There is no doubt that so many aircraft can only show that they belong to the Chinese Air Force, with the current strength of the British Royal Air Force in Burma,

It's still far away, but Lieutenant Alpheus has roughly judged the enemy's strength, and has at least a hundred planes, although it is not yet possible to accurately judge the type of aircraft in the enemy group, but the experience of the Myitkyina battlefield tells Lieutenant Alpheus that those planes must be bombers.

Mandalay was not very far from the Chinese border, only a few hundred kilometers in a straight line, and within the escort radius of the "Falcon" fighters, Lieutenant Alpheus had to be prepared to fight the "Falcon" head-on.

"Fortress, fortress.

I am Knight One, and now the enemy has a large group of bombers and fighters, bearing, distance, altitude, course...... Request for reinforcements, request for reinforcements! "After confirming the direction and course of the target, Lieutenant Alpheus immediately reported the news of the attack of the Chinese air force units to Mandalay Air Base through the radio station and requested the base to send more fighter reinforcements.

"Reinforcements are coming soon! Don't attack recklessly! He knew very well that relying on these two "Spitfire" fighters, it was impossible to meet the incoming Chinese air force group head-on, and the best strategy now was to avoid its edge, and wait for reinforcements to arrive, and then intercept the Chinese air group, as for whether it was still too late to stop the Chinese bombers from attacking Mandalay.

The two RAF Spitfires quickly reversed course and headed west, while the Chinese air force formation ignored it and kept course toward Mandalay.

…… Through the bright and clear cockpit glass, Zhao Qiwen looked under the wing on the right, the snow-white clouds looked like velvet, and the green near the river valley exposed in the gap was also dotted in between, which looked very beautiful, and this scenery was somewhat intoxicating.

"Goshawk One, those two fighters have retreated to the west, are they in pursuit?" At this time, the wingman pilot's voice came from the headset, which sounded a little urgent, and it was obvious that the wingman wanted to catch up and kill him.

"Ignore it, continue to cover the advance of the group."

Zhao Qiwen's voice was quite calm, he also noticed the two fighters in the southern airspace just now, although the distance was still far away, but he also thought that those two fighters were likely to be the "Spitfire" type of the British Air Force, if it was changed a few days ago, he would definitely catch up and shoot it down, but now, he must suppress the impulse in his heart, and honestly fly below the bomber formation to provide escort for the bomber formation.

According to the report of spies lurking in Mandalay yesterday, the Theater Staff has basically determined the location of several important logistics warehouses outside Mandalay City, and also confirmed the location of the British Command, and the main target of this bomber formation is these warehouses and the British Command.

As the son of the Chinese president, Zhao Qiwen is lucky, because this time against the British, his father finally did not deliberately prevent him from signing up for the front-line battle, perhaps because he was afraid that he would go to Spain to fight for foreigners, or maybe he thought that his son had finally grown up, in short, Mr. President no longer put Zhao Qiwen in the palm of his hand and carefully cared for him, but let him go to the blue sky to find his ideals.

Being able to participate in this war against Britain, Zhao Qiwen is very excited, this is no better than fighting on the battlefield of the Spanish Civil War, this is serving his motherland, serving the people, and serving the "liberation cause of Asia", although Zhao Qiwen is a little disappreciative of the last service, but he also knows very well that as long as China makes a move, the situation in Asia will be completely turned over, and the situation in Europe will change drastically, this is what his father told him before sending him on the train, Zhao Qiwen has always admired his father's strategic judgment, and history has proved this many times.

Although China has not yet announced a general mobilization on the surface, in fact, the army, air force, and navy have already begun large-scale operations, and now, the sky in northern Burma is full of Chinese air force planes, and the Chinese army units that are advancing towards the Irrawaddy River defense line can also be seen on the ground.

In order to facilitate the march, since 1927, Chinese businessmen in Burma have bribed the British colonial authorities in Burma on the grounds of "convenient transportation of Chinese goods", and used five years to build two strategic highways between the mountains and mountains in northern Burma, which is actually a strategic action planned by the Chinese government, and those "Chinese businessmen" are actually intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau. The funds for the construction of the roads are all secretly allocated by the Military Intelligence Agency, and although the roads are not of a high grade, they can pass through the armored forces.

After the outbreak of the Burmese national uprising, the British ** team quickly destroyed some key sections of the northern Burma road, which affected the advance of the Chinese ground forces, although the engineering troops are now stepping up the repair of those roads, but the army's advance is still lagging behind the combat plan, in order to cover the army, the theater command decided to effectively use the strategic advantage of the air force to carry out fierce and continuous air strikes on the deep ground of the British army, and Mandalay as an important logistics base and front command of the British army, It has become a key target of the Chinese Air Force, and today's air raid is about to kick off the bombing of Mandalay.

In order to prevent the accidental bombing of residential areas and thus causing unnecessary trouble and even affecting the glorious image of the "liberators", the main targets of this air raid were military facilities and railway shunting yards, and at the same time, medium bombers were also carrying packages full of leaflets and would be dropped over Mandalay to remind the peaceful residents of Mandalay so that they could evacuate to the nearby countryside as soon as possible.

"Attention, attention.

Our formation has already flown over the target, and each detachment has acted in accordance with the attack plan, preparing to descend to the altitude and looking for the target. ”

The voice of the commander of the assault formation was heard in the headphones, and at this time, black smoke and flashes of anti-aircraft artillery shells had begun to appear in the sky, and Mandalay had indeed arrived.

At this time, the weather is clear, there are no clouds to be seen over Mandalay, the visibility is good, and the landmarks on the ground can be seen even at high altitude, such as railway stations and docks, but in order to attack accuracy, the bombing formation must reduce the altitude, and the battle formation is responsible for serving as a vigilance, and a part of the attack aircraft carrying ground attack rockets and aerial bombs to carry out a low-altitude assault on the ground anti-aircraft artillery positions, which is also the use of this kind of aviation rockets in actual combat, at the same time, these "woodpeckers" who serve as ground attack missionsUnlike the "Falcon," the "Woodpecker" uses a star-shaped air-cooled aviation engine, which is more survivable and more suitable for ground attacks than the "Falcon" water-cooled aviation engine.

In addition to medium bombers, there are also some dive bombers that carry out bombing missions, their bombing accuracy is higher, and out of the same protection needs as attack aircraft, these "Falcon" dive bombers also use the same aviation motive as "woodpeckers", their targets are warehouses and headquarters located in Mandalay City, and medium bombers attack large targets such as warehouses, docks, shunting yards, and barracks outside Mandalay.

Different combat planes fly in formation, and this is a test for the coordination between the various units, and after the operation begins, how to effectively cooperate with each other is also a problem; fortunately, the Air Force General Staff has a number of professional tactical staff officers, and the combat plan drawn up before the war is quite meticulous and thorough, and the bomber pilots only need to carry out the attack mission in accordance with the combat plan, and once the attack is completed, they will retreat in batches under the cover of the fighter unit.

Zhao Qiwen's task was to cover the dive bomber squadron, so when the large formation dispersed, he immediately led his fighter squadron to follow the dive bomber group and pounced into the airspace of 1,000 meters, which would become the attack route for the dive bombers to attack.

When Zhao Qiwen's fighter squadron flew into the airspace, black smoke had risen from the ground, and the attack aircraft squadron that swooped down first had successfully destroyed some British anti-aircraft gun positions, and the shrapnel flying in the sky immediately decreased a lot, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the pilots of the dive bombers immediately confirmed the target of the attack, and then pounced on the ground like a bird of prey, and dived at a very steep angle, and when the plane dived to an altitude of less than 200 meters from the ground, the plane pulled up violently. And at the moment when the nose is raised, the bomb stick under the belly of the aircraft will automatically drop a heavy aerial bomb weighing 500 kilograms hanging on the top, and then the bomb will be pulled up to the high altitude while smashing the ground target along the original dive route of the aircraft, the accuracy of this bombing method is very high, almost where to bomb, whether it is to deal with ground targets or sea surface targets, it is a very ideal attack mode, but the risk is also very high, compared with the attack aircraft, the armor and mobility of the dive bomber are unsatisfactory, If the ground anti-aircraft fire is very strong, it will somewhat smell of "moths to the fire".

"Boom!" "Boom!" With the attack of the dive bomber, puffs of black smoke rose from the ground, and even sitting in the cockpit of the fighter, Zhao Qiwen could feel the extreme shock of the ground.

However, Zhao Qiwen did not pay too much attention to the attack scene on the ground, in fact, his attention was mainly focused on this airspace, keeping an eye on the British Air Force fighters who might come out of a certain direction at any time.

Finally, two minutes after the attack began, Zhao Qiwen showed his first target, which were two "Spitfire" fighters, flying from the west, and they were flying at a low altitude.

"Goshawk II, the current enemy aircraft, two, at eleven o'clock, at an altitude of five hundred meters.

You cover me and follow me. ”

Zhao Qiwen immediately gave an order to the wingman, then gently pressed the joystick to the left, piloted the fighter to slide sideways, and quickly entered the attack route.

When the target had appeared in front of him, Zhao Qiwen stretched out his hand to open the machine gun insurance, he is now piloting a "Falcon B" fighter, compared with the "Falcon A", this improved "Falcon" not only replaced the variable pitch propeller, but also added two aviation machine guns, so that the total number of machine guns increased to eight, relying on these eight meter aviation machine guns, the fighter's firepower has reached a new height.

"Dada...... Da ...... "In the airspace less than 200 meters away from the enemy plane, Zhao Qiwen decisively opened fire, and with a long point shot, the "Spitfire" long plane was planted with a string of black smoke coming out of the left wing root, and the "Spitfire" wingman quickly evaded the other side, but then it flew into the fire kill zone of the "Falcon" wingman, and it was another long point shot, and this "Spitfire" was also planted with black smoke.

Just as easy as following his father to hunt in the Mongolian steppe, Zhao Qiwen whistled easily, took out chalk from the pocket of his flight suit, and made a stroke on the base of his left canopy.

As soon as the chalk was put back in his pocket, several Spitfire fighters appeared in the sky, so Zhao Qiwen and his wingman quickly threw themselves into a new battle, and the other Chinese fighter pilots were not idle at the moment, and this battle over Mandalay was basically a rehearsal of the battles that were about to take place in the European skies.

...... "At this moment, I cannot put into words my respect for those RAF pilots, who fought bravely against a large number of advanced fighters of the Chinese Air Force in the face of a huge disparity in strength, which is not only a noble patriotic sentiment, but also a kind of fearless fighting courage, which led the British Empire to the road of great power, and now, we also need this fearless courage to defend the honor and interests of the British Empire."

…… Let's pray together for these air warriors, and let us pray for the British Empire. ”

A British Times reporter who was in Mandalay covering the war wrote this passage in his diary that day, and the next day it appeared in all the newspapers on the streets of London, along with an exaggerated description of the "hellish scene" of Mandalay.

...... "According to the war report released by the 'Asian Liberation Front' this evening, the air force units of the International Volunteer Army carried out a successful air raid on Mandalay, an important arms transfer base in the British Burmese colony, this morning, destroying a large number of munitions, ammunition, and military supplies of the British colonial army, and sinking dozens of barges and tugboats anchored on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, destroying two British barracks. ”

On the same night, the English radio program "Voice of England" on the Chinese National Radio reported on the war situation, the content of the report was very brief, but it was very shocking, and some people who had not yet understood the situation finally understood that this was not a Spanish-style "escalation" war, but an all-out war that was uncompromising from the beginning.

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