The battle was still going on, but it had nothing to do with Liang Tiancheng, because a section of his wing was knocked off by the Japanese bombing, and the plane itself was smoking, so he could only stagger back to the plane.
At this time, Hankou Airport was busy.
Although the Japanese bombing was stopped, several aerial bombs still exploded at the airport. Fortunately, it did not cause much damage and did not affect the runway taking off and landing aircraft.
Seeing the plane landing, the ground crew immediately became busy as several injured planes landed one after another.
However, some were very unlucky. They seemed to have escaped from the battlefield safely, but were destroyed when they landed.
Among them is a Hawker Three.
Liang Tiancheng knew the pilot of the Hawker III. They both belonged to the 23rd Squadron, but now they were separated by yin and yang.
Even though their pilots are well treated and fed well, they are really risking their lives. Many people die in every air battle.
These planes are not cheap either. Each one costs tens of thousands, and the unit price is still US dollars.
Even though Hawke III is a castrated version, the price is still not cheap.
There was also a shortage of pilots, because at this time, the National Government only trained pilots at Jianqiao Aviation School. Other aviation schools had not existed for long and lacked systematic training capabilities.
Therefore, whether it is the loss of an aircraft or a pilot, it is a huge loss for China, which has a poor family.
"Commander Liang, come down quickly. Your plane has a serious problem."
As soon as the plane stopped, a ground crew quickly climbed onto the wing and said anxiously to Liang Tiancheng in the cabin.
Liang Tiancheng didn't waste any time. After parking the plane, he immediately got out and asked, "Can I save my plane?"
"Sir Liang, we will do our best!"
At this time, Liang Tiancheng was the lieutenant commander, and to ordinary ground staff, he was the superior officer.
Liang Tiancheng nodded. He had just jumped off the plane and looked at the Hawker Three that was smoking black in the distance. He couldn't help but ask, "Has the pilot of that plane been rescued?"
The ground crew shook their heads helplessly, "Sir, the plane crashed upon landing."
Liang Tiancheng felt heavy after hearing this, and left the tarmac under the cover of others.
"Quickly, check the engine and see what the problem is."
"Everybody be careful, the plane could explode."
The ground crew was busy checking the situation of the aircraft, while Liang Tiancheng and another team member who landed first were observing the situation in the air.
"Captain Liang, why did you land here? Were you injured by the Japanese's new fighter plane?"
"No, I was accidentally hit by a Japanese bomber. Fortunately, I evacuated quickly."
"The Japanese's new aircraft are indeed powerful. We were all attacking them, and they were able to shoot down our aircraft. But the more powerful one was Li Hang, who actually shot down two of them by himself."
"There should be two and a half. Captain Lu's aircraft was actually injured by Li Hang, and Captain Lu took the opportunity to shoot it down."
A loud explosion temporarily ended the conversation between the two.
In the sky, another plane fell, but it was a bomber.
Although the bomber is thick-skinned and thick-skinned, it is not really invincible.
The Japanese bombers were really not that good, referring to their self-defense weapons.
At this time, the self-defense weapons of the 96th Land Attack were only three 7.7mm machine guns. The SB-2 bombers that the Soviet Union assisted China had four 7.62mm machine guns, and the DB-3 bombers had three machine guns.
Although the DB-3 bomber does not have many machine guns, it flies fast. Early models can fly 400 kilometers per hour, and improved models can fly about 430 kilometers.
Although the performance of the old American B10 bomber is similar to that of the 96 Land Attack, this bomber is considered obsolete in the US military and has been replaced by the B17.
This thing is directly a four-engine bomber, with 13 key onboard machine guns, all of which are 12.7mm, and has a top speed of 438 kilometers per hour.
Well, I can’t afford it!
"Well done!"
"We have a plane down!"
At this time, the battle in the air has come to an end. In the chaos of more than 20 fighter jets, planes are falling every minute.
Three of the five Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets escaped, and the remaining two were shot down. However, they also took away three Chinese fighter jets, but I don't know whether they were from the Fourth Group or the Chinese Air Force.
The three Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets that escaped were not very lucky. Li Hang caught two of them, and finally shot down one and injured another.
The injured aircraft was shot down by the chasing I-16.
This means that only one of the nine Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets escaped in the end, and the loss was not small.
In addition, 5 more bombers were shot down, equivalent to the loss of 13 aircraft in this air battle.
He ran aggressively to seek revenge, but in the end he was beaten up by the Chinese air force and fled in panic.
After the battle, dozens of fighter planes landed at Hankou Airport one after another. Because of the short distance, they did not go to Xiaogan Airport.
The Type 96 carrier-based fighter piloted by Li Hang finally landed because it was a little far behind Lu Jichun.
When the plane stopped, a large number of people came over. At the front were Li Guidan and other Chinese and Soviet pilots. The most excited ones were undoubtedly these Chinese pilots.
"Li Hang, you created a miracle and shot down five fighter planes in a single air battle! This is the most enemy planes shot down in a single time since the establishment of our aviation force!"
The five mentioned here refer to the ones he shot down alone, including three Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets and two Type 96 land attack aircraft.
The two shot down together with Lu Jichun and the Soviet pilot flying the I-16 were not included for the time being.
"Five, this is already among the ranks of ace pilots."
"Captain, Li Hang shot down three aircraft in Nanjing before. If you include this, Li Hang is tied with the band leader for second place among all pilots in terms of shooting down record, second only to Captain Liu."
Hearing this, the surrounding pilots went crazy.
The pilots of the 21st and 22nd Squadrons of the Fourth Group have not yet met Li Hang. They were a little unconvinced before, but after this air battle, they had to admire him.
There was no way, they saw Li Hang showing off his power in the air with their own eyes.
And many of them have not shot down a single Japanese plane, not even in cooperation with the shooting down record.
"Captain, Li Hang actually shot down six aircraft in this battle. He shot down two Japanese aircraft together with me and another Soviet pilot."
Lu Jichun, who came a little later, quickly cleared Li Hang's name.
"real?"
Li Guidan was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't know this.
But soon, a Soviet pilot from Hankou Airport nodded and admitted that he had indeed taken advantage of the last Japanese fighter plane, and that he and Li Hang shot it down together.
At this time, the quality of the old men, especially these pilots, is actually pretty good. At least their discipline is better than that of the American and British armies.
Therefore, they didn't bother to grab half of the kills.
