Along with the fierce roar, smoke columns exploded on the ground in threes and fours. The Soviet BT tank group suddenly burst into flames, one after another turning into fireballs. The battlefield was already narrow, and the Soviet tanks
There were many, and the formation was very dense. Now it was suddenly disrupted. These fast tanks were all puffing out green smoke. Some were reversing, some were accelerating, and some were trying to escape outside the formation... Soon they fell into chaos. Many
The intact tanks also collided together.
After a round of bombing, the tank group at the rear of the Soviet army was in flames, and more than twenty BT-7s were destroyed. But in the front, the Ming army and Soviet tanks were already fighting together and could not bomb. Even so, the Ming army tanks
I also used the periscope to see the scene in the distance. Every lightning tank was filled with loud cheers. This greatly encouraged the fighting spirit of the Ming army tank crews. Many tanks were injured and attacked clumsily and more ferociously.
Those nimble BT fast tanks.
The Vulture dive bomber in the sky shook its wings, preparing to fly back to reload.
At this moment, an exclamation came from the radio in the air:
"Enemy plane! Position 095! Protect the bomber! Protect the bomber!"
Immediately afterwards, the voice of the fighter captain sounded:
"Lao Maozi's fighter jets are out. Brothers, fight with me!"
But it was obviously too late. When the Soviet fighter jets were discovered, the opponent was already close at hand.
Thirty-two Yi-16 fighter jets emerged from the dazzling sun in an instant and pounced on the Ming army aircraft group on the west side of the sky. They were as fast as lightning and extremely sophisticated.
Almost at once, horrified shouts rang out from the earphones of all Ming army aircraft, and then screams were heard one after another. The pilots pressed against the glass and stared in horror at the Condor bombers around them, which were spitting fire and dragging black smoke.
Planted to the earth.
All this happened so fast, in just one minute. These I-16 fighter jets are short and lean, shorter than the "Kingfisher", and as a monoplane fighter, they actually have an open cockpit. These small fighter jets do not have the "Kingfisher"
That slender body
It is a small body, but it has a nose that is thicker than a kingfisher, like a big bucket. The powerful high-horsepower engine inside drags the small body, and instantly dives at a speed of more than 400 kilometers per hour. Like a swarm of bees, it catches
The "vulture" stings.
Although the "Kingfisher" of the Ming Army is called "Kingfisher", it seems to have become a big goose in front of these flexible "little bees". The shape of the Kingfisher fighter is more in line with streamlines, and it also has a closed cockpit.
But the engine only has 770 horsepower, and the total weight is close to 2,000 kilograms. The I-16 weighs less than 1,500 kilograms, but has an engine of 1,000 horsepower...
The Kingfisher fighter now meets the world's fastest fighter in 1937 - the I-16.
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However, both sides have their own obvious advantages. The Kingfisher's biggest advantage is firepower, with four 7.92mm machine guns, while the I-16 only has two 7.62mm machine guns. But there is no doubt that the I-16's advantage is speed and flexibility.
Not only does it have high horsepower and fast speed due to light weight, but the whole machine is very short and looks like a small bee. In fact, it was the Soviet aircraft designer Bolikarpov, who derived it from the "Little Bee", a competition aircraft from the United States.
Improved from "gee bee".
The short body shape, which resembles a small bee, also brings it dexterous turning ability. Generally speaking, speed and small radius turning ability are inversely proportional. The slower the speed, the more suitable for flexible small radius turning. But -
16 seems to be an exception here. Thanks to its short fuselage, at a faster speed, the I-16's small-radius turning ability is not inferior to that of the slower Kingfisher.
Soon, while the "Condor" bombers continued to fall, one "Kingfisher" after another was also shot and injured. Some withdrew from the battle, some fell, and some directly exploded in the sky. For a time, the sky was filled with
Many parachutes appeared, 60 to 70% of which belonged to Ming army pilots.
"Protect the bombers! Protect the bombers!..."
In Ming Jun's earphones, these words echoed desperately.
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The reinforcement aircraft of the Ming Army arrived quickly. This time, another group of Kingfishers came, and the I-16s on the battlefield were obviously at a numerical disadvantage. But even so, while two or three Ming Army aircraft were fighting against one Soviet aircraft
, the Soviet army could still achieve a 1:1 exchange ratio with the Ming army.
The Ming Army added fighter jets to this brigade, and all they could do was allow the remaining bombers to escape and return to the airport to land. But only a few minutes later, Soviet fighter jet reinforcements also arrived.
The airports of both sides are very close to the battlefield, with only the Tianshan Mountains separating them, so anyone can "instantly reinforce" them.
Xiang Xiaoqiang braved the artillery fire and stood outside the command vehicle, holding his binoculars and looking at the battlefield in the sky. His face became increasingly pale, and he bit his lip so tightly that he almost broke it.
The surrounding guards also raised their heads and stared blankly at the battle in the sky.
...This kind of result really made the Ming army fall from above, and the officers and soldiers from heaven to earth shuddered.
The contrast is too great. From the time when the Northern Expedition dominated the sky, like a hunter hunting down ducks, I suppressed others and now I let others suppress me and became a duck... Words such as "intense stimulation" and "huge shock"
, it seems that they cannot describe their current mood.
"The Russian planes are faster than ours."
Fourteenth Gege also said with a livid face, holding a telescope.
Xiang Xiaoqiang bit his lip and looked at the sky, his breathing trembling. He squeezed out one sentence after a long time:
"My skills are also good."
Fourteen Gege didn't say anything, just held the telescope and looked with him, which was regarded as acquiescence.
What Xiang Xiaoqiang is thinking now is that the country should immediately start to produce aircraft at all costs, speed up the training of pilots, and recruit flying enthusiasts from the private sector. There is no need to hide the new "Goshawk" fighter - bf109, and mass-produce it quickly.
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He looked at the tragic situation in the sky, feeling not only depression but also fear. The fear was that the First Division of the People's Guard might not be able to survive. At this rate, the dozens of fighter jets in northern Xinjiang would all be wiped out before this morning.
After everything was spent, flying in the mainland
Before the planes are transferred, the First Division of the People's Guard is a living target on the ground. And it seems like this, the Soviet army is not afraid of fighting you for planes and lives. What they want is to kill you as soon as possible. What's more, they can still fight hard.
It's a good deal and the exchange ratio is very good.
At first, Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't figure it out. Most of the fighter pilots of the Ming Army had been baptized by the Unification War. Even if the performance of the aircraft was not as good as that of the Soviet Army, their rich practical experience should be able to make up for it! Air combat is a technical activity.
, just like playing CS, even if an experienced player only has a small pistol, he can kill a rookie with a big sniper from a long distance.
But he soon figured it out. It was true that the Ming army pilots had experienced the Unification War, but the Soviet pilots were not idle either. They had also experienced the Spanish War. Moreover, the training time, combat intensity, and "sparring training"
The opponents are much stronger than the Ming army.
The Ming army's "sparing" opponent was the Qing Air Force, which lacked training, inferior skills, low fighting spirit, and disorganized military morale. Moreover, it firmly gained air supremacy through sneak attacks on the airport from the beginning, allowing the Qing Air Force to dominate the entire war.
Always in a state of "Don't dare to make friends"
The state of "war" allowed the Ming Army's aircraft to "run rampant" in the sky unscrupulously. In fact, most of the time there was no air combat, only ground attacks. By the end of the war, most of the Ming Army's pilots even had a decent
I have never experienced air combat.
The Soviet pilots were different. They experienced brutal air battles over Spain and received real high-intensity training. Their "sparring opponents" were Franco's air force in the second half of 1936 and the first half of 1937.
It is the German Condor Legion. No matter which one of the two, the rotten "Qing Air Force" cannot be compared. Especially the latter - the German Condor Legion, can be said to be the first-class "sparring opponent" in the world today.
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In other words, the Ming army went through an experience and developed a group of ground attack masters. The Soviet army went through an experience and excepted a group of real air combat masters.
No matter in terms of aircraft or air combat technology, the Ming army was obviously lagging behind the Soviet army. Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart became increasingly heavy - for some time to come, the Ming army would have to get used to fighting without air supremacy.
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At this time, an officer's car drove over from a distance. Braving the explosion of artillery shells, he dodged left and right and almost fell to the ground. Finally, the car rushed to the armored command vehicle of the division headquarters and said "Gah——"
Stop and jump out three officers.
Looking at Xiaoqiang, he saw that it was Gao Dayi with two staff officers.
"Dayi!" Xiang Xiaoqiang was overjoyed and stepped forward to grab his arm. "Dayi, you flew back? Why didn't you take the armored vehicle? There are so many shrapnels, it's too dangerous!"
Gao Dayi ignored the small talk, took a glass of water, drank it, wiped his mouth and said:
"Hey, the armored car is too slow! It takes less than an hour to get here from Dihua! This little car is so fast!"
Without saying much, Xiang Xiaoqiang pulled Gao Dayi onto the armored command vehicle, and now he takes over battlefield command.
Gao Dayi looked at the map for a while, listened to the reports from the staff around him, and then used his periscope to observe the tank battle in the distance, and said decisively:
"Sir, your combat strategy is correct. The enemy is too strong and we cannot fight here. Now it's time to retreat a little further. Let the troops withdraw. We don't have many tanks left. We won't be able to fight again."
Finished."
Xiang Xiaoqiang frowned and said:
"Do you want to retreat now? We have reached the northernmost point of the Tianshan Pass. Behind us is Dihua and the Great Plains! Once we retreat, the Soviet army can enter northern Xinjiang unimpeded!"
Gao Dayi sighed:
"Sir, do you think I don't know? But what's the use of continuing to fight like this? The enemy's troops and firepower are twenty times that of mine. Even if we fight them all at once, we can only delay the Soviet army from entering northern Xinjiang for half a day. My lord, listen to me, subordinates.
In a word, the most feasible thing at the moment is to break out of the encirclement from the northeast, from Outer Mongolia and Hami!"
Hearing this, Xiang Xiaoqiang shook his head sadly:
"Da Yi, you won the entire unification war, it's not that you don't know."
He pointed to the sky and said with a wry smile:
"With the air supremacy gone, where can you go?...Besides, even if there are no factors from the sky, can we outrun others on the ground? The bt-7 fast tank has a maximum speed of 73 kilometers, and we are only 40 kilometers away. How can we run?
Where to go?”
"Xiang Xiaoqiang!" Fourteen Gege shouted from the side, "Knowing this, why don't you fly back quickly according to the order? Are you going to stay here and wait to die?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned, his chest suddenly filled with anger, and he yelled at her:
"See for yourself! There are fucking Soviet planes in the sky now! Are they flying in the sky to serve as targets for others?"
"Then why did you wait until dawn? Why didn't you fly away while it was dark!"
"I..." Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned again and shouted loudly, "Who knew the Soviet fighter jets were so powerful? Who knew we had lost all our air supremacy in just a few seconds!! Now we are... we have no way to go to the sky, and we have no way to enter.
Do you know that there is no way out? There is no way out but to stay here and fight to the death!"
Shi Shi Ge Ge was speechless for a moment and his face turned pale.