Age of Conquest Reborn

The sudden ringing of the phone was not abrupt among the "tick-tock" sound of the telegraph operator's message, but it attracted everyone in the air force to tense up. Chief of Staff and Director of the Operations Department of the Aviation Southern Flying Group

Colonel He Zhijun picked up the phone and said in a calm tone: "I mean nothing! What's the situation to report?"

Everyone stared at He Zhijun, "Well, okay, I will report to the commander immediately. You must continue to monitor closely and report all movements of the Soviet fleet at any time!" He Zhijun nodded frequently.

Putting down the phone, He Zhijun said to Le Yiqin: "Commander, the Radar Surveillance Center reported that at about 3:40 this morning, from Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Barnur and other places in the Soviet Union,

A large number of Soviet aircraft took off from the Soviet field airport at the same time. Multiple ground radars confirmed that the number of Soviet fighter jets dispatched was five divisions, with about 950 fighter jets, and three divisions of bombers, with a number of about 500 bombers.

More than twenty!"

Le Yiqin breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "As long as the Soviet fleet takes action, it will be fine. There are nearly 1,500 fighter planes and bombers. It's so menacing! It's such a big move by Lao Maozi. It's such a big formation."

ah!"

Suddenly, Le Yiqin wiped away the smile on her face and said in a cold tone: "Order that all participating fighter regiments take off immediately according to the combat plan, and maintain radio silence during the flight before approaching the Soviet air formation.

, only receive guidance from ground radar stations!”

More than a dozen combat staff officers immediately used the phone to issue Le Yiqin's orders to various field airports. Immediately, fighter planes, in a two-plane formation, took off into the sky and rushed into the dark pre-dawn sky like sharp arrows. "Boom!"

The sound of "rumbling" engines gradually faded away and disappeared. After dozens of minutes, the airport returned to calm, but how many pairs of eager and expectant eyes looked towards the north.

Le Yiqin picked up another phone and simply said: "Get me the division headquarters!"

The phone ringing "Ding, ring, ring!" was right next to Tang Qiuli's hand. He picked up the music and heard the sound of the piano: "Report to the division commander, the Soviet aircraft fleet has been dispatched, and our fleet has already moved forward! According to the Soviet aircraft fleet,

According to calculations based on the speed of the aircraft, the time of arrival in the airspace of the Selenge River is around five o'clock in the morning. However, commander, please rest assured that the combat plan we have formulated is aimed at this point. Whether we can reach the target area or not is up to us!"

Tang Qiuli interjected and asked: "You stayed in the air, why didn't you lead the team into the air? It's not your style!"

Le Yiqin replied simply: "The teacher has given orders, and I don't dare to disobey in my humble position!"

Tang Qiuli said in disbelief: "It's strange. Why are you so obedient this time? You must have other evil ideas! After all, I'll leave the affairs of heaven to you!"

Putting down the phone, Tang Qiuli said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, please inform Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan immediately that the Soviet army has begun to take action. According to Le Yiqin's report, the time for the Soviet infantry attack should be around five o'clock in the morning.

, let them get ready! The Southern Flying Group fighter group has already fought to ensure that the position will not be bombarded by the Soviet bomber group!"

Putting down the phone, Le Yiqin smiled proudly and said to his chief of staff He Zhijun and chief of staff Dong Ningxuan of the Northern Flying Group: "After the battle started, I took off with the reserve teams of three regiments to kill Lao Maozi's bomber group.

The command will be left to you, but there is one thing. When the division commander asked, he said that I was directing the air battle and was very busy and had no time to answer the phone!"

When the enemy situation report from the division headquarters arrived at the Selenge River front line, Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan were returning from the forward position. In fact, even without warning, the two men noticed the Soviet army's unusual movements. Liu Hongzhang

Through the telescope, he looked at the Soviet troops on the other side, which were constantly gathering towards the river. He said to Ouyang Yishan: "This is about to start. I just don't know the exact time of the Soviet attack!"

Ouyang Yishan did not answer Liu Hongzhang's words and said to himself: "On the last day, another battle of blood and fire begins. I don't know how many more soldiers' blood will be spilled here, on the Selenge River. Give it to me.

I have so many feelings!" He said, sighing with emotion.

Liu Hongzhang patted Ouyang Yishan on the shoulder with understanding and said: "Brother, I am the same. After fighting for so many years, I am suffering here. Fortunately, the teacher's net has been cast, and Lao Maozi has only been able to escape for a few days.

Damn it, we’ll come back after we leave, let’s go back to the headquarters, maybe the division commander will have an order!”

I really let Liu Hongzhang say it. As soon as he entered the headquarters, Chief of Staff Liu Chenglin said: "The two commanders received the enemy situation report from the division commander. The division commander judged that the Soviet ground attack would be launched around five o'clock in the morning.

, In addition, the aviation force will intercept the Soviet bomber group north of the Selenge River!"

Liu Hongzhang raised his eyebrows and said: "Okay, this is what you want. Without Lao Maozi's bombers, this battle will not be difficult to fight. Cheng Lin, convey the order from the headquarters, and the troops will immediately enter the bomb holes and shelters to prevent the Soviet army from attacking."

Artillery attack!”

General Kulykin, commander of the Soviet Transcaucasus Military District, prepared for the attack at 5 a.m. on September 26 as a decisive attack.

Not only in the first wave of attack forces, the assault forces of four infantry divisions were deployed unprecedentedly. All artillery of various calibers were gathered together and divided into four artillery groups to provide artillery support for the four main breakthrough directions.

Three tank brigades with more than 700 tanks are evenly deployed in the offensive direction. Once the infantry reaches the beachhead on the south bank, they will adopt the old method of using direct firepower to destroy and suppress the firepower points of the independent division defenders.

The biggest reliance of the Soviet offensive force was the aircraft fleet from the air. There were five fighter divisions, three bomber divisions, and nearly 1,500 combat aircraft. It could be said that they were all dispatched, leaving no fallback. The aircraft fleet was deployed. It can be said that it was

Blocking out the sky and the sun, some senior military officers pointed out that the Selenge and airspace battlefields are so small that they may not be able to accommodate so many combat aircraft, which will affect the effectiveness of bombing.

General Kulykin, who was dominated by excitement, rebutted without hesitation, his words were sharp and pointed, "Comrade General, I don't know where your idea comes from, but I ask you to think through everything before speaking.

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"Our goal of dispatching all combat aircraft is not only to break through the Selenge River, but also to consider that after the breakthrough, our army will continue to go south to attack Kulun and need to control the air. By then, the vast airspace of Outer Mongolia will not be able to accommodate a thousand of us.

More than five hundred fighter planes? I’m afraid that when the time comes, all comrades will complain that there are too few fighters and bombers to support you. This is one of them.”

"Secondly, after the aircraft fleet completed the bombing of the independent division's garrison position on the south bank of the Selenge River, the subsequent task was to air strike Coulun and bomb all important targets of the Chinese army along the way to open the way for the capture of Coulun. The occupation of Coulun means that

The Battle of Outer Mongolia is over, so the commanders of all the troops will probably have to endure hardships from today on. They will march day and night and arrive at the gate of Kulun City at the fastest speed."

General Kulykin's words made the senior officer who made the suggestion blush, swallow his saliva, and become silent, but secretly cursed in his heart, "It's easy to put it, a river of Selenge was fought for five or six days."

It’s not like I haven’t used a large-scale aircraft fleet in time. What’s the result? I don’t believe it can be successful today!”

Four Soviet infantry divisions were on the beach on the north bank of the Selenge River, waiting for the aircraft fleet to arrive and start bombing, and then immediately launched an attack. More than 1,600 artillery pieces of various calibers raised their thick muzzles.

While waiting for the arrival of the aircraft fleet, the core of General Kulykin's attack plan revolves around the aircraft fleet.

At about 3:20 in the morning, the sky was still dark, and a staff officer came in and said, "Report to Comrade Commander, our sentries heard the sound of engines in the air, and it seemed that a large group of aircraft was flying from south to north!"

"Huh?" General Kulykin rolled his eyes a few times suspiciously, "Large aircraft group? No, the direction is wrong. Is it the independent division's aircraft group?"

For the sake of caution, General Kulykin ordered the communications staff to immediately contact the commander of the air formation, Lieutenant General Jonasov, deputy commander of the Air Force of the Don Military District, to inform him of the situation. Major General Jonasov's reply was, "So far,

So far, our air formation has not detected anything, and radio monitoring has also confirmed that no frequent telegrams have been found. Comrade Commander, please rest assured."

General Kulykin was relieved. If the comrades of the Air Force of the Don River Military Region did not notice the situation, then everything was normal. Maybe the sentry made a mistake. However, this spirit of constant vigilance is still worthy of praise. The commander felt relaxed.

Comrade, order the communications staff to convey your decision to verbally praise the sentry who heard the sound of the aircraft and reported it in time.

In fact, not only this sentry heard it, but also the more than 60,000 Soviet soldiers who had assembled on the north bank heard the faint roar of planes in the sky, but no one paid it any attention.

At about 3:40, the air formation commander Lieutenant General Jonasov's telegram made General Kulykin unable to sit still anymore. Only then did he know that the sentry was not mistaken, "Commander Kulykin,

Our mixed air fleet formation was suddenly attacked by an independent division fighter group at about 3:30. I have ordered some fighters of the escort group to fight, and the formation will arrive at the bombing area on time!"

The tone of Major General Jonasov's telegram was very relaxed, because the independent division fighters that attacked his fleet were only more than a hundred. For a large fleet of more than 1,500 combat aircraft, they were no more than flies.

That's it

However, General Kulykin is not so optimistic. He has been fighting with the Chinese for almost a week. He knows very well that the Chinese are cunning and cunning to their core. They are good at using strategies. If they are a little careless, they may suffer big losses!

(To be continued)(To be continued...)