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    "Where?"

    "110 kilometers north of the Qatar Peninsula, it is flying towards us."

    Not long after the air raid siren sounded, Bai Chongxi rushed into the battle in military uniform.  Li Mingrui pointed at the map to introduce the situation: "It was discovered by the navy radar. It should be that they wanted to use the gap before dawn to attack the oil fields and airports. The navy has already gone up, and I also informed Saudi Arabia that planes have been sent to protect Riyadh."

    "What about at home?"

    "Already sent a telegram."

    "Haha, it's really a persimmon looking for a weak one. We can't afford it."

    Although Bai Chongxi has not advanced in military rank, he is still very happy to officially become the commander of the Persian Gulf Army, but at the same time he feels heavy pressure on his shoulders.  In fact, the Afghanistan campaign had already exposed all the weaknesses of the Soviet army after the Great Purge. After Wu Peifu personally went to Afghanistan for an on-site inspection, he even said that the current Soviet army was not as effective as the Tsarist Army in the middle of the European War.  This may be an exaggeration, but it is almost true.  If it weren't for the damn plateau mountains and roads, if Zhukov hadn't taken the initiative to shrink hundreds of thousands of troops into a group, and the General Staff was not eager to solve the problem immediately, but instead used the medium-intensity conflict to continuously rotate troops for training, I'm afraid the entire Afghanistan would have been liberated long ago  .

    But Bai Chongxi and the Persian Gulf Army Staff still dare not take it lightly because the reserves on their hands are seriously insufficient!  In the entire Arabia and even the Persian Gulf, only Saudi Arabia and Iran have independent arsenals, but they can only produce light weapons and ammunition.  Even though Saudi Arabia has established ammunition, vehicle and even aircraft assembly plants with China's help, the raw materials are all outsourced.  So even though there are two armies, the total strength has exceeded 200,000, but if we really fight a high-intensity offensive battle, this reserve can only last three to four months.  As for the allocated Saudi troops and the Iranian troops on paper, Bai Chongxi did not consider letting them go to war at all because he could not afford them.

    Modern warfare is all about logistics, with tanks, planes, and artillery being the most beautiful thing.  But without logistical support, it is a dead thing.  What's more, the Siwan Theater also needs to maintain a squadron, which is even more stressful!  Stalin saw this, so he avoided a full-scale declaration of war and took the initiative to attack the Persian Gulf. He took advantage of the convenient Caucasus supply channel to attack the Persian Gulf first.  Of course, this also includes the reason why Stalin still does not trust Europe.  After all, the current German army is no longer the German army during the Sudetenland period. It has a total of 140 divisions and a large amount of motorized equipment, allowing Hitler to easily send 50 additional divisions to Poland.  Therefore, before Germany fulfills the agreement to carve up Poland and the Baltic Sea, Stalin will not be stupid enough to go to full-scale war with China no matter how angry he is.

    Stalin¡¯s abacus beads rattled, but Bai Chongxi was very distressed.  The quality of the German army is so good that Poland, which is second-rate in Europe, still has 50 divisions.  I only have 10 of them.  No matter how powerful the strategic transportation brigade is, it can only replenish several hundred tons a day. Even if there is no need to worry about oil, if the 10 divisions move even slightly, the warehouse will be greatly deflated.

    "Commander, don't worry, the fleet to Italy is already on its way back." Li Mingrui knew his worries, and when he was about to persuade him, Bai Chongxi waved his hand and interrupted.  He was not a hesitant person. No matter how scarce the supplies were, he could still last for a while. He immediately picked up his hat and said, "I'm going to see the King of Saudi Arabia. You keep an eye on it here. By the way. Tell Zhao Meihang that if possible, wait until the Soviet plane returns before flying."

    ¡°We¡¯ll fight again when we return?¡± Li Mingrui looked at Bai Chongxi¡¯s back and understood after thinking about it.

    When Bai Chongxi took the Y-7 general liaison plane to Riyadh, the sea in the Persian Gulf was already filled with the noise of gunfire.

    The Soviet intelligence agency knew that China, the United States, and Britain were secretly developing radio detection devices.  But we never got any information about the deployment, so we didn¡¯t report it at all.  Even when the 22nd Fleet arrived in the Persian Gulf, it always thought that the radar antenna was just some kind of communication antenna.  So when the artillery shells exploded around them, the Soviet bombers were immediately stunned!  "Leave. Get out of here!" Yakosky, the commander of the Soviet 19th Aviation Division who was piloting the He111 lead plane, was in a state of despair.  There was no moonlight tonight, and the aircraft fleet remained at high altitude, so he always thought that the other party would have to be 30 kilometers away from the coast before he could hear the sound of the engine.  But he didn't expect that the fleet had not yet crossed the center line of the bay.  The shells had already exploded in the fleet.

    Without moonlight, the effectiveness of the optical sight is greatly reduced, but the radar can clearly guide the position and movement route, and guide the anti-aircraft gun to fire at full speed.  In the ammunition compartment under the turret, the loader continuously stuffed the shells into the grooves of the rotating bullet disc. When the 31-round turntable was operating at full speed, each revolution only took 100 seconds.  "Bang, bang, bang." The self-loading 120 anti-aircraft guns fired fiercely, and nearly a thousand shells burned the sky red in less than two minutes.

    Boom!

    A shell exploded next to Yakoski's plane. The He111 converted from a transport aircraft was not as strong as a professional bomber. The shrapnel easily penetrated into the cabin and cut off half of the bombardier's arm, and also tore a gap in the surface of the aircraft.  The airflow caused the plane to bump violently. Fortunately, the shrapnel did not hit the bombs and fuel tanks. German technology ensured that the He111 could still maintain a smooth flight.  he111 can hold on, but tb3???Can't hold it.  The wooden structure was inherently fragile, and it was an open flight cabin from the First World War. Therefore, facing the shrapnel and steel balls after the exploding artillery shells, two of them were immediately hit and fell down.

    ¡°Leave, get out of here!¡± Yakoski was still shouting, waving vigorously to signal the chaotic fleet of aircraft on the left and right.  The appearance of the new division commander made the co-pilot next to him, who had just been released from the labor camp, sigh inwardly. He took out a flare gun and handed it over: "Division commander, we should disperse the assault! If we concentrate any more, we will all be shot down. Let the fighter jets deal with the warships."  Draw fire!¡±

    The co-pilot¡¯s shouting finally made Yakoski calm down, and he immediately fired two flares, one red and one green.  There was no way, most of the Soviet aircraft did not have radios, so they had to rely on pre-determining the color of the flares to command the fleet.  But the signal flares made it easier to position the anti-aircraft guns below, so as soon as the window was closed, the He111 next to it, which had only been in service for 22 days, was hit by a shell at the wing root and broke off.

    Three bombers were lost in less than four minutes. The Soviet pilots were so frightened that they dispersed quickly, and two novices had even begun to return.  But Sun Hongyang, the air defense commander of the Xiangjiang below, was not very satisfied. If it weren't for the newly developed radio proximity artillery shells that were not brought by the navy as a secret weapon against Japan, he was sure to at least score a victory.

    "Enemy plane!"

    With a shout, seven or eight escorting i16 fighter jets appeared on the flank of the fleet. Although the machine guns of the fighter jets could not damage the warship, the small bombs could still cause some harm.  Therefore, as soon as the plane appeared, the captain immediately ordered the Z-shaped evasion, and the 40- and 25-mm anti-aircraft guns responsible for close-range air defense opened fire at full speed.  After the warship maneuvered at high speed.  The accuracy of the 120 anti-aircraft guns dropped sharply, but at this time the Soviet bomber formation was already out of scale. A single or multi-plane raid would not do much harm to oil fields and refineries with tight anti-aircraft firepower. Moreover, the radar had already discovered its own fighter group, so it was beaten again.  After getting off two of them, Sun Hongxiang focused his attention on the approaching fighter jets.

    The i16 is fast and can hover flexibly, but in the face of a hornet's nest of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, the inexperienced Soviet pilots didn't know how to deal with it, and three more were quickly shot down.  The remaining aircraft fired a few random shots and quickly fled the sea.  But their harassment still helped the bombers successfully break through the warship's anti-aircraft fire network.

    Seeing that the warship was thrown away, Division Yakoski breathed a sigh of relief, but the lack of radios prevented him from reorganizing the formation. He could only gather the He111s with radios, and let the rest find the target on their own.  Ten minutes later, when the first ray of light appeared in the east, the Soviet bombers finally sighted the coastline.  Seeing that there were no enemy planes in the sky, HE111 began to approach Ogel.

    As soon as they arrived in the sky above the port of Oguerre, another round of shells, denser than before, rushed up.  The leading He111 was shot down by the 85 anti-aircraft gun before it could react.  Seeing that the opponent's anti-aircraft firepower has been prepared, God knows if they can return safely if they continue to go deeper. In addition, they are worried about the Chinese fighter jets, so the unpleasant Soviet bombers have no intention of going deeper.  In addition, the fleet has been dispersed by artillery fire.  It cannot form the kind of intensive bombing advantage used by the Chinese Air Force in Afghanistan and Sumatra. Moreover, the Soviet bombers have very small bomb loads due to their range. Even the He111 only carries 10 50 kg small bombs, so Yakosky hastily issued the order.  Bomb order.

    After the lead aircraft dropped the bomb.  The remaining bombers also dropped bombs in a hurry.  The 50-kilogram small bombs are inherently weak, and they are dropped from an altitude of 5,000 meters, so most of them miss their targets.  Only a few hit seaports and cities, causing little damage.  The bf109 and i16 who were escorting behind originally wanted to straf the warship, but after a dense burst of 40 and 25 mm artillery shells came, they immediately pulled up and returned.

    After completing the bombing mission, Yakoski was not in the mood to see the results and immediately accelerated towards the bay.  A few minutes later, when the planes that bombed Dammam and Dhahran returned, he discovered that only 46 of the 60 bombers that had set off were left, and only 33 fighter jets were left.  But no matter what, the bombing mission was finally completed, so he finally felt relieved.  Just as he was about to order the formation to return, he saw his co-pilot still looking around and asked: "Comrade Reeve, what are you still looking at? Fly the plane well!"

    "Commander, don't you think it's strange? Why didn't we see any Chinese planes all the way?"

    Yakoski was stunned for a moment. The sky was already a little bright at this time. It stands to reason that when he encountered the fleet just now, he would take off to intercept it.  "Aren't you ready?" Yakoski muttered, not wanting to think about this problem again.  Anyway, they are now at the center line, and even if enemy planes are chasing them, they can return to the coast safely.  So he waved his hand and said: "It should be that their navy did not report it, or the communication was not smooth. Don't worry about it. We can go much faster without bombs, and even if they pursue us, it will be too late."

    Reeve looked at Yakosky like he was an idiot, cursing in his mind, how did this idiot become the division commander?

    Reeve was dissatisfied, but he had just been released from the labor camp and was still a spectator.We must perform well this time, so I want to remind you again: "Division Commander, you should let the fighter jets go to the front to conduct reconnaissance."

    "Front?" Yakoski was about to call him an idiot, because Iran was in front of him, and the Chinese plane was chasing from behind. How could it appear in front?  But before he opened his mouth, a sharp and piercing whistle suddenly came.

    "Enemy planes! Ahead, look! They have been hiding in the clouds!"

    The machine gunner with the best view from the top of the plane shouted in horror. When Yakoski looked forward, dozens of bright spots had already swooped down from the high-altitude clouds ahead.  "What kind of plane is that?" Reeve's eyes were sharp and he immediately discovered that rushing at the front were more than a dozen new fighter jets with a thick appearance that he had never seen before.

    "I am Thunderbolt! The ace booking machine!"

    Xiong Bofei smiled ferociously and held the control stick steady to prevent the fighter plane from diving too fast and exceeding the speed of sound and disintegrating.  As his name suggests, he is a typical violent and impulsive person like the latest J-6 Thunder fighter of the Air Force under him!  The small golden dragon logo on the left side of the cabin represents an effective shootdown, and it shines even more brilliantly in the morning light.

    The appearance of Thunderbolt is actually very accidental, because it was originally a fighter jet developed for the navy.

    The German BF109 in the Spanish Civil War had a profound impact on people, especially its climbing and rolling capabilities. Only the Chinese navy's Li Feng fighter can match it.  Considering that they would face stronger opponents in the future, Wang Zhu and others immediately began the development of new fighters at the request of the Navy.  Because Yang Qiu had given the famous Grumman F8F Panda fighter blueprints in his early years, and many technologies were basically mature at that time, and even the 2,000-horsepower engine had been tested, Wang Zhu decisively decided to use this as a prototype to design, and started  A resounding name, Lightning!

    At that time, the Air Force was also fully cooperating with Raytheon to develop the Tianquan fighter, but it was unexpected that too many new technologies were used at once, which caused the progress to fall behind and had to consider replacement products.  It happened that the Navy's "Lightning" participated in the finalization exercise and swept the results of all aircraft including the Double-Headed Jiao.  The Air Force immediately decided to order a batch of Air Force emergency versions and named them Thunderbolts.

    The sea and air have always been at odds, and of course they were unwilling to let the Air Force use its own aircraft. In the end, Song Ziqing stepped forward to mediate and promised to purchase no less than five brigades of double-headed dragons for the Navy.

    The basic data of Thunderbolt and Lightning are equivalent to those of F8F. The Air Force version lacks the wing folding device.  It uses a 2,000-horsepower air-cooled engine with two-stage supercharging from Meteor or Airbus. The maximum output of water injection in the cylinder reaches 2,350 horsepower. It has a bubble-shaped integral bulletproof canopy and a four-blade adjustable propeller.  Maximum level flight speed is 680 km/h.  It has a maximum range of 1,700 kilometers, a combat radius of 700 kilometers, and a transition range of 2,500 kilometers with three 500-kg auxiliary fuel tanks.  Two 12.7mm coaxial machine guns with diversion slots are installed on the upper part of the nose, and two belt-fed 25mm cannons and two 12.7mm machine guns are installed in the wings, so that the entire aircraft has 4 machine guns and 2  Aircraft guns.  The firepower is extremely powerful.

    The Thunder retains the F8F¡¯s good climb and mid-low altitude capabilities, and its control response is very fast, but this also makes it difficult for new pilots to adapt.  But veterans can¡¯t put it down, especially when it climbs from standstill to a brutal speed of 3,000 meters.  Even faster than a test jet!  At 6,000 meters, even the Thor Tianquan fighter jets, which claim to be able to seize "rights in the sky" for the Air Force, have to stay away!  Because of this, the Air Force began to place a large number of additional orders from the beginning of the year and began to equip its troops in batches.

    It¡¯s a pity that it must be supplied domestically first.  Therefore, the 9th and 16th Mixed Wings of the Air Force stationed in the Persian Gulf only received 12 aircraft each.

    As soon as thunder and lightning appeared, the BF109 escorted by the Soviet army also rushed up and tried to intercept it.  But Leiden's diving speed was too fast. If Xiong Bofei hadn't tightened the accelerator, it would have exceeded the speed of sound.  So before the bf109 climbed up, three thunder and lightning teams had already broken through the defense line and fired fiercely at the he111 in the group.  Two 25mm machine guns and four 12.7mm machine guns opened fire at the same time. The slow and heavy He111 had no way to avoid it. In just one dive, seven of them were beaten up and black smoke erupted.  Yakoski's lead plane was swept from the nose to the tail by Xiong Bofei, and immediately burst into flames.

    "The second one!" Xiong Bofei is an old pilot who participated in the Afghanistan campaign and shot down an i16. He was born in Harbin and has been used to hearing about the Soviet Union's rampage in the Northeast since he was a child.  So after the hit, there was another loud roar, and a light roll passed through the belly of Yakoski's burning He111, aiming at the second PE8 bomber.  The sturdy He111 couldn't stop 25mm artillery shells, let alone the light PE8 bomber. After just pulling the trigger twice, the PE8 turned into a ball of fire.

    After shooting down two bombers in succession, an escorting BF109 finally came back and bit him.  "Want to bite me? Let me show you what a thunder and lightning is!" Not to mention that Germany only sells the bf109b type. Even the more advanced C type cannot compare with the thunder and lightning.  So the furious Xiong Bofei lightly pulled the control stick and suddenly climbed vertically in front of the bf109.  At first, Soviet pilots laughed at it because the bf109 was most famous for its vertical climb capability, butWhen he tried to catch up, he found that Xiong Bofei's thunder and lightning was like a fierce horse. It let out a scream and then rushed over like a rocket. Then it flew upside down and rolled, and disappeared behind him.

    The Soviet pilots were terrified!  The sight of bf109 was not good to begin with. After losing the trace, he subconsciously turned the control stick to the left in an attempt to escape from pursuit by rolling and diving.  However, the operation of the 109 was too slow compared to the Thunder and Lightning. As soon as the aircraft made a move, Xiong Bofei bit the opponent's tail.  After chasing 300 meters, they chose to attack with machine guns in order to save artillery shells.  The four 12.7mm machine guns and semi-armor-piercing incendiary bombs left the bf109 unable to fight back. It pulled out black smoke and fell down after rolling halfway.

    After shooting down the BF109, Xiong Bofei looked up and saw that Snake B and the Double-headed Dragon behind him had also entered the fleet.  Especially the double-headed dragon, which relied on its powerful nose firepower to mow down several Soviet bombers in an instant.  This made him anxious. You must know that the standard for an air force ace is 5, and now he only has 4. So using his speed and good maneuverability, he quickly found a TB3 that had been turned into a snake and had its machine gun knocked out and was waiting for death.  Regardless of the yelling of his comrades, he rolled backwards and cut across, swept out 30 rounds of artillery shells in one breath, and then triumphantly rushed towards several besieged i16s.

    When the 9th Mixed Wing of the Air Force and the 1122nd Thunder Squadron gave birth to the first ace pilot, the first air battle in the Persian Gulf ended.  The 9th Mixed Wing of the Air Force shot down 65 Soviet fighter planes at the cost of the loss of 4 Snakes. Only 5 BF109s and 4 i16s escaped early when the plane was in trouble, and none of the 60 bombers escaped
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