The air battle lasted for three and a half hours, and the result was that the Japanese air force used the shameless tactics of crowds to drag down a fighter group under Chen Feng's command, and dragged it to death at the very least, and only 28 of the 84 fighters returned safely to the Ulaanbaatar airport, and the rest were either shot down or ran out of fuel and crashed in the vast snowfield.

Although the Japanese Second Air Group also lost 179 new fighters, which far exceeded Chen Feng's division, the Japanese army won the last victory, and they had the last laugh.

In terms of losses, the battle of the Japanese army could not be counted as a victory, but rather an out-and-out defeat. However, this is the first time that the Japanese air force has shot down so many new fighters of the Northern Air Force, and it can be said that this is a zero breakthrough for the Japanese air force, and its significance is like the Battle of Pingxingguan in history.

The 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army wiped out a Japanese transport brigade of less than 1,000 people with more than 1,500 casualties, can this be said to be a great victory? At least judging from the losses and records, this can only be regarded as a fairly good victory, and it is barely a victory, and it has nothing to do with the victory at all.

However, it was indeed an unprecedented victory, because the Battle of Pingxingguan shattered the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army, and its significance was greater than the battle itself.

The same was true of the 3.24 Hailar Air Battle, where the Japanese Air Force finally shattered the myth of the invincibility of the Northern Air Force. Therefore, as soon as the air battle ended, the Japanese Second Flying Group immediately sent a telegram to the Kwantung Army Command to congratulate the victory.

Of course, like the troops under the command of the Nationalist Government, the water in the Japanese army's successes is also very large. In the good news presented by the Second Flight Group, Chen Feng's troops attacked as many as 144 fighters. The downed warplanes also became 102 units. However, its own losses were only 98 aircraft, and judging from this loss data alone, the two sides almost reached 1:1.

After receiving the good news from the Second Flight Group, the first reaction of the Kwantung Army Command was not to cheer, but to look at each other, this result of the battle was a little incredible, especially the newly appointed chief of staff of Gombu, he knew very well how big the gap between the fighters of the Great Japanese Empire and the new fighters equipped by Chen Feng's department, so he firmly believed that there was something wrong with this good news.

However, there is a picture and the truth, when the Second Flight Group sent a picture of the battlefield to the Kwantung Army Headquarters overnight. Everyone believed.

Subsequently. The Kwantung Army Headquarters immediately held a press conference in Xinjing (Changchun) to publicize this great air victory of the Japanese Empire to reporters from all over the world.

While the Japanese army was declaring their bravery, the atmosphere in the Eastern Front Command of the Eighth Theater was extremely solemn, and Chen Feng never thought that the Air Force would be defeated. And it was so badly defeated. What angered him the most. At the most critical moment of the campaign, Lee Kwang-yeol, as the commander of the fighter brigade, took the initiative to turn off the radio station, so that the ground command center lost contact with him.

In fact, Li Guanglie's thoughts, Chen Feng can also think of one or two. The most important thing is that they don't want their cars to fall into the hands of the Japanese. As a veteran pilot, Lee Kuang-yeol also has a certain understanding of the performance of Japanese, Soviet, and American fighters, and knows how advanced the new fighters equipped in the Eighth Theater are, and once their cars are completely in the hands of the Japanese, they will soon be able to be copied with Japan's industrial level, and they can even be successfully mass-produced, so he would rather die than make a forced landing or parachute.

As soon as the air battle ended, the Kwantung Army Headquarters ordered the 23rd Division to send two wings deep into the Hulunbuir grassland to search for the wreckage of the downed Chinese fighters, and the other was to search for the Chinese pilots who had parachuted.

Understanding is understanding, Chen Feng is a senior commander after all, he has a deep relationship with every soldier and officer in the theater, especially the pilots of the Northern Air Force, he has lectured almost everyone, to a certain extent, those pilots are his students, watching his students sacrifice so much at one time, Chen Feng really feels very heartbroken.

In the combat command room, Chen Feng threw the pencil in his hand on the table, and then said in a condensed voice: "Pass on my order, and the propaganda department of the theater and various newspapers and magazines will immediately report the heroic deeds of Li Guanglie and others, and call on all officers and soldiers to learn from Li Guanglie and others. ”

"Immediately send a report to Zhang Jingjun on the front line, ordering them to launch an attack on Manchuria in advance, and they must beat the little devils hard."

"Order the Northern Air Force to immediately dispatch 2 flying groups to the front line for reinforcements, and at the same time order the paratrooper units to prepare, and the general attack time is advanced to March 26!"

In the early morning of March 25, the Chinese troops on the periphery began to advance in the direction of Manchuria, while the artillery continued to shell the Japanese positions, giving the Japanese troops no respite.

Lieutenant General Tom Jiichiro really saw the combat effectiveness of Chen Feng's unit this time, and with such fierce artillery fire, it was not comparable to any division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

At 8 o'clock, the two infantry divisions under the command of Zhang Jingjun arrived directly at the outer fortifications of Manchuria, and another division was used as a reserve.

Subsequently, Zhang Jingjun gave the order to attack, and at the same time as the artillery attack, the tank troops opened the way, followed by the infantry that followed the tank troops, and the infantry and tanks coordinated to launch an attack on the outlying positions of the Japanese army.

Due to the small area of Manchuria City and the weak fortifications of the city, Lieutenant General Tom Jiichiro placed the main battlefield blocking Chen Feng's troops outside the city of Manzhouli, especially the West Gate and the North Gate, and the three vertical and horizontal defense lines protected the entire Manchuria City in the center.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Looking at the fortifications and soldiers in the outer positions that were constantly blown up, Lieutenant General Tom Jiichiro's face was pale, he really couldn't figure it out, it had only been a few years, and the Chinese army not only had formed artillery, but also had such a large-scale tank force, and its overall strength had increased several times, while the combat effectiveness of the Great Japanese Imperial Army was constantly declining, what was this for.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the first line of defense at the West Gate was destroyed by the Shina army, Yamada Shaosa was killed in battle, and the Shina army is approaching the second line of defense!"

"Yaga, order Sasaki to personally go up, if the second line of defense fails again, let him apologize to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Hay!"

This is definitely not good news for Lieutenant General Tom Jiichiro, although the first line of defense of the West Gate is only arranged with an infantry squadron, but there are a large number of heavy weapons, I did not expect to be broken by the Chinese army in less than half an hour, and the three lines of defense outside the city may not be able to stop it for even a day.

In addition, just now Lieutenant General Tom Jiichiro saw it in the telescope, the Chinese army only carried out two non-violent attacks and defeated the imperial army on the first square line of the West Gate, shame, it is simply a great shame for the Japanese Imperial Army!

At noon, 120 fighters of the Japanese Second Flying Group covered more than 200 bombers to fly to the battlefield against the Chinese outside the city of Manchuria. The army carried out heavy bombing, which was the first time that the Japanese army gained air supremacy in a local battlefield since the Great Air Battle of June 8 last year.

After the troops on the front line were bombed by the Japanese army, Chen Feng did not immediately order the two fighter groups in Ulaanbaatar to take off for reinforcements, but directly spent more than 20,000 points to exchange a set of ground early warning radars with the system, and immediately ordered the radar troops to establish a radar base on the spot.

Soon, a radar base was built on the western hill of Ulaanbaatar, which was relatively rudimentary, but still able to monitor the Japanese air force.

Chen Feng is not a saint, in the past few years, one after another big victories, so that the major of the former republic has transformed into a real iron-blooded soldier, in his world of the world has no tolerance for the enemy, there is only unforgettable hatred. If you give me a slap in the face, I will definitely pay you back, and I will repay you, and I will never be in arrears.

This time, the fighter brigade of the Army Aviation Brigade was almost wiped out, in addition to making Chen Feng extremely shocked, but more importantly, it made Chen Feng angry, he wanted to avenge those pilots who died in battle, tooth for tooth and blood for blood! (To be continued......)