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"Pants, jacket, okay, wear them properly." In the temporary camp of the 20th Army, the house of the 58rd Company of the 172nd Regiment of the 3th Division was in a mess. There were replaced Sanye uniforms and new winter clothes that were not worn everywhere.

"The big cotton coat in the Northeast is warm." Yang Gensi pinched the sleeves and then the trousers, "it's very fluffy."

The soldier next to him put on his underwear and put on his boots, "Commander, these boots are a bit heavy."

"Of course, you thought it was rubber shoes. Look at how high the upper is. It's not light at first glance." Yang Gensi fumbled for the burden of changing clothes again, and found another thing, "What is this? A pair of glasses?"

……

February 11, noon.

"It's been a stressful day, but fortunately it's over." The logistics minister of the border defense army wiped the sweat from his forehead.Starting from November 11st, every 1 hours an army of the 12th Corps entered Shenyang, and each army had to complete the change from clothing to light weapons within 9 hours. The entire south of Shenyang City became the camp and replacement of the 36th Corps installation place.At noon today, the 9th Army has also finished dressing up and sent it to the station, and is about to set off.

"Minister Li, it's been hard work." Song Shilun didn't close his eyes that day. He was the first to arrive in Shenyang with the 20th Army, and boarded the car with the 27th Army. Entering North Korea, I am afraid that the soldiers will not have time to familiarize themselves with the operation of weapons."

"Some of the troops that entered the DPRK to participate in the war have trained for more than a month in advance, and some troops entered the DPRK to participate in the war the next day after getting the weapons," Minister Li said. , The troops reported that it was okay, and they can be used normally. Aren’t they all guns, aren’t they all three points and one line to pull the trigger. As for the work of dismantling, repairing and maintenance, it’s enough to get familiar with it slowly during the march.”

Song Shilun can only nod his head, and now he can only complain, he can't ask for our [-] cover back. "Rifles and machine guns are fine, but... that, what is the name of the thing that hits the tank, it's a bit complicated."

"Oh, that's called an anti-tank rocket launcher, the Red Arrow-1, but soldiers now call it the Four Zero Fire." Minister Li said, "That thing is also very simple, really simple. Last month, I took it myself Start a 40 fire, fiddle with the manual, and it will work..."

The stuffy tank truck bound for Ji'an was full of cadres and soldiers from the 27th Army.It is afternoon now, and when we arrive at the border in two hours, the 9th Corps will enter North Korea on foot.According to the plan, after entering the DPRK, they had to march continuously and did not have to camp until early in the morning, so at this time the soldiers should catch up on the train so that they could turn around at night.But the soldiers were obviously too excited to lie down. The semi-automatic rifles and light machine guns in their hands had been in their hands for more than a day, and they were still fresh.

"Crack" "Crack, clap"

Some tried to pull the bolt and press the bullet, some were familiar with the sight, and some masters began to try to learn not to completely disassemble the weapon and clean the gun.Light machine gunners are patiently learning how to attach and detach ammunition belts.

"Pull—"

"Ouch," a soldier yelled.

"Pay attention! Pay attention!" The company commander couldn't stand it any longer, and stopped everyone else, "On the train, you can familiarize yourself with weapons, but you are not allowed to turn over the bayonet! In such a small space, people can There are so many, what do you do if you flick your gun and cut someone!"

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"Commander Liu, Dalian Jianxin Company is now producing ammunition for the North Korean frontline. The task is very heavy, so the production of missile weapons plans to open a new factory in Shenyang, which needs to integrate Air Force No. 30 No. [-] Factory." Tang Hua said the next day I went to find Liu Yelou.

"Hmm, the production plant of the Type 38 missiles in your plan, right?" Liu Yelou still hadn't forgotten the planning report of the new concept weapon. "Do it now. Should we use the factory area of ​​Factory [-] or the factory area of ​​Fengtian Armory?"

"In the 38th factory. The name is Shenyang Tactical Missile Production Complex, and the name of the 38th factory's first branch can be used externally. Liu Nai transferred some of the equipment and technical personnel from Fengtian Armory to join the 38th factory."

"When will the first missile be needed? What kind of missile?"

"Anti-aircraft missiles, shoot planes."

Liu Yelou rolled his eyes, not knowing what to say.

Tang Hua chuckled, "Commander Liu, my opinion on this air defense missile is that in the future, medium and long-range air defense missiles will belong to the Air Force just like the Air Force's antiaircraft artillery unit, and the short-range low-altitude air defense missiles that accompany the field troops will belong to the Army. It’s a loss.”

"I know, I know," Commander Liu said, "Your heavy anti-ship missiles and light anti-ship missiles should also hurry up..."

Tang Hua: "Speaking of this anti-ship missile, Commander Liu, when will our Tu-4 be handed over?"

Chapter 76, Heavy Boom Not So Fast

"Tu-4, Tu-4..." Now it's Commander Liu's turn to scratch his head, "To be honest, the bomber pilots trained a while ago have developed too much in the direction of Tu-2 and Il-10. Ground staff The same is true for the personnel. The first batch of personnel will complete the initial training in January, and then sent to the Soviet Far East airport to familiarize themselves with the aircraft. The maintenance and ground crew will be able to get together and send to the Soviet Union around this time."

From 1944 to 1945, a total of 3 B-29s that bombed Japan were unable to return on the same route due to injuries, and chose to make an emergency landing in Vladivostok.The Soviets glanced at the B-29 and got pregnant, giving birth to a copy of the Tu-4.All the performance indicators of Tu-4 are compared with B-29, because the engine horsepower is higher, and some performance parameters are slightly better.

It is now 1950, the B-36 of the U.S. Air Force has just been equipped, the B-52 is being tested, and the B-29 is considered to be an Internet celebrity that is about to pass away.But in the Soviet Air Force, the Ivan brother of the B-29, the Tu-4, is still the most powerful bomber.

When the Sino-Soviet Alliance Treaty was signed in February 1950, the Soviet Union promised to give China 2 Tu-12s, but this aircraft is indeed different from any previous aircraft that aided China. In this era, the Tu-4 can still be called a strategic aircraft. bomber's.The maximum bomb load is 4 tons, the range is 9 kilometers when the bomb is 3 tons, and the practical ceiling is 6200 meters. Except for the flight speed of 11200+, which is a bit urgent in the jet age, other data are not bad. This is from Northeast China. The big guy who took off and bombed Japan directly.

Because the aircraft is too big, everything from maintenance inspection to flight control is completely different from that of small aircraft, so the transfer of Tu-4 to China is progressing very slowly.This is the result of Tang Hua's reminder once when he met Commander Liu in July and August this year.

"Commander Liu, heavy anti-ship missiles can only be mounted and launched by Tu-4. Light anti-ship missiles are also best carried by Tu-4. It can carry 6 pieces at a time, and Tu-4 has a strong ability to obtain information. .” Tang Hua said.

"Because of our need to liberate Penghu and Taiwan a while ago, the Air Force's bomber and attack aircraft are biased towards Tu-2 and Il-10. ...Now North Korea is starting again. Because of the Korean War, the focus of the Air Force is to quickly jet-type the fighter force , a large number of pilots will transfer to MiG-15. Tu-4 can only be a long-term plan. But rest assured, in the second half of 1951, no later than the end of 1951, the first batch of 12 Tu-4 will definitely be delivered in our hands."

Commander Liu also has his own difficulties. He has to face the U.S. Air Force just a year after its establishment. The pressure is not ordinary. It can be handed over to the ground troops."

"After the Tu-4 is handed over, it will be pulled to Wuhu for refitting. Refitting the Tu-4 is no more difficult than changing the Tu-2. The workload is much greater. This work schedule is relatively tight."

"I know, but there's nothing I can do. By the way, Tang Hua, it should be possible to modify the Tu-2 to launch light anti-ship missiles, right?"

Tang Hua was silent for a while, then sighed. "Commander Liu, it is not easy to modify Tu-2 and Il-28 to carry anti-ship missiles. It is actually simple to modify guided bombs. The bombardier installs a cross sight with a stabilized platform, and then installs a wireless remote control. There are only two more suitcases on the plane. The anti-ship missile carrier needs to be equipped with radar, and the sea detection range must be at least 50 kilometers, because the light anti-ship missile has a range of 30 kilometers, so it is necessary to find the target in advance. Time for the pilot to make operational decisions. Now I am still thinking about how to design the airborne radar that can be installed on the Tu-2 bomber."

Liaoning, Haicheng.

"...Air Force fighter jets fighting across the border can only take off from northeast China, not from Soviet territory. All aircraft must remove the Soviet Air Force logo and replace it with Chinese or North Korean aircraft logos. Soviet pilots must wear the Chinese People's Volunteer Army clothing. Soviet pilots were not allowed to use Russian when communicating in the air.”

On November 1950, 11, fighter jets of the Soviet Air Force stationed in the Northeast crossed the Sino-North Korean border for the first time without the authorization of the Soviet commander, flying as far as nearly 1 kilometers east of Dandong.Four MiG-100 fighter jets spotted the F15 fighter/bomber that was looking for an attack target at low altitude, and chased after the F80, making a posture of attacking.

By October 1950, a total of 10 Soviet Air Force aviation divisions were in China.Two divisions were defending against the Nationalist Air Force near Shanghai, and the other 12 divisions were in the northeast.From October 10th, the Soviet Air Force in the Northeast began intensive patrol flights along the Chinese side of the Sino-North Korean border to prevent any US or United Nations aircraft from entering China.On October 10, the volunteers who entered the DPRK launched their first battle, and the pilots of the Soviet Air Force couldn't hold back even more, and simply made it a fait accompli to cross the border to participate in the war.

This time, the unauthorized crossing of the border did not cause any adverse reactions. Therefore, the Soviet Union preliminarily inferred that the top leaders of the United States were also very reluctant to see the Soviet Union directly intervene in the Korean War. They even take the initiative to cover up and deny the existence of such a thing.The Soviet Union understands that it is not too much to mean that as long as the Soviet Union does not send army troops into North Korea, or use bombers and attack planes to drop bombs directly at the US military, the US will ignore it.

With the bottom line in mind, the Soviet Air Force decided to allow its fighter jets to cross the border between China and North Korea to a limited extent to provide air protection in a relatively close area.

"The most important thing is that our pilots must not be captured by the U.S. military." The political commissar finally added, "So in the combat airspace, we cannot fight in the air above the Yellow Sea, and we cannot fight in areas where the United Nations ground forces have an absolute advantage. This is It also means that even if our fighter jets attack across the border, they can only operate here and here at the farthest. Only when the Chinese Army’s control area expands in the future, can the flight area of ​​our fighter jets expand simultaneously.”

The political commissar pointed to Yunshan and Ghost City on the map and drew a line.

On the same day, Shenyang.

A month ago, the Air Force's third fighter brigade had just been established.Then the Fourth Fighter Brigade was established.After the Soviet Union decided to immediately assist a group of MiG-15 fighter jets free of charge, the third and fourth brigades transformed into the third and fourth fighter divisions of the Air Force.

Wang Hai, the captain of the 9st Battalion of the 1th Regiment of the 15rd Division, finally saw his own MiG-1949 fighter jet. However, the total flight time on the MiG-8 is only 1950 hours. The main reason is that there are more pilots and fewer aircraft in the training class. The fighters used in the training class are MiG- 15. However, the units of the Soviet Air Force stationed in the Northeast "borrowed" them for the training class, and the number was indeed not large.

Moreover, it is not enough to just be able to fly a plane to the sky, you must also know tactics, navigate, and cooperate...

Soviet Union, Moscow.

"You've worked hard tonight, Comrade Minister." During the talks and signing ceremony, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Ruofei signed the document and shook hands with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Yanu Alevich Vyshinsky.

The visit to the Soviet Union, which lasted for nearly a month, was not too easy. Although China and the Soviet Union had signed an alliance in February 1950, in order to obtain the greatest possible external support for the War of Resist America and Aid Korea, we had frequent meetings with Stalin, various committee members and ministers of the Soviet Union. Talk and exchange ideas, bit by bit for assistance or better terms.

At the beginning of negotiations on the introduction of Soviet fighter jets, the generals of the Soviet Air Force suggested that China first use a batch of MiG-9 jet fighters.Wang Ruofei flipped through the information handed over by the secretary, and solemnly told the Soviet representative that the main fighter jet used by the United States in North Korea was the F-86, and the MiG-9 could not even defeat the older F-84.Wang Ruofei asked the Soviet Union to assist the MiG-15 in one step.

On the second day, the opinions of the Soviet representatives were completely changed, and they agreed that the Chinese Air Force could equip the MiG-15 directly in one step.The reason was that Wang Ruofei called Stalin's secretariat that night. After Stalin knew about it, he severely criticized the Soviet negotiators and instructed to provide the Volunteers with 372 MiG-84 fighter jets whose performance was comparable to that of the F15.And these 372 planes are all free.

(By 1951, the fighter jets provided by the Soviet Union were upgraded from MiG-15 to MiG-15bis, which was also made by Stalin himself.)

"Tu-4? Do you want more Tu-4?" After Wang Ruofei made a new request for assistance during the new day of negotiations, the Soviet representative asked in surprise, "In February this year, Comrade Stalin agreed to provide you with 2 Tu- 12. Both of us have started the personnel training before delivery of this batch of aircraft, and the construction of dedicated airport facilities has also begun. Isn’t 4 enough?”

"In the future, after the formation of the Chinese Air Force's fighter force, Tu-4 can bomb Busan under the partial cover of fighter jets, weakening the logistical supply capability of the US military; on the southeast coast, we need Tu-4 to attack the US and Taiwan air bases in Taipei and Okinawa , to create conditions for the liberation of Taiwan; in Southwest China, especially Tibet, we will use Tu-4 to suppress the Tusi rebellion.There is no airport there now, and it is very difficult to build an airport, but the Tu-4 can take off from Sichuan and cover the whole of Tibet. "Wang Ruofei had already read the negotiation preparation documents by heart, and talked eloquently.

"Oh, is the bombing of Busan intended to wipe out the entire United Nations army on the Korean peninsula?" The Soviet representative muttered, "No, I don't think this is a plan that should be done in the near future. Let North Korea be stabilized first, at least Some areas can be returned to our control, and then we can think about it."