"Liu Cuigang!" Sun Zhenbang was stunned for a moment, and then, ecstatic, it turned out to be Liu Cuigang, who personally went into battle and commanded this air battle, no wonder the fight was so lively, bombing the target? The greatest threat to one's own troops is the Soviet artillery, and if they do not expect to kill all the Soviet artillery, if they can kill half of them, the pressure on the forward troops will be reduced a lot.

Sun Zhenbang shouted loudly: "Cui Gang, I am Sun Zhenbang, you are too timely, kill Lao Maozi's artillery for me, and immediately send you the location of the Soviet artillery position!" ”

In the morning of the artillery battle, the position of the Soviet artillery position had been basically exposed, and Sun Zhenbang made a phone call to the artillery brigade, and soon, various numbers were transmitted to the commander of the bomber formation.

Ten minutes later, two bomber regiments of the Northern Flying Group and a formation of more than 120 bombers "rumbled" over the Sejingge River, and at this time, Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky, commander of the 1st Fighter Division of the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, had already been beaten by the fighters commanded by Liu Cuigang.

Soviet fighter pilots, let alone doppelgangers to intercept them, were fortunate to be able to keep their fighters and not be shot down by the fighters of the independent division who were chasing after them.

A few minutes later, on the north bank of the Sejingge River, in the rear of the Soviet army, patches of purple-red clouds began to rise, and the dull sound of explosions came one after another, Sun Zhenbang was so happy that he slapped his thigh, and shouted again and again: "Good job!" Kill the artillery of the Soviet army, let's keep an eye on the south bank for five or six days, it will not be a problem, Liu Cui has just arrived, it really solves a big problem for us! ”

There was no harassment from Soviet fighters. The bomber group of the independent division bombed the Soviet artillery positions with great ease, although the ground anti-aircraft firepower of the Soviet army exceeded that of the Japanese army by several times, and it could be evenly distributed, and the density of anti-aircraft fire used for the artillery positions was immediately reduced, and a fighter regiment left by Meng Qingpeng was left. It was specially responsible for clearing the ground anti-aircraft artillery fire of the Soviet army, bringing great damage to the anti-aircraft fire points of the Soviet army.

Thirty minutes later, before Liu Cui just gave the order for the fighter group to withdraw from the battlefield. Bomber formations, having completed the bombing of Soviet artillery positions. Shun lì returned. Although it was only 30 minutes of bombing, it caused great damage to the Soviet artillery positions, and the bomber formation only paid the price of two bombers shot down and five damaged. More than 1,000 heavy aerial bombs were dropped, blowing up Soviet artillery positions to the ground.

General Kulygin, after putting down the phone call to Admiral Konev, turned pale. The well-planned first attack, not only did not get any cheap, but also took in two flight divisions, and now, the artillery positions have been bombed again, could it be that Konev's air force is all wine bags and rice bags? The fighters and bombers of the independent division, after taking advantage of the sky, ran to the ground to take advantage.

General Kurygin just doesn't understand, Konev has four fighter divisions and more than 600 fighters in his hands, how can he let the fighters and bombers of the independent division, such an unscrupulous bombing? The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and ordered the staff officers around him: "Give me the Air Force Headquarters of the Military Region immediately!" ”

At this time, General Kulygin, who was standing outside the tent, saw that a bomber of an independent division swooped over from a distance, and under the belly of the plane, two small black dots fell, with a piercing scream, falling in the direction where he was.

Several of the commander's comrades' guards rushed in front of him and threw him down on the grass, "Boom! Rumble! "The bomb exploded not far from the tent of General Kurekin's temporary headquarters, and with two loud bangs, smoke rose up, stirred up two thick pillars of earth, and the shock wave and air wave lifted the tent into the air like tearing a piece of paper, and then, it was cut into countless pieces by shrapnel flying in all directions.

When the other staff officers came over and pulled him up from the ground, the body of the comrade commander was stamped with a few red blood stains, and Lieutenant General Zirenenko, chief of staff of the military district who rushed to hear the news, made a "bang" in his head, and secretly cried out in his heart, "It's bad, the commander is injured!" ”

When he got closer, he inquired carefully, and it turned out to be a false alarm, and the blood on the body of the comrade commander was on the body of the guards who covered him, two guards were killed on the spot, and there were irregularly shrapnel on their bodies, and the red blood flowed out "goo", and the other three guards were also seriously wounded, and the bodies of several staff officers were lying in the original tent position, and if there were no guards as meat shields, these shrapnel would have been inserted into the comrades of the commander who commanded more than 200,000 troops.

Lieutenant General Zirnenko was afraid for a while, the supreme commander of the army was almost bombed, this place could not stay in any case, and hurriedly said: "Comrade commander, this place is too dangerous, we should move to safety immediately!" ”

General Kulygin's face turned pale, he looked at the bomber group of the independent division that had begun to return, and roared angrily: "Safe zone? In the sky, there are fighters and bombers of separate divisions, is there still a safe zone? That Konev is really incompetent, give me access to him right away! ”

The location of the headquarters was in a mess, two huge craters, still billowing smoke, corpses were strewn and blood was piercing, and the telephone was unusable, General Kurygin dictated, "Order, the Air Force of the Military Region will attack the aircraft group of the independent division at any cost!" Regain air supremacy in the offensive area! ”

Now, General Kulykin, who was completely enraged, was eager to shoot down all the planes of the independent division, and the life of a commander commanding more than 200,000 troops was threatened like this, even if he chased all the way to Kulen, he would teach the Chinese a hard lesson!

Soon, Admiral Konev's reply arrived, but it made General Kurygin furious, "Comrade commander, in view of the air combat situation, the 3rd Bomber Division of the Air Force of the Don Military District was completely annihilated, and the 1st Fighter Division of the Air Force of our Military District was heavily damaged, in fact, the air battle has ended, and there is no point in pursuing the group of independent divisions returning home, therefore, I have ordered the three reinforced fighter divisions to return to their respective airfields!" ”

This is the reply of his subordinates, "Bastard! General Kurygin scolded angrily, holding it in his heart in one breath, there was nowhere to vent, the air battle had ended, the sky had returned to calm, and the Chinese who had taken advantage of it swaggered away, leaving behind a tragically bombed position, this qiē was caused by the incompetence of that Konev's command, and in the heart of General Kulygin, Admiral Konev, has been listed as the object of purge.

Looking at his watch, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and General Kurygin said to the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Zirnenko: "Order the troops, prepare immediately, and in an hour, launch a second offensive, and be sure to capture the positions of the defensive units of the independent division before dark, a river, which should not stop the footsteps of our Soviet Red Army!" ”

Chief of Staff Zirnianko, with a sad face, said: "Commander, I'm afraid not, I just received a report from the artillery unit, in the bombardment just now, the position of the artillery unit was damaged by Yanzhòng, and the losses were not small, and they were busy rescuing the wounded and repairing the position, and within an hour, they could not provide artillery support. ”

"Moreover, from the obstruction of the first attack to the bombing of the bombers of the independent division, plus the annihilation of one of our bomber divisions and the destruction of a fighter division, the morale of the troops has dropped to the lowest point, not to mention that it is getting late, and it is not a good time to attack, therefore, Comrade Commander, I will stop the offensive today and make a decision after we have studied a more appropriate method!"

General Kurygin knew that the words of Lieutenant General Zirnenko were very reasonable, the first attack of the troops was frustrated, and they were indiscriminately bombed by the bombers of the independent division, especially in an air battle, the soldiers saw it, and their morale was bound to be severely hit, to say something unpleasant, it was almost like a defeated rooster, how could such a soldier pull up to fight, his mind was too radical.

General Kurygin sighed and said: "Comrade Zirnenko, your reminder is very timely, okay, the order is canceled, the troops will rest for one night, give an order to the political committee members at all levels, go deep among the soldiers, do ideological work, you must do your best to restore the morale of the troops, at eight o'clock in the evening, convene a meeting of the commanders of the troops at and above the regimental level, I am a little tired, the orders and meetings, you will be in charge!" ”

General Kurygin walked away with a few guards, looking at his somewhat gloomy back, Chief of Staff Zirnenko suddenly had a bad premonition, the ambitious commander, commanding four mechanized infantry divisions, four tank brigades, four artillery divisions and two armored brigades, marched south, originally with the determination to capture Kulen and recover Outer Mongolia.

However, the situation of the war was unpredictable, the first battle was a heavy setback, the losses of the troops were not large, but the blow to the confidence of the commander was very huge, Tang Qiuli was a difficult opponent in the military commander in the Outer Mongolia region, if which Chinese personally came to the battlefield in Outer Mongolia and commanded the troops of the independent division to fight, what would be the situation?

What will be the end of famous Red Army generals such as Zhukov, could it be that the Transcaucasian Military District and the commander of Kulygin will repeat the mistakes of the first war in Outer Mongolia?

In his mind, he kept recalling the situation of today's ground and air battles, and his tactics and command were correct, and the appearance of the air group of the independent division should be an unexpected factor, but the commander of the air force of the military district, General Konev, had an unshirkable responsibility.

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