Xu Da's pilot plane was vacant, and the rest of the planes followed behind Gupico, following his example, and soared one after another.

After a while, there is no updraft, or no wind, and the plane relies on the weight of its own gravity to gain forward momentum in the gliding flight, and this unpowered gliding flight that loses altitude is called "gliding".

"Attention, everyone, now start gliding-" and took the lead in piloting the plane and slowly gliding downward.

Xu Da was pointing at his angle: "Comrade Gu Piko, please turn right 12 degrees." All planes paid attention, followed behind Gupiko, and glided towards Nanchang. ”

In the process of flying to Nanchang, it found several updrafts, soared upwards for a while, and then glided for a while, and under the constant guidance of Xu Da, the strike formation finally flew over the Nanchang airfield.

The Nanchang airport is brightly lit, welcoming the comrades-in-arms who have returned from afar and died for the rest of their lives. Especially the central runway, next to the neat small lights, like two rows of primary school students with red scarves on their chests, holding flowers in their hands, waiting for the hero in their hearts.

One plane after another, they landed on the central runway, and they couldn't fly to the tarmac anymore. Xu Da commanded the cars to tow them to the tarmac, and then the ground crew went up and began to overhaul the planes and perform maintenance.

The last plane landed on the central runway, and Han Xing's heart fell to the ground.

Xu Da, Kurishenko, Gupiko, and Mao Yingchu gathered around Han Xing, everyone looked very tired, their faces were very numb, and they couldn't figure out whether they were sad or happy at this time.

Everyone was silent for a while, and then Han Xing encouraged everyone and said, "Everyone should be happy!" Tonight, at the cost of six destroyers, we turned the Hankou airfield upside down. I'm afraid that the Hankou airport will not recover within ten days and eight days. This has relieved great pressure on our Nanchang defensive battle. ”

Kulishenko said expressionlessly: "Yes, we should be happy!" It's just that I'm too tired and nervous, so I can't be happy for a while. ”

Gupiko also said: "At the Hankou airport, we have at least blown up 60 of its planes and destroyed some of its aviation facilities. Just now, though, we almost got into big trouble. To this day, my heart is still pounding, and I am afraid that I will not recover for a while. ”

Xu Da hurriedly said to Gupiko: "Thank you, Comrade Gupiko, if it weren't for you, who led the strike formation to soar and glide in time, I'm afraid there would have been more than a dozen aircraft losses." You've done a great job! ”

Gu Pico pouted and said: "That's not what I should do, if you don't lead the way correctly, I'm afraid we won't be able to fly back to Nanchang." ”

Mao Yingchu said even more gratefully to Gu Pico and Xu Da: "If it weren't for your timely assistance and guidance, our destroyer squadron would have suffered even greater losses. ”

Han Xing also had to speak, and said to Mao Yingchu with gratitude: "It was Captain Mao's destroyer squadron that first drew out the Japanese air defense force and enabled us to win a big victory in this battle. If there is merit, Captain Mao should be the first credit! ”

A few words caused everyone to laugh, and only then did they recover from extreme exhaustion and celebrate the big victory.

Everyone was happy for a while, and Han Xing reminded everyone again: "I estimate that tomorrow, now that midnight has passed, that is, today, we have to have a big air battle." Therefore, it is imperative that all drivers, the first priority, is to rest. All ground crews are to work overtime to maintain the aircraft, refuel and reload, and prepare for tomorrow's big battle. ”

Kurishenko snorted, nodded, and said to Han Xing and everyone: "Celebrate the victory, it's still early, tomorrow may be a hard battle, we don't have the time and opportunity to celebrate the victory." Commander Han Xing is right, everyone has to hurry up and rest, if you don't rest, you will collapse! ”

So, everyone said goodbye and went back to sleep. As for the tarmac, it was brightly lit, and the ground crew was working overtime to prepare everything before the big war.

On March 25, 1939, at this dark dawn, everyone was still asleep, and the city and the countryside were covered in black. The sound of the birds that had been chirping early was like a refreshing music, breaking through the silence of the sky. Han Xing had to get up early and search for information about the war on the computer.

I don't know if every dawn before dawn will be a life-and-death contest between black and light. But in the end, Black's stubborn resistance could not stop the arrival of light. The darkness of the night cannot defeat the light, and it has become an eternal truth. The night, in the end, will only be illuminated by light, and the world will be bright.

The dawn was dark, however, it was also short. After dawn, it is a bright new morning, the air is fresh, and the four fields are magnificent.

The birds have spread their wings and are beginning to fly freely in the sky in the fresh morning. Some even flew into the distance. The city, the countryside, the mountains and rivers are all extraordinarily new.

Han Xing usually doesn't get up early, and he doesn't pay much attention to the dawn, he didn't expect that the dawn and the morning light are so beautiful and pleasant, no wonder some people say: "It's good to go to bed early and get up early, especially for planning wars, it's even more beneficial." ”

Han Xing searched for war materials for a while, and opened the military map, the 101st and 106th divisions had approached Nanchang from the west of Nanchang, and most of the Chinese troops in charge of the first line of defense had not yet withdrawn. That is, the enemy has already reached the door of Nanchang, and the main forces are still wandering outside, conducting the so-called defensive battle. What kind of defense are you doing, people have already hit you behind!

The overall situation of the war cannot be grasped by the ROK, and what the ROK can do is to firmly hold the air supremacy in its hands. Use air supremacy to make the air force work and suppress the enemy's artillery and infantry.

There is another person who has the same idea as Han Xing, that is, Okamura Ninji, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

Okamura Ninji ordered Ichiro Yamaki to concentrate all the main forces of the army aviation, a total of 5 squadrons and nearly 60 fighters, and slaughtered towards Nanchang with great momentum.

As a Japanese fighter, there is also a problem of navigation ability. Therefore, the Japanese army set up a temporary airfield not far from the area he occupied, and these airfields usually did not have many aircraft. To put it bluntly, these temporary airfields, that is, for the Japanese army's land aviation to quickly concentrate the superior number of aircraft, act as a refueling station.

Jiujiang has an airport, Jiujiang to Nanchang, that is, 135 kilometers. The 96-1 fighter has a cruising capacity of 1200 km, and the 95-1 fighter has a cruising range of 1100 km, so if you fill up the fuel from Jiujiang, they will be able to toss for a while.

Yamaki Ichiro Osa can be said to be full of confidence, before leaving, he once gave Okamura Ningji a guarantee: "This time, I must defeat the Chinese Air Force in Nanchang and take all the air supremacy in Nanchang into our hands." Then, let's call the Chinese army, the Chinese artillery, and the difficult Southern Expeditionary Army, all trembling in front of us! Let them all be broken in front of our bombs, and let them scatter in front of our bombs! ”

The weather is very good, there are no clouds, even if there are a little clouds, it is like a thin white veil hanging on the blue sky, or a few white sheep running on the blue grass, it is really beautiful, it is a perfect air combat weather.

Ichiro Yamaki piloted a 96-1 fighter while cheering up his soldiers: "Just last night, the hateful Chinese Air Force attacked our Hankou airport, causing nearly 70 planes to be blown up and nearly 400 loyal officers and soldiers of His Majesty the Emperor to pieces. We must avenge them! Otherwise, we will have more fighters flying over Nanchang today, and we will definitely smash the Chinese Air Force and the Chinese planes in Nanchang to pieces. ”

It was almost time to arrive in Nanchang, and Yamaki Ichiro was quickly arranging specific tasks: "Our tactic is to use the first squadron and the second squadron to lure out the main force of their air force and contain them outside the airport. And I, personally led three squadrons, directly attacked the Qingyunpu Airport in Nanchang. This is also the Chinese saying, it takes seven inches to fight a snake, and their airport is gone, so see where their plane still lands. We finished the air raid on Qingyunpu Airport, and then came to rendezvous with the 1st and 2nd squadrons to defeat the main force of the Chinese Air Force. Do you understand? ”

"Hayi!" "Hayi!" "Hayi!" The voices of the squadron leaders were heard answering over the intercom.

At the Nanchang airfield, the same alarm sounded, and the Air Force carried out a first-level combat readiness. Xu Da's radar vehicle had already discovered the movements of the Japanese Air Force and issued a combat alert in time.

Xu Da, Kurishenko, Mao Yingchu and Han Xing were urgently discussing the military situation.

Xu Da introduced the enemy's situation: "A total of 60 enemy planes flew from Jiujiang to Nanchang, and halfway through, they were divided into two routes, one was 24 fighters, as if there was an attempt to lure our army into battle. On the other hand, 36 fighters seemed to have an attempt to attack Qingyunpu airfield. ”

Kurishenko said: "What is there to say about this, we also divided our troops into two routes, one way is to block the 24 enemy planes, telling them not to approach the Qingyunpu airfield." On the other hand, we concentrate all our air defense forces and fighters to meet the enemy attacking the airfield, destroy them, and then support the other line of aircraft that are blocking the enemy planes. ”

Han Xing nodded in agreement, Xu Da also nodded, and Mao Yingchu said: "Then, our Republic of China Air Force will send a squadron to stop these 24 enemy planes!" ”

Han Xing was a little worried and asked, "Are you okay, is your strength a little weak?" ”

Mao Yingchu said: "The strength is a little thin, but there is no way, we have to concentrate our superior forces to deal with the enemy who attacked Qingyunpu Airport." ”

Han Xing gave Ambassador Xu a look, meaning to ask Xu Da to support him. Xu Da said: "So, you send a squadron to block the two squadrons of the Japanese army, it is indeed a little weaker, and we will send two more J-20 fighters to assist you in your actions?" ”

"Thank you so much," Mao Yingchu said happily, "There are missiles on your plane, and I feel much more at ease." ”

Kurishenko immediately said: "Then it's decided, all the planes on the Qingyunpu airfield rose into the air to meet the enemy, except for our AB-3 heavy bombers, of course." ”