Chapter 589: The First Air Battle

"Don't be afraid of sacrifice! Resolutely defeat the invading enemy! Colonel Roboyev loudly encouraged his men

"Resolutely complete the tasks assigned by the superiors!" A neat and loud answer came from the phalanx of his flying regiment, which made him feel very relieved.

"At the very least, our warriors are heroic and tenacious." Roboev breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He knew that they were about to face the air force of the Pioneer Army, and in 38 years, as a member of the Flying Regiment to Aid China, he had fought side by side with the Air Force of the Pioneer Army, and had a general impression of the level of the Pioneer Army.

Their planes are much stronger than the Soviet Russia's I-15 and I-16, and the level of the pilots is also good, so that Roboev still feels bottomless.

It is precisely because of his experience in China that he will not be confused by all kinds of slogans.

In the past, their group of pilots were assigned to the army after two and a half years of training. Later, in the Spanish Civil War and the Chinese aid operation, he was tempered by gunpowder. But all of this was torn apart with the clean-up. Even the training of the army was compressed to one year.

And under that kind of high pressure, any training accident is labeled as "malicious sabotage". This also makes the training schools everywhere hold the principle of rather mediocrity than mistakes, just like the guiding ideology of a certain country in later generations, under the premise of ensuring no accidents in the first place, those pilots can only safely buckle the rookie hat.

Roboyev knew that there were more than a dozen pilots in his flying regiment, and at most they flew for less than ten flights. With such a group of rookie-level other pilots, he really didn't have the control to win this battle.

But in any case, it is absolutely forbidden to retreat. As long as the tasks explained above, fill in the name, and it must be carried out in a guarantee, and there is no room for the slightest bargaining. In the past few years, it is by virtue of this that he has escaped the cleanup. Seventy-five percent of the high-ranking officers of the Soviet Russian Air Force were "eliminated," and it was precisely because of so many vacant positions that he came to power.

Now that the clouds had not cleared, he could not hesitate.

"Do you have faith?" The tone of the superiors was very decisive, and since the victory over the Japanese air force in Manchuria, there was a kind of blind arrogance in the Soviet Russian air force. As for the Chinese army, they stayed at the Central Army's request for help from Soviet Russia. Even if the air force of the vanguard army was overwhelming, in the hearts of Soviet Russians, they were still vulnerable.

In this regard, Colonel Roboyev did not dare to say anything discouragement.

"Guarantee the completion of the task!" This is his best answer.

With his words, all 47 fighters in the flying regiment set sail. Their mission was to escort twelve -2 bombers to the front and carry out bombing missions against the Vanguard artillery group, focusing on the two threatening guns that the Vanguard Army had already faced.

Originally, escorting 12 bombers did not need so many fighters, but Roboev knew the level of his infantry team, and for the sake of insurance, he could only form a local overwhelming advantage in numbers. 47 planes is also his maximum capacity. Although the number of flying regiments in Soviet Russia was 60 aircraft, and there were also 60 aircraft in the flying regiments, it was good to be able to take off 47 aircraft at this time due to maintenance and other reasons.

"Damn, it's too far from the Frontier!" Roboyev, who personally led the team, heard a muttering from his subordinates, and there was a burst of recognition in his heart.

Since last year, Soviet Russia has built and expanded some airfields on the frontier, but because of the rush of time, many of them have not been completed, and Soviet Russia has not paid attention to the construction of front-line airfields, so that those airfields close to the chasm have been bombed and can only take the airfields in the back. Sainshanda is nearly 200 kilometers away from Zamyn-Uud, and according to this distance, some old aircraft will not be able to complete the escort mission.

Even the I-153, which has slightly better performance in the I-15 series, has a range of only 470 kilometers. For this reason, 12 planes were not allowed to follow and had to remain at the airport to guard.

"If we can save even one front-line airfield!" There was some regret in Roboyev's heart, he had already heard that those airfields near the front line were blown up by the Vanguard. Not only were the planes bombed on the airport, but even the runway and some makeshift facilities were bombed into a mess. It is not easy to recover without vigorous efforts to renovate. I can't count on it anytime soon.

"Those bureaucrats, they don't pay attention to air defense!" Luo Boyev secretly cursed in his heart that when they were in China to aid China, they often went to air raids on Japanese airfields, but when they arrived in China, few people paid attention to them. Originally, those field airfields were close to the chasm, and it was not uncommon for the air defense to be so sparse that it was directly overturned by the vanguard army in three days.

"This time, let the Huaxia people see the level of our attack!" Colonel Roboyev was still very confident in his own skills and command.

But he forgot one thing, the vanguard army had radar.

"Enemy aircraft spotted approaching! The number is over 60! "At a distance, the radar station standing near the chasm has already begun to sound the alarm. The planes stationed at three airports near Erenhot have already begun to take off.

Even though Roboyev knew that the vanguard army had radar, he thought that such a rare and clumsy tool could not be directly set up in the chasm ambush, and those explanations from his superiors were never mentioned, so he deliberately forgot about it.

But when the Russian planes reached the vicinity of Zamyn-Uud, over the battlefield that was still filled with gunsmoke, more than 30 fighters suddenly swooped down from the clouds, and Roboev suddenly remembered the radar.

At this time, it was obvious that the vanguard had already discovered them, and they were waiting for them in an ambush, so that the obvious ambush was similar to the Anglo-German air battle in Great Britain, and the shadow of the radar appeared in his mind.

But he didn't care to think about it carefully, and ordered loudly: "Link formation attack!" "He can only do this, once the novices under his command are separated, I am afraid that they will be even more vulnerable to being shot down.

In fact, the effect of his order was not great, and the more than forty planes that the vanguard swooped down from the clouds broke up the formation of the Russians at once.

In this era, the power of the aircraft is not very large, so the flight margin is not very large. So in tactics, it's all about speed and tackling. High speed is often obtained with the help of a dive from a vantage point at high altitude, so that the ambush effect of the vanguard army comes out at once. Carrying the dive attack is the thick-skinned thunderbolt, and they are best suited for a lethal dive-swooping hit.

The thunder and lightning of the vanguard army swooped down from an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, and the tongues of machine gun fire in the sky were like lightning bursting from the thunder of nine days, and they struck the planes of the Soviet Russians. With just one blow, 7 Soviet and Russian planes were carried down in black smoke, and two more planes exploded and disintegrated directly in the air.

"I lost two planes at once!" Wu Shenghai's surprised voice replied in the communicator. I didn't expect such a result in an attack.

In fact, it is not difficult to imagine that the ambush was already unexpected, and the rookies of the Soviet Russian pilots obviously did not receive such training, and they could only rely on their personal reaction speed and luck in a hurry.

"Keep attacking!" Luo Yingde, who had been promoted to captain, calmly ordered. The battle has just begun.

"Attack!" At this time, Roboev had already accepted his fate, and at this time there was no other way to retreat except to fight back, and his superiors would never allow him to retreat in the face of the enemy. Even at a disadvantage at this time.

Obviously, the vanguard army dispatched not only these forty thunderbolts, but also twenty hellcats flying in front. Although the F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based aircraft, it is just as easy to use on land, and the Americans have been using it for the Marine Corps on land airfields since the beginning. Not only is she a wicked woman on the sea, but she also smells of hell on land.

At this time, this group of formations was viciously rushing towards the frightened Russian pilots.

As soon as the four Hellcat's 20mm cannons in front of the head fired, another I-153 fell.

Stemming from the victory in the Spanish War, the Russians always insisted that biplanes were promising. The inexhaustible production of the I-15 made the number of such biplane i-15s in the Soviet Russian Air Force very large, and when the number of new fighters was scarce, these biplanes were very suitable for those novices because of their simple operation. But at this time, these slow-flying biplanes first became live targets.

Although the I-16 was a monoplane, the 16 I-16 Type 17 aircraft in Colonel Roboyev's flying regiment were all equipped with 20 mm cannons, and they were originally planned to be used as attack aircraft. But at this time, even if they have a 20mm cannon, they can't stop the combined attack of Hellcat and Thunderbolt.

"I can't help it!" After a miserable cry echoed in Roboev's ear, there was no more silence.

Roboyev could only watch as an I-16 spiraled down, eventually rising into a plume of smoke on the ground.

The I-16 is difficult to maneuver, especially when it comes to rapid ascents, and it is easy to fall into a spiral state. Some novices are usually okay with ordinary flying, but in case of emergencies, they obviously can't adapt to the lack of training.

The novices and the backwardness of the planes made them just add a few stars to the pilots of the Vanguard Army in vain. ro@