They constantly used their small-caliber machine guns to bleed the huge and bulky Japanese bombers. This method of slow death drove countless Japanese bomber crew members almost crazy.

The coalition pilots were like a cat playing with a mouse, taking turns letting pilots with no air combat experience practice "target shooting".

There were even some brave and skilled ones who flew close to the blind spots of the Japanese bombers' self-defense, just to see the expressions of the Japanese pilots.

The radio channel was filled with laughter, sweeping away the gloom in the hearts of these young pilots.

It's not entirely the revengeful mentality of the coalition pilots that is at work, but in the absence of large-caliber aircraft cannons, it does take some effort to rely on small-caliber aircraft machine guns to shoot down huge bombers.

In an air battle, as long as the enemy pilot does not parachute, it is still considered a state of engagement. The other side will never show mercy and must continue fighting. This is not considered cruel or perverted.

"Well done! Long live our air force!"

"I've had enough of the bombardment of daily life these days!"

"It's so damn satisfying!"

The airspace where the air battle broke out was in the National Army's defense zone. At this moment, the National Army soldiers deployed on the ground saw that all they saw were Japanese fighter planes crashing in the sky.

Each of them risked their lives to get out of their shelters, scrambling to watch their fellow air force members' air combat through binoculars.

"The Thirteenth"

"The fourteenth..."

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Once an officer on the ground holding a telescope confirmed that the plane that crashed with black smoke was a Japanese plane, the entire position would erupt in loud cheers and enthusiastically count the achievements of their own air force.

"Look, the Japanese pilot is parachuting!"

A Japanese pilot whose plane was hit by an aircraft machine gun successfully parachuted.

Before the officers gave orders, the soldiers rushed towards the Japanese pilot's parachute site with guns raised and yelling as if it was New Year's Day.

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After a one-sided air battle, the Allied forces shot down a total of 18 Japanese Type 6 heavy bombers and 24 Italian heavy bombers. None of the bombers escaped and all were shot down.

Only seven of the eight escorting fighter planes were shot down. Only one Japanese fighter hiding at the end saw that the situation was not good and immediately abandoned all its companions and fled without firing a shot.

Nearly 5 Japanese pilots (Japanese bomber crews usually consisted of 7-4 people, including the main and co-pilots, a self-defense machine gunner, and a bombardier) were killed, and were captured by military and civilians.

After a one-sided air battle that lasted nearly forty minutes, the Chinese Air Force regrouped in the air and had no time to count its losses.

In order to prevent support from Japanese aircraft, they quickly flew to an air base protected by anti-aircraft firepower.

As one Chinese fighter plane after another landed, all the personnel at Wangjiadun Airport, who had already learned from the army's report in advance that their pilots had won a great victory, came to the airport with drums and gongs to welcome their heroes.

"Eleven, twelve...thirty"

A staff officer who was in charge of handling the aftermath of the pilots counted the number of their own fighter planes that kept falling with a serious expression, and finally said in disbelief:

"Are all of them back?"

At this time, the commander of this air battle, Mao Yingchu, was the last to land. He came to the commander, Lieutenant General Zhou Tianqi, raised his hand and saluted, and reported with respect:

"Report, Commander-in-Chief Zhou, our Air Force's First and Second Squadrons have been ordered to go into battle and have returned victoriously!"

They were all chosen ones by heaven. Every pilot in the Celestial Air Force was an outstanding person at that time. As soon as this battle, which was almost predicted in advance, was over, everyone knew what had happened.

As the news spread that day that the Air Force had defeated the Japanese army 31:0, Ezhou and other major cities in the rear spontaneously organized a grand victory parade to raise funds for new aircraft for the Chinese Air Force.

In the evening, at the battle summary meeting in the air situation room, Mao Yingchu pointed out several names in a gloomy tone:

"Chen Huaiming, Liu Zongwu, Liu Zhesheng, Zhou Zhikai..."

Everyone who was called stood up immediately and looked at their captain.

"Why didn't you guys obey orders? Break away from the formation and charge towards the Japanese formation."

Chen Huaiming answered confidently:

"Report to the captain, my position is the front."

During the battle, several people selected by Mao Yingchu almost committed suicide by breaking into the Japanese bomber group before the Japanese aircraft group could react, forcing the Japanese bombers to be unable to form a tight formation.

Otherwise, the 24 large bombers would maintain a tight formation and rely on the self-defense machine guns they carry to form a dense firepower network.

The Chinese fighter planes, which only had small-caliber aircraft machine guns, could not guarantee to defeat the Japanese aircraft group before the Japanese fighter planes came to support them.

This is the same as the role of heavy cavalry in ancient warfare, breaking up the enemy's formation and creating opportunities for subsequent troops.

However, most people know that heavy cavalry is a man's romance, and they fantasize about leading their heavy cavalry to crush the enemy with thundering force.

However, they did not know that once the heavy cavalry charged into the battle, they would almost certainly die.

Captain Mao Yingchu was just about to teach a few people a lesson when a mischievous pilot started to act strangely in the corner:

"I remember that the captain's fighter planes also rushed into the Japanese aircraft group, following closely behind Chen Huaimin and his men?"

"Hahaha··"

As soon as these words were spoken, the originally serious summary meeting suddenly turned into a laughing scene.

As everyone laughed, tears welled up in their eyes. Up to this point in the battle, all the pilots boarded their fighter planes with the intention of dying.

They all wanted to be the "heavy cavalry" to disrupt the Japanese aircraft formation, but Chen Huaiming and his men were in the front position and had the upper hand.

Returning to the pilots' dormitory at night, Chen Huaiming tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. He got up and wrote a letter to his fiancée:

"Lulu, this is the 99th time I have written to you, and it may also be the last time I write to you. At a time when the nation is at stake and we are fighting for our lives, I have never thought of coming back alive! If that day really comes, I hope you won't be sad."

"Lulu, I wish I could hold your hand forever, and we will never be apart. But when the nation is in danger, how can we be sentimental? If I die in the war, I hope my brothers and sisters will join the anti-Japanese team, until we drive the invaders out of the Celestial Empire!"

Historically, Chen Huaiming participated in the battles to defend North China and Shanghai and Nanjing, shot down and damaged 5 enemy planes, and was seriously injured 3 times.

On April 1938, 4, the Sasebo Air Force of the Japanese Navy Air Force dispatched 29 aircraft to attack Ezhou, intending to use the great victory in the air as a birthday gift for the locust's birthday, "Tenchang Festival".

Chen Huaiming was ordered to fly a plane with his comrades to meet the enemy, and a fierce hand-to-hand combat broke out over Ezhou.

In the fierce battle, he damaged a Japanese plane, and when he was in hot pursuit, five Japanese planes surrounded him and held him tightly. In the continuous attacks of the Japanese planes, his fuselage was damaged and the plane gradually lost balance.

If you abandon the plane and parachute at this moment, and the combat area is in the Kuomintang-controlled area, there is a great chance that you will survive.

However, he quickly turned the nose of the plane, pushed the throttle hard, and rammed into a Japanese plane that was following him, dying together with the Japanese plane.

He died heroically at the age of 22, becoming the first person in the history of world air combat to collide with an enemy plane.

24 days later, a woman in a moon-white cheongsam came to the river bank where Chen Huaimin crashed. After sending her companions away, she turned around and resolutely jumped into the Yangtze River.

She is Chen Huaiming’s fiancée Wang Lulu, the daughter of the major shareholder of Jincheng Bank.

This year, Chen Huaiming was 22 years old and Wang Lulu was 20 years old. In the most beautiful years of their lives, the prototype characters died for their country and she died for love.

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