After an interval of one year, the two divisions of the Japanese army were annihilated one after another, and all of them were annihilated on the southern front, and the Japanese base camp believed that the southward strategy was a hasty act and made a strategic mistake. In particular, the elongation of the battle line and the serious shortage of troops gave the Chinese army an opportunity to take advantage of it. In addition, the arrogance and complacency of the Japanese troops and their contempt for their opponents were also one of the reasons for the failure of the operation on the Southern Front. For this reason, the Japanese base camp learned a lesson and ordered the Southern Front to hold on to Guangzhou for a comprehensive defense. At the same time, the fleet was ordered to tightly seal the southeast coast and not allow any strategic materials to enter Chinese mainland.

The Japanese base camp ordered the Chinese army headquarters to fully implement the northern strategy, consolidate the occupied areas, and prepare a strategic plan for westward expansion. According to the analysis of the Japanese army's base camp, the Chinese army deployed elite troops in the south, and the northern army must be empty. However, while the Japanese army headquarters was deploying troops, the Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale attack on the north and south fronts, disrupting the deployment of the Japanese army. On this day, in the headquarters of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army in Shanghai, the commander, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, said majestically in front of all the generals.

"According to the analysis of the Dispatch Army Command, the Eighth Route Army launched a feint attack in the direction of Jiujiang and Anhui, but in fact, the real purpose of the Eighth Route Army was to take the opportunity to capture Hangzhou and then threaten the Songhu area. The 2nd Corps of the Eighth Route Army secretly dispatched troops and quickly occupied Quzhou, Jinhua, and Ningbo, completely exposing the intentions of the Eighth Route Army. The base camp strictly ordered that the strategic attempt of the Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to succeed, and asked our unit to hold on to Hangzhou and smash the conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army. In order to strengthen the stability of Hangzhou, the Dispatch Army Headquarters requisitioned 50 carrier-based bombers at Nanjing and Shanghai airports to strengthen the air strike force. ”

Commander Shigeru Sawada continued: "The total annihilation of the 106th Division on the Southern Front shows that the combat capability of the Eighth Route Army has reached a new level, especially the weapons and equipment have been on par with our A field division. Ladies and gentlemen, we must accept this fact. After four years of fierce fighting in China, the Chinese army is no longer a fish, its combat experience has been greatly improved, and its combat effectiveness has been increasingly enhanced. In particular, the troops of the Eighth Route Army have become our most formidable opponents. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the weapons and equipment of the Chinese armed forces, and their independently manufactured light weapons, are fully capable of counter-attacking, and we must attach great importance to them. Arrogant soldiers will be defeated, this is the military thinking of the ancient Chinese, and it is very inspiring to us nowadays. From now on we must pay attention to the opponent, especially the Eighth Route Army, which is a completely brainwashed army, a very terrible opponent. In order to strengthen the stability of Hangzhou and smash the strategic attempt of the Eighth Route Army, the base camp decided to secretly requisition the 65th Division and go to Hangzhou to strengthen the defensive force. ”

"The vast majority of the 65th Division are veterans and have a lot of combat experience. At present, the 65th Division has arrived in Hangzhou Bay. They will land at Jinshan and then secretly go to Hangzhou to set up defenses. In order to strengthen the command force on the front line in Hangzhou, the headquarters decided that the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yuichi Honda, would personally sit in Hangzhou and command! Yuichi Honda bowed slightly, as a gesture of determination. According to intelligence. We have learned that the forward troops of the Eighth Route Army have reached the outer defense line of Hangzhou, but the air force has repeatedly reconnoitred and has never found the main force and artillery units of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"We judged that the main force and artillery units of the Eighth Route Army must be concealed during the day and marching at night. The Eighth Route Army was equipped with powerful artillery and proved it in the southern front. In order to crack down on the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army, the base camp specially requisitioned 50 ship-based dive bombers to focus on attacking the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army. However, the Eighth Route Army's Chen Bing Shaoxing, Fuyang, and Lin'an did not launch an offensive for a long time, just waiting for the artillery troops to come up. Ladies and gentlemen, ・・・・・・. ”

After the rain, the fields are lush and green. In the position of the 94th Regiment of the 32nd Brigade of the Eighth Route Army on the southwest side of Lin'an, the officers and soldiers were on standby in the trenches. At this time, there was a roar in the northern sky, and the observation post shouted: "Enemy planes are coming!" "The soldiers quickly hid. Since the 94th Regiment was stationed on the southwest side of the Japanese defense line in Lin'an, three days have passed, and the Japanese bombers have been bombing almost every day for three days. As long as the weather permitted, the Japanese army would not waste the opportunity, and soon several bombers appeared in the sky, accompanied by a loud whistling sound, the Japanese bombers began to dive, followed by huge explosions and smoke and dust.

When the Japanese bombers were bombing indiscriminately, more than a dozen fighters suddenly flew from the west and pounced on the Japanese bombers. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese bombers hurriedly raised their heights and fled. A Japanese bomber was entangled by a fighter. The bomber was massive, but it was chased by small fighters. The soldiers in the trenches got up one after another and looked curiously into the sky. A few minutes later, the Japanese bomber was hit by a bullet and plummeted into a hill not far away, and the soldiers in the trench erupted in cheers.

Soon the fighting arena in the sky moved northward, and the soldiers were still unsatisfied, still craned their necks to watch. A soldier in a trench slapped the dust on his body and said: "The fighters of the Central Army are so powerful, they are like dogs and ducks croaking!" "This is not a fighter of the Central Army!" A second lieutenant platoon commander denied it. "Platoon commander, it's not a fighter of the Central Army, it's our plane?" "No, it's a fighter from the Flying Tigers!" "Platoon commander, what kind of immortal is the Flying Tigers?"

"The Flying Tigers are American non-governmental organizations that volunteered to come to China to participate in the Anti-Japanese War, and their team is called the Flying Tigers. It is said that the pilots are all retired masters of the US Air Force. "I've also heard of the Flying Tigers, and the airfield where they are stationed is near Changsha." A soldier chimed in. "How do you know that the Flying Tigers are stationed near Changsha?" "My cousin lives in the suburbs of Changsha, and the airport is not far from his house, and my cousin wrote to tell me. It is said that the pilots are all foreigners with high noses and blue eyes. ”

At this time, there was another roar in the northern sky, and the soldiers immediately dispersed and hidden. Soon, dozens of Japanese fighters flew over the battlefield, circled and then flew west. There is no doubt that the Japanese fighters came to find the Flying Tigers. There was a false alarm, and the soldiers gathered together again to talk loudly. The second lieutenant platoon commander said: "Don't look at the little devil plane now, one day our fighters will dominate the sky." I heard from the people above that the headquarters is planning the Eighth Route Army Air Force. ”

At Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, Shigeru Oshima, the flight captain of the 12th Flying Regiment, piloted a fighter jet to land on the runway. Just after receiving an emergency order to take off, the bomber group was attacked by enemy fighters over Lin'an, and one bomber was destroyed and two were wounded. Shigeru Oshima led a group of fighters into the air, and after a long circle, he did not see the shadow of the enemy plane. Later, Shigeru Oshima led a group of fighters to search in Jiangxi, but there was still no trace of the enemy plane, so he had to fly back. Shigeru Oshima stepped off the plane and took off his flight cap, the expression on his face a little depressed.

After three years of fierce warfare in China, Shigeru Oshima not only survived, but also turned from a "rookie" into an excellent air killer. In the past three years, after dozens of air battles, Shigeru Oshima shot down 12 enemy planes, was awarded an ace pilot by the Imperial War Department, and was promoted to flight captain. Recently, enemy fighters have regularly intercepted bomber groups, and according to intelligence, a team of Flying Tigers has appeared in Hunan. The pilots of the Flying Tigers were voluntarily formed by American civil society groups and came to China to help in the war of resistance.

Shigeru Oshima has always wanted to find an opportunity to compete with the American Flying Tigers, but the Flying Tigers have been operating in the Wuhan Theater. The news fed back by the Wuhan Army Aviation team confirmed that the Flying Tigers had superb flying skills and rich experience in aerial combat, and made the Wuhan Army Aviation team suffer a lot. Especially the bomber pilots, as soon as they saw the fighters of the Flying Tigers, they immediately ran away and did not dare to measure at all. Therefore, Shigeru Oshima is very eager to meet the Flying Tigers, and compete against real strong opponents in order to show the honor of ace pilots.

In the afternoon, Shigeru Oshima received an order to cover two reconnaissance planes to go to the front line of Fuyang to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. Soon after, Shigeru Oshima led a group of fighters into the air to cover the flight of two reconnaissance planes to the south. Soon after the group arrived in the sky over Fuyang, more than a dozen fighters suddenly appeared from the west. Shigeru Oshima's expression perked up, knowing that the Flying Tigers' fighter plane was coming.

At present, the performance of the Hawker 4 monoplane produced in the United States is on par with that of the Nissan 97 fighter, and who can defeat the opponent depends entirely on flight technology and experience in aerial combat. Soon the fighters of both sides became entangled, and an air battle was staged.

The fighters of the two sides fought, and Shigeru Oshima quickly bit an enemy plane, and the pilot of the enemy plane was very skillful in piloting, and he was trapped several times and escaped. However, Shigeru Oshima was superior in skill after all, and finally caught the enemy plane, and the enemy plane was hit with intensive artillery fire, and thick smoke came out of the tail. At this time, he noticed that smoke was also coming out of the tail of one of his planes. Seeing the crash of the enemy plane, Shigeru Oshima was about to look for a new target, when suddenly an enemy plane followed and bit him. Shigeru Oshima shrewdly pushed the joystick and made several moves in a row, and found that he didn't get rid of the other party, knowing that he had hit a master.

Shigeru Oshima rolled continuously and made difficult moves, and finally got rid of the enemy plane and bit the enemy plane, and both sides fell one by one. The opponent's flying skills are not inferior to their own in the slightest, and the sight cannot trap the opponent at all. Shigeru Oshima found that there were 6 5-pointed stars on the opponent's fuselage and knew that the opponent had shot down 6 of his own fighters. When the opponent meets the good talent, Shigeru Oshima is even more emotional and bites the opponent. Suddenly, the enemy plane made a big turnover action, and in the blink of an eye, it was bitten by the other party again.

The two sides fought a tie back and forth, and soon the fuel reached the limit, and the Flying Tigers took the lead in leaving the battlefield, and Oshima Shigeru did not dare to pursue and had to order to return. In this air battle, two enemy planes were shot down, while four of their own planes were shot down. Shigeru Oshima has to admit that this Flying Tigers team has superb flying skills and rich experience in aerial combat. Shigeru Oshima knows better that the number of fighters of the Flying Tigers is limited, and it is not possible to fight to consume the Flying Tigers. However, the Flying Tigers are very cunning, and their attacks are not regular at all, and because the Flying Tigers are not controlled by the Chinese command, their operations are completely determined by their own "joys, sorrows, and sorrows." Under the irregular and methodical attacks of the Flying Tigers, the air strike efficiency of the Japanese Army Aviation Corps dropped significantly, and this move created conditions for the Eighth Route Army to prepare for the attack.

In early July, the Corps headquarters gave an order, and the ground offensive began to be staged. The 3rd Army launched attacks on Fuyang and Lin'an, and the 4th Army launched an attack on Shaoxing. The Eighth Route Army's first large-scale offensive indicates that the Chinese army has a certain counteroffensive capability, and also indicates that the forces of the enemy and us in the battlefield of China's resistance against Japan have undergone significant changes.