Shenyang City, garrison brigade headquarters.

Zhang Xinghan had already bid farewell to his family and returned to his headquarters with his guards. Zhang Xinghua also bowed and said goodbye to his parents before going straight to Wang Yicai's Third Regiment to report.

In the brigade war room, as soon as Zhang Xinghan entered, several people in the room stood up to greet him.

Zhang Xinghan took a look and saw that Shen Xingye and Su Hanyun were both there.

"Prince, Brother Shen and Miss Su have been waiting for you for a long time." Guo Zhong came up and explained.

"Yes." Zhang Xinghan nodded, took off his white gloves, walked in and said to Shen Xingye and Su Hanyun, "Sorry, I was a little late after having a meal with my family."

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way." Shen Xingye and Su Hanyun quickly said respectfully.

"By the way, Brother Shen, Miss Su, have you had lunch?" Zhang Xinghan suddenly said: "If you haven't, I'll ask the cooking class to prepare some for you."

"Thank you for your concern, sir. I've eaten." Shen Xingye said.

"I've eaten it too." Su Hanyun replied immediately.

"Oh, that's okay." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said to Guo Zhong: "Battle Commander Guo, go and call me Xiao Lizi."

"Yes!" Guo Zhong took the order and turned to leave.

Not long after, Xiao Lizi, the commander of the communications company, walked in quickly after him.

"Prince, are you looking for a humble position?" Xiao Lizi looked at Su Hanyun and Shen Xingye, and saluted Zhang Xinghan.

"Well, Captain Li, this Su Hanyun is from Yenching University and is good at radio. Now I am sending her to your communications company to assist you in your work." Zhang Xinghan pointed at Su Hanyun and introduced.

Xiao Lizi looked at Su Hanyun, who was as beautiful as a fairy, and said with joy: "Really? That's great."

Zhang Xinghan looked at Su Hanyun. Su Hanyun was not afraid of stage fright. He stepped forward generously and saluted Xiao Lizi: "Lianyun Commander Li, Hanyun will work under your leadership from now on. Please give me your guidance and care."

Although Xiao Lizi attended a private school for several years and later learned a lot from Zhang Xinghan, he was still far behind Su Hanyun, a top student.

Not to mention that such a beautiful young woman saluted him so generously. He was a little dazed for a while and made a big blush.

It took a lot of effort to say: "Where, where..."

Zhang Xinghan also found it funny and couldn't help laughing. He waved to him and said, "Okay, you first need to wait for Miss Su to go to the Communications Company dormitory to arrange a place for her. Remember to ask for a single room."

"Yes!" Xiao Lizi stood up and responded as if he was being pardoned. He walked to the door and helped Su Hanyun carry the suitcase and left quickly.

Su Hanyun turned around and saluted Zhang Xinghan before leaving with Xiao Lizi.

After Su Hanyun left, Zhang Xinghan said to Shen Xingye: "Yizhi, from now on, you will temporarily serve as the deputy commander of my security battalion and my personal bodyguard. When the time is right, I will arrange other formal positions for you." , do you have any objections?"

"Thank you very much for your consideration. I can't thank Shen Yizhi enough. How can I be dissatisfied?" Shen Xingye stood up and saluted.

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Dongta Military Airport.

Gao Zhihang led more than 20 bombers to fight, and the bombers returned successfully, after the first batch of fighter planes completed their landing.

Liu Cuigang, deputy captain of the Shenyang Air Force and captain of the first detachment, followed the agreement and led the second batch of mixed bomber groups to take off one after another.

Prepare to continue air strikes and bombings on the Manchurian Railway line east of Liaoyang.

As soon as Gao Zhihang and other pilots' cars landed, the ground staff began to get busy, refueling and reloading the planes. The entire airport fell into a busy state.

Besides, the second batch of mixed fleets led by Liu Cuigang is not much different in number from the first batch of mixed fleets led by Gao Zhihang. Both have more than ten fighter jets and more than a dozen bombers.

Liu Cuigang was born in 1909 and is now twenty years old. He is the second best pilot in the Northeast Air Force after Gao Zhihang.

Liu Cuigang piloted a Gaudron fighter, followed by two wingmen, and led the entire fleet to fly eastward, covering the sky and the sun.

Then, when Liu Cuigang and the others had just flown into the airspace between the lighthouse and Liaoyang, a large number of Japanese fighter planes with plaster flags suddenly appeared from the clouds.

Liu Cuigang looked horrified and quickly maneuvered the fighter plane to raise to meet the enemy. At the same time, he shouted sternly into the radio: "There are enemy planes. All bombers cancel their bombing and return immediately. Fighters will provide full cover!"

"Roger!" Although the Japanese aircraft suddenly appeared, they did not seem to have discovered Liu Cuigang's mixed aircraft group in advance. The two sides just encountered each other.

After all, at this time, the air forces of both sides were not equipped with radars or even early warning aircraft, and combat and reconnaissance still relied on the pilots' own vision.

At this moment, the excellent training and excellent psychological quality of these Chinese pilots, who can be regarded as the most elite of this era, were fully demonstrated.

After receiving Liu Cuigang's order, all the pilots began to act in a panic. The bombers began to turn around, and the fighter jets, after circling upward, pounced on the Japanese aircraft, which were also preparing for a fight.

An aerial encounter began. If Zhang Xinghan had known about the performance of these air force pilots, he would probably have sent a grateful telegram to Marshal Zhang in Peiping, and then went to burn incense in front of Marshal Zhang's grave to express his gratitude.

Because they left themselves the most elite Chinese Air Force of this era. A large number of them graduated from the French Air Force School and held international pilot diplomas. At this time, they are undoubtedly the most precious military branch.

You must know that even Chiang Kai-shek's Central Air Force was only officially established in 1935 and became combat effective.

Moreover, regardless of the size of the fighter aircraft, the number of pilots could not be compared with the Northeast Army at this time.

After Liu Cuigang pulled up and turned around, he had already spotted a Japanese fighter jet that was turning and flying. The aircraft was flying very fast. In the blink of an eye, the Japanese fighter jet had entered the range of Liu Cuigang's machine gun.

Liu Cuigang had already seen the sun flag pattern on the wings and belly of the Japanese fighter plane. He made a decisive decision and opened fire immediately.

Two 12.7mm directional machine guns and a 20mm cannon suddenly opened fire, and a dense rain of bullets rushed towards the Japanese aircraft like chains of fire in the air.

"Bang, bang, bang..." As soon as the Japanese plane turned the corner, a series of machine gun bullets came like rain, leaving the cockpit and nose of the plane full of holes, and the Japanese pilot inside the cockpit was even more beaten.

Became a bloody man.

The out-of-control ** fighter jet suddenly plummeted downwards with billowing black smoke at an alarming speed.

Not long after, there was a deafening explosion from the ground, and fire and smoke rose into the sky.

At the same time, more than a dozen other pilots also locked fire on the target, and some Japanese aircraft that responded quickly also fired back.

For a moment, bullets crisscrossed the sky like tongues of fire. From time to time, planes were hit by bullets and fell into smoke, while some planes were hit by intensive firepower and directly volleyed and exploded.

However, without exception, the ones that crashed and exploded were all Japanese aircraft, because the Gaudelon fighter jets were slightly more advanced than the Japanese Japanese aircraft in terms of performance, and the pilots such as Liu Cuigang were well-trained and had participated in the battle against the Soviet Union.

It can be said that he has rich combat experience in air combat and the battle against three friends.

Therefore, after more than ten minutes of fighting, only one Gaudelon was slightly damaged. Although smoke kept coming from its tail, it could still fly.

The Japanese had already been shot down and damaged seven of them. They suffered such heavy losses that the remaining dozen or so Japanese planes were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.

Liu Cuigang ordered the damaged fighter planes to return home, and he personally led his comrades in the fighter planes to pursue the fleeing Japanese fleet.

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PS: To explain, Liu Cuigang is an Air Force anti-Japanese hero as famous as Gao Zhihang in Chinese history. His ancestral home is Su County, Anhui (now Suzhou City). He was born in Changtu, Liaoning in 1913, the year of the Republic of China.

In the original history, this flying hero of the Chinese nation was martyred on October 25, the 26th year of the Republic of China, at the age of only 24.

In order to commemorate this great anti-Japanese air force hero, Qiu Feng specially assigned him to the Northeast Air Force battle line a few years in advance, fighting side by side with Gao Zhihang, soaring in the blue sky, so his age was also fictitious by two years.

In addition, some book friends suggested that when the September 18th Incident broke out, the Northeast Army should have had about 200 to 300 fighter planes outside the customs.

In fact, this is the case. Historically, after Zhang Xueliang took over the Northeast Army, he not only trained pilots and purchased more fighter planes, but also re-expanded two regular Chinese airports.

They are Huludao Airport and Fuling Airport in the northern suburbs of Shenyang. It is estimated that there are also a considerable number of Northeastern Air Force stationed in Huludao Airport and the Pingjin area.
Chapter completed!