After the First Battle of Changsha, the fighting in central China suddenly came to a standstill and was replaced by skirmishes and frequent air raids.

Japanese planes transferred from all fronts and from the country were redeployed in Wuhan and the air defense of the airfield was strengthened. Next, Chengdu, Wushan, Yibin and Zigong were bombed repeatedly, and the Japanese fighters seemed to be afraid of Chongqing and no longer dared to provoke the mountain city.

However, it did not wait long for the people of Chongqing to be happy, and by the end of October, dozens of Japanese planes had been transferred from the northeast to Wuhan. These planes, which were originally deployed on the northeastern border to defend against the Soviet Union, are now targeting the Guangyangba airfield in Chongqing.

On November 2, China and Japan engaged in fierce fighting over Chongqing.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, Japan won a crushing victory, and the Chinese air force suffered heavy losses. The battle, known as the "112 Air Battle," left only 18 Chinese fighters in the entire Sichuan region. The pilots Feng Yong brought back from the United States died so many that only 26 people remained; The pilots of the former Fourth Brigade of the Air Force are only 12 people.

There is no way, the more Japanese planes fight, the more they fight. The national strength is not as good as the people, in vain!

Chongqing was once again caught in a bombing nightmare, perhaps in retaliation, and Japanese planes bombed Chongqing nine times in the next month. During these bombings, the remaining Chinese air force fought hard to stop it, shooting down a total of 9 Japanese planes, but only 3 fighters of its own.

It wasn't until mid-December that the Soviet planes purchased by Zhou Hexuan finally arrived. The first batch of 46 aircraft was delivered, but only 30 were delivered to Chongqing, and the rest were allocated to other theaters of operations.

Although Japan did not produce aircraft at a fast pace, it continued to produce a steady stream of aircraft, and even bought a batch of Polish planes from Germany, which had made war money. On New Year's Day in 1940, air battles broke out again, with casualties and fewer and fewer Chinese aircraft.

The war is fought by national strength, and no matter how rich Zhou Hexuan is, he can't withstand such a toss.

For Chang Kaishen, he has almost given up on importing fighter jets, because no matter how much he buys, he will be sold out. The subsequent batches of Soviet aid planes were all purchased bombers, which were specially used to bomb Japanese fortifications in order to cooperate with the army's fighting.

Before the Flying Tigers were officially formed, Chongqing was almost an undefended city, allowing Japanese planes to come and go freely. Every time a new fighter is added, it will inevitably attract Japanese planes to gather fire, and within a month or two, there will be little left of the fight.

Of course, these air combat resistance was not meaningless, and the more Japanese aircraft were consumed in Chongqing, the more pressure was relieved on friendly forces in other theaters of operations. Japan's finances are even more difficult to support, and civilian life is becoming more and more difficult, depending on who can afford it first.

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Let's turn the time back to the beginning of November, although Zhou Hexuan's "Black Soil" has long been completed, it is still being serialized. The "Xinghua Pictorial" co-founded by him and Feng Yuxiang finally published its first issue.

Ma Jue finally returned to China, and she returned to China in the summer.

Not long after Zhou Hexuan left Southwest Associated University, Ma Jue flew from Vietnam to Kunming to serve as a lecturer at the Law School of Southwest Associated University.

Ma Jue's whole family stayed in Beiping, and his father, Mr. Ma Yuzao, did not transfer with the teachers and students of Peking because of old age and illness, and stayed in school with Zhou Zuoren, Meng Sen, and Feng Zuxun, and was known as the "Four Professors of Peking University Liuping".

Ma Yuzao, Meng Sen, and Feng Zuxun all maintained national integrity, resolutely did not do anything for the Japanese puppet government, and did not give lectures at Peking University, which was controlled by the Japanese puppet. Just the day before Zhou Zuoren became a traitor, Ma Yuzao also persuaded Zhou Zuoren to never do anything for the Japanese.

Zhou Zuo invited Ma Yuzao back to school as a teacher several times, which made Ma Yuzao even more disgusted, and then closed the door directly, and sent his young son to Zhou Zuoren and said: "My father said that he doesn't know you." ”

This time, I came to Chongqing with Ma Jue, as well as researchers (teachers and students) from Kunming Chicken Farm.

The chicken farm has been very successful, and the first batch of high-quality chickens has begun to lay eggs, but the number is very small, and it will be at least March next year to meet the food needs of teachers and students. This time, they brought two hens to Chongqing as gifts, one for Chang Kaishen and the other for Zhou Hexuan.

In addition, the more important thing is, of course, to promote the chicken breeding project in Sichuan. Not to make money, but purely to contribute to the country, the greatest wish of teachers and students is to let the front-line soldiers eat eggs.

Shen Lu led the team this time, and Ma Jue was his assistant. Shen Lu has resigned from the post of director of general affairs of the Southwest Associated University and only serves as Mei Yiqi's secretary. How to contact Chang Kaishen and government officials, and how to promote the chicken industry in Sichuan, Shen Lu needs to contact and rush.

As soon as they arrived in Chongqing, they were shocked by the devastation here.

Although Kunming was also bombed from time to time, the situation was far better than in Chongqing, at least not in the case of more than 100,000 people living in shacks – houses were destroyed.

"Sell the newspaper, sell the newspaper, Xinghua Pictorial!"

"The patriotic pictorial jointly founded by General Feng Yuxiang and Mr. Zhou Hexuan, don't miss it!"

A student from the College of Agriculture of Central University immediately rejoiced: "It's Mr. Zhou's pictorial, buy a copy and read it!" ”

"I don't have any money."

"I don't have any money."

“……”

The teachers and students of Jinling University and the Agricultural College of Central University were not so poor, but they went to Southwest Associated University to raise chickens for a few months, and they all became poor.

Ma Jue is also cystic and shy, she even borrowed money for the trip back to China, and now she has less than five yuan left.

Shen Lu smiled bitterly: "I'll buy it." ”

Ma Jue took out the money and said, "I will also buy a copy, and everyone will take turns to watch it." ”

The two pictorials arrived quickly, but instead of reading them immediately, they stayed in a hotel. The hotel was overcrowded and the price was ridiculously expensive, and Shen Lu only opened two rooms. One room was for Ma Jue and another girl, and the remaining six men were squeezed into one room.

After a simple meal, two women huddled in the guest room to read pictorials.

As soon as he opened the pictorial, the student named Yang Yusheng of the Agricultural College of Jinling University giggled: "It's so funny, this is actually a painting by General Feng Yuxiang." ”

Ma Jue also couldn't help laughing, because Feng Yuxiang's cartoons were too magical.

The name of this comic is "Laojun Alchemy", and it depicts the first battle of Wuhan. Several funny-looking Japanese soldiers were thrown into the alchemy furnace, and Taishang Laojun held the dust in one hand and a rifle in the other, urging the boy to hurry up and add fire. The inscription next to it said: "General Xue Yue is a veteran, and he is pure and true." Don't panic when the devil comes, throw away the furnace alchemy pill. After eating Jindan, the morale is high, and all the officers and soldiers are like heavenly generals. Eat a golden pill to be full of morale, and the soldiers of the national army can kill the enemy! ”

"Hey, this is Mr. Zhou's cartoon!" Yang Yusheng was suddenly surprised.

Ma Jue took a closer look, and the name of the comic was "Captain China".