On this day, starting from Jiangxi, from Guangzhou Baiyunshan Airport to Shaanxi Jingbian along the line, many people were surprised to see such a scene, more than ten "big birds" roared by, and the roar of its engine was earth-shattering. Wherever the group passed, there was a sound of a sprained neck.

In this time and space, because of the war, airplanes are no longer a rare thing, but such a huge plane still makes many people feel confused and uneasy, I don't know if this is a little devil's plane, I don't know if these planes will suddenly drop a bomb.

In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, as early as two days ago, Ouyang Yun sent a telegram to the Military Committee to inform him of the matter. However, as for the treatment that Tie Linfei enjoyed in Hubei, it seems that the military committee did not convey this matter to the front-line troops.

The political chaos in Chongqing was still blazing at this time, and all parties were in a state of power, and various factions were fighting fiercely with newspapers as the carrier. Perhaps it was precisely because they were distracted by these things that a group of people in the Military Committee had no time to pay attention to these things, which led to the fact that in Hubei, Tie Linfei and the Central Army Air Force almost fought a big fight.

Chongqing was in a terrible disorder, but the troops on the front line were able to maintain a high degree of vigilance, and when Tie Linfei's pilot plane had just entered the field of vision of the observation post, a terrible siren sounded in Hankou City, and then four fighter planes took off from the Hankou airport and greeted Tie Linfei and them.

Tie Linfei had already led a long voyage before, and during the Battle of Nanjing, he once piloted the Flying Fortress to bombard the Japanese fleet in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and caused the Japanese Third Fleet to be almost completely wiped out. Therefore, this time it seemed difficult to fly directly from Guangzhou to Jingbian, but they were not afraid and had full confidence to complete this mission.

For this mission, and for the future voyage mission, the R&D Institute of the Cadet Army has developed a theodolite, and with this instrument, as long as the weather conditions allow and the fuel is sufficient, Tie Linfei is confident that he will open a new route.

As soon as the four fighters of the Central Army took off, they were immediately displayed on the radar display screen of the Tielin Flying Plane. He immediately alerted the fighters behind him, asking them to pull the fighters to the highest level, and at the same time prepare for evasion: "It's our own fighters, pay attention, it's our own fighters, please don't fire casually!" ”

China has a limited number of fighter planes, and the combined strength of the whole country is less than one-fifth of Japan's. Although the air force of the Central Army is not as strong as that of the cadet army, a large number of heroic pilots have emerged in several air battles. In view of these two points, the Cadet Army Air Force should adopt a strategy when it may have a conflict with its counterparts in the Central Army, focusing on avoiding it, and trying not to cause a tragedy of "brothers fighting each other" as much as possible.

The command plane of the four fighters that took off from Hankou Airport was a Hawker III fighter plane piloted by Gao Zhihang. Gao Zhihang was a hero in the Jianqiao air battle, and he shot down three Japanese planes by himself, so he was once the object of study among the pilots of the cadet army. When the air defense siren sounded, Gao Zhihang ran out of the barracks with his men, and when he looked up, he realized that something was wrong, and he said to his wingman pilot Wang Quanjun: "It's not like a Japanese fighter, the Japanese don't have such a big fighter." ”

Wang Quanjun said: "It looks like the 'Flying Fortress' of the Cadet Army, and now their 'Flying Fortress' is the largest in the whole world. Hey, nearly ten tons of bombs at a time! Gee! He said, smacking his lips with envy.

Gao Zhihang frowned: "They flew here from Guangzhou, strange, what are they flying here for?" ”

It is said that a direct flight from Guangzhou to Jingbian cannot pass over Hankou. However, in order to avoid being entangled by the Japanese army as much as possible, which would cause excessive fuel loss, Ouyang Yun and Tie Linfei decided not to take a pure straight line when choosing a route, but turned slightly west in the direction of Hubei and flew over Hankou, so as to avoid being discovered by the Japanese army prematurely.

Gao Zhihang flew the plane into the air, and soon discovered that it was not one "enemy plane" that attacked, but behind the fighter plane that triggered the air defense alarm, there were actually 12 more planes.

The Flying Fortress emerged during the Second Great Wall War of Resistance, and later in the Battle of Nanjing and the "Sunk It" operation, this huge bomber was out of the limelight, and it is no secret in the aviation world.

Looking at the huge fighter plane shining under the sunset, and then looking at the "rags" piloted by himself, Gao Zhihang couldn't help but yearn for it: When would I be able to fly this kind of fighter.

In this era, in addition to the cadet army, the fighters of the US military had a complete radio communication system, and the fighters of other countries used the most primitive means of communication. Although it had been concluded that the fighter plane that suddenly appeared over Hankou belonged to the Xuebing Army and belonged to his own people, because he did not know its intention, Gao Zhihang did not rush to meet it, but flew half a circle, and first issued an order to the wingman and the other two fighters: The intention of the plane is unknown, please do not attack at will.

On the ground, although the air defense sirens were blaring non-stop, there were still many people and soldiers looking up - many people saw such a huge fighter plane for the first time, and they couldn't help but exclaim: What a big plane.

After Gao Zhihang conveyed the order to his subordinates through gestures, he half-turned the fuselage to meet the 101 piloted by Tie Linfei, and was about to pull the fighter higher so that the other party could see his gestures, when suddenly, a voice sounded from under the belly of the 101 plane: "It's the brother of the Central Army, right?" We are a student army, borrowing your army's airspace, if it causes you inconvenience, please understand! ”

Gao Zhihang was taken aback at first, and then became infinitely envious. He had long heard that the fighter planes of the Cadet Army and the fighters could communicate with each other through sound in the air, and he thought that it was this kind of loudspeaker, and he couldn't help but think: "It would be much more convenient to communicate with each other in this way." Hey, everyone is a Chinese soldier, and they are all here to kill devils, why is there such a big difference in treatment? It would have been nice if we had this kind of communication tool when we were in Jianqiao. ”

Tie Linfei showed his intention through the megaphone, and Gao Zhihang and the others could not continue to entangle.

Gao Zhihang turned around first and let the other three fighters return to the airport, while he piloted the fighter to catch up with Tie Linfei's plane.

Seeing him approaching at first glance, Tie Linfei was still a little nervous, he didn't know what this stunned young man wanted to do, and he was thinking about whether to attack first, but he saw that stunned young man suddenly saluted him, and then pointed to his mouth.

Although he didn't understand what he wanted to do, but at least he knew that he was not hostile, Tie Linfei relaxed, turned on the microphone connected to the external megaphone again, and said, "Brother of the Central Army, is there something wrong?" Hey, watch your situation! ”

Gao Zhihang's art was bold, and he wanted to talk to Tie Linfei, but at this time, he actually pulled the fighter closer again, and at this time, it was only about two hundred meters away from 101.

The ceiling of the Hawker III is only a little over 9,000 meters, while the height of the 101 is now around 9,500 meters.

Tie Linfei saw that the fuselage of the Hawker III began to sway, and the engine also made a strange noise, and he couldn't help but be very worried about the stunned Qing inside - this kid can't be a novice, right?

In the air, in the eyes of Tie Linfei and Gao Zhihang, there is still a lot of distance between the two planes, but from the ground, the two fighters are almost wings connected, which can make the people below stunned. Many people's hearts were beating violently, and they didn't know what was going on on the road.

Gao Zhihang continued to close the distance, and Tie Linfei saw him pointing at his mouth and ears from time to time, and finally understood what he meant. Impressed by his courage, he lowered the height and filled it with speed.

The two planes quickly narrowed the distance to about fifty meters, and at this time, Gao Zhihang ignored the high oxygen shortage and began to shout: "Brother of the Xuebing Army, I am Gao Zhihang of the Jianqiao Flight Brigade of the Central Army, I want to ask, can you sell us some of your horns?" Our current air command means are too backward, brother, everyone is a devil killer, if you can help, you can help! ”

The sound of the Flying Fortress engine was too loud, and the sound of the Hawker III, although much smaller, was particularly noisy.

Tie Linfei saw that the stunned green man seemed to be shouting something with his mouth wide open, he listened intently, but he didn't hear anything. He sighed in his heart: "Hey, if you fall behind, you will be beaten, the commander-in-chief's words are really too right, if we are here for an air attack, with the current level of fighters of the Central Army, it is not vulnerable at all." Thinking of this, he suddenly sympathized with the stunned young man who was still shouting with his mouth open, and he said, "That brother, I can't hear what you say." If you have anything to write to me, you can just write to the Cadet Army and Air Force to collect it. Don't come any closer, brother, my mission this time is more important, and there is no room for the slightest mistake, brother, take your leave! ”

Gao Zhihang, this kid is really bold, he can't hear Tie Linfei say that he can't hear it, and he actually wants to continue to close the distance between the two sides. Tie Linfei was burdened with a heavy responsibility, but he didn't dare to play with him, leaving this sentence, he pulled the fighter up and accelerated, and soon got out of his entanglement.

Tie Linfei and their airdrop operation were doomed to a bad fate when they took off from Baiyun Mountain Airport.

Half an hour after they set off, Shunroku Hatata, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese invasion of China in Nanjing, received a secret telegram from Shanghai. The telegram said that a group of cadet military planes was flying to Shaanxi, and if conditions permitted, he could order the air units along the route to intercept it.

As soon as he heard the communications staff officer read this telegram, Shunroku Hata sneered disapprerovitically: "The person from Kagezo Shangzhi is the one." From Guangzhou to Shaanxi, such a long distance, how can the fighters of the Xuebing Army fly? ”

At this time, Kobayashi Chunchun, commander of the Japanese Nanjing Air Corps, happened to be in his office, and when he heard this, he hurriedly reminded: "Your Excellency, the Cadet Corps has a new type of fighter with a range of about 3,000 kilometers, and if they are fully fueled, they will be able to complete this voyage." ”

Shunroku Hata was taken aback and took this information seriously. He looked at the signs on the map, and then said: "The student army is doing this to feed Zhang Zizhong's 57th Army, right?" He suddenly became happy and said: "We fought the 57th Army in Shaanxi very badly, but I didn't expect it to be able to play this role." He looked at Kobayashi Chunchun: "This kind of fighter is very advanced, right?" It's worth a lot of money, okay, let's take the opportunity to beat him hard! ”

"Commander-in-Chief is wise!"

"Ha Luha, Xiao Lin, I'll leave this matter to you to be specifically responsible!"

"Hai, his subordinates must live up to the expectations of the commander-in-chief!" Xiao Lin replied forcefully, with a fanatical look on his face.