Chapter 649 Promotion, Money, Dinner

Liu Cuigang, deputy commander of the independent division's air force, led a mixed formation of fighters and bombers to raid the Japanese army's Nanyuan airfield in Beiping, and then attacked the Tianjin field airfield of the Japanese North China Air Force in one go.

Grief is more than joy after victory, the two crews, eight comrades-in-arms who get along day and night, disappeared in an instant in a blazing fire, smiling and smiling, words are still in the ears, bring them out, but did not bring them back, Liu Cuigang's fighter plane, already some of the operation is not very flexible, the fuselage is injured in many places, when entering the territory of Shandong, they met the second echelon that came to respond, specifically to deal with the fighters of the Japanese bomber group.

For the pilots of this echelon, today's air battle was extremely enjoyable, and the Japanese bombers, who had no power to fight back, were chased and beaten like ducks, and finally escaped to the Nanyuan Airport in Beiping, but found that the airport was already a sea of fire, and it was impossible to land at all, and when they flew to the Jinzhou Airport outside the Guan, there was not enough fuel, and the result was that all the more than a dozen fighters of the independent divisional air force that had caught up were killed, and none of the pilots of the independent division were injured.

After the mixed formation of the group, they returned together and landed at Jinan Airport, Le Yiqin had already returned to the airport in advance, and was waiting on the runway, and the eight fighters he led attracted more than 100 Japanese fighters far away to the northern part of Shanxi.

Le Yiqin looked at the fuel gauge, happy, dare to love that the little devil's plane fuel is not enough, hurry to go back, what is polite, Le Yiqin shouted loudly: "Brothers, it's time for us to talk" A beautiful flip in the air, the fuselage turned upside down, the direction made a 180-degree turn, the scene reversed, more than 100 Japanese fighters, were driven by eight fighters of the Chinese Air Force.

Le Yiqin and they are not in a hurry, grabbing the backward Japanese fighters, it is a hard beating, the Japanese planes have no intention of fighting at all, and they leave a large group of sixteen fighters, responsible for blocking the Le Yiqin crew, this is the fat sent to the mouth, no need to fire, it won't be long before the little devil's plane will fall down by itself because of lack of fuel.

Knowing that among the Japanese pilots, there are so many guys who love to play bushido, Le Yiqin reminded his crew pilots, entangled, dragged them down, and prepared for a dying counterattack, in fact, this brigade of sixteen Japanese fighters is to use their own sacrifices in exchange for the safe return of most of the planes of the military air force, and when they are stayed, they have already reported their determination to die, and it is also the glory of being a national samurai of Yamato to bloom a salute flower for His Majesty the Emperor in the blue sky

Seeing that the pointer of the fuel gauge had pointed to the red warning area, even if there was no entanglement of the Zhina plane, it was impossible to fly back to Beiping, and the captain of the Japanese army leading the team shouted wildly: "Long live the emperor" It was as if he had received some kind of signal, and the Japanese fighter planes formed two planes and collided head-on with the eight planes of the Le Yiqin crew.

Le Yiqin was startled, the little devil came ruthlessly, and he was dead, at this time, he couldn't accompany these dying guys to be buried, a pull of the nose, two Japanese fighters, meteors generally passed under the fuselage, and then, like a lead lump, swooped straight down to the ground, two orange fires burst out, and there were two more piles of scrap iron in the deep mountains and old forests in northern Shanxi.

Not all pilots have the vigilance of Le Yiqin, the blink of an eye, there are three fighters of the independent division air force, were hit by the suicide attack of the Japanese fighter pilots, and several fires broke out in the air, fortunately, two pilots parachuted in time, only one fighter plane was blown into pieces in the volley, and the Japanese fighter who did not hit the target plunged to the ground, the fuel was exhausted, and it was impossible to even change the flight posture.

The air was calm, two white umbrella flowers bloomed in the sky, Le Yiqin watched the parachute float to the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief, the landing site was not within the range of the Japanese army, and the comrade-in-arms who died had returned to the blue sky, and could no longer see the shadow of a large group of Japanese planes, and the sixteen Japanese fighter pilots used their lives to save the fate of the entire annihilation of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army Air Force.

Le Yiqin has already been informed by Jinan Airport that the Japanese airfields in Beiping and Tianjin have all been destroyed by Liu Cuigang's planes, and with his understanding of the "Zero" fighters, there are very few Japanese fighters that can fly to Jinzhou Airport outside the Guanwai, and there will even be many Japanese fighters who will crash because of lack of fuel when they have not yet flown to Beiping.

Imagining the Japanese fighters, falling down like dumplings, the joy of victory in Le Yiqin's heart exceeded the grief of the sacrifice of his comrades, this battle can be described as a brilliant result, with the loss of three planes, the sacrifice of a comrade-in-arms, almost all of the Japanese air power in North China was destroyed, at this time, he did not know that Liu Cuigang's aircraft group, also lost two bombers and eight crew members.

Tang Qiuli counted the planes that landed one after another, he knew very well how many families the air team had, the last plane landed, his heart "chuckled", Le Yiqin lost three fighters and sacrificed a pilot, which was within the range of his heart, after all, there were fewer enemies and more enemies, and it was very good to be able to come back with five planes, when he made this plan, he didn't plan that Le Yiqin's crew could come back, facing more than 100 Japanese fighters, timid people, they trembled when they thought about it.

But Liu Cuigang's loss should not appear, the bombing of Nanyuan Airport in Beiping should end in a complete victory, and then bombing Tianjin Airport is a risky act in itself, Liu Cuigang was the last to jump off the plane, seeing the tears that seemed to flash in the corners of his eyes, Tang Qiuli's heart softened for a while, and he really couldn't bear to blame him.

Stopping Liu Cuigang's words of requesting punishment, Tang Qiuli just patted him on the shoulder, shook his head gently, and didn't say a word.

This battle fundamentally solved the problem of Okamura Ninji's painstaking efforts to re-establish the Japanese North China Air Force, the effect and influence are no less than Gao Zhihang's time, if according to their own requirements, did not lose two bombers, the Japanese air force in North China, still half of the air force, the independent division air force is still facing a behemoth, this battle in terms of results and influence, far more than the battle itself, at least, the air power of the Japanese army in North China, without a year's time, it is impossible to recover.

For officers like Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin, who disregard their own safety and can look at the overall situation, what else can they blame and demand? In fact, the entire air force, because of his own losses, had greatly diluted the joy after the victory, and shrouded this layer of faint sadness, and the feelings of the pilots were not high, and he was keenly aware of this.

Tang Qiuli stood up and announced: "The results of the air force this time are extremely brilliant, all the pilots who participated in the battle are good, I am proud of you" As soon as these few words were said, all the pilots were in high spirits, "Next, I announce the commendation order of the independent division to the entire air force" This is his temporary idea, and only in this way will everyone's fighting spirit and courage be inspired.

"All the personnel of the independent division aviation unit will be commended by order in the Yellow River Valley Theater, all personnel will be promoted to one level in military rank, and the air force will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan in the ocean, and the soldiers who died in battle will receive a pension of 3,000 yuan in the ocean." There was a cry of surprise at the bottom of the exclamation, the air force was originally a unit with a high allowance within the establishment of the independent division, and the same rank was a lieutenant, and the allowance was more than half more than that of other units every month.

Moreover, the division commander is talking about the whole body, including the ground staff, that is to say, all the people in the aviation team have been promoted to one level, and they are generous, especially Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang, they are even more overjoyed, and they have another star on their shoulders, but they are colonels, and they are one step closer to the unattainable dream of generals, looking at the entire winged units of the Republic of China army, there are several air force colonels, and even Gao Zhihang, the famous destroyer commander of the Aviation Administration, is the rank of colonel.

In fact, when Le Yiqin and Liu Cui first came to Dingbian, they were just captains, and in less than a year, Tang Qiuli promoted their ranks twice, from captain to lieutenant colonel, and today is the third time, the colonel can already touch the general's side, besides, in the independent division aviation team, the colonel's salary is as much as that of the major general of the infantry unit, although the two of them are not because of money, but who is afraid of money biting their hands?

After several years of experience, Tang Qiuli has more and more insight into human nature, old and sophisticated, he also consciously implemented the bonus system in the army, and the treatment is good, in order to retain talents, this is a universal truth, only the spiritual reward is not enough to win the hearts of the people, both material and spiritual, there is a saying how the great man said, "both material and spiritual hands should be hard," he began to do this, and the effect was wonderful.

After rewarding the ocean, after being promoted, and then there was spiritual encouragement, looking at the pilots below excitedly discussing, Tang Qiuli's eyes were full of the meaning of an old fox, "Tonight, in the Huiquan Building in Jinan City, I want to hold a celebration banquet for all the heroes of the air force to celebrate today's big victory."

There was a cheer below, if it weren't for the big difference in rank, these pilots would be able to lift Tang Qiuli up, get the division commander they admired, and affirm the results of the battle, it would be a kind of honor, all the independent division troops, which one would enjoy this honor?

Jinan Huiquan Building, Tang Qiuli chartered the field, the huge notice board at the door reads "Vice Chairman Tang chartered the field, celebrating General Fei's big break of the Japanese Air Force" several gilded characters, the soldiers of the past troops, envious, secretly ruthless in their hearts, when to do a beautiful job, let the division commander charter the field to celebrate dinner, too gluttonous, thus, the independent division has also formed an unwritten rule, all the troops who have made great contributions, are invited by Tang Qiuli to eat and celebrate, but also set off an upsurge of meritorious service among the troops of the independent division, This was something he had not expected.

(To be continued)