Chapter 56: The Second Step of the Air Force

Yang Xiaolin's strategy for fighting wars has always been rough, and he does everything like this, as if there is only one general plan, but this time it is different for Russia. This time, he really planned in great detail, no matter who wins or loses in Eastern Siberia between the Russians and the Japanese, China will have a proper response policy in the future.

He told Sa Daoyi that China is taking one step at a time, and Sa Daoyi absolutely does not believe it, but for Britain, these are no longer important. London has already sent instructions to Sadaoyi, just like Yang Xiaolin said, they do not want Russia to become their enemy, no matter how much foundation Lao Maozi has to deal with this time, Britain hopes that Russia can continue to stand on its side and continue to maintain military pressure on Germany.

They had already been in close contact with Kerensky, and as for the regime established by the comrades, the attitude of the British side was to look at the war and the decision of the Chinese. If Trotsky had held out under the attack of the Japanese, and China had been unwilling to send troops, the British Empire would never have intervened on its own, and Germany would have laughed very happily.

The British hoped that there would be a difficult situation in the Far East, where the military strength of China, Japan, and Trotsky would be contained, and that they would have enough time to do something to maintain the position of the British Empire in Asia. Kerensky could be propped up so that the fire continued to burn in the rear of Germany.

Sa Daoyi would never be so honest as to tell Yang Xiaolin about London's intentions, just as Yang Xiaolin did not say a series of his plans. There will never be trust and friendship between countries, and finding out the bottom line between the two sides may not be in conflict, and the Chinese side has indeed ceded a lot of economic benefits to British businessmen in Siberia, so Sardor feels that it is enough to talk about it.

Yang Xiaolin saw him get up and immediately stood up: "I'll send it to you." ”

Sa Daoyi took a step to the side: "That's really an honor, I'm afraid you'll delay your time if you're so busy." ”

Yang Xiaolin smiled: "I've had a lot of time recently, and besides, I really have to go out for a trip." By the way, Mr. Sa Daoyi, if you have some time, you may wish to come with me, the flying club in Beijing was officially established today. I've arranged a couple of air shows, if you're interested, how about going and have a good time? ”

Sa Daoyi nodded: "I really don't have anything to do, to be honest, I'm not very interested in such things as airplanes, and when I was in the UK, someone also approached me, hoping that I could fund or help him contact the government to support his aircraft research." ”

"It's the one named Richard. Hult's guys, right? He's here with me now, and he told me about you when we had a conversation. Mr. Sadaoyi, that guy is more vindictive, and his attitude towards you is obviously not very friendly. ”

Sa Daoyi smiled lightly: "I rejected him at the time, and I seem to be a little unkind." ”

The two men walked to the side of the car as they spoke. Tai Wangu opened the car door for Mr. Sa Daoyi first, and Yang Xiaolin said with a smile: "This time I think you will be more surprised, because the air shows you are about to see are completely different from those you have seen before." ”

Sa Daoyi didn't take this to heart, even if the plane was completely different from what he had seen before, so what could it be? Now some people in Britain have proposed the establishment of an aircraft unit to reconnoiter the situation on the battlefield, but as General Haig said, it is better to build cavalry. Sa Daoyi only responded politely: "I hope I can have a surprise." ”

The establishment of the China Flying Club is the second step in Yang Xiaolin's training of the Air Force. The Air Force and the Army are two different concepts entirely. For the Air Force, the quality of the pilots is quite important! When World War I began, the Japanese attacked the German naval base in Qingdao, and the Germans had two planes and two pilots. A mechanical engineer.

Japan did not have an air force before, so it set up a special one to fight Qingdao, and the British provided them with 16 planes and 16 fighters and two fighters. What is the end result? The Japanese shot down seven planes, one of the two German planes was scrapped on its own because the engine overheated, and the remaining one was piloted by German Lieutenant Brushaw. In the case that Qingdao really couldn't hold on, he took the important documents of the German side and fought his way out of the encirclement alone.

The Air Force looks first at the quality of your aircraft, and secondly at the quality of your pilots. How many hours your pilot flies and how many maneuvers he can make in the sky has a direct bearing on the combat effectiveness of the Air Force.

The flying club is where Yang Xiaolin selects pilots. Each local club starts with an air show to attract kids who love the blue sky and fly.

Sooner or later, foreigners will attach importance to the aircraft, especially if they have made the pace of the development of the aircraft much faster than in history, once this thing reflects its value on the battlefield, everyone will imitate it.

Yang Xiaolin knew that he had no right and no ability to prevent others from developing airplanes, but he could at least be able to stand firm when others began to develop. You can imitate airplanes, but pilots can't, and if China already has a group of pilots with more than 1,000 hours of flying experience when the Japanese start building their air force, they will only be beaten up if they let Japan catch up with the quality of the planes.

When China's air force construction took the second step, the countries of the world still did not pay enough attention to it, and even in the newspapers of various countries, only the Chinese newspapers gave a place in the flying club in an inconspicuous place, and the foreigners' newspapers did not mention it at all.

All their attention was on the battlefield in Eastern Siberia, where the Japanese reinforcements were only more than 400 kilometers away, and if they marched at this speed, they might arrive in five or six days.

And on the battlefield, Nogi Noshinori was still struggling to support, the Russians were desperately attacking, and with the appearance of a large number of casualties among the Japanese soldiers, his defense line looked precarious. Whether Nogi Noshinori can hold on or not, no one really dares to make a decision now.

The positions of the Japanese troops had been compressed by the Russians in a valley. This is Nogi Noshinori's most rear-back line of defense, the number of Japanese soldiers who can still fight, including the lightly wounded, is only 30,000 or 40,000, the hope of victory can be seen by everyone, Brusinov is also playing with his life at this time, he actually went to the front line of the battlefield in person, and used binoculars to observe the situation of the soldiers charging.

Brusinov found that the valley of Nogi Xidian was very well chosen, and there was a mountain at the entrance of the valley with an altitude of more than 300 meters, no matter how the Russian side planned to attack. The Japanese troops on this hill were able to perceive their tactics in advance and block them at the right time.

Brusinov and Ackberil discussed it, and both felt that it might not be possible to take this hill without taking it, and that it was necessary to take this place first before they could be able to launch a sudden charge against the Japanese troops in the valley.

In the early morning of 30 August, Russian troops began to charge at this mountain, which is more than 300 meters above sea level. At five o'clock, more than 5,000 Russian soldiers, led by a Russian commander, rushed up the hill.

The artillery fire from the rear of the Japanese gave the defenders on the hill the greatest support, and at the same time, the machine guns on the top of the hill fired desperately at the Russians. It was just at a quarter past five o'clock, when the Russians had just rushed to the first line of defense defended by the Japanese army, that Russian commander was hit in the leg by a stray bullet! Wounded and fell to the ground.

At this time, it became clear that the shortcomings of the comrades in the ranks of the proletariat had their advantages. You've been hit by a machine gun, and you should know you're within the enemy's range. At this time, aren't you honestly looking for a chance to come down? But our comrades were really brave, and the commander gritted his teeth and stood up and shouted: "Comrades! Leave me alone! For victory, for the Motherland, Ula! ”

"Da Da Da ......"

The army commander is so glorious, you dare to shout loudly under the guns of others, who will you fight if you don't hit you?

However, our team really showed something completely different from the troops of other countries at this time. If you want to change to Britain and France, the army commander will not come back quickly after being killed, but the proletarian comrades are really fearless. What is not a commander afraid of? What are you afraid of without a conductor? Go Ulla!

With this fighting spirit. The comrades rushed down the several interception lines set up by the Japanese on the mountainside, and by six o'clock there were only about 1,000 left in the 5,000-strong charging procession.

To say that Little Japan is also so bad that they have repaired it on the mountain. The main position on the hill was built into an almost vertical terrain more than a dozen distances ahead! The Russians charged at the Japanese in this almost vertical terrain, and the casualties were so heavy that it seemed that few of the more than 1,000 people were alive in the blink of an eye.

But the first group of chargers had just fallen, and the second group was immediately in front of the Japanese. This group of Russians is clearly a little smarter. While attacking head-on, they also sent people from behind to quietly touch up.

Not to mention, they really let them touch two people, and those two people sneaked up on the Japanese from behind the Japanese defenders. caused a lot of casualties to Little Japan, but hesitated and did not follow up with the follow-up team, and was soon killed by the Japanese.

Garrisoned on this hill was only an incomplete wing of the Japanese army, numbering only seven or eight hundred. The effect of Lao Maozi's sneak attack was to tell the Japanese that you must send someone to keep an eye on the back, which made it more difficult for the Japanese to defend.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Nogi Noshinori launched a powerful counterattack on the flank of the Russian attacking force, intending to contain the strength of the Russian attack, so that the Russian attacking force could stop, if not, and create some time for the Japanese army on the top of the hill to adjust and rest.

Brusinov clearly had an insight into Nogi Noshinori's intentions, and only defended against the Japanese attack, ignoring it too much, and single-mindedly hit your mountain! At half past seven, after two hours of fierce fighting on the hill, the Japanese soldiers paid ten times as many casualties as the Russian soldiers, but the hill really could not hold on.

There were fewer and fewer bullets, fewer and fewer comrades-in-arms, and at 8:15 a.m., when a Russian unit climbed up to the Japanese position from behind, it was surprised to find that there were only more than 100 disabled little Japanese left.

Even so, little Japan did not surrender, and the Japanese wing commander who had lost one of his arms blew up all the two infantry guns on the top of the mountain, and then led his team to kill the Russians with bayonets.

The loss of this hill meant that Nogi Noshinori had lost a natural barrier, just as the Japanese could clearly see the situation of the Russians here, and after the Russians occupied this place, the formation of the small Japanese below was also clear at a glance. And the Russians can pull up the artillery fire, and from here they can hit directly into the Japanese positions!

Brusinov himself came to the top of the hill, and when he saw everything in the valley below before his eyes, he knew that victory was very close to him. Of course, he was also close to the Japanese reinforcements. (To be continued......)