Mao Yingchu gave Zhang Tingmeng a standard salute, and then said, "Don't worry, Commander Zhang, I promise to complete the task." ”

However, when leading the flight formation to fly urgently over Xuzhou, Mao Yingchu was still thinking: "I heard that the air force of the Southern Expeditionary Army is fighting bloodily, attacking Xuzhou Airport and fighting against the Japanese air force several times their size. If the main force of our air force is also afraid, then it is also afraid, isn't that a joke of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight and watching the southern expeditionary army. If the air force of the Southern Expeditionary Army is finished, won't we lose another important air ally! Besides, the air force threat from Wuhan is mainly from Nanjing and Xuzhou, and if the Xuzhou airport is really destroyed, won't we have another important threat! ”

When Mao Yingchu's plane formation flew over Xuzhou Airport, it was not harassed by the air defense forces at Xuzhou Airport at all. This surprised Mao Yingchu.

Mao Yingchu looked down at the Xuzhou Airport below, it was really a tragic scene, the airport was full of smoke, full of holes, burning fierce flames everywhere, blowing up and burning planes, broken barracks, collapsed command buildings, this is simply not like a confusing airport, it is a dilapidated field, and it is a ruined field that has been burned and blown up......

Mao Yingchu couldn't help but shout happily: "Xuzhou Airport is over, the Southern Expeditionary Army, well done......"

At an altitude of 5,000 meters west of Xuzhou, in the No. 1 transport plane of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Zhang Fei connected the call channel of Mao Yingchu's aircraft formation and said to Han Xing: "Chief of Staff Han, the call channel is connected, or you should contact Mao Yingchu." You know them well, and you can contact them better than me! ”

Han Xing nodded, took the intercom, and said to Mao Yingchu: "Captain Mao, hello, I am Han Xing, the chief of staff of the Southern Expeditionary Army!" ”

Mao Yingchu's happy reply came from the intercom: "Chief of Staff Han, you guys did a good job!" We are late, and we can't do the work at Xuzhou Airport. ”

Han Xing said: "Who are you Captain Mao, a cadre of the Air Force, I have heard of your name a long time ago." Now there is still a job, the little devil plane in Nanjing has come to kill them again, and we were supposed to kill them, but the bombs and bullets are almost consumed. Then we are not afraid, and we will kill them with all our might! ”

"I see, you can rest!" Mao Yingchu said, "Just give us this opportunity!" ”

"That's good," Han Xing said, "one frontal attack, one side attack, you choose!" We are two to fight it and one must be destroyed. ”

Mao Yingchu said: "Then we will attack head-on, how about you attack from the side?" ”

Han Xing said: "That's good, I'll listen to you Captain Mao." How about we have a handjob competition to see who gets the most planes and who loses? ”

"That's good! But I have to thank you, after all, it was you who helped us fight this Xuzhou air battle. Mao Yingchu said.

"It's all Chinese, who assists whom, it's not a family business. Then let's compare and see who shot down more little devil planes? Let's not forget that now the formation of the little devil's aircraft is 46 aircraft at an altitude of 4000 meters. ”

"Well, that's weird, how do you know so well." Mao Yingchu said in wonder.

Han Xing sold a pass and said, "When it's convenient, I will naturally sue you." Let's start the game now! ”

Here, in response to the report on the enemy's situation, Han Xing concealed an important fact, that is, more than twenty planes that hastily took off from the sky over Xuzhou, did not say. This is also Han Xing's extra heart, afraid of scaring Mao Yingchu's flying team away, if he scares Mao Yingchu away, it will bring many unexpected troubles to the Southern Expeditionary Army.

The following matter is Xu Da's matter, and Xu Da decisively gave an order: "All pay attention, the devil plane formation approaching Nanjing from the side, and after the planes of the national army launch an attack, we will cooperate with them." Be careful, stay a little away from them, so as not to accidentally injure them, pick up the lone little devil plane, and hit it hard. ”

As a result, the air force of the entire Southern Expeditionary Army, making a slight detour, rushed towards the flying formation of the devils from the north flank.

From an altitude of 8,000 meters to a low altitude of 300 hundred, the planes of China and Japan were almost catching and fighting, you go up and down, flying up and down, the sound of machine guns "da-......da", the sound of the accelerator of the plane's increased horsepower, and the explosion of the airplane in the air, sounded into one piece, and the whole air was very lively.

Xu Da hurriedly gave another order: "Stay a little farther away from them, so as not to be injured by mistake, pick a single enemy plane, and attack with missiles." ”

Why did Xu Da give such an order, because the devil's planes are mainly 96-1 monoplane fighters and 95-1 biplane fighters, and Xu Da's aircraft formation also has 10 96-1 fighters, if they rashly fly into the battle circle between the enemy and us, Mao Yingchu's fighters can't figure out whether this is a Japanese fighter or a fighter of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and it will be troublesome if they fight indiscriminately.

Most of Mao Yingchu's fighters were Soviet-made I-15 and I-16. The I-15 is a biplane with a small turning radius and maneuverability, but it is slower. It has a maximum speed of 367 km/h and is equipped with two 7.62 mm machine guns.

The I-16 was a relatively advanced monoplane at the time, also equipped with two 7.62 mm machine guns, with a rate of fire of 1,800 rounds per minute, and could carry 200 kg of bombs, reaching a speed of 437 km / h.

Although the I-16 fighter has advantages in flight speed and climb, it requires high pilot's operational agility, and longitudinal stability is not very good, the aircraft is close to stalling when gliding, and the engine will vibrate violently when climbing or flipping.

The air combat tactics of the national army are also very simple, that is, the I-15 is used to fight with the enemy planes, and the fight is inseparable, and at critical times, the I-16 dives through guò, pursues and destroys at high speed, and hits the enemy planes severely.

Normally, the two types of fighters learn from each other's strong points and cooperate in combat, and often achieve relatively good results.

The Japanese 96-1 and 95-1 were only equipped with two 7.7mm machine guns, not even a machine gun. The firing range of the machine gun is limited, and the effective range is about 1000 meters, which is formed, and only within 1000 meters can you shoot at the opponent. As for the speed, the maximum speed of the 96-1 is 432 km/h, and it is 120 meters per second.

Looking at these two kinds of planes, just like playing at home, they were indistinguishable in the air, and Han Xing's heart was a little funny. At this time, the Japanese planes were also lonely, and that was to temporarily evade the pursuit of the Chinese Air Force fighters. From time to time, a Thunderbolt-8 missile flew over, smashed the Japanese plane to pieces, and exploded in the air.

The Thunderbolt 8 missile has a firing range of up to 15 kilometers and can also track and pursue in a corner. Compared with the effective range of 15 kilometers and 1 kilometers of machine gun bullets, I don't know how many times more advanced.

Captain Xiao Feimu led this Japanese air force flight group to assist Xuzhou Airport, and his flight group included three 96-1 aviation squadrons, that is, 36 fighters, and one flight squadron, consisting of 10 95-1 fighters, and all four squadrons were fighters.

When Captain Xiao Feimu received the take-off order, he was still a little strange: "Nani, why is such a big Xuzhou Airport still attacked by the Chinese Air Force!" And what about their air defense? What about their spy network? And what about the planes at their base? ”

The straight-line distance from Nanjing Airport to Xuzhou Airport is only 286.4 kilometers, and at a flight speed of 96-1, it takes less than an hour to arrive. Just when the plane formation was still about 20 kilometers away from the Xuzhou airport, the Japanese planes that suddenly led the flight reported: "Report to Xiaofeimu Nakasa, there are about seventy or eighty fighters of the Chinese army coming from Xuzhou. ”

"Nani?" Xiao Feimu Zhongsa was a little puzzled again, "What is the Xuzhou base for, why is there no plane to intercept them?" Are they all dead? ”

However, wondering and summarizing, Xiao Feimu Nakasa thought, our mission is to support Xuzhou Airport, if there is no battle, it is still difficult to explain if we withdraw to the Nanjing base, what's the matter, we have to fight, if this battle is really impossible to fight, it is not too late to withdraw.

So he still decisively issued a combat order: "Order the 1st squadron, 2nd squadron, 3rd squadron, attack the enemy." Type 95-1 Squadron, which was responsible for covering in the rear as a mobile unit. ”

At the beginning of the battle, it was still possible, the two sides were inseparable, and gradually, Xiao Feimu realized that something was wrong, just outside the Chinese planes fighting them head-on, just to the north, there was a Chinese air force. Their planes are very large, it can really be said that they are much larger than their own fighters, how can they see the size from such a distance? All due to the comparison with the Type 96-1 fighter next to them. It is really strange to say, how can there be Type 96-1 Japanese fighters in the formation of the Chinese army?

They said that they were here to fight, but they hid far away, saying that they were here to see the excitement, and it was not like that, from time to time, they launched one after another, and the flying machines that were blazing behind them, knocked down the lone planes one after another.

In the blink of an eye, five or six planes had been shot down by these aircraft, and they were unscathed.

"What kind of flying machine is this? What kind of flying machine is this? Xiao Feimu shouted for a while, but no one answered him, so he thought about it carefully: "Yes, I am an expert in aviation, and I don't know what kind of weapon this is." And as a pilot of the younger generations, I don't know what kind of weapon this is. Originally, the number of its own planes did not have an advantage, and if it continued like this, this battle would really not be able to be fought. ”

He thought about it, and he wanted to withdraw from this hopeless battle.

At this time, his hope appeared, and a Japanese air force came, about 20 planes, both Type 96-1 fighters, 95-1 fighters, and some bombers, which greatly encouraged Xiao Feimu's determination to fight. If you have their help, the chances of victory will be great, even if you can't defeat the Chinese Air Force, then you can also give them a heavy blow!

The abacus of Xiaofeimu Dasa is still very good, the combination of the two air forces, the number is about the same as the Chinese air force, and with the tenacious fighting spirit of the Japanese air force, I don't believe that the Chinese air force cannot be defeated.

When the air force was attacking the Xuzhou airfield just now, the more than 20 Japanese planes that took off hastily from the airfield were in a hurry and fought for their lives, so the aircraft types were also quite complicated and became a comprehensive formation.