On March 19, at seven o'clock in the morning, the red sun appeared in the eastern sky, indicating that it was another good weather today. Three emergency repairs were carried out in Abai, Ustkan and Karagai in Tangnu Ulianghai in China.
On the tarmac of the completed military airport, ground crews were shuttled back and forth, refueling, loading, and making final adjustments to the A26 and A27 fighter jets and the AB26, B1 (mosquito bomber), and B2 (imitation Stuka) bombers.
During maintenance, the pilots gathered on the wide lawn of the airport to listen to the commander's explanation of the key points of the operation.
Due to the large use of wooden and semi-wooden Mosquito series fighters and A27 fighter jets, many woodwork factories, musical instrument factories, and furniture factories can produce aircraft parts. Syria's aircraft production capacity has increased rapidly. Just last month, aircraft factories
The number of fighters produced reached 428, which led to the rapid expansion of the Anjiajun Air Force.
However, it is precisely because of this explosive development that pilots who received short-term training from Yichang Aviation School and Simao Aviation School also began to take up combat positions. Some pilots and crew members faced actual combat tests for the first time and could not help but feel a little nervous.
emotions.
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In the Belaga region of Kazakhstan, 350 kilometers away from the Chinese border, the 1st and 2nd Mechanized Corps of the Mongolian Military District, which were responsible for the attack on Semipalatinsk, converged into a mighty torrent of steel, moving forward with indomitable momentum.
, quickly break through and advance southward.
The commander-in-chief of this force is Xiao Wu, deputy commander of Yecheng Front Army and commander of the First Tank Corps.
Currently, the two front armies commanded by Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong are still stranded in Ningxia. It is expected that it will take another week to arrive at the battlefield on the western front of Mongolia. The battle against Kazakhstan is imminent, and the two mechanized corps of the Mongolian military region that have been moved in advance by the railway are in urgent need of one.
As a commander with rich combat experience, Xiao Wu and his staff were urgently airlifted by transport plane to Barnaul, an important town in the eastern part of the Kurunda Plain in Siberia, and then took a train south to join the main force.
In the torrent of steel, in a specially-made armored command vehicle, Ye Cheng was looking at the map carefully. His adjutant, Major Yu Zhijie, continued to issue Ye Cheng's orders to various ministries through the vehicle radio. By 7:30 in the morning
, only fifteen kilometers away from the target, Ye Cheng personally reported to the front army headquarters, saying that he would arrive at the gates of Semipalatinsk around 8:30 in the morning, and the battle would begin at that time.
It is strange to say that the Soviet army opened its doors on the western and central fronts of the Far Eastern Army's main attack direction, allowing the Far Eastern Army's millions of troops to gallop freely. However, on the eastern front, it showed that it was fighting for every inch of land, which made people doubt its
Have you obtained the Anjiajun's specific action plan and troop mobilization? Otherwise, it would be impossible to make such a targeted layout.
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Nanhua, General Staff War Room.
The staff were busy going back and forth. When An Yi got Ye Cheng's telegram, it was only 7:35. The telegram was sent from the border area of Siberia and Kazakhstan to the Western Front Army Headquarters. The Western Front Army reported to the military region, which then forwarded it to the headquarters.
, the whole process only takes five minutes, which is relatively fast in this era.
"Chairman, all departments of the Air Force are ready and are just waiting for your order." Air Force Commander Huang Bingyi asked An Yi softly for instructions.
An Yi nodded, no longer hesitated, and issued an order loudly: "I order: The air force will conduct an air assault to the designated coordinates in accordance with the pre-war plan!"
"yes!"
Huang Bingyi was slightly excited, and quickly came to the telegraph machine, and conveyed An Yi's order to the front through the secret code.
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Ust-Kan Airport, which is only 300 kilometers away from Semipalatinsk in a straight line by air, took the lead in taking action.
Those stationed at the airport were officers and soldiers of the 1st Flying Regiment of the Mongolian Military Region. The regiment leader, Colonel Zhou Yunlai, turned out to be the 1st Squadron Commander of the 1st Regiment of the Southwest Air Force. At this time, he was at the control console, directing and dispatching the fighter planes to take off.
The first ones to rise into the blue sky were A26 fighter jets from three squadrons. After they took off, they circled back and forth in the sky, waiting for the AB26 bomber group to take off, and then acted as an escort force to ensure the absolute safety of the three squadrons of bomber groups.
Since this was the first battle, for the sake of safety, the Air Force Command chose the tough and fleshy AB26 bombers as the first wave of main fighters to attack the ground.
After a half-year transformation, the current ab26 has been replaced with a higher-horsepower engine, and the armor has been strengthened again. Especially the front and bottom of the fighter fuselage are equipped with high-strength alloy steel plates imported from Germany, and key parts are also made
Two to three layers of reinforcement can effectively resist attacks from ground anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns.
In addition to being able to carry 1,000 kilograms of bombs for ground attack, the AB26 is also equipped with three 12.7 mm caliber aviation machine guns on both sides of the wings and tail, and a twin 23 mm machine gun is also installed on the nose, especially
Aerial bombs and rockets can also be mounted under the fuselage and wings, doubling its power in ground-to-air combat.
After such modifications, the ab26's range has been sharply reduced from 2,400 kilometers to 1,200 kilometers. With the addition of a fuel tank, the range can be increased to 1,600 kilometers. The maximum speed has been reduced from 480 kilometers to 420 kilometers. However, compared with the increase in survivability and firepower, this
The effort is worth it. In a sense, the role of the ab26 has changed from a bomber to an attack aircraft. However, in this era, there was no term for an attack aircraft, so it was still classified as a bomber.
Ab26 bombers with powerful firepower and extremely high survivability took off from the runway, merged with the fighter group, and flew towards the western sky at high speed.
Xiang Yu is an ordinary pilot of the Fourth Bomber Squadron of the First Flying Regiment. He is 18 years old and holds the rank of second lieutenant in the Air Force. He was originally a student at Beijing Fu Jen University. After the victory in the Baoding air battle last July, Yichang Aviation School recruited pilots from all over the country.
Xiang Yu signed up for the selection without hesitation and was successfully selected.
Xiang Yu is characterized by a tough mind and solid basic skills. Although he is not as outstanding as the classmates who were selected to join the Anjia Army Air Force in November and December last year, his calm temperament and solid basic skills are enough to make up for his lack of understanding.
Especially after taking over the ab26 fighter plane under his seat, he immediately fell in love with this heavy steel fortress with such strong defense that it could almost ignore the ground anti-aircraft fire strikes, and was determined to perform well.
The bombardier sitting behind Xiang Yu is Zhang Zhijiang, seventeen years old, with the rank of air force sergeant and a native of Shanghai.
At this moment, Zhang Zhijiang was in a very nervous mood. Wait a moment and he would control the button to throw the bomb stored in the magazine. The ab26's throwing accuracy reached an astonishing within fifteen meters. In the previous training, Zhang Zhijiang's best
The result was that the throwing accuracy and circular error was 18.5 meters. At this moment, he kept cheering himself up in his heart, hoping that he could perform at his usual level and not make a fool of himself.
A huge roar came from above the fleet, and the two of them looked up almost at the same time. They stared wide-eyed at a squadron of four-engine heavy bombers that had been ordered to be B4, and were being protected by A27 fighter jets from three squadrons.
, flying towards the southwest sky.
The performance of the four-engine bomber produced by the Syrian government is comparable to that of the American Flying Fortress bomber, and it has been optimized in some areas. It is equipped with thirteen 12.7 mm large-caliber machine guns, has a crew of ten, and has an ammunition load of eight tons.
It uses four 1,200-horsepower air-cooled radial engines with turbocharging technology, has a range of up to 3,100 kilometers, a maximum speed of 490 kilometers per hour, and a ceiling of 10,000 meters.
Due to limited production capacity, the entire Syrian government is currently equipped with only one squadron of B4 bombers. The reason for using B4 this time is to distribute leaflets to all large and medium-sized cities in Kazakhstan, conduct psychological warfare, and use real threats to clearly
Unmistakably tell the Soviet troops and people in Kazakhstan that unless you cooperate obediently or surrender, no matter where you are, you will be within our strike range!
Another half hour later, the fleet flew over Semipalatinsk. At the moment when the morning sun had just risen, it passed through the positions carefully constructed by the Soviets. It looked very peaceful, like a stunning beauty falling into deep sleep. And not long after
, this beauty is about to be brutally raped by the strong man An Jiajun.
As the commander of the 4th Squadron, Lieutenant Colonel Liang Peter, conveyed the message that "the attack is about to begin", both Xiang Yu and Zhang Zhijiang cheered up.
The A26 fighter jet roared and accelerated first, arriving like lightning at the several-kilometer-long defense fortification built by the Soviets in the north of Semipalatinsk. The expected anti-aircraft guns did not sound, and in the military camp on the ground, a continuous
Soviet soldiers poured out, apparently attracted by the loud roar caused by the planes.
Zhang Zhijiang's hands were shaking, not out of fear, but out of excitement. Faced with the large-scale air raid by An's army, the Soviet army had obviously not yet reacted.
The A26 fighter jet quickly climbed to a higher altitude and searched everywhere at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 meters, but found no trace of the Soviet fighter plane.
The AB26 bombers began to increase speed and spread out to find targets.
According to the plan, the first batch of bombing targets must be air defense positions on the defense line that can be used for both air defense and destroying tanks.
When the AB26 passed over the Soviet position, the Soviets finally took action. The anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns on the position began to fire sporadically. However, this level of anti-aircraft firepower could not stop the AB26's approach.
The AB26 bomber made a shrill scream and dived.
Soon, the bombs dropped by the first batch of fighter planes were thrown out in beautiful arcs and landed heavily on the air defense positions. Fires rose ten meters high, and thick smoke columns shot straight into the sky. Surrounded by
The sandbags surrounding the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were violently lifted up by the air pressure waves of the bombs, and were thrown everywhere. The anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns that had not fired a few shells or fired a few bullets instantly became piles of scrap copper.
Rotten iron, paralyzed on the battlefield.
The wounded soldiers of the Soviet army screamed miserably, but soon, probably for fear of affecting their morale, someone shot the wounded soldiers with guns, as if they were ready to defend the position to the death.
Xiang Yu circled in the sky and suddenly found a valuable target. It was an artillery position hidden in the temperate jungle. The 107mm, 122m, and 152mm caliber artillery that the Soviets were proud of would be a threat to the upcoming Anjia Army.
The mechanized troops were a big threat, so he turned around and said: "Know the border, prepare to drop bombs!"
Subsequently, the AB26 fuselage made a shrill scream, the sound became louder and louder, and it began to prepare for a high-altitude dive.
Sergeant Zhang Zhijiang suddenly found that his palms were all sweaty. In order to change the previous problem of low accuracy of ab26 bombing, the new ab26 added a special thrower, and this thrower also acted as a radio liaison. Chaos before fighting.
, which made Zhang Zhijiang feel very embarrassed. Before adjusting the fuselage and preparing to dive, he cursed himself in his heart for being too impatient and wiped the cold sweat from his palms on his clothes. At this moment, he felt sorry for himself
Poor performance feels incredibly uncomfortable.
You must know that the button of the bomb delivery device is very small. Once the hand slips, it will easily affect the pressing action of the throw. If the target is not hit due to an error of a few tenths of a second, you will definitely be ridiculed by your comrades after you return. This is a sign of extremely high self-esteem.
Zhang Zhijiang found it difficult to accept.
The indicator in front of the cockpit had already pointed to 55 degrees. Suddenly, the entire fuselage began to dive as if it was about to fall.
The Soviet army's artillery position was getting closer and closer, and the fuselage soon reached a 90-degree angle perpendicular to the ground. Like a bomb, it rushed to the ground at high speed. The indicator light in front of the cockpit suddenly turned red, and Xiang Yu shouted
A cry: "Launch!"
Staff Sergeant Zhang Zhijiang pressed the throw button almost in a conditional launch manner. The indicator light prompted that the two grenade bins under the fuselage were opened at the same time, and two bombs weighing 100 kilograms had been thrown out.
At this time, Zhang Zhijiang was extremely desperate. Because he was so nervous, he had just forgotten to adjust the angle of the bomb. This time he didn't know where the bomb would land, so he could only pray in his heart that it would hit the target.
When the entire ab26 bomber reached a height of twenty meters vertically from the ground, it seemed as if it had lost control and was about to hit the ground. Just as the Soviet soldiers on the ground fled in panic, and when the entire fuselage was about to come into close contact with the ground, it suddenly made a beautiful pull.
The rising movement miraculously climbed up in a "U" shape, and the shrill scream was so frightening.
"Boom boom——"
The first bomb directly hit the barrel of a 122mm caliber artillery in the Soviet artillery position, erupting into a mushroom-shaped fireball. The artillery was blown to pieces, and the fragments flew everywhere. The other bomb was even more magical.
Because the ejection device of the magazine had a certain angle and huge kinetic energy, the aerial bomb continued to fly forward for a certain distance, and luckily landed on the ammunition storage point more than fifty meters behind the artillery position.
After the explosion, a series of explosions followed, and the entire artillery position carefully constructed by the Soviet army was suddenly plunged into a series of explosions of iron and fire.
"Oh my God! Hit! All of them hit!"
Zhang Zhijiang looked through the sight glass and was surprised to find that his character exploded. He hit two different targets at once, winning an opening prize! Because his mood was too flexible, he was sweating all over, and the hand holding the throwing device felt slippery and greasy.
, raised his hand and saw that his palm was soaked with sweat again. Zhang Zhijiang subconsciously stuck out his tongue, secretly thanking the gods and Buddhas for their blessings in his heart.
"Beautiful! Really accurate shot! Zhijiang, I didn't expect you to have this skill. I was originally worried that you would be too nervous and your performance would be affected!"
Second Lieutenant Xiang Yu was obviously very satisfied with his flight action just now. When he first entered the battle formation, the moment he dived, he no longer had any nervousness, excitement or other negative emotions. Instead, he just focused on flying the fighter plane and doing everything he could to strike.
opponent.
After completing this beautiful attack, Xiang Yu continued to use his sharp eyes to find valuable targets, and then rushed over to kill them without mercy!
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In the sky, the roaring AB26 fleet continued to make a swooping posture. The Soviet soldiers who did not seek bunkers to hide became the delicacies of the AB26 fleet armed to the teeth. The bombers that completed the drop mission had no intention of leaving at all.
It continued to make a shrill scream, kept diving, and then used the two 12.7mm-caliber aviation machine guns on both sides of the wing to shoot mercilessly at the Soviet soldiers on the ground.
Thanks to his first successful experience, Zhang Zhijiang now seems much more stable. In just a moment, he has completed the transformation from a new recruit to a veteran. Just now he put the two 200 kilograms hanging on both sides of the wing.
The heavy bomb was thrown on the bunker of the Soviet position. The large area of the ground sunken after the explosion showed that the value of this target was very high.
Zhang Zhijiang admired the sharp eyes of the captain, Second Lieutenant Xiang Yu, and at the same time he was praising his sudden rapid improvement in throwing skills. Of course, the most important thing was to meet such an excellent pilot as Xiang Yu, because the throwing action must be determined
As for the driver's control of the fuselage angle, the bombardier only needs to make local fine-tuning through the sight glass, which is very suitable for the bombardier's performance.
Subsequently, after four consecutive dives, two hidden Soviet artillery positions were eliminated, and two rounds of bombs were fired at a group of armored vehicles that were escaping rapidly, causing twelve armored vehicles to be paralyzed and burned.
Because the squadron leader, Lieutenant Colonel Liang Peter, had not issued the order to retreat, Xiang Yu said that he would first shoot out the bullets in the two aircraft machine guns. Zhang Zhijiang, who was in an extremely excited state, would certainly not object to the captain's decision, and he even expected to operate it himself.
The 12.7mm machine gun in the back seat strafed the Soviet troops.
Unlike the group of bombers who carnivally treated the entire northern defense line of Semipalatinsk that the Soviet Army had worked hard for as their own performance stage, the pilots driving the A26 fighter jets are now very depressed. They are hovering at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 meters.
For nearly ten minutes, in addition to seeing the proud bomber troops making diving actions again and again, and then making a roaring sound that made the enemy feel creepy, they dropped bombs or used the machine guns on both sides of the wings to kill the Soviet troops.
The pilots started to curse one after another. They simply couldn't forgive the Soviets. Why didn't these cowards send fighter planes to die?
You should know that the current A26 fighter jet has also been upgraded and modified. After being equipped with a 1,200-horsepower engine, the fighter jet has sufficient power to modify the armor and weapon systems.
There is nothing to say about the armor. Key parts are equipped with high-strength alloy steel plates. What is eye-catching is the change in the weapon system. In order to crack the tactics of four-engine bomber cluster operations like the Sky Fortress, the nose of the aircraft was replaced with a 23mm cannon.
12.7mm large-caliber aviation machine guns are installed on both sides of the wings. At the same time, two rocket launchers are installed under the belly of the aircraft. Each device is loaded with six rockets, doubling the power of air combat.
Due to the air security mission, the three fighter squadrons did not dare to waste their ammunition, so they could only watch the bomber force show its power.
It was not until the second wave of B2 bombers arrived that the satisfied AB26 fleet took off to assemble under the orders of their respective squadron leaders, and then flew back to the airport in the Tangnu Ulianghai area of Mongolia. Compared with the A26 fighter jets, there was no harvest.
, the three squadrons of bomber units returned fully loaded.
The second wave of bombers carried out the mission of extended bombing of the position, clearing all obstacles for the mechanized troops that were about to launch an offensive.
At this time, the Anjia Army mechanized cluster had moved to the north two kilometers away from the Semipaladinsk defensive position. Almost all the tanks, armored vehicles and commanders and fighters in the armored personnel carriers heard the continuous and violent bombing sound.
The blood of every soldier was boiling. Especially the drivers of the chariot. They couldn't help but stepped on the accelerator, accelerated the speed of the chariot, and headed towards the battlefield. Move forward!