readx; In the sky above Turkestan, several F5 fighters of the Chinese Air Force are flying at high altitude, and behind the front and back of these F5 fighters, a little explosion smoke and dust continue to appear around the periphery, if it is at night, then you can see a series of tongues of fire constantly launched from the ground in Turkestan, to a certain extent, the Russian army's anti-aircraft firepower in Turkestan is not weak, but they are some small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and the style is not too new, the rate of fire is limited, If it is against some low-altitude combat aircraft, it can still maintain a threat, but for these high-altitude flight reconnaissance aircraft, it is somewhat insufficient. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

These F5 fighters in the sky did not leave quickly, but repeatedly went back and forth several times, the intention is very obvious, that is, to maintain real-time intelligence reconnaissance of Turkestan, and in fact, this is not the first batch of Chinese Air Force aircraft to fly over Turkestan, since the outbreak of the war, the Chinese Air Force has been maintaining continuous reconnaissance of the important strongholds of the Russian army on the front line after quickly defeating the fighters of the Russian Air Force that intervened in the counterattack, and the bomber unit is also a frontline of some front-line positions of the Russian army. Large-scale bombing was carried out at the logistics stockpile, but because Central Asia and Siberia are too large, although the Chinese air force is large, it needs to be deployed in many areas, so the number of combat aircraft in the southern part of Central Asia is also limited.

With the limited number of combat aircraft, coupled with the need to launch a large-scale bombing campaign against Ares, the air force could not use many aircraft in the Turkestan direction, and it was somewhat reluctant to launch a large-scale bombing, but it was able to do some sporadic bombing and maintain aerial reconnaissance.

In World War II, aerial reconnaissance will still be the most important combat mission in the air, and the military intelligence obtained by aerial reconnaissance is also the largest source of intelligence that the military can obtain.

In order to maintain a continuous aerial reconnaissance of the area from Aares to Turkestan, the Chinese Air Force patrols in groups of several aircraft and then rotates them in order to achieve uninterrupted reconnaissance throughout the day.

However, the Russian army is not stupid, when their own air force is suppressed vigorously, they begin to avoid large-scale military movements during the day or will carry out some confusing military movements during the day, and the real force transfer occurs more at night.

The F5 fighters circled in Turkestan for a while, recorded detailed intelligence data, and began to return home, but they were just about to leave when they noticed a black dot in the distance above ground level.

"It's a train, pay attention to all machines, prepare to enter the attack state!" The squad leader of the F5 fighters immediately communicated the order via radio communication.

At the same time, some Russian air defense troops on the ground in Turkestan were relieved to see the Chinese planes leaving, but they found that these planes were not heading back to the northeast or due east, but were heading towards the west of Turkestan.

However, when they heard the distant sound of the train horn, it dawned on them: they were attacking the train!

"Hurry up and prepare them for air defense, the air defense commander in Turkestan immediately tried to inform the Russian Defense Forces military train that was rushing to Turkestan, but they were still too late, and their speed of notification was far less than that of the F5 fighters.

At this time, the four F5 fighters pounced on the train in the distance in a standard four-plane combat formation, and the four F5 fighters were divided into two combat groups, the front was composed of the captain of the detachment leader and his wingman, and a group of planes in the rear also served as the wingman of the two-plane combat team in the front.

Because the Russian air force has shot down many main planes in a series of offensives launched by the Chinese Air Force in the early stage, the Russian Air Force has been unable to organize an effective air supremacy struggle after losing air supremacy, and the remaining limited fighters have also been transferred to Astana and Barnaul and the Soviet Russian frontline area.

In the case of seizing air supremacy and not having much threat of air combat, the F5 fighters on the mission are all carrying out full loads, that is to say, in addition to the standard equipment in air combat, they will also carry some aerial bombs for ground attack, although these aerial bombs are not like those carried by professional attack aircraft, but F5 fighters can also carry some 50 kg or even 100 kg of aerial bombs. Because the bomb load of the F5 fighter is relatively large, it can even carry heavy aerial bombs, such as 250 kg aerial bombs, when necessary.

Starting from the F5 fighter, including the Navy's F8 fighter, due to the improvement of the engine's surname, not only the air combat surname can be improved, but also the bomb load has been improved, the Navy's F8 fighter can carry up to 500 kg of aerial bombs, but under normal circumstances, it will not be done, after all, the essence of the fighter's work is to obtain air supremacy and cover their own professional bombers to attack.

The two F5 fighters in front have adjusted their course and began to dive, just when the two F5 fighters rushed down from the clouds, the Russian army on the top of the train had already discovered the incoming Chinese Air Force fighters, but their reaction was still too slow, and before they could enter the temporarily deployed anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine gun position on the top of the train, the two F5 fighters had already dived to a height of seven or eight hundred meters, and it didn't take long, Several aerial bombs left their bellies and landed directly on the train below.

This was followed by several explosions, puffs of smoke and dust around the train, and one of the bombs hit one of the train's carriages, making the entire train seem to be shrouded in the vibrations of the explosion.

The two F5 fighters in front threw the aerial bombs on the wings and did not climb like traditional bombers and left the battlefield, but continued to reduce the altitude, and then the machine guns on the fighters began to spew out tongues of fire, and their target was not the train itself, but the Russian anti-aircraft fire on the top of the train.

At this time, the Russian anti-aircraft machine gun on the train had already fired, and spewed out tongues of fire towards the incoming F5 fighters, but when the two F5 fighters were about to arrive, they each circled and separated, and then attacked from the left and right sides, and the 12.7 mm caliber aviation machine gun on the fighter fired a bullet with great power, not to mention that the annular sand fortifications on the train could not resist, and even the top armor of the tank could reach the direct strafing of the large-caliber machine gun on the fighter.

Powerful aviation machine-gun bullets even pierced the wagons on the top of the train, and then passed through the bottom and ignited smoke and dust directly on the railway.

When these two F5 fighters came forward to attack the Russian anti-aircraft fire, a follow-up group of two F5 fighters had arrived, several aerial bombs fell one after another, and the explosions sounded one after another, and one of them hit the locomotive directly, so that the entire locomotive was shrouded in the flames of the explosion, and after the explosion, the powerful train seemed to lose power, and began to slow down, and finally stopped.

As soon as the train stopped, the carriage on the train was quickly opened, and then a large number of Russian soldiers poured out of the carriage, some Russian soldiers wanted to set up light machine guns or heavy machine guns to shoot in the air, and even some soldiers shot directly with rifles, but the firepower of these small arms may still be a threat to the early combat aircraft, but for the combat aircraft of the forties, this firepower is basically no threat, even if they are unlucky to be hit by a few bullets, but it has little impact.

The combat aircraft of this year are not so fragile, as long as they are not hit by the vital point or directly hit by the volley explosion, even if they are hit by dozens of bullets, it is possible to continue to maintain the flight state, in the air battles of various countries, there are often bullet holes in the body of the fighters who participated in the war when they return home, although these fighters have been injured, but only if they have not been hit the vital point, then the impact is not great, these bullet holes are repaired, and after some parts are replaced, these injured fighters can return to the blue sky.

At this time, the Russian anti-aircraft fire point on the roof of the car has been destroyed by the cross strike of two F5 fighters, and together with the other two F5 fighters, they used machine guns to carry out a unilateral massacre of these Russian soldiers who fled in all directions to seek shelter.

According to common sense, the carriage of the train should be the best cover, according to ordinary people's thinking, it should be hiding in the train, but the actual situation is the opposite, these Russian soldiers hiding in the carriage will die faster, and the casualties will be greater, because if the soldiers are crowded in the carriage, then the F5 fighter can calmly aim at the carriage and fire, and even strafe from the beginning to the end, and it is impossible for the top wagon on the train to block the strafing of 12.7 mm bullets.

And it is precisely because of the fierce strafing of the train carriage by the F5 fighter before, which caused a large number of casualties to the Russian army in the carriage, forcing a large number of Russian soldiers to escape from the carriage, and it seems that escaping to the open ground will be easier to attract the hunting of the F5 fighter, but the soldiers transported by this military force are as high as thousands, and the F5 fighter in the sky is unlikely to achieve too many results if dispersed, after all, the strafing of the F5 fighter is not ten thousand shots, and the bullets are limited, It is impossible to continue a fierce attack all the time.

The gunshots continued to sound, and the train that lit up the fierce fireworks was surrounded by the blood and soldiers of the Russian soldiers, and even the fragments of flesh could be seen everywhere, 12.7 mm bullets strafed, ordinary armor could not carry it, let alone the first body, as long as a 12.7 mm bullet hit the human body, if it hit the torso, it was basically impossible to live, if it was hit two or three rounds, the huge power could even directly tear apart the entire human body, in actual combat, the soldiers who were hit by heavy machine gun fire, It is impossible for there to be dozens of bullet holes on the body like in film and television dramas, because if these bullets hit a person, it would be enough to tear that person into pieces of flesh.

Even if you are lucky enough to be hit in the hands and feet, it is light to cut off the hands and feet, because a 12.7 mm bullet is enough to directly break the hands and feet in half, and without even hemostasis, the huge arterial bleeding can make the person die in a short time.

At this time, the area around this train is a hell on earth!

And that's just the result of just four fighters!

"At least hundreds of casualties, you have made a great contribution this time!" After the members of the squad who had just returned home washed out the photos of the aerial camera guns, everyone was amazed at their achievements, not to mention the four F5 fighters, and even four professional ground attack planes could not do such a huge victory.

In actual combat, it was found that although the effect of F5 ground attack is still not as good as that of professional ground dive bombers, you have to know how many ground dive bombers there are in the entire Chinese Air Force, and it is naturally impossible for the Chinese Air Force to let a large number of F5 fighters with superior surnames continue to hover at high altitude and begin to let F5 fighters perform some ground attack missions. to alleviate the heavy tasks of the Chinese Air Force's ground support bombers.

On 22 October alone, the Third Air Force of the Chinese Air Force deployed in Central Asia flew nearly 600 sorties, dispatching F5 fighters, B13 dive bombers, and B17 twin-engine horizontal bombers. At the same time, the First Air Force, which is responsible for the local air defense and strategic bombing missions, has also dispatched strike groups composed of two four-engine strategic bombers, the B11 and B16, to support the Central Asian region.

With the strong support of the Air Force, the strategic operations of the Fourth Army in the southern region of Central Asia have also reached the most tense juncture, and nearly half of the 21st Division and the 22nd Division under the Fifth Army, adding up to about 25,000 troops, have launched a general attack on Ares, while the Russian army in Ares is as many as three divisions, and the intelligence data obtained from preliminary reconnaissance shows that the total strength of the Russian army has reached more than 30,000 people, hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers, and almost all the forces of the Russian army in the surrounding areas have been gathered. Tried to put up stubborn resistance here, stop the westward advance of the Chinese army, and buy time for reinforcements in the rear.

It has to be said here that in terms of division-level establishment, the establishment of the Russian Defense Forces is almost the same as that of the Chinese Army, and the establishment of both is about the same, of course, there are differences in weapons and equipment, and their degree of mechanization is much lower than that of the Chinese Army, but in ordinary infantry, the towed artillery used is the same, whether it is the Chinese Army or the Russian Defense Forces, the divisional artillery of the traditional infantry division of the army is a 105 mm caliber howitzer, and even the model is the same, The 1925 105 mm howitzer and the 1930 105 mm howitzer are standard divisional artillery equipment of the two armies.

The only difference is that the Chinese Army has begun to popularize the 1937 semi-automatic rifle, while the Russian Defense Forces are still fully equipped with the 1916 series of rifles, and other machine guns, heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, mortars, etc. are almost or even the same.

The reason why the Chinese army is stronger than the Russian defense force is that it is strong in mechanization, and it is the difference in mechanization that distinguishes the level of the armies of various countries.

Although the divisions under the Fifth Army are also considered first-line troops, they are still traditional infantry divisions, at most, they are equipped with more trucks to improve some of their transportation capacity, and the specific firepower is not much stronger than the Russian Defense Forces in front of them.

However, this one-and-a-half-division is not alone, they also have the support of the air force, as well as the support of the artillery of the Fifth Army, as a fixed army-level command organization, like other armies, in addition to the three subordinate divisions, they also have a large number of directly subordinate troops, including a heavy artillery brigade, under the jurisdiction of a 155-mm howitzer regiment, a 155-mm field artillery regiment, in addition to a reduced battalion-level tank regiment, as well as baggage, engineer and other units.

In the Battle of Arres, in addition to investing one and a half infantry divisions, the Fifth Army also had heavy artillery units and tank units directly under the Fifth Army, which greatly strengthened the firepower of the attack on Arres, otherwise it would not be so easy to quickly capture Ares just by relying on inferior forces.

When the Fifth Army launched a large-scale offensive against Ares, the Third Division had already crossed the vast uninhabited desert Gobi region to reach Turkestan, and the Third Division did not waste time, as soon as it arrived at the outskirts of Turkestan, it immediately entered the operation, and at the same time, the air force units also continued to maintain air support for Turkestan.

Turkestan was originally garrisoned by an infantry regiment of the Russian army, and then a lot of troops were added one after another, including the thousands of troops who returned from the Western Front by military train last time, although the military train they rode was fiercely attacked by the air force, and even the train was destroyed and lost power, but their loss of troops was actually not much, and they were not far from Turkestan at that time, and they arrived in Turkestan directly after marching on foot. Originally, these troops were ready to reinforce Ares, but the Chinese Air Force continued to launch large-scale air strikes against Turkestan, which also made the Russian generals have a hunch that China might also carry out a long-distance attack on Turkestan, so they detained part of the troops that were originally scheduled to reinforce Ares, and by the time the third division attacked Turkestan, the strength of the Russian army in Turkestan had reached more than 7,000 people.

These 7,000 troops are not small for a small city along the railway line like Turkestan, but they are facing a whole third division of the Chinese army, and the task of the third division is not to say that it is only to defeat the 7,000 Russian troops, their task is to capture Turkestan, block the reinforcements of the Russian army on the western front, and even flank the Russian army on both sides with the Fifth Army if the situation permits, in order to achieve the goal of annihilating the main force of the Russian army in Arres, and the Fourth Army's action to enter the southern region of Central Asia has set a strategic advantage.

The Third Artillery Regiment to which the Third Division belongs has launched a large-scale artillery bombardment of Turkestan, and 105 mm and 155 mm grenades have densely fallen on the small city of Turkestan, and at the same time, the bombers of the Air Force have once again launched a large-scale bombardment of Turkestan.

The intense shelling and bombardment almost reduced the whole of Turkestan to ruins, and the firepower was so dense that it was almost as large as an offensive launched by a military-level unit.

After sufficient artillery preparations, the tanks and infantry of the 3rd Division also entered the attack position one after another and launched a charge towards Turkestan!

The roar of tanks, the explosion of shells, the hiss of bullets across the air, this is a unique sound that belongs to this era, the voice of China!