In fact, the fact that the Flying Tigers will achieve such great results in such a short period of time is of course related to the fact that the members of the Flying Tigers are all well-trained US pilots, but at the same time, it is also related to the fact that the Japanese army underestimated the enemy.

It is needless to say why the Japanese army underestimated the enemy...... At this time, the Chinese army could be said to have basically no air force, the previous small air force had been exhausted, the Soviet Union's aid to China was basically canceled, and the Japanese bombers were even so arrogant that they flew into China without fighter escort and bombed indiscriminately.

The same was true of the battlefield in Myitkyina...... All the air defense forces of the expeditionary force were anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns left by the British army, and once these equipment were consumed by the Japanese army, then the sky over Myitkyina could almost be said to belong to the Japanese army.

There is a saying that "born in sorrow and died in peace".

Under this kind of "comfort," almost all units and arms of the Japanese army, including the aviation units, had no sense of air defense.

As a result, when the "Flying Tigers" suddenly appeared in the sky over Myitkyina, the Japanese fighters were shocked to discover it...... Their fighters had few bullets left and couldn't fight against them, and they were caught off guard again, so they were quickly defeated.

As soon as the Japanese fighters were defeated, their land forces were surprised to find ...... None of the weapons in their hands could be used for air defense, and tanks, artillery, and other tanks did not even have basic air defense fortifications, and they were all naked under these sudden Chinese planes.

Where would the Flying Tigers be polite to them, so they rushed forward and taught them a hard lesson.

This time, the arrogance of the Japanese army was immediately suppressed, but the morale of the Chinese expeditionary force was greatly increased. Immediately afterward, several transport planes dropped boxes of ammunition on Myitkyina, which provoked cheers from the soldiers.

Some soldiers even wept with joy and murmured: "The motherland has not forgotten us, the motherland has not forgotten us!" ”

Therefore, this air support from the Chinese direction is not just a kind of military and tactical support. It is also a kind of psychological support for tens of thousands of soldiers of the expeditionary force.

Although this kind of psychological support cannot be seen or touched, outsiders cannot imagine how important it is for a force that is fighting desperately in a foreign land, and it can even be said that it is no less effective than the Flying Tigers giving them substantial help.

But in fact, the Flying Tigers' support for Myitkyina seems to be accidental but inevitable.

First of all, of course, is the importance of Myitkyina.

Myitkyina has an airport, and it is the only airport in northern Myanmar, and the rest of the place is mountainous and even difficult to find a piece of flat land, let alone build an airport.

If Myitkyina is lost, then the Japanese fighters will be transferred to the Myitkyina airfield, and then the Myitkyina airfield will be used as the center of the circle, and half of the range of the Japanese Zero fighters will be drawn in a circle...... This range is the control range of the Japanese fighters. All transport planes entering this range must take into account the threat of Japanese Zero fighters.

On the other hand, the loss of Lashio means that the allied forces have been cut off from the land to China for blood transfusion, and if the coalition forces, especially the United States, do not transfuse blood to China, it will be like killing him......

For the United States' assistance to China during World War II, many people feel that China should be grateful to it, but in fact it is all out of national interests, and the United States' assistance to China is not gratuitous, for example, the fighters and pilots of the Flying Tigers are purchased from the United States at a high price, and the salaries of pilots are even two or three times the salary of American pilots.

The consideration of the American side is very direct, if there is no blood transfusion to China. If China is taken by the Japanese army within two to three months, then the Japanese army, which is mired in China, will be able to withdraw from China...... That's hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, and these Japanese troops are going to be thrown into the Pacific Ocean to be consumed by the Americans.

So, the United States gave China a blood transfusion. In fact, it is both doing business and obtaining national interests, and even huge political benefits, such as using blood transfusions to blackmail China and having to make compromises in some aspects, Stilwell is actually a product of US aid. This is a bargain for the United States.

The most important. Or is it that the Chinese side can't even refuse...... If you refuse, you can only sit back and wait for the country to die!

Therefore, after the passage of blood transfusion to China by land was cut off, China was anxious for the United States and the United States, and China was worried about the loss of the country. What the United States is worried about is that the bayonets of the hundreds of thousands of devils after China's demise will be dealt with by the United States...... So whatever you say, you have to give China a blood transfusion, even if you have to pay a big sacrifice, because that is actually protecting the Americans themselves!

"There are only interests before countries are between countries", this is an immutable truth.

Since the land blood transfusion channel is broken, it can only be transfused by air.

If Myitkyina is occupied by the Japanese army, the Japanese army can rely on the Myitkyina airfield for patrols...... The maximum range of the Japanese Zero fighter reached a very perverted 3,000 kilometers, while the maximum range of the American P40, that is, the fighter used by the Flying Tigers, was only 1,100 kilometers at this time.

As a result, transport planes flying from India to China had to constantly move northward and northern, thus creating the historic Hump route.

But if Myitkyis is in the hands of the Chinese troops, not in the hands of the Japanese...... This will no longer be the case.

It is conceivable that China and the United States can deploy a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower in Myitkyina, and even deploy fighter planes in Myitkyina, and under the dual effect of anti-aircraft firepower and fighters, most of the Japanese fighters can be blocked south of Myitkyina, so that transport planes can comfortably transport supplies to China over northern Myanmar without crossing the chilling Mount Everest.

You must know that in the short three years of the existence of the Hump route, the US military has lost more than 1,500 planes and sacrificed more than 3,000 excellent pilots, and the Chinese Airlines, which has only 100 transport planes, has also lost 48 planes and 168 pilots, a loss rate of more than 50 percent.

Of course, none of this has happened yet, and because Myitkyina is still in the hands of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, it is very likely that it will not happen, and the United States can send more strategic supplies to China with very few casualties and at a very small cost.

Therefore, Zhang Chi felt that China and the United States would definitely spare no effort to rescue Myitkyina, and even guessed that it was likely that it would be China's Flying Tigers who would come to reinforce it...... The U.S. Air Force is far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and the British Air Force has just been defeated and has no intention of participating in the war, so only the Flying Tigers stationed in Yunnan will have this ability! (To be continued.) )