"Buzz"

In the blue sky, there was a roar of airplanes in the snow-white clouds, and if you looked down from above, you would see two airplanes painted in grass green camouflage.

They were the patrol force of the newly formed Air Force 5th Division, and they were the youngest members of the Chahar Air Force sequence, and they were flying over Rehe at this time.

Xiao Feipeng, the leader of the team, looked at the blue sky in front of him, and then looked at the wingman next to him, which was a newly equipped Messerschmitt Me-109 fighter. Xiao Feipeng couldn't help muttering in his heart. This new fighter with new equipment is much stronger than the P47, but it is still more delicate than the P47, and I don't know if it can stand up if it takes a few bullets.

After many tragic air battles, the ugly but sturdy fuselage of the P47 now gives pilots a sense of reliability and safety, and pilots have realized how true the saying "judge people by their appearance, lose their sons". While Xiao Feipeng felt the flexible CAO longitudinal energy of this Messerschmitt in his hand, he was also a little worried about its not too thick body.

Since he was transferred to the newly formed Air Fifth Division and flew on this newly equipped Messerschmitt plane, Xiao Feipeng felt a little bottomless in his heart. Although compared to the P47 fighter, this agile Messerschmitt Me-109 fighter is more like a combat fighter in the traditional sense,

But for veteran pilots who are accustomed to relying on the rough-skinned P47 rampage, it really takes a while to get used to flying this relatively delicate Me-109 fighter.

Xiao Feipeng in the cabin seemed to feel a strong air flow passing by both sides of the plane, making the fuselage tremble. While admiring the beautiful scenery of the grassland, his eyes were also vigilantly observing the surrounding situation.

On the first day of their time in the unit, any pilot is told never to let his guard down while on patrol, as doing so will make your chances of returning home greatly reduced.

The plane continued to reduce altitude, and in the blink of an eye it descended to an altitude of three thousand meters.

Suddenly, a hurried voice sounded in my ears: "This is the Ostrich Transport Brigade, here is the Ostrich Transport Brigade, our unit is now under attack by the Japanese army, the direction is xxx, the situation is urgent, call for reinforcements, call for reinforcements!" ”

The shouting in the headset made the somewhat dull atmosphere tense, and Xiao Feipeng's eyes lit up: "Brother, we have work to do, come with me!" ”

With that, the wings flicked, and the Me-109 fighter, painted grass green, swung its wings and galloped away in a southeasterly direction

At this time, over the grassland, three Zeppelin airships were slowly flying in the direction of Chengde, and several machine guns mounted on the airship pods were pouring tongues of fire into the sky. Behind them, two Nakajima Type 97 fighters were dodging the shells of the machine guns from the airship, and at the same time flying up and down flexibly, instead of spitting out strings of fire.

The bullet hit the airship's large airbag, and from time to time there was a sound of gas leaking. Fortunately, this kind of zeppelin has been modified, and inside it is a sealed metal canister filled with helium, otherwise the airship would have caught fire if it had been using hydrogen like the Germans in the past.

Since the airship was introduced in Chahar, its large payload, long range and rugged safety have made it widely popular with the army as soon as it entered service. The army couldn't wait to place orders for hundreds of aircraft from the manufacturer, and quickly formed an airship brigade.

However, the slow speed of the airships also makes them vulnerable to enemy attacks, and no aircraft can accompany them all the way at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour.

In desperation, they had no choice but to install six and twenty mm machine guns on each airship for self-defense, but judging from today's actual combat results, it seems that they are not of much use, and they are just better than nothing.

The two fighters besieging the airship today are a single-seat, single-wing, single-engine, all-metal light fighter that Japan commissioned only last year, with a stubby fuselage in the shape of a large-headed turnip, and armed with two 7.7 mm machine guns. At this moment, they were flying up and down in the sky, like cats and mice, riding these three behemoths more than 200 meters long.

When Xiao Feipeng arrived, the three airships had already dropped to a height of about a thousand meters due to the multiple gas canisters being punctured, and a large amount of helium leaked inside.

"One zero three, let's just one person and one fight, see who can beat these two carrots down first."

As soon as he finished pressing the nose of the machine, the grass-green Me-109 rushed down like a battle set.

At this time, the two Nakajima 97 fighters below were still flying up and down attacking the three airships, and in the eyes of the pilots of these two Japanese fighters, today was simply their lucky day.

But they forgot that there is an old saying in China called happiness and sorrow, and when the Japanese plane was chasing the airship and fighting, Xiao Feipeng drove the Me-109 and pounced fiercely from a height of three thousand meters.

Four 12.7 mm machine guns mounted on the wings poured out tongues of fire, and one of Nakajima suddenly fell to the ground with black smoke and circles.

Xiao Feipeng's movements are clean and neat, all in one go, which fully shows his skillfulness and ruthlessness as an old bird. But his wingman was not so lucky, he had just graduated from the aviation school and was discovered by the Japanese aircraft when he just pounced down, and the prey was not only not hunted, but was bitten by the Japanese plane.

"One-zero-three, slow down and roll, hold on!"

Xiao Feipeng, who had just beaten the enemy plane down and turned back, saw at a glance that his wingman was being chased by the Japanese plane and fired at the tail, and bullets were constantly flashing past the fuselage, and the situation was dangerous. Quickly pushed the throttle valve, the engine roared, and the plane increased its speed and rushed towards the Japanese plane.

"Da Da Da"

Xiao Feipeng swept over the Nakajima fighter in front of him with a shuttle of bullets, not seeking to hurt the enemy, but only to relieve the wingman.

Under the threat of large-caliber bullets, the Japanese aircraft had to abandon the target that was about to arrive and turn to the target that was given a greater threat from behind.

As soon as the two of them held hands, Xiao Feipeng immediately felt the pressure. This is an experienced opponent, although he doesn't want to admit it, Xiao Feipeng knows that the other party can rely on its Xing can lag behind the Me-109 Nakajima fighter and kill himself, which proves that the opponent's level is above himself.

In fact, what Xiao Feipeng didn't know was that it was the three-wheeled wide who enjoyed the reputation of "SHE" in the Japanese air force who was engaged in a fierce battle with him.

Miwa Hiroshi is one of the four best pilots selected among the fighter pilots of the Japanese Army and Navy Air Corps through regular technical competitions such as aerobatics, formation, air combat, and slamming. There is no doubt about the air combat skills of such a top four pilot in Japan.

The two planes flew up and down in the air, one of the two was skilled in flying, and the other was excellent in the air, and the two sides were inseparable in the sky. The wingman on the side couldn't get started at all, so he had to fly to the side to be a spectator, but he was not idle to call for reinforcements next to him.

Xiao Feipeng is fighting more and more fiercely, and Sanlun Kuan is an experienced and spicy man, and the two have unknowingly flown over the periphery of Chengde, and the fierce air battle has aroused the onlookers of the officers and soldiers of the two sides who are facing each other on the periphery of Chengde. For a while, the sound of cheering turned out to be loud.

The Japanese fighters that took off urgently from the Chengde airport also rushed to the periphery, but they were afraid of the hundreds of high-tech guns of various calibers and dense high-tech machine guns on the position of the Chahar army, and did not dare to rashly enter the range of the high-tech artillery, so they could only watch the two fighters continue to fight over the position.

Soon after, Chahar's support planes also arrived at the scene, and dozens of fighters from both sides began another battle in the sky over Chengde.

Fighter planes were shot down continuously, fighter planes were injured and withdrew from the battlefield, and pilots parachuted from time to time.

At this time, Hu Lian, who had just been appointed commander of the Rehe front, Wu Jilong, commander of the Third Armored Division, Wang Dayong, commander of the Fifth Division, Zhang Lengmo, commander of the 11th Infantry Division, and Wang Qinglong, commander of the Fourth Artillery Division, were watching the air battle in the front-line headquarters.

"Brother Boyu, it seems that our preparation is still insufficient, I didn't expect the Japanese to transfer so many planes from the Northeast, if we don't fight well, this will be another protracted war of attrition. Look, this is the first air battle in recent times? Looking at the fierce battle in the sky, Zhang Lengmo put down his glasses and said with a wry smile.

"No way!" Hu Lian's attitude is very resolute!

"This battle must be resolved quickly, and the reason why the Kwantung Army has not sent reinforcements to estimate it is because of internal problems. If the time drags on too long, and when the Kwantung Army comes to the rescue, it will definitely mobilize heavy troops to support Chengde. When the time comes, it's time to retreat. ”

"I agree with Commander Hu's view, now that our five divisions have surrounded Chengde, there are only one 28th Division and 27th Division and one independent 20th Brigade in Chengde City. I don't believe that Kusaba Tatsumi can lead less than 40,000 devils against our army of nearly 80,000! ”

Wang Dayong, who was on the side, also agreed with Hu Lian's opinion: "It is better to attack Chengde sooner rather than later, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Do the Japanese have a lot of planes? I can't see it, we have a lot of planes, but they were just dragged down by the fighting in Beiping. ”

Half a time later, the battle was over. The losses of the Chahar and Japanese forces in this air battle were eleven: twenty-three, respectively. Although the actual combat experience of the pilots of Chahar's Air Force Division was not as good as that of the Japanese army, they were fighting more and more fiercely because they had the advantage of aircraft capabilities.

In the end, the Japanese planes with too much losses had to order a retreat, there was no way, every few days it was the loss of dozens of fighters, even the wealthy Kwantung Army could not afford it, let alone the North China garrison army that was used to living a poor life?

After watching the air battle, Hu Lian finally made up his mind.

"We must do a good job of the ammunition reserve within three days, and after three days, we will launch a full-scale attack on Chengde!"