After receiving the order to take off, the Soviet fighter jets and bombers that were ready to go took off almost simultaneously in the snowy sky.
Seeing the brigade led by Pisanko yaw from the flight helmet, Zhou Zhihan commanded via remote control:
"Major Pisanco, please report your location."
Pisanko: "150-degree bearing..."
Zhou Zhihan immediately ordered: "Major Pisanko, your brigade is yawing a little. Correct the current course from 150 degrees to 153 degrees... Very good, keep straight ahead.
Count the kilometers from now on. When you reach 5 kilometers ahead, start your dive. First destroy the JG51 wing's air defense position. The bombers behind you will arrive in 4 minutes. "
Pisanko: "Got it!"
Zhou Zhihan: "Major Yumashev, report your position."
Yumashev: "..."
"Continue to move forward along this track. Counting from now on, 6 kilometers ahead is the air defense position of the JG52 wing. Your task is to knock out their air defense position first and clear the way for the bombers that will arrive later..."
Yumashev: "Understood!"
Zhou Zhihan: "Major Pisiecki, please report your current location..."
Pisiecki: "..."
Zhou Zhihan: "..."
Zhou Zhihan: "Captain Dejin."
Dejin: "..."
Under Zhou Zhihan's guidance, the fast fighter took off quickly and gained speed before turning off its engine and heading towards the German airport silently.
Zhou Zhihan's order to all the fighter jets was to climb with all their strength when taking off, and after reaching an altitude of 4,000 meters, move forward at full speed to increase the energy of the fighter jets. When they were still 5 kilometers away from the German airport, all the fighter jets stalled and taxied.
In order to cooperate with the fighter jets' sneak attack, the artillery positions around Moscow suddenly opened fire on the German positions at 8 o'clock. The roar of the artillery covered the sound of the Soviet aircraft fleet.
When fighting in a large group of aircraft, the enemy can hear the sound of engines and propellers more than ten kilometers away, so it is very necessary to use artillery sound to cover it.
In this air strike, the mission of the Soviet fighter jets was to eliminate the anti-aircraft guns around the German airport and kick the door open, allowing all bombers around Moscow that could take off to launch the first round of low-altitude strikes on the German airport.
Each fighter must carry a small dispersing incendiary bomb. First, the incendiary bomb is thrown to completely disrupt the order of the enemy's air defense positions, and then the bomb is dropped. After the bomb is dropped, all fighter jets fly at ultra-low altitude and use machine guns and machine guns. Artillery fire suppressed the disrupted German positions and protected the bomber group at an altitude of 3,000 meters from passing safely at all costs.
The first strike from the bombers was crucial.
Each bomber also carries at least one high-explosive incendiary bomb.
Zhou Zhihan's order to all bombers was that in the first wave of strikes, all bombers would first drop incendiary bombs, and then drop bombs intensively, trying to drop all the bombs in the first wave to stun the Germans.
When the military parade began in Red Square at 8 o'clock, and when the fighter-bomber groups began to take off, Zhukov and Gromagin felt an invisible pressure that was about to suffocate them.
The two of them stayed tightly in the dispatch room, waiting for the battle report from the front.
Zhukov was holding a big pipe in his mouth and looked very calm, but everyone could see that his hand holding the big pipe was shaking.
In order to protect the security of Moscow and ensure the safety and orderliness of the Red Square military parade, Zhukov secretly mobilized two aviation divisions. The number of fighter jets protecting Moscow reached 600, in addition to the 50 Spitfires and Hurricanes supported by the British to guard the sky above Red Square. , all other fighter bombers were sent out by Zhou Zhihan.
Zhou Zhihan's strategy was different. He proposed that offense is the best defense, which opened Zhukov's eyes.
The tactical term "offense is the best defense" comes from the football world and has since been widely used.
At this time in World War II, this tactical term did not exist.
General Gromagin paced back and forth in the room, looking at the snowflakes outside the window, and kept smoking his cigarette, making a sound.
Zhou Zhihan commanded all fighter-bomber groups to correct their routes. Zhukov and Gromagin heard clearly.
The two looked at each other.
God!
This air force colonel from China relied entirely on his super memory to write down the locations of all German combat bombing airports around Moscow, so as to command and correct the route of the fleet.
This is what is called genius!
8:15.
In the dispatch room of the large war room at Moscow Airport, an excited report from the forward fighter commander came:
"Colonel Zhou, I am Yumashev. My aircraft fleet has successfully destroyed the air defense formations surrounding the JG52 Wing... Listen, this is the explosion of the enemy's air defense positions being destroyed by our aircraft... The entire position has turned into a Sea of fire..."
Yumashev's voice reporting to Zhou Zhihan came from the communicator in the airport control room. Then, Yumashev should have opened the cabin and put the communicator out of the window. The sound of explosions on the enemy's air defense positions came through the communicator. , clearly transmitted to every corner of the dispatch room.
Zhukov and the Gromagins pumped their fists in celebration almost simultaneously.
"Ula..."
Everyone in the dispatch room was cheering loudly, and their excitement was hard to express in words.
Zhou Zhihan's voice was calm and calm: "Comrade Yumashev, I have heard your report. Now is not the time to celebrate. Take your fighter group and continue to suppress the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower and protect the bombers from safely dropping bombs. Wait until the bombers finish dropping their bombs. After leaving, your fleet will fly over the German airport again. Remember, even if it collides, those fish that have slipped through the net will still have to be knocked out of the sky..."
This order was given too domineeringly.
"clear!"
Encouraged by Zhou Zhihan's iron-blooded orders and domineering attitude, Yumashev's blood was boiling, and his expression looked very ferocious. He gritted his teeth and encouraged his team members to suppress them with all their strength. Even with collision, they had to knock down those fish that slipped through the net.
This kind of order is very morale-boosting.
The Soviets at this time were doing this.
Zhou Zhihan understood this very well.
"Colonel Zhou, my fighter force successfully suppressed the air defense positions around the JG51 Wing airport. The Germans are now struggling in the sea of fire. Listen, our bombers have started dropping bombs at the German airport. They are completely unprepared. Fighter planes one after another were destroyed by our bombers...Ula...well done comrades..."
Pisanko was commanding the fighter jets to continue suppressing the enemy from above the air defense position at the German airport. He saw flames blazing into the sky at the German airport not far away. One fighter jet after another was bombed and jumped up on the spot. Then, he saw a refueling tanker. The car was hit, and in an instant the entire vehicle exploded and flew more than ten meters above the ground, so he screamed in excitement.
Immediately afterwards, good news came one after another from various fighter units. Colonel Zhou commanded them well and remotely commanded them to find the enemy's airport without any deviation, launch a sudden attack, and achieve huge gains.
Listening to the success reports coming one after another from the front, Zhou Zhihan did not celebrate, but became calmer. He knew that the well-trained German Air Force would soon launch a counterattack.
A fierce battle is coming.
