Robert recognized the air situation and did not entangle with the three Japanese carrier-based fighters, but took advantage of the climb to a certain altitude and suddenly dived and pounced on the carrier-based attack aircraft to attack.

He shouted fearlessly: "I must shoot down the Japanese fighter plane today, and create a record for me to shoot down the first Japanese fighter plane when I came to this country, hahaha." ”

Robert piloted the Boeing 218 fighter jet, and at the moment of climbing past the Japanese attack plane, he fired a burst of fire, and immediately climbed again.

The Boeing XP925A took advantage of its lightweight fuselage, and after climbing and circling, it suddenly bit the tail of the plane of Captain Susumu Kotani, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army's six fighter formations, and attacked from behind and above by using the height and angle.

The Japanese Type 13 carrier-based attack aircraft belongs to the open cockpit series arrangement, starting from the pilot in the nose, followed by the bomber, that is, the seat of Captain Otani Shin, and the machine gun shooter, and this kind of carrier-based machine gun can only shoot at the rear, and there is great inflexibility.

Sasaki clung to the Boeing 218 fighter piloted by Robert, and suddenly opened fire on Robert at a distance of 400 meters, and the other two carrier-based attack planes quickly followed up and launched a siege on the Boeing 218 at the same time.

Robert was bitten by three carrier-based attack planes at the same time, but the arrogant Robert did not show any nervousness, skillfully piloted the fighters, and asked himself to keep the closest distance to start the attack, at this time his fire always bit the plane of Captain Kotani Sususu, and did not stop shooting until it was 20 meters away from the Japanese commander's long plane.

The two planes were at a dangerous distance in the air, and seeing that they were about to collide with the enemy plane, Robert swept under the plane of Captain Kotani Shin at this critical moment, preparing to give up entanglement with the Japanese fighter plane and return home immediately. But his fighter plane was also hit in multiple places at the same time, and white smoke came out of the fuel tank after being shot.

Wang Feng, who was lying on the roof of the train car and had been watching the battle of fighters in the air, found that the Boeing 218 fighter plane piloted by Robert was emitting white smoke, not only clenched his fists and clammed the carriage and cried: "Robert, my friend, you leave quickly, don't entangle anymore, otherwise you will die." ”

And Robert also realized this, and passed under the plane with Captain Kotani Susumu to flee the scene, when two Type 3 carrier-based fighters, Ikuta Nogiji and Takeo Kazuo, suddenly attacked from the rear.

The two Japanese carrier-based fighters concentrated all their firepower and hit the cockpit of the Robert Boeing 218 fighter, and the Boeing 218 fighter leaned to the right in the flames and crashed into the Dushu Lake near Gaodian Town, Chefang Township, Wu County, Suzhou City.

Robert, a foreign pilot, sacrificed his precious life for the Sino-Japanese War in China at the age of 27.

Wang Feng turned his head and saw the Boeing 218 fighter piloted by Robert, dragging the thick fireworks, falling quickly to the ground, as the train kept moving forward, Wang Feng felt farther and farther away from Robert, but he could still see the heroic fighter in the distance, which was falling down at the fastest speed.

He looked up to the sky and cried: "Robert Short, you are my Wang Feng's eternal friend, if I am still alive, I will definitely escort your remains to your hometown, even if I will guard your tomb and sweep the tomb for you all my life, I will have no other memory, because it was you who saved me and everyone on this train again with your life, you are great." ”

The train continued to move forward, throwing the sky behind the air battle farther and farther away, but Wang Feng was still immersed in grief.

After Gu Ming, Luo Gang, and Dong Zhen knew the truth, they persuaded with tears in their eyes: "Boss, you often tell us that 'if you have to struggle, there will be sacrifices', but this is war, and dead people will happen often.

Robert gave his life for us and for our country's war of resistance, but we saw with our own eyes that so many brothers around us fell under the enemy's artillery guns, and we had to continue to fight with the little devils on the battlefield in order to have fewer deaths. Don't grieve anymore, we feel bad in our hearts, woo woo. ”

The people in the carriage didn't know that these five people were still vicious and wanted to kill people just now, how the danger had passed, they should be happy, why did they cry?

An old man walked up to him, patted Wang Feng on the shoulder and asked, "Young man, you were so powerful and majestic just now, but why are you all crying now that you are safe?" ”

Feng Zhiyuan knew that Wang Feng was sad and didn't want to say anything, so he stood up and pulled the uncle and said: "Uncle, just now a foreign friend of our boss was driving a fighter plane and fighting with six Japanese fighters in the air, just to entangle the Japanese fighters and not be able to continue to bomb our train, and now we survived, but our boss's friend was shot down by the Japanese fighters, and he died, woo woo." ”

The uncle shook his head and said with tears in his eyes: "Your boss, this foreign friend, died a heroic death, we will never forget him, if I return, I will definitely find his remains and bury him in a sunny place, so that he can rest in peace." ”

Robert's heroic sacrifice is the first foreign pilot to sacrifice his life in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War, and his performance in the air reflects the real cowboy bold style, and there is a chivalrous spirit.

His sacrifice alarmed the high-level of the national government and inspired the anti-Japanese soldiers at the front. In order to commemorate this anti-Japanese hero and to commend Robert Short's heroic dedication to resisting the Japanese invasion, the government posthumously awarded him the title of captain of the Air Force and decided to hold a public funeral for him.

On April 19, Robert's mother, Elizabeth, and Edward's younger brother, were invited by the government to attend the funeral in Shanghai.

On April 24, all walks of life in Shanghai held a grand memorial meeting and public memorial ceremony for Robert. On this day, all walks of life in Shanghai lowered their flags at half-mast to mourn Robert, and more than 500,000 people spontaneously took to the streets to see off this friend with grief.

In the same year, the people of Wu County, who fought fiercely with the Japanese army in the air, raised funds to set up a 'Monument to Captain Short of the United States' in Suzhou Park in order to commemorate the foreign pilot who sacrificed his life for the anti-Japanese war, in order to show that the Chinese people will never forget this anti-Japanese hero.

This is what happened later, which shows that we have not forgotten this great foreign anti-Japanese hero, and it is a kind of respect, comfort and remembrance of his heroic sacrifice.

The train was still more than 30 kilometers away from Shanghai, and suddenly there was a fierce gunfire in front of him, and Wang Feng immediately realized that it was very likely to be intercepted by the Japanese ground forces.

In order to understand what was happening in front of him, Wang Feng said to Luo Gang: "The three of you stay, Feng Zhiyuan will go with me." ”

The two men took bullets and guns, climbed to the roof of the carriage, and on the slowly moving train carriage, they quickly ran forward, their eyes swept forward and left and right from time to time, and once they found the enemy, they would immediately lie down and prepare for battle.

This passenger-freight mixed train, which was still more than 30 kilometers away from Shanghai Zhenru, was discovered by a Japanese army team entrenched here, and immediately reported to the commander of the Fujiwara Wing of the Ninth Division.

Fujiwara Hiroshi and the wing leader ordered the destruction of the train, the elimination of all the Shina people on board, and the intercepted supplies were immediately delivered to the wing.

Inoue Murabayashi, the leader of the Japanese squad stationed in Wujia Town, immediately led the Japanese squad to quickly set up an ambush on both sides of the railway, and when the train was still 300 meters away from the ambush position, Captain Inoue Murabayashi ordered to shoot and force the train to stop.

When the train driver heard a sudden burst of gunfire in front of him, he nervously slowed down and slid forward, but the huge inertia could not be stopped for a while.

Wang Feng found that dozens of Japanese soldiers with guns stood up on both sides of the railway in front of him, shouting loudly at the coming train, and said nervously to Feng Zhiyuan: "You now find the commander who took the stuffy tank car, I don't know which unit to reinforce the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, and ordered them to get off the train quickly and run in the direction of the locomotive." ”

"Boss, they are not troops of the 19th Route Army, I will order them, can they listen to me?" Feng Zhiyuan asked timidly in his heart.