The Operations Department held a meeting overnight.

Mao Bangchu had been sitting in the war room for several days without leaving. He kept smoking and a large tea cup was placed on the table, his eyes were red.

Zhou Zhihan brought the cup and brewed another cup of strong tea for Mao Bangchu.

Everyone's eyebrows couldn't stretch.

After the first two days of victory, the Chinese Air Force gradually fell into a passive position as Japanese fighter jets increased to Shanghai, especially the Kasuya Air Force and the Kizu Air Force Type 96 bombers entered the Chinese battlefield.

Mao Bangchu knew the best that the Air Force had. Now, the Air Force has entered a vicious cycle of losing one less one.

What is even more difficult is that many outstanding pilots died in battle and sacrificed their lives for the country. The subsequent pilots are not only immature, but also face the situation of no fighter jets flying, because most pilots also crash when they die in battle.

All the unfavorable situations predicted by the Chinese Air Force before the war have indeed become a fact.

The air power of China and Japan increases and decreases.

2. At this time, the Japanese who had an aircraft manufacturing production line lost one fighter plane, and added two or even three.

This is to complete the entire Chinese Air Force's assets... Mao Bangchu felt aching in his heart, his brows frowned, and he looked at all the combatants and the pilots in the war room with a serious expression.

I heard that the Japanese army had set up an air trap above Wusongkou, and all the combatants looked solemn, and needles fell inside could be heard.

From the start of attacks on the Japanese army on August 14, to today on August 23, although the Chinese Air Force shot down nearly 100 Japanese fighter jets and sunk more than a dozen ships from the Japanese Third Fleet, the Chinese Air Force paid a lot of money, losing nearly 60 fighter jets, and more than a dozen fighter jets were damaged in a series of transitions due to improper operation.

In the early stage of the Battle of Shanghai, the Chinese Air Force was able to participate in the war of 230 fighters. Those that were lost during the battle and damaged during the transition were removed. Some of them went to defend the sky above Nanjing. Some of them were specially disassembled for accessories. At present, Mao Bangchu could use no more than 100 fighters, and some of them were old models. There were only less than 60 main fighter jets left.

Pilots died in battle every day, military aircraft were shot down in battle every day, and morale gradually became sluggish.

Mao Bangchu deeply realized the dilemma of being unable to cook without rice for a skilled woman.

War is the touchstone to test an army. Although the courage and courage of the Chinese Air Force are excellent, they have little experience, inconsistent combat, chaotic logistics order, and unstable war supply. They finally have nowhere to hide under the test of war and all emerge. These inevitably reduce the combat effectiveness of the army.

A combat staffer marked the places where the Japanese might land on the huge combat map and explained: "

Wusongkou,

Sichuan Shakou,

Zhang Huabang,

Lion Grove.

According to the judgment of the Supreme Operations Department, the Japanese army's landing was mainly concentrated in the four entrances of Wusongkou, Chuanshakou, Lion Forest and Zhang Huabang.

The headquarters judged that the Japanese army should have landed at the most, and the other three locations were just feinted to restrain our army's forces.

Because the 88th Division and 87th Division of our army attacked various Japanese strongholds in Shanghai, the troops were relatively loose. Moreover, in order to cooperate with their landing troops, the Japanese troops at each stronghold gave up their defense and took the initiative to attack and restrain our attacking troops, forcing our army to gather strength and strengthen the defense in these four places. However, if our army only sent troops to block the landing Japanese troops at Wusongkou, then the other three landing Japanese troops would change from feint attack to main attack, forming a siege against our heavy troops defending the troops at Wusongkou."

Everyone was silent. This battle was not easy to fight! The Air Force had only a little bit of its wealth. It was harder to stop the Japanese army landing everywhere than to climb to the sky.

Mao Bangchu walked to the map and paused for several seconds. The baton point in his hand marked the location of Wusongkou on the map, and then he dripped toward Luodian: "Luodian is the top priority of the use of troops in this Battle of Songhu. After the Japanese gathered a large number of troops from here, they could directly attack Luodian. The troops of our army were still on the way to emergency rescue and did not reach the designated sniper position.

Now, we can only rely on the temporary troops drawn by the 88th Division, the 87th Division, and the 20th Independent Brigade in Shanghai to work together to block the Japanese landing troops. Now, the forces drawn by these three troops are less than 2,000.

General Wang Jingjiu, the commander of the 87th Division, who commanded the battle, even brought his guard battalion up.

So this time, whether the successful Japanese landing mission can be achieved depends largely on our Air Force. If we can suppress the artillery fire of Japanese surface ships, our blocking troops will be able to rely on the terrain, delay the Japanese landing time, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements."

Mao Bangchu was silent for a while, and then said: "If our air force cannot suppress the Japanese fleet artillery fire and block the 2,000 Japanese troops, they will all be within the range of the Japanese artillery fire."

Speaking of this, Mao Bangchu remained silent again. Two yellowed fingers with cigarettes, their eyebrows were clamped together, and they took a few breaths, pacing back and forth in front of the combat map: "The Air Force sent bombers to temporarily suppress the Japanese ship artillery fire, but how should the traps set by the Japanese air force in the air be solved?"

No one speaks.

Everyone knows that this battle is difficult to fight.

Ten thousand Japanese Marines landed, with plane cover in the air and gunfire support from surface ships. It was obviously impossible to complete the task of only 2,000 Chinese soldiers and the Air Force.

The 88th Division, the 87th Division, and the 20th Independent Brigade combined for 40,000 people. The aggravated artillery and fighter support did not kill 5,000 Japanese Marines. Now I want to use 2,000 people to resist 10,000 Japanese Marines landing. How is this possible?

Moreover, the other party also has aircraft to assist and ship-based fire support. Not to mention the flesh and blood body, 2,000 Chinese soldiers cannot withstand the attacks of Japanese aircraft and warships.

Now, the lives of the 2,000 Chinese soldiers who were preparing to block the Japanese landing have also fallen on the shoulders of the Chinese Air Force.

The Air Force had to suppress the artillery on Japanese ships, and also had to take into account the traps under the Japanese aviation department. This problem suppressed the pre-war commander-in-chief Mao Bangchu, who was a little breathless. He had hardly slept in the past few days, had his beard not shaved, and his hair on his temples suddenly turned much white, and he looked very old.

Mao Bangchu drank a strong gulp of tea and lit a cigarette. A bold and dangerous plan was born in his mind.

"According to reliable information, the Japanese army sent 10 Type 96 warships and 6 Type 95 warships during landing this time, setting traps and waiting for our Air Force to drill.

If our Air Force avoids its edge, none of the 2,000 brothers who went to block the attack will survive.

Once the enemy lands smoothly and early, they will be unstoppable and directly point to our military key Luodian.

Luodian is the lifeblood of our army and the winner of this Battle of Shanghai. There is no way to lose it. Once Luodian is lost, the Japanese army will be able to launch a free-spirited attack on our army from Luodian.

I decided to make a plan.

First, we sent several fighter jets to break into Wusongkou, the main landing site of the Japanese army, pretending to attack, attracting the Japanese air firepower. Then all our fighter jets appeared and counter-encircled the Japanese fighter jets."

Everyone was silent. The deputy commander-in-chief's meaning was very obvious. He first sent out a few fighter planes to serve as bait to lure out the Japanese air firepower.

This is a typical case of using children to condom a wolf.

The several fighter jets that entered the Japanese army's landing on the beach first had to face the anti-aircraft artillery fire of Japanese warships, and also had to deal with the siege of more than a dozen Type 95 and Type 96 ship battles. It can be said that the hope of survival is slim.

Seeing that all the pilots were silent, Mao Bangchu sighed. He knew that his decision was cruel, but now there was no second way to go before him. If the Japanese army was allowed to land successfully, he would not be able to bear the huge responsibility of failure. At that time, he might not even have the opportunity to go to the military court. What awaits him may be to rectify the law on the spot and take on the responsibility of failure!

If there is a mistake in major military operations, the general will be responsible. The Battle of the Second Songhu is related to the life and death of the nation, and Mao Bangchu's shoulders cannot bear this responsibility.

It’s not that Mao Bangchu used the pilot to trap the wolf, but that he really couldn’t find a second solution. Even if the principal came to command now, he might not be able to find a better strategy than this.

This is how war is. Someone must sacrifice and some must die.

Mao Bangchu sat dejectedly on the chair, pinching his eyebrows with his index finger and thumb, and made up his mind to say.

"First of all the military aircraft entering the Japanese army landed on the beach will be in danger and will die for a lifetime. For fairness, all of you will decide by drawing lots later to enter the Japanese army landed on the beach first.

This time, in order to attract the Japanese air firepower, I decided to use a Martin 139wc heavy bomber as bait and send two fighter mki fighters as escorts. In addition, two Hawk 1 assisted the ground troops and blocked the vanguard troops landing in the Japanese army."

After Mao Bangchu finished speaking, the room was as quiet as if it was dead.

Mao Bangchu gave a few words to the adjutant.

The adjutant took the paper and pen, and according to the number of pilots, he made a note per person, wrote the word "going to fight" on several of the notes, and then put the note into a piece of paper and put it in a box. The pilot who received these notes would be used as an air death squad and first entered the Japanese army's beach stake.

In the first few days of the war, whenever a very dangerous war was carried out, all unmarried pilots took the lead. Now, due to the rapid death of the pilots and the number of people has dropped drastically, everyone has to go to the battle, regardless of whether there is a wife or a child or a parent.

When the adjutant was writing the notes, all the pilots silently took out their suicide notes, changed yesterday's date to today, and then silently put them back to their original place. Once they died in battle, the suicide notes and relics will be handed over to their families by the military.

Under the light, these young faces were full of tragedy.

No choice!

War left them with no choice.

As a pilot, they had no choice.

When war comes, either fly bravely into the blue sky and be remembered forever, or be a deserter for thousands of years!

If it is all death, why not die vigorously and die to the point of death!

Everyone looked at the adjutant stacking paper.

Now, everyone handed over their destiny to that note.

The adjutant folded the notes and put them into the box, then shook them hard for a few times, putting the box on the table, and then he took a silent step back, his eyes a little rosy.

No one spoke to any pilots, and no one went up to get the notes first.

Even an ant can survive, let alone a human being!

In war, there are people who sacrifice themselves, but very few.

At this moment, the notes in the box were like time bombs, making the pilots feel scared.

Ten seconds passed and no one stepped forward.

Half a minute passed, but no one came forward.

Mao Bangchu closed his eyes, and he couldn't bear to give orders to order these young people in their early 20s to accept the cruel choice of fate.

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief, I requested to fight. I requested to fly the Martin 139wc heavy bomber."

Zhou Zhihan stood up and took a step forward, saying.

Suddenly everyone in the room looked at him in unison.

Everyone knows that Zhou Zhihan is now the chief instructor of the Air Force. His mission is to teach more excellent students, rather than flying planes to fight against the enemy.

However, when I heard that the chief instructor was going to fly the Martin 139     WC heavy bomber himself, there was a glimmer of hope on all the pilots' faces.

A chief instructor drove Martin to the beach, and the survival chances of the pilots who went with him could increase.

At this moment, everyone turned their eyes away from Zhou Zhihan and stared at Mao Gangchu.

"You can't go." Mao Bangchu opened his eyes and shook his head after a few seconds. "Your current responsibility is to teach more excellent air force pilots, rather than flying to the battlefield. The Chinese Air Force needs many excellent pilots."

Zhou Zhihan put his feet together and saluted: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief! Although the brothers present can drive Martin, they are not proficient, let alone be familiar with Martin's performance.

It’s not because I’m crazy about it, I can only release all Martin’s power in this room.

In such an important battle, I ask the commander to agree to let me fight!"
To be continued...