Chapter 709: Worry (Eighth Update)
One by one, the F5 fighters took the lead in rushing down from the clouds, thinking as a team, and rushing to the empty gun emplacements around the airport. It's just that they're obviously doing too much. The empty gun emplacements of the Soviet Russian Air Force were empty, and no counterattack was launched at all.
The air defense troops at some airfields desperately ran towards the anti-aircraft gun positions, trying to manipulate these anti-aircraft firepower to launch a counterattack. However, the flying F5 fighters hovering down, and the aviation machine gun in the nose fired fiercely, knocking all these air defense soldiers to the ground, and the death was extremely miserable. The rest of the people immediately stopped, turned and fled. After all, under the watchful eye of the Imperial Air Force, they wanted to strike back, and that was almost impossible. It's better to run away than to lose your life in vain.
The anti-aircraft fire at the airfield was easily suppressed, which was completely unexpected by the Imperial fighter pilots. As a result, the commander made a quick decision, leaving a small number of fighters to continue to suppress these anti-aircraft firepower, while the rest of the fighters joined in the attack from other sides.
The pilots who had just burst out of the cafeteria managed to attract the attention of the fighters hovering in the sky. An F5 fighter hovered down, the aviation machine gun in the nose opened fire fiercely, and a shuttle of bullets strafed by, and the pilots of the Soviet and Russian Air Force on the ground were killed a lot, leaving a bloody trail directly on the ground.
These pilots are undoubtedly more valuable than those planes. Soviet Russia already lacked pilots, and if these pilots were killed, it would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the Russian air force.
Although, those pilots fled in all directions. But in the face of the pursuit of the fighters of the Imperial Air Force, most of them were still killed.
One by one, the H5 bombers began to descend in altitude, and in order to ensure the accuracy of bomb dropping, they dropped all the way to an altitude of 800 meters. The bomb bay opened, and one after another 50-kilogram aerial bombs poured down. smashed into the towers, canteens, aviators' quarters, hangars, oil depots, ammunition depots, and so on of the field airfields of the Russian Air Force. After the destruction of these facilities, it is simply impossible for this field airfield to be restored to service in a short period of time.
Several bombs landed on the tower, blowing up the tall tower. The ground crew inside were all buried alive inside.
An H5 bomber flew over the hangar, and a barrage of bombs fell. Immediately, the rows of hangars below were blown up, and the planes inside were completely destroyed.
"Boom!" A violent explosion was heard, and thick black smoke rose into the sky. This is the oil depot at the airfield that was detonated. Thousands of tons of fuel stored inside exploded and burned. This fuel is the fuel consumption of this airport in the coming week. After being blown up, this means that the airport can be paralyzed. After the occupation of the Baku oil fields by the Imperial Army, there was an oil crisis in Soviet Russia. All the oil they need has to be imported from abroad at a high price. The oil depot at the field airfield was blown up. It is estimated that it is enough to make the top brass of the Soviet Russian Air Force feel distressed.
As for the A2 attack aircraft, those that were neatly parked on the tarmac were targeted. The 20mm cannon in the nose opened fire indiscriminately, tearing the planes to shreds. Bombs were hung under the belly and dropped on those planes. The shock wave from the explosion of the bomb lifted all those planes into the air. The fire engulfed all the planes.
One after another, the wooden-skinned planes were easily destroyed on the tarmac. They were blown up before they could take off.
"Take off! The fighter plane quickly took off to meet the enemy. The air defense opened fire and dispersed the planes of the Chinese. "The commanders of the Russian Air Force gave orders at the throat. But. It's useless at this time. The entire field airfield is already in shambles. There were explosions and fires everywhere, trying to organize a powerful counterattack. That's harder than climbing to the sky.
Two cups of the Russian Air Force were pushed onto the runway, and the pilots jumped into the cabin, ready to take the risk of flying the planes into the air. It's just that they just started to slide when they were spotted by the fighters of the Chinese Air Force on standby in the sky. Two F5 fighters circled down and attacked two planes of the Soviet Russian Air Force.
"Da Da Da!" Aviation machine guns fired incessantly. A dense rain of bullets enveloped the two Russian planes.
The bullet easily pierced the skin of the plane and broke the wing. The plane lost its balance and fell to the side of the runway, igniting a raging fire. The fire engulfed the entire plane in an instant. The pilot inside jumped out of the cabin, but was engulfed in flames before he could escape. Burned alive inside.
Another Russian plane was destroyed on the runway without successfully taking off. In addition, the two A2 attack planes of the Chinese Air Force directly dropped bombs on the runway, blowing up several large craters on the runway, so that the planes of the Soviet and Russian Air Force lost the ability to take off and could only stay in the airfield and be slaughtered.
The air raid by the Chinese Air Force lasted less than twenty minutes before it ended. Subsequently, the planes returned to their homes satisfied. During the attack on the field airfield in Ufa, the Imperial Air Force did not lose a single aircraft. However, the results achieved are very impressive. All the cups of the planes parked at the airport were destroyed, and none of them survived. The casualties were even more severe. Pilots, ground crew, airport security personnel have suffered heavy losses. In addition, the facilities at the airport were blown up, and the entire airport was completely destroyed.
At the same time that the Ufa field airfield was attacked, the field airfields of the Soviet Russian Air Force in Saravat, Kumeltau and Orenburg were also hit one after another. In the absence of any defenses of the Soviet and Russian air forces, the losses suffered by these airfields can naturally be imagined.
Through this combat operation, the Chinese Air Force directly destroyed all the units deployed by the Soviet and Russian Air Force on the front line. The Soviet Russian Air Force did not even have reconnaissance planes, let alone send fighter jets to compete with the Imperial Air Force for air supremacy. Therefore, the air supremacy of the entire Urals region is firmly controlled by the Chinese Air Force. Even though the Russian Air Force later transferred air forces from other regions to the Urals to support, they were still unable to wrest air supremacy from the Chinese Air Force.
At the time of the air attack on the field airfield in Ufa by the Chinese Air Force, the commander of the Ural Front, Frunze, had already gotten up and was having breakfast. Because the Soviet Russian Red Army at the front line suffered heavy losses, so much so that he couldn't sleep well these days.
When the dense explosions came from the airport, Frunze couldn't help frowning.
"What's going on?" Frunze put down the bread in his hand and asked outside.
"Comrade commander, the explosion came from the airfield, and we are confirming the situation with the airfield." Frunze's guard reported.
Frunze nodded, but he had a bad feeling in his heart. He stood by the window, staring in the direction of the airport, his brows furrowed tightly.
"Could it be that the airport was attacked by the Chinese? However, this is the western part of the Ural Mountains, which already belongs to the hinterland of Soviet Russia, how can the Chinese fight here? Although Frunze was an outstanding military strategist in the Soviet Russian Air Force, he was not very big due to other factors such as culture and knowledge, and did not realize what kind of attack the airfield of the Soviet Russian Air Force had suffered.
Now the Ufa airport has been raided and it has become a mess. Telephone lines were also blown up during the bombing, making it impossible for the command of the Ural Front to reach the airport. As a last resort, the command had to send cavalry to the airfield to find out the information. Wait until the cavalry returns to report the information, the Chinese air force has already completed the bombing and began to return.
"Comrade commander, the airfield was raided by the Chinese Air Force, and our Air Force suffered heavy losses." The guard reported.
"What? Did it the Chinese Air Force? Their Air Force, capable of attacking our airfields directly over the Ural Mountains? Frunze was dumbfounded. He was obviously surprised that the Chinese Air Force had such a large range. He didn't know about the air forces of other countries, but he knew that the fighters of the Soviet and Russian air forces absolutely did not have this ability.
"Damn, how could this be! How can the Chinese Air Force be so powerful? Frunze couldn't believe it.
"What happened to the damage at the airport?" Frunze asked.
"The damage to the airport was huge, many facilities were blown up, and there were heavy casualties. All the planes parked at the airport were destroyed. The guard said.
"So miserable? Bastard! Frunze couldn't help but curse.
However, within half an hour, Frunze received several telegrams of air strikes on field airfields. The Ufa airport was completely destroyed, followed by the Saravat airport, Kumeltau airport and Orenburg airport. The combat aircraft deployed by the Soviet Russian Air Force on the front line were almost completely lost. Such losses were undoubtedly a disaster for the Soviet Russian Air Force. Similarly, the Russian Air Force lost control of air supremacy in the Urals. For a long time to come, the Russian Air Force will not be able to provide protection for the Russian Red Army. The sky here will belong to the Chinese Air Force.
After Frunze received telegrams from field airfields in various places, the whole person was immediately silent. The Russian Red Army has not yet fought with the Chinese Army, but the Chinese Air Force has already given them a resounding slap in the face. It can be seen that the Chinese * army is definitely not so easy to deal with.
"The Chinese seem to be ready. Snatching air supremacy should be their first step. Next, it should be the real decisive battle. Frunze said secretly. At the same time, there are also deep worries about the future situation. He knew that this battle would be a tough battle for him and the Russian Red Army. (To be continued.) )
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