Under the leadership of Gao Zhihang, the air forces of the Chahar side became more and more courageous, and he commanded the fighters to take turns to fly back to the field airfields set up in various places to refuel and reload, and then return to the battlefield to continue to participate in the battle.

The hundreds of outstanding cadets urgently selected from the Chahar Aviation School were ordered to urgently drive brand-new fighters from the warehouses of the logistics department to various field airfields on the front line.

Su Tong also instructed the ground to rescue the pilots who had parachuted within our control line at all costs, and send them to the field airfield closest to the parachute site, where brand-new fighters would be waiting for them.

After an emergency examination by the doctor, as long as the physical condition allows, the plane can be taken off again, and the commander of the Su University said that as long as there is a pilot who is fine, the plane is a fart.

Although this air battle was not necessarily the last but could definitely be said to be unprecedentedly tragic, it lasted until 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Yue Army, which had suffered heavy losses, finally could not hold on, and what people did not expect was that it was the Fifth Flying Division of the Kwantung Army that was the first to retreat.

In fact, more than an hour after the air battle was underway, the Fifth Flying Division had already lost more than 70 planes, and Lieutenant General Zenshiro Hara was bleeding from his heart when he saw the losses reported by the various flight regiments. These are the elites of the Kwantung Army Air Force, and they lost a third of their planes in just an hour, which will take nearly half a year to replenish them!

Towards the end of the air battle, the losses of the Fifth Flying Division reached nearly 200 planes, and Lieutenant General Zenshiro Hara, who was already distressed and was about to vomit blood, finally couldn't help but give the order to retreat.

The retreat of the Fifth Flying Division was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the pilots of the North China Garrison Army could no longer support it, and they also retreated in defeat.

Gao Zhihang took the opportunity to command the group of fighters to cover up and kill for a while, and chased them all the way to the outside of the opponent's air defense position before returning in a huff.

In this air battle, the Chinese side lost 387 planes, Chahar lost 125 fighters, and 53 pilots were killed. This low loss rate was due to the timely dispatch of rescuers from the Chahar side and the heavy armor protection of the P-47 fighters.

According to the conservative estimate of the Chahar Air Force, at least more than 200 pilots have been lost, and the actual figure may be improved.

After the war, the countries and the political axe of the country made a detailed study of this sudden air battle, for which neither side was prepared, and they were surprised to find that the cause of this air battle was that the Chinese side sent planes to the vicinity of the Chahar oil field to conduct reconnaissance, and then ran into a patrol of the Chahar air force, and the two sides exchanged fire.

Originally, if both sides were sensible in this matter, a large-scale air battle would not have broken out, but the Yue army touched the most sensitive oil-producing area of the Chahar political axe, and their commander, General Su Tong, misunderstood that the Yue army was going to bomb his lifeline, the oil refinery and oil field in Duolun, so the tragedy was born.

In this air battle, the Chinese side lost nearly a year's production of planes (at this time, the production of planes was only about 400 planes per year), nearly 40 percent of its planes in China, and more than 200 pilots who had been trained for many years were killed. No one can cover up such a big matter, and as soon as this matter was exposed by the media, the whole company was in an uproar, and the voices demanding that the commander of the North China Garrison Army, Umezu Mijiro, be dismissed from class rose and waved, and finally the military department had to transfer Umezu Mijiro back to the reserve force, and General Tada Jun took over the post of Umezu Mijiro.

Later, the Western media jokingly called the air battle a bloody incident caused by a patrol, and he brought him the loss of hundreds of planes and the death of more than 200 pilots.

After the end of this air battle, which was called the 328th victory by the Chinese people, the country was jubilant, and the Chahar Air Force became the pride of the Chinese people. After the end of the air war, the Congress Party, the Social Workers Party, and people from all walks of life and patriotic organizations all sent commendations and congratulatory messages to Chahar and Su Tong, and some people in the Kuomintang even initiated a motion proposing that March 28 of each year be designated as Air Force Day.

After this air battle, he was completely honest for a while. They also turned a blind eye to Chahar's so-called exercises on the border, and only asked the ground troops to strengthen their vigilance, as for air patrols, forget it, didn't you see that Commander Umezu Mijiro was transferred back to the country to fish because of this incident?

The day after the air war, celebrities from all walks of life and military and political dignitaries from all walks of life in China came to Zhangjiakou by various means of transportation, and because of the influence of the 328 air battle, the most common means of transportation for those local officials was still airplanes.

At the same time, domestic and foreign media have also sent capable people to Zhangjiakou to report on the wedding of the so-called Chinese iron-blooded general, well, and some people call it the crazy general.

In the caves of Yan'an

The Social Workers Party is holding an extraordinary meeting on who to send to the wedding of General Su Tong, chairman of the Chahar political axe and commander of the 37th Army.

Taizu lit a cigarette and said with a smile to the attendees: "Everyone is discussing who to send to this General Su's wedding."

Renbi said with a smile: "I think it's good to let Comrade En go, and Comrade Bo Cheng and Comrade Jian Ying can also go." We have to thank them for saving so many of our comrades, if we don't even say thank you, it will be rude for us. ”

"Well, okay, but we are going to attend someone's wedding, we can't go empty-handed, what kind of gifts did his family say to bring?" Zhou Gong asked with a smile.

"Oh, that's a problem, if we don't have a congratulatory gift, we'll be embarrassed to bring our comrades back." Taizu thought for a while and said, "In this way, I will write them a congratulatory message, which should be our congratulatory gift." ”

The people in the cave all laughed and said, "Chairman, you are too picky, people have helped us so much, you just wrote a congratulatory message and sent them away, this is too unkind." ”

Taizu smiled: "Wooden method, who told us that there are no specialties here!" Just ask him to take a moment. ”

On April 1, the day known to Westerners as April Fool's Day, a US-made Glass DC-3 passenger plane took off from Nanjing, and its destination was Zhangjiakou.

Madame Jiang, who was sitting in the cabin, looked at the white clouds outside the window and the dozen or so Il-15 biplanes escorting the aircraft, and said with satisfaction: "Darling, now there are many fewer planes in the sky, and they have almost disappeared." ”

The chairman snorted and said, "They have just been taught a hard lesson by Su Tong, and they will definitely be honest for a while in the near future." ”

"Darling, you don't want that." Mrs. Jiang gently held her husband's hand and said softly, "We are going to attend someone's wedding, and you can't train people with a straight face as usual when you get there." ”

The chairman smiled bitterly and said, "Madam, don't worry, I know what to do." It's just that this Su Tong's strength has grown so fast, and now the central government has no way to control him anymore. ”

"If you can't control him, don't control him, we can win him over!" Mrs. Jiang was relieved: "Besides, this Su Tong is a quick temper, and he can do anything if he provokes him." What do you think of this? If he was in a hurry, he would not be mistaken, Stalin was great, he still rushed into Siberia and turned it upside down. For this kind of person, we can only come soft. ”

The chairman nodded helplessly: "Well, pull in!" Oh, yes! This person has already fledged, and that's all there is to it. ”

After a half-day flight, the plane finally arrived in Chahar in the afternoon through Shandong and Hebei provinces. As soon as the plane arrived in Chahar, the pilot in the forward cabin came to report: "Report to the commission, Chahar's plane has come to pick us up." ”

The chairman and his wife looked out the window and saw dozens of ugly-looking planes flying outside the window, and after they flew to the plane where the chairman was riding, they all set up a guard formation on the periphery and flew with the Glass DC-3 passenger plane.

Madame Jiang asked curiously: "Is this the plane that scared me?" ”

The chairman of the committee bowed his head and said, "It should be them." They have a powerful air force! Madame Jiang heard her husband's tone revealing a sense of envy.

Soon, the plane slowly landed at Feilong Airport in Zhangjiakou. When Chairman Chiang and his wife got off the plane, they saw a sea of people at the airport, and countless media remembered to be erected next to the runway at the airport with long guns and short guns.

Seeing such a huge scene, a satisfied smile suddenly appeared on the chairman's originally serious face, and Madame Jiang also held the chairman's hand and waved to the crowd with a smile, showing a graceful and luxurious temperament.

At this moment they saw a group of people walking briskly, and in the middle was a soldier of about twenty-five or sixteen years of age, of medium stature, with a very good face, and the three stars on his shoulders glittering.

I saw him quickly walk past the crowd, walked in front of the chairman, saluted, and said loudly: "Su Tong, chairman of the Chahar political axe and commander of the 37th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, salutes the chairman and his wife!" The chairman and his wife have worked hard all the way! ”