The fierce air battles between the independent division's air force and the Soviet fighter group, from the battlefields of Hagengaule and Baiyinchagan to the airspace on the south bank of the Sejingge River, proved that Tang Qiuli's worries were not superfluous, and it was a tough battle with a huge disparity in strength and no tricks.

Le Yiqin and his fighter pilots were all red-eyed, facing wave after wave, as if they could never beat the Soviet fighters, only the instinct to fight in their minds, more than 2,000 fighters on both sides roared up and down in the sky, chasing each other, shooting viciously, gritting their teeth to kill each other, leaving a string of pale white smoke on the trajectory, and the fireball of the plane explosion almost reflected the red sky.

The pressure faced by the Leyiqin group was not only the superiority of the Soviet fighters, but also the experience and lessons gained by the commander of the Outer Mongolia Campaign Air Force and the deputy commander of the Air Force of the Don Military District of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant General Jonasov, after two battles with the aviation of the independent division.

"Never disperse, tightly maintain a good tactical formation in the air, not be tempted by the trickery of the Chinese, and always form a numerical superiority!" Fighting with the fighters of the independent division, taking advantage of the numerical superiority of our troops, and consuming the capital of the aviation of the independent division," this is what Lieutenant General Jonasov told the commanders of the fighter divisions under his command at the combat meeting before takeoff.

On the other hand, division commander Tang Qiuli ordered that the air safety of Yang Ketian's defense troops on the south bank of the Sejingge River must be ensured, and according to Le Yiqin's understanding, the gist of the division commander's order is to make Yang Ketian's bottom-copying troops not be discovered by the Soviet fighter group.

In order to do this, Le Yiqin also had to control the battlefield of air combat in the area south of the Sejingge River. In order to prevent Yang Ketian's troops from exposing their targets, all the strategies and tactics have basically lost their usefulness, and what remains is a contest between fighter pilots, technology and tactics, courage and wisdom, and the two sides are fighting fiercely, not afraid of death, and daring to shoot eye to eye and fighter plane to fight. Therefore, this air battle was fought more hard.

Le Yiqin himself has shot down five Soviet fighters and wingmen around him. I have also changed three planes, and I saw the fierce Cheng dù of the air battle. Compared with. The Soviet army lost more fighter planes than the independent divisional aviation units, and in terms of actual combat experience, the Soviet fighter pilots were not half a star.

Since the day the aviation of the independent division was formed, not a single day has been spent in air battles. From North China to the Indochina Peninsula, especially Le Yiqin's Southern Flying Group, it fought with the Japanese Army and Navy Air Force and the British Air Force in India. Almost all pilots grew up in air battles, and fighting became the whole of their lives, and the fuselage of the fighter plane, painted with two five-pointed stars, did not rank on the list of heroes in the number of enemy planes shot down.

In the face of such an opponent, the Soviet fighter pilots gradually fought softly and lost their courage, and the fact is also true, who wants to fight hard with a group of outlaw pilots, sometimes, the Soviet fighter pilots can't believe their eyes, the fighter pilots of the independent division, the two-plane formation, dare to surprise the fighters of one of their squadrons, moreover, they still take the initiative to attack, and they will fight to the death!

Soviet fighter pilots were unwilling to fight hard, but they could not prevent the fighter pilots of the Independent Division from coming up and fighting hard.

In Le Yiqin's headphones, the pilots kept shouting, "103, don't be slimy, catch up and kill that bastard!" "524, cover me, that old Maozi fighter, just hit me with a shuttle, if you don't kill him, I have a nest in my heart!" "Three brigades, bring me the Soviet fighter group on your left flank! I'm going to kill them! "I heard it, this is the movement of Colonel Yu Guoan, the commander of the 11th Fighter Regiment.

The headphones are like boiling the pot, the shouts of the pilots, accompanied by the fierce machine gun fire, the whistling sound of the fighters, poured into Le Yiqin's ears like a tide, Le Yiqin also laughed with the "quack", he appreciated the passion of this kind of fighting, he knew that his pilots, often at this time, is to hit the alley, in a cultural word, called "getting better!" "I can play at an extraordinary level of fighting!

The indicator light of a special communication channel began to flash, Le Yiqin hurriedly adjusted the intercom to that channel, and in an instant, the voice of the division commander Tang Qiuli came, "Yiqin, I am Tang Qiuli, the ground battle is going well, you can let go of your hands and feet, the Soviet mixed aircraft group that was put over, did not take advantage of it, it has been repulsed, if the pressure of the troops is too great, you can gradually withdraw south in a planned way, lure the Soviet fighter group into the range of ground air defense fire, and let the air defense force help you!" ”

When Le Yiqin heard this, he felt uncomfortable, and simply refused: "Thank you for the division commander's concern, we can still support it, Lao Maozi pilots, now the hands and feet are a little soft, you can rest assured, don't pee the Soviet Air Force, take the initiative to withdraw from the battle, never dare to show your head again, and never withdraw your troops!" ”

Distracted, two Soviet fighters came up from behind Le Yiqin, "No. 1!" Number One! You are followed by two tails, get rid of them immediately! In the air formation channel, there was a sudden rush call from his wingman pilot.

Le Yiqin kicked the left rudder sharply, the fighter rolled sideways, and a few strings of fire slippers flew next to the wings, and then, two Soviet fighters passed by from the side, and suddenly rushed to Le Yiqin in front of the fighter.

Le Yiqin adjusted the flight attitude, quickly put one of the Soviet fighters in the aperture of the sight, pressed his fingers on the launch button, and a few tongues of fire drilled into the fuselage of the Soviet fighter jet, "Boom!" There was a loud bang, and a cloud of smoke mixed with dark red flames exploded in the bullet-ridden sky.

"Division commander, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, I'm fighting tightly, I'll report the battle situation to you in detail when I go back!" Le Yiqin shouted, and without waiting for Tang Qiuli to speak, "Let's go" turned off the special communication channel, and as soon as he raised the nose of the plane, the fighter suddenly jumped up and stared at another Soviet fighter.

In the command headquarters, Tang Qiuli held the intercom in his hand, dumbfounded, for a long time, as if he had come back to his senses, and said hatefully: "Okay, you are a musician!" It's bold to say that I'm talking nonsense, isn't it? ”

In the command center, there was a loudspeaker, Tang Qiuli and Le Yiqin's call, word for word in the ears of all the staff officers and radio personnel, as well as the correspondents who came in and out, Zhao Yuhe and Wang Jun were so happy that they leaned forward and back, and the other young officers, although they didn't dare to laugh loudly, also blushed, and endured very hard, and several young female newspaper operators laughed so much that their shoulders trembled, and the flowers and branches trembled!

Tang Qiuli glared at him, and the laughter stopped immediately, but when he turned his face, everyone was still full of smiles, on the one hand, Le Yiqin was the first person who dared to say the division commander's nonsense among all the corps-level commanders of the independent division troops, on the other hand, whether it was the battle on the ground or in the air, it was going very smoothly, and in the command center, there was no tense atmosphere, and everyone's mood was relaxed and happy.

Tang Qiuli said to Zhao Yuhe: "Chief of Staff Zhao, you write down, after the air battle is over, as soon as Le Yiqin lands, he will immediately send a telegram, I will punish him, severe punishment!" ”

Zhao Yuhe said with Le: "Division commander, after this battle, Commander Le's aircraft group can beat the Soviet Air Force to the point that he does not dare to show his face, from Lake Baikal to Kulen, the air supremacy is in our hands, such a big record, are you willing to punish him?" ”

Tang Qiuli was also "fluttering" and said: "It's okay not to punish him, but it can't be rewarded, otherwise, this guy should tremble, and there is no one in his eyes, and sooner or later he won't make me angry!" ”

No matter what everyone in the division command center thinks, in the sky, Le Yiqin commands the aircraft group, and the more he fights, the more he fights, the more he fights, the more he fights, the more he fights, and when Lieutenant General Jonasov, commanding the remaining fighters, rushes to the air combat battlefield, the initiative on the battlefield has been transferred to the independent division aviation, and there is still a one-sided trend.

Lieutenant General Jonasov glanced at the battlefield and immediately decided, "Order, all formations." Withdraw from the battle and return home! ”

Lieutenant General Jonasov was reluctant to give such an order, but he knew better that if he continued to fight, not only would he not be able to destroy the aviation of the independent division, but the losses of his own air group would continue to increase, and the morale would no longer be on his side, and the most important thing was that he had already completed the task of covering the withdrawal of troops from the Transcaucasian Military District, and if the Air Force suffered too many losses, it would be difficult to explain it in any way.

The Soviet aircraft group gradually broke away from the battle and began to return home, Le Yiqin breathed a long sigh of relief, he did not want to pursue, but he was unable to do so, the air battle has been fought for more than an hour, not only the fuel of the aircraft is insufficient, the losses of each regiment, I am afraid it will not be small.

Le Yiqin glanced at the direction of the retreat of the Soviet aircraft group hatefully, and issued an order: "Attention of all regiments, return immediately, after landing, count the casualties of pilots and fighter losses, and report to the group headquarters, and each regiment will hold a battle summary meeting to review the gains and losses of today's air battle, and there must be written materials and report together!" ”

"Cullen's empty finger! Cullen Empty Finger! I am No. 1, and I immediately contacted the ground forces to search and rescue our parachuted pilot, and at the same time ordered the ground support departments of all airports to prepare for the repair of battle-damaged aircraft! ”

A fierce air battle is over, and after learning the report that Le Yiqin safely led the group to return home, Tang Qiuli's heart was finally completely put back in his stomach, and the next thing to consider was how to end this battle best and fastest, and how is the battlefield in eastern Outer Mongolia pursuing the troops of the Soviet Far East Front?

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