Age of Rebirth

The reconnaissance aircraft brigade of the Outer Mongolia Patrol Area of ​​the Air Force Northern Flying Group sent back two bad news, which surprised and shocked Liu Tiehan, the commander-in-chief of the Far East Campaign of the Independent Division, and Zhao Yu, the acting commander of the directly subordinate corps.

Especially Liu Tiehan, his face was livid. In the final stage of the Far East campaign, the result greatly exceeded his expectations. The plan to encircle and wipe out the remnants of the Japanese Far East dispatched army on the front line in Magadan was disrupted by the sudden situation.

What Liu Tiehan didn't understand was how the Japanese assembled so many troop carriers in a short period of time. Although they were fishing boats, they couldn't hold up to the huge number, and they could completely transport the remaining Japanese soldiers away at once. The army, the fastest six brigades of the Eastern Finger Army, is still about [-] kilometers away from Magadan, and with the participation of Japanese fighter jets, the encirclement and annihilation of Magadan is likely to fail.

"Yuhe, the development of the war situation has exceeded my expectations. At least, the plan to encircle and wipe out the remnants of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Army on the front line of Magadan is impossible to realize. This is my mistake. I will point out to the division and ask for punishment. , What do you think?" Liu Tiehan said in a low tone to Zhao Yuhe, who also had an ugly face.

Zhao Yuhe raised his head and looked at Liu Tiehan with a livid face. At this time, he didn't want to bring up the past again. If the deputy division commander had approved his plan to send troops to seize the port of Magadan, then at this moment, Magadan was already in the independent division. Under the control of the army, even if the Japanese assembled a large number of troop carriers, so what, maybe.There will also be a harvest battle similar to the Battle of Liaodong Bay, capturing five or six thousand Japanese fishing boats in one fell swoop.

Zhao Yuhe said politely: "Deputy Commander, none of us expected it. You don't have to blame yourself for the Japanese being able to assemble so many troop carriers in such a short period of time. From Temple Street to Magadan, all the way , We dealt an obvious blow to the Japanese Far East Dispatch Force, even if some of them escaped in the end, there will not be many, the goal of the Far East Campaign has basically been achieved!"

"My opinion is. Hold tightly to the Japanese troops that can be caught now, and wipe them all out. Order the troops on both wings to pursue in a roundabout way, and continue to approach the front line of Magadan. At the same time, the six brigades directly under the Corps responsible for interception also headed for Magadan. attack in the same direction, even if the Japanese army wants to leave, we can't let him go happily!"

"Okay! Ketian, give the above-mentioned troops an order immediately!" Liu Tiehan agreed, "At the same time, order Meng Qingpeng, the commander of the Outer Mongolia Cruise Area of ​​the Air Force Northern Flying Group, to bomb the Japanese troop convoy at any cost. In the airspace of Magadan, attack the convoy fleet of the Japanese mainland, and if necessary, chase and bomb all the way, the Sea of ​​Okhotsk is big enough, and the corpses of the little devils can't fill it!"

Major General Yang Ketian, chief of staff of the East Pointing Army, promised, and was about to go out when he was stopped by Liu Tiehan, "Wait for Ketian, add these few words to Meng Qingpeng's telegram, if you feel that Outer Mongolia The number of fighter jets in the cruising area is less than the number of Japanese fighter jets, so you can immediately ask the Northern Flying Group for help!"

In the Far East, in the eastern part of the Kent Mountains, Khabarovsk, Birobidzhan, Amursk and other places, since the corps directly under the Independent Division entered the rear of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Army, the original rear airport of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Army’s joint air force has completely fallen behind. In the hands of the Outer Mongolia cruise area troops, it became a front-line airport supporting the Far East campaign.

Colonel Meng Qingpeng, the commander of the Outer Mongolia Cruise Area of ​​the Northern Flying Group, before receiving the order from the Far East Campaign Headquarters, based on the information sent back by the reconnaissance aircraft brigade, he had already thought about the number of enemy fighters and the situation in the air combat area. Outer Mongolia The cruise area now has eight fighter regiments with nearly [-] fighter jets, five bomber regiments with more than [-] bombers.

When he was in charge of air combat missions in the Far East Campaign, Meng Qingpeng commanded these troops and almost wiped out the joint air force of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force. Bombing, when the order from the Far East Campaign Headquarters arrived at the Cruise Area Headquarters, Meng Qingpeng had just led a mixed formation to land after carrying out the bombing mission.

Meng Qingpeng felt the pressure from the command of the campaign headquarters. The number of fighter jets was less than that of the Japanese fighter jets. In addition, taking off from the field airport in the east of Mount Kent, the air distance was far greater than the flying distance of the Japanese fighter jets. In terms of staying time, It is definitely not good for me. If it is just an air battle with fighter jets, the difficulty is not great, but all the bombers need to be dispatched to escort and fight at the same time. The number of fighter jets in the patrol area of ​​Outer Mongolia is obviously far from enough!

Meng Qingpeng knew that the focus of this air battle was not to shoot down the number of Japanese fighter jets, but to bomb the troop convoy transporting the Japanese army and to deal with the Japanese escort fleet. "Communication staff, send a telegram to Commander Liu immediately, and forward The entire content of the telegram from the Far East Campaign Headquarters, and at the same time, request the Group Headquarters to mobilize six fighter regiments to reinforce our air battle, the sooner the better!"

Meng Qingpeng is calm-headed and does not ask for reinforcements. With his own strength alone, he cannot win this air battle. On the contrary, the troops will suffer heavy losses. "Operation staff, immediately issue orders to all field airports, all Fighters and bombers, take off immediately, target, Magadan airspace!"

In Incheon, Korean Peninsula, at the forward command post of the Air Force of the Independent Division, Liu Cuigang handed Meng Qingpeng’s telegram to Le Yiqin, saying: “Yiqin, Meng Qingpeng is asking for help. There are more than 600 Japanese planes in the airspace of Magadan in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. The fighter jets took off from Hokkaido to cover the evacuation of the remnants of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force, it seems that you can only work hard once more!"

Le Yiqin put the telegram on the table and clicked his lips, "I said Cuigang, how did Deputy Commander Liu fight this battle? Together with Dongzhi and the Corps directly under it, there are more than 120 million troops, and more than 50 against the little devils." Ten thousand people, how can some of them slip away?"

Liu Cuigang glared at him and said, "Yiqin, we can't make any comments about the Far East campaign. Now, Meng Qingpeng needs support, so you lead the team! It will save you from muttering all day that there is no battle!"

Le Yiqin said nonchalantly: "I just said this casually, the matter of the war, if I can be left behind that time, didn't Meng Qingpeng ask for six fighter regiments, I will give him ten, plus five bomber regiments, first order The three fighter regiments that have already stationed in Vladivostok took off for reinforcements, and I took the remaining seven regiments to arrive in the second batch.

Liu Cuigang teased: "You still can't keep up with the war when you play a piano? Don't be foolish, tell me, what are your plans?"

Le Yiqin said with a smile: "It's very simple. The flight distance is too far. Except for the three fighter regiments in Vladivostok, which can arrive in time, the fleets of other airports can't arrive at all. Magadan, well, I will be there In the airspace of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, the troop carrier that intercepted and killed the little devil and the group of fighter jets that escorted the little devil. Didn’t Deputy Commander Liu say in the telegram that he followed up and bombed all the way, and I was responsible for escorting the little devil back to his hometown, and he was considerate and considerate!”

The Far East battlefield extends from the land to the sea. The mixed aircraft fleet in the Outer Mongolia cruising area led by Meng Qingpeng arrived in the Magadan airspace more than 40 minutes later than the Japanese escort fighter group. Some fishing boats full of Japanese soldiers have left Magadan port and sailed into the waters outside the port. The Japanese escort fighter jets are hovering in the air, on guard!

Meng Qingpeng led his team to arrive and quickly gave the order to attack. As soon as the two sides met, they started a fierce fight. Immediately, the Magadan port was filled with gunpowder smoke from the ground to the air. The bomber fleet in the Outer Mongolia cruise area , Throwing heavy aerial bombs one after another mercilessly at the Magadan port and troop carriers on the sea, while the Japanese escort fighter group attacked desperately.

The air combat battlefield was so intense that from time to time, fighter jets of the Japanese army, fighter jets and bombers of the independent division plunged into the sea with flames, or were blown into pieces in the air. In the smoke, Prince Zairen and his headquarters boarded the largest fishing boat.

Seeing the fierce air battle, Prince Zairen's heart was shaken. He did not expect that the commander of the independent division who was chasing after him would not let him go. The infantry on the ground could not rush to Magadan, and even sent a fleet of aircraft to kill him. Hurry up when you die!

However, judging from the air combat situation, the Imperial Air Force still holds the initiative, which made Prince Zairen feel at ease. With a loud "Boom!", a bomb landed not far from the fishing boat. A jet of water rose brightly into the sky, and the fishing boat swayed violently. A bomber from the Independent Division flew past the sky above. Behind, a Japanese fighter jet spewed out several flames. The bomber from the Independent Division, Black smoke came out from the fuselage, but the flight altitude was still tenaciously maintained.

Prince Zairen firmly grasped the side of the boat, staring at the sky with his eyeballs. He was afraid for a while. If the bomb just now was more than ten meters away, the fishing boat he was on would immediately be broken into pieces.

More than 50 minutes later, the three fighter regiments of the Northern Aviation Group of the Independent Division Aviation Group that took off from Vladivostok rushed to the Magadan airspace and immediately joined the battlefield. The balance of the battlefield suddenly tilted. The Japanese escort fighter group was at a disadvantage. Taking this opportunity, The bomber fleet of the Independent Division began to bombard the troop carrier on the sea indiscriminately.

The aerial battlefield gradually shifted to the depths of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. Braving heavy bombing, the remaining soldiers of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force boarded fishing boats and desperately left the smoky Magadan port, leaving more than 8 wounded lying on the ground. The cold ground around the pier.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)