On May 1, 316 in the imperial calendar, in a different world without May Day, the 11th Front Army of the Imperial Army, which had made all the preparations for battle, launched an attack on the city of Finistère, a new territory of the former Gallic Kingdom and now the Duchy of Luxsen, garrisoned by Ouyang Yu's 88th Division.

The commander of the Eleventh Front Army, General Carl D. Luther, was a good friend of the commander of the Fifth Front, Grand Duke Philip, who informed General Luther of all the operational characteristics of Ouyang Yu's army by telegram, and Admiral Luther made targeted arrangements after careful study, especially his own logistics system was well protected.

The defensive line of the 88th Division was not near the city of Finister, but extended a distance of one hundred and twenty kilometers, because the terrain in this area was undulating, with many hills and dense forests, and the only suitable place for fighting was a narrow strip of land in the north-south direction, from which the Imperial army could only attack large forces.

In addition to the 88th Division, the newly formed garrison of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, Six or four divisions were also deployed to the defensive line, although these four divisions were newly formed, but most of the soldiers were the routs of the former Gallic Kingdom, the training level was good, and they all had some combat experience, so although the formation time was relatively late, it was formed earlier than the first and second divisions in the Principality of Luxsen, and almost all the soldiers were angry at the imperial army to destroy the country, and the will to fight was relatively high, so Ouyang Yu put these four divisions that had not yet completed training on the front line, attacking these four divisions may not work, but the defensive battle should still be possible, so Ouyang Yu in order to test the combat effectiveness of these four divisions, they were moved to the front, and the 88th Division, as a reserve, was instead put to the rear.

The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth divisions of the garrison army, Ouyang Yu was formed according to the establishment of pure infantry divisions, there were no tanks and armored vehicles except trucks, each division had 48 A-19 122 mm cannons, and 96 ZIS-3 76 mm cannons, and there were 12 M1938 120 mm heavy mortars at the regiment level, eight 82 mm mortars at the battalion level, and four 60 mm mortars at the company level.

Ouyang Yu's military theory is deeply influenced by the PLA bombing theory in another world, so her army is equipped with many large and small artillery pieces and mortars, and she is also planning to form a corps-level artillery division, and in the future plans to equip ML-20 152mm cannon howitzers, B4 203mm howitzers and the famous Katyusha rocket launchers, but for many reasons, the artillery division has always been just a plan.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of 1 May, the 6th Division of the Lucerne Garrison, which was deployed at the forefront of the narrow strip, discovered signs of the activities of the Imperial Army and immediately reported it to Ouyang Yu, who was already in command of the city of Phoenixtel, and Ouyang Yu immediately ordered the Air Force to reconnoiter the movements and general disposition of the Imperial Army.

At 9:30 a.m. on 1 May, two I-153 fighters belonging to the Fourth Group of the First Wing were carrying out a reconnaissance mission in the air at a distance of 500 meters.

"Hey, Valery, when do you suppose our great comrade leader will be able to repel the attack of capitalist lackeys?"

Reconnaissance missions are boring, and the soldiers with their own independent thinking systems sometimes chat a few words between missions, just like the two pilots now, they use the radio on the fighter jet to chat.

"My dear Comrade Lev, I suspect that this battle will take less than a week before the lackeys of capitalism will be repulsed. ”

Valery: "Do you guess a week? I guess it's only five days, should we make a bet?"

Lev: "Well, what do you want to bet on?"

Valery: "How about the bottle of vodka you were rewarded with last time?"

Lev: "Hahaha...... I knew you had your eye on my bottle of vodka. ”

Valery: "I can't help it, the wine in this world is too hard to drink, and vodka is still enjoyable to drink." ”

Lev: "Well, if I lose that bottle of vodka we'll drink it together, but what if I win?"

Valery: "If you win, then the next time I go to the town bar on vacation, I'll use the allowance to buy a whole table of the best food, and we'll drink your bottle of vodka together." ”

Lev: "Hahaha...... It seems that I won't be able to keep the bottle of vodka that wins or loses, no problem, and when we go on vacation next time, we will go to the tavern in town and get rid of that bottle of vodka, otherwise you will never be able to sleep, hahaha......!"

Neither of the two drivers in the small talk noticed that an uninvited guest appeared on their heads.

"Uh......h Da da ......!"

Two of the Imperial Army's new Raptor fighters swooped down from the clouds and fired a dense burst of light at the two unsuspecting I-153 fighters, and Valery's fighter plane was instantly smashed into a ball of fireball and fell to the ground, and Lev was lucky enough to avoid the first attack with a left wing injury.

Lev hurriedly glanced at the wounded left flank and the downed Valery fighter, and immediately turned on the radio to call for reinforcements, "Help! Help! This is Seamaster 8, this is Seahorse 8, I was besieged by two enemy new aircraft, the wingman has been shot down, the current position is XXOO, help! Help!"

Lev controlled the I-153 fighter to dodge and call for help, his fighter continued to dodge in the air, a string of light bullets flashed his fighter plane thrillingly, Lev has been looking for a chance to counterattack, but the pilots of the two Imperial Army's Raptor fighters are skillful, one person attacks when the other person covers, plus the performance of the Raptor fighter is also comparable to the I-153 fighter, Lev has been pressed and beaten, there will be any chance to counterattack.

Lev's I-153 jet rolled sharply to the left, a barrage of light bullets grazed the belly of the plane, and when the danger passed, Lev jerked the joystick, and his I-153 turned sideways to the left with the fuselage, trying to go around behind the enemy plane attacking him, but the enemy plane's wingman did not give him this opportunity.

"Da da da ......!"

A string of light bullets flew over Lev's head, and Lev realized that there was a problem with the steering of his plane, and he looked back to see that the tail rudder had been shot into a sieve.

"It's over. ”

It was difficult for Lev's fighter to make a large evasion action when the tail rudder was damaged, and it didn't take long for Lev's fighter to be beaten into a torch, fortunately Lev had parachuted out before this, and returned to his fighter wing safely after landing, but his comrade-in-arms Valery was not so lucky, Valery's remains were found by the search and rescue team half a month later, in the fighter plane that had been burned only the steel frame.

It didn't take long for the report of this air battle to be put in front of Ouyang Yu, and the encounters in the air did not occur once, but six times, in which Ouyang Yu's army lost a total of seven fighters and three were wounded, and the Imperial Army was shot down two and two were wounded.

The main reason why the losses are greater than those of the Imperial Army is that the pilots are careless and do not pay attention to the situation around them, if they are careful, they will not only not lose but can also kill back, just like the two pilots in the third group of the first wing mentioned in the report, they found the new fighters of the Imperial Army in time to sneak attack, and successfully shot down the two fighters after a battle.

After Ouyang Yu finished reading all the reports, he called all the air force wing captains and political commissars, Ouyang Yu's face was ugly, and the five wing captains and five political commissars stood in front of Ouyang Yu and did not dare to make a sound.

"Smack!"

Ouyang Yu slammed a stack of reports on the desk in front of him, "Comrades, please tell me, why do our great proletarian fighters have the idea of being careless and underestimating the enemy, and are defeated by the enemy's sneak attack, tell me why?"

None of the five co-captains and the five political commissars dared to open their mouths to defend themselves or make some targeted suggestions, which made Ouyang Yu feel disappointed and even more angry.

"What's wrong? Are you all dumb?!"

The five co-captains and the five commissars still didn't speak, and they all lowered their heads and looked at their toes.

"Get out of here!"

Ouyang Yu sat on the office chair in disappointment, she felt that the army under her command was like the Soviet Red Army that had just undergone a great purge, and there was no talent available, but some smart talents had emerged in the ordinary army.

"Do you want ordinary people to command the soldiers?"

Ouyang Yu just thought about it for a while and gave up this idea, because there were too many secrets of the pure system soldier unit, and it was not suitable for ordinary people in this world to join now, so it was better to think of a way in the dungeon in the future.

In order to solve the air force of the Imperial Army, Ouyang Yu locked himself in his office and meditated all night, and came up with a battle plan that could lure the Imperial Army fighters out.

The aerial reconnaissance on 1 May was not without effect, in a small town more than 60 kilometers south of the front line of Ouyang Yu's army, a material transfer station of the imperial army was discovered, Ouyang Yu planned to send two bomber groups to bomb tomorrow under the escort of a small number of fighters, and then all the other fighters were ambushed in the air, as long as the fighters of the imperial army dared to come out, she was confident that they would be annihilated.

Early in the morning of May 2, the two airfields near the city of Phoenixte began to get busy, and a large number of I-153 fighter jets took to the skies, and the first large-scale air battle in the other world would begin today.