Chapter 1238: Rise into the air to meet the enemy

At a field airfield of the Imperial Air Force, located only a hundred kilometers from the front line of the Ural River, a high-powered anti-aircraft search radar was working, and the radar crew was staring intently at the radar display screen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe order of the Western Front Command to provide combat readiness has been given, and all the units have already reached the first level of combat readiness. Especially in the Air Force, Admiral Zhang Yunnong gave an order that once the Soviet Air Force was found to be taking off on a large scale, the Imperial Air Force must immediately take off to meet the enemy.

Suddenly, the radar sounded the alarm. On the display screen of the radar, dense light points appeared, and these light points represented Soviet planes one by one. Obviously, the Russians are going to attack, otherwise they wouldn't have taken off so many planes.

"Sir, I found that the Soviet army took off a large number of planes." The radarman immediately ordered.

"Immediately report to your superiors, and at the same time closely monitor the movements of the Soviet air force." The officer immediately ordered.

Two minutes later, a terrible siren sounded at the field airfield. A large number of pilots rushed out of the dormitory. They didn't even have time to eat breakfast, but the Soviet Russian Air Force dispatched a large fleet of aircraft, and it was clear that the Soviet army was not a good comer.

Fortunately, after the Imperial Air Force entered the first level of combat readiness, all fighters and bombers were filled with fuel and ammunition, and only needed to be pushed out of the hangar before they could take off. The pilots, dressed up, climbed into the cockpit of the plane and, with the help of ground crew, started the plane. One after another, F9 fighters began to take off from various field airfields.

From the radar soldiers discovering the Soviet planes to the Imperial Air Force fighters taking off to meet the enemy, the whole process took less than ten minutes. And the large anti-air search radar of the Imperial Air Force has a detection range of more than three hundred kilometers. The Imperial Air Force had absolutely enough time for early warning, and then take off the aircraft for combat. You must know that the main fighters of the Soviet and Russian Air Force are the I-16 fighter and the I-15 fighter respectively. Among them, the I-15 fighter is an old biplane, with a maximum flight speed of only 350 kilometers per hour. The I-16 fighter, although it is the first generation monoplane of the Soviet Russian Air Force, has a maximum flight speed of only 440 kilometers per hour. In other words, it took more than 40 minutes from the radar of the Imperial Air Force to the detection of the fighters of the Russian Air Force to the flight of the fighters of the Russian Air Force to the airfield of the Imperial Air Force. During this time, it was enough for the Imperial Air Force to take off a large number of fighters for interception.

In fact, the Imperial Air Force did exactly that. Fighters from two fighter aviation clusters deployed by the Imperial Air Force on the Western Front took off first. At airfields along the Urals alone, more than 500 F9 fighters took off to meet the enemy.

After the fighters took to the air, they completed the formation over the airfield, and then, under the guidance of the radar, quickly flew towards the invading Soviet planes. The F9 fighters of the Imperial Air Force had a maximum speed of more than six hundred kilometers per hour. This allowed the Imperial Air Force to fly from the front-line airfield to the Ural in just ten minutes. It is estimated that by that time, the planes of the Soviet Russian Air Force had just flown there.

Yasne, the headquarters of the Western Front of the Imperial Army, Admiral Zhang Yunnong was having breakfast, and at this time, the adjutant reported to him that the Air Force had discovered a large number of Soviet planes taking off, and that the Air Force had taken off a large number of fighters to intercept Soviet planes.

Admiral Zhang Yunnong nodded, and while continuing to eat breakfast slowly, he said, "The attack of the Russians has really come. Still, it's a matter of time or later. Let the Air Force not only intercept the attack of the Russian Air Force, but also take the initiative to launch an attack and destroy the airfield of the Russians. At the same time, send a telegram to the armies of the front line, telling them to pay attention to the defense against the attack of the Russians. ”

"Yes, Commander." The adjutant saluted and walked away quickly.

After the adjutant left, General Zhang Yunnong was in no mood to continue eating breakfast, and he instructed the guards around him: "Send a telegram to the General Staff to tell them that the Russians have launched an attack." The Western Front Command will, according to the predetermined opportunity, teach the Russians a hard lesson. ”

"Okay, Commander." The guard nodded, and immediately.

Admiral Zhang Yunnong walked out of the office and looked at the sky to the west. Although, because the distance is too far, nothing can be seen. However, he knew that in that airspace, a large-scale air battle was about to be staged. The pilots of China and the Soviet Union will fight in that air, and the victor will gain dominance of this sky and thus have the advantage in the following battle. The losers, on the other hand, had to fight in the face of the enemy's indiscriminate bombardment. In this era, it is understandable that an attack without air supremacy will cost a heavy one.

The airfields of the Imperial Air Force were located at the front line, and the fighters had already taken off. However, the ground staff is still busy. They are pulling those dive bombers and medium bombers out of the hangar. After the fighters intercepted the Soviet Air Force, the bombers of the Imperial Air Force would take off and retaliate against the Soviet Army. As the saying goes, it's not rude. Since the Soviet army dared to take the initiative to launch an attack on the Empire, then the Empire would not be relenting. The location of those front-line airfields of the Soviet Russian Air Force has long been under the control of the Imperial Air Force. The reason why they did not launch a preemptive strike was simply because they wanted to wait until the Russians themselves came to the door. Well, now that the Russians themselves came to the door to find the dead, the Imperial Air Force, of course, would not let them go. Next, the Russian Air Force will have to pay for its actions.

As for those ground attack aircraft, they were the last to take off depending on the situation. If the Russian Army is dispatched, storm the front positions of the Imperial Army. Well, these ground attack aircraft of the Imperial Air Force will take off to provide fire support to the army. This is also the reason why the army is desperately trying to form the army aviation and include all ground attack aircraft and even dive bombers into the army aviation. However, the Air Force is strongly opposed and does not want its own strength to be weakened. The lawsuit went to the emperor Wu Haoxuan. In order not to affect morale when the war was about to break out, Wu Haoxuan had to ask to maintain the status quo for the time being. As for whether there will be adjustments in the future, this will be discussed later.

In order to seize air supremacy on the Ural River in one fell swoop, the Soviet Russian Air Force can be said to have made a bloody investment. The two air armies took off a total of more than 600 IL-16 and IL-15 fighters. In addition, there are four hundred SB2 bombers and two hundred DB3 bombers. These fighters and bombers, divided into dozens of groups, slaughtered the field airfields of the Chinese Air Force, preparing to completely destroy the Chinese Air Force in one fell swoop. The Russian Air Force, located in the Ural Mountains and in the direction of the Don River, also attacked. Although, in both directions they are only feints. But if they can defeat the Chinese Air Force in one fell swoop, this will be of great benefit to their follow-up operations.

"Damn Chinese, this time we will definitely defeat you fiercely." A young Russian boy piloted an Il-16 fighter jet, babbling incessantly. He was very hostile to the Chinese Empire. Because his older brother also used to be a pilot. It's just that in that war more than ten years ago, the plane piloted by his brother was shot down by fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force, and people died. This made this young man grow up determined to join the Air Force and avenge his brother. Now, the opportunity has finally arrived.

Of course, he didn't know that the so-called most advanced fighter of the Soviet Russian Air Force he was flying was like a piece of in front of the advanced fighters of the Imperial Air Force. Unless he is unlucky, otherwise, this time he will probably go to hell to see his brother.

Although the top brass of the Russian Air Force also knew that their own I-16 and I-15 fighters were outdated, many of the advanced fighters of the Russian Air Force were still in the development stage due to the impact of the Great Purge. Many aircraft designers were cleaned up during the purge, or sent to labor camps to dig potatoes, which greatly affected the development of new fighters for the Soviet Russian Air Force. Therefore, they can only continue to produce old fighters such as the I-16 and I-15. This made these two old fighters have a very large number of them in the Soviet and Russian air forces. More than six and a half thousand I-15 fighters have already been produced. And there are nearly 7,000 I-16 fighters. It can be said that if we talk about the number of fighters, the Soviet and Russian air forces are definitely the first in the world, even more than the Chinese air force. However, in terms of quality, they are far behind. When these aging aircraft take to the skies, they often become targets for the Chinese Air Force's advanced fighter jets. Once shot down, the Russian Air Force would not only lose one plane, but also a valuable pilot.

Pilots are undoubtedly much more valuable than fighter planes. Fighters can be easily built, but a pilot is not so easy to train. First of all, it takes twenty years for a pilot to grow into an adult. Among them, it takes a lot of financial and material resources to invest in training to become a qualified pilot. Fighter pilots, in particular, are even more picky.

It's just that these precious pilots have to drive backward planes to the battlefield, and these planes will be shot down like iron coffins burying these pilots, thus making the strength of the Soviet Russian Air Force constantly weakened. Soon, the Russian Air Force would fall to the disadvantage of not having enough pilots to fly them, even if they had advanced aircraft. (To be continued.) )