In Chinese New Year's Eve 1939, Japan's China Dispatch Army sent more than 130 warplanes in an attempt to sabotage the founding ceremony of the "Japanese Peace Salvation Army", to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and a large number of high-ranking officials of the Nationalist Government, and to bomb Chongqing...... As a result, they encountered an anti-aircraft artillery cluster arranged in advance by the command of our Air Force.

More than 600 anti-aircraft guns from France and the Soviet Union formed a dense network of firepower, and in the first strike, more than 40 unsuspecting Japanese fighters were shot down. The Japanese machine dodged in a hurry, was chaotic for a while, and once again suffered a lot of losses. And when the Japanese planes finally reacted and tried to climb en masse to avoid the fire of the anti-aircraft guns from the ground, they found that the fighters of the Chinese Air Force had already reached their skies and were preparing to dive down......

It has to be said that the excellent performance of the Zero fighter was almost invincible during this period. But even if you have the ability, you have to have the opportunity to play, otherwise it will be like that. But it is obvious that the Chinese Air Force has already laid a trap, and it is impossible to give Zero any chance to perform...... Chinese fighters diving down from high altitudes, plus anti-aircraft guns ready to support on the ground. The Japanese aircraft formation ended up with the loss of one hundred and three fighters shot down in exchange for the downing of nine Chinese fighters. Of these, 56 Zero fighters were "taken care of" too much, and only four were able to escape in panic with the remaining Japanese fighters. But when they fled back to the Wuhan airport, they found that the airport was on fire, and dozens of Chinese fighters were circling in the sky...... It is clear that the Chinese have once again repeated their old tricks. In the face of such a situation, the Zero is okay, the endurance is okay, and it can barely fly to other airports to land, but other types of aircraft are not...... Moreover, they had enemy planes intercepting them in front of them, and dozens of Chinese fighters chasing them behind them, and they had already fallen into a desperate situation.

In this case. The Japanese pilots frantically called for support from the anti-aircraft artillery at the airfield, but there was no news. So they went berserk and, led by four Zeros, launched a Jedi counterattack against the Chinese fighters who were chasing them. In the end, the four Zeros were besieged by almost forty Chinese fighters, three were destroyed, one escaped far away with speed, and the remaining Japanese fighters were exhausted by other Chinese fighters like monkeys, and all of them were destroyed in the sky over Wuhan Airport.

Of the more than one hundred and thirty planes that were menacing, only one Zero was able to escape in the end.

The news is out. The whole country rejoices.

But the Chinese Air Force apparently felt that this was not enough for everyone to celebrate the New Year.

The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1940.

The Air Force flew over the East China Sea with four bomber groups and two bomber groups of the Soviet Volunteer Air Force to aid China, with a total of 120 bombers flying over the East China Sea to bomb Japan.

This campaign. The bombing of Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Fukuoka and Kitakyushu in Japan destroyed many Japanese warships. It also bombed the Yawata Iron Works, the pride of Japan...... Thereinto. The aircraft carrier "Akagi" anchored at the Sasebo Military Port in Nagasaki suffered light damage, but more than 30 Type Zero carrier-based fighters and more than 60 Type 96 Mitsubishi carrier-based fighters that stayed on the deck were all destroyed.

In other words, the Chinese Air Force knocked out more than 200 Japanese planes in these two days.

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"Take advantage of the victory! Now is the time when the Japanese are weak, and we should take advantage of the victory to attack their logistics base. In particular, the large-scale bombing of ammunition depots and baggage depots further weakened their war strength. ”

The third day of the Lunar New Year.

Chongqing, Air Force Command.

Zhou Zhirou's face turned red, and she waved her fists excitedly...... It's like a bull in heat. He can't be blamed for that. Since the beginning of the War of Resistance. The Air Force suffered repeated losses, and finally won a few games with stratagem, but it was worried because it was always worried about the advanced fighters of the Japanese army. But now, the Zero has appeared twice on the Chinese battlefield, and each time it has been almost completely wiped out. What does this mean? It shows that this kind of fighter is not as powerful as imagined, and the Chinese Air Force can completely rely on its numerical superiority to occupy an absolute upper hand.

But no matter how excited Zhou Zhirou was, the people below who listened to him seemed to be mute, looking at their noses and noses one by one, and their noses and hearts were all in agreement.

"What's wrong with everyone? Won the battle, won the battle...... Why are they all out of energy? Zhou Zhirou finally noticed that something was wrong, and his excitement decreased slightly, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Commander-in-chief," Wang Shuming looked at Zhou Zhirou, "things are a little bad." ”

"Isn't that good?" Zhou Zhirou is a dignified. He has just been officially promoted to commander-in-chief of the Aviation Committee, and the Military Council has officially issued a notice that he will soon be promoted to general...... Admiral, although he is only a second-class general, how many first-class generals are there in the whole of China now? made meritorious service and was promoted, he can be said to be the most proud time in his life. And it is precisely because of his pride that he wants to do some more achievements...... He didn't think about finding the enemy's plane like Qin Wei, he couldn't play with that method. They did not dare to use Chiang Kai-shek and Kong Xiangxi's large group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Nationalist Government as bait. But now that the Japanese have basically lost air supremacy in South China, and even in the whole of China, his dignified commander-in-chief of the Aviation Committee is still the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, so it's always okay to bully and bully those guys who can't fight back at this time, right? This is not a big deal, so he didn't even call Qin Wei, anyway, that guy has never cared much about this kind of thing, and as a deputy commander, he almost never goes to work. But now Wang Shuming told him...... Something is wrong?

"Chief Qin just called, let's discuss the issue of the air force retreating from Ningbo......," Wang Shuming said.

"Retreat?" Zhou Zhirou was stunned for a moment, "We just set out from Ningbo to bomb the Japanese mainland, the Japanese must be angry, and they will definitely take Ningbo at all costs...... Retreating at this time, didn't the Ningbo defenders scold us for crossing the river and demolishing the bridge? ”

"Who knows? It may be that Chief Qin thinks that the Japanese will inevitably do their best this time, so he doesn't want the air force to lose too much. Huang Bingheng sighed: "After all, it doesn't have to be an aircraft to deal with the Air Force, and other means can also be used...... The Japanese, knowing that they had no air supremacy, would attack Ningbo again, and would certainly carry a large number of anti-aircraft guns. ”

"That's right." Wang Shuming nodded: "If it was before, the Japanese might not be able to make up so many anti-aircraft guns in a short period of time." But they have been at war with the Soviet Union for a long time, and although they have air supremacy, the Soviets have a larger number of planes, and they are not going to fight them hard, and they are looking for weak points, which is enough for them. Therefore, in order to cope with the Soviet Air Force, there were quite a few anti-aircraft guns of the Kwantung Army. Just transfer a batch of them. It's almost enough. ”

"This is something to be prevented." Zhou Zhirou did not feel uncomfortable. Qin Wei's authority in the Air Force has surpassed him, but that person usually doesn't care about things, so the real power of the Air Force is still in his hands. Even if he is promoted this time, there are still Wang Shuming and others, and the Air Force is still the foundation of his life. What's more, Qin Wei's credit is too great, and it is not limited to one aspect of the Air Force, he has no idea of comparing himself with the other party at all...... Just like this ambush of the Japanese fighter formation, 500 of them were M1939 anti-aircraft guns from the Soviet Union, which Qin Wei forcibly picked from the Soviets, and the other 100 French Bofors anti-aircraft guns. also has something to do with Qin Wei, because it was Qin Wei who urged Song Meiling to buy it back from France with oil money...... IN ADDITION, 80 105MM HEAVY GUNS, 150 82MM MORTARS, AND 300 TRUCKS ARRIVED NOT LONG AGO...... Although the distribution of these weapons was in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin, everyone knew that Qin Wei also had considerable discretion in recommending these weapons. Therefore, Qin Wei can be said to be red to purple in Chongqing now. And the reason why he can have it today is Zhou. The reason why the Air Force can have today is not because of Qin Wei? And there was wind on it. It is also possible that Qin Wei will be promoted in rank with him. And officially assumed the post of commander-in-chief of the Air Force, and not deputy commander as originally believed. In this way, Qin Wei was already on an equal footing with him in his position, and he had no reason to feel uncomfortable because of the other party's influence on the Air Force.

"Although we have won battles in a row, we still lack confidence after all. There's no room for loss. Huang Bingheng sighed. This time to ambush the Japanese fighter formation, Qin Wei came up with a plan. He is specifically responsible for the implementation, and the credit is not small. But after a short period of excitement, he soon became unhappy again...... The Japanese can build airplanes, so. No matter how much is lost, sooner or later people will be able to rebuild it. But they lost one plane after another. The performance is insufficient, and he never dares to let go of his hands and feet to face the enemy...... But after the Japanese have suffered losses again and again, there is always a time to become smarter, right? At least he could see that after designing one trap after another, Qin Wei was already a little struggling...... This time, the entire Chongqing anti-aircraft artillery will be used in a centralized manner, and what tricks can be made next time?

"It's a pity that the new fighter that the United States wants to help develop has not yet succeeded, otherwise, why be afraid of its Zero type?" Wang Shuming also said.

"I'm afraid that this new fighter is not so easy to develop." Huang Bingheng said: "The Americans did not participate in the war, so they are certainly not in a hurry. Maybe they're just trying to delay their time and ask for a lot of money from us. ”

"It's possible. Which of these foreign devils is not the virtue of reaching out in a coffin and dying for money? Wang Shuming also sighed.

"And Chennault, have you been back in the U.S. for a while? said that it was a volunteer pilot, but there has been no movement until now. Huang Bingheng said again.

"Chennault can't be blamed for this," Zhou Zhiju said, "It was Madame who ordered him to urge Grumman to design a new fighter for us in the United States...... He's too busy right now. ”

"I don't think the U.S. government is a good thing, and I've heard that they've been sending people to monitor Grumman's progress in developing new fighter jets for us...... I'm afraid they'll be ghostly. It was clearly developed, but it was not given to us. After all, the Type Zero is basically the best now, and a fighter stronger than the Type Zero is naturally the country's most important weapon. Wang Shuming said again.

"You don't have to worry about this, Madam, they have long thought of this possibility, and there is a way to deal with it." Zhou Zhi Judo.

"Really?" Wang Shuming was a little unconvinced. It is common sense that the European and American powers never sell the best things to China. Therefore, they have always believed that it is not safe to entrust an American aircraft manufacturing company to develop a fighter against the Zero. Because even if the research is done, the U.S. government is likely to intervene to obstruct it...... But although they objected, they could not respond to the questions of Song Meiling and Qin Wei: If the Americans are not allowed to help, who can they help? Anglo-French? Or did the Chinese develop it themselves?

"Of course there is a way. You can rest assured that this is ......" Zhou Zhirou was actually worried in her heart. Although the Zero has repeatedly failed in front of the Chinese Air Force, the pilots also greatly appreciated this Japanese fighter, and no one dared to deny the superior performance of this fighter. They can defeat each other once or twice, but no matter what, they will one day face this fighter...... At that time, if you didn't have a fighter that could cope with it, wouldn't you be slaughtered by others? But are Americans really that easy to talk to? (To be continued......)