Kulun, the headquarters of the Outer Mongolia Frontier Army, Tang Qiuli's temporary command post, Wang Jun, chief of staff of the border defense army, put down the phone, turned back to Tang Qiuli and said: "Division commander, the ground air command report, Commander Liu personally led the team, the first batch of aircraft has taken off!" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head with a smile and said: "The two generals of the aviation force are both with the same temper, as soon as they hear that there is a battle, their eyes will bloom, send a telegram to Sun Zhenbang and tell him that our aircraft group is about to arrive in the airspace of the Sejingge River, and at the same time, remind him that the mixed aircraft group of the Soviet army is going towards him, pay attention to the air defense of the troops!" ”

A few minutes later, Sun Zhenbang received a telegram from the division commander, and after reading the telegram, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and at this time, he hoped that the Soviet artillery would begin, so that the air force could indicate the target, and blow up the Soviet artillery that posed the greatest threat to his position.

Putting down the telegram, Sun Zhenbang pondered it carefully, and suddenly, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his head, and he understood why the Soviet army's shelling and offensive had not started yet, they were waiting for bombers, needless to say, they must have come towards the anti-artillery holes and shelters of their own troops, and the shells could not help it, so they switched to bombers.

It is unimaginable that without the support of the aviation group, the heavy aerial bombs flying in the sky can be much more powerful than the 150 mm caliber howitzer shells of the Soviet army, even if they do not hit directly, the anti-artillery holes and shelters of the civil structure can survive several rounds of bombing, and if they are not done well, more than half of the forward troops will be buried alive in it, which is so dangerous! The Soviet commander's hand is poisonous enough, and his opponent is a scheming and difficult guy to deal with!

Sun Zhenbang did not hesitate to withdraw about half of his front-line troops. The decision was the right one!

Senior Colonel Djuganovsky, Division 1 of the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, is an experienced veteran, who first served in the Air Force of the former Far Eastern Military District, and later, transferred to the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military District in a structured manner, and his position was also promoted from colonel to colonel and division commander. Also fought with the aviation of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

A few years ago, in the Outer Mongolian War, which led to the revocation of the name of the Far Eastern Military District, Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky was lucky, and the fighter regiment under his command did not wait for the order to participate in the battle. The war ended in a crushing defeat for the mighty Soviet Union.

Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky, who did not take part in the battles with the aviation of the separate division. But that didn't stop him from paying attention to the far south. The miracle of the aviation of a country that has been extremely weak for a hundred years, although many conclusions, are drawn from the mouths of commanders of other units who participated in the battles, hence his assessment of the aviation of separate divisions. Objective but lacking direct understanding.

Later, in order to cooperate with Zhukov's Far Eastern Front in the fight against the Japanese Kwantung Army, Zyuganovsky, who had been promoted to colonel and division commander, commanded the 1st Fighter Division. Played against the Kwantung Army Air Force many times, won and lost each other, and had a slight upper hand.

Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky compared the aviation units of the Kwantung Army with those of the independent division, tactics, tactics, pilots' fighting spirit, combat will, training level, aircraft performance, and other comprehensive factors, and came to the conclusion that the aviation units of the independent division were slightly inferior to the Japanese Kwantung Army in terms of comprehensive level.

Therefore, Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky does not have so much psychological fear and burden for the opponent he is about to face, but this does not prevent him from paying enough attention to it, at least, the name of Liu Cuigang, commander of the Northern Flight Group of the Independent Division Air Force, is still thunderous in the Far East, and it is a formidable opponent!

At the operational meeting before commanding the fighter group to take off, Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky warned the three regiment commanders: "We must not take our minds lightly and have the mentality of underestimating the enemy, because the aviation unit of the independent division is a very difficult opponent to deal with, and the fact that the air force of the Japanese Kwantung Army has repeatedly been defeated at their hands is very illustrative." ”

Speaking from the bottom of his heart, Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky had quite a few complaints about the use of air force by his superiors, and in his opinion, it was not appropriate to use bomber units after several large-scale air decisive battles were carried out in the airspace of Outer Mongolia and most of Liu Cuigang's air combat power was consumed.

Otherwise, the four fighter divisions assembled in the Outer Mongolia region will be used to escort bomber formations and fight against the aviation of independent divisions, and their troops will appear insufficient and scattered.

After receiving the order to escort the bomber group, Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky snorted angrily; in his opinion, those commanders of the air force of the military region simply don't understand bullshit, and it is okay to dispatch bombers, as long as the escort fighter group is closely deployed and cautiously responded, no fighter of an independent division will take advantage of the loopholes.

It is not that the air force of the Don Military Region, whose combat capability and training level are not mentionable, but the problem of coordination between the two different types of aircraft; the Soviet Union has a large land area and vast territory, and the air forces of each military region have their own set of training models, and there are considerable differences under the unified standard.

If Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky had been in command himself, he would have sent the 1st Bomber Division of the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military District, if not for anything else, but for the sake of proficiency in coordination.

For example, now, the original plan was that the 3rd Bomber Division of the Air Force of the Don Military Region would take off from Balnaur Airport 40 minutes ahead of schedule and maintain its cruising speed, and 40 minutes later, its own fighter division would take off from Chita Airport and rendezvous over Simbatysk, and then, after that, it would form a mixed group and fly to the theater of operations together to carry out bombing missions.

However, when more than 190 fighters of the 1st Fighter Division rushed to the airspace of Simbatysk at the scheduled time, not even a single plane of the 3rd Bomber Division of the Air Force of the Don Military District could be seen.

Fifteen minutes later, Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky, who had been waiting for a long time, finally couldn't hold his breath and called the ground air commander, "Air Finger, I am Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky of the 1st Fighter Division, calling in the airspace of Sinbatisk, and now I ask, it has exceeded the scheduled rendezvous time for fifteen minutes, why has the escort target not appeared, and has the plan changed?" ”

The answer of the ground air finger almost made Colonel Zyuganovsky spurt out a mouthful of blood, "I am the ground air finger, how did I do it?" The bomber group has been in the airspace for twenty-five minutes, why are you lagging behind? Zyuganovsky, I warn you, if because of you, the fraternal units of the Air Force of the Don Military District suffer any losses, all the consequences will be borne by you! ”

Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky heard that the person in charge of directing the air battle on the ground was the chief of staff of the major general of the air force of the military region, the top boss, who usually did not catch a cold himself, and the colonel and division commander who had been warned and trained with a stinky training did not even dare to let out a fart, although he knew that the responsibility for causing such a mistake did not lie with him at all, and it was the cooperation between the two units that had gone wrong.

Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky didn't care about his grievances, he broke out in a cold sweat, and it took less than forty minutes to reach the airspace of the Sesagoge River from the airspace of Simbatisk, and twenty-five minutes had passed since the bomber group, oh my God, that is to say, those stupid guys were already close to the bombing airspace, and the bomber group without fighter escort, in case of encountering Liu Cuigang's fighters, it was almost like a chicken to be slaughtered!

Senior Colonel Zyuganovsky roared: "Attention all regiments, form a battle formation, and catch up with the bomber formation as fast as possible!" ”

I can't help but be in a hurry, those idiots of the Air Force of the Don River Military Region actually went to bomb the positions of the Independent Division without fighter escort, and went to find death like themselves, they are really fucking evil, so they don't know how to ask about the empty finger? Or wait ten minutes, if they are unlucky, their own life will not be easy, at the very least, the comrade of the major general and chief of staff, will not let himself go, will not make himself half dead, and will never stop!

In the airspace on the south bank of the Sejingge River, Liu Cuigang commanded eight fighter regiments to fly to the war zone at a steady speed, and behind the fighter formation, about 30 minutes behind in the air, two bomber regiments were also flying to the war zone.

Liu Cuigang looked around the sky, the morning sun had risen, the sky was cloudless, it was a good weather for air combat, at this time, in the call channel, suddenly there was a call, "One, No. 1, I am the Kulun ground air command, received a report from the radar station, the Soviet aircraft group is divided into two parts, the interval between the front and back is about twenty-five minutes, and it is approaching our aircraft group, it is very strange, the battle formation of the Soviet army is somewhat unreasonable, with the bomber formation as the guide, and the fighter formation lags behind!" ”

Liu Cuigang shook his head in disbelief and asked, "What?" Is this true? Repeat! ”

Kulen ground air command commander, repeated what he just said, this time, Liu Cuigang believed, he turned on the airborne radar, sure enough, on the screen, two small bright spots appeared one after another, judging from the size of the bright spots, the front one must be the Soviet bomber group, however, the distance between the two bright spots is gradually shrinking.

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