The departure time of the combat mission was set an hour later, that is, at one o'clock in the afternoon.

After the meeting, the captains of the flight groups and the flight regiments returned to Taiyuan Airport.

The 30 fighters of the 1st Flying Group of the new regiment and the 50 fighters of the 2nd Flying Regiment directly under the headquarters, as well as the pilots, are ready to go.

In this mission, the 2nd Flying Regiment directly under it attacked the larger Hankou airfield.

The 1st Flying Group attacked the smaller Japanese Aoyama airfield.

Although the 2nd Regiment of the Headquarters Flying Regiment had 20 more fighters than the 1st Regiment of the new Flying Regiment, the combat effectiveness of the two units was about the same.

Because the 1st Flying Group is armed with 20 Sabre fighters, while the 2nd Flying Regiment is armed with only 10 Sabre fighters.

They are all elite and ace pilots, but the pilots of the 2nd Regiment of the Headquarters Flight are more experienced in combat.

In order to prevent air raids by devil planes.

The Eighth Route Army had been preparing for this air battle for a long time, and fighter planes, aerial bombs, and fuel had already been prepared.

It is only necessary to assign combat missions, and fighters can take off for combat at any time.

Li Shaorong and Zheng Shaoqiang quickly assigned combat missions and made full pre-war mobilization.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the pilots of the 2nd Flying Regiment, piloting 10 Sabres and 40 Hellcats, took the lead in the air.

The planes that took off first circled in the air and waited, and when the follow-up planes took off, they flew in two flight formations towards Changzhi Airport.

About half an hour later, 50 planes arrived at Changzhi Airport, refueled and took off again, heading in the direction of Wuhan.

The distance between Taiyuan and Wuhan is about 800 kilometers.

Changzhi is only about 600 kilometers away from Wuhan.

In order to prevent the fighters from returning home without fuel after performing the mission, all Hellcat fighters, except for the Sabre fighters, must also be refueled at Changzhi Airport.

Ten minutes after the departure of the 2nd Flying Regiment, 30 fighters of the 1st Flying Group of the new 1st Regiment also arrived at Changzhi Airport.

After filling up the fuel, it quickly took off, with a huge engine roar, and flew in the direction of Wuhan.

After a rapid flight of more than an hour.

The 2nd flight formation of the 1st Flight Regiment of the Headquarters was the first to arrive in an area of 100 kilometers from Wuhan.

At this time, the lookout post set up by the Japanese air force saw the planes of the Eighth Route Army in the sky with a telescope.

……

"Report to the commander of the division, the lookout post in the north reports that a large number of enemy planes are flying towards Wuhan."

Wuhan.

At the Joint Air Raid Command, Communications Staff Officer Taro Miyazawa Nakasa walked quickly into the headquarters and reported to Lieutenant General Sugawara Michidai in a solemn tone.

"Enemy planes?" Lieutenant General Sugawara Michidai stood up abruptly when he heard this.

The staff officer on the side, Yoshii Ho Ichisa, was also taken aback.

"Is it the plane of the Eighth Route Army, or the plane of the government army of China?"

Yoshii asked with a gloomy gaze.

After the establishment of the Flying Tigers, the national army still has a number of planes and pilots.

"I don't know, but the enemy plane is flying from the north, and it should be the plane of the Eighth Route Army."

Communications staff officer Taro Miyazawa Nakasa replied.

"How many planes are there?"

Lieutenant General Sugawara Michidai hurriedly asked.

"At least 50!"

"All fighters!"

Taro Miyazawa replied.

"50 fighters?"

Lieutenant General Sugawara Michidai's eyes narrowed, thinking that the people from the Eight Roads were not good.

As soon as his side was preparing to attack, the Eighth Route Army took the lead in launching an air attack, could it be that the information was leaked?

Yoshii Hoichi roughly calculated the speed of the fighters of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the time when the communication reports such as phone calls were reported to the air raid headquarters, and looked at Lieutenant General Sugawara Michida: "Your Excellency, division commander, the enemy plane still has more than 10 minutes to arrive in Wuhan!" The targets of the enemy aircraft should be Wuhan Airport and Qingshan Airport! ”

"Order all fighters at Wuhan Airport and Qingshan Airport to take off immediately to meet them."

"Then order the fighters from Xiaogan Airport and Sanlijie Airport to take off for reinforcements."

At this time, the fighters of the Eighth Route Army were only more than 10 minutes away from Wuhan.

At this time, it was obviously too late to consult the command of the dispatch army.

Lieutenant General Sugawara Michidai prepared to have fighter jets to meet him.

At present, there are more than 112 fighter jets at the four airports of Wuhan, Qingshan, Xiaogan and Sanlijie, including 48 Zero fighters and 64 Type 1 fighters.

112 fighters against 50 fighters.

And the Japanese pilots had rich experience in air combat, and there were even quite a few ace pilots.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Sugawara Michidai's face changed from solemn to confident.

The advantage is in me.

"Hey."

Yoshii Hoichi Oza suddenly bowed his head, turned around and walked towards the phone table, grabbed the phone and immediately said: "Moxi Moxi, this is the command headquarters, immediately pick up Hankou Airport..."

"Woo-woo-"

As the order of the air raid headquarters was issued, the entire three towns of Wuhan suddenly sounded a sharp and piercing air defense siren.

At the Hankou and Qingshan airfields, one after another Japanese Zero fighters and Type 1 fighters quickly rose into the air, lined up in a flight formation, and flew in the direction of the Eighth Route Army's planes.

……

"Attention."

"There are still 30 kilometers from Hankou, and all units are ready for battle!"

High in the air.

Zheng Shaoqiang, who was piloting the Sabre fighter No. 01, gave the battle order on the radio channel, and his tone was loud.

Sabre fighters were more valuable and fewer, and were piloted and operated by ace pilots of the 2nd Flying Regiment.

The elite pilots flew Hellcat fighters.

Jet fighters are capable of flying propeller fighters, but they are more demanding in piloting skills.

But.

This is nothing for an ace pilot like Zheng Shaoqiang, who did not take long to become familiar with the piloting skills and weapon systems of the Sabre fighter.

"Roger!"

“……”

The squadron leaders flew Sabre fighters and replied radio.

The flight formation was already about to arrive in Wuhan, and there was no need to maintain radio silence anymore.

This time, the pilots of the 2nd Flying Regiment carried a vengeful fury.

In the past few years of operations, countless comrades-in-arms, including Gao Zhihang, the commander of the 4th Air Group, died under the fighters of the Japanese air force.

This time, they wanted to make the Japanese pilots pay for their blood debts.

"01, 01, Japanese fighters were spotted directly ahead, did they attack? Attack? ”

The wingman pilot saw the Japanese aircraft group and immediately called Zheng Shaoqiang.

In fact, Zheng Shaoqiang also discovered the Japanese aircraft group in front of him at the same time, and a fighter formation composed of dozens of Japanese zero fighters and Type 1 fighters was flying towards them.

"Stay in formation, attack!"

Zheng Shaoqiang did not hesitate to give the combat order, and at the same time stepped on the accelerator to the end, and directly drove the Sabre fighter to meet it.

More than 100 fighters from both sides soon became entangled.

"Da Da Da ......"

A Japanese Zero fighter has its sights on Zheng Shaoqiang's Sabre fighter.

The devil pilot aimed at Zheng Shaoqiang's Sabre fighter and just hit a shuttle, but found that the Sabre fighter disappeared from view.

Just as the devil pilot wondered if he had shot down the enemy plane, he suddenly heard a crackling sound.

Before he could react, he was beaten to pieces by the 20-millimeter gun, and the Zero fighter exploded in the air.

The toothache was severe, and I went to the hospital to check that it was the inflammation caused by the wisdom teeth, and it was recommended to remove the wisdom teeth, but I was afraid that it would affect the renewal and did not pull out, so the doctor prescribed medicine, and the situation was updated in the next few days.

(End of chapter)