A staff officer of the headquarters of the Third Air Force of the Kwantung Army told the news that all the Japanese officers could not believe: The five fighter wings are being attacked by the independent division aviation unit and the fighter group of the Northern Flying Group, which have superior strength, and even if they leave the battlefield and do not fight, they will not be able to do it, in terminology, they are surrounded by enemy aircraft!

Major General Akijin understands better what this means, most of the fighters of the Third Air Force will be lost in this air battle with a huge disparity in strength, and since Liu Cuigang has designed this trap, he will never let go of his own group.

"What a vicious conspiracy!" Major General Akitsu muttered a word in his throat, his face was pale and he sat down in his chair, his eyes were straight, and suddenly, his eyes flashed with a desperate and fierce light, and he said in a gloomy tone: "Convey my order, the sixth and seventh wings of fighters, take off immediately, be sure to reinforce them!" ”

The staff officers were all shocked, His Excellency the commander was already in a mess, not to mention whether there was time or not, when the sixth and seventh fighter wings rushed to the air combat battlefield, I am afraid that they would not even be able to see the shadow of the planes of the independent division, and after a deeper analysis, according to the information sent by the aircraft group that was fighting hard, the number of fighters dispatched by the independent division's aircraft group far exceeded the entire existing strength of the Third Air Force, and even if two fighter wings were filled, it would be useless, and maybe they would still fall for the tricks of the Chinese people!

The staff officers hurriedly dissuaded, "Your Excellency, Commander, please withdraw the order, the only two fighter wings of our Third Air Force can no longer be in danger!" ”

Major General Akitsu was furious and shouted, "Yaga! Am I just watching as five fighter wings, more than 300 of the Empire's best pilots, fall into the encirclement of the Chinese Air Force and not go to the rescue? Don't be verbose. Execute the order, in addition, order all fighter brigades stationed on the Fengtian line in Liaozhong to immediately reinforce! Liu Cuigang, let's break the net! ”

When Major General Akitsu gave the order, there was a desperate and fierce light in his eyes, but he did not lose his mind and madness, in addition to the two main fighter wings, the fighter group of the Third Air Force scattered on the front line of Fengtian in Liaozhong. Together, there are more than 300 fighters, and the two groups in the front and rear are combined, and the number of more than 600 fighters is more than half. It is also necessary to inflict heavy casualties on the troops of that damned branch man Liu Cuigang. Dying. also want to bite off a piece of Liu Cuigang's meat.

The entire Liaodong Peninsula and the Japanese field airfields in the Liaozhong area immediately took action and, in accordance with the orders of Major General Akitsu, commander of the Third Air Force, rushed to the battlefield of the air battle in Liaodong Bay from all different directions, like a huge magnet. Attracted all the Japanese fighters.

At this time, the air battle in Liaodong Bay was nearing its end, and it was under the heavy blows of the Northern Flying Group. In the air battle of more than two hours, more than 200 Japanese fighters were buried in the sea and in the blue sky, and the air battle battlefield had been divided into several large parts.

There are less than 100 Japanese fighters left, fleeing in all directions, unable to form a counterattack force at all, figuratively speaking, the Japanese fighter group, has become a rout, Liu Cuigang saw that all the pilots under his own command, chasing and beating the Japanese fighters, this situation, he was excited.

For the sporadic Japanese fighters who fled, Liu Cuigang did not order to chase them, and after more than two hours of air combat, the fuel of the fighters had been almost consumed, until in the field of vision, there was no longer a single Japanese fighter in sight, Liu Cuigang ordered: "Stop the pursuit of the remnants of the enemy, all return, after landing, each regiment counts the casualties and fighter losses, reports the patrol boat detachment, and searches and rescues our parachuted pilots!" ”

With the joy of victory, the group returned under the bright sunshine of Liaodong Bay, and suddenly, in Liu Cuigang's headphones, there was a call from the ground air finger in Jinzhou: "No. 1!" Number One! According to the figures observed by each radar station, the number of Japanese planes is about 200, and its vanguard group has already flown over the airspace of Liaoyang! ”

"In addition, the Huludao ground radar station reported that two wings of Japanese fighters taking off from Hengdaohe Airport and Wafangdian Airport on the Liaodong Peninsula are rushing to the air combat area!"

Liu Cuigang slapped his thigh happily, and shouted repeatedly: "Okay, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, that old devil in Qiujin wants to work hard, today is a good day for all the brothers of our Northern Flight Group, to drink wine and eat meat and open meat!" ”

"Air Command, convey my order, the first and second fighter regiments that have returned to the sea will take off immediately to meet the two fighter wings of the little devils in the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula, the eleventh and twelfth fighter regiments, withdraw from the Eastern Front and join in this direction, and the other fighter regiments will separately meet the little devil fighter groups from the direction of Mukden, remember, in each direction of attack, it is necessary to form a situation of superior forces!"

After giving the order, Liu Cuigang was overjoyed, and felt that today was definitely a good day, since the old devil in Qiujin was stupid and went out to fight hard, then it was in his own arms, if the number and performance of fighters, the pilot's primacy, and combat experience, the Third Air Force of the Kwantung Army couldn't catch up even if it was a horse, "The more this battle is fought, the more interesting it becomes!" Liu Cuigang said to himself.

Jinzhou, Dongzhi Headquarters, a staff officer, just finished reporting the situation, deputy division commander Liu Tiehan, touched the short stubble on his chin, and said with a smile: "Division commander, I'm afraid this battle is beyond Liu Cuigang's expectations, it was originally a local air battle, and now, the Japanese fighters on the Liaodong Peninsula, including the Fengtian line in Liaozhong, are flocking, this time, Liu Cuigang can fight!" ”

Tang Qiuli looked at Liu Tiehan, who was a little proud, and said, "Brother Tiehan, aren't you worried about Liu Cuigang being crushed by so many Japanese fighters?" ”

Liu Tiehan shook his head indifferently and replied: "I'm not worried at all, Liu Cui has just grown very strong, just the fighters, there are as many as seventeen regiments, all the fighters of the Japanese army on the Liaodong Peninsula including the Fengtian line in Liaozhong are combined, and they are not as thick as his family background, he himself is not worried, what am I worried about, didn't you hear the tone of the conversation with us just now, this kid is very excited now, I wish the little devil was looking for him to fight hard!" ”

After saying this, Liu Tiehan asked rhetorically: "Commander, are you worried?" ”

Tang Qiuli laughed out loud, of course he wasn't worried, when reviewing Liu Cuigang's battle plan, he had already estimated the possible situations, and the current situation appeared, which was expected, "Brother Tie Han, it seems that the two of us may have to break the bill tonight, you and I will be the east, and celebrate the achievements of all the officers above the regimental level of the Northern Flying Group, how about it?" He said with a smile.

Liu Tiehan glared, looked at Tang Qiuli for a while, and said: "Commander, this is not in line with the rules, with you as a master, you are still using our subordinates to pay out of their pockets, besides, your allowance is fifty or sixty yuan more than me every month, or your mention, so, I only pay for it, it is justified, do you say yes!" ”

Hearing the two bigwigs of the independent division, bickering there, pointing to the chief of staff Yang Ketian, just sullen and happy, seeing the deputy division commander asking himself, Yang Ketian said very realistically: "The responsibility of the division commander, the deputy division commander, and the chief of staff is to follow the commander closely, anyway, if there are two division commanders to eat, there is something for me to eat, no matter who pays for it!" ”

Liu Tiehan stretched out his thumb and said: "Division commander, you look at Ketian, he is an honest man, what he said is so level, right, follow the commander, you can eat anything, division commander, aren't you my commander!" ”

Tang Qiuli was speechless, stared, looked at Liu Tiehan and Yang Ketian, who had very sincere expressions, and said word by word: "A typical extortionist face!" As soon as the words ended, the three of them burst into laughter.

At about 5 o'clock in the evening of 13 September, various units of the Northern Flying Group of the Air Force that had participated in the battle returned one after another, and the large-scale air battle, which lasted more than seven hours, from 10 o'clock in the morning when it attacked the Bohai Sea Patrol Fleet in Manchukuo to about 5 o'clock in the evening, finally came to an end.

Neither Major General Liu Cuigang, commander of the Northern Flying Group of the Independent Divisional Air Force, nor Major General Akitsu, commander of the Third Air Force of the Japanese Kwantung Army, did not expect that the scale of the campaign would be so large, and that the air battle battlefield would expand from the waters of Liaodong Bay to the Anshan, Liaozhong, and Liaoyang lines, and the Northern Flying Group had successively invested 17 fighter regiments and three bomber regiments, totaling more than 1,000 sorties.

The Third Air Force of the Japanese Kwantung Army has successively invested seven fighter wings and 23 fighter groups, with nearly 2,000 fighters on both sides, from the airspace of Liaodong Bay to the western Liaohe River valley on land.

At about six o'clock in the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun shrouded the ancient city of Jinzhou, and in the office of Commander Liu Cuigang, the colonel of the combat department of the flight group, was reporting the battle losses that had been counted.

"Commander, the battle losses of the participating regiments have been counted, in the air battle that lasted more than seven hours, our group lost a total of 97 fighters, of which, 52 pilots were killed, 45 parachuted, 34 people have been rescued, and another 11 pilots are missing, the coastal patrol boat detachment is in the waters of Liaodong Bay, making every effort to search and rescue, so far, there is no news!"

Liu Cuigang rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, and the joy of victory was diluted a lot by the huge number of casualties.

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