Zhang Yimin turned back to his soldiers and said, "This is the hope for the future of our Air Force, Commander Han Xing, the commander in the Xuzhou Air Battle—"

Without Zhang Yimin to speak again, these young air force soldiers cheered at once, crowded around Han Xing, jumped and jumped, and tightly formed a circle, watching and admiring. Some of them stretched out their hands and warmly shook hands with them, and some took the opportunity to pull a handful of Hanhang and share their feelings of happiness.

Frightened, Zhang Xiaosan suddenly became nervous, leaned tightly on Han Xing's body, and beckoned a few guards, "Alert-alert-"

Han Xing said to him: "What are you still wary of, they are all your own people, don't you see, they don't even have weapons." ”

These air force officers and soldiers had seen and admired Han Xing enough, and Zhang Yimin hurriedly said to his officers and soldiers: "Everyone hurry up and get out of the way, the distinguished guests are here, and you can't let the chief stand outside!" ”

Only then did the air soldiers dodge a path and let Han Xing's group into the house.

The dormitory of the Air Force is also quite simple, except for rows of single beds, and then there are rows of broken cabinets on the base of the wall, in which some miscellaneous items of officers and soldiers are placed. These beds, that is, some frames made of broken wood, and the roof is about to leak, and you can see the rotten reed foil, broken rafters and black purlins on them.

Because they are all soldiers, the beds are still quite tidy, Zhang Yimin hurriedly let Han Xing go to a soldier's bed, and this place has become a chair for entertaining distinguished guests.

Han Xing asked Zhang Yimin: "Your planes have been hidden for many days, right?" ”

"Yes," Zhang Yimin said, "We also want to fight in the air, but the above does not allow it, and we must use this little aircraft of the Republic of China Air Force when it is most needed." You are finally here, and we are happy to see you fighting devil planes! ”

Han Xing asked, "How many fighters do you still have?" ”

Zhang Yimin replied: "In our squadron, there are still four Yi-15 fighters and four Yi-16 fighters left. We are not the same as the little devils, they have aircraft production plants, and the loss of one can replace one. We don't, and if we lose one, we lose one. ”

Han Xing said: "In the past, you fought with devils, how did you win or lose? ”

Zhang Yimin said: "We are fighting with the devil's air force, and I think we can always have the upper hand." It's just that we have few planes, so we can't fight with them, and we can only use them when they need it most. ”

Han Xing poured cold water on Zhang Yimin and said: "But from now on, the air force of the Republic of China will no longer have the upper hand." ”

"Why?" Zhang Yimin asked in surprise.

Han Xing said calmly: "In the past, you fought with the Japanese army with Type 95 and Type 96 fighters, and these fighters had similar performance to the Soviet Union's Yi-15 and Yi-16 fighters, so they can still show the tactical literacy and fighting spirit of both sides, and our Chinese Air Force can still have the upper hand."

But now that the Japanese Zero aircraft have entered the battlefield, our I-15 and I-16 are greatly outdated, so we can't fight them at all. ”

Hearing this important news, Zhang Yimin was even more surprised and asked: "Does our Air Force know about this news?" ”

Han Xing said: "I'm afraid I don't know yet, because I don't have any combat experience in actual combat." Only when there is actual combat and a report on actual combat can the Chinese Air Force authorities be awakened to the greatest extent. ”

Zhang Yimin shook his head a little disbelievingly: "Commander Han, I don't understand this." Where is their air force, can you tell me a few points. ”

Han Xing nodded and said, "Okay then! The Zero aircraft is a big advantage, that is, it has a small turning radius, fast speed, long range, and strong firepower. You are the Air Force, you know this, whoever is fast has the advantage. The maximum speed of the Yi-15 fighter is 350 km/h, the fastest speed of the Yi-16 fighter is 470 km/h, and the fastest speed of the Japanese Zero is 533.4 km/h.

It is also noted that in addition to the original two 7.7 mm machine guns, the Zero is armed with two 20 mm cannons. If it's a machine gun, if you hit 10 or 20 rounds on the plane, you might be fine, but if you put some small holes in it, if a shell hits the plane, it might explode. ”

When Zhang Yimin heard these words, he was a little speechless, and he didn't speak for a long time, he had already realized the seriousness of the problem. Of course, his soldiers also heard it, and they all frowned, looking into Zhang Yimin's eyes.

It took a long time for Zhang Yimin to say to Han Xing: "Commander Han, according to what you say, our Republic of China Air Force not only has a small number of aircraft, but also has serious problems in performance and quality. Does it mean that the original Republic of China Air Force still had hope, but now there is no hope at all? ”

"Nor is that the case," Han Xing said to him, "there is no problem for our air force of the Southern Expeditionary Army to deal with the Zero planes of small Japan." However, the main force of the Air Force is you, and only after the Yi-15 and Yi-16 fighters engage the Japanese Zero planes, where they are weak and where they are defeated, can they be revealed. A written combat report was written and reported to the relevant departments at a higher level. Then, according to these characteristics, we can design an aircraft that is better than the Japanese Zero, so as to defeat the Japanese army. ”

Zhang Yimin nodded and said: "I understand, there is a kind of person called a martyr, that is, he uses his own sacrifice to obtain all kinds of actual data of the Zero aircraft. to design a better aircraft for the later design bureau in order to defeat the Zero aircraft. ”

Han Xing nodded and said, "That's it." ”

Zhang Yimin stopped talking and fell into a deep silence.

Han Xing saw that the time was not too early, and said to them: "If you are delayed, we will leave, let's talk another day!" ”

Zhang Yimin was still a little reluctant to give up on Han Xing: "Commander Han, thank you for bringing us so much knowledge. Otherwise, we are still in the dark, and we are still arrogant! We can't imagine that in the past few days, without air combat and training, the world has changed so much. ”

Han Xing had no choice but to say: "I don't blame you, it's really a lack of information and backward communication tools." Well, there will be a date later. ”

After Han Xing returned to his headquarters, it was not too early, so he hurried to sleep, because when it was dawn, he estimated that there would be a big battle. The Japanese army will not rest on its laurels, and so many Chinese air forces and Chinese fighters have come to Nanyang Airport at once, and the Japanese spies will not be unaware.

Han Xing fell asleep tiredly.

How long is the night before dawn? Sometimes it's as short as the time between opening and closing your eyes, and then a new sun rises again. Sometimes it's long enough to make people reminisce about everything in their hearts, but they still can't wait for the light of day to bloom.

In this dark night before dawn, the wind plays music for itself, the insects sing for themselves, and the moonlight sets up lights for themselves, everything seems so quiet.

The dawn that has just been born is like a tender red baby, and the rising sun trembles three times in this thick splash.

The sun that had just gotten up was full of energy, and the red light was overflowing, illuminating the whole world brightly.

The red and tender dawn has not yet shone on the great plains of Nanyang, but it has already dyed the large plains above us with yellow and clear colors, and the green plants that grow on the great plains will scatter a gust of silver rain on them as long as a breeze blows.

The smell of dew on the airport was damp, the shadows of the trees gradually faded, the stars gradually decreased, the sky gradually rose, the wheat in the fields sang in the wind, the bean pods swayed in the breeze, and the fragrance of vegetables and rice began to waft.

Dawn, like a sharp sword, splits the silent night and ushers in the rising sun.

The dawn of dawn lifts the light veil of night, spits out the brilliant morning light, and ushers in a new day.

Zhang Xiaosan didn't wake up Han Xing, the chief was too tired and wanted to ask Han Xing to sleep for another hour.

However, an emergency air raid siren woke up Han Xing and all the people on the airfield. Han Xing quickly put on his clothes and immediately ran to the courtyard to look at the sky.

More than a dozen Japanese planes have already appeared in the sky. By the time they landed at Nanyang Airport, Xu Da and Zhang Fei had already begun to arrange Nanyang's air defense, otherwise, the situation would be unimaginable.

This time the raid on Nanyang was the 3rd Flying Regiment of the Japanese Air Force, the first squadron leader and the second squadron leader of the Lingmu squadron, who led a group of 12 fighters composed of zero fighters to personally raid Nanyang Airport.

The aviation force of the 11th Army is very strong, and they are mainly composed of the 3rd Flying Regiment and the 2nd Combined Air Force of the Navy, and there will be more than 130 fighters of various types, which can be said to occupy air superiority.

The Zero was the main fighter of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. When the Zero fighter was officially adopted by the Japanese Navy in 1940 (Showa 15), the year happened to be the year 2600 of the Japanese Imperial Chronicle, and the last two numbers happened to be "00", so it was called the Zero Fighter, and the official name was "Zero Carrier-based Fighter", referred to as the Zero.

In the early days of the war, the Japanese people did not know the correct name of the aircraft. Newspapers, radio, etc., when announcing the results of the battle, only declared that they were "cutting-edge fighters of the army and navy."

The creator of the Zero is the famous designer of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan, Jiro Horikoshi, who graduated from the Department of Aviation Industry of Tokyo Imperial University in 1927, and studied at the Junkers Company in Germany and the Curtis Company in the United States.

The Zero fighter is faster and more climbable than the enemy's high-speed aircraft, which can intercept the enemy; And the maneuverability can be compared with any enemy fighter.

In terms of armament, it is equipped with two 20mm guns. If only one machine gun is installed, two additional 7.7mm machine guns must be installed. It carries 60 rounds of ammunition for one 20mm cannon and 300 rounds for one 7.7mm machine gun.

It has a communication capacity of 300 nautical miles by telegraph and 30 nautical miles by radio. The flight time can be more than 6 hours when using the auxiliary fuel tank. If necessary, it can carry 2 30-kg bombs.