The cable said that on the river near Yichang, it was attacked by six aircraft of the Chinese Air Force, and all three gunboats were sunk. The commander of the Tenth Army, the little devil holding the telegram, had a gloomy face that could wring out water, and the chief of staff of the Tenth Army next to him also had a solemn face, and the two of them never thought that there would be Chinese planes near Yichang.

The commander of the Tenth Army of the little devil had a gloomy face, and walked back and forth in his office several times before he said to the chief of staff of the little devil next to him, Nagata Sadao: "Nagata-kun, what do you think of the Chinese plane that suddenly appeared this time. ”

"Hey", the little devil's chief of staff, Sadao Nagata, saw his commander asking him, and immediately bent down and said very respectfully: "Your Excellency, commander, I think these may be the few old planes left in China, and they may be planes flying from Yucheng." ”

"Well, I think so too." The commander of the Tenth Army of the little devil also agreed, "I think the two reconnaissance planes that we just went missing a few hours ago are also related to these Chinese planes. ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, I think these Chinese planes have posed a threat to us, and we must resolutely annihilate them." Sadao Nagata, chief of staff of the little devil, suggested.

"Then quickly send an order to the Sato fighter squadron at Wuhan airport, and order the Sato fighter squadron to immediately take to Yichang to find those Chinese planes and annihilate them." The commander of the 10th Army of the little devil immediately ordered.

"Hey, I'll call Tatsuo Sato right away." The little devil's chief of staff immediately bent down and saluted.

Ten minutes later, the Sato fighter squadron at Wuhan Airport was ready to take off, and 24 little devil fighters were taking off one after another, and the leader of the attack was Tatsuo Sato, the leader of the little devil fighter squadron.

Driving the plane that had just risen into the sky, Tatsuo Sato's face was full of excitement, there had been no trace of a Chinese plane for a long time, this time there were six surnames in Yichang, wait a minute, you must teach these Chinese planes a good lesson, Tatsuo Sato thought excitedly.

After the 24 little devil planes took off, they completed the tactical formation in the air and flew in the direction of Yichang.

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At Yichang Airport, several staff members of the early warning radar station were still watching the radar situation intently as usual, when suddenly a radar soldier's face changed, and he found that a large number of planes were flying towards Yichang.

After several staff members of the early warning radar station confirmed that everything was correct, they immediately called the command room of Yichang Airport, and immediately, a sharp alarm sounded at Yichang Airport, and a famous pilot quickly ran to the Mustang fighter jets on the airport with his own equipment.

"Everyone, pay attention to the fact that there are 24 enemy planes attacking from the east, all the Mustang fighters have lifted up to the camp, and the early warning planes have also taken to the air to be on alert." Gao Zhihang was at the command headquarters, holding the microphone in front of him, and ordered loudly.

Due to the urgency of the situation, it was too late to ask Zhang Yunfei for instructions, and it was not until after the order was given that all the planes were lifted into the air for combat that Gao Zhihang answered Zhang Yunfei's phone call and reported the situation to Zhang Yunfei.

After answering the phone, Zhang Yunfei was also in a solemn mood, the little devil is menacing, and he sent 24 fighters in one go, 24 fighters should account for half of all the fighters at Wuhan Airport, the little devil is really generous.

Zhang Zizhong next to him, when he heard that it was 24 imp planes, secretly sweated for Zhang Yunfei, not knowing if Gao Zhihang's flight team could resist the attack of the little devil plane.

At Yichang Airport, 16 pilots skillfully boarded the 16 Mustang fighters parked neatly on the airport, and everyone started their engines in turn and drove to the runway one after another.

Most of the 24 planes attacked by the little devils this time were Nakajima 97 fighters, which were equipped with two 7.7 mm machine guns, with a maximum speed of 460 kilometers per hour, an altitude of 10,000 meters, and a range of 800 kilometers. Only a handful of them were Nakajima Type 91 fighters.

The Nakajima 97 fighter is more advanced than the Nakajima 91 fighter previously equipped by the army, and the Nakajima 97 fighter is a single-engine, single-seat light fighter developed by the army in the late 1930s, and it is also the first type of fighter with a single-wing structure equipped by the army.

The commander of the 10th Army of the little devil sent most of the Nakajima Type 97 fighters at the Wuhan airport at once, and it can be seen that just now the Chinese planes blew up and sank the three gunboats of the little devil, which made the commander of the little devil anxious, and the commander of the little devil wanted to save face in a hurry and shoot down those Chinese planes.

The little devil's aircraft squadron maintained an altitude of about 5,000 meters and flew towards Yichang Airport at a speed of about 300 kilometers per hour.

"Fujita-kun, our commander is really making a big fuss, just a few Chinese planes, and actually dispatched one of our squadrons, which reminds me of an old Chinese saying, called killing chickens with a knife." Tatsuo Sato said a little firmly.

"Hey, Your Excellency Squadron Leader, wait a minute, we have found those Chinese planes, we must tease these Chinese pilots well, and let them know the power of the Imperial Air Force." The captain of the little devil's aircraft squad said arrogantly.

"Fujita-kun, that's a good idea, we'll do it later." After saying that, Tatsuo Sato laughed arrogantly, as if the planes of the [***] team were already fish on the chopping board and could be slaughtered by others.

For a long time, the air force of the little devil flew at will in China's airspace, and when there was a war, it often bullied the Chinese army on the ground.

This led to the arrogance and nobodyhood of the Little Devil Air Force, and today it is the same, all the pilots of the Little Devil think that if they go to deal with 6 Chinese planes with 24 aircraft, it will definitely be a sure victory.

The whereabouts of the little devil's plane, under the monitoring of the air early warning aircraft, there is nowhere to hide, 16 Mustang fighters maintain an altitude of 8,000 meters, quietly completing the detour behind the group of little devils, and twenty or thirty kilometers ahead is the squadron of little devils' fighters.

At this time, there were no missiles, air combat used machine guns, and fighters could generally only fire forward, if there was an enemy plane suddenly coming from behind, then the plane would be tragic, only to be beaten, unless it could successfully get rid of the plane behind.

"Everyone, pay attention, the little devil plane is 20 kilometers in front of it, flying at an altitude of 5 kilometers, everyone is ready for battle." In the radio microphones of all the Mustang fighter pilots, the voice of the commander of the AWACS aircraft was heard.

All the Mustang fighter pilots looked at their front intently, looking for the traces of the little devil plane, and within a few minutes, everyone saw the figure of the little devil plane in front of them.

At this time, the little devil plane was completely unaware that a large number of Chinese planes were quietly arriving behind him, still flying unhurriedly, and even a few little devil pilots were still chatting happily.

The Chinese fighters that arrived quietly were already less than a thousand meters away from the group of little devils, and soon the planes of the little devils would enter the range of the Mustang planes. Tatsuo Sato, the leader of the little devil's fighter squadron, felt faintly uneasy, but he couldn't say why he suddenly felt this way in his heart.

Tatsuo Sato's habitual surname turned his head and looked back, this look almost scared Tatsuo Sato's heart jumped out, only to see that behind his group, at least a dozen Chinese fighters quietly arrived, and several planes in his group had already entered the range of Chinese fighters.

Not good, Tatsuo Sato immediately shouted in the radio microphone, "Everyone be careful, there are a large number of enemy planes behind us." After saying that, Tatsuo Sato hurriedly piloted his fighter plane and began to get rid of it.

But at this time, Tatsuo Sato's reminder was still a little late, several Chinese fighters had already aimed at several planes behind the group of little devils, and the six machine guns on the Mustang fighters opened fire at the same time, and the five little devils' planes were immediately shot, and fell to the ground in smoke.

The pilots of the little devils were still extremely arrogant and arrogant just now, and at this time, they suddenly heard the anxious shouts of their squadron leaders, and many little devils immediately set up their own planes and began to maneuver, or climb, or dive, or make sharp turns, in an attempt to get rid of the Chinese planes behind as soon as possible, so as to occupy a favorable position and return fire.

However, the maximum flight speed of the little devil's aircraft is only 460 kilometers, while the maximum flight speed of the Mustang fighter is more than 700 kilometers.

16 Mustang fighters, find their own target and bite hard, and as soon as there is a chance to aim, they will fire at the little devil plane in front, in the sky, dozens of planes immediately fight together, but it seems that the Mustang fighter has the absolute upper hand.

The captain of the little devil fighter squadron, Tatsuo Sato, was also bitten by a Mustang fighter with the number 005, and Tatsuo Sato, who was piloting the Nakajima Type 97 fighter, had made several tactical maneuvers in a row with his skillful piloting skills, but he had not been able to get rid of the Chinese fighter behind him, and his Nakajima Type 97 fighter had been within the range of the Chinese fighter behind him.

The Chinese fighters behind have already fired several times, and Tatsuo Sato's Nakajima Type 97 fighter has already been hit with several bullet holes, but fortunately the key point of the plane was not concentrated, if it weren't for Tatsuo Sato's experience, it would have been shot down long ago.

Tatsuo Sato, who had been piloting the plane in an attempt to get rid of it, did not get rid of the Chinese fighter behind him after several maneuvers in a row, and Tatsuo Sato began to panic a little, thinking to himself, is this a Chinese plane? How is it more advanced and excellent than the planes of the Empire.

(To be continued)