"What President Bai said is true. The British and American coalition forces are fully prepared this time and are vowing to avenge their shame! We must not be careless." Jiang Baili nodded in agreement with Bai Chongxi.

When everyone saw Bai Chongxi and Jiang Baili saying this, they felt a little heavy.

They also became a little uneasy about the future of the National Government, and began to whisper among each other in low voices.

Zhang Xinghan knocked on the table, coughed twice and said: "Be quiet, be quiet, we are fully prepared for this battle.

Our air force and submarine force have more than doubled, and we have the support of 40 million people across the country, and we have the advantage of geographical location for local operations.

If we work together as one, we will be able to defeat the arrogant Western powers and defend our territorial waters, airspace and territory!"

"However, as senior generals of the National Government, we must first have confidence in ourselves. If you are all afraid of the wolf in front of you and the tiger in the back, how can you let the millions of soldiers below go to war?

Let me tell you, China has five thousand years of history and has suffered many foreign invasions, but no country has truly conquered this great nation.

The Japanese can’t do it, and neither can the Americans!

Even if we fail in the battle on the first island chain, even if we lose all our navy and air force, we still have tens of millions of army and reserve personnel and 400 million compatriots.

We will continue to fight to the end until the moment of victory!" After Zhang Xinghan finished speaking, he took the lead and stood up, and said loudly: "So, I hope that before the outcome of this war has been decided, you can put aside your original opinions.

Personal grievances between various factions are all based on national justice and national interests!

As long as we can defeat Western powers such as Britain and the United States, all of Asia, Africa, and even Europe will be ours.

At that time, you will only feel that you have too much territory and too few soldiers. So you should take a longer view!"

Although everyone on the surface responded in unison with determination, in their hearts they had some doubts about the great blueprint envisaged by Zhang Xinghan.

In early February of the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China (1938), the British, American and French combined fleets entered the waters of Japan and the South China Sea in two directions.

In the direction of the Sea of ​​Japan, China's dispatched troops stationed in Japan have adopted a shrinking defense in order to rely on the air support of shore-based aviation units. In addition to the xxi submarine unit, they are still cruising in the outer sea looking for opportunities.

The main force of the First Fleet of the Chinese Navy's dispatched force in Japan retreated to the coastal area of ​​Hokkaido, Japan.

In the South China Sea, a group of submarine forces attacked a destroyer formation of the US military. The US military subsequently mobilized a large number of submarines and destroyers to form a search and pursuit group.

Launched a pursuit of China's Xxi submarine force, which turned around and evacuated as soon as it was hit.

Due to the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, the Xxi submarine detachment sent an urgent call for assistance to the headquarters of the border defense forces stationed in Taiwan.

Taipei. Xue Yue, who was urgently discussing countermeasures with the combat staff adjutants, received a report from the communications corps.

Immediately ordered Liu Cuigang, the commander of the air force stationed in Taiwan, to lead a fighter group to the battle waters for reinforcements.

After receiving the order, Liu Cuigang, who was ready for action, immediately took off with his troops and rushed to the sea area where the incident occurred for reinforcements.

After more than half an hour of flight, with the help of the submarine force, Liu Cuigang led his troops to find the U.S. Navy fleet that was pursuing its own submarine force.

and immediately launched an attack on it.

After some panic, the US destroyer formation concentrated its anti-aircraft firepower to block the attack, and also urgently called for its own naval aviation forces to come for support.

The U.S. aircraft carrier battle group set off immediately after replenishing fuel, fresh water and other supplies at the Luzon Naval Base.

This destroyer formation is considered a forward. Therefore, the distance between the two sides is not far. This is why the US submarine force was able to arrive so quickly.

Therefore, not long after receiving the request for assistance from the destroyer formation, a group of US carrier-based aircraft roared over.

The Chinese Zero fighter group stopped the destroyer formation that was attacking them in the air and started a fight.

As before, the Zero fighter group, led by Liu Cuigang, turned around to face the enemy without fear.

But as soon as they fought, an accident happened. Liu Cuigang and the pilots were surprised to find that the speed of the fighter jets dispatched by the US military was as fast as theirs. There were also vague signs of exceeding them.

The firepower, turning radius, and maneuverability are also much stronger than before.

The one-sided air battle scene of Zero fighter jets no longer existed. After more than ten minutes of strangled air combat, only one US military fighter plane was destroyed.

The Chinese Air Force lost six Zero fighter jets. Such a large exchange ratio was something Liu Cuigang had never encountered before.

Terrified, he immediately ordered to break away from the battle and return home.

A group of U.S. military fighter jets pursued them, but two more Zeros failed to escape on the way and were shot down by U.S. fighter jets. The pilots parachuted and their lives were uncertain.

In the end, it was because the U.S. military pursued the mainland of Taiwan and was hit by the ground anti-aircraft firepower of the Chinese army that they were forced to stop the pursuit and return home.

Liu Cuigang's fighter plane was also hit. It emitted black smoke and made a shaky landing in a field near Chiayi Airport. He himself narrowly escaped with his life.

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Nanjing, Military Commission Operations Department.

"Commissioner, General Xue Yue sent an urgent message from Taipei. The border guards stationed in Taiwan have launched their first exchange of fire with the US military.

The two sides engaged in an air battle. The US military should have dispatched new fighter planes. A group of Zero fighter jets led by General Liu Cuigang, deputy commander of the Air Force, fought with them and suffered a miserable defeat.

Nine fighter planes were lost, which was actually the largest battle loss since the Zero entered service. Liu Cuigang's own fighter plane was also damaged and forced to land, but he escaped by chance." Jiang Baili reported to Zhang Xinghan with a heavy look on his face.

Zhang Xinghan was not too surprised. Neither the Military Command Bureau nor the Security Bureau could provide accurate information on whether the new US military fighter jets were in service.

After all, this is the most closely guarded military secret of the U.S. military today, so it is normal that it cannot be obtained.

Therefore, the new Air Force me-262 jet fighter group is still continuing to strengthen training and expanding its scale at the Northeast Air Force Base.

The results of this small-scale air battle in the South China Sea now prove that the US military has definitely equipped with new aircraft, and they are advanced fighters that can completely defeat the Zero.

Therefore, Zhang Xinghan immediately picked up a phone and ordered: "Notify Gao Zhihang immediately, and a thousand me-262 fighters will take off immediately and go south to join the war!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xinghan turned to Jiang Baili and said: "Brother Baili, please inform the Shanghai Air Force Base to prepare for the temporary landing of the jet fighter group.

Within an hour at the latest, a group of fighter jets will land at the airport, replenish fuel, and then fly to the Taiwan Islands!"

At the same time, Roosevelt was also paying close attention to the first battle results of his new aircraft.

As soon as the battle ended, the frontline commanders hurriedly compiled the results into a telegram and quickly sent it to the White House in Washington, USA.

When the secretary came in excitedly to report, both Roosevelt and Marshall, who were nervous, stood up one after another.

"Mr. President, General Marshall, the P-51 Mustang fighter jets won the first battle, shooting down and damaging nine Chinese Zero fighter jets. With an exchange ratio of one to nine, they completely defeated the opponent.

Won the first victory on the Pacific battlefield!" The secretary said to Roosevelt and Marshall in excitement, even forgetting to salute.

Roosevelt and Marshall did not care, and looked at each other excitedly. Roosevelt said excitedly: "Great, Mustang fighter jets are great existences. They will rewrite history. They are also well-deserved heroic fighter jets of the United States of America."

"The Mustang fighter jets have performed so well. In this Pacific battle, we will definitely be able to avenge our shame and completely defeat the Chinese team!" Marshall said with a red face.

"Power on, power on to commend all the pilots who participated in this battle, they are the best pilots.

In addition, those who participated in the design of the Mustang fighter should also be rewarded, as they are even more indispensable."

…

At Chiayi Airport, Liu Cuigang had been found by the ground search and rescue team and returned to the airport.

At this time, the morale of the surviving pilots at the airport was very low.

A C-47 transport plane landed smoothly at the airport escorted by four Zero fighter jets.

A general walked out of the hatch surrounded by guards and adjutants. When Liu Cuigang saw it, he turned out to be General Xue Yue of the Taiwan Border Guard.

Immediately, he took more than ten surviving pilots and ran over to greet him.

"Commander Xue, we are at a disadvantage in the battle. We have discredited the Chinese people and damaged our morale. Please punish us!" Liu Cuigang lowered his head in shame.

Xue Yue stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, looked around at all the pilots and said: "Brothers, you don't have to be depressed. Victory or defeat is a common occurrence in the military. You are still the best pilots and the best defenders of the blue sky.

I have received definite information that the failure of this air battle was due to the US military equipping a new type of advanced fighter aircraft, which was specially developed to restrain our Zero."

As soon as he finished speaking, the pilots including Liu Cuigang all changed their expressions and looked at each other in shock.

Xue Yue quickly continued: "However, there is no need to worry or fear, we already have more advanced fighters and they are on their way.

Therefore, what you need to do is to cheer up and recharge your batteries so that you can fight again in the future and avenge your previous shame!"

"Yes!" Liu Cuigang took the lead and responded with his chest raised: "As long as we are given the ability to surpass the US military's aircraft, we will definitely kill them and avenge our comrades who sacrificed their lives for the country."

Xue Yue nodded and said to Liu Cuigang: "Commander Liu, come with me."

Liu Cuigang quickly followed him to the side and asked, "Commander Xue, what are your orders?"

"It's like this. This new aircraft is a brand-new fighter. You and your brothers probably haven't flown it yet. In order to ensure that you can master this fighter as quickly as possible and put it into actual combat.

The commission asked me to tell you that you will take a group of pilots to Nanjing for training, and you will do the ideological work of the pilots."
Chapter completed!