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The air battle that broke out over spn Kyaktu was the largest air battle since the beginning of the war between China and the Soviet Union. Although the total number of aircraft dispatched by both sides was far less than one, it opened the prelude to the great air battle between China and the Soviet Union.", because radar detection.

Immediately after the surprise attack by the Soviet aircraft fleet, Kyakhta's garrison was also on high alert. After a war, half of the city was in ruins, while the other half was better preserved.

When the vanguard continued to attack, a division of the Second Armored Army and an infantry division of the Seventh Army had just been stationed here. On the entire Siberian front, due to the rapid advance of the armored forces, in the huge Siberia, the Soviet defense force was

It was too weak and could not form a large corps in a short period of time, but it was able to withstand the attack of the Chinese Armored Corps. On the vast Siberian snowfield, the frontline troops were marching towards the North Sea (Lake Baiga) - Ulan-Ude.

At the beginning, the troops began to prepare for air defense in key areas with special combat readiness. Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were arranged on the roof of the building or among the ruins. Even the self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery of the 3rd Armored Division of the 2nd Armored Group Army

They all entered shooting bunkers, preparing to deal with the Soviets' first large-scale bombing since the war began. The soldiers even entered ruins and bunkers, and temporarily dug sewers to prepare for air defense.

As a result, although the Soviet fleet once approached Kyaktu's line of sight, they ultimately failed to break through the powerful blocking force composed of more than 180 J-2 fighter jets and J-3 fighter jets. Even the evading soldiers "

You can clearly see planes crashing in the distant sky from time to time, trailing long black smoke.

In the hall of a church, there were surprisingly three tanks parked. It turned out that for air defense, the tanks of the tank division had to temporarily disperse into these intact buildings. The soldiers did not believe in any religion, so they directly separated the priest and opened fire.

The tank broke open the door of the church and parked the tank in the middle of the church.[

The soldiers had something to do, taking turns using the commander's telescope to observe the air battle in the sky.

"At three o'clock, another plane was shot down. Brother, company commander, "look and see whose plane it is." The soldiers were divided into several groups and crowded next to the officers, scrambling to see the telescope. The highest-ranking officer in the room

It was a deputy company commander who was holding a telescope to observe the direction of the crash. In the lens, a bomber that was much larger than a fighter jet was spinning and falling rapidly. "It was another Soviet bomber," he said.

Beaten to a burning turkey."

"Chan Sheng, how are you doing? The company commander asked me to come over and take a look." "Political Commissar Tan, why are you here?" Chen Hansheng put down his binoculars and looked back to see the company political commissar of the Second Armored Company, looking eagerly into the distance.

The plane that crashed couldn't help but laugh, "Why don't we show our brothers how lively the Soviets are." Chen Hansheng is the deputy company commander of the second company and is responsible for commanding six tanks. Three of them were parked in the church.

There were three more vehicles parked in the yard, covered with camouflage cloth, and the soldiers all entered the house.

"It's not easy for you, a top student from the Armored Command Academy, to get along with the soldiers so quickly." Political Commissar Tan patted him on the shoulder and pointed to the sky in the distance, where he could still see many entangled people.

The planes were flying together. It was obvious that the air battle was far from over. "How is the situation? I was in the underground command post just now and almost missed the show."

Chen Changsheng signaled to Political Commissar Tan and pointed to the chalk on the tank. "That's right," he said happily. "Brothers counted no less than 15 Soviet aircraft." Some were hit and exploded in the air, and some fell headlong.

Come down." "Huh? The result is so good? Where is our plane? How much did it fall?" Although Political Commissar Tan knew early on that the equipment of the National Defense Forces had great advantages over the Soviet army, he still couldn't help but worry.

"Two planes were swaying and just flew back to the airport from above. They were seriously injured, but I didn't expect that they could still fly back swaying." Looking at the fierce air battle scene, Chen Hansheng was slightly touched.

, not to mention regretful. He is only twenty-three or four years old this year, and his original dream was

I went to work as a pilot, but because of the coercion of my father, General Chen Jun, who was also the commander of the Mongolian front army, I finally joined the armored force and graduated from the Armored Command Academy with very good results." After several months of running in,

"With excellent skills and excellent performance," he was successfully appointed as the commander of the company.

After the war began, as a tank commander, he was quickly appointed as the powerful company commander commanding six tanks due to the brave charge of the tanks he commanded when breaking through the border defense line.

"Then I have to watch outside for a while to make up for it. Haha. I just happened to be busy with military affairs." Political Commissar Tan was not polite and sat directly on top of the tank flap. He took the telescope handed to him by Chen Hansheng and looked at it.

An air battle is coming in the distance.

After watching for a while, Political Commissar Tan took a deep breath, put down the telescope, and said, "Hansheng, have you noticed that the Air Force's fighting style is very brutal and tough?"

"Yes, political commissar, look, the two chasing fighter planes at nine o'clock are obviously our planes chasing the Soviet fighters. With their superior speed and turning ability, no matter how the Soviet pilot maneuvers,

There is no way to escape. How many more days will there be at the latest?

In seconds, there will be victory or defeat." Chen Hansheng had watched the pair of fighting aircraft that had just appeared for a while with his naked eyes. The superb flying skills of the National Defense Force pilots were not lower than the tank driving skills he was proud of, but rather higher.

Much more.

The church is located on a relatively high ground, so it can see a relatively wide airspace, and this air battle that took place within the visual distance of Kyaktu was obviously the end of a normal air battle.

The Soviet aircraft fleet was unable to break through the blockade of the Wehrmacht Air Force no matter what. They strangled all the way, and the clumsy bombers and attack aircraft were shot down one after another. The Soviet fighter jets were not much stronger. When the [Chinese] aircraft stared at the bombers or attack aircraft,

, they can also follow and steal

However, when the Chinese aircraft "fired" its cannon or machine gun and hit the target, a large-angle air combat maneuver quickly changed from passive to active, biting the back of the butt in an attempt to sneak attack

guy, and then hit it cleanly into the air and exploded.

"Did the company commander say when to start? Political Commissar." Chen Hansheng looked at the sky where the fighting was very exciting. He couldn't help but look back at the three tanks parked in the church, and his warlike heart arose spontaneously.

"It should be soon, maybe we won't be able to wait until this air battle is over." Political Commissar Tan looked towards the hinterland of Siberia. The air force was fighting for air supremacy, so the army's mission was to occupy and then occupy.

"Chairman, the results of the air battle at Kyaktu have been calculated."

Mao Yun first handed the report he had just received to Zhang Shusheng and closed the door.

Zhang Shusheng opened the file and began to read about this medium-sized air battle.

The Soviets only had a large number of aircraft stationed at the Ulan-Ude airport in the vast Lake Baikal area north of Kyakhta. The reason why Zhang Shusheng was concerned about the air battle in Kyakhta was actually to attack Ulan-Ude next.

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Although the main force of the offensive in the Siberian direction is the Second Armored Group, as tank killers, whether bombers or attack aircraft, the Soviets have learned a very lethal tank-killing tactic from the Germans.[

No matter in the original history or now, the Soviets and the Germans are doing the same thing. On the one hand, they send out several tanks to attack and counterattack crazily, and on the other hand, they send out hundreds of tanks to repeatedly bomb these armored units.

This kind of bombing is very effective. In the Soviet and German armies with obviously insufficient air defense, once the armored units are discovered by enemy aircraft groups, they will suffer heavy losses.

For example, the Soviet Union and the Germans suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in a single battle, captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners, and destroyed hundreds or even thousands of tanks, without feeling any heartache at all.

They will only ask for victory in the battle. Anyway, there is a steady stream of recruits in the rear. Even if there are no high-quality recruits, there are still farmers all over the place who can arm themselves and send them to the battlefield.

Therefore, they could ignore these casualties for the sake of victory, but Zhang Shusheng could not.

The reason why the Sino-Soviet War did not blindly pursue speed and advance like the German Blitzkrieg was to achieve huge results while reducing casualties.

If the Soviets were not restrained by the Germans and the Japanese, this idea could only be a dream. But now, the Soviets have too much to take care of themselves. Even if they realize that China's attack is a danger of national annihilation, they still cannot fight back with all their strength.

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In this way, China can rely on its powerful army and advance quickly to achieve huge results while also winning with relatively small casualties.

Compared with the Wehrmacht, the weapons of the Soviet Union are indeed not advanced, and some weapons even look older due to huge war losses.

However, the huge air force gathered by the Soviets in Siberia did pose a huge threat to the infantry and armored forces of the Wehrmacht.

Even though the armored forces of the National Defense Forces have equipped self-propelled anti-aircraft anti-aircraft artillery to the battalion level, and field air defense is the focus of drills, Zhang Shusheng still has no confidence that he can rely on ground anti-aircraft firepower to deal with the hundreds or even hundreds of Soviet aircraft that may attack.

Thousands of planes.

The armored forces are attacking in a vast area. When marching, it is difficult for the Soviet air force to seize the opportunity. However, once the Wehrmacht needs to gather together to capture Ulan-Ude, the gateway to Belga, it is very likely to encounter cluster bombing.

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At that time, the Second Armored Group Army was likely to face heavy casualties.

The best weapon to deal with aircraft is never ground anti-aircraft firepower, but aircraft that are more advanced and more numerous than the enemy.

Therefore, Zhang Shusheng planned the entire Siberian Air War plan in two steps.

It would be best if the Soviets could not stand the pressing "pressure" of the Wehrmacht Air Force, or even had to take the initiative to attack Ulan-Ude when they were bombed by the Golden Mask.

And if the Soviets retreat step by step and refuse to fight decisively in the air, the Wehrmacht Air Force will have no choice but to pass through the airspace piece by piece.

Use absolute air superiority to drive the Soviet Air Force, which refused to fight decisively, to the north of Lake Baiga.

"188 enemy planes were shot down, more than 70 enemy planes were damaged, and less than 100 Soviet planes were able to escape safely. The result of this battle is still very great." When Zhang Shusheng carefully read the result report, he thought

Suddenly a person appeared: Stalin.

He didn't know why, but he was sure that when this report on the Kyakhta air battle was sent to Stalin, this commander who had never suffered such a huge air defeat would definitely order the Siberian Air Force to speed up its march south.

At that time, "whether it was Zhang Shusheng or Stalin, whether it was the National Defense Forces or the Soviet Red Army, they all urgently needed a large-scale air battle to determine the trend of Siberia."

If the Soviet Union is defeated, Siberia will be completely occupied by the mighty [Chinese] Army. If the [Chinese] Air Force is defeated, the Soviets will be able to hold half of Siberia.[
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