The Battle of Nanjing, which made countless people tragic, kicked off in the bombing.

In the early morning, several formations of dozens of Japanese bombers and new Zero fighters swept from the east. A powerful fleet of aircraft obscured the sky, and the air defense forces immediately began to respond.

A moment later, in the city of Nanjing, the sharp and screaming air raid sirens suddenly sounded, and the people in the city began to move to the air raid shelters under the maintenance of the police and firefighters, and the chaotic footsteps echoed in the city with the sound of alarms; Immediately afterwards, countless anti-air balloons from the air defense points in the city began to rise, and the anti-aircraft artillery fire on the ground also began to fire into the air, and clouds of black smoke exploded in the air; At this time, on the Daxiaochang Airport, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Fu Guoqiang and dozens of pilots rushed to the runway, and dozens of warhawks flew from the ground......

This was the first air battle since the Battle of Nanjing began, and the number of planes dispatched by the Japanese air force was not much higher than usual, but the Chinese pilots who took off found that their planes were very unusual.

After taking off and making contact with the Japanese planes, Fu Guoqiang was surprised to find that the Lightning 2 fighters, which had been able to lead the 96 warship battle, now had no advantage in front of the enemy planes.

Although the number of Japanese planes was small, but the speed of movement was extremely fast, Fu Guoqiang saw that he had bitten a Japanese plane, but when he was about to open fire, he had already been discovered by the other party, and the Japanese plane reacted immediately, and a sharp turn shook off Fu Guoqiang's pursuit.

"What's the situation?" Fu Guoqiang didn't have time to think about it, because a Japanese plane had already bitten him. Before he could react, the 20 mm caliber cannon of the enemy plane opened fire.

The dense anti-aircraft projectiles dragged the flaming tail flames towards his plane, and he hurriedly made evasive movements, which only then did he shake off the tracking of the Japanese plane, but the wings were still grazed by several aerial bombs, and now smoke rose from the tail of the plane.

"Firebird! Firebird! I'm Razer, and the devil has used a new type of fighter, so brothers should be vigilant. Fu Guoqiang turned on the on-board radio and issued a communication with the brothers. He realized that the Japanese army must be using a new type of fighter, and the current Lightning 2 fighter had no advantage against them.

The other pilots were aware of this as well, and they changed formations one after another to fight the invading enemy. However, the aircraft was inferior to people, and in a short time, two of our planes were shot down.

When the Japanese pilots saw that they had achieved initial results, they became even more presumptuous. A Japanese fighter plane broke away from the formation and went straight to our group......

At this time, our planes that had risen into the air to intercept the Japanese bomber group had been surrounded by the Japanese regiments, resulting in the Japanese bomber formation as if it were no one. They recklessly threw * in the city of Nanjing, bombing a number of non-military targets, including an air-raid shelter where the ventilation pipe was sealed due to the bombing of the entrance of the hole, and dozens of people suffocated to death inside. The bombing caused more than 100 civilian casualties.

After the Japanese planes passed, the sound of wailing filled the city.

In this battle, eight Chinese fighters were shot down and four were damaged, while our side only damaged three Japanese planes and none of them were shot down. It can be said that this round was defeated without temper.

Thankfully, the eight pilots who were shot down all parachuted into our area, and they were all found by our military and civilians afterwards, and except for one who was seriously injured, the other pilots were all fine.

Shortly after the end of the war, Air Force Minister Xu Shaozhou personally came to the pilot's station to offer condolences. The air force pilots were very depressed, although they did not suffer much damage, but the Japanese bombing caused more than 100 people to die, which was the most damaged damage in Nanjing since the Anti-Japanese War.

For them, this is the biggest single injury.

It was like a dark cloud hanging over their hearts.

Xu Shaozhou knew that this was not to blame the pilots, after all, there was no way to compare China's industrial base with Japan at this time, and although it was not possible to rely only on weapons on the battlefield, it was not possible to deviate from weapons and rely only on blood.

"Everybody's cheering up. Come, tell me about your situation. At present, intelligence has learned that this is a new type of fighter that the Japanese side has just been equipped with, and the specific model is not yet known. You can be regarded as accumulating experience for the future. Come, Gao Zhihang, Fu Guoqiang, you all talk about it. ”

Xu Shaozhou named Gao Zhihang, Gao Zhihang stood up and frowned and said: "Compared with the previous Japanese planes, the Japanese escort planes this time not only have good maneuverability, but also have increased firepower. Their cockpits are noticeably larger than they used to be, and as soon as we lock in the rear, they can spot it immediately and make evasive moves to shake it off. ”

Listening to Gao Zhihang's speech, Xu Shaozhou asked people to record it, which are all valuable information.

Fu Guoqiang followed Gao Zhihang's words and said: "I feel the same as Captain Gao. This Japanese aircraft has a small turning radius and excellent maneuverability. In the past, our Lightning 2 had speed and power advantages compared with their 96 ship battles, but now when compared with this aircraft, our advantages have become disadvantages. ”

Xu Shaozhou nodded, and the other pilots also spoke one after another, talking about their views on Japan's new fighters in air combat. Xu Shaozhou asked people to gather these situations and report them in the form of documents.

That evening, Huang Ke convened a special military committee to discuss the matter.

At the Central Military Commission, Air Force Minister Xu Shaozhou made a review to everyone, as did Cui Wu, commander-in-chief of the campaign, and the commander of the city's air defense.

Huang Ke didn't have so much patience to listen to their review, he tapped his finger on the table and said, "I'm not here to listen to your review. Are you guys here patting your chests and reviewing? Who is going to judge the more than 100 people who have died? Who is going to review it with their families? Don't make any false articles here, tell me what you have to do next. ”

Huang Ke's words were loud, as if a knife had cut the hearts of these people, and the conference room was silent for a while.

"Some small Caozhou county officials, one branch and one leaf are always concerned. Which of you is still a state and county official? You are all powerful feudal officials, and your every move is related to the fundamental interests of the people. Let's not talk about anything else, but who of you can tell me what happened to the ventilation situation in the bomb shelter? ”

Seeing that Huang Ke asked himself, Huang Zimin, director of the General Bureau of the China Democratic Construction Association, who was in charge of the construction of the air-raid shelter, stood up tremblingly. Huang Zimin used to be Huang Ke's staff, and he was released to become a Beijing official a few years ago, and he can be regarded as a lower-level member of Huang Ke's family.

Originally, he was only attending the meeting this time, but because the accident involved urban air defense, he also had the opportunity to speak.

Huang Zimin said timidly: "The Japanese bombing of our civilian facilities by the Japanese army is something we did not expect......"

"Unexpected! What does it mean to be unexpected? Do you expect the Japanese not to come and fight us? You should have thought about these possible scenarios before the bombing. I think, don't do it, you, the director of the Democratic National Construction Bureau, after the meeting, no! Now you report to the Special Court. ”

After Huang Ke finished speaking, the guards came out and took Huang Zimin away.

It had not been more than 10 minutes before the meeting began, when a high-ranking official was taken away, and it seemed that this meeting was not simple.

In fact, this is Huang Ke's mastery of the subordinate, at present, the army is discouraged, most of the senior officials and generals began to transfer their family and property to the rear, many people are in disobedience, on the surface they are supporting the defense of Nanjing, in fact, they have planned a retreat for themselves, at this time, if this kind of thing happens, if you don't move, I am afraid that the next battle will be more difficult to fight.

After disposing of Huang Zimin, Huang Ke knocked on the table again and continued: "Today's situation is not only for all of you here, but I also have a great responsibility. Earlier, I listened to a report from the intelligence department that this kind of Japanese aircraft is their latest Zero fighter, and it is superior to our fighter in terms of performance, but this is not a reason for a complete defeat, and it is still less a reason for some people to defy the sun and prepare to abandon Nanjing! ”

After speaking, Huang Ke leaned back, he rubbed his temples and said: "The matter of the air raid will be discussed at the military intelligence meeting next, and I will first put forward a few requirements: First, all generals and officials who participated in the defense of Nanjing are not allowed to leave Nanjing without an order from the Central Executive Committee or on official business; Second, during the Battle of Nanjing, no generals or officials were allowed to transfer their property and family members; Thirdly, and most importantly, those who violate the regulations in wartime are subject to the jurisdiction of the Reserve Cadres Division, regardless of their position. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, since Wang Jingwei defected, Huang Ke concentrated a number of powers in one, and now put the reserve cadres directly on the table, which made many people start to worry.

Jiang Zhongzheng of the War Department and He Yingqin of the General Staff took the lead in opposition, but Huang Ke ignored them. These two people have been leading the abandonment of Nanjing, and now Huang Ke is disgusted when he sees them, if the abandonment of Nanjing leads to the destruction of those 300,000 lives, I wonder if these meat eaters who insist on abandoning Nanjing will feel guilty?

"Don't discuss it, if you think it's not appropriate for the Reserve Cadres Department to do this, then let Chen Lifu send someone to supervise it. This decision will be issued to the whole army after today's meeting, and will be implemented immediately if there is any violation. Huang Ke knocked on the table again as he spoke.

He knocked on the table dozens of times in this meeting, and I am afraid that it was the most of the meetings they had knocked on the table since they met Huang Ke; after the meeting, the three temporary regulations for the defense war began to be issued and implemented in the whole army and governments at all levels, and in addition to the momentum in the propaganda media, the people's hearts gradually settled down for a while.

After the meeting, Huang Ke summoned Xu Shaozhou and others from the Air Force Department to listen to their latest reports on the Zero fighter in detail. After listening to this, Huang Ke frowned, it seemed that he was going to seize the time to develop a new fighter.