All the Air Force pilots wiped away their tears and asked for battle to avenge Ren Yunge and the war.

The young pilots who did not go out to fight this morning even yelled that it was their turn to fly into the blue sky and kill a few more Japanese airlines to avenge their dead comrades today.

I was very dissatisfied when I saw the Japanese flying planes to show off their power over China's land. Now I finally have the opportunity to destroy the Japanese's arrogance.

The young pilots waited for this day for a long time.

Gao Zhihang, the captain of the Fourth Brigade, also asked to take off again and go to support the navy.

Mao Bangchu said to the pilots who participated in the air raid this morning: "You have not had a rest since last night. You are very tired and need a good rest. I have reported your results today to Nanjing. Nanjing is very happy and will reward you on a date!"

Mao Bangchu said, his tone changed and he was very solemn: "At the same time, Nanjing ordered that the pilots who sacrificed their lives for the country must be buried with great care and treat their families well."

Looking at the photos of Ren Yunge's family of five, the young pilots wiped their tears again.

Ren Yunge is 23 years old this year and is the first Chinese pilot to be killed in the battle against Japan on August 14, 1937.

In the photo, Ren Yunge's parents have gray hair on their temples, their wives are young, virtuous and dignified, and their daughter is only two or three years old and innocent and cute.

If you lose your pillar, how should you live in this family in the future?

Mao Bangchu's young pilots said: "This time, the fighter jets supporting the navy need to act secretly. You can't make a big fuss, just go two."

Upon hearing this, all the young pilots who did not participate in the air strike on the Japanese troops in Shanghai this morning were very disappointed.

Since it was a secret operation and only two aircraft were available, it means that it was basically nothing to do with them. The pilots who went there must be the elite among the elites.

Faced with the disappointment of the young pilots, Mao Bangchu smiled: "Today, we have achieved great results in air strikes on all positions of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai. How could we stop there?"

When the young pilots heard this, they immediately felt energetic. Since they became pilots, they had never fought with the Japanese in the air with real guns and ammunition. At this time, they were both excited and nervous, and they were a little scared.

This feeling is very subtle!

This is normal, and no one will be afraid before going to the battlefield.

"Command!" Mao Bangchu strode to the front of the combat map, "The Ninth Squadron dispatched 3 Henkel He111 a medium bomber and 1 Chance Watt O3u-2 reconnaissance aircraft to launch air strikes on the enemy at Mangshan Wharf. The 24th Squadron of the Fifth Battalion sent 5 Hawk 3 fighter jets to escort, led by the squadron leader Liu Cuigang himself.

Each Hawke fighter hangs a 300-kilogram bomb under it, flew to the attack site, and took the lead in launching the first wave of attack, first kicking away the Japanese defensive artillery fire, then taking off the air to cover the bomber to launch the second wave of attack!"

The 24th Squadron Captain Liu Cuigang was overjoyed: "Thank you, Chief! Ensure the completion of the task!"

Mao Bangchu said seriously: "Remember, the Japanese aircraft carriers participated in the war. Their carrier-based aircraft were longer than our fighter jets. If they were entangled, our fuel would be a big problem and would be very passive. So you must not fight! After all the fighter jets dropped bombs, they would return immediately."

"yes!"

The pilots from the 9th and 24th squadrons played in the battle answered at the same time.

"When I come back safely, I will ask you for me!" Mao Bangchu said to Liu Cuigang and the others, "Action now!"

Squadron leader Liu Cuigang led the young pilots to take off immediately.

The remaining pilots were ready to wait for the mission.

"Order, Squadron 8 sent two Brida Breda B.27 bombing attack aircraft, and Squadron 9 sent two Henkel He111      a medium bomber bombed the Japanese army's simple airport in Gongda Spinning Mill. The 22nd Squadron Captain Le Yiqin led 7 Hawk 3 fighter jets to escort. All Hawk 3s also hung a bomb and launched the first wave of bombing."

"Yes! Sir!" Lieutenant Le Yiqin replied.

Mao Bangchu held a piece of intelligence in his hand: "According to reliable information, the simple airport of the Japanese military's public large spoiler was severely damaged by our air force yesterday. It began to be rebuilt secretly yesterday afternoon, and today it has just begun to see its scale.

So you must bomb it and knock out the Japanese army at this ground airport in Shanghai!

This morning, our army airstrikes the Japanese Navy Command and the Third Fleet. Now the Japanese aircraft mainly defend the Navy Command and the Third Fleet. They never expected that we would bomb the simple airport of Gongda Spinning Mill again."

Liu Cuigang led the pilots to fly the plane and rushed towards the Shanghai Gongda Spinning Factory and the Japanese simple airport.

"Order! The three Fiat Cr-32 reconnaissance aircraft of the 8th Squadron were released every ten minutes, and the air defense warning was arranged to Jiashan and Zhapu. Once Japanese military aircraft were found to attack, they should be notified immediately! Remember, I would rather misreport than miss it!"

The pilots of the three reconnaissance planes received the order. Although they did not participate in the attack in the Shanghai direction, they had a heavy responsibility.

The Japanese army suffered a great loss this morning and would definitely find ways to take revenge. These three reconnaissance aircraft are the most advanced reconnaissance aircraft of the Chinese Air Force today. It is rare to send three of them at the same time today!

Mao Bangchu then sent several waves of military aircraft to Shanghai to assist the attacks of the 88th Division, the 87th Division and the 20th Independent Brigade in various parts of Shanghai.

According to relevant information, the Japanese army is increasing troops to Shanghai in several ways.

Therefore, the Nanjing Command ordered the Chinese Air Force to cooperate fully in the attack on the Japanese Marine Corps in Shanghai to strive to wipe out the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai before the Japanese reinforcements arrived.

At this moment, the intelligence officer sent a telegram.

The Mao Gang is opened.

It is the "National Government's Self-Defense War Declaration". The whole book announces the process of the incident deduction since the Lugou Bridge Incident, and states that China is forced by Japan's endless aggression and has now had to implement self-defense and resist violence.

Mao Bangchu solemnly recited the "Declaration on the Self-Defense of the National Government".

Although everyone knows that China has entered the state of war of resistance in full swing, the release of the National Government's Statement on Self-Defense and Anti-Japanese War has greatly inspired everyone, which shows that at this time, the Chinese people are united and work together to resist foreign barbarians!

After everything was arranged, Mao Bangchu asked the pilots who participated in the war in the morning to rest. After the mechanic inspected and repaired all the fighter jets, the fighter jets were filled with fuel and immediately turned to Zhoujiakou. The Japanese army suffered a great loss today. They would definitely send a fleet of aircraft to launch a retaliatory attack on Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport. The Chinese Air Force should temporarily avoid the edge and retreat actively, and evacuate all important equipment from Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, leaving the Japanese army with an empty airport.

Now, Jianqiao Airport and all the mechanics who came to support from Zhoujiakou were on the battlefield, inspecting and repairing all fighter jets participating in the war this morning as quickly as possible to prevent the Japanese army from coming to attack and bombing.

At this moment, another telegram came. Sure enough, not long ago, a large number of Japanese fighter jets raided Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport, razing the entire Hongqiao Airport to the ground.

Everyone praised that the two commanders were very imaginative and transferred all the military aircraft and equipment in Hongqiao Airport in advance, leaving only the air bombs used by the empty airport to waste the Japanese army.

Good news is coming continuously, but bad news is also there.

During the morning air strikes on the Japanese Marine Corps Command and the Third Fleet on the Huangpu River, a bomb from a Chinese bomber fell into the Huizhong Hotel, directly blowing out a large pit. More than 20 people were killed and injured, including several of them from the French Concession, which caused a great storm.

The other two bombs fell near the racetrack, which was a major traffic road. In the morning, people came and went, and it was a crossroads. It was very prosperous. There were many businesses on both sides and it was crowded. When the two bombs fell, the entire street was broken in the middle, and countless casualties were killed and injured.

A bomb weighing 500 kilograms fell at the entrance of the Great World, and it was a place with dense crowds. This bomb caused a huge disaster. The powerful blasting power almost flattened the entire Great World, with more than 2,000 casualties. The large pit left by the bomb was four or five meters deep and the diameter reached an astonishing seven or eight meters wide.

All the dead and injured were in a terrible shape, and the wailing sounds could be heard for miles. There were broken limbs and broken arms everywhere, blood plasma, internal organs, heads and brains everywhere, covering the ground, and it was like a blood-colored muddy road that had been raining heavily. The road surface was muddy and slippery, and it was untenable. Mucus dripping everywhere, limbs and broken arms were hung on broken walls everywhere, flesh and bones were rotten, and it was terrible everywhere...

Another bomb fell on Nanjing Road, killing and killing the injured...

Among them, a Hawke 1 fighter jet was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire and fell into a residential area. The bombs on the plane caught fire and exploded, blowing up all the residential area, comparable to a major earthquake and also caused countless casualties...

Looking at the telegrams that kept coming from negative news, Mao Bangchu could only shake his head. This is how the war was, and the people who paid for the bill in the end were ordinary people.

He doesn't blame the pilot, nor can he blame the pilot. No one will deliberately throw bombs on his compatriots' heads. Everything can happen in air combat. During air combat, the pilot's reaction time is only at a few seconds. These few seconds either lead to heaven or to hell.

Except for the captain Gao Zhihang and several other squadron leaders stayed in the combat room, all other pilots involved in the air strike this morning went to rest.

Zhou Zhihan felt that the multi-aircraft formations during the Air Force took off this morning were a little problem. Such formations were easily attacked by the opponent's carrier-based aircraft. Moreover, Chinese pilots lacked the awareness of spontaneously forming dual-aircraft or multi-air combat formations in air combat.

The Chinese Air Force's single-handed combat style is easily defeated by the enemy in air combat. Moreover, single-air combat cannot exert the potential power of the fighter and cannot exploit the maximum potential of the fighter. This may have a lot to do with the lack of flight time of Chinese pilots.

[Air Overlord] The system once mentioned Zhou Zhihan: When multiple aircraft participate in the air combat, do not reduce the scale of your formation to less than two aircraft. Partners are indispensable in air combat. The power of dual aircraft cooperation is definitely not 11=2. The power of dual aircraft cooperation can even reach 11=4.

If you are alone in air combat, or your wingman and your captain is shot down, your first reaction is to immediately find other airmen to form a combat formation to increase your chances of survival in air combat.

It is too late to temporarily get on the sedan and explain the dual-machine tactics to the pilots. The formation of this tactics does not take place overnight. It requires long-term running-in training between the dual-machines to achieve the power of 11=4.

After a while, Gao Zhihang and the others left to prepare for the next transition.

As the commander of the Fourth Battalion, Gao Zhihang's burden was very arduous. Several other squadron captains looked red and helped Gao Zhihang prepare for the next transition.

When everyone left, Zhou Zhihan asked again to escort the Chinese Navy another tragic shipwreck at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Mao Bangchu looked at Zhou Zhihan and shook his head: "The principal said that a genius like you cannot go to the battlefield, he can only stay and be an instructor. The Chinese Air Force needs more excellent pilots like you."

Zhou Zhihan: “…”

"I know what you want to say." Mao Bangchu waved his hand to stop Zhou Zhihan, and his expression was dim. "Our Chinese Air Force, as the fulcrum of the army and the navy, is used as long-range artillery fire. It has a heavy responsibility and greater danger! According to secret reports, the Japanese army currently has 2,300 excellent fighter jets, and only 220 can take off. Remove old models such as Hawk 1 and Hawk 2, and no more than 160 can take off and fight. Today, you have also seen that our best fighter jets are at a disadvantage in the face of the Japanese Type 95 and Type 96. If there are good aircraft, the war may not be killed in the battle!"

When Mao Bangchu said this, his eyes were a little red. The war followed him for many years and was a proud disciple he brought out. Today he flew in high altitude command, watching the war cremated in the enemy's artillery and was powerless.

Zhou Zhihan was also silent. Mao Bangchu was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force and one of the founders of the Chinese Air Force. He knew the family of the Chinese Air Force very well.

"In Japan, military aircraft can be produced at full capacity on several lines, and then continuously replenished to the battlefield. If they lose one aircraft, they can replenish two, three, four, or even ten. Our army will fight one less, and all the assets are here. There are only a few excellent pilots," said Mao Bangchu, silently lit a cigarette, took a few sips, and looked even more sad, "One dies, one less, we don't have an excellent pilot to replenish."

Zhou Zhihan also said nothing. He also lit a cigarette. He heard helplessness and sadness from Mao Bangchu's words.

If you die of a familiar face, you will lose one excellent pilot instead of one, and add one or two.

Mao Bangchu in front of him is the real Mao Bangchu. Only at this moment can he dare to express his true thoughts in his heart. If he leaves this door, he must show a confident and high-spirited spirit. He knows that his air force will only fight less and less, but he must face it with it strongly, and even say some words against his conscience to boost morale, so the pain in his heart is hidden deeper than anyone else.

The master and apprentice smoked cigarettes silently for a while, and Mao Bangchu put out the cigarette butts and said, "The Air Force has recruited a group of new students, and you will be their chief instructor for the time being. The war between China and Japan will never end day and night. This time, the National Government led by the principal is determined to fight against Japan, so in the future, we need a continuous stream of excellent pilots, and this burden will fall on you."

"Aren't Chennard and the others?"

Zhou Zhihan blurted out.

"Chennard?"

Mao Bangchu asked in confusion.

Zhou Zhihan knew that he had a wrong tongue. At this time, Chennard had not married Chinese wife Chen Meixiang, and he was not called Chennard yet.

"Oh! I'm talking about Claire Lee Senort and Huang Xinrui, Huang Panyang and others!" Zhou Zhihan said with a wry smile, "Being an air force instructor is like teaching new grade children. You need to have enough experience. Although my flight skills are good, I am a rookie to the teaching staff."

Mao Bangchu said: "Claire Lee Senort and others came to China to be instructors, and they signed a contract with our country, which means they are instructors hired by our country, and we paid for it.

Just this month, their contract period is coming.

The principal's wife felt that it would be a bit unethical to force them to keep them in China at this time. After all, China and Japan have started a war, and Claire Lee Senort and others will take certain risks when they stay in China.

Therefore, the principal's wife believes that whether to continue renewing the contract should be respected by Claire Lee Senort and their wishes."

Zhou Zhihan said: "Where are they now? I met them when I was in the United States. I want to talk to them and hope they can stay and help us!"

"Just yesterday, they flew to Nanjing to negotiate with the Air Force Headquarters on this matter." Mao Bangchu said, shook his head, "The strength of our Air Force and the Japanese Air Force are too far apart. Claire Lee Senort and others will definitely not take the risk to stay."
To be continued...