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However, even if they could not participate in the war, the air force of the Soviet Caucasus Military District still achieved the final victory in the Baku air battle under the leadership of Pokryshkin. Although the overall exchange ratio was still slightly disadvantageous because of the previous defeat, Germany
The Air Force was finally forced to stop bombing Baku. The purpose of defending Baku was achieved, and the exchange ratio between the two sides was reduced to 2:3. This can be regarded as a major victory for the Soviet army, which had a disastrous record before.
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The victory in the Baku air battle gave great encouragement to the Soviet military and civilians. However, because Pokryshkin and the others entered the war too late and were not equipped with good aircraft in the early stage, Baku's oil field facilities still suffered great damage.
.According to rough statistics from the Soviet government, the direct losses alone during the Baku air raid amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars.
There were also tens of thousands of casualties among oilfield workers and cadres, and indirect economic losses were so huge that it is difficult to estimate. Even according to the most optimistic estimates among experts, the crude oil production of the Baku Oilfield in 1943 could only reach at most 60% of the previous year. Without foreign aid,
If so, production capacity would have to be fully restored at least until the first half of 1945.
You must know that the annual output of the Baku oil field before the war accounted for more than 70% of the entire Soviet Union. Now that a large area of the Soviet Union has fallen, Baku's oil is even more important. Now that Baku's oil production has such a big problem, it is bound to...
This will seriously affect the Soviet army's major counteroffensive in the coming year. After all, the Soviet Army is centered on mechanized troops, and the Air Force aircraft are extremely dependent on fuel. After realizing the unfavorable situation that followed, Stalin expressed his gratitude to the leadership of the old Air Force for causing all this.
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Resentful, it soon took advantage of the recent small victories to restore its prestige to carry out a purge of the Air Force's top brass. Although this caused some panic within the Air Force, objectively it eliminated the resistance to the reform of the Air Force. In the Soviet Air Force
With the joint efforts of the new coach Novikov and outstanding Soviet pilots such as Pokryshkin and Kozhdub, who were increasingly valued by Stalin, the Soviet Air Force, which now had only more than 7,000 aircraft in total, struggled to embark on the journey.
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It must be noted that since the beginning of the Soviet-German war, the total number of Soviet aircraft losses has been no less than 20,000. However, in the past few months, the Soviet aircraft manufacturing plants have been working overtime to produce at least 2,000 aircraft every month.
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, thus maintaining a certain scale. But the quality of the aircraft cannot be guaranteed. Even the Caucasus Military District, which Stalin paid special attention to, is no exception. Pokryshkin, who has always had a good temper, is often so angry that he can't help it.
Swearing at the cheating military industry department
In addition to shoddy manufacturing in order to increase production as much as possible, the Soviet Union's aircraft varieties are becoming increasingly monotonous. Since the top priority right now is to regain air supremacy, the production of fighter jets is listed as the top priority. And there is no one at the top of the production sequence.
The new fighter jet La-5 has just entered service a year ago. This is partly because this aircraft does have excellent performance. But the more important reason is that the La-5 is an aircraft with a wooden structure. Using it as the main fighter can save a lot of precious fuel.
Aluminum alloy
Due to the late outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the more excellent fighter La5 has already entered service, resulting in the historical status of the Yak-1 fighter that became the mainstay in the early days of the Soviet-German war. However, because the Yak-1 fighter has better high-altitude performance,
Moreover, the handling performance is good and it is more suitable for novices to drive. Therefore, there is still a large amount of equipment in the Soviet army.
Lilia, a talented female pilot who had already become famous during the aid period to China, definitely cannot be called a novice, but she was still arranged to fly this type of aircraft because she was a bomber pilot when she was in China, but now the Soviet Union needs it more.
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Although Hu Weidong said at the beginning that Lilia's personality was too emotional and was not suitable for flying fighter jets, the needs of the motherland were orders, and Lilia resolutely began the difficult transformation. With her own efforts and extraordinary talent, she finally
In addition, she was not a complete novice pilot after all, Lilia quickly became a qualified
She became a fighter pilot and was awarded a commendation by her superiors for shooting down two enemy planes in the Baku air battle. After the war, Pokryshkin decided to form a women's aviation team as she had done when she aided China in the War of Resistance. Although
Lilia, who was young but already a "Hero of the Soviet Union", became the captain of this aviation team without hesitation.[
While her career was going smoothly, this talented girl also found her first true love, Solo Martin, who was also an ace pilot. Their relationship developed quickly, and they made an appointment to fight off the German invaders.
Just get married, but sometimes Lilia still unconsciously thinks of the "uncle" in the far east that she has never been able to see through.
The girl's intuition told her that Hu Weidong's rejection of her was not really because of "no feeling", but because of factors other than feelings. This unfounded subconscious guess made Lilia feel uneasy. During this time, the news from China came
The news proved that China and the Soviet Union were more friendly than ever before, but Lilia's inner uneasiness only became more intense.
China's early repayment of loans helped the Soviet government meet its urgent needs. However, as for oil, China itself still needs to import it. Naturally, it cannot help much. It can only obtain it from the United States. Although the Soviet government still has some foreign exchange and precious metal reserves, there is a shortage.
If all supplies had to be outsourced, the Soviet Union would definitely not be able to afford it. Therefore, despite his complaints, Stalin lowered his profile and sent envoys to the United States many times, hoping to persuade the U.S. government to fulfill its original commitments.
But the Soviets didn't know that the U.S. government's failure to fulfill its commitments was actually entirely because members of Congress were short-sighted and worried that the Soviet Union would lose to Germany and were unwilling to take risks. According to President Roosevelt's personal opinion, if the United States still wants to win this world war
, we must vigorously assist the Soviet Union, even if it was half angry after the Soviet Union and Japan signed the treaty
Even after his death, Roosevelt still had no intention of giving up the Soviet Union. Since Congress refused to pass a resolution to provide assistance to the Soviet Union, in order to prevent the Soviet government from surrendering, Roosevelt could only change his original plan and decided to use the current Allied forces in the Atlantic
The Soviet Union had the advantage of controlling the sea and opened a second battlefield in advance to share the pressure from the Soviet Union.
However, the U.S. Army was afraid of the German Army, which was invincible on both the Western and Eastern Fronts. Therefore, their plan was not to land on the Western European continent and die, but to choose the Arab Federation, which in their eyes was much easier to deal with.