The Russian Far East is often referred to as the area far from Europe, referring to the Siberian region.
Apan has been promoted to Far East Commander. Apan is brutal and ruthless, recruiting soldiers in the Far East, commanding over 703,700 men, with thousands of tanks. He is called the Far East Tsar.
Apan sat in his command post with a gloomy expression.
He furiously berated his subordinate generals.
“Are you all pigs?!!”
“How did you lose?”
“A bunch of big idiots!”
Apan was furious that only 200,000 of his 300,000 vanguard troops had escaped!
Apan always regarded Zhukov's victory as an example. How could he accept defeat!
Apan felt extremely terrified!
His fear stemmed from Stalin's purge of the Russian generals, with most of them dead. Now that he had failed, would he also be purged?
Apan did not want to die now!
Apan feared death and had to stop the Red Alert army's advance.
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Apan immediately deployed the core air force of the Russian Far East.
The Russian air force was still excellent... its air power was instrumental in the early stages of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol.
The core of the Russian air force were the I-15 and I-16 fighter jets.
Both fighter jets were relatively good. The I-16 had a production of over 7,000 during World War II!
It had a flying speed of 459 kilometers per hour, a 20mm cannon, and a wooden skin aluminum body. The pilots cheered excitedly in the cockpit.
“Commander Apan finally let us attack! Let’s teach that Red Alert army a lesson!”
“They seem to have defeated the Japanese air force, comrade?”
“Haha! The Japanese air force was pretty bad in the last battle!”
“Ural!!”
Many of the elite pilots had been lost in the purge, leaving only novice pilots.
The novice pilots subconsciously viewed the Red Alert army as yellow-skinned monkeys.
In their minds, the yellow race was inferior and it was inevitable that they, the Russians, would win.
Boom boom —
The distant clouds suddenly parted, and Red Alert fighter jets appeared from the thick clouds!
The Red Alert fighter jet squadron, with the Black Hawk 4th Generation fighter jet as its core and the Harrier fighter as its auxiliary, launched a lightning-fast attack, like a sharp knife piercing the battlefield.
Bang bang bang
Boom boom boom...
In a short time, the hundreds of Russian I-15 and I-16 fighter jets were disrupted.
Everywhere was filled with bewildered Russian fighters and pilots.
In a short time, over 100 aircraft were shot down and crashed!
The style of the I-16 fighter jet was between World War I and World War II. It had a sturdy fuselage and nose, but also a single wing made of metal, with the engine wrapped in leather and aluminum, making it particularly thin.
It was this thinness that proved fatal on the battlefield.
It would explode immediately upon being hit by a single 30mm Red Alert cannon.
The Russian rookie pilots were panicked and had no time to eject and escape.
On the aircraft's radio channel, there were desperate cries of the pilots.
“Why doesn't the Red Alert army have propellers!! How can their speed be so ghostly fast?”
“I can't dodge, I can't dodge... rolling, climbing won't help, boom—”
“Zi zi... comrades, the other side's burst speed is two, three, four times higher than ours!”
“I am the air brigade commander! Order the survivors to fly north immediately!”
At this moment, in the Russian air brigade, a bearded man with a weather-beaten face, despite his lack of ability due to the purge, was still promoted to the position.
His eyes were slightly moist. The Russians had lost almost 300 aircraft.
He headed south instead of retreating north.
He needed to gather more intelligence.
Then he saw, from a distance, many engineering vehicles, mineral trucks, and Red Alert soldiers busily constructing bunkers and walls, along with a massive artillery group.
He instinctively opened his mouth wide. This must be a massive engineering project requiring tens of thousands of people!?
He instinctively wanted to report the intelligence to the commander, but a 30mm cannon shot came! He lost consciousness.
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Far East Army Group Command Post.
Apan sat in his chair thinking.
Although Apan was brutal and ruthless, he still possessed the necessary military skills.
Apan had received news of the air force's defeat and didn't know how to evaluate it.
“Trouble, what would military genius Zhukov do if he were here?” Apan's mind flashed, remembering that Zhukov rarely used the air force in the latter stages of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol.
Then use the Russian land force to attack!
Then use the Russian land force to attack!
Apan desperately needed a huge victory!
In order to secure the vast mineral resources in the Far East, Apan painstakingly concentrated all of the advantages of the Russian land army, new weapons, new Katyusha rockets, armored train artillery, the Far East Railway.
The Far East Railway was fully completed in 1916, allowing for rapid transportation of Russian troops, equipment, etc.
Apan was already imagining the scenario of a victorious battle. He would be as glorious as a military god like Zhukov... especially since the Russian fleet had crossed the sea to provide support.
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