"Commander in chief, that's our plane!"
The correspondent next to Li Qiufan also saw the fleet of planes flying from north to south, and he immediately shouted loudly in excitement.
"I saw it, and I want you to remind me!"
Li Qiufan said angrily to the correspondent, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
The enemy pilots naturally noticed this scene, and then canceled their plans to bomb the First Army and other positions.
Because the air force sent by the Volunteer Army Headquarters is not far from the battlefield, it can launch an attack on the enemy aircraft when it has just dropped its aerial bombs and has no time to adjust.
The enemy naturally understood this, so they gave up bombing the First Army and other units in order to deal with the Volunteer Army's aircraft.
Although the Volunteer Army's air force is inferior to the enemy's aircraft in terms of number of aircraft, the enemy does not dare to be careless. After all, air battles in which a small number defeats a large number are not unheard of.
This time the Volunteer Army Command also used all its cards, sending a total of two fighter divisions, two bomber divisions and one assault pilot division.
Because this battle is so important, and winning it can completely end the war in the peninsula, so even the Military Commission is very concerned about it and orders the Volunteer Army Headquarters to provide maximum support.
After the Volunteer Air Force arrived over the battlefield, two fighter pilots rushed straight towards the enemy aircraft.
The remaining two bomber divisions and one assault aircraft division moved closer to the enemy's ground forces, preparing to bomb them.
"Correspondent, order the air defense regiment and the air defense troops of the Third Corps to move quickly and cooperate with our air force to launch an attack on the enemy aircraft group!"
Seeing the air force units divided into two groups, Li Qiufan immediately understood what they wanted to do, and then asked the correspondent to issue orders to the air defense regiment and the third corps' air defense units.
The purpose of the air force units that came for reinforcements was very clear, that is, two fighter divisions were to contain enemy aircraft, while two bomber divisions and assault pilot divisions were to launch an attack on enemy ground forces.
Although this idea is good, there are currently too few aircraft in the Volunteer Army's air force. If two fighter divisions are to contain the enemy's entire fleet, it is tantamount to hitting an egg with a stone.
Therefore, Li Qiufan quickly issued an order to the air defense force to assist two fighter divisions in launching an attack on the enemy aircraft group.
With the addition of the air defense regiment and the third corps air defense unit, enemy pilots have become more fearful.
Because they have too many aircraft, their targets are too large. While fighting with the Volunteer Air Force, they also have to avoid self-propelled anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns on the ground, which makes them very difficult to deal with. Hard work.
Li Qiufan's joint ground-to-air operations directly restricted the enemy's aircraft, which gave the two bomber divisions and assault pilots the opportunity to directly attack the enemy's ground forces.
Of course, the enemy ground forces also have a large number of anti-aircraft armored vehicles, the total number of which is greater than Li Qiufan's anti-aircraft regiment.
Faced with so many self-propelled anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, the two bomber divisions and assault pilots had no way of starting.
"Correspondent, contact the three heavy artillery brigades affiliated with the armored division immediately and ask them to immediately cover the enemy's positions with artillery fire and give me a damn bomb!"
Li Qiufan naturally saw that his air force had no way to deal with it, and immediately asked his correspondent to contact the three heavy artillery brigades of the armored division to cover the enemy's positions with artillery fire.
The purpose of the heavy artillery brigade's artillery coverage is to attack the enemy's air defense forces so that they have no time to intercept the volunteer aircraft.
Li Qiufan did not believe that these foreign devils had the same bloody spirit as the volunteer soldiers and dared to continue to intercept despite the shelling.
As Li Qiufan's order was issued, the three heavy artillery brigades immediately opened fire, and countless artillery shells all hit the enemy's positions.
In an instant, the enemy's position turned into a sea of fire, and all the enemy soldiers were blown away and fled, trying to avoid the fierce bombardment.
The pilots of the two bomber divisions and the assault pilots naturally saw this scene. When they understood that this was a cover for them, they began to fly towards the enemy's position.
Under the suppression of the heavy artillery brigade's artillery bombardment, the enemy's air defense troops were busy dodging the artillery fire and had no intention of paying attention to the bombers that were about to fly over their heads.
In this way, the two bomber divisions and assault pilots successfully flew over the enemy's positions, and then dropped countless aerial bombs.
As the aerial bombs touched the ground, the explosions on the enemy positions became more violent.
Countless enemy soldiers were blown to pieces, and a large number of weapons and equipment were also blown up.
But this was not over yet. After the two bomber divisions dropped aerial bombs, the remaining attack pilots began to take action and dived directly towards the enemy's artillery position.
Attack aircraft, also called attack aircraft, are combat aircraft designed to attack ground targets from low altitudes.
Its main mission is to directly support ground force operations, including attacking enemy fortifications, artillery positions, tanks and armored vehicles and other targets.
Then dozens of attack aircraft carried out precise strikes on the enemy's artillery positions, destroying a large number of enemy howitzers.
"Damn, well done!"
After seeing the masterpiece of his air force, Li Qiufan couldn't help but roar with excitement. This battle was so enjoyable!
Of course, Li Qiufan was not the only one who was excited. All the volunteer soldiers who saw this scene were excited, some laughed, some roared, and some even shed tears.
"Correspondent, inform the frontline troops not to be stunned, take this opportunity to beat up the drowned dog quickly, and beat the son of a bitch for me!"
After the excitement, Li Qiufan came back to his senses. This was the best opportunity to launch an attack and must not be wasted.
Then Li Qiufan asked the correspondent to issue orders to the frontline troops to launch an attack on the enemy's positions.
And just as the ground troops were fighting fiercely, the air battle on the other side also had results.
Despite the assistance of the Air Defense Regiment and the Air Defense Force of the Third Corps, the two fighter divisions still suffered from the disadvantage of the number of aircraft and were outnumbered by the enemy.
Fortunately, the fighter division's losses were not very large, and only six aircraft were shot down.
The enemy's situation was even worse. Although they won on the whole, seventeen aircraft were shot down.
Two of the fighter divisions shot down six, and the air defense forces on the ground shot down eleven.
In the end, the battle ended because the two fighter divisions ran out of ammunition, otherwise the battle would have continued.
