This unprecedented large-scale air battle continued. Under the leadership of Gao Zhihang, the Chahar aviation troops became more and more courageous in the battle. He commanded the fighter planes to continuously take turns to fly back to the field airports set up everywhere to refuel and reload, and then resume operations.
Return to the battlefield and continue fighting.
Hundreds of outstanding students who were urgently selected from the Chahar Aviation School were ordered to urgently drive brand-new fighters from the warehouse of the Logistics Department to various field airports on the front lines. These rookies who had just entered the aviation school for more than half a year were allowed to participate in air combat.
It must only be for food delivery, but there is no problem in letting them fly the plane to various field airports.
Su Tong also instructed the ground to rescue the pilots who parachuted within our control line at all costs and send them to the field airport closest to the parachuting site, where brand-new fighter jets would be waiting for them.
After emergency examination by doctors, anyone with physical condition can fly the plane again. Chief Su said that as long as the pilot is fine, it will be fine. The plane is nothing.
Although it may not be unprecedented, it can definitely be said to be an unprecedented and brutal air battle. It lasted until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The Japanese army, which suffered heavy losses, finally couldn't hold on anymore. What people didn't expect was that the first to retreat was the last to join the battle.
The Fifth Flying Division of the Kwantung Army.
In fact, after the air battle lasted for more than an hour, the Fifth Flying Division had already lost more than 70 aircraft. Lieutenant General Zenshiro Hara felt his heart bleed when he saw the losses reported by each flying group. These were all Kwantung Army aviation units.
We are elites. We lost one-third of our planes in just one hour. It will take nearly half a year to replenish them.
When the air battle came to an end, the losses of the Fifth Flying Division reached nearly 200 aircraft. Lieutenant General Zenshiro Hara, who was already distressed and about to vomit blood, finally couldn't help but issue an order to retreat.
The retreat of the Fifth Flying Division was like the straw that broke the camel's back. The pilots of the North China garrison could no longer hold on and retreated.
Gao Zhihang took the opportunity to command a group of fighter jets to cover up the enemy's air defenses, and then chased them back outside the opponent's air defense positions. At this point, the great air battle that shocked both China and the world finally came to an end.
In this air battle, Japan lost 387 aircraft, Chahar lost 125 fighters, and 53 pilots were sacrificed. Such a low personnel loss rate was attributed to Chahar
The rescue personnel dispatched in time and the heavy armor protection of the P47 fighter jets.
As for the Japanese Army, according to conservative estimates of the Chahar Air Force, it lost at least more than 200 pilots, and the actual data may be higher.
After the war, various countries and the Japanese government conducted detailed studies on this sudden air battle that neither side was prepared for. They were surprised to find that the cause of this air battle was actually the Japanese sending planes to the Chahar Oilfield.
They were conducting reconnaissance nearby, and then encountered a patrol of the Chahar Air Force, and the two sides exchanged fire.
Originally, if both sides had been sensible, a large-scale air battle would not have broken out. However, the Japanese army touched the most sensitive oil-producing area in Chahar, causing their commander-in-chief, General Su Tong, to misunderstand that the Japanese army wanted to
Bombing his lifeblood, Toronto's refineries and oil fields, tragedy was born.
In this air battle, Japan lost nearly a year's aircraft production. At this time, Japan had not transitioned to a wartime economy. Its annual aircraft production was only more than 400 aircraft, which was nearly 1% of its total aircraft production in China.
Forty-year-old aircraft also killed more than 200 pilots who had been trained for many years. No one could cover up such a big incident. As soon as this incident was exposed by the Japanese media, there was an uproar across Japan and the commander of the North China Garrison Army was asked to
The voice of the official Umezu Yoshijiro being dismissed became louder and louder. In the end, the Japanese military headquarters had to transfer Umezu Yoshijiro back to Japan and transferred him to the reserve force. General Shun Tada took over Umezu Yoshijiro's duties.
Later, the Western media jokingly called this air battle a murder caused by a patrol. It caused the loss of hundreds of aircraft and the death of more than 200 pilots to the Japanese.
After the air battle, which was called the March 28 victory by the Chinese people, there was great joy in the country. The Chahar Air Force became the pride of the Chinese people. After the air battle, the National Congress Party, the Socialist Workers' Party, as well as people from all walks of life and patriotic groups
They all sent commendations and congratulatory messages to Chahar and Su Tong. Some people in the National Government even initiated a motion to recommend that March 28th every year from now on be Air Force Day.
After this air battle, the Japanese were completely honest for a while. They turned a blind eye to Chahar's so-called exercises on the border, and only asked the ground troops to strengthen their vigilance. As for air patrols, they still
Forget it, didn’t you see that Commander Umezu Yoshijiro was transferred back to the country to go fishing because of this incident?
On the second day after the air war, celebrities from all walks of life and military and political officials came to Zhangjiakou in various means of transportation. Due to the impact of the March 28 air battle, the most popular means of transportation for local officials was airplanes.
At the same time, domestic and foreign media have also sent their capable personnel to Zhangjiakou to report on the wedding of this so-called iron-blooded general of China. Well, some people also call it the crazy general.
In a cave dwelling in Yan'an
The Socialist Workers' Party is holding an impromptu meeting, and the content of the meeting is who should be sent to attend the wedding of General Su Tong, Chairman of the Chahar Government and Commander of the Thirty-Seventh Army.
Taizu lit a cigarette, smiled at the attendees and said: "Let's discuss who should be sent to attend General Su's wedding."
Renbi smiled and said: "I think we can just let Comrade En Lai go, and Comrade Bo Cheng and Comrade Jian Ying can also go. We have to thank them very much this time for saving us."
Comrade, if we don't even say thank you, it will appear that we are rude."
"Well, okay, but we are going to attend someone else's wedding. We can't go empty-handed. What kind of gift does his family say we should bring?" Zhou Gong asked with a smile.
"Oh, this is a difficult problem. Without some congratulatory gifts, we would be embarrassed to bring our comrades back." Taizu thought for a moment and said, "Well, let me write a congratulatory message to them. It's my duty to
Our congratulatory gift."
The people in the cave all laughed and said one after another, "Chairman, you are so stingy. After someone has helped us so much, you just wrote a congratulatory message and then dismissed them. This is so unkind."
Taizu smiled: "What a stupid idea. Who said we don't have any specialties here? Just ask him to make do with it."
On April 1st, which is what Westerners call April Fool's Day, a Douglas DC3 passenger plane produced in the United States took off from Nanjing. Its destination was Zhangjiakou. On board the passenger plane was Chiang Kai-shek of the National Political and Military Commission.
Commissioner and his wife, Ms. Song.
Sitting in the cabin, Mrs. Jiang looked at the white clouds outside the window and the dozens of Il-15 biplanes escorting them, and said with satisfaction: "Darling, there are many fewer Japanese planes in the sky now, and they have almost disappeared.
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The chairman snorted and said: "They were taught a hard lesson by Su Tong just now, and they will definitely be honest for a while in the near future."
"Darling, don't be like this." Mrs. Jiang gently held her husband's hand and said softly: "We are going to attend someone else's wedding. When we get there, you can't lecture people with a straight face like usual."
The chairman smiled bitterly and said, "Madam, don't worry, I know what to do. It's just that Su Tong's strength has grown so fast, and now the central government can no longer control him."
"If you can't control him, then don't control him. We can win him over," Mrs. Jiang said with relief: "Besides, this Su Tong has a hot temper. If he makes him angry, he can do anything. You see, Japan
No matter how anxious he was, he would still hit him. Stalin must have been so powerful, but he still rushed into Siberia and turned it upside down. We can only be gentle with people like this."
The chairman nodded helplessly: "Well, win over this person. This person has already matured, so that's all."
After a half-day flight, the plane passed through Shandong and Hebei provinces and finally arrived at Chahar in the afternoon. As soon as the plane arrived in Chahar, the pilot in the front cabin came over and reported: "Reporting to the committee, the plane from Chahar is coming."
Picked us up."
The Chairman and his wife looked out the window and saw dozens of ugly-looking planes flying outside the window. After they flew next to the Chairman's plane, they all set up a guard formation around the outside.
Flying with this Glass DC3 passenger plane.
Mrs. Jiang asked curiously: "Is this the type of aircraft that made the Japanese frightened?"
The Chairman nodded and said: "It should be them. They have a powerful air force." Mrs. Jiang heard a hint of envy in her husband's tone.
Soon, the plane slowly landed at Feilong Airport in Zhangjiakou. When Chairman Chiang and his wife got off the plane, they saw a sea of people at the airport. Countless media remembered that they were setting up beside the runway of the airport with long guns and short cannons.
Seeing such a huge scene, a smile of satisfaction suddenly appeared on the chairman's serious face. Mrs. Chiang also held the chairman's hand and smiled and waved to the crowd, showing her elegant and noble temperament.
At this time, they saw a group of people walking over quickly. Walking in the middle was a soldier who was about twenty-five or six years old, with a medium build and a handsome face. The three stars on his shoulders were shining brightly.
Glow.
He quickly walked past the crowd and walked up to the Chairman of the Committee, saluted and said loudly: "Chairman of the Chahar Government and Commander of the 37th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army Su Tong pays tribute to the Chairman and his wife for their hard work."