Chapter 902 901 [Exploding the Japanese]

The Japanese invaders were arrogant, arrogant to the point of stupidity.

They looked down upon China's telegram deciphering technology, so most telegram codes were extremely simple. It even happens that after a telegram is sent, due to machine failure, the same content is sent in a different telegram. This is simply a big gift to the telegram decipherers.

In early 1939, the military commanders captured a Japanese spy. Yeardley originally wanted to use him to send wrong telegrams, but the military commanders killed the spy after being tortured to extract a confession. Yeardley bit the bullet and pretended to be a spy to send a telegram. However, due to fingering problems, he was discovered by the Japanese telegraph operator, which led the Japanese army to upgrade the telegram code.

Now that another spy has been caught, Yeardley will naturally not make the same mistake. He stood in front of the telegraph machine and forced the German Weber to send dozens of telegrams in succession. Of course, these telegrams were not sent, but he just used them to observe and imitate Weber's fingering.

In addition to telegrams, the Japanese army often beat Chinese troops to flight, and then launched a group fight-like pursuit. The Chinese army was disorganized and disorganized, while the Japanese army was disorganized in pursuit. If a fresh force were to ambush, the Japanese invaders would surely suffer heavy losses.

As for the Air Force, as Chinese aircraft are being beaten less and less, they have basically lost the ability to take the initiative to fight. As a result, the Japanese troops on all fronts rarely provided air defense warnings. Even if they did, the early warning personnel were lazy and slack.

To put it bluntly, the little devils don’t take the Chinese seriously.

This kind of arrogant and arrogant attitude must be paid for!

In mid-August, Kurishenko had just finished his reorganization training and took dozens of planes straight to Wuhan.

Historically, Kurishenko's first bombing mission was a Japanese military facility in Wuhan. But this time, thanks to the escort of fighter jets brought back by Zhou Hexuan, Kurishenko was bolder and directly identified the bombing target as the Japanese airport.

On the first day of the seventh lunar month, the night is dark and windy, and the stars are twinkling.

The Chinese Air Force fleet flew over Wuhan without encountering any obstruction, and the Japanese air defense siren did not sound. It wasn't until they were approaching the military airport that the Japanese army suddenly reacted and flew fighter jets into the air in a panic.

"Oh, this is a good target." Kurishenko laughed happily, because the Japanese airport had many lights on, for fear that the Chinese bombing force would not be able to see the target.

"Boom boom boom!"

Heavy bombs fell on the airport one after another, directly blowing up more than a dozen fighter jets preparing to take off.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!"

After a violent explosion, there was a series of explosions, but it was the Japanese ammunition depot that was hit, causing a series of explosions.

"boom!"

Flames shot into the sky, and it seemed that the Japanese army's gasoline depot had been bombed.

When the Chinese bombers were about to drop their bombs, three Japanese fighter jets finally took off. As a result, they were immediately attacked by a group of Chinese fighter jets responsible for escorting them.

In the original history, there were very few Chinese fighter jets left at this time, and Kurishenko could only lead a pure bomber group to perform missions without even a single escorting fighter jet. As a result, the six surviving Japanese fighter planes rushed into the Chinese bomber fleet and fought randomly. Kurishenko was unfortunately hit and made an emergency landing to save the plane on the way back.

But now, the three surviving Japanese fighter planes were shot down by the escorting Chinese fighter planes without even seeing Kurishenko's shadow.

The Japanese military airport has become a sea of ​​fire, with miserable screams constantly heard, and many Japanese soldiers are even running wildly with their bodies on fire, like walking human torches.

The Chinese Air Force returned triumphantly intact, leaving only the Japanese airport that was bombed into ruins. In this battle, a total of 168 Japanese aircraft were destroyed, 3 were shot down, 1 Japanese gasoline depot, 4 ammunition depots, 3 fire trucks, more than 40 cars were destroyed, and nearly a thousand enemy people were killed.

The entire Japanese airport in Wuhan was completely destroyed, and not a single aircraft was left. For at least four or five months, the Japanese army would not be able to bomb Chongqing again because they did not have enough aircraft.

Since the all-out war of resistance against Japan, not only China's aircraft have been exhausted, but the number of Japanese aircraft has also dropped sharply. At least one-third of the Japanese fighter planes that were bombed at Wuhan Airport were imported from Germany, and the Germans also made a lot of money selling equipment at both ends.

Now the Japanese army faces three choices. One is to transfer aircraft from other fronts to Wuhan, the other is to quickly import them from Germany, and the third is to wait for the aircraft to be built domestically before shipping them.

No matter which choice the Japanese army makes, the air pressure faced by China will be relieved.

Moreover, many of the nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers who were killed were aviation talents, which was more difficult to train than building airplanes.

Chang Kaishen received the news of the victory early in the morning and was so happy that he praised repeatedly: "Well done, well done! Prepare the commendation order immediately. I want to personally award medals to the Air Force athletes!"

Chiang Kai-shek was also fed up with the bombing. At most, he ran to the air-raid shelter three times a day, and his life was simply unbearable.

The "Central Daily News" made full-page headlines and frantically promoted Kurishenko's Soviet identity. They were all headlines such as "The Chinese Air Force achieved the greatest victory since the Anti-Japanese War."

"Extra number, extra number!"

"Air force athletes bombed the Japs airport, destroying more than 200 Japanese planes and killing more than 3,000 Japs!"

Newsboys ran excitedly waving newspapers, and people from shacks along the street quickly poured out. Those with spare money quickly dug into their wallets to buy newspapers, and then read the news aloud in front of countless people.

The results were obviously exaggerated, a common propaganda tactic.

This is not only the case for China, but also for Japan. It often expands its victories and reduces its losses.

"Long live China!"

"Long live the Air Force!"

"We will win the war!"

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The whole Chongqing is in a state of excitement. For the Chinese who have lived in Chongqing for a long time, what they hate the most is the Japanese plane. Being able to blow up the entire Japanese airport in Wuhan would even make Chongqing people happier than annihilating a Japanese division.

On the day when the Air Force athletes were awarded medals, Zhou Hexuan was also invited to watch the ceremony. After all, the plane he brought back was very powerful.

As his small steamer sailed briskly towards Guangyang Dam, Zhou Hexuan found many ordinary people standing on both sides of the strait. Some people simply brought gifts and rowed a boat to go to the air force base to work for the army, but they were ordered not to approach.

"It's Zhou Shenxian's ship!"

"Mr. Zhou, are you going to Guangyang Dam? Help us deliver gifts there!"

As a result, the Zhou family's small riverboat was loaded with vegetables and fruits, and even brought a few banners.

In order not to let the Soviet pilots stand out, the protagonist today is Mao Yingchu. This man has participated in all major air battles and has gained numerous military exploits. He has also served as the captain of the Fourth Battalion, and now he is the deputy commander of the Air Force's Fourth Theater Zone.

The most important thing is that Mao Yingchu was a native of Fenghua, Zhejiang Province - a fellow villager of Chang Kaishen!

Mao Yingchu was responsible for formulating the combat plan for this air raid on the Japanese airport in Wuhan and personally led a group of fighter jets to escort it. It is not too outrageous that he was regarded as the focus of propaganda.

Who said Kurishenko was a Soviet?

In addition to the pilots from the Fourth Theater Command of the Mao Ying Primary Air Force, some pilots from the Third Theater Command and the Second Theater Command received awards. Some of them were injured and came to Chongqing to recuperate, and some were reorganized in Chengdu and had not yet left. This time, they were summoned by Chiang Kai-shek to issue commendation orders, because this could minimize Kurishenko's contribution.

Among them, Chen Ruidian of the Second Theater Command of the Air Force is the most legendary. This handsome guy is an American mixed-race overseas Chinese whose mother is Peruvian.

After the September 18th Incident broke out, Chen Ruidian returned to China with 13 overseas Chinese in the United States, including a young woman. They first arrived in Shanghai by boat, but were rejected by the Central Army of the Kuomintang and had to join the air force of the warlord Chen Jitang.

So far, Chen Ruidian has shot down 6 enemy planes and assisted his wingman in shooting down 3 enemy planes. His plane was shot down three times, and he bailed out each time. The most thrilling time was when Chen Ruidian's plane was hit. He actually flew the plane to crash the enemy plane, and he successfully parachuted out when the plane lost one wing.

If history is correct, Chen Ruitian will cover Soviet pilots in the bombing mission at Kunlun Pass by the end of this year. During the hour-long air battle, Chen Ruidian's fuel tank was hit and caught fire, and his whole body was also on fire. But Chen Ruidian did not panic. He always kept a clear head and used the high-speed airflow to blow out the flames on his body. He did not open his parachute until he was about to land. Although his face and body were still extensively burned, he managed to save his life.

Since that injury, Chen Ruidian can no longer participate in combat missions.

Later, when the United States entered the war, Chen Ruidian was regarded as a propaganda model and was hailed as the "Chinese War Eagle" by the American media. His story was also compiled into an American extracurricular book and published in 1946. It was adapted into a comic and released in 1946. He is known as "the first American World War II fighter" Air Combat Hero".