"Send the alarm! The Chinese are shameless and actually want to attack us!" Bolkov shouted loudly, and then he and Xinsson ran to the walkie-talkie duty station not far away.
Zhuang Houzhong did not take action, and once he did, he would use the aviation units of three divisions. In order to ensure the effect of the surprise attack, all Chinese fighter planes kept flying at low altitude after taking off from the airport located in the southern suburbs of Ulan-Ude.
After all the participating fighter planes took off, they picked up speed and rushed towards the Soviet Red Army position at Lake Baikal.
In Irkutsk, in the courtyard where the Southwest Front Army Headquarters is located, General Vatutin had just walked to the door of his dormitory when he felt the ground suddenly vibrate slightly. He frowned, held the door frame with his right hand, and felt that there was more on the door frame.
He felt a strong vibration and his heart suddenly lifted.
"Shelf!" he shouted, "come on!"
Sherf was his orderly and was helping him collect water from the pool. When he heard the shouts, he immediately dropped the water tray and ran over. He stood at attention and asked: "Comrade General, what are your orders?"
"Go to Lapniv immediately and ask him to contact the front line. I want to know the situation on the front line."
The staff headquarters of the Southwest Front Army is right next door to the headquarters. As Sergef ran over in a hurry, Lapniv, whom Vatutin said was already shouting that something bad happened, rushed in. "Comrade General, we have just received the call from the front line.
Reportedly, the Chinese Air Force raided our military’s forward positions on the west bank of Lake Baikal.”
"You mean, the Chinese launched an air raid on my frontline positions?"
"yes!"
"Where's the army? Where's the Chinese army? People from the Politburo and our scouts didn't find anything?" When the matter came to an end, Vatutin looked very calm and asked.
"There is no relevant information, Comrade General, and the Chinese army is going to war without declaring it——"
"What is an undeclared war? With bloodshed as a ready excuse, are the Chinese afraid that they can't find a reason? I said at the time that we should be wary of the Chinese launching retaliatory military actions. What now? Sherf, call the team immediately
The left-behind officers above the commander will go to the headquarters for a meeting. Lapniv, I hope we can’t make it in time!”
Just when Chinese fighter planes appeared over Lake Baikal, Chongqing, Mei Lanshu personally held a press conference. The press conference was held at five o'clock in the morning, which is not uncommon in the history of world journalism. Because of the natural instinct of journalists
Due to their sensitivity to news, both Chinese reporters and foreign reporters realized that something big must have happened when they received the notice from the Information Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. They were not disappointed, Mei Lanshu burst out with one mouthful
Shocking news: China declared war on Soviet Russia in retaliation for the bloody incident of civilians on Lake Baikal deliberately caused by Soviet Russia in the Far East.
Among the many countries in the anti-China alliance, except Japan, the United States was the first to declare war on China, followed by the United Kingdom. The Soviet Union, even after the New Delhi meeting, still did not declare war on China. This in itself is not a normal phenomenon.
Because of this, after the bloody incident, Americans, British, and Japanese people secretly rejoiced because they felt that the Soviet Russians had finally made up their mind to oppose China.
After declaring war on China, naturally, reporters from hostile countries such as the United States and Britain could no longer stay in Chongqing. However, because China has actually become an important part of the center of world politics, journalists such as the New York Times in the United States and the British
The Times and other major intercontinental newspapers are naturally unwilling to let go of this news gathering place. Therefore, they have used various underground methods to leave enough informants in China, especially Chongqing. For example, they secretly hired journalists from neutral countries such as Sweden to work for them
Provide news coverage.
Since the anti-China alliance was formed, major countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom have established special agencies to collect news and intelligence information from China.
Mei Lanshu held a press conference at five o'clock, but only about a quarter of an hour later, Truman and Churchill, including Koizumi Toshiichiro and Stalin, all received relevant news. At that time, it was only about one o'clock in the morning in Moscow, and Stalin
Sleeping soundly, he answered the phone with sleepy eyes on the bed. Lao Maozi immediately rushed to the window without wearing any shoes, shouted to his guard, and asked him to immediately notify the Politburo and the people from the headquarters to come to the meeting. "I also
I didn't think about whether to strike first, but the Chinese came first! Ouyang Yun is really too arrogant!" Stalin thought while getting dressed. The more he thought about it, the more violent the anger in his heart became.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon in Washington, the United States, the day before. Truman was discussing something with several of his officials. When he learned the news, he was startled at first, and then he couldn't help but smile on his face.
: "Okay, China and the Soviet Union are finally at war!"
Compared to Truman who was overjoyed, Churchill's reaction was much calmer. Of course, a war between China and the Soviet Union would be a good thing for Britain in every aspect, so he decided to light a cigar in celebration.
Koizumi Minichiro also received the call in bed, and after putting down the phone, he whispered to himself: "China and the Soviet Union finally saw red with their bayonets. Well, now, the success rate of the Americans' strategy for Palau is even higher."
become!"
The fighter planes of the Chinese Far East Army flew at low altitude to avoid detection by Soviet Russian radars and suddenly launched an attack. Even though the Soviet Southwest Front Army had been in a state of preparation for war, it was still caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
In the Far East, the Soviet Air Force only deployed about 300 fighter planes, half of which were old I-15s. Therefore, when Vatutin discovered that there were more than 300 incoming enemy planes, and they had the latest aircraft.
When the Golden Eagle escorted the enemy, he did not dare to use the air force to defend against the enemy, except for ordering the air defense troops directly under the Southwest Front Army to counterattack.
The Southwest Front Army has a total of about fifteen divisions. Except for three tank divisions, almost all of them can be used as air defense troops in wartime. The other twelve divisions each have only about one battalion of air defense troops. Originally, if
These air defense forces were all concentrated on the front line, which could be regarded as a containment force. However, although the Southwest Front Army was in a state of combat readiness, Vatutin did not expect that the Chinese army would dare to launch an attack. These air defense forces were all honest.
They actually stayed in the defensive areas of their respective units, and as a result the firepower was too dispersed. Once they launched a counterattack, they would become the priority target of the Chinese Air Force. As a result, they were eliminated one by one in the fierce bombing.