In fact, the commanders of those bomber formations were still too worried, from North China to the Indochina Peninsula, they had been competing with the Japanese air force in the sky, fighting wits and courage, and had a record of defeating and annihilating several air forces of the Japanese air force.

At a high altitude not far from the bomber formation, the fighter group of the Southern Flying Group poured out, relying on the advanced airborne radar, staring wide-eyed, just waiting for the British fighters to appear, so that they could fight happily and solve the loneliness of having no opponent.

Speaking of which, the Southern Flying Group is also aggrieved enough, since the Japanese planes were completely beaten out of the Indochina Peninsula, a few months have passed, and in the sky of the Indochina Peninsula, not even a single Japanese plane can be seen, and for Le Yiqin and the pilots who are eager to fight and have won a series of victories, there is nothing more uncomfortable than having no battle to fight.

Le Yiqin raised his head and asked again: "Minister He, all the bomber groups and ground radars have not found the British planes?" Did you verify each of the captains and each radar station one by one? Is there really no target to appear? ”

Minister He of the War Department replied with a wry smile: "Commander, you have asked me more than ten times, this is one of the regular work functions of the War Department, and there is a whole set of regular processes, how can it be wrong?" Between the tones, it seemed that the commander was somewhat unhappy with the doubts about the work of the War Department.

Yes, whoever is suspected by his boss for no reason will feel uncomfortable, Le Yiqin also heard his tone, and said: "Lao He, I don't suspect that there are omissions in the work of your war department, the key is that we have put on such a big formation, and the British are stunned that they didn't take the bait." I'm upset! Don't mind! Or order the individual radar stations and keep a close watch. ”

Immediately, commanding nearly 1,000 aircraft, General Le Yiqin, the dignified commander of the aviation corps. The wolf howled and shouted, "Please, British, show up quickly!" In his tone, not to mention how depressed he was.

Minister He and more than a dozen staff officers looked at each other, unable to make up their minds, whether to go to the military doctor. The Commander is going crazy! Why do you want to eat people?

Lieutenant General Bright, commander of the British Air Force in India, is one of them, since receiving the order from Commander Alexander, this opponent Le Yiqin has never met, Lieutenant General Bright has fallen into extreme depression.

In his opinion, the order of that old fellow of Alexander. It's just bullshit, and I don't understand the basic principles of air combat at all, the fighters of the Air Force stationed in India. Taking off from the Imphal and Puram field airfields, it is necessary to fly over the airspace of the entire Hukang River Valley, a flight of nearly 1,000 miles, plus the return home, how long can the fuel carried by the aircraft support the air battle?

The planes of the independent division took off from Myitkyina airport, and the range was less than half, and when the planes of the Indian army were still halfway, the Chinese planes had time to take off to meet the battle. In this way, if you don't fight in the air for a long time, your plane has to return, isn't that a situation of being chased by Chinese fighters?

Alexander can despise the Chinese Tang Qiuli, but it does not represent Lieutenant General Bright. In the Indochina Peninsula, Le Yiqin had a clear understanding of the achievements of the Japanese air forces, Lieutenant General Bright, through his own channels, and was able to beat several of the Japanese's notorious air forces to pieces, and Bright did not think that his pilots were the opponents of the Chinese pilots.

In other words, Lieutenant General Bright, who does not think that he is Le Yiqin's opponent, at least cannot win in battle, or it is difficult, what kind of virtue are those pilots of the Air Force stationed in India, Bright knows very well in his heart, if you talk about flight time, it is not necessarily less than that of Chinese pilots, but what about actual combat experience? …,

How many years have you not fought in India, smelled blood, and really fought face-to-face with enemy planes, none of them have been mastered in flight time, and actual combat experience is a rookie, this is the current situation of the Air Force stationed in India, so that Lieutenant General Bright, what confidence does he have to compete with the aviation of the Chinese Independent Division that has been fighting in the air?

The number of fighters and bombers, on the whole, is also less than that of the aircraft of the independent division, the only thing worth boasting about should be the performance and quality of the aircraft, but the air combat is not only the aircraft, the main thing is the pilot's plain and actual combat experience, this is where Lieutenant General Brett is entangled, if he knows that the performance and quality of the fighters of the Southern Flying Group are not worse than those of the British army, or even surpass, will Your Excellency the lieutenant general still think so?

But Alexander's order, like a talisman, was pasted on the head of Lieutenant General Bright, this old guy was ruthless, if he refused to carry out his order, although he would not lose his head, but this position would definitely not sit still, and it was very likely that he would go to a military court and eat a few years in prison.

Lieutenant General Bright was like a mirror in his heart, Alexander was a salted fish turned over, stepped on shit and got lucky, once he had the power in hand, he gave the order to do it, and came to find the back account, or when he was in Burma, when his troops were bombed by Japanese planes, he asked the Air Force of the Indian Army to provide air support, and the little shit that failed to do so was remembered in my heart and hated in my heart!

But Lieutenant General Bright, full of grievances, at that time, there was still a commander-in-chief of the Indian Army on his head, John? Admiral Richard, did he dare to send planes to Burma without giving orders, and fight with the Japanese air forces of the Tiger and Wolf Division?

At that time, Admiral Richard consulted his own opinion, and if he had revealed a little intention of providing air support for the British Army troops stationed in Indochina, hundreds of fighters would have been sent, and he would not have sent only a dozen fighters to go around the air over the Yudun River, and without even seeing the shadow of the Japanese planes, he would have hurried back to deal with the matter.

How did you answer His Excellency the Admiral at that time, by the way, "The Japanese air force is in full swing, and the number and performance of fighter planes far surpass ours, if we put all the strength of the air force stationed in India into it and fight an air battle that will not help the ground war, then what awaits us is the end of the air power of the Indian army stationed in Burma, and in the future, what will we bear for India's air defense?" ”

But what I said was the truth, were the Japanese pilots so easy to deal with? Therefore, General Brett felt that he was wronged, and he was also very angry, angry at the old fellow Alexander, and sprinkled all his grievances on his head, and despite the entanglement and hesitation, he definitely did not dare to disobey Alexander's orders.

All day on 25 April, Lieutenant General Brett was in the headquarters pondering how to accomplish the seemingly impossible plan of Commander Alexander, and, to the greatest extent, to ensure the minimum loss of the air force stationed in India.

Before he could get along with him, at about six o'clock in the evening, he received another telegram from Alexander, this time, in more stern terms, "Lieutenant General Bright, more than seven hours have passed, why haven't you seen our plane yet?" Is there any doubt about my commands? The brave and fearless soldiers of the British Empire are being wantonly slaughtered by Chinese aircraft, and you, as the commander of the Air Force, are indifferent. ”

"Such an act, I can see that you are afraid of the enemy to avoid the war, or refuse to carry out the order of the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, there is only one solution, to dismiss you from your post, and you, General Bright, will be arrested by the military police I sent, sent to a military court, and tried by military law, if after dawn tomorrow, I still do not see our plane, covering the soldiers of the British Empire, I don't mind honoring my oath, this is your last chance, I hope you will do it yourself!" …,

After reading Alexander's telegram full of threats and insults, Bright suddenly slumped in his chair, he understood that if he didn't send planes to fight, the old guy who held a grudge would definitely do it, and he would do it without hesitation, he had been forced into a corner by Alexander, who was in power, and there was no room for maneuver.

Lieutenant General Bright, who was in a strong spirit, ordered the communications department to communicate with several troops, and he worked tirelessly to personally talk to the four division commanders and carefully inquire about the air raid by the bombers of the independent division today.

There is an opportunity, this is a conclusion that Bright came to that the four division commanders who were bombed badly by Chinese bombers, although they kept complaining, so that they cursed, the information that could be provided gave him an idea, the commander of the Chinese Air Force, Le Yiqin, should be because the bombing site was very close to his base, and in addition, he was not attacked by the fighters of the Air Force stationed in India, so no fighter escort was sent.

This is the opportunity, the fighter takes off early, at dawn, approaches the bombing area of the Chinese bombers, maintains close contact with the infantry on the ground, and once the Chinese bombers come again, their fighters pounce on them, catch the Chinese by surprise, and then quickly leave the air combat area and return.

Even if Le Yiqin's fighter plane found out that his bomber group was attacked, and when he rushed to the airspace of air combat, the fighter planes of the Air Force stationed in India were already in the air on their way back, and they could not even see a shadow, so they could not only fulfill the order of that aggressive old guy, but also ensure the safety of the raiding fighter group, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds!

Bright was happy, he thought that his air raid plan would definitely succeed, the Chinese bombers, taking advantage of most of the day, would definitely come again tomorrow, definitely!

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