Chapter 0460: Warrior in the Air

Chongqing Luojiawan No. 19 Garden Mansion, the confidential room of the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau and Dai Li's office are located here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the afternoon of April 28, Dai Li was sitting in his office looking through a document.

"Report to Chief Dai, the sea snake from Shanghai is calling." The confidential secretary took a telegram and hurried to Dai Li's office.

"Oh? Read! Dai Li dropped the document in his hand, raised his head, glanced at the confidential secretary, and ordered.

"After intercepting the secret telegram of the Japanese army, the Second Fleet of the Japanese Navy plans to send 45 Type 96 carrier-based planes tomorrow to bomb our Hanyang Arsenal and our air base." The confidential secretary read the message aloud.

"Immediately give the Air Force and Wuhan a negative power generation, prepare for response, and resolutely annihilate the invading Japanese planes!" Dai Lisa stood up from his seat and gave orders to the confidential secretary.

"Yes!" The confidential secretary agreed, and stood still.

"Is there anything else?" Dai Li asked.

"Report to Sir Dai, there's another telegram here." The confidential secretary handed another telegram to Dai Li.

Dai Li glanced at the message: "Intercepted the telegram sent by the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong to Tokyo, the content is that Zhou Fohai has taken the bait, Wang Jingwei is wandering, and it is necessary to increase the input of bait." ”

This telegram Feng Chen only sent to Dai Li as it was, he didn't add a personal opinion at all, what he wanted to do was to convey this information to Dai Li.

As early as 1936, when Feng Chen was studying in Japan, Imai Takeo was secretly implementing this plan, and Feng Chen also went to the hospital to visit Wang Jingwei at that time.

After reading the telegram, Dai Li walked back and forth in the office, thinking about how to deal with it.

Reporting to the Principal now?

No, there is not sufficient evidence, the principal asked, how should he respond?

If you don't report it, what if Wang Jingwei and Zhou Fohai run away?

Dai Lisa was caught in a dilemma.

"Record!"

After thinking for a while, Dai Li pointed to the confidential secretary.

"The telegram ordered the Shanghai Intelligence Group Sea Snake to pay close attention to the movements of Gao Zongwu and Zhou Fohai in the near future, and pay close attention to the progress of the Japanese fishing plan!"

After the confidential secretary finished recording, he was about to turn around and leave and go to the confidential room, when Dai Li stretched out his right hand, pressed it downward, and said slowly: "Don't worry, continue to record." ”

The confidential secretary stood still, flipped through the folder again, and waited for Dai Li's order.

"Sea Snake, what happened to the killing of Yoshino, the deputy commander of the Japanese military police in Shanghai? How is the rescue of Lu Mengxiong and the three progressing? Flash Headquarters. In addition, the headquarters has transferred Wang Xinheng to Hong Kong to take charge, Wang Tianmu will arrive in Shanghai in the near future to take over Wang Xinheng's work, and I hope that your group will do a good job and cooperate closely. ”

After speaking, Dai Lian waved his hand and said, "Send it out." ”

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The command of the Chinese Air Force, after receiving a telegram from the Military Command Bureau, immediately made preparations, and 67 planes secretly assembled at the airfield near Wuhan and stood by.

At the same time, the anti-aircraft artillery units living in Hanyang also entered a state of special combat readiness.

At about 2:30 p.m. on April 29, the 13th Air Force of the Second Fleet of the Japanese Navy dispatched 18 bombers, commanded by Tanamachi Shosa, and flew over Wuhan under the cover of 27 Type 96 carrier-based aircraft.

The Air Force of the China Transit Air Force, which had already received the information in advance, made arrangements in advance and was ready to meet the battle.

Before the arrival of the day's aircraft, 28 fighters of the third, fourth, and fifth brigades and 17th teams of the Chinese Air Force, including 19 of the I-15 and 9 of the I-16, plus 39 fighters of the Soviet Volunteer Air Force, of which 23 were I-15 and 16 were I-16 took off ahead of schedule.

The Chinese Air Force plans to use IL-15 fighters to patrol at an altitude of 5,500 meters northeast of Wuhan to lure enemy fighters to break away from the bomber formation and engage in battle, while IL-16 fighters will be responsible for defending the urban area of Wuhan at an altitude of 5,000 meters, focusing on attacking enemy bomber formations.

As soon as the Japanese airplane group entered the skies over Wuhan, nine I-15 fighters of the Fourth Group of the Chinese Air Force were the first to meet them.

At this time, the ratio of the number of enemy aircraft to ours was four biyi.

The air warriors of the 4th Brigade, fearless of a strong enemy, bravely broke into the enemy formation and engaged in "hand-to-hand" combat with the enemy's fighters.

Less than five minutes after the start of the war, Chen Huaimin, a second lieutenant pilot of our Air Force, first bit a Japanese plane.

"Da, da, da......"

A ruthless tongue of fire licked from Chen Huaimin's fighter plane to the enemy plane.

In an instant, the enemy plane caught fire and spun and fell to the ground, leaving a long puff of smoke in the air.

This was the third Japanese plane shot down and heavily damaged by Second Lieutenant Chen Huaimin.

As early as half a year ago, when the Japanese army dispatched more than 300 planes to attack the capital Nanjing, Chen Huaimin piloted the No. 2405 "Hawk" plane and fought hard with his comrades-in-arms against the enemy planes, resulting in shooting down one enemy plane and damaging four of them.

At that time, Chen Huaimin's fighter plane was surrounded by four Japanese planes, but he still fought bravely to kill, and finally because the fuel tank was hit by the Japanese plane and caught fire, he was forced to land on the Yangtze River, and Chen Huaimin broke his nose.

After Chen Huaimin recovered from his injury, his mother said to him: "Huaimin, killing the enemy to serve the country, there is no glory, my mother will not pull your hind legs, but I have a wish, for the sake of our Chen family, you should marry your girlfriend first." ”

"I'm fighting, and if I get married, it will increase my psychological burden, so let's talk about this later."

Chen Huaimin disobeyed his mother's wish and flew back to the blue sky.

On February 18 this year, the Japanese plane attacked Wuhan, Chen Huaimin flew from Xiaogan to Wuhan with the captain Lu Jichun, and the plane was hit by the Japanese plane, and as a last resort, Chen Huaimin parachuted and was wounded in the leg.

On April 10, Chen Huaimin flew a plane to Taierzhuang for low-altitude reconnaissance, and encountered a Japanese plane on the way back.

escaped death several times, not only did not make Chen Huaimin timid, but exercised his stubborn character even more.

In this battle, after opening the record, Chen Huaimin flicked the nose of the plane and stared at another Japanese plane.

However, Chen Huaimin's outstanding combat maneuvers attracted the attention of the enemy, and the five Japanese planes pounced like crazy and fired fiercely at Chen Huaimin.

Chen Huaimin's fighter plane was shot in many places and was difficult to maneuver.

At this critical moment, Chen Huaimin could have parachuted again to survive, but when he saw the Japanese plane's recklessness, he couldn't help but be furious, and resolutely gave up the chance to survive, drove at full speed, and crashed into the back of a nearby Japanese plane at high speed.

"Boom!"

I heard a loud bang, and the two fire dragons, dragging black smoke, tumbled and fell to the ground.

Chen Huaimin's heroic feat made the Japanese pilots frightened, the Chinese soldiers and civilians watching the battle on the ground moved, and the comrades-in-arms who were still fighting fiercely in the air were proud!

Inspired by Chen Huaimin's heroic feats, the brave men of the Chinese and Soviet air forces became more and more courageous, and after 30 minutes of fierce fighting, they shot down 21 Japanese planes in one fell swoop, including 11 fighters and 10 bombers, and won the most brilliant victory since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

After the end of the air battle, the three towns of Wuhan were suddenly immersed in a heat wave of congratulations, and people flocked to Wangjiadun Airport to warmly express their condolences to the flying generals who had returned triumphantly.

General Feng Yuxiang, a patriotic general, was moved by Chen Huaimin's feat and wrote a poem to commemorate the "4.29" air battle and remember the martyrs. ”

After the end of the air battle, when our personnel were cleaning up the wreckage of the Japanese plane that was knocked down by Chen Huaimin, they found a photo of the pilot, a second-class air sergeant of the Japanese Navy, Mieko, the wife of Kenichi Takahashi, and a letter written by Mieko to her husband, who missed her day and night.

In the letter, Mieko's language is full of desolation, loneliness, and affection for her husband.

Chen Huaimin's sister Chen Nan, after reading the letter of Perfect Keiko, was full of thoughts, and immediately wrote a "Letter to Ms. Mikeiko".

In the letter, Chen Nan angrily accused the Japanese militarists of the heinous crimes committed by the war of aggression against China, and expressed his concern for Mieko.

Chen Nan's letter, written with blood and tears, touched the heartstrings of hundreds of millions of people.

Various newspapers in Wuhan have been published one after another, and have been translated into many languages by radio and broadcast to the world.

Hong Kong's Reader's Digest published the letters of Mieko and Chen Nan together, and introduced them to correspond with each other and establish contacts.

This incident caused a sensation all over the world, formed a strong anti-fascist public opinion, and caused great panic among the Japanese military.