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The second major type of fighter was fighters of German origin, primarily the Heinkel "HE-100" fighter.During the military cooperation between China and Germany, the Chinese Air Force and Heinkel cooperated the most, whether it was fighter jets or bombers.

In fact, the German military is not keen on the "HE-100" fighter jets, nor does it purchase them.Of course, China did not purchase the "HE-100" directly, because many aspects of this fighter are too complicated and there are too many spare parts.Therefore, when cooperating with Heinkel, they absorbed a lot of their fighter design concepts.The result of these philosophies was the even-numbered model of the Chinese Zhan series.At present, the fighters of the "Zhan-2" and "Zhan-4" models are built according to this idea.

最后一个就是塞维尔斯基飞机公司设计生产的“SEV-5”型号战斗机，被军方给与了“歼”型号。“SEV-5”因为有过“SEV-3”、“SEV-4”两个型号，所以在军方是有“歼-1”、“歼-2”这两个型号，一直到“SEV-5”则是命名为“歼-3”。这款飞机1938年年初才开始批量生产，因此目前“歼-3”生产数量不多，总共才240多架飞机。

Most of them are deployed in Xinjiang.Because the Air Force appreciates this aircraft very much, and its performance in all aspects is very good.Gao Zhihang's fighter brigade is equipped with these aircraft.

"agree."

The Tacheng Air Force Command agreed to Gao Zhihang's request.

Immediately said: "After raiding the opponent's fleet, stop the opponent's fighter jets. We will send a fighter squadron to attack the Soviet bombers."

"know."

Gao Zhihang replied.

Gao Zhihang's brigade is all "J-3" aircraft. After receiving the order from the headquarters, Gao Zhihang immediately turned on the intercom and said to all the pilots: "Attention everyone, we are about 65 kilometers away from us now. , There is a Soviet fleet. There are about 90 bombers and about 30 fighters. According to the usual training, the first and second squadrons will follow me to attack the opponent's formation, and the third squadron will protect our rear and flanks. After disrupting the formation of the Soviet army, except for the third squadron that sent out a combat group to chase down the enemy bombers, the other planes stopped the Soviet fighter jets for me. We have reinforcements behind us, so we don’t have to worry about those bombers.”

"Got it."

"clear."

Why does armament cost a lot of money.

Because fighting a war is not just about stacking planes, tanks, and cannons.You have to train pilots, you have to train tankers, you have to train gunners.And it's not just simple training, the flying brigade, tank troops, and artillery must train and cooperate.

But as long as the training is increased, then those are all money.

Flying an aircraft once will not only shorten the life of the aircraft, but also use a large amount of aviation oil.The same is true for tanks and artillery. To train qualified tankers and gunners, you need to shoot enough shells.Those shells are money.

After China entered 1939, its military spending skyrocketed.Even if there is no war, it will cost about 1939 billion according to the situation in 300.Now the military spending on wars is even more astonishing.

With so much military expenditure, the training intensity of the Air Force is also very high.In the past few years, the Air Force has reimbursed more than a thousand aircraft, all due to increased training.And in order to train pilots, China manufactures a large number of trainer aircraft.

The offensive routine has been practiced many times.

Gao Zhihang gave the order, and they knew what to do.

65 kilometers seems a long way, but for these planes of World War II, it is nothing.It is common for World War II fighter jets to fly at speeds exceeding 500 kilometers or 600 kilometers per hour.There are even many excellent fighter jets with a flight distance of more than 900 kilometers per hour, or even thousands of kilometers.The biggest advantage of the "J-3" that Gao Zhihang and the others drove was its strong high-altitude capability and excellent dive performance.Only a few minutes later, Gao Zhihang had already spotted the Soviet fleet.

exactly as reported.

About 120 or so aircraft, the level is very obvious.The Il-16 fighter jets flew the highest, followed by the Il-15 fighter jets, followed by the huge bomber fleet.The Soviet Il-15 fighter jets and Il-16 fighter jets spread out to escort.

Gao Zhihang didn't hesitate at all.

The "J-3" fighter jets flew higher than the Soviet fleet, about 16 meters higher than the Il-500.After discovering it, he immediately accelerated and swooped down.And the planes behind also learned from Gao Zhihang, and quickly followed suit. The "J-3" was very fast, and it dived down from a high place, breaking up the formation of the Soviet army in the first place.The Il-16 and Il-15 of the Soviet army were not able to block it in the first place.

Therefore, after the dive, the effect is very ideal.The Soviet fleet was suddenly dived by these planes, disrupting the formation of the entire fleet.While breaking up the Soviet fleet, Gao Zhihang grabbed a Soviet "SB-3" bomber in one fell swoop.When he dived about 3 meters away from the "SB-200" bomber, Gao Zhihang began to press the firing button of the machine gun and machine gun.

At the age of 32, Gao Zhihang became the captain of an aircraft brigade, thanks to his outstanding skills.It's just that it was all training before, this is a face-to-face real war.Although Gao Zhihang was a little nervous, he didn't make any mistakes.

The first time to lock, the first time to fire. A distance of 200 meters is a very short time for an airplane.In the blink of an eye, Gao Zhihang's fighter jet had already passed by that "SB-3", but after Gao Zhihang's plane flew past, that "SB-3" could no longer maintain its balance and fell rapidly .

Because Gao Zhihang fired at the first time, he had already accurately hit the Soviet bomber.

Not only Gao Zhihang, but the first and second squadrons that followed Gao Zhihang also passed through the Soviet fleet.When passing through, they are divided according to the area and attack their own targets.

Swooping over, the Soviet bombers were caught off guard, and 17 of them were hit immediately.Among them, 7 planes have begun to fall, and the other planes that were hit were not seriously injured, so they can still maintain the flight.

At this time, the "J-3" is reflected in its strong mobility.

After diving down and passing through the Soviet aircraft fleet, the "J-3" was able to turn quickly, and it became a situation of chasing the Soviet aircraft fleet from behind.The reaction of the Soviet fighter jets was also very fast. They were originally escorts.

Therefore, the "Il-15" and "Il-16" fighter jets separated quickly, trying to block Gao Zhihang's fighter jets.The Soviet army had just made preparations, but at this time the planes of the third squadron just arrived, facing the Soviet bomber fleet lacking fighter escorts, they launched another dive attack.

The purpose is simple.

Try to destroy as many Soviet bombers as possible, and don't allow them to enter the Tacheng area at will.If the Soviet planes were allowed to bomb Karamay, the loss would be too great.After all, Karamay is an oil base and a natural gas base, and it belongs to a petrochemical city.If it is bombed here, it is not an ordinary loss.

After the third squadron completed its dive, four more planes from the Soviet bomber fleet were shot down.Moreover, many bombers were seriously injured and unable to complete the bombing mission.The third squadron quickly split into two parts.Part of it attacked the Soviet escort formation composed of the Soviet "Il-15" and "Il-16" from behind, and the other part immediately followed the Soviet bomber formation and continued to attack these bombers.

This is the first air battle that broke out in Xinjiang.

The two sides gathered 160 aircraft, of course this is only a part.Since the Soviet Union decided to bomb Tacheng, it would not be just such a bomber formation.The Soviet Union produced tens of thousands of aircraft, and the Soviet Army currently has about 16000 aircraft.

The production of so many aircraft is of course no joke.

The Soviet offensive carried out a total of six formations, flying to Tacheng from all directions, and flying to the forefront of the Xinjiang Military Region.It is a pity that the Soviet aircraft took off from the airport, and before forming a formation, the Chinese radar station had already discovered it.

Let China have enough preparations.

"I am safe here, and I will do my best to protect the artillery positions."

The headquarters of the Third Corps in Tacheng.

Tang Shengzhi gave orders loudly on the phone.Tang Shengzhi is the deputy commander of the Xinjiang Corps, the commander-in-chief of the Third Corps, and the commander-in-chief of the Tacheng-Karamay defense line.The radar station has indeed made a great contribution. It discovered the Soviet aircraft in the first place, which made the Chinese Air Force ready.

But the Soviet Union used too many aircraft this time.

Six formations mobilized more than 1100 aircraft in total.Among them are more than 700 bombers and more than 400 escort fighters.In the direction of Tacheng, there are only more than 300 fighter jets that can be mobilized at the first time, because this is the front line, it is impossible to put too many planes.Only Blyuchel could put so many planes on the front line without any scruples.In the end, most of them failed to take off and were destroyed by the Chinese Air Force.

At present, China's main air force deployments are Tacheng, Karamay, Dihua, and Yili. These four places deploy 90% of the entire Xinjiang air force.Tang Shengzhi organized all fighter jets in Tacheng to intercept them, but there were too many Soviet air strike planes.Therefore, many Soviet aircraft still broke through the interception of Chinese fighter jets, and many bombers still came to Tacheng.Start bombing Tacheng.However, although the number of aircraft in Tacheng is limited, there are a lot of anti-aircraft artillery units.Because this is the front line, it will definitely be attacked by the Soviet Air Force, so it has been prepared for a long time.

China and the Soviet Union first conducted an air battle, followed by a war of air strikes and counter-air strikes.

"Where's Karamay's reinforcements?"

"You can join the battlefield in about 10 minutes."

Tang Shengzhi is the commander-in-chief of the Tacheng-Karamay line.Karamay is not only a petrochemical base in Xinjiang, but also an important military base.Karamay has deployed a large number of air forces and has rushed over.

"That's good."

Tang Shengzhi snorted coldly, and said: "The Soviet army is really not afraid of sacrifice. They still want to attack despite the risk of annihilation. I don't know whether to praise their fighting will or criticize their commander. Tell our air force, since The Soviets were not afraid of death, so they left all their bombers here."

"it is good."

The Soviet Union participated in the offensive with many aircraft, but the losses were also very large.

In order to block the Soviet formation, Tacheng mobilized about 320 fighter jets and divided them into 8 formations.Six of the formations directly participated in the interception, and two formations engaged the bombers in the airspace of Tacheng.During the interception, the Soviet aircraft suffered heavy losses.Along the way, the Soviet army was shot down more than 160 bombers and nearly 50 fighters.Some of the injured planes were also numerous.

Of course, the loss on China's side is not small.

The performance of the Soviet Il-16 fighter jet is still very good.Compared with China's "Zhan-3" aircraft, its performance is superior.The Chinese "Zhan-3" fighter suffered a lot of losses, and more than 70 aircraft were shot down.

When the Soviet planes flew to the defense line around Tacheng, they encountered fierce counterattacks from Chinese anti-aircraft guns and machine guns.China's cannon inherits the German heritage, and a large number of German weapon technologies are used in it.