Tang Qiuli didn't know what kind of perseverance Liu Cuigang had and with his seriously injured body, he drove the bombed fighter plane back to the Kulun Field Airfield.

Tang Qiuli didn't know why Liu Cuigang had to fly back, he could choose to parachute, it would be safer, once he passed out in the air because of excessive blood loss, the fighter plane would only fall down, and the plane would be destroyed and killed.

Tang Qiuli walked to the stretcher, looked at Liu Cuigang, who was still awake, and said with a little blame: "Cuigang, why do you want to do this?" Do you know the consequences? ”

Liu Cuigang's face was pale, and he said in a weak voice: "Division commander, please forgive me, I made you worried, not for anything else, for the honor of the aviation forces, I don't want the Soviets to make a big deal in their newspapers, the fighter plane of the supreme commander of the Northern Flight Group of the Aviation of the Independent Division was shot down, it's as simple as that!" ”

Tang Qiuli was speechless, waved his hand, put the stretcher in the ambulance, followed him all the way, and saw him enter the operating room, although Liu Cuigang's words were short, they gave himself a strong shock, "For the honor of the aviation!" "It's easy to say, it's hard to do, it takes your life to defend this honor, it's a soldier's oath!

Tang Qiuli understood Liu Cuigang's approach, he represented the military might of the Northern Flying Group, the same thing, if it happened to Le Yiqin, it would be the same choice, he would rather risk the destruction of the plane and the death of people, rather than give the enemy a reason to publicize and use the topic to play, Tang Qiuli's eyes were moist, and his heart was infected by a different kind of feeling.

While waiting anxiously outside the operating room, Colonel Wang Jun, chief of staff of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, sent another telegram from Meng Zhaoxu, chief of the operations section of the front, about the serious wounding of Commander Sun Zhenbang.

Tang Qiuli's love was extremely bad all of a sudden. He asked himself, "What's wrong with this war?" Before a large-scale battle took place, two generals fell one after another, first Liu Cuigang, and then Sun Zhenbang, "He was secretly ruthless in his heart, the troops of the Soviet Transcaucasian Military District must be completely annihilated, and the troops will also destroy the Soviet land in the East." Take them all.

After returning to the temporary headquarters, Colonel Meng Qingpeng, commander of the Outer Mongolia Patrol Area of the Northern Flight Group, was already waiting for him in the house, and seeing that the division commander's condition was not good, Meng Qingpeng cautiously looked at Wang Jun, the chief of staff who followed closely. Wang Jun gave him a look, which meant to sue him. Long story short. Concise and to the point, the division commander was in a bad mood.

After Tang Qiuli sat down, he was not polite and said, "Qingpeng, report on the situation of today's air battle and the losses of the Northern Flying Group troops!" ”

Meng Qingpeng said: "It's the division commander. Today's air battles, in terms of scale, are of a decisive nature, and our troops have dispatched all their fighter regiments. In the air battle, which lasted more than two hours, more than 470 Soviet fighters were shot down or damaged, and more than 120 bombers were shot down. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Qingpeng's tone became a little low, "Division commander, our losses are also relatively large, 215 fighters were shot down, 134 were damaged, 87 pilots were killed, and the rest of all the parachuted and parachuted areas were in the area controlled by our army, and they were rescued, and now, they have returned to the troops, and the battle loss ratio between the Soviet army and our army is 1.5 to 1." ”

"Division commander, this time our Northern Flying Group did not fight well, I review, the losses of the troops are very large, especially Commander Liu was seriously injured, for our flying group, it is the biggest loss, so far, the group can still be normal to take to the air to fight, more than 450 fighters, the bomber unit basically has no losses, the pilots are more impatient, there is a rush to retaliate, this is the situation!"

"In addition, I ask the division commander to punish me!" When he said the last sentence, Meng Qingpeng's expression was very serious, to be precise, it was self-blame, Liu Cuigang was injured, Meng Qingpeng felt more guilty than anyone else, he always thought that it was his own responsibility.

Tang Qiuli's cheeks twitched slightly, he was distressed, in more than two hours of air combat, he lost nearly six regiments of fighters, the aircraft can be remanufactured, the Dingbian Arsenal can manufacture aircraft in large quantities, and they can also buy them again, with real money in their hands, they don't have to worry about not being able to buy planes, and the German Führer Hitler can supply himself openly, and what he feels sorry for is the eighty-seven pilots who died in battle.

The independent division does not worry about the aircraft, but the pilots are very expensive, and the current batch of cadets who graduated from the Dingbian Flight Academy, but there are only more than 130 people, all of whom have been supplemented to the Northern Flying Group, but this batch of cadets needs time and needs to go through actual combat before they can form combat effectiveness.

"Could it be that in this air battle with the nature of a decisive battle, my own estimation was too optimistic, or was I underestimating the combat effectiveness of the Soviet pilots, and from myself to Liu Cuigang to all the pilots of the Northern Flying Group, there was the idea of underestimating the enemy?" Tang Qiuli thought to himself.

At present, the biggest problem is that Liu Cuigang is seriously wounded, the Northern Flying Group has no leader, lacks an experienced and powerful commander, Meng Qingpeng is a little immature, and he can't afford this heavy burden, next, the Soviet army will definitely strengthen the strength of the air force in order to seize air supremacy, the Soviet generals are not fools, they are accustomed to commanding mechanized corps to fight, understand the importance of air supremacy, next, in the sky of Outer Mongolia, there will be tragic fighting, and even, more than the ground battlefield.

Tang Qiuli shook his head, got rid of his inner thoughts, and said to Meng Qingpeng: "Qingpeng, don't be busy reviewing and punishing first, it's not your responsibility, the most important thing at the moment is to appease the pilots, summarize the lessons and achievements in the battle, and find out the weaknesses of the Soviet pilots, so as to facilitate the next battle!" ”

"After this big war, the Soviet Air Force can be said to be seriously injured, it has been injured, in the near future, there will be no air battle, after you go back, reorganize the troops, organize into several fighter reinforcement regiments, not to cancel the number, but to concentrate troops, this point, we must make it clear to the commanders of each fighter regiment, so as not to cause chaos in the troops, Qingpeng, before Commander Le arrives, you have to master the troops!"

After speaking, waving his hand tiredly, Meng Qingpeng saluted and left, Tang Qiuli said to Wang Jun on the side: "Chief of Staff Wang, immediately send a telegram to Le Yiqin, ordering him to arrive in Outer Mongolia before the Southern Flying Group troops, Liu Cuigang was wounded, and the Northern Flying Group has no leader, and he needs to be in charge!" ”

Wang Jun went out to send a telegram, and Tang Qiuli called in a staff officer and ordered: "Immediately call Director Shen of the Investigation Department, Director of the Intelligence Division, Captain of the Chutian Detachment of the Special Operations Detachment, and Brigade Commander Tong Batu of the Second Cavalry Brigade and ask them to come to the headquarters immediately!" ”

Ten minutes later, Yu Deshui and Shen Jun came together, as soon as they entered the room, they found that the division commander's expression was very tired, the two exchanged glances, about today's air battle, Liu Cuigang was injured, the two also knew something, however, they were busy arranging tonight's arrest operation, and did not pay too much attention, now, the division commander suddenly let himself come, is there anything important to explain?

Therefore, Yu Deshui and Shen Jun secretly guessed the intention of the sudden summons of the division commander, and did not disturb Tang Qiuli, who was in contemplation, to find a chair to sit down, and waited quietly for the division commander, they did not know that Chu Tian and Tong Batu also received the same call.

Tang Qiuli raised his head and glanced at the two powerful department heads of the independent division, but he didn't speak, but Yu Deshui and Shen Jun saw too much content from the division commander's eyes, how to say it, murderous, murderous aura that couldn't be concealed!

Outside the courtyard gate, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, you don't need to look at it to know, it must be the commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade Tong Batu arrived, the brigade commanders of various units of the independent division, including officers at the regiment commander level, are basically equipped with military jeeps, only cavalry troops, and stubbornly use war horses, especially Tong Batu, who doesn't like to smell gasoline, in his words, "Jeep that thing, sitting on the buttocks, smelling nausea, how can there be a war horse comfortable, cross the ditch and cross the river, and it will be done there!" ”

In the corridor, the sound of horse boots stepping on the ground sounded, and Tong Batu shouted loudly at the door: "Report to the division commander, Tong Batu, commander of the First Cavalry Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, is ordered to come!" ”

It's strange to say, Tong Batu's shouting so loudly diluted the somewhat frozen atmosphere in the room, and there was a fresh breath inside, Tang Qiuli's face showed a slight smile, and shouted: "It's Brigade Commander Tong, come in!" ”

After Tong Batu came in, Kulun Yu Deshui and Shen Jun, who were somewhat surprised, glanced at Shen Jun, said hello with their eyes and sat down, Tong Batu just sat down, and outside the room, a report sounded again: "Report to the division commander, Chu Tian, the leader of the special operations detachment, is ordered to come!" ”

Hearing Chu Tian's voice, Yu Deshui, Shen Jun, and Tong Batu all understood that the purpose of the division commander to convene himself late at night, including Chu Tian, was the person in charge of arresting separatists in the entire territory of Outer Mongolia, and the temporary meeting was related to the action in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

After Chu Tian came in, Tang Qiu left the door and said: "Everyone is all together, to make a long story short, on the front line of the Sejingge River, the battle is very fierce, Sun Zhenbang, the commander of the Outer Mongolian Border Army, is seriously injured, and Liu Cuigang, the commander of the Northern Flight Group of the Air Force, is seriously injured and is still in a coma, this is something that has never happened in previous battles, including fighting with the Japanese army, and there is no situation where two commanders are seriously injured in a battle!" ”

"Today, the four of you are temporarily summoned, just for the arrest and arrest in the early hours of tomorrow morning, the specific deployment, I will not interfere, only explain one point to you, all the people on the list, none of them can slip through the net, it is better to be caught by mistake than to let go, Stalin dared to send troops to Outer Mongolia, and there are separatists as internal responses, which is the decisive factor!"

"If the internal troubles are not eliminated, there will never be peace in Outer Mongolia, even if the blood is sprinkled all over the grassland, the infamy of this executioner will be borne by me!"

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