Chapter 3095 Red Sky (Part 1)

This is a multi-model mixed fleet of unimaginable size, and it can even be said to be the largest fleet ever flown in this sky.

Flying in the outermost and higher airspace are the La-7 fighters of the Red Army Fighter Aviation Force, responsible for protecting the air safety of the entire mixed fleet and carrying out escort missions.

Flying in the middle of the fleet is the largest Tu-2S tactical bomber formation.

This excellent twin-engine medium bomber uniformly carries 500 kg heavy aerial bombs specifically designed to restrain enemy fortifications and bunkers.

This is also the heaviest ammunition that Tu-2S can carry under the strongest mounting scheme. A total of 4 bombs can be carried in the wing roots and belly bomb bays of both wings at a time, which has excellent destructive and damaging effects on any common solid bunkers and permanent/semi-permanent fortifications.

Even if it is replaced with a battleship with thick skin and flesh, its horizontal armor still cannot escape the fate of such heavy bombs. It is powerful enough to bomb targets such as airport runways and oil depot hangars.

Located in the center and at the back of the fleet is a formation of Pei-8M strategic bombers, which are much larger than all the surrounding tactical aircraft.

Each Pei-8M strategic bomber uses the same mounting scheme, carrying a symmetrical FAB-5000 super-heavy aerial bomb on the two heavy mounting points under the wing roots of the left and right wings.

This huge aerial bomb can be called a "sub-nuclear weapon", and its size is still exaggerated even when it is hung under the wings of the already huge Pei-8M.

It is also thanks to the replacement of the same engine as the B29 that greatly increased the power output. Otherwise, if it were replaced with the original old Pei-8's crappy engine, this exaggerated mounting scheme would be enough to make the old Pei-8 with heart disease unable to fly even on the airport runway.

"Thirty, forty, fifty, sixty-ninety, one hundred."

"Damn Suka, isn't this a bit too much? Hundreds of aircraft, can those bow-legged Japanese monkeys withstand such a torment? The last time I saw such a big battle was when I was at the Zelo Plateau. No, even at the Zelo Plateau, there was no such a large mixed aircraft group."

The scene of hundreds of aircraft flying over my head, covering the sky and the sun, shocked me on the spot.

Standing under the shadow of the aircraft group, I felt that the sunlight beside me was weakened a lot. Lavrinenko, who sighed, really didn't expect that his superiors could send such an unprecedented super aircraft group so generously to bomb the Japanese army.

Even when fighting the Nazis before, mixed aircraft groups of this scale were extremely rare.

Malashenko, who was also standing in the shadow with a telescope in his hand and witnessing this scene, also sighed and spoke.

"This is to say that we can be fully free to fight after we have completely dealt with the Nazis. It is estimated that most of the air force who returned from the Eastern Front to participate in the review flew to the Far East to participate in the operation. Those Japanese devils probably never dreamed of such a battle, so it is just right for them to open their eyes before they die."

As Malashenko said, the Kwantung Army had never seen such a large-scale mixed aircraft group of three digits in actual combat, whether it was its own aircraft or enemy aircraft.

The Japanese troops staying in Japan had the opportunity to see the rice animals, but many of them had become "acquaintances" in the literal sense, and were roasted by barbecue master Li Mei and served on the table.

It was also because he witnessed this battle with his own eyes that Malashenko could guess that Vatutin was going to take real action.

Since he had taken action, he would directly cut the grass and root it out. The scale of the air raid was obviously aimed at eradicating the Japanese army's organized aviation operation capabilities.

Malashenko could already imagine the scene of the Japanese airport being bombed to the ground, and he saw the two huge black gas tanks mounted under the wings of the Pe-8M.

The power of this thing cannot be described by the word "big". The destructive power of sub-nuclear weapons never jokes with you.

If one bomb goes down, let alone the airport runway, Malashenko estimates that all the planes parked on the open airport within a diameter of one kilometer will not be able to escape.

As for the crispness of the Japanese planes that will catch fire if they are hit in the sky, it doesn't make any essential difference to talk about what type of aircraft is parked on the airport and bombed.

What is "equality under the gas tank"? This is it.

"Huh? Wait, that one is..."

Malashenko, who was holding a telescope and continuously observing the fleet in the sky, looked closely and suddenly found an extremely familiar figure appearing in his field of vision.

It was a La-7 fighter jet painted with grass green camouflage, with a red engine cowling and a yellow vertical tail. The huge red star and the number "27" on the fuselage were obvious identification features.

What's more exaggerated is that under the cockpit of the La-7 fighter jet, there are 62 densely packed red stars and 3 Soviet Hero Medal logos.

The fuselage paint is not used casually. It must match the personal merits of the driver before it can be painted.

Even if you look at the entire Red Army, there are only a handful of people who have won the Soviet Hero Award three times.

Zhukov is one, Malashenko is one, Pokryshkin is one, and the other one is Kozhedub.

Pokryshkin made outstanding achievements by driving the P-39 "Flying Snake" series fighter jets supported by the United States, and there is only one person who has won the Soviet Hero Award three times on the Soviet-made Lavochkin series fighter jets - Kozhedub.

Looking at the red eagle in the sky, who had won the Soviet Hero Award three times like himself, flying at the leading position at the front of the entire mixed aircraft group.

Malashenko was already sure who was the pilot sitting in the No. 27 La-7 fighter.

Recalling his experience of cooperating with Kozhedub on the battlefield many times, this top ace of the Soviet Air Force, known as the "Stalin Eagle", had fought with the Nazis for air supremacy several times on the top of his head, killing the arrogant flying German without a single piece of armor left.

I didn't expect to meet Kozhedub again under the same sky here. Malashenko, who was quite impressed, raised his hand and pointed to the front of the aircraft group and said casually.

"Did you see it? There are three medals of the Hero of the Soviet Union flying in the sky."

"What? Medals flying? Where? Where??? Oh, so you mean the paint job of that plane."

Lavrinenko, who was a little too honest, held up a telescope and looked for a long time before he found the "flying medal" mentioned by Malashenko, Kozhedub's No. 27 La-7 fighter.

"Three Soviet Hero awards, so this person must be Comrade Kozhedub. I saw a report in the newspaper a while ago that he came to the Far East to guide the training of fighter aviation. It seems that the guidance is fake, and beating the Japanese devils is real."

In order to confuse the enemy.

The Soviet side did the opposite in the battle preparation stage before the war, and did not keep the itinerary of many famous generals confidential and reported them normally and orderly.

It just used some deceptive methods that were true and false, and did not reveal the real purpose of these famous generals coming to the Far East, including Kozhedub and Malashenko.

According to the report, the purpose of Comrade Lao Ma's visit to the Far East was to inspect the labor reform of the Nazi prisoner-of-war camps in the Far East. To see how the Nazis who were captured by him are doing now, how they have been reformed, and whether they have changed their minds and repented from the bottom of their hearts.

Malashenko was very puzzled. Which idiot editor wrote the manuscript of this report? Later, he learned that it was the Ministry of Internal Affairs that produced the manuscript and the newspaper was only responsible for publishing it.

Since it was the work of Lubyanka Street, it was fine. Malashenko didn't want to have anything to do with these people. You can do whatever you want. If there is no work, you can bite a lighter.

It was when Malashenko recalled these details at the time that Lavrinenko, who had been looking at the sky with a telescope in his hand, suddenly spoke in surprise, directly drawing Malashenko's attention back to the sky.

"What is that, a Japanese fighter? Suka, look! Our plane has already rushed towards the Japanese devils!"