Beiyang reactionaries

If it weren't for the critical situation now, Moscow would have withdrawn Zhukov.Many people have reported that Zhukov wants to defect to the enemy and treason.All these behind-the-scenes things put Zhukov under great pressure.

And although this place is relatively stable now and there is no fight, Zhukov is still very tired.Zhukov learned the lessons of the failure of the Transbaikal Military Region and reorganized his troops.

But even so, Zhukov didn't dare to be careless in his heart.

Because there are too many Chinese troops on the opposite side.

The situation on both sides is completely different.China's Northeast Military Region is backed by China's largest industrial base, that is, the Northeast Industrial Base, and the logistics can be said to be endless.Moreover, the construction of the Northeast is very good, especially the transportation construction is very good.The Northeast has almost completely completed the county-to-county links, and all counties have very good roads.Therefore, using the industrial base and these excellent transportation constructions, the rear can provide whatever the frontline troops need.In comparison, the Far Eastern Military Region is now isolated.

China has already controlled Chita and Ulan Ude, half surrounded Irkutsk, and completely cut off the Siberian Railway.Therefore, the Far Eastern Military Region is completely unable to use the Siberian Railway to get support.Under such circumstances, the confrontation between the two sides will be very unfavorable to the Far East Military Region.Zhukov knew this.

But if you know it, you know that Zhukov will never take the initiative to attack.

Because the number of Chinese troops on the opposite side is more than double that of the Far Eastern Military Region, and the aircraft, tanks, and artillery far exceed the Far Eastern Military Region in all aspects.If the Far East Military Region defends, it can still maintain it for a period of time.If you want to attack China's Northeast Military Region, you will disperse your troops instead.So Zhukov has a headache every day, worrying about the sudden large-scale attack of the Chinese army.

Now hearing the report from the radar station, Zhukov looked solemn.

Standoff these days, the Chinese Air Force and the Soviet Air Force have some fights.But they are all small-scale, battles between small teams.Both sides have always been very restrained, and large air battles with hundreds of aircraft rarely occur.

China is also taking off with small-scale air forces.This time a large-scale plane took off suddenly, which must have made Zhukov nervous.

Really going to fight?

Zhukov's decades of military career have come out of the battlefield, and he will not be afraid of fighting.Therefore, the deployment was carried out in an orderly manner immediately.Soon all Soviet troops entered the defensive positions, and a large number of air forces began to take off.

That's what radar does.

Seeing a large number of planes taking off from China, of course the Soviet Air Force will take off.Zhukov learned a lesson and no longer placed the airfield too close to the forward position.On the Transbaikal Military Region, it is precisely because a large number of airfields are in forward positions that most of the planes were blown up by the Chinese Air Force before taking off.How could Zhukov make such a low-level mistake.Now the Chinese army may have an air strike, so the Soviet Air Force also took off on a large scale, preparing for the battle.

"what happened?"

The Soviet army is ready.

Air Force fighter jets took off, anti-aircraft artillery troops entered the position, and other troops also took preventive and control measures.But an hour passed, and two hours passed, and the Chinese army still did not respond.

"General, the Chinese air force is not coming to our position."

"Then what are they doing?"

"It seems to be training. According to the observation of our observation post, the Chinese Air Force is divided into several large formations to conduct various tactical exercises. This includes the cooperation between fighter jets and bombers, and the cooperation between various fighter jets."

"Tactical drill?"

Zhukov frowned.

The sudden fanfare of the Chinese army is for training.What a joke, this time there are so many planes in China taking off, if there is no purpose but for training, it is impossible to believe that Zhukov was killed.

"Yes. Many of the first batch of planes that took off from China have already returned to their airports one after another. Now, most of the planes that are conducting tactical exercises in the air are the second and third batches of planes that took off."

"Watch first."

"General, our air force?"

"Let them take off in batches and monitor these Chinese planes without the slightest slack. No one knows what they are thinking. Maybe it is to paralyze us and make us think that they are lax in training. When the time comes It’s not good to be raided by them.”

"Yes."

In recent years, the Chinese army has put more and more pressure on the Soviet Union, so after Zhukov came to the Far East Military Region, he did not just investigate the deployment of the Chinese army.And I have been learning about Chinese history and culture, and learning some Chinese art of war.

The Chinese are "cunning and cunning".

Zhukov would not trust the Chinese.Now China has so many planes in the air, training them in batches.There are always about six or seven hundred aircraft in the air.And these planes are a mixed formation of fighter jets and bombers.

If the Soviet Union relaxes a little bit and is attacked by them, the loss will be great.Therefore, Zhukov can only let the Air Force planes take off in batches to monitor the Chinese Air Force.Although it is impossible to maintain six or seven hundred aircraft like the Chinese Air Force.But if the Soviet Air Force wants to monitor the Chinese Air Force, at least two or three hundred aircraft must be flying in the air.

Time keeps ticking.

Three hours, four hours, five hours.The Chinese Air Force conducted about five hours of training, and more than half of the aircraft in the Northeast participated in this large-scale training.In one day, about 4000 aircraft take off in China.

Five hours later, the positions on both sides gradually calmed down.

Zhukov really didn't understand what the Chinese army was going to do.After a day of tense nerves, the Chinese army had a large number of aircraft for various training the next day.This time the scale is smaller than the first time, but the number is still considerable.China has been keeping about 500 or so aircraft in the air.

"General, this can't be done."

"what happened?"

"Such a high-intensity takeoff poses a big problem for our aircraft. Some of our aircraft don't even have time for maintenance, and they have to be on duty. If this continues, many of our aircraft will be scrapped."

For several days in a row, the Chinese army will conduct air force drills here.

Although the scale is constantly shrinking, at the worst time, there are more than 300 aircraft conducting various tactical confrontation training.And sometimes China suddenly increases the number of aircraft participating in the exercise, suddenly increasing to six or seven hundred, or even more.For a fleet of this size, it is impossible for the Soviet Air Force to ignore it.Every time the Chinese Air Force suddenly increased the number of aircraft, the Soviet Army had to take off urgently to monitor the Chinese aircraft fleet even if they had not undergone maintenance.

China can do this.

Because the Northeast Military Region is backed by the Northeast Industrial Zone, Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and Baoding Aircraft Manufacturing Factory produce a large number of aircraft every day, and then they are directly pulled to the Northeast Military Region and incorporated into the Northeast Military Region Air Force.The number of aircraft in the Northeast Military Region has been increasing.

Within less than a month of the outbreak of the Sino-Soviet War, the Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and Baoding Aircraft Manufacturing Factory had provided more than 300 aircraft to the Northeast Military Region.The last thing the Northeast Military Region lacks is aircraft.

The Northeast Military Region can use a large number of aircraft to take off in batches to train their pilots.Including many pilots who have just joined the Air Force, they have a lot of training time these days.And it is completely using Air Force fighter planes for on-the-spot training.And there's still plenty of time for overhauls.But the Soviet Union is different. The Soviet Far East Military Region has a limited number of aircraft, and the number of fighter jets is even more limited.Taking off with the Chinese army like this, there is not even enough time for maintenance.

Zhukov frowned and said nothing.

In the past few days, Zhukov has also been thinking about what the Chinese army wants to do.Is it really just a tactical exercise, just to deter the Soviet army?But listening to the report now, Zhukov certainly understands that this is not the purpose of the Chinese army.

After a long silence, Zhukov said, "How much aviation fuel has the Air Force used these days?"

"Over 600 tons."

"600 tons?"

"Yes."

Zhukov closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The Soviet Air Force has planes on duty every day, and there are formations of reconnaissance planes and fighter jets.They only consume two to three tons of aviation oil every day, but in just a few days, the amount of aviation oil consumed by the Soviet Air Force turned out to be more than 600 tons.

Zhukov had a headache.

Because the current Far Eastern Military Region is hanging out alone and cannot receive support at all.As far as the current situation is concerned, the logistics of the Far East Military Region is limited.The most important oil in this is even more limited. Apart from the oil that was hoarded at the beginning, there is no oil supplement.Although I have contacted Canada recently and want to buy oil from Canada, it will take more than a month to come to the Far East Military Region.

Chinese?

Zhukov suddenly understood.

China relied on its strong logistical capabilities to consume the hoarded supplies of the Soviet Far East Military Region, especially the small amount of oil.If the Soviet army's oil supply is not available, then the Soviet army's planes and tanks will become scrap iron.

Moreover, the Far East Military Region does not have an oil refinery.