"We are about to arrive at the lake, so be careful and observe."

Xiong Cai pressed the throat telephone and glanced back at his team. 11 small golden dragon patterns were printed on the head of his second lightning motor. Ten of them were obtained in Iran and one was obtained after being transferred to the northwest. According to this record, he could have returned to the rear to be a comfortable instructor, but because the northwest urgently needed the guidance of experienced pilots, he came to the motherland with his comrades-in-arms.

His first aircraft was not shot down, but because of the special hot weather in the Persian Gulf, the engine overheated, caught fire and burned during takeoff. This is a common problem with air-cooled engines. The stronger the horsepower, the more difficult it is to dissipate heat. Several air wings in the Persian Gulf have had such a thing seven or eight times, so when they were dispatched in particularly high temperatures, the ground crew had to spray the head of the machine with a water gun to cool down. However, in the cold area of ​​the northwest, the lightning performance is very good, so there is no need to worry about overheating.

Because it was a patrol and there was no need for radio silence, the headphones did not stop after taking off. "Captain, did you think you would meet 109 today? I heard from the third team that the Soviets deployed a lot of 109 in this generation, and they encountered it once, but unfortunately they ran away as soon as they met."

"Yes, it would be great if I met 109. I would always be unsatisfied with i-16."

"Ha ha."

Xiong Cai was also itchy when he heard it because except for the first four little golden dragons, bf109 and he111, his other shot down scores were i-15 or 1-16, or po-2, which was not easy enough. But it was not easy to encounter bf109 in the vast Kazakh grassland.

"I think about the United States, the Soviets protected this kind of aircraft in a solid manner. The reconnaissance brigade pulled the net back and forth for more than half a month, but I couldn't find where the base was." Xiong Cai's words made a sound of gritting teeth in the channel. Indeed, after the Soviet army discovered that except for BF109 and Figure 2 (Soviet version of He111), it could pose a certain threat to the Chinese Air Force, it deployed a lot in the northwest, but in order to ensure that it was not discovered before the attack, it was disguised a lot. Therefore, the Air Force had only discovered it a few times over the past few months, and there was no effective record.

"Captain, I'm at the reed marsh."

As the wingman shouted, the Yili River reed delta appeared under the wing. Looking down from a high altitude, a temporary rail stretched straight towards the center of the delta. At the end of the railway line, simple factory sheds and dormitories were scattered. If you are careful, you can still see tanks and cannons disguised with reeds.

Zhuo Fan raised his head and looked at the Thunder and Lightning Team that was protecting. After putting the modification factory here, this reed marsh became the highest secret of the entire war zone. The Air Force also sent the most elite pilots to protect it day and night. But he didn't have time to watch it because the work pressure was too great! In order to complete the assembly of all the landing crafts within fifteen days, he almost broke his legs. After learning that the Falcon Commando who had picked him arrived, he also went to find someone to come to use a 3-car for cars. From one factory to another, he invited all the masters who knew about welding and machinery in Almaty and East Kazakhstan. In the end, not only did he requisition all the mechanics of the First Army, but he also wanted two engineering barracks from the 15th Army. However, this trouble did make him accumulate a lot of connections. Now everyone knows that the First Army has a mad lieutenant colonel who "robs people".

"Master Yang, how much has it been done?"

In a spacious factory tent on the river beach, dozens of masters from mainland shipyards brought mechanics to assemble landing crafts, carry heavy battery packs onto the ship, and then weld an aircraft engine to a specially made tripod behind the landing craft. When Zhuo Fan found the person in charge, Master Yang just checked a completed boat and patted the old engine replaced by the fighter and said, "Don't worry, Chief Zhuo, you have already made 60 ships. Look, they are all parked by the river, and you can get tanks on board at any time."

Looking along his fingers, dozens of landing craft had already been lined up and opened the cabin doors and parked on the shore. Master Yang was also very satisfied with his achievements and continued: "Sir Zhuo, don't look at the large number, in fact, just riveting the spare parts. It's a little bit of a matter of installing batteries and welding the engine."

Zhuo Fan nodded. Since it was 70 kilometers from the mouth of the Ili River to the military assembly site. The width of the lake was only 50 kilometers. In order to reach the distance in seclusion, this section of the road would be promoted using the flow rate of the river and the battery. Only after reaching Tomar, the machine would be turned on and crossed at full speed. Therefore, the landing craft would need to carry an additional battery pack of nearly two tons. As for the aircraft engine, he looked in detail and asked: "Master Yang, can you really guarantee a speed of 20 knots?"

"Don't worry, you have already tried it on Poyang Lake several times. The boat itself has 13 knots, and this engine has 1,000 horsepower, which is enough to load 40 tons to rush to 20 knots. If it is lighter, 22 knots will be fine."

After watching the landing craft, Zhuo Fan went to check the fire cover boat again. Because the lake was wide, the artillery could not support it. Moreover, the landing was chosen at night, and the plane bombing was not accurate. So when he was planning, he thought of the need for a kind of equipment that could increase Guili support. He chose the Army's light 12-barrel 107mm rocket launcher. In fact, the Army also has larger rocket launcher, but because the size is not suitable, the size is just right and the recoil is small, it is very suitable for loading on the landing craft. The rocket range is also 7 kilometers. Although the accuracy at this distance is very poor, it is still enough to be used as temporary firepower.

Under the leadership of Master Yang, he soon saw 8 assembled fireboats. The fireboats were modified with small personnel transport landing crafts. They were laid with wooden decks as a shooting platform and supported by steel pipes. Each platform was equipped with 3 rocket launchers, with a total of 36 tubes, and instantly more than one 105 howitzer regiment. For long-term cover, the cabin below was ammunition, and three large skylights could ensure that the ammunition was delivered faster. The 36-tube rocket rack plus 72 spare rounds of ammunition is considered powerful. But if it was hit by enemy shells, the outcome would be even worse.

However, he didn't have time to consider these things now. Lake Balkash is not the sea, and there is no heavy armored firepower ship, so he can only make a fuss. After Master Yang promised that it would be completed within two weeks, he decided to go to the airborne division again. As the weather gets colder, the danger of airborne is getting bigger and bigger, especially yesterday, meteorological experts at the headquarters said that there may be heavy rain in the past two weeks, and if it is severe, it may also be frozen rain, so the headquarters is very worried.

But as soon as I got into the jeep, a harsh air defense alarm suddenly sounded in my ears!

"Woo."

The alarm sounded scared everyone, and even the masters in the factory shed came out to check. The soldiers even covered the camouflage net and reed mats on the exposed machine parts as quickly as possible. Zhuo Fan was also shocked and turned his head to look. The 8 85mm anti-aircraft guns near the assembly area had rotated rapidly and pointed to the southwest. On more than a dozen semi-tracked air-proof vehicles, the gunners had pressed the 40mm shell into the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

Just as he was about to speed up and find a hidden spot, a young cadre suddenly jumped into the car: "Sir. Go quickly! The radar found that the UFO was approaching. By the way, can you send me to the Third Battalion? I want to go back to command the air defense."

"Three Battalion?" Zhuo Fan suddenly remembered something and quickly turned his head to look. He was 26 years old, tall and thin, and his appearance and temperament were very similar to the president. However, he didn't say much. He stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the third Battalion.

At this time, Xiong Cai, who had just flew over the lake, had received a ground warning and immediately threw away the auxiliary fuel tank and rushed towards the suspicious target. In less than five minutes, he saw four BF109s and four il2s that the Soviet army had recently started to equip themselves to try to cross the lake from the left side of Balkashh.

"It's a Chinese plane! Fight! Let Boruv and others go to reconnaissance. Then break through each other!" Captain Malasyev, who was sitting in the cabin of BF109, also found the lightning on the opposite side. Although the newly equipped il2 still had no radio, the formation had already made plans before departure, so while the four 109s turned to fight, the il2 immediately scattered and rushed into the reed delta.

But as soon as they approached the edge of the Reed Delta, they were stopped by the thunder and lightning team coming from another direction.

Upon learning that the reinforcements arrived, Xiong Cai gave up il2 and looked at his prey with all his strength. However, he was also very surprised, and he did not expect to encounter BF109. Because since lightning entered the northwest and carried out air supremacy missions such as reconnaissance and patrol, the Soviet frontier reconnaissance planes suffered heavy losses and were defeated with an unprecedented 56:0 defeat. So the Soviet army began to actively shrink, especially reduce the BF109 to take off. This is not because the Soviet pilots feared war. On the contrary, most of the Soviet pilots he encountered were very combative. The reason for this was that Kulik did not want the best aircraft to be consumed in daily tasks.

It is precisely because of this that it is strange that 4 planes appear in one breath.

Xiong Cai didn't know that this time, Captain Malasyev was ordered by Lieutenant General Lu Jin, the commander of the 16th Army. Because he felt that the National Defense Forces should not give up the big loophole of Lake Balkash, he hoped to find out whether this reed delta hides the enemy. Moreover, this mission did not inform the Karaganda Command, just Lu Jin's own thoughts.

Xiong Cai didn't count this all day long. He was thinking about the hostile staff, but now he just wanted to continue adding a few small golden dragons to the nose. So after the reinforcements arrived, he immediately shook his wrist softly, rolled upwards and suddenly pulled upwards.

"Follow me!"

Xiong Cai was shouting. The three lightnings beside him also climbed upward to grab the height. After fighting, he knew very well that bf109 was very good at vertical maneuvering. So he had to grab the height first, otherwise if the opponent attacked the draft, the lightning would not be able to stop it. "They want to grab the height! Follow me!" Malasyev was worthy of being a first-class pilot. He saw through the intention of Thunder and Lightning at a short angle and led the formation to circle around the butt of Thunder and Lightning. But the vertical pulling speed of Thunder and Lightning was too fast! From 0 to 5,000 meters, even the jet developed in Chongqing was despair.

When Malasyev, who was following behind saw the terrible climbing speed of lightning, he immediately shouted in his heart. He still looked down on this new fighter that had just started equipping the Chinese Air Force recently. Sure enough, after Xiong Cai grabbed the height, he glanced at the 109 following behind, and shouted coldly: "It's now! Follow me and attack!"

The sound just started, and his lightning had quickly turned over. The three pilots behind him were also awakened by the explosion and immediately began to prepare for the draft. High-speed drafts and maneuvering are a severe test for the carburetor and the engine, so experienced pilots will fly sideways first or keep a small angle draft to allow the engine to adapt for a while. Only novices will yell at the enemy and yell at the end, which will eventually lead to more than 70% of the engine's probability of shutting down.

Malasyev is also a pilot with rich experience. He knew that this was a precursor to attack when he saw the action. But the time left for him to think was too short. 9 Before he could issue the next order, Xiong Cai had already rolled the side rod and killed it in a U-shaped draft route. No one has summarized the theory of energy air combat, but all countries are actually standing on the threshold and know that high speed and speed are the key to winning in the air. Especially for an old bird like Xiong Cai, after researching with his comrades, he has summarized a way to increase the speed of the lightning draft to nearly 900 kilometers without stalling.

Faced with the 100-kilometer speed thunder and lightning, the bf109, which lost its speed and altitude, could only rely on its small and flexible advantages to avoid it. Malasyev's order was still in his throat, and his wingman was hit by a string of bullets and turned into a fireball.

"Doop! Pay attention to dodging!" Malasyev reminded his comrades while staring at the lightning that was rushing towards him. Seeing that the fire distance was about to enter, he suddenly rolled two consecutive times to avoid the flames spurted out by the lightning. "He avoided it! Captain, this is a powerful character! Oh no, he bit me! He bit me!" Xiong Cai's wingman didn't expect that someone could avoid it a second before the manuscript opened fire. He could also go around and bite him immediately. He shouted nervously.

At this time, Xiong Cai had already beaten his target into a fireball. After hearing the shout, he immediately turned his head to look and found that Malasyev's bf109 had bitten his wingman. He quickly reminded: "Turn left! Fly to me! Don't worry, he is still 450 meters away from you, don't panic! Squirt water, your speed is faster than him!" On the radio, Xiong Cai kept reminding the wingman. In air combat, the strength of the team is the most powerful guarantee for victory! Although the wingman pilot cannot be a novice, he is also the first to go to the battlefield. He will naturally panic after encountering something, so he must constantly remind him to rest and then use team tactics to solve the problem.

"Turn towards me! Use cross tactics!" As Xiong Cai shouted, the wingman opened the water spray and accelerated to fly eastward. Malasyev found that the enemy plane accelerated significantly and also pressed down the oil rod hard. He knew that if he could not kill the opponent before fully speeding up, he would have to eat dust. The two fighter planes were striking and striking. Malasyev also kept firing and tried to use pressure to make the opponent make mistakes, but when he put lightning into the aiming ring again, the target suddenly turned right.

Just as Malasyev was about to rush to chase him, he found that the moment the enemy plane was dodging, a lightning that rushed towards him appeared in the blocked view! Four orange-red flames swept towards him suddenly! "I hit it!" The moment Xiong Cai hit the enemy plane, he didn't know that he had made a big mistake. Because he did not choose a more powerful machine cannon. Perhaps it was to save shells, or perhaps he felt that 4 12.7 machine guns were enough, so after seeing the enemy plane's wings burst into flames and fell down, it changed to a flat flight.

But before I could be happy, an accident happened.

"Captain, he pulled up. He pulled up again! He was flying towards the reed marsh!" As the wingman shouted, Malasyev's bf109 actually pulled up the nose of the plane and flew quickly towards the reed marsh. This made Xiong Cai feel so scared that he was sweating coldly. You must know that the above orders should not allow any aircraft to approach! So he immediately became jealous and rushed to chase after him with all his might.

Malasyev knew that his life was hanging on the line, so he didn't consider the idea of ​​turning on the wheel to slow down and land. He rushed towards the reed marsh at a high speed, trying to use the belly of the machine to force the landing! This crazy scene made Xiong Cai even more determined to kill this guy.

The small bf109 suddenly rushed into the reed marsh that was more than one person tall, like a bull stepping into the wheat field and slashing out a wide bowl. "Slow down! You damn bastard! Slow down!" Malasyev grabbed the operating rod with one hand and let out a beast-like howl in his throat. The other hand quickly opened the cabin door. Seeing that the plane's speed slowed down, he quickly untied the safety belt and jumped out of the cabin. "Da da da da da da bang!" Almost at the same time, Xiong Cai's bullet rubbed his body and hit the plane. The explosion of fireball almost burned him to death, but it also helped him avoid his eyes for the time being and quickly drilled into the dense reeds.

"Fuck! Scan him out! Notify the army and come here to find someone!" Xiong Cai was already furious. At this time, another thunder and lightning team also shot down il2 and rushed over. Eight lightnings used machine guns to crazily shoot the reed marsh with machine guns, but never saw Malasyev again.

This serious accident caught the Northwest War Zone Command off guard, and everyone was worried that the Soviet pilot would discover the secrets in the reed marsh. Xu Shuzheng, Long Yun and others had to face a serious problem. If they took the initiative, the Soviet army would likely retract all of them back to Karaganda to defend. If they were dragged until December by the Soviet army, they would have to wait until tomorrow spring to continue the attack. On such a vast and long front, it is difficult to prevent any accidents from happening! But if the plan continues, then they would have to take the risk of forcibly crossing after being discovered! After repeated considerations, Xu Shuzheng finally decided to continue the original plan and asked the First Army to be prepared to force crossing to open the situation. At the same time, he decided to cancel the original plan of the Soviet army to take action first and then bomb, and ordered the air force to bomb the Soviet front-line airport immediately!

Malasyev didn't know that his survival adventure would become the catalyst for this battle. Ten days later, he miraculously escaped the search of tens of thousands of soldiers, swam from the southern end of Lake Balkash back to the Soviet-controlled area, and was sent back to Moscow to promote it as a hero, but it was too late at that time.

"Hurry and hurry!"

"Bomb! Hang the bomb!"

After Xiong Cai ran out of fuel and failed to find Malasyev, he had to lead the team back to the airport. After landing, he found that the entire base was like a blowout, and groups of bombers and attack aircraft began to hang bombs to prepare for attack. He and his team were taken by the gendarmerie to the Political Department to ask why.

Fortunately, after some investigation and understanding the situation, he and his comrades returned to the battlefield. But this incident has always made him feel uneasy. After reaching twenty aircraft that can be effectively shot down, he voluntarily gave up returning to China and became a job opportunity for an aviation school instructor and continued to fight against the Soviet Union. By the end of 1943, when he was injured by anti-aircraft artillery, his total record was to effectively shoot down 117 aircraft and injured one.

From Almaty to Semiy, more than 40 airports entered the highest combat readiness. Good training and combat readiness methods showed their power. Two hours later, the first batch of 1,126 fighter jets began to take off one after another, rushing towards the Soviet army's pre-determined target. At this time, Lu Jin was still waiting for the reconnaissance report in Aksu Ayure. "Have you come back yet?" Lu Jin looked at the sky in the east and kept sinking. On the contrary, Nietzsrev, the commander of the aviation division around him, seemed to be ready, and smiled bitterly: "General, this is the reality! The sky here is more dangerous than we expected."

Lu Jin opened his mouth and wanted to send another plane. But considering that the responsibility of losing eight best planes at a time was very high, if he did not report to the headquarters, his military uniform would probably not be able to wear it, so he could only withdraw the order in disappointment. Nietzsrev seemed to know that he was worried about the opposite side of Lake Balkash, so he came up to suggest: "General, what they said is wrong. There are still several speedboats that can be driven in Balkash Town, but those cowards are afraid of enemy planes and dare not use them."

"Great! Thank you, Comrade Nietzsev." After hearing about the speedboat, Lu Jin turned around and left without hesitation. But as soon as he arrived at the commander's office, before he had time to arrange a cross-detection task, the noisy buzzing sound suddenly penetrated into his brain.

"God!"

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