After checking his pistol one last time, Du Changfeng tied it to his left thigh.

Unlike the Army, the pilots of the Flying Group were dismissive of the thick and clumsy M1911A1 pistol, and these proud men thought that only the rude GIs of the Army would like the powerful but heavy pistol, and these arrogant pilots were dismissive of the Browning pistol, but they had a soft spot for the Luger pistol, believing that only this kind of strange but aristocratic smell was the real pistol.

As two green signal flares crossed the sky, a series of sky-blue "shrew" fighters also took off, and after these fighters that looked like wild cats took off one after another, the sky soon gathered a squadron of fighters, looking at the fighters flying into the distance, the ground staff on the ground were secretly praying for them, hoping that these comrades-in-arms could return safely.

With the graduation of the second batch of flight cadets, the current flight group has not only regained its strength again, but also expanded the combat squadron from two to five, and the dive bomber squadron has also increased to two squadrons, plus two transport aircraft squadrons and one long-range bomber squadron, and now the Third Army has more than 330 aircraft, and its strength is even stronger than that of the Republic of China Air Force. For this powerful air-heavy force, Chongqing has long coveted it, but because of the tough attitude in Su Jin's hands, those people can only drool.

This powerful air force not only attracted the greedy eyes of Chongqing, but also made the surrounding Japanese troops deeply jealous. When the Japanese base camp saw the Third Army as a real opponent, they quickly adjusted their strategy, and they constantly sent planes from Jiangsu and Fujian to bomb Hangzhou. The pilots of the flight group were naturally not to be outdone, and soon made a-for-tat counterattack, and with the "shrew" fighters in service, the pilots also gave rave reviews to this enlarged version of the Wildcat fighter. From February to April of the 29th year of the Republic of China, in just three months, it shot down nearly 100 Japanese planes, and its loss was less than five, which also made the name of the "shrew" fighter resounded throughout the southeastern region.

More than 20 minutes later, Du Changfeng led 30 "shrew" fighters to fly over Taizhou, and found that more than 10 Japanese Type 97 attack planes were constantly flying up and down the port, and around the harbor, antiaircraft guns were constantly pouring tongues of fire into the sky, forming a barrage of bullets, forcing the Japanese planes to fly upwards to avoid the shells of the antiaircraft guns. As soon as a Type 97 attack plane rushed down and dropped an aerial bomb on the harbor at a height of less than 30 meters above the ground, and just as it was about to pull it up, an artillery shell exploded next to it, and puffs of black smoke immediately enveloped it.

The plane miraculously did not crash immediately but struggled to fly upside down, and the whole plane began to make goosebump-like sounds like saws on things, and the plane flew lower and lower, until it flew nearly 100 meters along the dock of the port, and then began to land on its tail, and there was an antiaircraft artillery position where it flew, and the gunners who were operating the antiaircraft guns saw a plane rushing towards them, and they were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat. Soon the fuselage of this Type 97 attack plane hit the ground, and the plane, which was still flying on the ground, fell down like a runaway piece of lead, and the originally seemingly majestic fighter plane immediately turned into a burning aluminum sheet in the violent explosion, and the originally gray dock was shrouded in a thick black smoke.

This was the scene that Du Changfeng saw when they arrived, and suddenly a hurried voice sounded in the ears of the pilots of the flight squadron.

"I found the Japanese machine at one o'clock!"

The call of Du Changfeng, the captain of the ground team, was heard in his ears, and Ma Kaihang, who was in charge of the covering task, hurriedly adjusted his course and flew in the direction where the enemy plane appeared, and when he flew near the enemy plane, the air battle had already begun.

"Be careful, everyone, there are Japanese Zero fighters among these enemy planes!" Soon, Du Changfeng's angry voice sounded in everyone's ears.

For four months, all the pilots of the flight group have conducted targeted training according to the characteristics of the Zero fighter described by Su Jin, but since that time, they have never seen the Japanese Zero fighter, as if they have never appeared in this world, as if the last defeat was like a nightmare, which also made Du Changfeng a little insomnia for a long time.

But this time, the Japanese Zero fighter finally appeared again, which made Ma Kaihang, who had long heard of the name of the Zero fighter, start to get nervous, and his palms with leather holsters were oozing sweat.

At this time, the 32 Japanese Zero fighters in the air were already fighting with the 12 "shrew" fighters that arrived first. In addition to their numerical superiority, the Japanese fighters were also extremely ferocious, and they constantly took advantage of the superiority of the Zero fighters to fly up and down and attack the twelve "shrew" fighters.

"Brothers...... Kill it! ”

Du Changfeng roared loudly and drove the fighter towards the Japanese plane, and Ma Kaihang's wingman also followed closely behind Du Changfeng, and at this time he suddenly saw a Zero fighter quietly approaching his rear from Du Changfeng's rear.

"Wildcat 18...... 7 o'clock in the rear, 96-style one! ”

Almost under Ma Kaihang's reminder, Du Changfeng, who was piloting the "Vixen" fighter, pushed the throttle valve, and with a neat climb-dive, coupled with a neat tumbling action, he successfully rushed the Type 96 fighter that was originally chasing him in front of him.

"Okay, fire!"

The six Browning machine guns on the wings rang out at the same time, and the Type 96 fighter that had not yet reflected was hit by a volley explosion in an instant, and almost at the beginning, more than a dozen armor-piercing incendiary bombs hit its fuselage, and the Japanese fighter fuselage quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Good!"

Ma Kaihang roared happily, but he just looked at his long plane, but he didn't realize that there was a Zero coming towards him behind him, the fire in the nose flashed, two 7.7mm machine guns and a 20mm cannon fired at the same time, and then Ma Kaihang heard a sound of knocking on a metal cloak in his ears.

"Damn, I got shot!"

In less than a few seconds, Ma Kaihang seemed to have fallen from heaven to resist, and he shouted in despair. (To be continued.) )