Chapter 257 The Caspian Sea Counterattack (Part 2)
Groups of he-218 dive bombers, Ju-188 medium bombers swept over the Caspian Sea under the cover of B-219, and bombs and incendiary bombs were thrown into the Soviet array like no money. Nearly 70,000 people retreated was not something that Manstein could breathe. The transfer was successful in the next minute. There must be enough time left. Since we must avoid personnel losses as much as possible, we can only let the Air Force work more.
The bombing is still in progress, and the F-190 series carrying the ground strafing suit rushed to the battlefield again and swept through all the suspicious points below with fierce and dense firepower. Hoffman once positioned the F-190 as an air-optimal fighter, requiring that "one kilogram of weight is not allowed to be used for ground attacks." However, with the do-412 and the ta-152 successively put into use, the status of the main fighter of the f-190 began to shake. The interception at high altitudes was not as light as the do-412, and the low-altitude level battle was not as light as the b-219. He began to follow the b-109's footsteps and became able to do everything, but in the subdivided fields, everything was not the best "all-around fighter".
Wolf Company once hoped that Dr. Tan Ke would launch the weight-reducing version of the f-190 and replace it with a new engine to compete with the do-412. He even wanted to enter the carrier-based aircraft market. However, after careful analysis, Dr. Tan Ke believed that doing this was not very meaningful. Not only did it take too long to go up, but it also faced strong competition from the do-412 and may not win. After all, he is quite familiar with all aspects of the data performance of the do-412. However, compared with the previous generation of "all-round fighter" b-109, the 190 has its own unique advantages: its body is large, its weight is heavy, it can be improved and upgraded and its space redundancy is large.
He quickly found a good place for 190 to attack the ground. He installed armor, expanded the fuel tank, and reduced the speed of the f-190f series. 70% of the parts can be used with the f-190a series, which increased the value of the original production line. Not only did he continue to win orders for the company, but he also expanded the air force. The Ministry of Military Affairs was very satisfied with this improvement and changed the reduced A-series orders to the f-series.
The improved 190f series has a maximum range of nearly 1,300 kilometers, and can carry 2 250 kilogram bombs or 48 m rockets, or neither. It hangs a fire pod under the belly of the aircraft to perform anti-tank missions. With the wings, the fire density has exceeded that of the cannon birds modified with Ju-87. Although the performance in air combat is a bit poor, it is still not a big problem to escape. If you encounter the opponent's Il 2 attack aircraft or a single bomber, the F series derived from fighter jets can still win in air combat.
This new equipment was very popular with frontline officers and soldiers. In fact, the Soviet fighter troops that were repeatedly attacked were very weak. It is rare to see large-scale air aircraft groups fighting in armed battles. At best, it is just a sneak attack. As the battlefield is getting bigger and bigger, it is urgent to need stronger ground-based support combat aircraft. The F series seized the opportunity.
Now only the b-219 has not yet been updated. Faced with the reality that the do-412 (Purple Electric Reform) has been launched and has achieved remarkable results, and also seeing the successful breakthrough of the 190f series, the R&D team led by Jiro Horikoshi carefully chose the solution to fine-tune. The b-319 (Liefeng Reform) technical positioning has changed from a high-performance comprehensive fighter to a medium-low-altitude horizontal maneuvering first and long-distance escort fighter. The performance combines the horizontal maneuverability of the 219 and the large range of the p51b. The fuel in the aircraft reaches an abnormal 1,330 liters, and the maximum take-off weight is nearly 5 tons.
Just such a big guy with more than 4 tons can enjoy the b-219 with less than 3 tons at a low altitude of less than 3 tons. It has its own advantages in the 3000-5000-meter hollow and do-412. At most, it can only be said to be slightly inferior. If it reaches a low fuel volume state (the last hour fuel volume), even the 412 cannot stop it. The maximum range of the carrier-based version is 1,600 kilometers, and the maximum range of the land-based version is 1,800 kilometers. It can also hang 2 250 kilogram bombs or 2 350 liter sub-fuel tanks or a large 650 liter sub-fuel tank. After hanging the sub-fuel tank, the maximum range can reach 2,600 kilometers (land-based), which is three times that of the short-leg b-109. Moreover, this range is still achieved at an altitude of about 6,500 meters. If the altitude can be increased (need to cooperate with the new 901 engine), the range can be increased by another 10-15%.
For the Luftwaffe, which is already on the Eastern Front, this kind of ultra-long range fighter is obviously necessary. It is believed that whether HNA is used or not, they must be needed. In this way, in the future, they will no longer need to take off from the most peripheral airport in Portugal (it is easy to be raided). It can be completely available at the airport in the deep areas of Spain and Portugal, greatly improving its survival. Horikoshi Jiro also sent a telegram to Japan, believing that due to insufficient strength, Japan cannot establish a multi-airspace optimal fighter joint combat system like Germany, and can only choose comprehensive fighter jets as much as possible. That is, in Germany's combined fighter jet system with b-319+do-42+ta-152+me-262, Japan is best to use b-319 to perform multiple tasks, at most, with some ta-152 or jets at high altitude intercepting.
Since the United States has not been able to obtain a reliable offensive base on the Pacific battlefield, and the Indian route is cut off and cannot input b-29 bombers to mainland China, Japan has never felt the pain of strategic bombing. The United States has proposed to set up such a bombing base in the Soviet Far East, but Stalin, who has been considered for a long time, refused: it will take a long time to use bombing to force Japan to surrender, but if Japan knew that the Soviet Union provided a bombing base for the United States, the Kwantung Army and even the Japanese Navy would definitely come here as soon as possible, and he would not dare to take this risk.
Of course, Stalin's father is also a cunning person, so he naturally cannot tell all his concerns, but tells the US side with a high sound: "Japan and the Soviet Union are now in a neutral state. Although the friction is constantly going on, the surface situation can still be maintained. This situation is still beneficial to the despised country. Your country may consider establishing a similar base in China, as long as it transports some materials from the Far East to China by air transportation..."
After evaluation, the Joint Conference believed that this proposal could not be fulfilled: Although the Soviet Union had a huge border with China, the main railway network connecting the two countries was in the hands of Japan and could only rely on air transportation. All the materials consumed were allocated from materials aid to the Soviet Union. Since the 40% protection fee existed, 2 of each 5 materials aid to the Soviet Union would fall into Japan. The more materials consumed, the more profits Japan made, the fool did this.
Military observers located in Chongqing and Yan'an do not agree with this. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are currently engaged in friction. It is too late to buy arms and supplies from Japan, so how can they have time to deal with Japan? The Kuomintang is now very urgent for fuel demand, just to use it to attack the Communist Party instead of dealing with Japan. Therefore, this whimsical plan was rejected, just to continue to hang the tone of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and not to let them easily turn to Japan. The United States also sent some scarce supplies and medicines to both sides by air transport. The quantity was small and the symbolic significance was more.
As a result, it was found that penicillin, which had finally been transported to China, was found in the black market in Shanghai within a few days. The price was quite high. When I checked the batch number, I leaked it from Chongqing. The US side was so angry that it scolded shameless! Someone gave an opinion: "Since they want to sell it so much, we should not provide free assistance. We can just sell it clearly, and we can make some money."
Just as the Soviet side was advancing rapidly, the German army was retreating: "Hurry, hurry... load the armored vehicles onto the ship."
"Sibel landing craft... let's go!"
German troops boarded ships and ran south, and they would land on the coast of Iran and go to Tehran at the same time.
After several days of delay, and the German army also used ground troops to block the Soviet troops that were advancing too fast, the Red Army's rapid advancement was forced to slow down. On February 19, after paying nearly 20,000 casualties, the two Red Army finally arrived at the east coast of the Caspian Sea, but the German army had retreated cleanly at this time.
"We found a fascist material warehouse with all kinds of supplies."
"What? Let's go and see." Chernyakovsky was very excited and immediately went to check with several major officers. The Red Army officers and soldiers are now counting in an orderly manner. Although the march along the way exhausted his mother and made considerable sacrifices in the battle, the current huge seizure still makes the officers and soldiers of the army feel particularly excited. They have been retreating, disintegrating, and failing. Everyone has been tortured to the point of almost numb, and they did not expect to achieve such exciting results.
"Comrade Commander, we found that the oil warehouse was retreating in panic and there was no time to blow it up."
"Report to the commander, we found a large amount of flour, other food and even forage, at least 3,000 tons, and the enemy actually forgot that they burned them."
"Reported, we found some of the vehicles abandoned by the German army without any signs of damage."
One after another, the staff members laughed and laughed, but Chernyakovsky's brows became tighter and tighter, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared. Everyone noticed something was wrong with the commander, and the cheerful atmosphere of jokes slowly subsided.
He pondered: "If I guessed correctly these materials, it was not that the enemy retreated in a hurry and couldn't destroy them, but that they were deliberately left for us..."
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer this sentence.
Chapter completed!