After the end of the air battle, the new 1st Regiment flew the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Flying Regiment directly under the headquarters after completing the task of bombing the airfield.

Immediately after bombing some Japanese military targets around Wuhan, they flew in the direction of Taiyuan.

Since all the fighters, they were refueled at the Changzhi airfield.

Moreover, it didn't take much time to fight with the devil fighters and bomb the devil airfield, and on the way back, all the fighters had more fuel.

So there was no need to refuel at Changzhi Airport on the way, and I flew back to Taiyuan Wusu Airport directly.

At the airfield command.

Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters, head of the new regiment Li Yunlong, political commissar Zhao Gang, deputy head of the regiment Xing Zhiguo, deputy head of the regiment Chu Yunfei, chief of staff Wang Dehou.

As well as several operational staff officers of the headquarters and the new regiment, a temporary air raid command was formed here.

The commander-in-chief was Li Yunlong, and the chief of staff just came over to take a look at the situation.

Looking at the fighter planes that set out for the triumphant battle, the faces of the chief of staff and Li Yunlong were filled with the joy of victory.

Zheng Shaoqiang and Li Shaorong had already notified the command by radio.

In this battle, about 70 Japanese fighters were shot down, and the side lost 3 Hellcat fighters, a loss ratio of about 23.3 to 1.

Bombed the Japanese army's three airfields, Qingshan Airport, Hankou Airport and Xiaogan Airport.

"It is worthy of being the ace air force unit of the national army, and it is really good!"

Looking at the pilots of the 2nd Flying Regiment, skillfully operating the plane and landing steadily, even Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh.

The protagonists of this battle were the 2nd Flying Regiment, 10 Sabres and 40 Hellcats, and 48 Zeros against the Japanese army.

The 20 Sabres and 10 Hellcats of the 1st Flying Group of the new regiment arrived later, but they also picked up meat to eat.

"It's amazing!"

Chu Yunfei stared at the plane that landed and glided, his expression excited.

Today's victory in the air battle has also proved more and more that the path he has chosen is right.

This air battle directly knocked out the ability of the Japanese air force to attack the rear of the national army such as Yamashiro and Sichuan Province!

"They are all elite and aces who fought with the Japanese air force, and their flying skills are naturally very strong."

"In the past, they couldn't defeat the Japanese army, mainly because of the poor performance of the national army's aircraft."

"If the performance of the national army's aircraft is similar to that of the Japanese army, the Japanese air force will not be able to bargain for a little bit in their hands."

"Now that these pilots have come to our side, they use more high-performance fighters, and their combat effectiveness has increased by more than 10 times."

The chief of staff crossed his arms and analyzed.

"That's true."

Li Yunlong nodded.

Li Yunlong also felt that the pilots of the 1st Flying Group were similar in skill to the pilots of the 2nd Flying Regiment.

But.

Judging from the performance of the 2nd Flying Regiment so far, the air combat skills of the 2nd Flying Regiment are obviously superior to those of Li Yunlong's 1st Flying Brigade.

However, it is not much higher, the pilots of the 1st Flying Group have been studying at Boss Chen's air base for a year.

The training flight time is more than 1,000 hours, and there are also simulated real combat training, there are several aces, and the rest are elite.

After graduating and forming the 1st Flying Group of the new regiment, an air raid killed the air force of the North China Front.

Later, the Japanese planes shot down in air battles were basically Japanese transport planes and reconnaissance planes.

There are relatively few opportunities for real air dog fighting, so in terms of actual combat experience, they are inferior to the pilots of the 2nd Flying Regiment of the headquarters.

"It had to be the foresight of the leaders of the Red Army at the time."

"An inadvertently developed air force insider has brought so many elite and ace pilots to our Eighth Route Army."

The chief of staff sighed emotionally.

During the conversation, the pilots were already flying fighter jets and landing on the runway.

Two pilots were wounded, and a team of medics and ground crews immediately ran forward and lifted the wounded pilot onto a stretcher.

Li Shaorong, the captain of the No. 1 Flight Group of the New Regiment, and Zheng Shaoqiang, the commander of the No. 2 Flight Regiment of the headquarters, walked over together.

"Hello Chief!"

"Hello Commander!"

The two of them saluted the chief of staff, Li Yunlong and others.

"The 1st Flying Brigade of the New Regiment."

"Headquarters Flight 2nd Regiment."

"Successfully complete the mission, please instruct!"

Li Shaorong and Zheng Shaoqiang said loudly.

"There's nothing to instruct, you guys fought beautifully!"

Li Yunlong nodded, his expression extremely satisfied.

"How's the casualty?"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Shaorong and Zheng Shaoqiang, nodded with a satisfied expression, and asked.

"Our 1st Flying Group lost 1 pilot and 1 Hellcat fighter, no one was injured and 1 aircraft was damaged."

"Our 2nd Flying Regiment lost 2 pilots and 2 Hellcat fighters, 2 pilots were slightly wounded, 2 aircraft were wounded."

Li Shaorong and Zheng Shaoqiang replied.

The downed pilots and fighters are definitely gone.

This is war, a war in which you die or I die, and there will be casualties in war, a battle in which the enemy army is completely annihilated and there are no casualties on your own side, of course, there are also battles, but there are very few.

But.

The ratio of 23.3 to 3 between the Japanese air force and the air force of the Eighth Route Army has far exceeded expectations.

"For damaged planes, the regiment commander will contact Boss Chen to replace them with new ones, and the injured pilots, the regiment headquarters has arranged the best doctors."

Zhao Gang said.

"Thank you, Commissar."

Li Shaorong and Zheng Shaoqiang thanked in unison.

These pilots are all treasures of the Eighth Route Army, and in terms of logistics, it is natural to do it in place.

"Let's take the soldiers to rest first."

Li Yunlong looked at the watch in his hand, it was almost dark, and it was no longer appropriate to dispatch fighter jets at this time.

"Yes."

Li Shaorong and Zheng Shaoqiang saluted together and turned to leave.

The news of the victory reached headquarters.

The head of the headquarters immediately smiled from ear to ear, and immediately ordered the news to be sent to Yan'an and the office of the Eighth Route Army in Shancheng.

……

Headquarters Flight 2nd Regiment Canteen.

After a moment of silence for the fallen comrades, a group of pilots came to the canteen to eat.

Even if it is food, the Air Force canteen of the Eighth Route Army is a few streets away from the canteen of the National Army.

"This battle is finally avenging the sacrificed brothers!"

"I shot down 1 devil plane."

"I shot down 2!"

"I didn't shoot down a single one."

"Who made you a wingman?"

"Next time I'll be the host, you'll be the wingman."

Several pilots were talking excitedly.

"Regiment commander, how many devil planes did you shoot down?"

Zhou Zikai, the captain of the 2nd Flying Regiment, looked at Zheng Shaoqiang and asked.

"4."

Zheng Shaoqiang smiled slightly and replied confidently:

"3 Zero and 1 One."

He piloted a Sabre fighter, a jet fighter, a propeller fighter that fights devils, and it's like an adult beating a child.

If it weren't for the fact that there were more wolves and less meat, Zheng Shaoqiang could shoot down more devil planes in this battle.

In terms of flight and air combat technology, Zheng Shaoqiang is naturally at the trump card level, and flying a Sabre jet fighter is naturally like a tiger with wings.

"What about you?"

Zheng Shaoqiang asked.

"I have 1 less than you, and I only shot down 3 devil planes."

Gao Youxin shook his head, as if he was a little dissatisfied with the fact that he had only shot down 3 devil planes.

"You kid!"

"It's good to be able to shoot down 3 devil planes."

Zheng Shaoqiang patted Gao Youxin on the shoulder:

"Keep up the good work."

The ace pilots were all Sabre fighters, and at least half of the Japanese planes in this battle were shot down by Sabre fighters.

After a pause, Zheng Shaoqiang asked: "By the way, you kid added the record of this battle and shot down 9 fighters of the devil, right?" ”

When he was on the side of the national army, Gao Youxin had already shot down 6 devil planes, and he had the reputation of the king of fighters.

Able to shoot down 6 Japanese planes with weak aircraft, he is an absolute ace pilot.

"Hey, hey!"

Gao Youxin smiled and nodded.

Deputy regiment commander Liu Binlin shot down 3 Japanese planes, political commissar Wang Hexin shot down 3 Japanese planes, and the other two group leaders also shot down 2 and 3 Japanese planes respectively.

The pilots of the other hosts also basically shot down the devil plane.

After this battle, Zheng Shaoqiang's confidence increased greatly, and after eating, he took out a piece of paper and a pen and began to write letters to the number one pilot of the national army abroad.

Liu Zesheng, the only double ace pilot in the Chinese Air Force.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he fought dozens of battles with the air force of the National Army against the Japanese air force, and shot down 11 Japanese planes in total.

At this time.

Liu Zesheng is studying in the United States and is close friends with Zheng Shaoqiang, Gao Zhihang and Li Guidan.

Zheng Shaoqiang plans to bring the number one pilot of the Chinese Air Force over as well.

……

The next day, it was still dawn.

Under the command of Li Yunlong, the 50 fighters of the 2nd Flying Regiment were ordered to attack.

After filling up the gas at Changzhi Airport, two flight formations lined up and flew towards the Sanlijie Airport of the Japanese Army in Hefei.

After less than 2 hours of flight.

The 2nd Flying Regiment successfully came to the sky above the Sanlijie Airport, and it was already dark at this time.

But.

There were no devil planes taking off to meet them, there were no devil planes on the runway of the airport, and there were no devils at the airport.

As the fighter swooped down, huge explosive fireballs rose from the runway.

Soon, the Three Mile Street Airport was shrouded in fire and smoke.

Shunroku Hata and Michichi Sugawara are not stupid.

After the 1st Combined Air Force and the 60th Sentai were all wiped out, they knew that the air force units in Central China were definitely no match for the air force units of the Eighth Route Army.

Because all the Zero fighters were killed, the remaining Type 1 fighters attacked Taiyuan, and the range was not enough.

The range of the Type 97 bomber is sufficient, but without the escort of fighter jets, the bomber going to bomb Taiyuan is equivalent to delivering food to the Eighth Route Army Air Force.

So.

Overnight, Toshiroku Hata ordered the transfer of dozens of planes deployed at the Sanlijie airport to the Hangzhou and Shanghai areas.

Even the devil's plane at the airport near Jinling was transferred.

After completing the task of bombing the airfield, it bombed some devil military targets, and the 2nd Flying Team returned to Taiyuan.

Meantime.

"Xinhua Daily" published an article that the Air Force of the Eighth Route Army once again defeated the Japanese army, and shot down more than 70 Japanese fighters in Wuhan yesterday!

"Ta Kung Pao", "Declaration" and other media and newspapers have reprinted one after another.

Not surprisingly, the "Central Daily" also reprinted it, and said that it was an order issued by Chairman Chiang to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and Tian shamelessly attributed the credit to the national army.

However, this does not matter to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The common people have a scale in their hearts, and Principal Chang will only backfire by doing this, and sooner or later he will be counterattacked.

With the rout of the Japanese air force in central China, the bombing of the mountain city and other large rear areas by the Japanese air force also ended.

Until the end of World War II, not a single Japanese aerial bomb fell on the land in the southwestern rear.

But that's all for later.

……

Peiping.

The heavily guarded Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

Okamura Ninji, Seizo Arisue, and Kazuki Yamamoto, as well as several operational staff officers, are discussing the next phase of the defense plan in the War Hall.

"Gentlemen, I have good news for you."

Okamura Ninji looked at everyone:

"The base camp has agreed to mobilize 8 divisions and 1 flying division to the North China Front Army to destroy the Eighth Route Army!"

Due to the full-scale war of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia and the Pacific theater, even if the whole country is mobilized, the Japanese army is still strained.

Before.

As soon as Okamura Ninji opened his mouth, he asked the base camp for the strength of 15 divisions.

However, Okamura Ninji knew very well that it was impossible for the base camp to give him 15 divisions, and he didn't want that much.

The base camp was pieced together, and it was only possible to give him the strength of 8 divisions.

Okamura Ninji continued: "The base camp also promised to make up for the losses of the divisions and brigades in the battle! ”

"Yo Xi!"

"Your Excellency, General."

"In this way, our North China Front Army will have 14 divisions and 5 brigades!"

The chief of staff, Yusue Jingsan, was shocked when he heard this.

At present, the North China Front Army also has the 1st Division, the 26th Division, the 40th Division, and the 56th Division, four disabled divisions, and two full divisions of the 21st Division and the 27th Division.

The base camp mobilized 8 divisions and regiments for the North China Front and promised to replenish the troops, so the North China Front Army would have a total of 14 fully formed divisions and regiments, as well as several brigades.

The total strength of the army exceeded 230,000, which was more than the peak of the North China Front.

Kazuki Yamamoto and other operational staff officers were also in a state of shock.

14 divisions, several brigades, and 1 flying division.

The combat effectiveness of this force is not weak.

In this wave, I have to thank Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army for the aerial bombs that Lao Tie gave to the empire.

If it weren't for the heavy long-range bombers of the Eighth Route Army to bomb Japan.

The base camp will definitely not be so quick to mobilize troops, replenish troops, mobilize combat materials and flying divisions for the North China Front.

"That's right!"

Okamura Ningji's eyes were sharp, but his tone was extremely solemn:

"But according to intelligence, the strength of our enemy's Eighth Route Army has increased significantly."

"They have recently acquired another batch of aircraft, heavy artillery and tanks, and more than 50 elite pilots of the government army in China have joined the Eighth Route Army."

The intelligence that the pilots of the national army joined the Eighth Route Army was known by Okamura Ningji not long after Zheng Shaoqiang was electrified across the country.

The Eighth Route Army's information on aircraft, heavy artillery, and tanks was a telegram sent by an agent planted by Yamamoto Kazuki in Taiyuan.

After sending the telegram, the devil's agents were found out and killed.

"General."

"I just received information that the locust army aviation unit in central China was defeated by the air force unit of the Eighth Route Army."

Communications staff officer Hakuo Kitani walked in quickly, handed the telegram in his hand to Okamura Ninji, and reported.

"Nani?"

Okamura Ninji's face changed slightly, and he took the telegram and read it.

After reading the telegram, Okamura Ningji's face suddenly became solemn, the 1st Combined Air Force and the 60th Brigade, but the elite flying team of the Empire, were actually wiped out.

It is enough to see the strength of the aviation unit of the Eighth Route Army!

In this way, the flight division of the North China Front Army, which has its base camp allocated, is probably not the opponent of the Air Force of the Eighth Route Army!

Okamura Ninji's eyes narrowed, and his expression seemed to have regained his composure from solemnity, but in fact, he was panicked. (End of chapter)