Glorious Mission 1937

Stalin's worries were not unreasonable. Where is the future of the Soviet Air Force? This question has troubled Stalin for a long time. After 1936, the suppression of counter-revolutionaries expanded, the main leaders of the Air Force were purged, and aircraft designers were imprisoned.The air force's operational guiding ideology has changed from independent operations of the air force to supporting ground forces in operations, and there are no new types of heavy bombers to replace those old fighters, which is why there are so many old fighters in the Far East.

Weapons and equipment are different from fine wine. The older the fine wine is, the more mellow it becomes, while the older the weapon and equipment, the more rubbish it becomes, and the more it is on the verge of becoming obsolete.Due to being busy with internal struggles in recent years, the development of new Soviet fighters has completely come to a standstill, and only the MiG-3 has been produced as a new fighter.

Now it seems that this new type of fighter plane that Stalin gave high hopes was not as perfect as imagined. One and a half aviation divisions were killed in the first battle, which is simply rubbish.Stalin now doubts whether these junk fighters can defend the great Soviet Union.

The current development trend of the war situation in the Far East has far exceeded the expectations of Stalin and others. It is definitely not a good thing for the Soviet Union to continue like this.But how to deal with the current situation, Stalin did not have a good way.This fight can't be fought, and he is unwilling to make peace, and even if he is willing, the people in the Soviet Union will not be willing.We must know that the national self-esteem of the people in the Soviet Union has increased unprecedentedly. In the past few years, they have achieved brilliant achievements, both military and economic. The most direct benefit of these achievements is that the Soviets are more confident.

Especially the continuous victories in the military made the Soviets unwilling to submit to others.After all, in the past few years, the Soviet Union not only consolidated its own regime, but also divided up Poland with Germany. At the same time, it also defeated Japan, a powerful neighbor in the east. At the beginning of this year, it also defeated Finland and obtained one-tenth of Finland's land , All these made the Soviet people think that the Soviet Union is powerful, and no one or any country can defeat the Soviet Union.

However, according to the judgment of the high-level frontline, the strength of the Chinese Air Force has far surpassed that of the Soviet Union. Even if the Soviet Union transferred all European fighter planes to the Far East, it may not be able to win the air battle.And with the powerful combat power of China's new fighter jets.Even if you win.The loss of the Soviet Union is definitely not something the Soviet Union can afford.Therefore, Stalin can only put the West on the offensive of the ground forces, hoping that the ground forces can save the lost face.

In order to ensure the limited air supremacy of the ground forces, Stalin ordered the three anti-aircraft artillery brigades deployed in the Caucasus to be urgently transferred to the Far East, and at the same time authorized Zhukov to mobilize all Soviet and Mongolian troops east of Central Siberia.

Even so.Zhukov also had no idea at all.After these two days of contact.Zhukov was well aware of the strength of Chen Feng's troops.This kind of strength is shocking. Although the army looks inconspicuous, it is surprising when it fights.Unmoving like a mountain.Move like a rabbit, once you act, you will be destroyed.It was fought like that when there was air force support, but now without air force support, it is really hard to say whether this battle can go on.

Zongmod. The Joint Command of the Soviet and Mongolian Allied Forces.

Zong Mode, who had just been bombed by the Chinese Air Force, was billowing with thick smoke. Fortunately, Chen Feng's troops took care of the civilians in the city and did not drop aerial bombs in the civilian areas. Even if there were accidental injuries, there were not many, but the military facilities suffered.

The atmosphere in the Joint Headquarters was extremely dignified. This time not only Zhukov and others came, but also Qiao Bashan, chairman of the Mongolian Joint Conference and commander-in-chief of the People's Army.

"Sayle, tell me about your air force losses. We lost this battle, but we will be familiar with it if we lose. Even if we lose, we will lose with dignity!" Zhukov said loudly.

Admiral Seyir, commander of the Ninth Army of the Soviet Air Force, got up and said: "Comrade Zhukov, according to the statistics just now, the number of remaining fighters in the Ninth Army and the Sixth Air Division of the Tenth Army and the Ninth Air Division is less than 340. 162 were seriously damaged. In this battle, our army lost a total of 1478 fighters, including 928 fighters, 412 bombers, 104 transports, and 34 reconnaissance planes. 4865 pilots and machine gunners were lost, and 864 were injured. The entire group army was wiped out, and the Sixth and Ninth Aviation Divisions of the Tenth Army suffered heavy casualties and lost their combat effectiveness."

Although Zhukov had made preparations, he still did not expect that the Soviet Air Force would suffer such a heavy loss. Even in the last battle against Japan, the Soviet Union only lost three or four hundred fighter planes. He did not expect to lose thousands of fighter planes when fighting the Chinese. warplane.

Although the Soviet Union now has more than 9000 fighters, as long as Comrade Stalin asks, he can mobilize thousands of fighters from all over the country at any time.But as the most trusted senior general of the Soviet Union by Comrade Stalin, Zhukov knew that doing so was not in the interests of the Soviet Union and would only bring greater disasters to the Soviet Union.

"How many casualties are there in the Chinese Air Force?" Zhukov asked again.

Sheyer thought for a while and said: "The Chinese Air Force is not too big. In the air battle of Saiyinshanda, at least 120 fighters of the Chinese Air Force were shot down. In the air battles of Ergen and Zongmod, the Chinese Air Force was surrounded Kill our air force. According to the results of the post-war search by the army out of the city, a total of 7 wrecks of Chinese fighter planes were found near Ergen, and a total of 58 wreckages of Chinese fighter planes were found outside the city of Zommod. The Air Force lost a total of 200 or so fighters this time, or even less."

Now, the entire combat headquarters fell silent, this fighter plane really made everyone's faces look ashamed.Although it was the Air Force that was hit by the disaster this time, after all, it was the Soviet Union's defense force that was lost. In the south, there was a feeling of sadness, death, fox, death, and other things. Not to mention that the Army lost nearly 8 people just a few days ago.

"Hey, this time it was a big stumble. Comrade Stalin just sent a telegram that he will not mobilize any new air force for us. Comrade Stalin strictly forbids our air force to cooperate with the Chinese Air Force until it restrains the new fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force. The air forces are fighting each other, so the next battle will depend on the army itself!" Zhukov said.

The chief of staff, Lieutenant General Apanashenko, said loudly: "Comrade Zhukov, please rest assured that our army staff has prepared a counterattack plan and is always waiting for your orders!"

Zhukov asked in a deep voice: "Before looking at your counterattack plan, I want to know how many troops we can use now?"

Apanashenko obviously put in a lot of effort in this area. As soon as Zhukov's voice fell, he replied loudly: "Comrade Zhukov, although the air force suffered heavy casualties, they bought our army time to dispatch troops. Now, the Soviet Red Army assembled near Ulan Bator has 5 corps, 14 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, 3 tank divisions, 4 artillery divisions, 6 artillery brigades, and a large number of technical arms. The military strength has reached more than 18 people."

"Is this just our Soviet army?" Zhukov asked again.

"Of course, these are only the total numbers of our Soviet Red Army, not the Mongolian People's Army!" Apanashenko replied.

Zhukov turned his head to Choibalsan and asked, "Mr. Chairman, how many troops can your Mongolian People's Army take part in?"

The cavalry division quickly replied: "The total strength of our Mongolian People's Army is only about 14. Excluding the troops lost some time ago, the number of available troops is now less than 4, and now there are only about 2 troops near Ulan Bator. [-] infantry divisions, [-] cavalry divisions and some garrison forces, half of which have now reached the front line of Saiyin Shanda."

"Apanashenko, how many heavy weapons do we have now, and how long can the ammunition and food last?" Zhukov continued to ask.

“朱可夫同志，我们现在共有16万支步枪、1.2万挺轻重机枪、2万支手枪、5000支反坦克枪、3000支狙击步枪、500挺高射机枪。另外还有1780门迫击炮、800门小口径的山炮和野炮以及步兵炮、500门大口径火炮、200门高射炮，另外还有36门口径为230mm的重炮！”

"What about armor strength?"

“我军现在共装备有5个坦克师，共装备有1388辆坦克、380辆装甲车、80门自行火炮、1700辆汽车，其中有两个坦克师560辆坦克为新式坦克。”阿帕纳先科回答道。

Zhukov said slowly: "Very well, according to the information I got, the Chinese have deployed a total of 4 infantry divisions, 1 armored division and a large number of air forces on the border! They have now built a forward airfield in Zamyn-Uud. , Using this as a springboard, they can attack any province in Mongolia, and even go deep into Siberia to attack the hinterland of the Soviet Union! In order to effectively deter the Chinese and those countries that are hostile to the great Soviet Union, Comrade Stalin is determined to kill the Chinese from the ground. Defeated, for which Comrade Stalin mobilized an anti-aircraft artillery brigade for our army, Comrade Stalin asked us to defeat this warlord force."

Then Zhukov said loudly: "Comrades, although the combat effectiveness of Chen Feng's troops is not weak, they have an unavoidable weakness, that is, their industrial production capacity is extremely weak, especially oil and aviation gasoline. To deal with this kind of enemy that cannot be self-produced by our headquarters, we can use depletion tactics in addition to hard attack. According to the estimates of the comrades in the intelligence department, the oil reserves of Chen Feng's headquarters can support the war for 4 months at most, that is to say , as long as our army persists for four months, the powerful weapons and equipment of Chen Feng's troops will become scrap iron due to lack of fuel. Therefore, I think we should make good use of this power in our hands and completely drag Chen Feng's troops to death! "

It has to be said that Zhukov has indeed found the weakness of Chen Feng's troops. Petroleum is indeed a big problem. Due to the large-scale immigrants from the Nanyang Territory during this period, the consumption of aviation fuel is extremely high. Calculated according to the consumption rate of the front line, the eighth war zone is hoarding Those fuels really can't last for a few months. Could it be that Chen Feng's department will fail because of the fuel problem? (To be continued..)