Chapter 785: The first air battle

The Feng Jiwu troops of the independent division, which were deployed in the Kazadeu Pass area, were noticed by Zhukov, commander and political commissar of the First Army of the Soviet Far East, who did not send reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance in advance, but directly ordered the bomber units to blow up the fortifications of the squadron in that area.

This order made many high-ranking officers in the group army disagree, how could Comrade Commander conclude that there is a squadron deployed at the Kazadeu Pass, and the Chinese are so smart? Whether it is self-confidence or arrogance, decisiveness or arbitrariness, because Zhukov is the supreme leader Comrade Stalin, the commander who was personally named, everyone did not say anything on the surface, but they already had the meaning of watching jokes in their hearts, including the 9th Far Eastern Combined Pilot Division, which was assigned to the First Army of the Far East, and the division commander Major General Yurychenko.

Zhukov, who was well aware of the shortcomings within the Soviet Red Army, could not know the thoughts of the generals, and even more clearly knew that these military cadres, who were suddenly promoted after the Great Purge, commonly known as "rocket-style" military cadres, had a little material in their stomachs.

Zhukov, who has long served as deputy chief of staff of the Soviet Far Eastern Military District, knows everything well, he disdains to confess anything to these people, just with a falcon-like gaze, sharply glances at everyone, the photos and reports brought back by the bomber group, and severely beat these senior generals who want to see jokes, a loud slap in the face, the Chinese are really arming the Kazadeu Pass, and they are still nervously building fortifications.

Before the words of compliment could be uttered, the comrade commander was furious and turned the commander of the 9th Far Eastern Division into Major General Yurychenko, the commander of the 9th Flying Division, and reprimanded him so much that his eyes were full of gold and his face was bruised and his face was bruised.

The reason is very simple, Yurichenko, an arrogant guy, sent more than a hundred bombers, but did not send fighters to escort them, which country's air force is this way of playing, Zhukov is afraid when he thinks about it, if Tang Qiuli's aviation unit happens to carry out protection tasks in the airspace around the Kazadeu Pass, all the bombers of the First Army in the Far East will become a living target for Chinese fighters.

By what means to seize air supremacy, Yurichenko this guy, either arrogant or extremely stupid, Major General Yurichchenko, who was brutally trained, is not very convinced in his heart, Zhukov is deliberately establishing his authority, he is just unlucky, it happens to be a flashpoint, the Chinese have a large number of planes? I haven't heard of it, I'm afraid even the rifle is just fully equipped, right?

The indignant Rear Admiral Yurychenko, when he gave the second bombing order, really sent fighter planes to escort the escort, but only sent three groups of less than 40 fighters, and he also intended to compete with Zhukov, I sent fighter escorts, but did not complete the bombing mission according to what you said about the large group of fighters, and the bombers returned to the air, what can I do?

At about 10 o'clock, the Soviet army carried out carpet intensive bombing from north to south, and the bomber group first entered the bombing airspace, and just like yesterday, the Soviet bombers lined up in a neat formation, and did carpet intensive bombing from north to south, and the navigators of each crew reported one after another, "If you find a target, you can bomb it," and the bombardier has already put his finger on the control button, and as long as he presses it lightly, the aerial bomb in the belly of the plane pours out, and then it is to return to the plane, and complete the task smoothly.

This time, the ancient land of Waiméng is no longer a silent lamb, overnight, this land that has experienced destruction, has grown sharp fangs, with Feng Jiwu's order, the first anti-air firepower network, suddenly erupted, dense bullet rain, hit a three-dimensional metal wall, is entering the state of dive, the Soviet bomber, hit head.

More than a dozen black salutes bloomed in the air, and the dozen or so Soviet bombers that took the lead in entering the dive bomb dropping position, all of them were spared, smoking, bursting into flames, and exploded into pieces in the air, only a few, swaying and screaming like drunks and smashing to the ground, and suddenly struck, all the Soviet bomber pilots did not expect that the land that was still slaughtered yesterday would become a hedgehog with piercing hands today.

The Soviet bombers in the second echelon were not spared, and the Soviets lost more than 20 bombers, and the rest of the bombers hurriedly climbed up and broke away from the ground fire range.

The bullets made shallow ditches of dirt splashing on the ground, there was no "Sky Eye" artillery sight radar, and ordinary light and heavy machine gun firepower could not do much damage to the mobile and agile fighters, and one by one the anti-aircraft firing points were silent, and although the Soviet bomber group circling around for a week did not dare to reduce the altitude too much, they still poured tons of bombs on the heads of Feng Jiwu's troops according to the general direction.

The flames soared into the sky, pillars of smoke rose, earth and rubble flew, and the entire Kazadewu Pass, which stretched for more than 20 kilometers, was completely shrouded in gunsmoke, and in fifteen minutes, the casualties of Feng Jiwu's troops had reached more than 1,000 people, and a heavy aerial bomb, with a chilling scream, exploded not far from Feng Jiwu.

A huge earth huā submerged Feng Jiwu's figure, and the staff officers and communicators who were nearby watched the commander being engulfed in the huge smoke and dust from the explosion, closed their eyes, and shouted in despair: "It's over, this time the commander is afraid that he will die, everyone ignored the bombs whistling on their heads, and ran over, the smoke dissipated, and the soil lù out of the corner of the military uniform."

Everyone hurriedly picked up the soil, first six soldiers, and then, Feng Jiwu swayed up from the soil, his body was covered with blood, everyone was frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward to check, the commander was not injured at all, and the six guards built a human bunker beside him, and protected the safety of the commander at the cost of paying four lives and seriously injuring two people.

Feng Jiwu shook his stunned head, glanced at a few guards who fell in a pool of blood, the pain in his eyes flashed, and the staff officers hurriedly pulled Feng Jiwu to a safe place, and suddenly, the communications staff officer hurriedly shouted: "Commander, the commander of the aviation force is calling you, our aircraft group is about to arrive in the combat airspace." ”

Feng Jiwu snatched the intercom and shouted loudly: "Yiqin, I'm Feng Jiwu, you guys are finally here, the Soviets have less than forty fighter planes, beat these old men for me, **, almost killed Lao Tzu" Le Yiqin couldn't help laughing, it was the first time he saw this Commander Feng burst into foul language, there were less than forty Soviet fighters, and this battle was easy to fight.

Le Yiqin led all the fighters to climb quickly, and a few minutes later, the black pressure Soviet bomber group appeared in the line of sight below, "All pay attention, the aircraft group is divided into two ways, outflanking the Soviet bomber group, the first regiment and the second regiment, follow me to attack, responsible for solving the Soviet fighters, the attack begins" After giving the order, as soon as he pressed the nose of the plane, Le Yiqin was the first to press towards the plane of the commander of the Soviet escort fighter group, and it was his usual way of playing to capture the thief first.

Like a flock of eagles storming the nest, the Soviet bomber group was luàn at that time, and almost all the bomber crews were scolding the division commander, Major General Yurychenko, didn't it say that the Chinese did not have planes? These are conjured up by magic, and the Soviet fighter pilots are also scolding the division commander, Major General Yurychenko, so they sent three brigades of fighters to face more than a hundred Chinese fighters, isn't this looking for death?

Thirty minutes later, a large-scale air battle ended, and in addition to six or seven Soviet fighters fleeing back, more than a hundred Soviet bombers, together with more than twenty fighters, turned into a dark cloud of smoke in the blue sky, a salute that exploded in the air, or a fireball that crashed headlong into the earth.

At the cost of shooting down nine fighters and damaging 16 fighters, the aviation units of the Independent Division all shot down the bomber units of the 9th Flying Division of the Soviet Far East, severely damaging its fighter regiment, depriving Zhukov of air superiority and no longer being able to carry out large-scale bombardment of the defensive positions of Feng Jiwu's troops, which played a great role in the troops' holding of the blocking line at the Kazadeu Pass.

After the battle, Tang Qiuli once said that the first battle of the air force in the airspace of the Kazadeu Pass played an immeasurable role in ensuring the victory of the Waimenggu Campaign, and affected the course of the subsequent campaign, and made great contributions to the independent division's troops gaining a firm foothold in the Waiméng Gu and thwarting the Soviets' plots.

The troops on the ground were dumbfounded by this air battle, and the air defense guard post sent a report again, a large number of Soviet planes took off from the direction of Minusinsk, Feng Jiwu reported the intelligence to Le Yiqin, Le Yiqin knew that this was the Soviet fighter group to retaliate, and he took advantage of it enough, and he couldn't wait to be beaten here, he flew around Feng Jiwu's location at a low altitude a few times, shook the wings of the fighter plane, and Shi Shiran left with the group.

Feng Jiwu hurriedly ordered the troops to hide, Le Yiqin, this guy flew away, don't let the old máo plane, take his own fighters out of anger, and when more than 200 Soviet fighters flew over the Kazadeu Pass, in the sky, there was no longer a squadron of planes, only the wreckage of the plane that was still burning on the ground, billowing smoke and flames, and the angry Soviet fighter group flew away in frustration after pouring a large number of bullets on the empty ground.

Zhukov, who received the battle report, was furious, all the bombers were lost, and the impact on his future combat plan caused immeasurable losses, and even more irreparable losses, in an air battle, more than 100 planes were lost, which was also an unprecedented defeat in the combat history of the Soviet Red Army, a huge shame, Zhukov's heart, for the first time, appeared on the shadow.