The Type 36 light bomber is the work of the National Uplink Aircraft Company, which is the largest state-run aircraft company in Yanjing, unlike private enterprises.

It is equipped with two 860 hp star-shaped engines, with a slightly square nose, a slender fuselage, two small vertical tails in the tail, and a maximum bomb load of 1,000kg, but it usually does not strike at full capacity.

In the cockpit of the No. 3 plane, the navigator put down his binoculars, lowered his head and shouted: "Three thousand meters away, ready!" ”

The bombardier crouched in the nose of the plane, and he moved to the bomb sight on his knees, and then leaned over.

The rectangular military airfield is located in the upper part of the circular field of view of the scope, and the bombardier aims the crosshairs of the scope at the airfield building, and then begins to twist the knob to set the parameters.

The Russian troops on the ground were in disarray, and the shrill sound of air raid sirens made people panic, as if the bow of a cello was pulling back and forth on the heart.

The Russian troops in the air defense position hurriedly went to operate the anti-aircraft guns, and the soldiers with altimeters in their hands shouted the count; A round of 76.2mm anti-aircraft shells was removed from the tin box and immediately twisted by a "wrench" to adjust the mechanical fixed altitude fuse.

The current army construction of Tsarist Russia is quite inefficient and chaotic, and there are considerable problems with the weapons equipped by the air defense forces.

The highest level was the M7931 76.2mm anti-aircraft gun, which was a copy of the British Vickers three-inch anti-aircraft gun, the next class was the 20mm Erlikon MS-cal.60 anti-aircraft gun, and then the twin, triple, and quadruple Maxim 7.62mm water-cooled heavy machine gun.

In order to improve this problem, the Russians bought a complete set of technology and production licenses for the high-performance Bofors M34 40mm anti-aircraft gun from the Swedes three years ago, but there were too many quality problems with the imitations, and the production had to be suspended, and the technical team of Bofors was asked to come and guide.

The bombardiers of the bomber formation could clearly see from the sights that the local anti-aircraft fire was coming at them - the light marks were very conspicuous, the coarser ones were 20mm tracer rounds, and the smaller ones were 7.62mm tracer rounds.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

After the explosion of the 76.2mm high-explosive bomb, it left a cloud of gray-black smoke in the sky, and the shock wave shook the plane up and down, left and right, and the fragments of the burst shot made holes in the aluminum alloy skin.

"I'm grass! You're fucking steady...... The parameters are done! ”

With the parameters set, the bomb sight and the autopilot cooperated, and the two took over the control of the aircraft.

Now, when the plane flies over an already set target, the bomb sight controls the automatic drop of the bomb.

In order to pursue higher precision, automatic control is naturally a better choice; If manual control is used, even if the reaction is half a second slower, the plane will already fly dozens of meters away, and the bomb will be far away from the target.

However, if the situation is not suitable, you can also choose to control it manually.

Because it was an attack on the airfield, the bomber formation threw 200kg aerial bombs, and the fuse was adjusted to delay, that is, it detonated again 0.06-0.08s after touching the ground.

In this way, the bomb will penetrate deep into the ground and explode, which can blow up a larger crater and increase the enemy's time to repair the airfield.

Although the No. 7 and No. 11 planes were left behind due to the impact of anti-aircraft fire, the remaining 10 bombers still flew steadily over the target.

Forty 200-kilogram bombs drew forty parabolas in the blue sky, and then smashed to the ground like meteorites and exploded.

Because of the delayed detonation, there was not much fire, and the bombardiers could only see clouds of smoke and dust, and scattered building debris.

One of the bombs hit the oil depot and the flames erupted like a volcano, a spectacle that the pilots had never witnessed before.

The red-yellow flames engulfed everything within tens of meters around it, billowing black smoke into the sky!

Someone eagerly picked up the camera and clicked to record such a spectacular scene, and then recorded it in the logbook and sortie report:

「…… Long planes guided the attack, in a vertical trapezoidal formation, and the enemy's anti-aircraft fire was average. The attack began at 16:42 a.m., with an airspeed of 160, and half of the hits were observed, confirming that both runways were badly damaged, and at least one oil depot was destroyed. Look at it, the flames are monstrous."

The bombers had achieved such a great deal that the fighter pilots could no longer hold back their impatience and went straight down to the altitude and began to dive and strafe.

Maybe it doesn't work, but this feeling of beating a reservoir dog ...... It's cool!

After two rounds of exuberance, seeing that the bomber formation had turned around and returned, the fighters who were still unsatisfied had to break away from the battle and accelerate to chase the bombers.

"It's too jolly!"

"Plough them directly, and now they have to repair it for two or three days."

"It's a pity that I didn't meet the plane, so I made a lot of money."

"I'm afraid I'll be dumbfounded when they come back!"

"It's really funny, they ......"

The formation of planes flew smoothly at a cruising altitude of 3,500 meters, heading due south.

However, half an hour later, a fighter pilot in the corner of the formation suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye when he turned his head from side to side and moved his neck.

He looked sideways, and his excellent eyesight, as sharp as an eagle, allowed him to spot something strange in the distance.

Under the white clouds, small black dots loomed, that is...... The fleet of Russian military aircraft on the way back?

Since the new airborne radios have not yet been retrofitted to all of the Air Force's warplanes, many fleets are still equipped with older radios from a few years ago, and their quality and performance are so poor that pilots generally simply dismantle them and save some valuable weight.

The 11th Destroyer Detachment here only began to change its outfit last month, and according to the order of redressing, the 7th Light Bombardment Detachment will have to wait until November.

The pilot immediately shook the wings up and down to attract the attention of the others next to him, then quickly wrote down his findings in a notebook with a pen, and then pulled the canopy open.

The pilot on the side approached and carefully examined the contents of the notebook, and then successively reported the situation to the rest of the fighters.

"Enemy fleet, 160 degrees, 3,000 meters altitude."

Upon learning of the situation, the Fighter Leader Major made a decision without hesitation - to follow them.

Although the remaining fuel is not abundant now, no matter how to follow first, you will go on if you have the opportunity, and you will not lose money if you don't have the opportunity.

Under his leadership, the eight Type 36 fighters rotated sideways one after another, made a 180-degree turn in the air, and then slowly climbed some altitude.

Originally, the Ming army aircraft group was several hundred meters higher than the Russian army aircraft group, and now it has climbed some heights to conceal it and to facilitate a sneak attack later.

The Russian army flew under the clouds, and the Ming army flew above the clouds, so they returned the same way without incident.

In the sky, the black smoke that soared into the sky could be seen from a distance of more than ten kilometers, and when they thought of the confusion and confusion of the Russians at the moment, the Ming pilots couldn't help but want to laugh.

The deep crater blown up by the 200kg aerial bomb using the time-delay fuse cannot be filled in a period of time by manpower alone, and the damaged runway is obviously useless.

The Russian fleet circled at low altitude, and after realizing that it was impossible to land here, they could only hurry up and go to the backup airfield farther away while the fuel was still running out.

All the way after that, it can be seen that the military pilots have evil smiles on their faces.

The thought of an extraordinary surprise for the Russians made everyone even more excited and excited.

An hour later, the group finally arrived at the field airfield No. 3 in Ust-Ilimsk.

The Far East is vast and sparsely populated, and it is naturally impossible for the Russian army to station many people in this kind of small backup airport, so this field airfield looks a little dilapidated and deserted, and there are only two or three small planes parked next to the runway and in the hangar.

The formation of planes began to lower their altitude to prepare for the approach, and the maximum range of the I-16 fighters was only 800 kilometers, and now that the fuel was almost exhausted, they had to be allowed to land first.

One by one, the fighters landed, and the bombers continued to circle and wait.

Half an hour later, when the first bomber was aiming at the runway and starting to land, the back-defended machine gunner of one of the bombers suddenly noticed a strange light.

He felt something glowing above the clouds—it was actually the metal fuselage of the Ming fighter jet glittering in the setting sun.

Ten seconds later, when the machine gunner realized that something was wrong, everything was already a fait accompli.

Eight Type 36 fighters split into four twin formations and attacked in turn.

Like falcons diving and hunting, they swooped down on the Russian military planes that were landing at a speed of nearly 500 km/h.

"Da-da-da-"

Four 7.36mm aviation machine guns arranged at the base of the two wings spat out tongues of fire several feet long, and with a few long bursts, the left engine of an SB-2 bomber burst out flames and black smoke.

It pulled up as hard as it could, and the self-defense machine gun on its back was also firing desperately, but to no avail, the heavy was quickly killed by a barrage of bullets.

A bomber next to it seemed to have been damaged by the steel cable control system, dragging a puff of white smoke to the ground, and then bursting into a large ball of flames.

This kind of sneak attack, which is equivalent to a unilateral massacre, made the Russian pilots angry, but now they can only flee like wolves.

Now he really became the Sukabule in the Russian mouth.

The I-16 fighters, which had just landed, were also attacked and fired into a series of strafing fires.

Some people were running away with rolling and crawling, and some people couldn't stand the anger and planned to take off forcibly in a plane that had run out of fuel, but before they could pull the plane into the air, they were destroyed by a series of bullets......

The small airfield became a place for the Ming planes to show off their might, and as soon as several twin Maxim heavy machine guns of the ground units opened fire, they immediately provoked a siege.

The sparse firepower was completely unable to stop or intimidate the Ming pilots, and the machine gunners were bloodied by the dive-strafing fighters, and the dense bullets made the anti-aircraft positions their graves.

After thirteen minutes of recklessness, the Ming pilots, who had used up all their ammunition, left satisfied.

Although they did not carry aerial bombs, they still ruined the Ust-Ilimsk No. 3 field airfield with only aviation machine guns.

11 of the 18 SB-2 bombers were destroyed and 7 were damaged, 7 of the 8 I-16 fighters were damaged and 1 was damaged, 6 pilots were killed and 15 were wounded, and more than 20 ground troops were killed or wounded.

Of course, the so-called happiness gives birth to sorrow, since this vote is so refreshing, then the corresponding bad things will definitely not be absent.

Because they turned back halfway and followed the Russian army group, the Ming fighters also consumed not much fuel left.

One of the fighters had to abandon the plane and parachute midway due to a fuel leak caused by a broken fuel tank.

Everyone quickly wrote down the latitude and longitude coordinates, and then watched with concern as his snow-white parachute floated down and landed in the mountains of Siberia.

Although it does not violate the laws of war, today's behavior is indeed more immoral, and God knows if the angry Russians will be angry with him.

The remaining seven fighters continued to fly, and the group climbed to an altitude of 6,000 meters, because the air here is thinner, the drag is smaller, and the fuel consumption is naturally much smaller.

At 19:04 in the evening, when approaching their own airfield, three fighters ran out of fuel, and the engines immediately "snorted" and stopped, and the fighters suddenly became gliders.

At this time, the sky will be dark, and the sunset has completely sunset in the west, leaving only a red sunset.

If it were during the day, the pilots would have tried to make a forced landing, but now it's night.

Crash landing in the dark wilderness? The odds are slim to none.

So they had to abandon the plane and parachute.

The plane belongs to the state, and the life is its own. And in all fairness, if a person's value is high enough, then his life is no longer just his own.

Folding four fighters, raising two airfields for the Russians, and destroying more than 20 planes is a proper victory!

At the air base in Fuyuan Prefecture, officers and men celebrated with crowns, pilots who returned victorious were greeted with heroic triumph, and several high-ranking officers were discussing how to repay their victories and ask for merit.

As for the complaints and inquiries of the 47th Infantry Division of the Army, then leave it alone.

Although you have suffered a small grievance, from the perspective of the overall situation, isn't this still a brilliant victory!

The 47th Division did not have time to reason with the Air Force at the moment, and even though there was no air support, the battle on the ground still had to be fought.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the 141st Regiment made a detour due east, the 140th Regiment directly crossed the border and penetrated in depth, and the 139th Regiment deployed its defense on the front, and the trend of flanking and stealing the tail was rapidly taking shape.

Because the attention was not low, the latest developments in the conflict were quickly transmitted back to the capital.

On a big night, Zhou Changfeng, Xia Xiaoshi, and Lin Xi were chatting while listening to the radio, but the sound of the tinkling phone directly broke the leisurely scene.

"Oh? Not bad...... Okay, I got it, I'll go right away. ”

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Changfeng, who had a strange face, turned to look at the two people on the side.

"Is there something urgent?" Xia Xiaoshi asked a little nervously.

"That's not really, it's basically good news." Zhou Changfeng picked up his military uniform jacket and replied with a smile: "Do you remember this morning's news, isn't there a conflict in the north?" Now the good news is coming, it's just ...... One more episode. ”

Hey, that pilot brother who is thousands of miles away, I can only wish you good luck now.

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