I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Xue Yue hated it, and he was deeply annoyed: "Konev is so rampant and arrogant! He huddled in the stronghold of the city, and suddenly came out to bite us, and after the bite, he bit the west. Do we just sit and wait for him to bite again? No way?" He proposed to mobilize heavy troops to the four cities in North Asia to completely eradicate this confidant's cancer.

Xue Yue believed that due to the assistance of a large number of aircraft and heavy artillery from the Japanese army, the Nanjing Army's ability to attack fortified areas has been greatly increased. Together, the four cities in North Asia can be pulled out, and the four cities in North Asia are also at a certain distance from each other. The Nanjing Army can encircle the points Fight for help and break down one by one.

Regarding this, Jiang Weiguo was noncommittal. At the same time, he had received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek's indecisive characteristics were once again displayed. When the Soviet War first broke out, he was worried about gains and losses and hesitated. In China's big counter-offensive, the national army suffered heavy losses. The 29th Army, the 13th Army, and the 1st Army were successively defeated by the Soviet Army. More than a thousand), such a huge loss and in such a short period of time, Chiang Kai-shek was once again terrified and guilty. When he held a meeting with He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and other high-level national military officials, he was worried: "Why did the Soviets suddenly concentrate on attacking us? With the Germans holding up most of the Soviet military, we can still take advantage of the fire and fish in troubled waters, but now, the Soviets are attacking us exclusively, and the situation is not good...Can the front-line national army hold on? Will it? In the end, they played with fire and even set themselves on fire? Also, why did the Germans just sit back and watch the Soviets attack us specifically? Could it be that the Germans and the Soviets have concluded some secret agreement?" He thought wildly.

Chiang Kai-shek asked He Yingqin: "Can the national army have the ability to send more troops to the Soviet battlefield?"

He Yingqin replied: "At present, the national army has a total strength of about 400 million troops, about 30 million have been deployed on the Soviet battlefield, and 80 million have not yet been deployed. The reserve force of the national army is sufficient. There is an extreme shortage of supplies, and we can mobilize millions of troops to increase troops on the Soviet battlefield at any time. However, the per capita ammunition of these one million troops is probably less than [-] rounds, and the number of artillery, tanks, and cars is even less, and the combat effectiveness is not optimistic! "

Chen Cheng also said: "An army with inferior weapons and insufficient ammunition, even if there are millions of people, is still a chicken and a dog. No matter how many more troops are sent, it will not help!"

Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to feel distraught, and even had the idea of ​​retreating. He then approached Foreign Minister Zhang Qun: "That... Is that Vyshinsky still in Wuhan? Get in touch with him again..." He Then he sent a telegram to Jiang Weiguo and asked straightforwardly: Can the front line hold up?

Jiang Weiguo's attitude was firm: Of course!

While replying to Chiang Kai-shek's telegram, Jiang Weiguo and Xiao Yao had an off-topic conversation.

"The destruction of Hu Zongnan's First Army and Tang Enbo's No.13 Army is actually a good thing for the principal!" Xiao Yao narrowed his eyes, showing a rather dark expression, "You know, Principal He is the leader of the party and state. He cannot tolerate the separatism of domestic warlords. Warlords are divided into two types, one is the warlords of the local army, and the other is the warlords of the central army. Right now, the local warlords have basically been wiped out, leaving only Guizhou The department is still lingering, and in the Central Army, several warlords are also breeding. He Zongzuo (He Yingqin) and Chen Minister (Chen Cheng) are old ones, and Hu Zongnan and Tang Enbo are new ones.

After the end of the Sino-Japanese War, the country was still relatively chaotic. The headmaster had no means to separate himself. Hu Zongnan was stationed in Shaanxi, and Tang Enbo was fighting in Henan.

How should I put it, if the principal sent someone to station there, he must have his confidantes. Hu Zongnan and Tang Enbo are naturally confidantes, but they are already out of line, because they are both establishing their own factions, even if they are the principal's confidants, even if they The troops are members of the Central Army, and their behavior is also intolerable to the principal, which more or less arouses the principal's suspicion.

The core of Hu Zongnan is the First Army, and the core of Tang Enbo is the No.13 Army. These two troops were wiped out by the Soviets. The principal is actually very happy, because the factions of Hu and Tang have been severely injured and even slumped. After a serious injury, the principal can easily kill the faction of Hu Tang and the others!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded: "But why didn't my father deal with He Yingqin and Chen Cheng? Are He Chen and Hu Tang different? Both are factions within the Central Army!"

Xiao Yao said with a smile: "He Chen is different from Hu Tang, Hu Tang is just a military faction, He Chen is more of a political faction, Hu Tang wants to stand on his own, He Chen is part of the principal's own power because of political reasons.

The cancer growing on the body must be cut off. How can the hands and feet already exist on the body be cut off?Look at the Guangxi faction, the Gui faction already knows that continuing to be a military separatist force is a dead end, so the Guangxi faction is trying to transform from a military faction to a political faction, integrate into the central government, and become the second President He or Minister Chen !"

Jiang Weiguo felt refreshed: "So it is!" He remembered again, "What about me? What kind of person am I?"

Xiao Yao smiled: "You are different, you are special!"

Forced by Konev's "reckless violence" and the heavy losses and threats it caused to the national army, the Nanjing Army finally mobilized two divisions to fill the blockade of the four cities in North Asia, except for the 101st and 210th divisions already in the local area. In addition, the 37th Division was mobilized from the 111th Army, and the 10th Division was mobilized from the 209th Army. The four divisions were all commanded by Xue Yue to block and attack Konev to prevent him from passing through this "large-scale mechanized attack" again. "Guerrilla Warfare" severely damaged the national army. At the same time, the Nanjing Army Headquarters allocated a batch of anti-tank guns and iron fists to the Nanjing Army on the front lines of the four cities in North Asia to strengthen their anti-tank capabilities.

After winning consecutive victories that almost wiped out the 13th Army and the 1st Army of the Chinese Army, Vatutin seemed to become more and more unscrupulous, and frequently launched such mechanized aggressive attacks. Within a range of four to five hundred kilometers, Vatutin Tujing's tank troops gathered and dispersed like a pack of wolves, roaring in groups. There were as many as two or three hundred tanks attacking together, and as few as dozens or dozens of tanks launched a surprise attack, making the national army exhausted and defenseless.

Xue Yue had to admit: "...the mechanized harassment warfare of the Soviet army caused great damage to the national army. Because of the lack of tanks and anti-tank weapons, the national army could only be passively beaten, facing the elusive Soviet tanks , the national army was helpless and helpless.

The Soviet t-34 is indeed a very outstanding medium-sized tank. The national army's Sanqi artillery can't destroy it. The national army's No. [-] tank can only parry it, and it is barely able to resist it, let alone defeat it However, the national army can only defeat the No. [-] artillery and the No. [-] tank, but the No. [-] artillery and the No. [-] tank are all on the front line of Champion City and cannot be transferred to the four North Asian cities.

The Soviet tank group is like a pack of wolves on the grassland, and the national army has become a flock of sheep. The t-34's vigorous posture in the ice and snow, as if walking on flat ground, cannot but be admired and feared.

In many cases, the troops could only watch the Soviet tanks show off their power in front of their eyes and were unable to attack. Many troops even 'talked about the t-34'.

Vatutin is experienced and proficient in this kind of trick. He adopted a strategy of attacking multiple places and accumulating small victories into big victories. At the beginning, we did not put the loss of two battalions today and half a regiment tomorrow on the list of casualties. In my eyes, but after a few days of summing up statistics, I found that a brigade had been lost unexpectedly, what a shame!The Soviet tank group roared and galloped a few kilometers or even hundreds of meters away, bragging about and showing off their force, obviously humiliating, tempting and provoking us, but we had nothing to do.

On the 201th, I carefully planned an ambush and deliberately placed a brigade of the [-]st Division on the bulge. Sure enough, in the middle of the night, Vatutin came to attack with a large number of Soviet tanks. Army tanks and car light columns are densely intersected. It is estimated that the number of tanks is hundreds of tanks. Two troops of our army equipped with many anti-tank guns and iron fists ambushed near the brigade immediately attacked to outflank the rear of the Soviet army, and then strangled them with all their strength, striving to severely damage the Soviet army. The tank unit fought fiercely in the middle of the night, the Soviet army fled in embarrassment, our army won, but there was an unexpected discovery!"

Xue Yue's "accidental discovery" was that there were more than 50 Soviet tanks destroyed on the battlefield, but only a dozen or so were real tanks, and the remaining thirty or forty were fake tanks disguised with cars and wood.

"Could it be that the Soviet army is playing the trick of 'flowering on the tree'?" Luo Zhuoying looked at Xue Yue in surprise.

Xue Yue pondered: "In the past few days, Vatutin seemed very arrogant, dispatching dozens or hundreds of tanks to drive around in front of our noses, as if showing off their mighty force to us, but , if only a small part of those tanks are real tanks, and most of them are fake tanks, then Vatutin's real intention of this move is not just to provoke us, but to deceive us, making us mistakenly think that most of the Soviet tanks Still on the southern battlefield of the four cities in North Asia, in fact, most of the Soviet tanks have been transferred to other battlefields!"

Luo Zhuoying repeatedly agreed: "That's right! Konev is deceiving us. It is very likely that he has quietly assembled most of his tanks to the west of the four cities in North Asia, where he is preparing to launch a fierce attack. Cooperating with Zhukov, the two sides completed the battle in the north of Champion City. join forces.

After all, the south is not the direction to break out of the siege, the west is!"

"Not necessarily?" Jiang Fusheng objected, "Konev is scheming, insidious and cunning, and has repeatedly played sneak attacks. If he is deliberately showing weakness, let us mistakenly think that he transferred the main tanks to the west. In fact, the main force of his tanks is still in the south, and when we are paralyzed and relaxed, he strikes back again, and he may eat another army of us!"

Luo Zhuoying was quite disgusted with Jiang Fusheng at this time, because Jiang Fusheng's methods were vicious, and the four cities in North Asia not only did not collapse, but united as one, desperately resisting, but he admitted that Jiang Fusheng's conjecture was also reasonable, Konev was good at attacking, and He is best at surprise attacks, always taking opponents by surprise, and obtaining the greatest results at the least cost.

When Konev launched a big counterattack and a big breakout, he caught the national army off guard. Then, Konev raided the 13th Army and caught the national army off guard. Then, Konev raided the 1st Army and still took The national army was caught off guard, and no one could guarantee whether Konev was planning a fourth surprise attack right now.

Xue Yue felt undecided. He looked at the four North Asian cities on the distant horizon and sighed: "What is it like inside, and how Konev is dispatching troops? It's all a cloud of fog, and I can't see clearly Ah!" He was distressed.

Luo Zhuoying looked at the sky and comforted Xue Yue: "Boling, don't worry, you see, it's not snowing much, and the wind seems to be a lot less, and it will be snowed in a few days, when the time comes we will send scouts If the machine repeatedly conducts reconnaissance, we will definitely find clues!"

Xue Yue nodded: "I hope!"

At the same time, senior generals such as Budyonny, Zhukov, Vasilevsky, and Sokolovsky were also looking at the sky in the general headquarters of the Ural Front Army of the Soviet Army.

"The snow is decreasing significantly!" Sokolovski was very excited. "It looks like it will be completely sunny in two or three days!"

"Two or three days..." The joy on Zhukov's face immediately cast a layer of gloom, "It's a bit long...we can't delay..."

Vasilevsky looked at Zhukov: "Comrade Zhukov, do you want to start immediately?"

Zhukov looked dignified and rubbed his hands gently, showing hesitation in his heart: "It is better to deploy it immediately to achieve the effect of surprise, but because the weather is not ideal, the casualties must be greater..."

Vasilevsky smiled wryly: "Our casualties have already reached the point of being numb, so what's the difference if we add tens of thousands more?"

Zhukov also smiled bitterly: "Yes, that's true... In addition, the high-level Chinese military is not an idler. It is very difficult to deceive them. Even if they are deceived for a while, it will not last long. Once they redeploy, we will lose Fleeting opportunity.

We don't really have a choice!" He took a deep breath, "Let's get started! "

In the early morning of February 2th, there was light snow and a strong north wind. Compared with the previous period, the wind and snow were greatly reduced, but there was still light snow and light wind.

On a large field airport in Champion City, Wang Shuming, the commander of the Chinese Air Force's first aviation unit, stared at the sky with some anxiety. He knew that the wind and snow were decreasing sharply, and the current weather was naturally not suitable for the Air Force to dispatch, but he could "grit his teeth and dispatch ", in an ambiguous state.

Wang Shuming thought about it. He believed that since the wind and snow had decreased, his own plane should take off. On the one hand, it could provide powerful air assistance to the army in hard work, and on the other hand, it could also prevent the Soviet Air Force from making surprise attacks.

Wang Shuming looked at the rows of fighter planes ready to go on the airport, and a strong thought came to his mind: If the Soviet planes took off forcibly in this snowy weather and attacked and bombed, wouldn't our side suffer heavy losses?I heard that the Air Force Research Institute and the Germans are developing a kind of detection equipment called "radar". If it can be equipped as soon as possible, it will be able to really fight the enemy no matter at night or in bad weather. Unfortunately, there is no such thing yet.

(The establishment of the Chinese Air Force aviation force is squad, squadron, brigade, wing, and the wing is the "road", which is composed of several wings or a wing and several brigades and squadrons.

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Wang Shuming thought over and over again, and called Mao Bangchu, Chief of Air Force General Staff who was in charge of Air Force operations in North Asia.

After listening to Wang Shuming's report, Mao Bangchu was somewhat disapproving: "The Soviets forced their attack in the snowy weather? I don't think they have the courage and capital.

The Soviet aircraft were no match for our German aircraft at all. How could they come to seek death?Shu Ming, the Chinese Air Force is inferior to the German Air Force. Its base is weak and capital is small, so it is not easy to lose the aircraft. Aren’t you joking about the aircraft and the pilots when you start a group of aircraft in this terrible weather? "

Wang Shuming insisted: "Should we send reconnaissance planes to carry out close reconnaissance and patrol?"

Mao Bangchu approved: "Yes!"

Less than an hour after the first batch of reconnaissance planes took off from Champion City Airport, many of the reconnaissance planes sent urgent reports: a large number of Soviet planes are flying from the Urals!The number is thousands!

Wang Shuming was taken aback: "So many? What kind of machine?"

The reconnaissance plane replied: "More than half are fighter jets, and the rest are bombers and transport planes!"

"Transportation plane?" Wang Shuming wondered, "Could it be that the Soviet army yearned to airdrop supplies to the four cities in North Asia? Airdrop... paratroopers?" He suddenly thought of this possibility that was almost ignored.

Heart-piercing sirens resounded over the city of Champions, and the airports were full of voices: "Soviet army fleet is coming! Hurry up and take off!"

Chapter 535 Big Avalanche (15)

On the defensive position of Champion City, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army could not help but widen their eyes, their eyes were attracted by the spectacular picture in the sky: densely packed, mighty Soviet planes were overwhelming the sky, the red The military emblem of the five-pointed star can be said to cover the sky and the sun, and the roar of thousands of aircraft engines converges into a huge sound wave that resounds through the sky and shakes people's hearts.

Fu Zuoyi, Wei Lihuang, Huang Wei, Wang Yaowu and other senior generals of the Nanjing Army were alarmed one after another. They rushed out of the command room, looked up at the sky, and gasped.

Fu Zuoyi sternly asked the communications staff around him: "What are the weather conditions now?"

The communication staff officer replied: "Xiaoxue, the temperature is minus fourteen degrees, the north wind, the wind level is five, the wind is strong, and the wind speed is nine meters per second!"

"Such a huge aircraft fleet is dispatched in this kind of weather..." Huang Wei was shocked, "The Soviets are really..."

"Look!" Wang Yaowu stretched out his arms and pointed to a place in the distant sky. He saw a dazzling fireball suddenly exploded in the cloudy sky. From the wreckage that came down, another Soviet aircraft suddenly turned crookedly in another direction, struggled for a while and then fell to the ground, probably due to a mechanical failure.

It is certain that before the Chinese army fought back, many Soviet aircraft were lost in vain due to non-combat reasons such as weather conditions and mechanical failures.

"The Soviets really spared no expense, no expense!" Wei Lihuang was deeply moved.

"Where's our plane?" Wang Yaowu looked around eagerly, and he was relieved to see a large number of Chinese Air Force planes flying into the sky, fighting bravely.

Stalin transformed the Soviet Union from a relatively backward agricultural country into an industrial power with the highest industrial value in the world in just a decade or so through the iron fist of reckless human life, thus establishing the strength of the Soviet Union in this war at this time. stamina.

Although the Soviet Union fought two-thirds of the time last year and suffered heavy losses, the Soviet Union still has a strong strength that cannot be underestimated. In the face of difficulties, more than 8000 aircraft were produced this year alone. shelf.

In order to defeat the Chinese army in one fell swoop and force China to withdraw from the Soviet war, the Soviet High Command invested all the war resources it could. At this time, there are more than 3000 Soviet aircraft that have appeared in the sky above Champion City and are flying to Champion City. Such a large fleet of aircraft took off continuously from dozens of large and small airports in Tyumen, Kurgan, Yekaterinburg, and Chelyabinsk, causing these airports to fall into an unprecedented busyness that was almost saturated, resulting in The largest air battle between the Sino-Soviet Air Forces after the Sino-Soviet war.

There is no doubt that there are many difficulties for the Soviet army to launch such a huge air combat plan, but relying on what can be called unscrupulous methods, the Soviet army forcefully and forcibly launched this air combat plan.

This operation was planned by Lieutenant General Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov, Air Force Commander of the Ural Front of the Soviet Army. Even if the weather is still very bad, he still has to take action. In the face of many opposition voices, he said loudly and loudly:

"Nature is fair, when the weather is good for us, it is also good for the Chinese; when we are ready, the Chinese are also ready!"

After the outbreak of the Soviet War, the Soviet Air Force suffered a near-destructive blow under the fierce attack of the German-Chinese Air Force. Novikov devoted a lot of effort and talent to rebuilding the Soviet Air Force. Find Stalin personally: "Dear Comrade Stalin, we must learn from the Chinese, learn from the practices of the Chinese before and during the Sino-Japanese War, and unswervingly follow the principle of 'fighter first' or even 'fighter only' route.

We want to drop the bomb on the enemy's head, but the premise is to prevent the enemy from dropping the bomb on our head first.

Therefore, in the future, our aviation industry must focus on the production of fighter jets, bombers, transport aircraft and other types of aircraft must be slowed down and greatly reduced!" Because of his arguments, Stalin adopted his correct proposal .

From the second half of 1940, more than 70% of the aircraft produced by the Soviet aviation industry were fighter jets.

Novikov also has a unique eye for fighter jet models. He knows very well that the existing Soviet fighter jets are basically behind, and they are not the opponents of the Bf-109 of the German and Chinese Air Forces. Therefore, the Soviet army must produce them at the maximum output. For new fighter jets, there should not be too many models. Too many aircraft models will lead to logistical difficulties. The best way is to select one or two or two or three excellent aircraft and then focus on production at full capacity.

After screening and listening to the opinions of many pilots, Novikov chose the MiG-3 and Yak-1 as the Soviet fighters for key production. These two aircraft are very good, and the MiG-3 is slightly inferior to the bf- 109, the Yak-1 was more successful, and under the control of skilled pilots, it could compete with the bf-109. Another aircraft was also listed as a key production target, that is, the Il-2 attack aircraft. The aircraft is very good and can be called "the Stuka of the Soviet Union". Novikov believes that the Soviet Air Force now needs attack aircraft rather than bombers. , but the strength has been greatly restored and improved.

When formulating the battle plan, Zhukov found Novikov: "Comrade Novikov, do we have the ability to gain air supremacy in the Omsk region?"

After thinking for a minute, Novikov replied: "Yes!"

When the Air Force of the Front Army held a meeting, Novikov announced his idea: "It is very difficult to eliminate Chinese fighter jets in the air, and the effect is slow, so we adopt the method of dredging the bottom.

After the fleet arrived in Omsk, they did not engage in dogfights with Chinese fighter jets, but attacked the Chinese Air Force's airport in Omsk with all their strength!" He spread out the map, "Omsk is very prominent, and the nearest Chinese army occupies it. The district is three cities in the northeast of Kazakhstan, and the distance between the two places is more than 300 kilometers. Do you remember?The main fighter of the Chinese Air Force is the German bf-109. The biggest disadvantage of this aircraft is that it has a relatively short range of only 700 kilometers. From Omsk to the three cities in the northeast of Kazakhstan, it is almost 700 kilometers. Destroy their airport in Omsk, then the local bf-109 in Omsk will have nowhere to land and crash, and the bf-109 in the three cities in the northeast of Kazakhstan will not be able to reinforce Omsk at all, because it will fly after flying. Fly back again, otherwise we will run out of fuel, so we can gain air supremacy, as long as we maintain the destruction of Omsk's local airport, there will only be our planes in the sky of Omsk!" (Jacques of the Soviet Army - 1 fighter has a range of 850 kilometers, and the MiG-3 has only 600 kilometers.

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While the combat preparations were in progress, Novikov met with the pilots who were about to join the battle in batches, and he repeatedly reiterated his combat thinking: "Try not to engage in aerial dogfights with Chinese Air Force aircraft, your goal is the ground The airfield above, your task is to protect the attack aircraft to carry out the most powerful attack on the Chinese airfield!"

"In addition..." Novikov added, "If your plane is injured, I don't recommend you to skydive. You have little chance of receiving humanitarian treatment if you fall into the hands of the Chinese. My advice to you is, Try to control the plane and crash into the important target of the Chinese on the ground!"

In the silent solemnity, Novikov said very emotionally: "The Soviet has reached the last moment of life and death. We can only do our best and at all costs in exchange for vitality and victory. Everyone has this responsibility and should have this responsibility Awareness of Soviet devotion, you too!"

About 1400 Soviet aircraft flew to the first echelon in the sky of Champion City, two thirds of which were fighter jets, and one third were attack planes and bombers. The Chinese Air Force planes also flew into the sky, covering the entire sky with the Soviet fleet like silver clouds.

At this time, the Chinese Air Force has a total of more than 3000 aircraft, including 500 aircraft that Germany provided free assistance after the first phase of operations. In addition, the Chinese Air Force also has more than 2000 aircraft from the Japanese Army and Navy (half are bombers, half is a fighter jet), the strength is very strong.

On more than ten large field airports in Champion City, more than 1500 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force are parked, about 900 of which are fighter jets, and about 600 are bombers, forming a powerful aviation force. In the three cities in the northeast of Kazakhstan, China The Air Force also has more than 1500 aircraft on standby.

Right now, the Soviet fleet is attacking in large numbers, and the Chinese Air Force No. [-] in Champion City will naturally start the battle without showing any weakness. Rows of fighter planes roared with passion, while the hurricane rolled, the spiral leaf flywheel rotated, and the engines were fully activated amidst the thunder. In and out of the combat command room, the staff officers surrounded the aerial charts and focused on marking the attacking position, coordinates, and quantity of the Soviet aircraft fleet, and adjusted their deployment in a timely manner. The communication officer used telephones and radios to contact the troops and friendly forces in a hurry. At the airport, mechanics and ground crews were sweating profusely, racing against time, checking the aircraft equipment, refueling and reloading the aircraft; beside the airport, the pilots who were about to embark on the expedition gathered together solemnly to listen to the commander's lecture and accept the commander's blessing.

Amidst the mechanical roar and the turbulent air vortex, wave after wave of majestic fighter planes accelerated, vacated, and climbed on the airport runway, and rushed towards the enemy with a silver light, like a stream of reverse flow Flying metal waterfall.

"Brothers in the Air Force! Come on! Fight hard!" The army officers and soldiers in Champion City burst into cheers, cheers, and applause like a tsunami.