Vol 3 Chapter 245: Sino-Soviet tank collision

Chapter 245 The Collision of Tanks
Wu Zhiwei is a super-class pilot at Coulomb Air Force Base. In daily training assessments, he has been ranked among the top ten of hundreds of pilots throughout the base.
Five years into the army, he was the first pilot after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and also the squadron leader of the 2nd Fighter Flying Squadron of the base. At the beginning of the Sino-Soviet border war, Cullen's air force was ordered to attack, more than a hundred kilometers north, and reached the front of the Hudai River to perform air support and air reconnaissance missions.
The sky outside the cockpit has gradually begun to clear, and some of the last snowfalls have become thinner, and some have turned into water as soon as they land on the plane, which means that the snow is about to pass.
Twenty aircraft and 16 fighters formed four temporary squadrons and a long-aircraft dual-team formation of eight combat escorts, guarding four bomber-3 bombers, whizzing over the Hudeli battlefield.
The J-3 fighter and the H-3 bomber, as the backbone of the Air Force in recent years, follow the tradition of the Southwestern era. Fighters and bombers are synchronized. They are the main force of the Chinese Air Force. The improvements and transformations based on them will generate all aircraft types except mainframes and super-mainframes.
Since the J-1 fighter was based on the German bf109 as a prototype and was developed in accordance with China's actual conditions and needs, after entering the third generation, the J-1 fighter has basically got rid of the characteristics of the first-generation aircraft. With a semi-metal fuselage and a more powerful engine, the maximum flight speed of the J-3 fighter reached 620 kilometers, which is at least 100 kilometers higher than the speed of the German Bf109 which is being mass-produced.
What is even more surprising is that when the Germans finalized this fighter in 1936, they received help from China, which enabled them to shape and produce more BF109AB aircraft in advance.
As for the bomber-3, it almost abandoned the design idea of ​​the prototype bomber, and adopted the design idea of ​​the American B-25 bomber, just because China is leading the Americans in high-tech materials and aircraft design, and the range has reached At 1,700 kilometers, the maximum speed is 466 kilometers, and the bomb load reaches 1.8 tons, which makes the bomber-3 bomber positioning the best medium-sized ace bomber in the early stage of World War II.
These two models are undoubtedly the most advanced advanced aircraft in Cash China. Although they are not the most advanced models, they will be produced in large quantities.
"The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fighter Squadrons are responsible for dive attacks. The bomber squadrons pay attention to the selection of high-value targets for bombing. The 4th Fighter Squadron enters Soviet airspace and detects the situation within 100 kilometers."
The commander of this air mission was a lieutenant colonel aviation commander at Coulomb Air Force Base. He had rich flight experience and was able to deal with emergencies.
"understand"
At a distance from the location of the Hudairi River, the 4th Fighter Squadron left the formation and entered Soviet airspace from another direction, while the remaining three Fighter Squadrons and the Bomber Squadron were ready for combat.
"No. 1 and No. 2 are responsible for the left wing positions, No. 3 and No. 4 are responsible for the front Soviet forces, and operations."
Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhiwei, who was in charge of the 3rd Fighter Squadron of the Action Force, took the lead in leading the four Squadrons of the entire Squadron, whistling and diving towards the opposite Soviet.
At that moment, Wu Zhiwei had a feeling. The first plane he flew into the airspace of the Soviets. He firmly believed that this was the first time, but it would never be the last.
Perhaps there have been multiple cross-border air reconnaissances between China and the Soviet Union, but this is the first time that actual combat has entered this time.
"Humph"
Wu Zhiwei hummed, took the lead to press down the launch button of the aviation machine gun, and saw two fire snakes burst out from the belly of the dive fighter. At the same time, the Soviet position was originally grouped together to prepare to attack again. When the Soviet Red Army hadn't figured out exactly which country the aircraft in the snowy day belonged to, it was torn by a bullet from an air machine gun.
As if plowing the ground, Wu Zhiwei drove the fighter plane and swooped over the Soviet army at a low altitude, first firing at the Soviet army, and then whistling towards the truck group behind the Soviet army.
"Bang bang ..."
The crackling sound was extremely dense, and bullets raging by aviation machine guns turned trucks into hourglasses, splashing glass everywhere. From time to time, trucks were hit by fuel tanks, which quickly caused a violent explosion.
Behind him, there are three J-3 fighters frantically torturing the Soviet Red Army without even an anti-aircraft gun.
"Woo"
Chinese warplanes screamed towards the Soviet positions. Although only two squadrons of fighters rushed to the front of the Soviet army, these eight fighters still brought a huge psychological burden on the Soviet army.
The squealing sound of ultra-high decibels seemed to shatter the eardrums of the Red Army recruits. Watching the metal-lustered plane dive down, everyone ran subconsciously, and they didn't even know where to hide.
On the side of the empty Hudeli River, there was no place to hide, which was why the recruits ran so fast that they even forgot to lie on the ground.
"Comrade Belev, we were attacked by Chinese."
In fact, without the report of the company commander, Belev, the commander of the Soviet Red Army, knew that in this ghost place, except for the Chinese plane, must it be German? "Immediately report to the division and ask Chaktu Airport to support us immediately."
It was just a rational order, but Belev knew that snow hadn't completely stopped, and he would count on the nearby Kaktu support, and hope was very small.
He is not an Air Force general, but judging by his military common sense, the Chinese attacked the aircraft very fast and fierce firepower. The truck's standstill area was even covered by the firepower of their fighters. You know, None of the fighters of the Chucktu are equipped with machine guns, and the newer aircraft are still in the airport hangar hundreds of miles away from the cold winter.
Watching the rapid attack of Chinese aircraft, screaming and diving down, Belev, despite his disappointment in the performance of the recruits, still shouted, "Get down, get down with a light machine gun ..."
However, his roar was completely covered by the roar of Chinese fighter planes. In the absence of any enemy aircraft and no effective anti-aircraft firing, these fighter planes relied on a huge range and repeatedly bombarded this area of ​​about two kilometers in front. position.
Looking at a battalion with heavy casualties, Belev knew that his best outcome was also to be sentenced to life imprisonment, and even to be executed by the upcoming Red Army intermediate political commissars. But he couldn't help it anymore.
As a Soviet loyal officer, he didn't believe in the Bolsheviks as much as he seemed, but he loved the entire Soviet Union. He is very clear that although the Chinese only took off more than a dozen planes under the blizzard, this has already revealed the serious casualties of the two Red Army camps.
He only prayed that the subsequent reinforcements could break through the Chinese position.
"May the Bolsheviks be blessed."
After silently praying, this not-so-loyal Bolshevik officer rushed out of a hiding stone, madly pulling soldiers running wildly to the ground, while roaring loudly, "Shoot against the air, shoot"
However, as soon as he shouted, he heard the sound of the propellers coming from the plane, and the harsh decibels told him that the plane was close at hand.
boom……
As if it was a sudden liberation, Comrade Belev was blasted off by a 50 kg aerial bomb that exploded ten meters away in a violent explosion. A person was divided into two parts, one was the body, and the other was Fly to one leg in the other direction.
"It hurts. The Chinese are more powerful than those anti- elements ..."
This is Belev's last consciousness.
Four fighter planes performing aerial reconnaissance missions dispersed into the Soviet airspace in an echelon.
Jiang Wuming is the squadron leader of this squadron. As soon as he entered Soviet airspace, he felt a different feeling.
Although this is not the first time that the Chinese Air Force has scouted the Soviets near the border, Jiang Wuming is the first time that he drove a fighter jet to play the role of a reconnaissance plane and perform missions against the Soviet Union.
While maintaining air radio contact with three other aircraft, he drove the J-3 fighter jet and quickly flew over the hinterland of the Soviet Union.
Looking at the white-capped mountains and plains below, Jiang Wuming knows that this huge place was formerly Chinese territory, but nowadays, there are Soviet people living on it and they have built Bolshevik farms.
There are also few Soviet farms below, often only one kilometer away. Those Soviet peasants who also work in the fields on snowy days, taking care of the crops, looked up at him and thought they were Soviet planes.
"No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, have you found them?"
With extremely wide field of vision in the snow, Jiang Wuming did not find anything. In such a snowy day, if even a company of people marches on the snow, or seven or eight trucks are moving at the same time, they can be seen a few kilometers away.
"Report, not found for the time being."
Three other planes reported one after the other and found nothing.
Jiang Wuming looked at the instruments on the plane and found that he had penetrated more than 30 kilometers into the airspace of the Soviet Union, including the circling airspace. He had also checked at least a quarter of the range of 100 kilometers, but he still did not find it. Moving forward, to the left is the Chucktu of the Soviets.
"Maybe something will be found in that direction."
When Jiang Wuming pulled the joystick of the plane, the plane began to turn and flew northwest.
After flying for about seven or eight minutes, Jiang Wuming has penetrated more than 60 kilometers into the territory of the Soviet Union.
"Well, what's that?"
Through protective goggles, Jiang Wuming saw a long car queue at a distance of about 1 km horizontally, and Mo was at least the size of a division. The convoy continued to see some trucks pulling cannons.
Almost at the same time, the huge Soviet convoy that was marching also found the flying aircraft. The Soviet commander looked through the telescope and found that it was not a Soviet aircraft model. He immediately stopped the truck with the anti-aircraft gun in preparation for air defense. shooting.
However, after all, Jiang Wuming was flying a high-speed aircraft. The Soviets did not arrange air defense positions in advance. They could only rely on temporary operations.
Bang bang ...
When the Soviets had just placed the anti-aircraft gun and hadn't pulled off the gun coat, Jiang Wuming quickly dived down and used the cannon under his belly to begin the massacre of the dense Soviet army.
The panicked Soviets, although dispersed, faced with only one plane, they were still difficult to avoid.
The intensive explosion, along the Soviet march line, continued to explode. After the machine gun was exhausted, Jiang Wuming did not stop at all, pressed the launch button of the aviation machine gun again, and then raged towards the red side of the Soviet convoy.
If it was during the war, the Soviets were more alert, and it would be difficult for an aircraft to achieve such results. However, the Soviets marched inside the country, the vigilance was too low, and they marched in the snow. They have not experienced the country. The Soviets who fought between them also had insufficient air defense experience.
Even if the Soviet commander found out that it was not a Soviet aircraft, and gave orders quickly, it was too late.
In this way, an aircraft, until all the ammunition had been fired, caused the death and injury of more than 200 Soviet troops. After blasting more than a dozen trucks, it finally pulled up and evacuated at full speed.
The heavily armed Soviet troops marched in the snowy sky, and the direction was still the direction of the border, so they were likely to support the direction of the Hudai River.
"Report the captain, find a large Soviet Red Army, and request an attack."
In just a few minutes, two of the other three fighter jets also discovered two other Soviet marching convoys.
In the Soviet plan, a total of three divisions' early combat units were too close to the border and had a large march target in snowy days. All Chinese aircraft were found without being harassed by the Soviet air force.
When Jiang Wuming was finally preparing to return, what he saw from the air was an endless Soviet tank division, with hundreds of Soviet tanks, moving in the snow toward the Hudeli River on the Sino-Soviet border.
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"Report, Chairman, this is the latest report back from the front."
In the office of the head of state, Zhang Shusheng took the latest report from the combat staff and looked at it in detail.
The occurrence of this Sino-Soviet border battle was not his surprise. What is uncertain is the Soviets' determination and the planned scale of the battle.
If there were some conflicts at the border between China and the Soviet Union in the peaceful era, he would never be so nervous. The later generations, such as Treasure Island, were only small-scale local battles.
However, today's Sino-Soviet relations are far more tense than later generations, and the size of the garrison between the two sides is no less than when the relations between the later generations are most tense.
Moreover, Stalin, who had just signed the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty with the Germans, swelled his ambitions and began to remember Mongolia, which made Zhang Shusheng vigilant. Once Stalin was determined to split Mongolia, he would have to fight in Asia in advance. Already.
Although a full-scale war will affect China's interests, it does not mean that China will fear the Soviet Union. It is now the end of 1939. The People ’s Army ’s new batch of mobilization plans has just been completed. After the outbreak of World War II, as many as 400,000 People ’s Army have been armed, and after half a year of intensive training, they have been able to serve as a police force. These recruits, originally reserve forces, were much stronger than the Soviet army.
Moreover, a more and more military and military ethos has permeated the Chinese land for several years. With the Baath Party's popular support, the ruling thoughts of enriching the country and the people, and strengthening the country and the army have been carried out well.
After reading this report, Zhang Shusheng was slightly relieved. From the point of view of the report, the Soviets mobilized about three divisions, or more troops participated in this border war, and perhaps more troops participated in the war. What is somewhat surprising is that through aerial reconnaissance, the Soviets also mobilized a tank division. It seems that this is their trump card.
In order for Stalin to quickly advance to the front line of Cullen and prepare for subsequent plans, the cost was also high enough.
Coincidentally, China's mechanized division is about to enter Selenge City where Hudai is located. The Sino-Soviet tank forces are about to collide. Who wins?
"The collision between the Sino-Soviet tank forces is about to be staged. Although the victory and defeat are expected, some other things should be prepared. After the tank war, the Soviets should be given a greater surprise."
Zhang Shusheng thought a little and weighed the pros and cons. Nowadays, it is not during a full-scale war with the Soviets. Depending on his strong memory, he remembers about 600 warplanes of various types deployed in Mongolia. Because of his strong alertness to the Soviet Union, Mongolia ’s direction It is one of China's military priorities. With basic considerations in mind, I picked up the phone on the desk and said, "Let the Chief of General Staff, the Chief of General Staff, the Minister of National Defense Cai and the Commander of the Air Force come here."
From time to time, three key members of the Republic's military came to Zhang Shusheng's office.
"Chairman"
The three generals sat down after saluting, and everyone got the frontline report that Zhang Shusheng had just read.
Zhang Shusheng took up the tea cup on the table, took a sip, and then said, "From the current point of view, we have an advantage in this conflict. At present, there is no suspense on the ground for the time being, which is mainly about to happen. Tank battles will test Sino-Soviet tanks, who is better. "
"In terms of troop size, the number of our mechanized infantry division tanks is 51. The Soviets are about one tank division and about 100 tanks. We are disadvantaged in the number. However, our tanks are all Tiger 2 tanks, and In the Soviet Siberian military region, the equipped tanks were generally relatively backward. It was estimated that the march in the snowy sky was a lot, and we still have a great chance of winning. "Cai Yan knew the situation of the 11th mechanized infantry division, except that In addition to the semi-tank division, this division is actually an anti-tank division. "Moreover, this division has a strong anti-tank capability and is equipped with a large number of anti-tank guns and rocket launchers. If the Soviets still fail, the division chief Rao Guohua should be dismissed. Punishment "
Zhang Shusheng nodded ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and then said, "It is not the time for a full-scale war to erupt between China and the Soviet Union, and neither China nor the Soviet Union is ready. Stalin wants to fight a border invasion that concerns Mongolia. War. This is what they often do in Europe. Of course, so are the Germans. We cannot retreat. We must take strong measures to let Stalin see the catastrophic consequences of the war. So I have a preliminary plan. "
Zhang Shusheng is very clear that neither China nor the Soviet Union dare to start a full-scale war. In this way, both sides will have huge troubles, and Stalin's personal will is typically weird. Once there is any weakness of the Chinese side, it will most likely lead to the real situation of Mongolia. Divided by the Soviet Red Army, which has not been attacked by the Germans at present, and once China is very strong and takes on a full-scale war posture, Stalin, the lunatic, will calm down instead.
"What does the chairman mean?" The three of them suddenly became interested. Fighting with war is also a good thing. At least one can teach the Soviets who have no one in their eyes and who are arrogant.
"I am about to launch a huge air strike on the Soviet Union"
Zhang Shusheng walked in front of the world map behind him, slaps him near Chucktu, and drew a circle on that Soviet territory.