After the First Battle of Changsha, the war situation in Central China suddenly came to a standstill, replaced by small-scale battles and frequent air raids.
The Japanese army deployed aircraft from various fronts and domestically, and redeployed them in Wuhan, and strengthened the air defense of the airport. Next, Chengdu, Wushan, Yibin and Zigong were bombed repeatedly. Japanese fighter planes seemed to be afraid of Chongqing and no longer dared to do so.
Come to provoke Shancheng.
But the people of Chongqing did not wait long to be happy. By the end of October, dozens of Japanese planes were transferred from the Northeast to Wuhan. These planes were originally deployed on the Northeast border to defend against the Soviet Union, but now they are targeting Guangyang, Chongqing.
Dam Airport.
On November 2, China and Japan launched a fierce battle over Chongqing.
After more than an hour of fierce fighting, Japan achieved a tragic victory and the Chinese Air Force suffered heavy losses. This battle was called the "112 Air Battle". After this battle, there were only 18 Chinese fighter jets left in the entire Sichuan area that could take off.
Only 26 pilots Feng Yong brought back from the United States died; only 12 pilots from the original Fourth Group of the Air Force were left.
There is no way, the more Japanese planes fly, the more they fly. The national power is not as good as others, so there is nothing we can do!
Chongqing once again fell into a bombing nightmare. Perhaps out of retaliation, Japanese planes bombed Chongqing nine times in the next month. During these bombings, the remaining Chinese air force fought hard to block it, shooting down a total of 9 Japanese planes, but it also suffered
There are only 3 fighters left.
It was not until mid-December that the Soviet aircraft purchased by Zhou Hexuan finally arrived. The first batch of delivery was 46 aircraft, but only 30 were delivered to Chongqing, and the rest were assigned to other theaters.
Although Japan's aircraft production rate is not fast, it is still producing a steady stream of aircraft. It even bought a batch of Polish aircraft from Germany, which had made a fortune in the war. On New Year's Day in 1940, the two sides broke out in an air battle again, causing casualties on each other, and the Chinese aircraft were consumed more and more.
The less.
The war is about national strength, and no matter how rich Zhou Hexuan's financial resources are, he cannot withstand such a struggle.
For Chang Kaishen, he has almost given up on importing fighter jets, because no matter how much he buys, they will be wiped out. The subsequent batches of Soviet aid aircraft to China were all bombers specially used to cool down Japanese military fortifications to cooperate with the army.
battle.
Before the Flying Tigers were formally established, Chongqing was almost an undefended city, allowing Japanese aircraft to come and go freely. Every time a new fighter jet was added, it would inevitably attract a heavy fire from the Japanese aircraft, and it would be a fight within a month or two.
There's not much left.
Of course, these air combat resistances are not meaningless. The more Japanese aircraft are consumed in Chongqing, the more pressure they will reduce on friendly forces in other theaters. Japan's finances are even more difficult to support, and civilian life is becoming more and more difficult. It depends on who can bear it first in the end.
rise.
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Let's turn the time back to early November. Although Zhou Hexuan's "Black Soil" has been completed long ago, it is still being serialized. "Xinghua Pictorial" co-founded by him and Feng Yuxiang finally issued its first issue.
Ma Jue finally returned to China. She returned to China in the summer.
Shortly after Zhou Hexuan left Southwest Associated University, Ma Jue flew to Kunming from Vietnam to serve as a lecturer at the law school of Southwest Associated University.
Ma Jue's whole family stayed in Peking. His father, Mr. Ma Yuzao, did not move with the teachers and students of Peking University because of old age and illness. Instead, he stayed at the school together with Zhou Zuoren, Meng Sen, and Feng Zuxun, and was known as the "Four Professors of Peking University Liuping."
Ma Yuzao, Meng Sen and Feng Zuxun all maintained their national integrity and resolutely refused to do anything for the Japanese and puppet government, nor did they give lectures at Peking University, which was controlled by the Japanese and puppets. Just the day before Zhou Zuoren was convicted of being a traitor, Ma Yuzao persuaded Zhou Zuoren to make the decision. Don't do things for the Japanese.
Zhou Zuoren invited Ma Yuzao to return to school as a teacher several times, which made Ma Yuzao even more disgusted. Later, he simply shut himself up and sent his youngest son to Zhou Zuoren to say, "My father told me that he doesn't know you."
This time, Ma Jue came to Chongqing with researchers (teachers and students) from Kunming Chicken Farm.
The chicken farm is very successful. The first batch of fine-bred chickens have begun to lay eggs, but the number is very small. It will not be able to meet the food needs of teachers and students until at least March next year. They brought two hens to Chongqing as gifts this time. , one was given to Chang Kaishen, and the other was given to Zhou Hexuan.
In addition, the more important thing is of course to promote the chicken raising project in Sichuan. It is not to make money, but purely to contribute to the country. The biggest wish of the teachers and students is to let the frontline soldiers eat eggs.
Shen Lu is leading the team this time, and Ma Jue is his assistant. Shen Lu has resigned from the post of General Secretary of the Southwest Associated University and only serves as Mei Yiqi's secretary. How to contact Chang Kaishen and government officials, and how to promote chicken farming in Sichuan Careers require Shen Lu to contact and run around.
When everyone arrived in Chongqing, they were shocked by the devastation here.
Although Kunming is often bombed, the situation is much better than Chongqing. At least there are no cases where more than 100,000 people live in shacks and their houses are destroyed.
"Don't miss this patriotic pictorial co-founded by General Feng Yuxiang and Mr. Zhou Hexuan!"
A student from the Agricultural College of Central University immediately said happily: "This is Mr. Zhou's pictorial. Buy a copy and have a look!"
"I have no money."
"I don't have any money either."
"..."
One by one, they had no choice but to throw their hands away. The teachers and students of Jinling University and the College of Agriculture of Central University were not that poor in the first place, but they went to Southwest Associated University to raise chickens for a few months and became paupers.
Ma Jue is also so shy that she even asked someone to borrow money for her return trip, and now she only has less than five yuan left with her.
Shen Lu smiled bitterly and said, "I'll buy it."
Ma Jue took out the money and said, "I will also buy a copy, and everyone will take turns watching it."
I got the two pictorials quickly, but I didn't read them immediately. Instead, I checked into a hotel first. The hotel was overcrowded and the price was ridiculously expensive. Shen Lu only had two rooms. One room was for Ma Jue and another girl, and the rest were Six men squeeze into one room.
After eating a simple meal, the two women huddled in the guest room and read illustrated magazines.
As soon as he opened the illustrated magazine, Yang Yusheng, a student from the College of Agriculture of Jinling University, burst into laughter: "It's so funny, this is actually a painting by General Feng Yuxiang."
Ma Jue also couldn't help but laugh because Feng Yuxiang's comics were so magical.
This cartoon is called "Lao Jun Refining Alchemy", and it depicts the first battle of Wuhan. Several funny-looking Japanese soldiers were thrown into the alchemy furnace. The Supreme Lao Jun held a whisk in one hand and a rifle in the other, urging the boys to add fuel to the fire. The poem next to it says: "General Xue Yue, Sai Laojun, is very proficient and has real skills. Don't panic when the Japanese attack, throw away all the furnaces to refine the elixir. After eating the elixir, the morale will be high, and all the officers and soldiers will be like generals. After eating the elixir, the morale will be high, and the country will be strong." Military officers can kill the enemy!"
"Hey, this is Mr. Zhou's comic!" Yang Yusheng suddenly said in surprise.
Ma Jue took a closer look and saw that the name of the comic was "Captain China".