As the Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Red Army, the wars Tukhachevsky experienced can definitely be described as "countless". Therefore, it only took half a minute for him, a veteran of the battlefield, to react from his shock.
A pair of sharp eyes full of murderous intent glanced at the map that was quickly thrown in front of the staff, and analyzed with murderous intent: "Since the National Defense Forces have launched a counterattack against us, the current artillery bombardment and air strikes are the firepower preparations before the National Defense Forces counterattack "
"As soon as the firepower preparations of the Wehrmacht stop, their armored units that have not shown up on the battlefield will crush our military camp. In order to win, and for the hundreds of thousands of remaining elite Red Army troops in the Far East Military District, we must find a way to block the Wehrmacht tank offensive. Otherwise, everything in the entire Far Eastern Army, including us, will be over."
Ushur first spoke out his thoughts: "Chief of General Staff, I have seen the power of the new tanks of the National Defense Forces. As far as the various tanks and anti-tank weapons currently equipped by our army are concerned, unless shooting at close range, Otherwise, it cannot be fatal to it at all."
"In this case, I think that in order to block the upcoming tank offensive of the Wehrmacht, we must dig a large number of anti-tank trenches in front of the position. Only anti-tank trenches can block the Wehrmacht tanks"
Tukhachevsky refused without thinking: "Although the idea is good, it is not feasible Comrade Ushur, don't forget the Chinese aircraft that have been patrolling above us. Do you think, Under the constant patrolling and bombing of hundreds of Wehrmacht bombers, do we have the opportunity to complete such a large amount of work and dig anti-tank trenches around the military camp"
"Also, our military camp is so big that the National Defense Forces can attack our military camp from any direction. Do you want to turn all the hundreds of thousands of troops into engineers and form a circle of anti-tank trenches around the military camp Of course, if It really turned out that these anti-tank trenches not only failed to help us block the National Defense Force tanks, but to a certain extent, they also helped the Chinese National Defense Forces trap us in the endless grasslands of Outer Mongolia."
Speaking of which. A strong murderous aura quickly emanated from Tukhachevsky. He said to Ushur: "In addition to the anti-tank weapons that Comrade Ushur just introduced that can block the Wehrmacht tanks, there is another weapon that can block them, and that is the heavy aerial bombs dropped by the Air Force."
"No matter how strong the protection of the National Defense Force tanks is, they cannot stop heavy aerial bomb attacks"
Ushur asked with a puzzled look on his face: "But when we lose air superiority, how can we throw heavy bombs into the tank offensive troops of the National Defense Force"
"Heavy aviation bombs are of course dropped by bombers. Is this question still asked" Tukhachevsky answered matter-of-factly.
Wu Shuer was suddenly startled. He asked with a look of shock: "How is it possibleChief of General Staff, the battlefield air control has been seized by the National Defense Forces. Now let the bombers take off to fight, isn't it to die"
"Does the Wehrmacht really have control of the air on the battlefield?" Tukhachevsky, who gradually calmed down, said with a mocking look.
Afterwards, before Ushur could react from his shock, he continued: "Comrade Ushur, I suggest you take a careful look at yesterday's air force battle report"
"In yesterday's air battle, although our air force that participated in the battle suffered all losses. However, the victorious National Defense Force Air Force did not get any benefits from our hands According to the battle report: Only one aircraft of the National Defense Force Air Force that participated in the battle successfully persisted until the battle was won. Hundreds of themdo you think that one hundred fighter jets can control the air on the entire battlefield?"
¡°Don¡¯t forget, in addition to the hundreds of fighter jets that went into action yesterday, we always had a fighter group on standby at the airport and did not attack¡¡±
¡°If we really intend to fight tooth and nail with the National Defense Forces and Air Force, the ultimate ownership of battlefield air supremacy must be ours¡¡±
Because not a single Soviet fighter plane escaped the pursuit of the Mustang fighter jets in the air battle yesterday, Tukhachevsky only learned about the air battle situation from the ground troops. At least so far, it is still unknown that the National Defense Forces has commissioned Mustang fighter jets.
Therefore, in Tukhachevsky¡¯s eyes, the remaining fighter regiment of the Soviet Far East Army is fully capable of fighting to the death and regaining battlefield air supremacy from the Wehrmacht.
The solemn expressions on the faces of Ushur and others finally showed signs of slowly dissipating, and a glimmer of hope and expectation appeared on everyone's faces. Chief of Staff Ushur, the leader of the subordinates, asked excitedly: "Chief of General Staff, do you mean to use the last air force of the Far Eastern Army to regain air supremacy"
"There is only one way" Tukhachevsky affirmed.
"No matter what the outcome is, as long as we can be here??If we persist for two days, domestic air force reinforcements will continue to arrive in the Far East By then, not only battlefield air supremacy, but also battlefield initiative will be in our hands. "
Faced with Tukhachevsky¡¯s confident explanation, Ushur was completely relieved. As if he had found his backbone again, he loudly replied to Tikhachevsky: "Chief of the General Staff. I will give the order right away"
Tukhachevsky not only ignored the four Mustang fighter squadrons of the Wehrmacht that were on standby, but also ignored the military radar that had just been commissioned by the Wehrmacht.
When the air force and artillery were preparing firepower for the Soviet Far East Army, several secret radar bases scattered on the Sino-Soviet border had already monitored all field airports behind the Far East Army.
As soon as more than a hundred Soviet fighter planes took off from the airport, Li Guosheng, who was at the front, received the news.
Li Shaoqing, deputy director of the Operations Department, said with a lingering fear on his face: "Chief, your guess is indeed correct The Soviet Far East Army not only has a backup force, but also a flying regiment of fighter jets."
Li Guosheng said with a nonchalant smile: "Old Maozi has a backup plan, and I, Li Guosheng, also have a backup plan."
After finishing speaking, he ordered to the more than ten communications soldiers lined up in front of him: "Contact Gao Zhihang, the commander of the Second Air Division. His Mustang fighter formation has a mission Immediately attack to intercept the Soviet fighter group. We cannot let it go." These fighters join the battlefield."
With 48 Mustangs fighting against Soviet-made fighter jets that were twice his own, Li Guosheng was still very confident.
After the order was given, he put the matter behind him and redirected his energy to the battlefield.
There are more than 700 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces. Even if one heavy artillery fires five shells a minute, in ten minutes, more than 30,000 heavy artillery shells will fall into the Soviet outer military camp.
When Li Guosheng walked to the lookout point of the headquarters. When raising a telescope to observe the battle situation from a high position. Inside the telescope, apart from the thick smoke and the rising black smoke, there were only huge fireballs rising into the sky.
At this moment, a communications staff officer behind him suddenly reported: "Headquarters, the artillery group reported: The artillery group has carried out two rounds of artillery fire coverage on the scheduled artillery target. The artillery group asked for instructions. It was Buddha's extension of artillery fire according to the scheduled combat plan. , covering the armored group to launch an assault on the Soviet military camp"
"Yes" Li Guosheng replied very readily.
After returning to your position. He ordered to another communication soldier: "Contact Commander Sun Liren of the Armored Group Army After the artillery group's artillery fire extension began, the armored group immediately launched an assault on the Soviet barracks According to the scheduled combat plan, in the shortest time, it swept across the entire Soviet Union. Army barracks and completely defeated the Soviet army"
"Contact all the new divisions participating in the attack, follow the armored group and launch an attack on the Soviet barracks During the attack. Be sure to pay attention to infantry-artillery coordination and infantry-tank coordination to ensure that the entire assault formation is not chaotic"
"The last one, contact Gao Zhihang, commander of the 2nd Air Division again After the assault of the armored group begins, be sure to pay attention to air-ground coordination. At the same time, separate at least three bomber groups, and use combat teams as units to bomb all those who break out of the military camp. Large-scale Soviet troops. Ensure that the ground forces completely annihilate the main force of the Soviet Far East Red Army."
More than a thousand tanks of the Armored Group Army, organized into battalions, formed sharp swords with polished blades, scattered in a line on the Outer Mongolian prairie with a frontal width of ten kilometers.
When the deafening roar sounded one after another in the armored cluster.
Looking down from the air, the torrent of steel composed of more than a thousand tanks is like dozens of unsheathed swords. Under the sun, one side reflects the cold light outward. While rushing towards the Soviet military camp that had just been ravaged by artillery shells.
When Tukhachevsky pinned his hopes of blocking the flood of Wehrmacht tanks on the Air Force.
The sword-like torrent of steel has easily broken through the Soviet barracks defense line.
Along the way, it crushed the land covered with corpses of Soviet soldiers and was completely scorched by artillery fire, and quickly rushed towards the interior of the Soviet military camp.
Just when more than a thousand tanks were like a super-large plow, using steel storms to harvest the corpses of Soviet soldiers, destroying Soviet tanks one after another, blowing up vehicles loaded with ammunition, etc. Tukhachevsky, who was at the rear command post, finally received the news that the air force had been intercepted
"How is it possible? How can the more than 40 fighter jets of the National Defense Force block the more than 100 fighter jets of our armyTell me. Are you lying about the military situation and disrupting the morale of our army" After reading the telegram hurriedly sent by the rear troops, everything Tukhachevsky, who pinned all his hopes on the Air Force, was like an angry lion. He grabbed the communications officer by the collar and roared loudly.
Because of the difficulty in breathing, the communications staff officer's face quickly turned red.
After finally waiting for Tukhachevsky¡¯s anger to subside, he took a deep breath of air.
The communications staff officer, who was deeply afraid that Tukhachevsky would vent his anger behind him again, quickly took the time to report.
"Reporting to the head, according to the reports of our military pilots who were rescued by parachuting, the National Defense Force fighter jets that fought with us were not 'Wildcat' fighter jets, but a group of new fighter jets that they had never seen before. Whether it was the flight speed of the fighter jets or the firepower of the air combat, A new fighter jet that far exceeds the current equipment of our army"
¡°What¡Why are such important news reported only now¡¡± Tukhachevsky said with a stunned look on his face.
"With the loss of air force superiority and air superiority, no matter how many bombers we dispatch, they will be wiped out by the National Defense Forces Air Force. How can we bomb the National Defense Forces armored clusters and block their offensive"
After saying that, the frustrated Tukhachevsky seemed to have been hit by something, and he stood motionless in front of the map, all weak.
At this moment, a communications staff officer suddenly sent a telegram to Ushur.
After quickly scanning the contents of the telegram, an expression of despair unexpectedly flashed across Ushur's face, which had already turned serious because of the interception by the air force.
After taking a deep breath, I calmed down the tension in my heart caused by reading the telegram.
Ushur walked quickly to Tukhachevsky and reported with a worried look on his face.
"Chief of General Staff, we have very bad news. The armored cluster of the National Defense Forces has launched an attack on us The outer defense line of the military camp has been breached by the armored cluster of the National Defense Forces"
"According to reports from frontline troops, there are at least a thousand Wehrmacht tanks launching the attack. It is so vast that there is no end in sight. Currently, the Wehrmacht's armored cluster is rapidly assaulting the interior of the military camp at assault speed. In an attempt to pass through the armored cluster, Destroy our troops on a large scale and defeat us on the steppes of Outer Mongolia"
"Conspiracy All of this is a conspiracy carefully planned by the National Defense Forces" Tukhachevsky quickly exuded strong murderous aura. He said with a look of hatred.
Under the expectant gaze of Ushur and others, facing the unstoppable torrent of steel from the National Defense Forces, Tukhachevsky had no choice but to draw a straight line on the map like a strong man breaking his wrist. Then, he ordered with a heartbroken look on his face.
"Order all combat troops south of this line to slow down the attack speed of the tank group at all costs"
"The rest of the troops north of this line will retreat immediately. Retreat to the Soviet Union All things will be lost. As long as hundreds of thousands of soldiers can be withdrawn to the Soviet Union, we have not lost yet"
In the chaotic Soviet military camp, groups of Soviet troops quickly assembled, left the military camp, and retreated into the Soviet Union.
The eyes of dozens of bomber pilots who had been cruising above them and were worried that they had nothing to do lit up.
Fly the bomber directly. With a sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound, it dived towards the Soviet troops on the ground.
When the roaring bombers were about to pass over the heads of the Soviet troops, an even more harsh, siren-like whistle sounded in the air. The one-ton carrier aerial bomb quickly broke away from the bomber and spun towards the ground.
When the carrier aerial bomb was less than a hundred meters away from the ground, a dull explosion sounded quickly. Then, the black cluster bombs exploded, scattering a hundred ten-kilogram high-explosive bombs into the surrounding airspace.
Raindrop-like high-explosive bombs exploded when they hit the ground, and the flying shell fragments quickly formed an airtight net of anti-personnel bombs in the explosion area. at the same time. The air wave generated by the explosion also formed an unprecedentedly powerful shock wave in this area.
In the violent explosion, the Soviet Red Army located in the explosion area, no matter what state they were in, were bombed to the ground without exception: if they were lucky, they would directly turn into corpses without having to endure pain. Bad luck. Then he rolled back and forth on the ground holding the wound, while letting out heart-rending screams.
When the smoke produced by the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of high-explosive bombs dispersed with the wind, it had already dotted the outer explosion area with dots of green, and was directly filled with craters. certainly. Around these craters lay at least five hundred corpses of Soviet soldiers and hundreds of wounded Soviet soldiers who were wailing
? ? Explodes a large area. Among ordinary aviation bombs, there is no bomb more powerful than the sub-munition bomb.
When the other Soviet troops in this group had not yet reacted from the shock.
The Stuka bomber that just passed over everyone's heads has returned to the attack position again.
A sharp cryHowls sounded in the air, and the silver-white fuselage of the bomber quickly dived toward the ground like a giant bomb. When a more piercing siren sounded in the air, the roaring bomber quickly passed over everyone's heads, and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight because the ammunition was exhausted.
Although the bomber disappeared, the new carrier-based aerial bomb dropped by the bomber still roared towards the ground.
First there was a dull explosion, then a dense and violent explosion, and then hundreds of Soviet Red Army soldiers fell into a pool of blood with expressions of unwillingness and despair, turning into corpses and lightly or seriously wounded people.
The sky above the battlefield, which has been completely enveloped by various whistling sounds and engine roars, except for a few bomber groups cooperating with the ground offensive forces, the remaining bombers were all scattered by Gao Zhihang, like bloodthirsty wolves. As long as they find something Target, he pounced hard and took a bite.
When the two carrier aerial bombs carried by the bomber were exhausted, it quickly left the battlefield and returned to the nearest airport without Gao Zhihang's order. Attach aerial bombs, replenish fuel, and take off again to join this aerial hunting operation.
As the Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Red Army, a senior officer who was "below one person and above ten thousand people" in the Soviet Red Army, Tukhachevsky's security was absolutely tight as never before.
When other troops retreated, the Far East Army headquarters headed by Tukhachevsky also quickly left the military camp and retreated in the direction of the Soviet Union.
However, for the safety of Tukhachevsky, the cautious Ushur directly ordered the guard division directly under the Far East Military Region, a heavy tank division, the only self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the Far East Army, and more than 20,000 mechanized troops to guard and escort.
It is absolutely impossible for such an orderly and well-equipped unit to suddenly appear on the chaotic battlefield without attracting the attention of aerial bombers.
So, just after Tukhachevsky left the military camp, the six bombers scattered in the surrounding airspace were like wolves smelling blood, rushing towards the target desperately.