The 1st and 2nd flight squadrons were respectively equipped with 12 Type 97 carrier-based attack planes, and the 3rd Flight Squadron was equipped with 16 Type 96 carrier-based fighters, but three of the fighters broke down and could not take off.

Little Japan's thinking on army building is heavily inclined to the navy and despises the army very much, which can be seen from the model naming of the fighters, and the fact is that almost all aircraft are designed specifically for the navy, and the army fighters are either carrier-based attack aircraft directly used or modified on the basis of carrier-based aircraft.

Japan does not have fighter jets or attack aircraft developed specifically for land operations.

The Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft has a crew of three people, a combat radius of nearly 1,000 kilometers, and it is enough to support the Xuzhou battlefield when it takes off from Feicheng Airport, and its weapons mainly include an airborne machine gun, and it can hang an 800Kg heavy bomb, two 250Kg medium bombs, or six 60Kg light bombs under the belly.

The Type 96 carrier-based fighter is the predecessor of the Type Zero fighter, in addition to being slightly slower, on the whole it is an excellent fighter, at least it is more than enough to deal with the ****-3 type fighter equipped by the Chinese Air Force at that time, and in the air battle of Hangzhou and Wuhan, the Type 96 carrier-based fighter has all achieved an overwhelming victory.

In the early hours of this morning, after it was determined that Adachi had suffered misfortune, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, commander of the aviation regiment directly under the Central China Front, urgently ordered all the attack planes and fighters in Feicheng to be ready for launch, so from two o'clock in the morning, more than 80 pilots of the little devils have been guarding the plane, and and pee can only be solved in the cockpit.

Tokugawa Yoshitoshi's intention was that if there was still hope for the battle of Feicheng and the sight was good after dawn, the flying team stationed in Feicheng would urgently take to the air to assist in the bombing of the Dameishan Independent Regiment by the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, but if the defeat in the Battle of Feicheng was decided, the entire flying team would be urgently lifted into the air and return to Nanjing.

In any case, the 37 planes in the flying squadron must not be missed in the slightest, and Japan is a resource-poor country, and the cost of building such 37 attack planes and fighters is really expensive, and if one guy loses 37 combat planes, it will be a disaster for the Japanese army.

Tokugawa Yoshitoshi's idea was good, but after dawn, the entire central Anhui region was raining heavily, followed by heavy fog, and the visibility was even less than 50 meters.

But in the end, it was not good news, but bad news.

Knowing that the defeat in the Battle of Feicheng was decided, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi immediately ordered the entire flying squadron to return to Nanjing, and as for the three Type 96 carrier-based fighters that broke down at the Feicheng airfield because of a malfunction, two of them were blown up on the spot because of the serious damage and there was no possibility of repairing them in a short period of time, and the remaining lightly damaged plane was repaired with all its might.

Jiro Nakagawa was ordered to carry out emergency repairs to the Type 96 carrier-based fighter, which was relatively lightly damaged.

Nakagawa Jiro is not only a qualified pilot, but also a very good mechanic, he took two ground crews to disassemble the engine of the Type 96 carrier-based fighter, and also found the fault in the shortest possible time, however, just when Nakagawa Jiro was racing against time to troubleshoot, trouble came.

The sudden sound of gunfire shattered the silence of the entire airport.

No need to look up, Nakagawa Jiro knows that it must be China, the army has killed, it seems that the Chinese are not stupid, they know that they ran to the airport to try their luck at the first time, in case they can capture a few planes, they will make a lot of money, but as long as he is there, the Chinese's attempt will not succeed, this Type 96 fighter will definitely not be left to the Chinese!

"Quick, quick, drip!" While twisting the wrench at a rapid pace, Jiro Nakagawa instructed the ground crew, "Quickly push the fuel over, fill the fighter with fuel, hurry, hurry!" ”

"Sir, the plane isn't ready yet." A ground crew said stunned.

"Baga, the plane will be fine soon, but it won't be too late to refill the fuel when I fix it!" Nakagawa yelled, "You two fools, hurry up and push the fuel over." ”

The two ground crews hurriedly ran away.

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Over there, Xu Rui had already led the cavalry battalion and the wolf tooth squad to rush over.

Xu Rui saw the fighter plane parked outside the hangar at a glance through the binocular, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and snort, and then said proudly: "Veteran, what am I talking about?" ”

Leng Tiefeng poured a basin of cold water on Xu Rui and said: "Old Xu, don't be too happy, according to intelligence, there are more than 30 planes at Feicheng Airport, but now there is only one left, it can be seen that there must be something wrong with this plane, and even if it is this faulty plane, once the situation is not right, the devil will definitely blow it up first." ”

"Old man, you crow's mouth, can't you say something nice?" Xu Rui cursed, then turned back to the cavalry battalion commander Tie Gang and said, "Gangzi, order the cavalry battalion to assault at full speed, at all costs, you must break through the outer defense line of the devil airfield in the shortest possible time, and carry this fighter for Lao Tzu, do you hear clearly?" ”

"Yes." Iron Steel replied as he galloped on his horse, "I hear you clearly. ”

Xu Rui then said loudly: "Repeat to me the order I just had?" ”

"Yes, repeat." Tie Gang opened his throat and shouted, "At all costs, we must break through the outer defense line of the devil airfield in the shortest possible time and intercept this damn plane for the regiment commander!" ”

"Go ahead!" Xu Rui waved his hand, then turned his head to Leng Tiefeng and said, "Veteran, the task of the cavalry battalion is to tear through the outer defense line of the devil's airfield in the shortest possible time and send your wolf tooth team in, and the task of your wolf tooth team is to intercept and keep this plane at all costs, understand?" ”

"Understood!" Leng Tiefeng nodded, then turned his head and shouted, "Wolf Tooth Squad, follow me!" ”

Seeing Leng Tiefeng gallop forward with several members of the Wolf Tooth Squad, Xu Rui reined in his horse's head and rushed to a small hill near the airport.

Feicheng Airport originally had a garrison of a brigade.

However, in order to reinforce the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, the Central China Front Headquarters transferred a full three and a half infantry squadrons from the Feicheng airfield, and now there is only one and a half squadrons left in the garrison of the airport, and what is worse is that the terrain near the airport is flat, so the cavalry battalion can open a wide frontal and charge.

Xu Rui said at all costs, and Tiegang really did it at all costs.

In normal times, the officers and men of the Tiegang and the cavalry battalion are very precious to the war horses, but now, the officers and soldiers of the Tiegang and the cavalry battalion are directly urging the war horses, and without hesitation, they crashed into the barbed wire fence outside the airport, and in an instant, the barbed wire around the airport was torn apart by the fast-charging war horses, but the cavalry battalion also paid a heavy price, at least a dozen war horses were seriously injured by the steel wire with barbs and fell to the ground.

The red rabbit under the iron steel crotch was also stretched out by the steel wire in the chest with a deep blood groove that could be seen in the bone, but this injury not only failed to make the red rabbit fall, but instead stimulated the wild nature of the red rabbit even more, I saw the red rabbit raise his head and let out a long hiss that was extremely loud, and the sprint speed that had reached the limit miraculously accelerated again!

Like a flash of red lightning, Chitu crossed the airport's outer defense line with iron and steel.

Tie Gang only had time to press down the saber in his hand, and the red rabbit had already stormed into the devil's defensive position, and the next moment, Tie Gang only felt a slight sinking in his hand, and saw that a head had risen into the sky, but it was the little devil's machine gunner, who was cut off his head with a knife, and the machine gun that was originally spitting out fire was stopped in an instant.

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Jiro Nakagawa has already repaired the Type 96 carrier-based fighter.

However, the ground crew of the airport did not send the fuel over for a long time, and after two minutes, seeing that the Chinese cavalry had broken through the barbed wire fence around the airport, the two ground crews finally pushed the fuel over, and then opened the fuel port of the fighter and began to fill the fighter with fuel, but the devil used manual pump oil, so the speed was a little slow.

Jiro Nakagawa didn't have time to change his flight suit, so he climbed into the cockpit directly in a mechanical suit.

As soon as he entered the cockpit, Nakagawa Jiro turned on all the instruments as fast as he could, and at the same time forcibly started the engine regardless of the danger of fire and explosion, maintaining an idle state, Nakagawa Jiro had to make sure that once the refueling was over, he could enter the runway and take off at the first time, because the Chinese cavalry over there had already rushed over.

Through the cockpit, Nakagawa could see that the Chinese cavalry was rapidly approaching this side.

I looked down at the fuel gauge again, but it only jumped half a bar, and it was still three and a half bars away from filling up!

After waiting for a while, almost three-quarters of a square, Nakagawa Jiro couldn't wait, and pushed the joystick violently, and the fighter engine roared suddenly, and then turned into the runway and began to slide.

After sliding for about twenty meters, the two devils couldn't keep up.

Leng Tiefeng took the wolf tooth team to chase behind the fighter, but found that the fighter had begun to accelerate, and the running speed of the war horse had begun to catch up with the plane.

In case the devil's pilot misses the plane, but hits the plane's fuel tank, then the fighter will immediately turn into a huge fireball, and Lao Xu's good wishes will come to naught.