"The war is not over!" Meng Xiang looked at the conspicuous number of September 2 on the calendar that had just been opened, and sighed in his heart.

History has passed the special day of August 15 before the Americans launched a large-scale air war. It is also some changes after this day that give Meng Xiang more confidence in his heart. It's just that in addition to giving China a great air threat on the first day, the offensive became weaker and weaker day by day in the next few days.

In addition to the attack of more than 20,000 fighters specifically aimed at Huaxia again on the 26th, the number of fighters that attacked on other days never exceeded 20,000, and there was no need for Meng Xiang to dispatch new cards.

Many of the airfields set up by the Americans for Chinese targets are located in remote and barren areas, and it is impossible to have the same convenient conditions as those in Europe, and they can even take off and land fighters by road, and once they are damaged, the recovery is very slow, not to mention that the Chinese counterattack at night has never stopped.

Especially in the later period, Huaxia fighters even dropped a few bombs over US airports from time to time during the day.

Each blow brought a hint of demoralization to the Americans.

The swaggering heads of the American pilots were already lowered on the night of the 18th. In the series of defeats that followed, the most unbearable thing for them was that most of their records came from ground buildings, rather than the dream of becoming an ace.

The US fighters are not at all able to bargain in front of the advanced fighters of the Chinese people, especially when their numerical superiority is gradually weakening.

In addition to the overwhelming numerical superiority of American fighters on the first day, the gap in the number of fighters in the air between the two sides became smaller and smaller in the following days.

The heavy casualties on the first day made the Americans feel painful, but for more than a week after that, the Americans lost thousands of fighters every day.

Even if the United States is fully engaged in the production of fighters, and even exceeds the production of 50,000 fighters per year, the output of a few days is not as good as the loss of a day, not to mention the long supply lines that limit the front-line replenishment of fighters.

The losses of the Huaxia fighters were much smaller, and they were fully engaged in the operation of the sub-bases in various places. The number of fighters replenished in the vicinity was far greater than the number of battle losses.

And the most critical problem that restricts the number of fighters in the air in China is the problem of pilots. It has also been gradually relieved.

The battlefield is the best classroom.

In the implementation of the Fledgling Program, the losses of the flight cadets were not small, and in the next week alone, the number of casualties exceeded a thousand. But the remaining more than 10,000 people sharpened their wings to soar in the blue sky, and gradually grew up in the war. In the ten days of fighting, nearly a hundred ace pilots grew from these novices alone.

And with this air battle, it stimulated the craze of domestic pilots in China. Among the new cadets of aviation schools in various places, the number of pilots alone has surged by more than 100,000 at once. Even Meng Xiang, who said that he would vigorously support him at the beginning, had to put on the brakes urgently, even with the support of the base, there were not so many conditions to cultivate, and in the end, it was only doubled on the basis of admission in previous years.

Of the newly admitted pilots, many of them studied for a week, just in case of emergency. In the example of flying a fighter plane into the sky to face the enemy, there are even new trainees who have already shot down four fighters.

In the case of a battle against Soviet Russia, it is the easiest to get results.

Originally, the Russians had the purpose of training recruits, and there were many rookies who played soy sauce.

On the first day, because the focus of Huaxia protection was on those important targets, there was no threat to those rookies. Moreover, the construction of airfields and roads in Soviet Russia, and even the flat wilderness that can be seen everywhere, did not suffer from the poor landing problems of the Americans. So that the first few days of loss are not significant.

But as the offensive of the Americans weakened. The revenge of Huaxia, who had been freed up, began.

More and more Chinese fighters were put into the Soviet-Russian border battlefield, and those learned to fly. The Russian rookie pilots, who had achieved a small success in ground attacks, began to suffer.

Those second-hand goods that were eliminated by the Americans were not at all the opponents of the Huaxia jet fighters. Although it is difficult for those Chinese rookies who have flown for at least 50 or 60 hours to eat well in the hands of American pilots, they are a step ahead of those Soviet and Russian rookie pilots who have been trained for 20 or 30 hours and then put on the plane.

Under the condition that both sides did not lack the spirit of fighting to the death, the war gradually became hot, but the ending made the hearts of Soviet Russians chill.

Including those fighters shot down by anti-aircraft artillery, they lost more than 6,000 fighters, and the record of shooting down on the front line was only more than 400 planes.

Seeing no hope of victory, and facing the horror of death at any time, even the tested Soviet Russians were depressed, not to mention the Americans, who have always cherished life.

The number of deserters is constantly increasing in the number of American air forces, and the number of American pilots who refuse to take to the skies for various reasons, such as injuries and illnesses, is even more innumerable. The harsh environment on the front line and the poor logistics and supply made the American GIs complain, and even broke out into several internal riots.

The incident of being stranded in the air on the night of the 18th and being ruthlessly "mistakenly injured" by anti-aircraft artillery became a fuse, triggering a large-scale riot among the pilots on the night after the second large-scale air offensive failed again on the 26th.

The widespread unrest also culminated in the stagnation of the Americans' large-scale air war at the end of the month.

Of course, it was logistical pressures that ultimately led to the stagnation of the Americans.

In addition to the European part, the environment near the airfields deployed in other places is relatively harsh, which has caused a surge in logistical difficulties, coupled with China's continuous harassment and blockade of US logistics, the 12-day large-scale air battle has almost overwhelmed the US rear transportation lines.

When it was difficult to quickly replenish the battle-damaged fighters, after losing more than 23,000 fighters of various types, the Allied forces no longer had the advantage in the number of fighters, and the Americans had to end the campaign ahead of schedule.

Even though the US national media have repeatedly claimed that they have bombed many important targets in China. But as long as you look at the group of Chinese fighters that are still flying freely in the sky, anyone who knows a little about current affairs understands that they have failed strategically, but they have only taken the initiative in the attack, and they have lost tactically not so ugly.

"This time, we didn't have nothing to gain! The air strength of the Chinese people has been clearly explored by us, as long as our new fighters can be put into large-scale service, in the next air battle, we will be able to completely defeat the Chinese people! Arnold can only explain like this.

Although the U.S. Air Force ushered in a black start this time, Arnold and other Air Force executives were not convicted for this.

One is that he has a record of attacking many ground targets with good hands, which satisfies some of the US government's face and propaganda needs, and more importantly, he has won the support of domestic arms predators.

The Americans this time consumed those old fighters and just began to launch new orders.

Under such a combination of interests, Arnold and other high-ranking air force officials escaped the catastrophe, and only introduced a few scapegoats to take responsibility for various mistakes in this battle, and coupled with the usual handling methods, the outbreak of the incident of more than 7,000 pilots lost by the United States in the war was blocked.

Of course, although the US Air Force's operation failed, it helped the US Navy and even the Army a lot, which is also an important reason why Washington is open.

In late August, the eyes of the world were focused on this great air battle, but on the seas and on land, the fighting continued unabated.

Due to the loss of air support, China's land and sea operations were noticeably sluggish, but the Americans took the opportunity to launch an all-out offensive.

In southern Africa and North Africa, the ground forces in China still had the upper hand, but under the constraints of air power, they had to take a defensive position and stalemate the front.

Even the Russians, who had more than 2 million troops on the Soviet-Chinese border, did not dare to touch the mold of the Chinese army, and this time they only launched an air attack. Not to mention the fact that the center of gravity of the land offensive is still the Americans in Europe.

The ground offensive in Africa has been blocked, and other regions with few troops have difficulty seizing this opportunity.

Only Australia's US forces took advantage of the fact that China's Australian air power was involved and took the opportunity to launch a tentative landing operation on the Australian mainland.

Although they had roughly understood Huaxia's strength on the Australian continent, they were still a little unwilling, but Huaxia's series of head-on attacks made them quickly extinguish the idea of counterattacking the Australian continent. Even if they have the advantage of both naval and air forces, the gap on the part of the army is too great. Even if Huaxia opened up the beach and let them occupy a bridgehead, they would not dare to stay. Without the strength of the whole country, they can't do it with their little strength in Australia alone.

What's more, part of the main forces of the US Army in Australia have been transferred to the direction of Japan to cooperate with the US Navy's counteroffensive against Japan.

Even the Philippines, which was full of riots, sent men and horses to cooperate with the largest operation of the Pacific Navy.

Japan, which has many good ports, is closer to the Chinese mainland, and has the best mass base of anti-China forces, was originally the biggest target of the US Navy's plan this time. With the help of the containment of China's air power, the strength of the Huaxia Army stationed in Japan was weakened, and the hopes of the Americans to succeed in counterattacking Japan were even greater.

On 30 August, before the U.S. Air Force halted its massive air assault, the U.S. Pacific Navy, which had overcome the threat of shore artillery and mines, rushed into the relatively weakly defended Gulf of Tonkin.

Subsequently, with the support of the United States to strengthen Japan's local air power, on September 1, the Americans landed in Tokyo Bay, Japan.

"They're finally here! It's time for it to end! Meng Xiang drew a circle on the calendar on September 2 with a red pen. (To be continued.) )