The Japanese army invading China was very arrogant, arrogant to the point of stupidity.

They looked down on China's telegraph-deciphering technology, so most of the telegram codes were extremely simple. There are even cases where after sending a telegram, due to a machine failure, the same content is sent in different codes, which is simply a great gift to the telegraph decipherers.

At the beginning of 1939, the military commander caught a Japanese spy, and Yardley originally wanted to use him to send the wrong telegram, but the military commander tortured him to extract a confession and killed the spy. Yardley sent a telegram pretending to be a spy, but due to a fingering problem, he was discovered by the Japanese telegraph operator, which led to the Japanese army upgrading the telegram code.

Now that the spy has been caught, Yardley naturally won't make the same mistake. He stood in front of the telegraph machine and forced the German Weber to send dozens of telegrams in a row, but of course these telegrams were not sent, but only to observe and imitate Weber's fingering.

In addition to telegrams, the Japanese army often caused the Chinese troops to flee in the desert, and then began to chase and kill them like a group fight. The Chinese army was scattered and the Japanese army pursued the Japanese army into an unorganized formation, which means that if a new force is ambushed, the Japanese will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

As for the air force, because Chinese planes are being beaten less and less, they have basically lost the ability to take the initiative to fight. As a result, the Japanese troops on all fronts hardly made air defense early warnings, and even if they did, the early warning personnel were all kinds of laziness and slackness.

To put it bluntly, the little devils did not take the Chinese seriously.

This kind of arrogant attitude that no one has in sight will inevitably pay a price for it!

In mid-August, Kurishenko had just finished his rearmament and training work, and he headed straight for Wuhan with dozens of planes.

Historically, Kurishenko's first bombing mission was a military facility of the Japanese army in Wuhan. But this time, due to the escort of the fighter planes brought back by Zhou Hexuan, Kurishenko was even more bold and directly identified the bombing target as a Japanese airfield.

On the first day of the seventh lunar month, the night is dark and the wind is high, and the stars are shining.

The Chinese Air Force flew over Wuhan without encountering any obstruction, and the Japanese air defense sirens were not sounded. It wasn't until they were about to approach the military airfield that the Japanese reacted violently and flew the fighter into the air in a panic.

"Oh, that's a good target." Kurishenko laughed happily, because the Japanese airfield was lit up with many lights, as if he was afraid that the Chinese bombing troops would not be able to see the target.

"Boom, boom!"

Heavy bombs fell on the airfield one after another, directly destroying more than a dozen fighters preparing to take off.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

A violent explosion was followed by another series of explosions, but it was the Japanese ammunition depot that was hit, causing a series of martyrdom.

"Boom!"

The flames were so bright that it seemed that the gasoline depot of the Japanese army had been blown up.

It was not until the Chinese bombers were about to finish dropping their bombs that three unlucky Japanese fighters finally took to the skies, and they were immediately beaten by the Chinese fighters in charge of escorting the bombs.

In the original history, there were few Chinese fighters left at this time, and Kurishenko could only lead a pure bomber group to carry out missions, and there was not even a single escort fighter by his side. As a result, the six surviving Japanese fighters rushed into the Chinese bomber fleet in the black light and beat indiscriminately, and Kurishenko was unfortunately hit, and died in a forced landing on the way back to save the plane.

But now, the three surviving Japanese fighters, without even seeing the shadow of Kurishenko, were shot down by the escorting Chinese fighters.

The Japanese airfield has become a sea of fire, with miserable shouts constantly coming out, and even many Japanese soldiers are running wildly with their bodies on fire, like walking humanoid torches.

The Chinese Air Force returned triumphantly intact, leaving only the Japanese airfield bombed into ruins. During the campaign, a total of 168 Japanese planes were blown up, 3 were shot down, 1 Japanese gasoline depot, 4 ammunition depots, 3 fire trucks, and more than 40 automobiles were blown up, killing nearly 1,000 enemies.

The entire Japanese airfield in Wuhan was completely destroyed, and not a single plane was blown up. At least for four or five months, the Japanese did not want to bomb Chongqing again, because they did not have enough planes.

Since the beginning of the all-out war of resistance against Japan, not only have Chinese aircraft been depleted, but the number of Japanese aircraft has also plummeted. At least one-third of the Japanese fighters that were bombed at Wuhan Airport were imported from Germany, and the Germans also made a lot of money selling equipment at both ends.

Now the Japanese army is faced with three choices: one is to transfer planes from other fronts to Wuhan, the second is to import them from Germany as soon as possible, and the third is to wait for the planes to be built in China before they are transported.

Whatever choice the Japanese military makes, it will ease the air pressure on China.

Moreover, many of the nearly 1,000 Japanese soldiers killed in the bombing were aviation talents, and it is more difficult to cultivate this thing than to build an airplane.

Chang Kaishen received the good news early in the morning, and he was so happy that he praised it repeatedly: "Well fried, well fried!" Prepare a commendation order immediately, and I will personally award medals to the Air Force athletes! ”

Lao Jiang was also fed up with the bombing, and at most, he ran to the bomb shelter three times a day, and his life was simply unbearable.

"Central Daily" directly promoted the headlines on the whole page, and Kurishenko's Soviet identity was deliberately downplayed, with headlines such as "The Chinese Air Force Achieved the Biggest Victory Since the War of Resistance Against Japan".

"Extra, extra!"

"Air Force athletes bombed the devil airport, blew up more than 200 Japanese planes, and killed more than 3,000 little devils!"

The newsboy ran excitedly waving a newspaper, and people in the shacks along the street quickly poured out, and those who had spare money hurriedly bought newspapers with their purses, and then read the news aloud in front of countless people.

The results are clearly exaggerated, and this is the usual propaganda tactic.

This is true not only of China, but also of Japan, which tends to extend its victories and narrow its losses.

"Long live China!"

"Long live the Air Force!"

"The War of Resistance will be won!"

“……”

The whole of Chongqing is boiling, and for the Chinese people who have lived in Chongqing for a long time, what they hate most is the little Japanese plane. Being able to blow up the entire Japanese airfield in Wuhan was even happier than annihilating a Japanese division.

On the day of the award of the Air Force athletes, Zhou Hexuan was also invited to watch the ceremony, after all, the plane he brought back made great efforts.

His own small steamer sailed briskly towards Guangyang Dam, and Zhou Hexuan found that there were many ordinary people standing on both sides of the river. Someone simply rowed a small boat with a gift and wanted to go to the air base to work for the army, but was ordered not to approach.

"It's Zhou Shenxian's ship!"

"Mr. Zhou, are you going to Guangyang Dam? Help us deliver the gifts! ”

As a result, the Zhou family's Xiaojiang Wheel was full of vegetables and fruits, and even brought a few pennants.

In order not to let the Soviet pilots stand out, so today's protagonist is Mao Yingchu. This gentleman has participated in all major air battles, made great achievements, and also served as the captain of the Fourth Brigade, and now he is the deputy commander of the Fourth Theater of the Air Force.

The most important thing is that Mao Yingchu is a native of Fenghua, Zhejiang - Chang Kaishen's hometown!

In this air raid on the Japanese airfield in Wuhan, Mao Yingchu was responsible for formulating the battle plan and personally leading the fighter group to escort the airfield, and it is not too outrageous that he was regarded as the focus of propaganda.

Who made Kurishenko Soviet?

In addition to the pilots of the Fourth Theater of the Mao Ying Junior Air Force, some pilots of the Third and Second Theaters also received awards. Some of them were injured and came to Chongqing to recuperate, and some of them went to Chengdu for reorganization and did not leave, and this time they were called by Lao Jiang to issue a commendation order, because this can try to downplay Kurishenko's merits.

Among them, Chen Ruitian of the Second Theater of the Air Force is the most legendary, this handsome guy is an American mixed-race overseas Chinese, and his mother is Peruvian.

After the outbreak of the 918 Incident, Chen Ruitian returned to China with 13 overseas Chinese in the United States, including a young woman. They first arrived in Shanghai by ship, but were refused to be taken in by the Central Army of the Kuomintang Party, and had to join the air force of the warlord Chen Jitang.

So far, Chen Ruitian has shot down 6 enemy planes and assisted his wingman in shooting down 3 enemy planes. His plane was shot down three times, and each time he parachuted to escape. In the most thrilling time, Chen Ruitian's landline plane was hit, and he actually drove the plane to crash and destroy the enemy plane, and he successfully parachuted out when the plane lost one of its wings.

If history does not deviate, Chen Ruitian will cover the Soviet pilots in carrying out bombing missions at Kunlun Pass at the end of this year. During the hour-long air battle, Chen Ruitian's fuel tank was hit and caught fire, and his whole body was on fire. But Chen Ruitian did not panic, always kept a clear head, blew out the flames on his body with the help of high-speed airflow, and did not open the parachute urgently until he was about to land. Although he still suffered extensive burns on his face and body, he was able to save his life.

Since that wound, Chen Ruitian has not been able to participate in combat missions again.

Later, when the United States entered the war, Chen Ruitian was regarded as a model of propaganda and was praised as the "Chinese War Eagle" by the American media, and his story was also compiled and published as an American extracurricular book, and was adapted into a comic book in 1946, and was called "America's first World War II air combat hero".