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    Bai Chongxi is not rigid in fighting. His biggest characteristic is that he likes to use surprise troops. His fighting style is very flexible and changeable, which gives his opponents a headache.  . Now he can be very happy with the victory achieved by the Air Force, but he can also maintain a clear understanding of the situation. This is not an easy task. From this point of view, Bai Chongxi has been able to navigate the ever-changing Chinese political arena for many years.  And it is no fluke that it remains standing.

    Thinking of this, Bai Jingran swallowed back some of the words of advice he was about to say, and changed his words and asked: "Sir Bai, will we continue to send the air force to bomb the Japanese army?"

    Who is Bai Chongxi? Naturally, he could see through Bai Jingran's little calculation at a glance. He glanced at Bai Jingran and asked with a smile: "What? Are you worried that I will put too much pressure on the Air Force?"

    Bai Jingran nodded honestly: "Yes, sir, although our air force looks good at first glance, it is still too small after all. We only have two divisions at the moment. The First Air Division will be stationed in Guangdong, and the Second Air Division remains.  There is one regiment in Jiangxi and a little more in Fujian, but there are only two regiments. If the air force is used excessively, I am afraid that the pilots will be too tired, and it will be easy to have an accident. After all, the air force is not as good as the infantry on the ground.  In an air battle, if fatigue leads to an operational error for even one second, the aircraft will be destroyed and lives will be lost!"

    "Oh, there is such a thing?" Bai Chongxi couldn't help but be a little stunned. He was born in the army and didn't know that the air force had such things.  In his opinion, being a soldier is not a big deal if you are tired. Otherwise, what kind of soldier would you be? You can just be a young master at home.

    Seeing Bai Chongxi's surprised look, Bai Jingran knew that Bai Chongxi still knew too little about the Air Force, so he had to explain: "Sir Bai, the Air Force is a highly technical branch. For our Army, a battle can only last three or two.  Ten days or even ten and a half months is really common, but for the Air Force, a real air battle usually lasts only about ten minutes, and half an hour is considered a very long time. Because in an air battle, pilots need to spend a lot of time  The energy and strength are far greater than those in land battles. In such fierce battles, as long as the pilots fail to do one action or respond in time, death is waiting for them. Therefore, the physical consumption of the pilots after a battle is  It¡¯s very amazing, if a pilot can dispatch twice a day, it¡¯s good, if more, the pilot will not be able to bear it.¡±

    "There is such a thing about relationships. My eyes were really opened today!" Bai Chongxi's eyes were opened today. He nodded with sudden realization: "Originally, I thought that we had nearly two hundred fighter planes, which was quite a lot. Now,  It seems that our aircraft still has some shortcomings."

    After saying that, he rolled his eyes and thought about whether to send another telegram to Suri and ask him to send more fighter planes.  Seeing Bai Chongxi's expression, Bai Jingran didn't understand what Commander Bai was thinking. He quickly said: "Commander Bai, don't stop thinking about the First Division. The First Division is going to guard Guangdong.  All our belongings are there, if there is any loss in Guangdong, we will be like duckweed for everyone!"

    Seeing Bai Jingran's anxious look, Bai Chongxi burst out laughing. He pointed at Bai Jingran and said, "Don't worry, I know the powerful connections here, and I won't let the First Division's fighter planes go to waste. Now I'm thinking,  There should be bombers in Guangdong, can you send a few more squadrons here so that we can increase the intensity of bombing against the Japanese army?"

    Hearing that Bai Chongxi was not trying to defeat the First Division, Bai Jingran breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's okay, but I don't know much about the Air Force department. Commander Zheng has the most say in this area."

    "You mean Zheng Shaoyu." A trace of nostalgia appeared on Bai Chongxi's face, "I heard that this boy was just a major before joining Brother Zhongxin. I didn't expect that he has become the commander-in-chief of the Air Force now. In this world,  Things are just amazing!¡±

    Bai Jingran on the side also felt the same way about Bai Chongxi's words. He thought that during the Battle of Nanjing, wasn't he just a lieutenant colonel?  Now three years have passed, and he has been promoted three levels in a row and has become a dignified army commander.  It seems that in China, if you want to be promoted, in addition to having real skills, the most important thing is to work with the right people, otherwise you will just have a hard life even if you work hard all your life.

    Whatever he wanted to do, Bai Chongxi quickly asked the communications staff to send a telegram to Su Rui requesting more bombers.  Half an hour later, the Guangdong Command called back. Two squadrons of Stuka dive bombers would fly to Fujian Airport in the afternoon, and a flight regiment from the 1st Air Division would be deployed to reinforce Fujian.

    Bai Chongxi was overjoyed when he received the telegram. Although he didn't know why Su Rui was so generous, he felt confident and immediately issued an order to the air force stationed in Fujian to continue bombarding the Japanese positions.  Under Bai Chongxi's strict order, another fierce air battle ushered in the skies over Minqing and Nanping

    The afterglow of the setting sun waves gentlyLanding on the sea, the original turquoise water turned into a deep blue. Several seagulls hovered in the low altitude more than ten meters above the sea, making several loud calls from time to time.

    A fleet slowly came over. It was a mixed fleet, with two aircraft carriers in the middle. They were slowly adjusting their direction under the escort of more than a dozen warships, and finally turned into heading into the wind.  Soon, many small black dots appeared in the sky, and soon these small black dots grew larger, and they flew towards the direction of the fleet.  Until then, people could already clearly see the appearance of the small black dots in the sky. They were more than twenty Zero fighters and a dozen Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft.

    Looking at the slowly approaching aircraft, the ground staff on the aircraft carrier did not cheer as loudly as when they set off. Instead, many people lowered their heads, because the number of these fighters was obviously much smaller than when they set off.

    "One, two, three, four, fivethirty-three, thirty-four." A ground officer slowly counted the number of returning fighters. As he counted, his heart slowly sank.  There were fifty-seven fighter planes when we set off a few hours ago, but now there are only thirty-four.  After a very simple calculation, it was known that twenty-three more fighter planes were shot down by the Chinese.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, we can no longer send aircraft to reinforce the army. We have lost nearly fifty aircraft in the air battles in the past few days. If we continue to send fighter planes to reinforce, I am afraid that even our own safety will become a problem!  "

    In the conference room of the Akagi aircraft carrier, the captain of the Akagi aircraft carrier, Colonel Yamada Yoshii, begged the commander of the escort taskforce, Lieutenant General Ueno Keizo, "Your Excellency, Commander, the mission of our escort taskforce is only to escort those mud-legged soldiers from the Army.  When Toyota came to Fujian, the base camp didn't ask us to fight with them."

    There are two aircraft carriers in this escort formation, namely Akagi and Soryu. Together, the two aircraft carriers can only carry about 150 fighter planes. Now they have lost more than 40 aircraft, which means that their  The battle loss ratio has almost reached one-third. This battle loss ratio is very astonishing.

    Especially the loss of pilots made Yamada feel sad. It is not easy to cultivate aviation, especially naval aviation.  It can be said that the training of naval aviation is far more complicated than that of army aviation. They not only have to learn all the knowledge that army aviation pilots have to learn, but also learn to take off and land on a narrow deck, especially in complex climates.  Otherwise, you cannot be called a qualified Hainan Airlines pilot.

    But in less than five days, they had lost 30% of their pilots. Such a loss was unacceptable to Yamada.

    Seeing that Ueno Keizo was still hesitant, Yamada Shii became anxious and said urgently: "Your Excellency, Commander, the empire's naval aviation power is very valuable. They should compete with the fleets of the United States, Britain or Soviet Russia on the vast sea.  Air supremacy, instead of fighting for positions the size of pieces of tofu with the enemy on land, that is what people in the Army Aviation should do!"

    Ueno Keizo sighed and said, "Yamada-kun, you know that the base camp gave us an order to assist the army and the Chinese in fighting for air supremacy in the coastal areas. But now it seems that the Chinese people's air power far exceeds ours.  But you have to know that if we retreat without permission, that fellow Okamura Neji will definitely report us to the base camp."

    "Then let him sue!" Yamada Shiji said angrily: "We have already paid the lives of nearly fifty imperial warriors for this, what else does he want? Do we want to destroy all the precious fleets of the empire?  Will he just let it go if he suffers this loss?"

    Ueno Keizo closed his eyes and pondered for a while and then asked: "Yamada-kun, sometimes I really can't figure out where the Chinese got so many advanced fighters, and these fighters are all new types we have never seen before.  Fighter planes. Sometimes I wonder if that person can conjure up a huge fleet overnight to fight us in a decisive battle."

    Yamada shook his head and said: "Your Majesty Commander, I think the Chinese fighter planes will never fall out of thin air. And judging from the pilot's description, the Chinese fighter planes have a strong American style. I guess the Chinese fighters must be  They have the secret support of the US government, otherwise where would they get such a steady stream of fighter jets?"

    "Huh, Americans!" Ueno Keizo snorted coldly: "One day we will have to settle this account with the Americans. But now" After thinking for a while, he said: "Yamada-kun, you  Immediately send a report to the commander of Dagang Village, saying that due to the heavy losses of our fighter planes, we need to return home for rest and replenishment. As for the task of competing for air supremacy with the Chinese, it can only be completed by the people of the Army Aviation."

    "Hai!"

    Hearing that Ueno Keizo finally agreed to evacuate here,Tian Tianyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly to prepare to send the report (To be continued.)
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