Chapter 881 880 [Air Force Victory]

As Chongqing was designated as the wartime capital, the institutional facilities here were also fully upgraded.

For example, the Jiulongpo Baishiyi Airport started construction at the end of last year. Although some buildings are still not completed, they have been put into use ahead of schedule, and long-distance routes from Chongqing to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore have been opened.

If Wang Zhaoming postponed his defection for half a year, he would not have to go through the trouble of traveling through Yunnan and could just fly directly from Baishiyi Airport to Hanoi.

Early in the morning, Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yong boarded the plane. Before they took off, they heard the air defense sirens over the main city.

Feng Yong said with a smile: "Little Japan will suffer a loss this time!"

"I hope the Air Force athletes will show their spirit." Zhou Hexuan nodded.

When Chang Kaishen first moved to Chongqing, Chongqing's air defense was pretty good. Japanese planes attacked several times during the day but were repelled, so they were forced to switch to night bombing. But as the number of Chinese fighter planes continues to decrease, the Japanese have become more and more bold, and now they have returned to daytime bombing.

Just when Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yong flew to Guizhou, Little Japan came again. 45 Japanese fighter planes, covering 28 bombers, flew in from the east with great arrogance.

The leaders of the team this time were Watanabe Hatsuhiko and Kame Yoshiyuki. The former was the leader of the Nanchang air battle, and the latter was the murderer who blew up the Zhongshan ship. Their target this time is directly at Guangyangba Airport, because the news that Zhou Hexuan brought the plane back to China has been leaked, and the Japanese invaders want to destroy Chongqing's air force again.

Before the air defense alarm sounded in the main city, the air defense observation station on the downstream shore had discovered the enemy and immediately sent an emergency message to the military airport. After receiving the alert, the Chinese Air Force quickly dispatched and dozens of fighter planes of various types took off one after another.

Hatsuhiko Watanabe was shocked when he saw the huge Chinese fleet. He knew that China had purchased new aircraft, but he did not expect that there would be such a large number of aircraft. The sneak attack plan had been shattered, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Due to the limited runway of the airport, China has just successfully launched 31 aircraft, and Japanese bombers have already flown above the airport - it is obvious that Guangyangba Airport should be expanded.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

More than a dozen heavy aerial bombs fell, immediately overturning two Chinese planes and damaging one of the runways.

At the same time, Chinese fighter jets that had already taken off were also fighting with Japanese fighter jets.

The one who made the first start was not the two aces Dong Mingde and Liang Tiancheng, nor the pilot Feng Yong brought back from the United States, but Zhou Zhikai, who was not yet 20 years old.

Zhou Zhikai comes from a distinguished family, his father is a judge and his mother is a wealthy daughter. He is extremely handsome. His previous dream was to be a movie star. Before he finished middle school, he applied for aviation school without telling his family. In February last year, he was assigned to the Fourth Battalion as a trainee pilot.

Because there were too few aircraft, Zhou Zhikai could only watch every air battle, standing anxiously on the ground to cheer for his teammates. Historically, it would take him more than half a year before he could fly a plane in the war. He shot down two enemy planes in his debut. Later, he became the captain of the Fourth Battalion. He was only 24 years old when he died.

Although Zhou Hexuan brought back 58 fighter jets this time, Feng Yong brought back more pilots. Logically speaking, trainee pilots like Zhou Zhikai had no chance to participate in the war. But most of the 58 fighter jets were Soviet aircraft, and the pilots who returned from the United States had not yet figured out their performance. Therefore, Zhou Zhikai, who was familiar with the Soviet aircraft, had the fighting opportunity he had dreamed of.

Zhou Zhikai was driving a YT-1, which was gradually being eliminated by the Soviet Union. Even if it was not sold to China, it would be retired soon. He seized the gap between captain Dong Mingde and the Japanese plane and hit the cockpit of the enemy plane from the side. The unlucky Hatsuhiko Watanabe was directly hit in the head.

Before Zhou Zhikai could be happy, his plane was also hit in the tail, and there were several more bullet holes in the middle of the fuselage.

"Japs killed by guns! Damn it!" Zhou Zhikai cursed in his native dialect and prepared to leave the battlefield and make an emergency landing because he felt that his engine had been damaged.

Fortunately, the Japanese had no time to control him. Zhou Zhikai successfully made an emergency landing on the river. He only had this thought in his mind: I must fly the Y-15 next time. The performance of the YT-1 is too poor!

The person who opened up the record again was the person Feng Yong brought back, He Xiaohan, a former law student at Feng Yong University. Although his name is very feminine, he is a hot-tempered northeastern man. He even had a fight with Kong Lingwei in the aviation club and beat the second daughter of the Kong family until she cried.

By the way, after Kong Lingwei was beaten with a bruised nose and face, he actually wanted to take out a gun in revenge, but was kicked out of the club by Feng Yong. He returned to China last year and continued to be a playboy.

He Xiaohan was flying a P-26. This aircraft was eliminated before the outbreak of the Pacific War and was helpless against the Japanese Zero fighters. But what He Xiaohan faced was not the Zero fighter, but the A5M4, which was also an aircraft that would be eliminated in 1940.

When Dong Mingde led his team to fight with Japanese fighter jets, He Xiaohan, together with the temporary squad leader, climbed up and dived towards the enemy's bomber group - they could no longer allow the enemy to bomb them. There were still more than 30 Chinese fighter jets on the ground that had not yet taken off.

He Xiaohan shot over and hit an enemy bomber very accurately. The Japanese plane was shaky and did not run away. Instead, it wanted to throw all the bombs. As a result, most of them exploded on the edge of Jiangxin Island. After being repaired by He Xiaohan, it fell into the river.

When the Chinese fighter jets rushed into the bomber group, the Japanese immediately panicked. The bombing leader Kame Yoshiyuki quickly sent a radio signal to direct the evacuation.

The Japanese fighter jets wanted to come to the rescue, but they were tightly entangled by Dong Mingde and his men. Several aircraft on each side were shot down.

As more and more Chinese fighter jets took off, the situation quickly evolved into a pursuit battle. Dong Mingde was completely red-eyed, and he led his men to chase him out of Kuimen before ordering to return. He killed three of the opponents by himself, and the king Liang Tiancheng also perfectly captured two of them.

In this air battle, the Chinese Air Force shot down 6 aircraft, destroyed 3 aircraft, killed 4 people, and injured 2 people. Seventeen Japanese aircraft were shot down, 18 people were killed, and 3 were captured.

The Chinese Air Force was victorious.

When the news of the victory reached the main urban area of ​​Chongqing, the people in the city were overflowing with joy. Students and the masses spontaneously organized a condolence team, bringing chickens, ducks, and fish to the labor force. Chiang Kai-shek also immediately issued a commendation order.

Before the Zero fighter jets were put into the battlefield, the Japanese Air Force was really not that good. It relied solely on the strength of its numbers to bully China. As long as it encounters a situation of even strength, the Chinese Air Force has basically never lost, and there have been several instances of winning with less than more.

The American aviation magazine "AVIATION" commented in 1941: "Japanese pilots maintain the highest accident rate in the world regardless of military or civilian use. In the four years of the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Air Force could not even defeat the old and insignificant The combat capabilities of Chinese Air Force and Japanese Air Force pilots are obviously inferior to Chinese pilots..."