The Central China Front of the little devils not only has more than 500,000 troops, but also has two heavy artillery brigades, namely the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, as well as nearly 200 aircraft, and its headquarters is located in Nanjing.

At present, the 10th Division and the Botian Detachment of the 18th Army of the Little Devils are stationed in the Wuhan area, and seventy or eighty planes of various kinds have been deployed at the Wuhan Airport, not to mention the Central China Front of the Little Devils, which is tens of thousands of little devils in and around the Wuhan area, and for the 59th Army, it is also a behemoth, which makes Zhang Zizhong feel very pressured.

Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army currently has three divisions, namely the 37th, 38th, and 180th Divisions, each with more than 12,000 people, and the equipment is also relatively mixed; rifles are made in Hanyang, Zhongcheng, and 38 Dagai, light and heavy machine guns are Czech-style, Maxine, Crooked Handle, and Type 92, and there are fewer artillery, and only a small number of mortars are available for troops above the battalion level.

In addition to these three main divisions, there is also an artillery regiment directly under the military headquarters, equipped with dozens of Type 92 infantry guns, these cannons are part of the weapons of the little devils captured by Zhang Yunfei in Xuzhou before, and the artillery regiment was formed by using these guns, but there are not many artillery shells in the artillery regiment now, but fortunately, Zhang Yunfei airlifted a lot of shells today.

In addition, there is a cavalry regiment of more than 1,000 people and a military guard regiment, and the entire 59th Army has about 40,000 people, facing a division regiment of the first division and a detachment of more than 10,000 people in the Wuhan area of the little devil, so in the past few months, Zhang Zizhong has been adopting a defensive policy.

Seeing Zhang Zizhong's solemn face, Zhang Yunfei suggested: "Why don't we have a joint operation and fight the sharpness of a dozen little devils?" ”

After listening to Zhang Yunfei's suggestion, Zhang Zizhong's solemn face eased slightly, and he said with interest: "Oh, brother, tell me about your plan, how to conduct a joint operation." ”

Zhang Yunfei sorted out his thoughts a little and said: "Big brother, I want to draw a division from the 3rd and 16th Group Army, that is, about 20,000 people, plus part of our flying group, together with your 59th Army, to fight a dozen little devils, and drive the little devils in the direction of Wuhan, on the one hand, to expand the strategic depth of Yichang, and on the other hand, to fight a dozen little devils by the way." ”

As soon as Zhang Yunfei's plan was said, Zhang Zizhong's eyes lit up, swept away the solemnity just now, and said with a happy face: "Why didn't I think that our brothers can fight together, then this time our brothers will have a good fight with the little devil." ”

"Okay, that's it." Zhang Yunfei stretched out his hand and held Zhang Zizhong's hand tightly. Both of them had firmness in their eyes and were full of confidence in joint operations.

Not long after the two made their decision, Zhang Zizhong convened a secret military meeting of officers at and above the regimental level of the 59th Army, announced the plan for joint operations, and asked the staff officers of the military headquarters to make several military exercises and formulate the best military plan.

The officers attending the meeting were also very excited when they heard that they were fighting together with the 36 th Group Army, and several regiment commanders and brigade commanders who attended the meeting had happy smiles on their faces.

In the following days, the troops of the 59th Army began to move into the designated area, and the 36th Group Army participated in the joint operation this time with the 3rd Infantry Division, which had more than 20,000 men and a large amount of equipment.

At present, the number of transport planes is still too small, each transport plane makes four or five sorties every day, and it has been transported non-stop for several days, and only now about half of the equipment and personnel have been transported to Yichang.

Fortunately, with the efforts of thousands of soldiers of the 59th Army, the current Yichang Airport has built three new runways, bringing the number of runways to five, and the area of the airport has more than doubled.

All the Mustang fighters at Datong Airport have now arrived at Yichang Airport and are ready to participate in this joint combat operation.

Around the airport, 10 30-mm antiaircraft guns have been erected, with long and thick barrels pointing diagonally at the sky, a ground radar station has also been built near the airport, and the radar station staff from Datong have already entered a working state.

This flight group not only dispatched all the Mustang fighters, but also came from Datong with a lot of ground crew and enough pilots, and the pilots this time were selected one by one among hundreds of pilots, and they were all elite pilots belonging to the flight group.

Yichang is carrying out troop movements and pre-war preparations in an orderly manner, and the little devils are not idle, and they are also assembling troops, and the large-scale transfer of the 59th Army has aroused the vigilance of the little devils, and the little devils are sending two reconnaissance planes to the direction of Yichang to reconnoitre.

The little devil's reconnaissance plane was still more than 100 kilometers away from the Yichang airport, and it was discovered by the early warning radar near the airport, and the radar station immediately reported the situation to the airport.

Yichang Airport had no two planes before, and there were very few pilots and ground staff, and after Gao Zhihang led his team to the airport, he naturally took over the command of Yichang Airport. The full power was handed over to Gao Zhihang, and Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Zizhong agreed.

After receiving the report from the radar station, Gao Zhihang hurriedly ordered two Mustang fighters to take off to meet the enemy, and the two Mustang fighters numbered 005 and 006 immediately took off into the air and flew in the direction of the little devil reconnaissance plane.

Because of the monitoring of the ground radar, the location of the little devil's reconnaissance plane The two pilots of the Mustang fighters knew it clearly, and the two of them followed Kochihang's instructions, and for the sake of safety, the two of them were ready to sneak attack the two reconnaissance planes of the little devils, after all, the planes of the little devils were in the light, and the two Mustang fighters were in the dark, so it was very good to launch a surprise attack.

The Mustang plane flew very fast, a distance of more than 100 kilometers is a matter of 20 minutes, according to the instructions of the ground radar, the two men had already reached the combat area, so the two Mustang fighters began to climb, ready to dive down from a high altitude, and hit the little devil reconnaissance plane by surprise.

The ceiling of the Mustang fighter can reach more than 12,000 meters, but the two Mustang fighters will stop climbing when they climb to a position of 10,000 meters, because this altitude is sufficient, and the normal flight altitude of the little devil's reconnaissance plane is generally five or six thousand meters, and the two Mustang fighters have exceeded the little devil's reconnaissance plane enough in height.

The two little devil reconnaissance planes that were on reconnaissance mission today appeared to be bold and reckless, and did not notice in the slightest that danger was approaching, but flew very leisurely; the air force of the little devils has long regarded China's airspace as its own backyard, and it can fly wherever it wants and how it wants.

But today, the flight of the little devil is destined to pay the price of blood for his audacity, because the two Mustang fighters in the high altitude have already spotted the two little devil planes below, and the two Mustang fighters began to dive after the little devil's back and above the little devil's reconnaissance plane.

The Mustang fighter is getting closer and closer to the little devil's reconnaissance plane, and the little devil's pilot did not find the danger behind him at all, when the little devil's reconnaissance plane entered the firing range, the two Mustang fighters opened fire decisively, and each Mustang fighter was equipped with six large-caliber machine guns.

The power of the six machine guns firing at the same time was vividly reflected in the little devil's reconnaissance plane at this moment, and before the two reconnaissance planes of the little devil could react, they were blown up in the air and fell to the ground in pieces, and the pilots on the two little devil reconnaissance planes did not understand how they were shot down until they died.

After successfully completing the mission, the pilots of the two Mustang fighters shouted excitedly, and then began to pilot the plane back smoothly, and twenty minutes later, the two arrived at Yichang Airport.

The two people who had just gotten off the cockpit of the plane saw many pilots and ground crews greeting them beside the runway, and their own flight team leader Gao Zhihang also stood in the middle of the team with a smile on his face, looking at the two triumphant pilots with approving eyes.

The two of them, who were very excited, walked quickly in front of Gao Zhihang and reported loudly: "Report to the team leader, the No. 005 (No. 006 plane) has successfully completed the task and returned safely, please instruct the chief." ”

"Well, that's good." Gao Zhihang happily patted the shoulders of his two favorite generals.

At this time, there was immediately a ground crew, respectively, on the fuselage of the two Mustang fighters sprayed a five-pointed star, a five-pointed star represents the elimination of an enemy aircraft, the more five-pointed stars on the fuselage, symbolizing the number of enemy aircraft annihilated, this is not only an honor, but also a good incentive method.

This is what Zhang Yunfei suggested Gao Zhihang to do, and it just came in handy today.

Zhang Yunfei immediately knew the news of the triumph of the two Mustang fighters, the Mustang fighters were unharmed, and they won the first battle, Zhang Yunfei was also very happy in his heart, and he also had a faint smile on his face.

Zhang Zizhong, who was next to him, was also very happy to see the plane that shot down the two little devils this time, and said to Zhang Yunfei with a happy face: "Brother, the good days of the little devil air force are over, congratulations on your victory in the first battle." ”

"Thank you." Zhang Yunfei smiled faintly, and the big hands of the two were tightly clasped together.

At this time, a communications soldier ran over quickly and anxiously reported: "Report to the military seat, there are several gunboats of little devils on the Yangtze River, and these little devils' gunboats are very cunning, hiding in the dead corners of our riverside batteries, and constantly firing at our riverside positions. ”

"I'm mad at me!" Hearing this, Zhang Zizhong was very angry, and the little devil's gunboat was playing this trick again. But Zhang Yunfei next to him really lit up, and thought that the flying team had work to do again.

(To be continued)