The sky is blue and the sun is as hot as fire. The Dongjiadu River, which was under heavy fire just now, has returned to calm. The Japanese fighter planes have left. The Chinese Navy seizes the time to sink the ship and lay mines.
The wreckage of the Type 98 naval attack aircraft that was shot down by 503 Flying Falcon just now is floating on the river. The fuselage of this aircraft attack aircraft is still made of wood and composite materials in many places and is contaminated with gasoline. Some parts are still on the river surface. Floating and burning on the ground, the three crew members were blown to pieces by the disintegrated aircraft. Their corpses were scattered on the river, washed by the river, and stained a large area red.
Two Chinese military aircraft rose to high altitude and continued to be on guard over Dongjiadu.
It may be that the Japanese army currently does not have enough military strength in Shanghai. After the two Type 95 ships left the battle, they did not send military planes to disrupt the bombing.
After a brief but solemn ceremony, several old warships of the Chinese Navy that were self-sinking opened their bilges, filled the river water, and slowly sank. In addition, those commercial ships used for self-sinking and captured Japanese cruise ships installed bombs directly in the bilges and exploded. , and soon sank to the bottom of the river.
People on both sides of the Huangpu River witnessed the Chinese Navy's shipwreck on the Huangpu River. They saw many naval officers and soldiers secretly wiping away tears, and many people also cried. Everyone could feel that this was a helpless act by the Chinese Navy, and it was tragic. Sex sinks.
Many people took cameras and recorded this historic moment.
The navy secured the shipwreck, deployed mines and withdrew.
Zhou Zhihan looked down from a high altitude and couldn't see anything strange on the mined river surface. All the mines sank two to three meters deep under the water. This seemingly calm and peaceful river surface was actually a death zone. .
After all the warships had withdrawn, more than a dozen civilian boats shuttled across the river marked with safe areas, spread a large net into the river, and then dropped a lot of discarded fabrics and yarn, and then took out the safety signs. Walk.
If the Japanese army wanted to enter this sea area, their propellers would be in danger of being entangled in these gauze nets sunk to the bottom of the water.
After the navy arranged everything, Zhou Zhihan and Zhang Mufei flew their fighter planes in a circle over the Dongjiadu Channel and waved goodbye to the navy officers. People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait also waved to the Chinese Air Force and Navy.
The common people know that in the days to come, no one knows how many more sunrises this group of young soldiers will be able to see.
This moment is a bit tragic!
After the mission was completed, the two Hawker 3s had very little fuel left and were barely able to fly back. Fortunately, the biplanes at this time could soar in the air without power and could fly dozens of kilometers while saving fuel. When the fighter jet descends to a few hundred meters above the ground, it starts again, pulls up, accelerates, then shuts down and glides...
The two flew towards Jianqiao Airport, still using a two-plane formation, but this time, the leader was Zhang Mufei. He had just shot down a Japanese Type 98 naval attack aircraft, and his confidence was high.
Zhang Mufei was very grateful to Zhou Zhihan for selflessly giving up the credit for shooting down a Japanese fighter jet for the first time in his life, which laid a solid foundation for his self-confidence.
The two fighters returned at the most economical speed.
Just when he was about to fly to Jiulong Mountain, Zhou Zhihan suddenly saw a large group of small black dots approaching from the south.
Probably a Japanese fighter group.
Because the distance was too far, Zhou Zhihan quickly took out his binoculars to check. Sure enough, a large group of Japanese military planes were coming forward. Several of them seemed to be injured. There was a faint smoke flying out of the tail of the plane, and it was quickly blown by the wind. There was no trace of them, and several military planes were swaying as if they had broken wings.
Could it be that the Japanese fighter planes went to Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport to launch a retaliatory attack and then returned?
should be!
Zhou Zhihan remembered that on August 14, 1937, just after the Chinese Air Force comprehensively attacked the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, the Japanese army also launched retaliatory bombings. Among them, Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport was attacked by the Japanese.
However, due to the long history, Zhou Zhihan did not remember the battle loss ratio between the two sides during the Japanese attack on Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport. He only remembered that it seemed that the Chinese Air Force had once again defeated the enemy over Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport after successfully attacking the Third Fleet in the morning. Japanese aviation troops came to carry out retaliatory bombing.
Zhou Zhihan drooled at the sight of several heavily damaged Japanese fighter jets that were spitting out black smoke, but now the fuel lights on the 214 and 503 fighter jets had turned red, and they would be lucky if they could barely fly back to Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport.
For Zhang Mufei's safety, Zhou Zhihan decisively gave up the idea of attacking the injured Japanese fighter plane. In times of crisis, he had a system to save his life, but Zhang Mufei did not.
Zhou Zhihan made a decisive decision and immediately called Zhang Mufei to see a large number of Japanese fighter planes ahead. My two-plane formation was low on fuel and immediately evaded and flew into the clouds of Jiulong Mountain on the right.
Zhang Mufei knew that the situation was dangerous. He didn't have time to take out his binoculars to take a closer look. He immediately pressed the stick and stepped on the rudder, and the fighter plane flew in the direction of Jiulong Mountain. There were clouds and mist there and many trees. It was a good place to avoid enemy military planes.
There was no pilot as discerning as Zhou Zhihan in the Japanese fleet, and he did not notice the two Chinese military planes flying head-on with them.
Zhou Zhihan and Zhang Mufei entered the clouds above Jiulong Mountain and hovered in the clouds, waiting for the Japanese fighter planes to fly over.
After a while, Zhang Mufei saw a dozen Japanese Type 95 and Type 96 warships protecting six wounded and staggering Type 98 warships with billowing black smoke flying from the east side of Jiulong Mountain to the northeast.
Seeing the listless appearance of the Japanese flying formation, Zhou Zhihan and Zhang Mufei concluded that the Japanese aircraft must have suffered another defeat and returned home in vain.
Zhang Mufei kept regretting that if the fighter planes were not short of fuel, they would definitely swoop out at high altitude and take advantage of the opportunity to kill a few more Japanese fighter planes.
Zhou Zhihan can use the system to refuel the fighter plane, but he cannot do this. He has the same aircraft type as Zhang Mufei, the same flight distance, and the same mission. He is running out of oil, and you still have so much. It is unreasonable!
Until the Japanese fighter planes left, Zhou Zhihan and Zhang Mufei flew out of Yunconili and continued their return flight to Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport.
Flying over Jianqiao Airport, I saw a dozen raging fires burning on the ground. It was a dozen Japanese fighter planes that were shot down by the Chinese Air Force and then burned and exploded. A dozen Japanese pilots were captured and captured by several Chinese gunmen. The soldiers guarded them together, all of them were dejected and no longer displayed their usual flamboyance.
Under the guidance of the airport tower, the two Hawker 3s landed safely. The two fighters had already run out of fuel. With their solid driving skills, the two men just glided the fighters back to the base and landed safely.
The ground crew and aircraft mechanics immediately towed the two Hawker 3s for refueling, drove them into the camouflaged hangar, and then carried out careful all-round inspections to ensure that they could take off immediately and smoothly if necessary.
Before entering the air defense war room, Zhou Zhihan and Zhang Mufei heard bursts of laughter coming from the war room.
The two looked at each other and walked into the war room of the temporary headquarters with a smile.
