like An-22 has a turning radius of thousands of kilometers, and a small guy like Il-76, a few hundred meters is enough, and now everyone is on the same course and flying forward at the same speed, so it can still fly normally, once it starts to turn, the fast and slow are not coordinated, and it is in the fog, it is easy to collide.

Can only fly forward!

The Soviets actually did a similar operation once.

More than ten years ago, in 68, Dubcek, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, initiated a reform called the "Prague Spring".

However, in the eyes of the USSR, this was definitely a great rebellion, a deviation from the course.

As a result, the Soviet Union almost immediately decided to intervene in the Czech Republic with armed force. In late June of that year, Warsaw held military exercises in Czech, and at that time even the outside world thought that the exercises were going to turn into a coup d'état, but the exercises ended and the troops withdrew from Czech.

Thus, the situation began to ease, and just when everyone thought that the matter was going to subside, the real action of the Soviets began.

At 11 p.m. on August 20, Prague Airport received a signal from a Soviet civil airliner: "Mechanical failure, request for forced landing", and the airport will certainly not agree to land the passenger plane of unknown origin.

However, if you don't agree, you can't help it, they just landed on the runway, this is not a civil airliner at all, or a Soviet military transport plane! As the plane landed, the vanguard rushed out of the cabin and quickly occupied the airfield. A few minutes later, the 24th Army's An-22 transport planes began to land one after another, one by one. One hour later, a Soviet embassy car led the way, and Soviet soldiers rushed straight to Prague.

Decisive, efficient, using civil aviation as a cover, the Soviets did a pretty good job, and this classic operation was also seriously learned by Israel, and in later generations, this kind of efficient operation was also carried out.

This time, the Soviets planned to repeat the old trick, wanting to use civil airliners in Kushiro to put in the army, occupy the port of Chuanlu, and welcome the arrival of follow-up troops, this plan is doomed to bankruptcy!

The fog is not terrible, when they were in Prague, they also landed at night with superb technology, and the terrible thing is that people have been prepared for it and are waiting there!

Falling into a trap is their biggest mistake.

This mistake, by now, has caused the crash of three transport planes, the death of hundreds of Soviet Red Army soldiers, and at the same time, it is not over.

One transport plane after another, quickly pulled up, left their descent path, and continued to fly forward.

The dense fog was getting smaller and smaller, after all, it was only the Kushiro port, and it was only serious near the coastline, and when they reached the interior, it began to dissipate, but by the time they flew around, the situation was enough for them to turn, and they were already in the middle of Hokkaido.

Yokota, U.S. Forces Command in Japan.

"Commander, the AWACS aircraft sent a message that those Soviet transport planes that passed through Kushiro have flown to central Hokkaido."

In the fog of Kushiro, traps were laid and the Soviets were waiting to take the bait, and now, in Kushiro, a great victory has been achieved, although there is no news of a final victory, but it is conceivable that there is only one finishing battle left there.

Now, according to the predetermined plan, those transport planes have already flown to the central part of Hokkaido, and now, to fight or not to fight?

Lieutenant General Paul was in a dilemma.

He was afraid of irritating the polar bear.

Like Nathan said, the upper echelons are a bunch of guys with no eggs. However, there are concerns at the top.

The armies of the United States and the Soviet Union have always avoided direct confrontation.

In Korea, the United States did it, but the Soviet Union did not do it, and instigated China to go up, and in Vietnam, the United States did it, and the Soviets did not appear directly.

Like in Afghanistan in the next step, the Soviets did it, and the United States did not do it directly.

The direct military confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union could turn into a third world war at any time, especially now, when the Soviet Union was aggressive!

When the Soviets discovered the invading airliner and shot it down directly, even the United States did not dare to do so, and now, in Hokkaido, the Soviets have suffered a big loss.

The wishful thinking of the Soviets fell through, and the landing on Kushiro turned into a bubble, and now, this batch of transport planes, to fight or not to fight?

If they were hit, from the point of view of international law, there was nothing wrong with the Chinese side, they were all military transport planes, carrying a large number of weapons and personnel, and they were here to invade Hokkaido.

After the hit, the debris will also fall on the territory of Hokkaido, indicating that the other side has invaded your own airspace.

However, the Soviets are unreasonable!

This time, if the Soviets suffered heavy losses, would they be able to give up? In Hokkaido, the first hot war during the Cold War may have erupted violently.

The United States is not ready for a large-scale war.

He had to make a quick decision, and now, in central Hokkaido, the Hawk anti-aircraft missile unit was ready, and if he delayed any longer, the Soviet transport planes would fly back!

"Report, AWACS has a message that the target is making a 180-degree turn."

After being able to see the surrounding airspace clearly, the transport plane began to turn.

Flying directly forward, you can fly straight to Primorye, and to the north, you can also fly to Sakhalin, however, instead of flying like this, the Soviets made a circle, turned around, intending to continue flying away from the eastern part of the island nation.

This U-turn is very particular.

Why? Because the west coast and northern coastline of Hokkaido are distributed with a large number of troops, and they also have a large number of surface-to-air missiles, if they continue to fly, or fly north, they will face a threat from the ground.

If you fly back, as long as you fly higher, the shoulder-fired missiles on the ground will not be able to reach them.

However, if they fly back, there is another possibility, and until now, they have not given up Kushiro!

As time goes by, the sun will come out, the fog will slowly disperse, and Kushiro Airport may still have the ability to continue landing after urgently dealing with the planes on the runway, and at the same time, the Soviets may find another place to land, such as a nearby road or something.

The transport aircraft of the Soviets had the ability to land at field airfields, and they were outstanding for short-distance landing, such as the An-22, a runway of 800 meters was enough.

Can't wait any longer! Lieutenant General Paul made up his mind: "Order the ground-to-air missile forces, open fire immediately!" ”