At 5:20 a.m. on August 23, 1912, when the sky had just appeared a hint of fish belly white, the field airfield of the Chinese Air Force north of Querétaro was already busy, and searchlights illuminated the entire airfield as if it were daylight. Ground crews are refueling all the warplanes and replenishing ammunition. All the HB' Wild Goose, Bomber and FH5' Falcon, dive bombers also began to load bombs. In this attack on the US military, the Air Force will be the vanguard.

"Our target this time is that airport, thirty kilometers north of San Luis Potosí. According to the information we have received, the Americans have deployed more than fifty 'Hurricane' fighters there. Our goal is to blow them up on the airfield before they even take off. Half an hour later, the fleet will take off and is expected to reach the target at 7 a.m. All the fighters descended to an altitude of 800 meters to drop bombs. When the time comes, the fighters will escort us, and the 'Falcon, dive bombers will go against the air defense positions around the airfield! Do you understand? Major Chang Zhining, captain of the 2nd Brigade of the Air Force Wing, introduced to everyone. Since the mass production of the Hurricane fighter jointly developed by Britain, France, and the United States, the United States has begun large-scale production of this type of fighter. In terms of the strong industrial strength of the United States, it can produce more than 200 of these fighters every month, and this is the reason why production has just begun and the efficiency is not optimal. In a little while, that number will rise quite a bit. It is not fighter planes but pilots that are now restraining the development of US aviation forces. Fighters can be produced, but it is not so easy to train a qualified pilot. The pilots of the US military are relatively rare, and even now there are only a few hundred pilots who can fly fighter planes into the sky, let alone engage in air combat, and they are completely rookies.

"Got it!" Dozens of pilots replied one after another. In this attack on the US military, the Air Force will take the lead in dispatching and give priority to destroying the US fighters to clear the way for subsequent bombing. And the best way to deal with the U.S. air force is to destroy these fighters at the airfield.

Since the mass production of the 'Hurricane' fighter jointly developed by Britain, France and the United States, the Chinese Air Force has strengthened its air force on the Mexican battlefield, in addition to the previous 4th Air Wing of the Air Force, the 5th Air Wing and the 6th Air Wing have also been mobilized. Unlike the previous three wings, the first fighting aircraft wing is equipped with all FB'Hai Dongqing, fighters, and is a unit specially designed to seize air supremacy on the battlefield. By the end of next month, the 7th Fighter Wing is expected to arrive on the battlefield in Mexico. At that time, the air superiority of the squadron will be more obvious.

Before launching the attack, the squadron's fighters flew to the positions of the US military several times to reconnoiter intelligence and preliminarily determined the location of the US military air force airfield in San Luis Potosí and nearby. In order to ensure that the follow-up bombers would not be attacked by these US fighters, the Mexican Battlefield Command decided to destroy these US fighters as soon as the battle began. Lieutenant General Feng Yong, deputy commander of the Chinese Air Force, who was in charge of commanding air operations on the Mexican battlefield, then came up with an operational plan for bombing the US airfield.

U.S. Army Air Corps deployed 200 Hurricane fighters near San Luis Potosi on four field airfields. These airfields will become the main targets of this air force strike. This is also the first time that the Chinese Air Force has carried out this type of strike, and if successful, it will completely seize air supremacy in northern Mexico. Before the arrival of the new US air force, the bombers of the Air Force can wantonly bomb the positions of the US troops.

This time the bombing was a matter of great importance, and Marshal Zhao Bowen, the Minister of War and the supreme commander of the Mexican battlefield, also personally rushed to the field airfield in Elliano. This field airfield is deployed with bombers from a brigade of the 5th Air Wing of the Air Force.

"General Feng, are you ready?" Marshal Zhao Bowen asked, looking at the plane at the airport that was preparing for takeoff. This was the first large-scale bombing campaign by the Chinese Air Force, and it was directly related to the struggle for air supremacy on the battlefield.

"Marshal rest assured, the air wings are ready, and in half an hour the fleet will begin to take off. The location of the four field airfields near San Luis Potosí is already under our control. The vast majority of U.S. aircraft are deployed at these four airfields, and only a very small number are deployed at other field airfields. The U.S. military would definitely not have thought of our action this time, we could take them by surprise and destroy all the U.S. fighters on the airfield! Lieutenant General Feng Yong said very confidently.

"Fifty kilometers north of Elliano is the area controlled by the US military. Although the U.S. military does not deploy too many troops in these places, if the aircraft group passes by, it will definitely be attacked by the U.S. military! Hair. We have dispatched such a large fleet of aircraft, which will certainly attract the attention of the US military. If the U.S. military had reacted in advance, would our attack have been successful? Marshal Zhao Bowen raised his own questions.

"Marshal, we have already thought about this issue. After takeoff, the fleet does not fly directly to San Luis Potosí, but first flies 20 kilometers east over the Sierra Madre Oriental. After arriving in San Luis Potosí and then flying westward, the divisions will follow the previous plan and fly towards the intended target. At the same time, the ceiling of our fighters is above meters, and the clouds will give us good cover. In addition, the U.S. military has no relevant experience, so even if they discover our fleet, they may not be able to guess our intentions and react in time. This bombing, the Air Force is more than 70% sure that it will be successful! Lieutenant General Feng Yong said.

"Well, in that case, the Air Force will let it go! I'm sure you'll make it! Marshal Zhao Bowen said. He is not a professional, and since Lieutenant General Feng Yong is already seventy percent sure, he naturally has no doubts.

"Yes, Marshal!" Lieutenant General Feng Yong nodded, being able to personally plan this large-scale bombing was also a rare opportunity for him. Although the Chinese Air Force has been developing for more than ten years, it is still too far behind the army and navy. Even the commander of the air force is only the rank of general, which is equivalent to the commander of a group army of the army and the commander of a fleet of the navy. The generals of the Air Force also held their breath and hoped that the Air Force would develop into a branch of the armed forces that could compete with the Army and Navy at an early date.

Even if the bombing campaign was not successful, Lieutenant General Feng Yong was not worried. Although the Air Force has three wings, the number of fighters is only 120, which is not as good as the 200 deployed by the US military in northern Mexico. However, the U.S. military's 'Hurricane' fighter can not be compared with the Chinese Air Force's 'Hai Dongqing' fighter jet, whether it is the ceiling, climb or speed, are far behind. In the past, when the Chinese Air Force sent fighter planes to conduct reconnaissance, it also fought with the US air force several times, but each time the Chinese Air Force won, and the US military could only rely on its numerical superiority to besiege the fighters of the Chinese Air Force that were responsible for reconnaissance missions. However, as long as the fighters of the Chinese Air Force climb to an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, they will be able to escape lightly by virtue of their speed advantage.

In the previous two months of sporadic air battles, the Chinese Air Force had lost seven fighters, while the U.S. Army Air Corps had lost more than thirty fighters. Moreover, two more of the combat losses of the Chinese Air Force were shot down by anti-aircraft fire from the ground. One of the other five also crashed due to a technical malfunction. Only four were actually shot down by US fighter jets.

In particular, it is necessary to pay attention to the anti-aircraft firepower of the US military, which is armed with a small number of 127-mm large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns in addition to a large number of 79-mm anti-aircraft machine guns. In addition, there are anti-aircraft guns converted from 20 mm and 40 mm rapid-fire guns, which also pose a great threat to the warstructure of the Chinese Air Force. Fortunately, the U.S. military has not yet mastered the fuse delay technology, and the shells of these anti-aircraft guns will only explode after hitting the target, and will not explode on their own when they reach a predetermined altitude, using fragments to cause damage to nearby aircraft. Otherwise, the threat to the Chinese Air Force will be even greater.

At 5:50 a.m., the first HB' Hongyan, bomber, took off from the field airfield, followed by other bombers. Other field airfields also began to take off at this time FB'Hai Dongqing, fighter jets and FH5' Falcon, dive bombers.

After only ten minutes, the planes had taken off, formed a formation over the airfield, climbed and flew eastward, entering the Sierra Madre Oriental, and then changing course and heading north.

At this moment, the sky has begun to brighten, and the sky has also appeared a hint of golden yellow, and the sun is about to rise above the horizon. In the morning, on the Mexican plateau, there were some thin clouds, and it was over the clouds that the fighters of the Chinese Air Force flew. Although the large fleet of aircraft can produce a lot of noise, it is so fast that the ground often sounds fleeting. In addition, the U.S. military did not deploy too many troops in the Sierra Madre Oriental, so the Chinese Air Force fleet was not detected.

At 6:40 a.m., the group flew out of the Sierra Madre Oriental, dispersed into four parts, and began to fly towards the four field airfields around San Luis Potosí. And the fleet of the Chinese Air Force was exposed at this time.