Lieutenant General Bright, commander of the British Air Force in India, knew that the commander of the Southern Flying Group of the Independent Division's Air Force, Le Yiqin, was not easy to mess with, and the pilots under his command were not the ones who had made great achievements in the bloody battles with the Japanese Air Force, but in fact, the rich combat experience, and the ruthlessness and ferocity in the air battles were not at all comparable to those rookie pilots who had never been on the battlefield and were like sons and brothers.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Bright formulated tactics according to his own strength, the surprise attack will not be long in battle, fight and leave, severely damage the bomber units of the independent division, and do not fight with Le Yiqin's fighters, so that Alexander has no reason to force the air force to fight, find his own trouble, as for the war on the ground, it depends on Alexander's luck, if he wins, he has his own credit, if he fails, he has nothing to do with himself!

Fortunately, his plan was close to success, and after fifteen minutes, everything was clear, and it was often at this moment that the most tense and moving.

"Report to the commander, our air attack on the mixed formation of Magao, more than 400 kilometers west of Magao, was intercepted by fighters of the independent division, the opponent's strength is a condensed wing, and we are engaged in a fierce battle!" In the intercom, the call of the commander of the mixed formation was heard, accompanied by the sound of "da-da-da" bursts of machine gun fire.

Lieutenant General Bright, jumped up at once, unexpectedly, the direction in which Le Yiqin's fighter plane should not appear is Ma Gao, which is neither an important target nor a military fortress that must be destroyed, but just an ordinary small town in northern Burma, the headquarters of the northern Burma border garrison of the independent division, a brigade-level unit.

It is not worth it at all for Lieutenant General Bright to invest two bomber wings, a fighter wing, and more than 200 planes to bomb a target that can be ignored. Complete the bombing mission requested by Alexander with zero losses.

The current unexpected situation is obviously beyond Lieutenant General Bright's expectations. And Le Yiqin's sudden appearance in a wing fighter group in the airspace west of Magao made him smell the smell of conspiracy and danger.

Bright fought a cold war, if Le Yiqin in the airspace west of Margau, set up a fighter wing. If it was premeditated, then was it a bigger conspiracy to bomb the bomber groups of the independent divisions in Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, and New Taiji without fighter escort? Or rather. It's a decoy, luring his own fighter group to a surprise attack, and Le Yiqin's fighter suddenly kills?

, even if it was a conspiracy, it was too late, and his own fighter group began to attack, and there was no possibility of an abrupt stop. Bright threw himself in front of the intercom. The hurried order: "Bomb the mixed group of Ma Gao, the fighter wing drags the Chinese fighters, and the bomber group completes the bombing as quickly as possible, and immediately returns home!" ”

"All the attack fighters in formation, in fifteen minutes. End the battle, regardless of the outcome. Must return, this is the order! "Finished. Bright leaned back in his chair tiredly, closed his eyes, and sighed in his heart, "I have prepared for the worst, and the rest is up to fate, I hope that Le Yiqin's fighter jets will not have time to rush to the air combat area." ”

At about 9:06 a.m. on 26 April, the bomber formations of the Southern Flying Group of the Independent Division, and the commanders of the bomber formations, received orders from the base command to "hold out for another 15 minutes and then return to the plane, lest the British planes not find their targets." The commanders of the bomber formations, all experienced and clear-eyed people, immediately understood the intentions of the command.

It's not very good in my heart, a good bomber group, in the Indochina Peninsula is like a no-man's land, the little devils are all blown up, how did they get to war with the British, and they became bait? In addition to being depressed, all that is left is redness. …,

Colonel Xu Zhiming, commander of the Second Bomber Regiment, smiled bitterly and gave the following order to the bombers who had dropped all the bombs: "Attention all crews, climb the altitude, complete the air formation, and hover over the target for fifteen minutes!" ”

The bombers of the independent division did not fly away, and the British and Indian soldiers lay on the ground and did not dare to get up, wondering, the Chinese bombers, no longer throwing bombs on their heads, why did they not return home, could it be that there were other conspiracies?

Fifteen minutes later, on Xu Zhiming's airborne radar screen, the British fighter jets were getting closer and closer, "Report to the base command, my formation has completed the task of luring the enemy, is it allowed to return?" At this time, Xu Zhiming felt very sorry for himself for the first time that he was flying a bomber, what a good opportunity, and he gave it to the fighters.

"All bomber formations, return at maximum speed, and after ten minutes, will ambush the guò fighters in the airspace," with an order from the Myitkyina base command, the formation was completed, and the bomber group waiting for the return order turned around and flew in the direction of Myitkyina, however, such a move fell in the eyes of the commander of the British fighter formation, that is, the escape of the wolf!

Commander Bright's order aroused the dissatisfaction and disdain of all the commanders of the British fighter formations, "How can there be any reason to see a group of Chinese bombers without fighter escort and not actively attack?" This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how much can you do in fifteen minutes? Flew all the way from the East Indies just to see what the Chinese bombers looked like? Your Excellency Commander isn't sick, is he? ”

A series of question marks, swirling in the minds of the commanders of the British fighter formations, and then seeing the Chinese bomber group fleeing from the wolf, all the British air commanders, all the adrenaline surged, blood pressure increased, personally shot down a Chinese bomber, what a glory, in the Indian air force unit, that is the capital of promotion.

Seeing that the Chinese bombers, who did not have the slightest ability to defend themselves, within a flight of more than ten minutes, the British air commander, for Commander Bright's order, had long forgotten about it, and issued almost the same order to the formation to which he belonged: "Pursuit!" Before the arrival of the Chinese fighters, all the Chinese bombers were eliminated! ”

At about 9:40 a.m. on 26 April, a fierce air battle began in the skies over northern Burma between the fighter group of the Southern Flying Group of the Independent Division and the fighter group of the British Air Force stationed in India.

In this air battle of unprecedented scale, both sides of the Independent Division's Southern Flying Group and the British Air Force stationed in India threw all their efforts into the airspace of more than 2,000 fighters and bombers, and the air combat area was centered on the Hukang River Valley on the Indo-Burmese border near northern Burma, from Ledo in the south to Sintaiji in the north, including Magao in the center, spreading more than 800 kilometers of airspace, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere.

At about 12 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, when the air battle was over, Le Yiqin's fighter plane landed at Myitkyina Airport, and as soon as he jumped off the plane, he was greeted by bursts of cheers.

A lot of ground crew members gathered around and kept shouting: "Commander, we have won a big battle!" Le Yiqin was dizzy and shouted: "You stinky boys, stop quickly, my old bones, can I afford you to toss like this?" ”

Le Yiqin's words caused a burst of boos, and Le Yiqin, who was put down, was also amused, as if he was a few years older than these pilots, it was not appropriate to call "old bones"! Relying on the old and selling the old is not enough qualifications! …,

Le Yiqin found out the head of the logistics department from the crowd, and ordered loudly: "Sue the canteen, add dinner tonight, make it more sumptuous, don't be afraid of spending money, in addition, prepare some good wine, except for the pilots of the combat duty unit are not allowed to drink, including the ground crew, all participate in tonight's dinner, let's celebrate well, let's get drunk!" Don't have a painful face, why are you all doing logistics the same as your Zhang Quan, and you feel distressed when you talk about spending money? Born to pick the door, the wine is not enough to drink, I am the only one who asks! ”

Ma Gao, the front command of the independent division's northern Burma campaign, division commander Tang Qiuli, was looking at the battle report that he had just received from Le Yiqin, "Division commander, this morning, in Ma Gao, Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, Xintaiji and other places, our Southern Flying Group and the main aircraft group of the British Air Force stationed in India conducted a large-scale air battle, and after more than two hours and 20 minutes of fighting, our unit defeated the British Air Force group at the cost of losing 28 fighters, and the specific results are being counted. ”

At the end of the telegram, Le Yiqin wrote in very poetic language, "After this battle, Le Yiqin, on behalf of all the pilots of the Southern Flying Group, can assure the division commander that from now on, all the airspace in the East Indies and even the South Asian subcontinent will be the space for the war eagles of our independent division to fly freely!" I would like to extend my highest respect to the teacher! Le Yiqin handwritten. ”

After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli laughed and said: "Okay, it's a good start, the Northern Burma Campaign, the Anglo-Indian army of Alexander, Le Yiqin made the first contribution, this guy, the war is becoming more and more cunning and slippery, from the air warrior to the wise general, I don't get used to it, this trick to lure the snake out of the hole, the air ambush is used well, otherwise, the British will not throw all the air, piecemeal, after all, it is trouble." ”

After complimenting, Tang Qiuli said to Zhao Yuhe again: "Yuhe, on behalf of me, make a call to the Myitkyina Air Force Base to congratulate me, in addition, tell Sù Le Yiqin, today I have a special approval, they can drink heartily in the evening, celebrate, go into battle to kill the enemy, dismount and drink, is it also the true character of a man!" ”

(To be continued)(To be continued......