On the afternoon of December 4, the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), an infantry squadron of the 47th Infantry Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army rushed to Dongshan Bridge, and its outpost team was blocked by the defenders of Dongshan Bridge and hurriedly withdrew.

When there was a dense sound of gunfire on the side of Dongshan Bridge, more than 800 officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade were rushing to repair the fortifications with the help of more than 500 spontaneously organized people, and Xu 19 was among them.

The 19th Brigade set up a lookout post on the 25-meter-high Hongjue Temple Tower, and Gao Shenxing squatted on it.

When Xu Shijiu looked up, Gao Shenxing was gesturing below, and Shu Tongwen, who was resting next to him, was curious, so he asked Xu Shijiu: "Captain, what is Brother Shenxing talking about?" ”

Xu Shijiu stared at Gao Shenxing intently, and said: "He is saying that there are about 150 people in Xiaoriben who attacked Dongshan Bridge, two pheasant necks (Type 92 heavy machine guns), nine crooked handles, six grenadiers, two trucks and four side three-wheeled motorcycles. ”

Shu Tongwen said: "Captain, can you teach me sign language?" ”

"Okay." Xu Jiu smiled and said, "If we are still alive after this battle, I will teach you." ”

After that, Xu 19 turned his gaze to the people who were sweating and digging fortifications on the battlefield, and said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, you have worked hard these days, now that Xiao Ri's advance team has hit the foot of Zutang Mountain, and the large army will soon be killed, you leave quickly, and the rest will be handed over to us." ”

After all, the people had never been on the battlefield, although they also wanted to stay and continue to help the national army resist the enemy, but as soon as they heard the sound of gunfire, they were all scared, and they left in a hurry, but there were more than a dozen students who refused to leave, including two female students, shouting that they had to stay, not only because they could not go into battle to kill the enemy, but also as a field ambulance team.

Xu Shijiu lowered his face and reprimanded, they were also not afraid, and said with righteousness and awe, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, and it is their right to fight for the country and the nation, Xu Shijiu has no choice, so he can only let Shu Tongwen and Li Zihan take them all to the Guanyin Hall on the mountain, and stay with Ergua and more than a dozen wounded.

Not long after the students were taken up the mountain, there was a faint roar of engines in the southeast sky, Xu 19 raised his binoculars, only to see more than 30 Japanese bombers and destroyers swinging out of the clouds in a formation of three "people", and swooped towards the city of Nanjing with great momentum.

Only three days after the fall of Guangde, Japanese engineers repaired the Guangde airfield, and on 4 December, more than 30 bombers and destroyers (fighters) of the 10th Squadron of the 3rd Flying Regiment directly under the Central China Front were transferred from Pudong to Guangde, so that they could bomb Nanjing at close range.

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Nanjing Minggong Airport.

The piercing air defense sirens suddenly sounded, and Le Yiqin and Dong Mingde, who were chatting in the combat duty room, rushed out of the lounge at a speed of 100 meters and rushed towards the two Hawk Hawk biplane destroyers parked on the runway.

However, four of the destroyers were specially used to escort Chairman Chiang's special plane, so only two destroyers could really take to the skies to meet them.

Le Yiqin stepped on the wings and climbed into the seat window, and looked back in the direction of the tower before closing the porthole, through the glass curtain wall of the tower, a slender shadow could be faintly seen standing in front of the take-off and landing console, although the distance was extremely far, Le Yiqin could still clearly feel the concern and worried eyes cast by the other party.

Thinking that there was a beloved who was praying for his blessing and worrying, Le Yiqin showed a smile on his face, first saluted the tower, threw a flying kiss, and then closed the porthole, and after a while, the propeller of the "2204" destroyer began to rotate rapidly, and the body began to slide forward slowly.

No one thought that the hero's departure would be forever!

Soon, Le Yiqin's "2204" and Dong Mingde's "2501" aircraft took off, and set up a double formation in the air to meet the Japanese aircraft group that came from Guangde, although it was 2 enemies and 36, and they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but Le Yiqin and Dong Mingde were not afraid, Le Yiqin even turned his head and gestured to Dong Mingde, which means that the last air battle was not won or lost, and this time it was decided again, Dong Mingde replied with an "OK" gesture.

The Japanese planes on the opposite side had already discovered the planes of Le Yiqin and Dong Mingde, and soon four destroyers broke away from the formation and swooped down on the "2204" and "2501" planes with great momentum, while the remaining 32 bombers and destroyers did not pause for a moment and flew straight to the Minggong Palace airfield and the Xiaguan wharf.

"Come on, Xiao Nikben!" Le Yiqin suddenly pushed the joystick, the landline jumped sharply, and the two Japanese destroyers on the opposite side whizzed under his landline with dazzling tongues of fire, Le Yiqin rolled and dived again, biting one of the Japanese destroyers from behind and firing fiercely, and the scorching bullets suddenly rained over.

However, the Japanese pilot on the opposite side was not simple, and easily got rid of Le Yiqin's lock by rolling two horizontal rolls, not only that, but the Japanese destroyer who rolled and escaped then did two diagonal somersaults in a row, and unbelievably detoured back behind Le Yiqin's seat, and in turn bit Le Yiqin's tail.

An undeniable cruel reality is that after more than three months of fierce air warfare, the Chinese air force is already dying, while the Japanese navy and army aviation are getting stronger and stronger the more they fight.

On the eve of the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, the technical and tactical quality of the Japanese air force reached its peak, and the US Air Force could not find the north; if it were not for the huge gap between Japan and the United States in terms of industrial manufacturing capacity, the US Pacific Fleet would not have been able to make a comeback at all, and the history of World War II would have to be rewritten

During these four years, the Chinese Air Force has actually been acting as a sparring partner for the Japanese air force.

This is the sorrow of a weak country, the sorrow of a weak country that has no industrial base, let alone an aviation industry.

Le Yiqin immediately realized that he had met a strong enemy, and the Japanese destroyer that was rolling and fleeing had detoured behind him, biting his landline in turn, while the other Japanese destroyer made a big turn in front of him, and also turned around to lock on to him, and Le Yiqin suddenly fell into the front and rear of the two Japanese destroyers.

Le Yiqin kept rolling horizontally, horizontal 8 figures, down 8 figures, difficult to dodge the Japanese machine guns, but never able to get rid of the lock of the two Japanese soldiers, for a while, Le Yiqin suddenly had a bold and crazy idea, he no longer dodged left and right, but slowed down and went straight to the front of the Japanese machine.

The machine guns of the two Japanese planes in the front and rear hit Le Yiqin's landline almost at the same time, and the "2204" fuselage instantly rose with billowing smoke, and then the fuselage began to sway from side to side, and began to fall slowly, and the Japanese destroyers that were whistling from the front and rear directions were blocked by the smoke and the fuselage of the "2204" plane, and did not find the exact position of the wingman. The overhead of the 2204" collided head-on and exploded.

"Haha, Xiao Ri Ben, I don't want your ancestors." Le Yiqin hahadaxiao, and then opened the porthole and jumped down, but unfortunately, the parachute did not open normally, and as a result, Le Yiqin's head hit the ground heavily, and the generation of ace pilots who shot down four Japanese planes in the first air battle between China and Japan died heroically at the age of 23.

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When Le Yiqin's "2204" machine fell from the sky with billowing smoke, Chairman Jiang was inspecting the fortifications of Tianbao City on the Purple Mountain, accompanied by a large group of high-ranking generals such as Tang Shengzhi, Qian Dajun, Liu Xing, and Luo Zhuoying.

Chairman Chiang's affection for the city of Nanjing is unimaginable to outsiders, and he likes it to the point that even though he knows that the dynasties that set the capital of Nanjing in history are short-lived dynasties, he still has the capital in Nanjing, but now, Chairman Chiang is about to leave his beloved city of Nanjing, and he has no idea if there is a chance to come back.

In addition, Chairman Jiang is also worried that Tang Shengzhi will have a different heart, don't look at the old Tang's words now, who knows that he will not become the second Qi Xieyuan when the Japanese soldiers come to the city? If Tang Shengzhi really surrendered to the Japanese in Nanjing and set up a puppet government, then the national government of Jiang Jiang would immediately become a local government.

Among the senior generals accompanying him, only Tang Shengzhi could understand Chairman Chiang's complicated mood at this time.

After Tang Shengzhi failed to defeat Jiang, he was forced to flee Wuhan on a Japanese ship, and the mood at that time was probably the same, and Tang Shengzhi could vaguely guess that Chairman Jiang was still a little relieved about him, and said at the moment: "Rest assured, although Tang is not very capable, he still has the backbone. ”

Chairman Jiang looked at Tang Shengzhi with complicated eyes and said, "Brother Meng Xiao, don't speak lightly. ”

Tang Shengzhi waved his hand and said casually: "The party-state should also die one or two generals to boost the morale of the military and civilians across the country to defend the land and resist the war and kill the enemy to serve the country." ”