Chief of Staff He Long put down the phone and said: "A stretcher team transporting the wounded in the forward position was suddenly hit by Japanese artillery fire, more than half of the more than 100 wounded were killed, and the stretcher team also suffered more than 30 casualties. The forward troops reported that the Japanese army raised a hot air balloon at night, and the Japanese lookout post spotted the lights of the stretcher team and directed the artillery strike. Ouyang Jianwen's face turned pale when he heard this: "The hot air balloon of the Japanese army must be hit!" The Japanese army must not be allowed to be so arrogant. He walked to the telephone, picked up the phone, and said decisively: "Give me the ······ of the Tongluozhai Aviation Team." ”

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the gate of the Tongluozhai Cave Airport slowly opened. Zhang Yourong, the captain of the aviation team, stood on the runway and commanded the two planes to fight, and slowly drove out of the cave. Zhang Yourong waved his arm to speed up the fighter. As the two Hawker III fighters taxied on the runway, the fighters rushed to the end of the run and took off. Ouyang Jian purchased 4 Hawk-3 bombers, two fighters, and two transport aircraft in the United States. Aircraft were purchased in the United States primarily for the purpose of training pilots, ground crew, mechanics, and for scientific research.

Ouyang Jian's construction of the aviation industry must have a slow process, at least in three stages, imitation, development, and independent manufacturing. The Hawker III fighters purchased in the United States are all biplanes, and their range, delay time, and flexibility are far from those of the Japanese fighters, so it is impossible for Ouyang Jian's air force to fight against the Japanese army fighters. Ouyang Jian sent two fighters out to deal with the Japanese army's hot air balloons, and the fighters were dispatched at dawn to fight the time difference.

The Battle of Jiangxi, since the Japanese Army Aviation Corps entered the war, the Japanese army rarely dispatched fighters. In addition, in the morning, due to the range, the Japanese planes would not have arrived on the battlefield as soon as possible. After forming in the air, the two biplane fighters flew in a northeasterly direction. A few minutes later, the two fighters arrived at the battlefield, and at this time the two Japanese hot air balloons had just been raised, and the purple-red hot air balloons hung in the air very conspicuously. The observation sentries on the Japanese hot air balloon spotted the two fighters at the first time and immediately panicked.

The Japanese soldiers were not mentally prepared, they thought it was their own fighter plane in the air. To be precise, since the beginning of the Japanese army's attack on Jiangxi, no enemy fighters have been seen. When the Japanese soldiers realized that something was wrong, the fighters began to attack the hot air balloon. In order to prevent the hot air balloon from drifting with the air, the Japanese army tied the hot air balloon with several ropes, so the hot air balloon hung in the air. The Japanese ground forces did not have anti-aircraft weapons and could only hurriedly fire into the air from rifles.

With the strafing of the fighters' on-board machine guns, the Japanese hot air balloon suddenly turned into a fireball and fell from the sky in the blink of an eye. The two fighters shot down the hot air balloon and climbed and circled in the air, as if to greet the front-line soldiers, and at the same time demonstrate to the Japanese army, and finally flew away. About 20 minutes later, four Japanese Type 97 fighters roared over and searched the surrounding airspace on a large scale, but there was still a shadow of the Eighth Route Army fighters. While the Japanese fighters were searching, the Japanese bombardment fighters flew to the battlefield to bomb again.

In the Japanese headquarters, Commander Takakura was shocked when he heard that the hot air balloon at the forward artillery observation post was killed by two fighters of the Eighth Route Army. "Immediately dispatch a reconnaissance plane, be sure to find the secret airfield of the Eighth Route Army!" "Your Excellency General, the Communist Party's Jiujiang Airport, Nanchang Airport, and Ruijin Airport, after repeated aerial reconnaissance, no Communist planes were found, could it be that the planes of the Eighth Route Army were hidden in caves?" The chief of staff of the Japanese army was confused. An operations staff officer analyzed: "It is possible that it flew from the south. ”

Takakura Yusuke shook his head and said: "The forward troops report that the two Eighth Route Army fighters are Hawker III fighters produced in the United States. American fighters have a range of 1200 km. If the fighters of the Eighth Route Army flew from the south and could not fly back at all, the secret airfield of the Eighth Route Army must be in Yunshui County, and it is very likely that it is hidden in a cave. Order the reconnaissance plane to be sure to find the secret airfield of the Eighth Route Army! "Yusuke Takakura seems to be a little out of shape, the powerful Japanese Air Force actually let the fighters of the Eighth Route Army sneak attack, which is the biggest shame.

As soon as the ground crew covered the runway with grass at the Tongluozhai Cave Airport, the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew into the air. The cave airfield was carefully camouflaged, and the Japanese reconnaissance planes never discovered the secrets here. The Japanese reconnaissance plane flew away in a circle, and the group leader Zhang Yourong came out of the bushes and said: "The chief of the general staff called and commended the successful killing of the Japanese hot air balloon. "Captain, when will we be able to have a hearty fight with the Japanese machine, it's really depressing to see the Japanese machine showing off its power in the sky!" One of the pilots snorted.

"Comrades, the Chief of the General Staff said that one day China's war eagle will be famous in the world, everyone must be patient." "Report to the captain, the two fighters have several guns, and there is no big problem with the engine." A ground mechanic reports. Zhang Yourong nodded and said with a smile: "Tell the two pilots on the mission that I want to celebrate them!" "At present, there is almost everything in the cave airport, although the sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs. In the cave, not only all the aircraft of the air brigade are parked, but also the aviation research institute, machine workshop, etc.

The atmosphere in the headquarters of the Jiujiang Corps was warm, and Ouyang Jian was happy after receiving the two fighters to return safely into the cave: "Suddenly knock off the Japanese army's hot air balloon, the Japanese army may have to toss for a while." The forward troops were ordered to hurry up and send the wounded down and the war materials up. In addition, all nighttime activities are subject to light control, and special personnel must be assigned to be responsible. The defensive operation has been fought for more than 20 days, and logistical supply is the most important task, and we must do a good job in this regard. ”

"Report, ma'am," a combat staff officer reported with a phone in his hand. "Nonsense, why did her call get here!" Ouyang Jian frowned and answered the phone: "··· Well! I see, there's no fuss, just let her work out! When everyone was confused, Ouyang Jian put down the phone and walked to a red telephone, and began to routinely report the battle situation on the front line to the Central Committee.

A medical team arrived in the county seat of De'an. Due to the large number of wounded, doctors in front-line field hospitals performed continuous surgeries and could only sleep for a few hours a day. The headquarters took into account that the doctors in the front-line field hospitals should not be overly tired and must ensure adequate rest so as to ensure that there are no problems with the operation. To this end, a group of doctors from the field general hospital was dispatched to support the front-line field hospitals. The doctor who led the team was Mu Shixiong's wife, Li Jing, director of surgery at the General Hospital. When Li Jing was reporting to the leaders of the front-line field hospital, Ouyang Mei's figure flashed in.

"Xiaomei, why are you here! Who gave you permission to come? Li Jing was taken aback. No one gave me permission to come, I came secretly with you. "Nonsense, you have to go back!" "Sister Li, if you don't let me be here, I'll go to the front line!" Li Jing knew that Xiaomei was stubborn, and she could secretly run from Shanghai to Jiangxi alone, but she couldn't do anything. "Okay, you just stay with me, and if you don't obey, I'll send you back!" "Obey! Xiaomei ran away happily! ”

In the operating room, Ouyang Mei worked as an assistant to Li Jing, and the fat white coat was worn on her body, which was a little nondescript. The mask almost covered the entire face, revealing only two large eyes. A young wounded man was carried in and placed on the operating table, Li Jing opened a simple bandage, the wounded's right thigh was blurred with flesh and blood, Ouyang Mei didn't dare to look at it and hurriedly closed her eyes. Li Jing picked up the needle and injected the anesthetic and said, "Fortunately, there is no infection!" "Doctor, can I save my leg, don't cut off my leg, I will continue to kill devils!" The young warrior asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, little comrade, you didn't hurt your bones, your legs can be saved!" "Thank you, doctor!" A smile appeared on the young warrior's face. "Hemostat" Li Jing stretched out his hand, but the hemostat did not appear on his hand. "Xiaomei, what are you doing!" Seeing Xiaomei with her eyes closed, Li Jing scolded loudly. Ouyang Mei hurriedly handed over the scissors, "I want hemostats!" "Ouyang Mei was in a panic for a long time before she found the hemostat." Little sister, don't be afraid, you are respected for being on the front line at such a young age! ”

The young soldier comforted Ouyang Mei instead, "Big brother, do you hurt?" "It doesn't hurt!" "Are you scared?" "Don't be afraid!" Ouyang Mei's tears flowed out, and her mood was much more stable. The operation was quickly completed, and the young soldier was carried away with a smile and a wave of his hand, and Xiaomei could not control herself, and threw herself into Li Jing's arms and sobbed. "Little sister, this is a cruel war, you have to learn to be strong!" Then a soldier was brought in with a wounded abdomen, and the warrior had a hole in his stomach and his intestines were exposed. Despite the horror, Mei did not close her eyes.

In the third operation, Ouyang Mei no longer had a sense of fear and performed her duties as an assistant well. Resting at night during shift changes, Ouyang Mei looked at the food on the table, and the scene of the operation reflected in front of her eyes, she had no appetite at all. "Little sister, it's going to be like this for the first time, my first time I participated in the operation, I was not as good as you, and you will become a good doctor in the future. We had to eat in the middle of the night and we had to take over the shift. Ouyang Mei nodded, took a bite of rice, and suddenly her stomach and intestines stirred and she felt nauseous, but she couldn't help it.

A few days later, Ouyang Mei had become a qualified assistant, and the brutal growth process made her mature quickly. Seeing Ouyang Mei's skillful treatment of the wound and the injection and medicine, Li Jing showed a relieved smile on his face. As the Japanese offensive exhausted, the number of seriously wounded in field hospitals began to decrease, and most of the people sent were lightly wounded. The intensity of the operation decreased, and Li Jing began to deliberately train Ouyang Mei how to handle simple surgical operations.

On this day, Ouyang Mei, under the guidance of Li Jing, stitched up the wound of a wounded man. The wound was sutured very tightly and smoothly, and when Ouyang Mei cut the rope, Li Jing praised: "Little sister, you are the youngest surgeon who graduated from the line of fire, and you will definitely become the best surgeon in the future!" "Sister Li, from today onwards, I will work hard to learn medical knowledge and relieve the pain of more wounded people, I will not let you down!"

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