Before the battle of Xiawangbu of the Jiaodong Independent Regiment began, the first aviation brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which had repeatedly created miracles, also started.

Since Liu Yimin's plane formation was attacked and Wu Le and others died, the First Aviation Brigade has repeatedly asked for revenge against the Japanese army, but they have all been rejected by the instructor and the leader. The main reason is that the Japanese North China Army Aviation Group has received support from Japan and the Kwantung Army, and its strength is better than before, and if it is not careful, it may be detected by Japanese planes the accurate location of the Dadian Zhujia Zhuangzi Airport, which will be dangerous.

The Eighth Route Army finally had two aviation brigades, and leaders at all levels regarded them as eyeball-like treasures, and they would be willing to let them take risks. If they are not fully certain, no one will order them to dispatch until the crisis moment when they have to be used.

I'm just going to use it on a knife edge!

The big war is imminent, the Japanese are fierce, and it is the time when the blade needs to be unsheathed!

The strength of the First Air Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is now strong enough, with 26 heavy bombers, 26 light bombers, and only the 20 fighters originally captured from Xuzhou Airport were lost during the Battle of Jiaoji Road and the four sacrificed by Wu Le. Frame. However, 20 fighter aircraft components were seized from Xuzhou airfield, and now they have all been assembled and entered service.

David, Nick, Rothschild, Solens, Ross, Steele and other six retired instructors of the US army, originally went to Kang Da as instructors, the last time Liu Yimin returned to Xi'an, these six guys heard the rumors, and they wanted to come to Shandong, saying that Shandong was at the forefront of the Anti-Japanese War and urgently needed them to guide and train the first aviation brigade. Is it okay for so many planes to be flown by no one?

It just so happened that "after the Japanese army attacked the airfield of the Eighth Route Army in Shaanxi, all the fighters were destroyed by the Japanese army, and the surviving fighter pilots wanted to come to Shandong to replenish the First Air Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and solve the problem of too many planes and few pilots in the First Air Brigade." David: They followed these Eighth Route Army pilots to Shandong.

In fact, the main reason why David and the others came to Shandong was because the discipline of Kang Da was too strict, and the comrades were not used to receiving high salaries and mixing with Japanese women. Therefore, after they submitted an application, "the Kang Da leaders felt that it was better to let these guys go to the front line, so as not to stay in Kang Da and have a bad impact."

When they arrived in Shandong, David and his colleagues were highly motivated, leading the pilots to teach techniques and tactics hand in hand every day. Not to mention, the level of these guys is very high, and even the overseas Chinese pilots of the first aviation group who have obtained US piloting licenses admire them. Of course, everyone knows the reason for David's high enthusiasm, mainly because the soldiers of the first aviation unit have received orders not to talk about the private life of retired flight instructors of the US military, but to respect their labor and treat them as real comrades-in-arms and masters.

The Eighth Route Army Air Force was first taught by David and a few of them, and the first attack on the Japanese airfield in North China was also carried out by David and his team.

The target that Liu Yimin wanted the first air group to bomb most was naturally the Japanese Combined Fleet. As long as two aircraft carriers are sunk, the combined fleet will obediently move away from the near sea, and the threat to our military from carrier-based aircraft will be greatly reduced. But after careful study with Feng Dafei, he had to give up this plan. The reason is very simple, since the elimination of the aircraft carrier formation "the Japanese combined fleet must be on high alert, and now it is winter again, and the sea is foggy in the morning." Our army has no radar, and the search targets are all searched by the pilots with the naked eye, and when we find the combined fleet of the Japanese army, it will inevitably be when the sun rises and the fog disappears. At this time, "the Japanese fighters on duty have already taken to the air, and the two sides will definitely start an air battle at sea." With the strength of the first air group, it is bound to suffer a big loss against the huge naval air fleet of the United Fleet. That's the sea, it's the world of the devil's fleet" The pilot parachuted and couldn't be rescued. We can't afford to lose!

Liu Yimin concluded that when the Japanese army launched a full-scale attack, Japanese planes would inevitably bomb it on a large scale. The carrier-based aircraft of the Combined Fleet are not easy to fight, so let's take the airfield of the North China Front Flying Group. There is no need to think about the airports in Beiping, Tianjin, and Shijiazhuang, the little devils must be vigilant and vigilant, and maybe they have dug traps and waited for the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade to bomb them. But the two airports in Xuzhou are now full of Japanese planes, and they can usually hide in the hangar, which is not easy to bomb. But now it is different, at the time of the war, the devil planes at Xuzhou Airport will inevitably pour out of the nest to provide air cover for the 14th and 35th divisions. It is likely that the little devil will also refuel and reload before dawn and prepare for the air to fight. The Japanese army in Dexian County also built a front-line airfield to facilitate fighters to shorten the combat radius and save fuel. The little devil airfields in these two places must be eliminated. Otherwise, the frequency of aircraft combat of the little devils will be greatly increased, causing heavy losses to our army.

On the evening of 20 January, before Liu Yimin left Jinan, he sent an urgent order to Feng Dafei: "To deal with the enemy planes at Xuzhou Airport and Dexian Airport tomorrow, we must seize the opportunity to launch an attack while the enemy plane is refueling and reloading." After completing the attack, quickly return to concealment, and must not arbitrarily expand the attack range to avoid being intercepted by enemy fighters. I wish the hero's first aviation brigade a victorious start and make new contributions! ”

After receiving the order of the No. 1 chief, Feng Dafei immediately formulated a battle plan.

The two airports in Xuzhou are easy to say, and they are almost the supply bases of the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade, and they can't be more familiar. Although the Japanese front-line airfield in Dexian County was newly built, our army's reconnaissance personnel have also arrived close for reconnaissance many times, and the coordinate parameters are clearly understood.

According to Feng Dafei's idea, he wanted to kill all the Japanese airfields in North China in one go. But he also knew that the little Japanese were big ghosts, and maybe they had already taken measures, dug traps, and waited for the fighters of the Eighth Route Army to bomb them every day! You must know that Terauchi Shouichi brought a fighter flight regiment from the Japanese mainland, and this flight group has been staying in North China without leaving, and its purpose is naturally to destroy the fighters of the Eighth Route Army.

According to Feng Dafei's plan, the first batch of fighters carried out the task of bombing the Qianjin Airport in Dexian County and the Guanyinshan Airport in Xuzhou and the Litishan Airport in Xuzhou. The second group of fighters carried out the task of bombing the Japanese ground forces in the direction of Dexian and Xuzhou, and was organized into two formations, each of which operated heavy bombers and four light bombers. Among them, the formation that went to the direction of Dexian to bomb the Japanese army was escorted by the remaining eighteen fighters.

After the battle plan was decided, Feng Dafei gathered all the flying eyebrows, navigators, bombardiers, and shooters in a large group for pre-war mobilization.

Feng Dafei's pre-war mobilization was full of leaks: "Comrades: The Shandong base area is an important base area of our army, and every inch of land here is soaked in the blood of the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians. The little devil has repeatedly suffered losses at the hands of our army, "unwilling to fail, and concentrated a large army to besiege it." After dawn, the Japanese army will launch a full-scale attack, and our comrades-in-arms will have to fight with the little devils. The planes of our aviation brigade were captured by the instructor's comrades-in-arms, our gasoline was captured by the instructor's comrades-in-arms, and our ammunition was also captured by the instructor's comrades-in-arms! Everyone said, can we watch our comrades-in-arms shed blood and die without staying hidden? ”

The pilots raised their arms and shouted: "Down with Japanese imperialism!" Wipe out the invaders in the light! ”

David: The others have been in China for two years, and they are "full of respect in their hearts for this brave and good fighting army that has repeatedly performed miracles," and they even shouted slogans with the soldiers in their broken Chinese.

Feng Dafei continued: "Commander No. 1 ordered us to dispatch all fighters to resolutely destroy the front-line airfield of the Japanese army in Dexian County, Guanyinshan Airport in Xuzhou, and Lizhushan Airfield to support the main operation. After studying the situation, the brigade decided to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to launch a surprise attack, and while destroying the above-mentioned Japanese airfields, it would also inflict heavy losses on the Japanese ground forces on the northern and southern fronts, so as to reduce the pressure on our blocking troops. Do the comrades have confidence? ”

To tell the truth, the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade is best at sneak attacks, from the first surprise attack on the Japanese airfield in North China from Taiyuan Airport to the latest sneak attack on the Japanese Navy's Dragon Ape aircraft carrier formation, every time is a classic of sneak attack warfare, the soldiers are naturally full of confidence, and even the roar is particularly powerful.

After the pre-war mobilization, the First Air Brigade of the Eighth Route Army entered a state of imminent battle.

At five o'clock in the morning of January 21, the Dadian Zhujiazhuangzi Airport was bright, and fighter planes were pushed out of the hangar made of caves one after another, and the soldiers were busy refueling and loading ammunition. Half an hour later, the first batch of fighters took off one after another to "complete the formation in the air and fly towards Dexian and Xuzhou in the vast night." After another half an hour, the second group of fighters took off and "completed the formation in the air, and were also divided into two teams, the north and the south," and left in turn.

At six o'clock in the morning, Xuzhou Guanyinshan Airport and Qiyushan Airport were also brightly lit.

The little devils at the two airports received an order to take off before dawn and bomb the positions of the Eighth Route Army in the direction of Yanzhou to cover the operations of the 35th Division and the 13th and 14th Divisions of the Independent Mixed Division. The reason why the North China Front Air Group Command made it clear in its order that it was to guard against a sneak attack by fighters of the Eighth Route Army. The Tsuchipachi Air Force is best at sneaking up on Imperial Army airfields at dawn, so precautions must be taken.

Guanyinshan Airport, the airport was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, all the planes were transported away by the Eighth Route Army, and all the airport personnel also returned to ****, which was the standard of the total annihilation. Naturally, the newly transferred flight team did not dare to be careless, and increased hangars, strengthened fighter watch, and fighter pilots on duty were on standby on the planes. After receiving this order, the commander of the Devil Flying Team did not dare to slack off, and immediately arranged for deployment and prepared to carry out combat missions.

In the winter in northern China, it is not dawn until 7 o'clock in the morning. According to the plan of the commander of the Little Devil Flying Team, the planes were refueled and reloaded at six o'clock in the morning, and half an hour later the fighters took off to carry out air alert, and at seven o'clock all the bombers took off to carry out bombing missions. Earlier, the ground was pitch black, and the bombers could not identify ground targets, so they could only stand by in the air to consume fuel.

The commander of the Little Devil Flying Team didn't know that his plan couldn't catch up with the plan of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army was not afraid of the darkness before dawn, because they knew the coordinate parameters of the Japanese airfield, and there were the lighting of the Japanese airfield to guide the way, even if they came to bomb at night. The Chinese Air Force once attacked Nanjing Airport at night and also sailed at night to attack Tokyo. The only thing the Eighth Route Army was worried about was that the Japanese army would hide the planes and not move until dawn, which would affect the results of the bombing of the airfield. Now that we know that the Japanese army is determined to launch an attack this morning, and that the Japanese planes will inevitably set off for a bombing mission early, we will naturally not let them go.

There was a time difference of one hour in between, and the Eighth Route Army moved an hour ahead of schedule, just in time for the Japanese planes to refuel and reload, which was accurate.

There was a busy scene on the Guanyinshan Airport, people checking planes, transporting gasoline barrels, carrying aerial bombs, footsteps one after another, whistles one after another, and even the broadcasts on the tower were one after another, urging people to panic.

The straight-line distance from Dadian to Xuzhou is 200 kilometers, and the plane arrives half an hour after liftoff.

Originally, Feng Dafei was going to lead a team to bomb the front-line airfield of the Japanese army in Dexian County. However, considering that he would quickly return to Zhujia Zhuangzi Airport to take command, he chose to lead his team to bomb the Qitishan Airport. The reason why he did this was because Feng Dafei disobeyed Liu Yimin's order and ordered the second batch of fighters to take off to bomb the positions of the Japanese ground troops.

Sitting in the plane, looking at the lights shining in the pre-dawn darkness of the Ostrich Mountain Airport, Feng Dafei suddenly smiled childishly.

After laughing, Feng Dafei ordered through the throat transmitter: "I'm Feng Dafei, the airport is below us, all of them, descend the altitude and attack!" Repeat, I'm Feng Dafei, the airfield is just below us, all of them, descend altitude, attack! After shouting, he began to descend in height.

The little devil never dreamed that the night sky before dawn would suddenly appear as a killing god, and he was still busy refueling and reloading?

After completing the descent in height, Feng Dafei had clearly seen the lights of the airport, the shadowy fighter planes and busy figures on the airport, and immediately shouted: "Attack!" Attack! After roaring, he pressed the nose of the plane, flew in a low-altitude position, and swept towards the airport.

By the time the commander of the Japanese tower shouted "enemy attack" on the radio, Feng Dafei's plane had already swept past the tower, and the airborne machine guns rang out and bombs were dropped one after another.

The tarmac of the airport was immediately filled with flames and explosions, and the wreckage of the plane danced with the corpses of the pilots and ground crews!

What a picture of a purgatory imp!