"Sir, the captain is still alive!"
The news spread immediately at Laoyingchang Airport.
"Where is the captain?"
"The captain parachuted before the plane crashed and fell into Poyang Lake. He was rescued by fishermen and was injured in many places on his body."
"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay."
When the news spread that Li Guidan was fine, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
If something happens to three important people in the Fourth Brigade, it will be a big blow to the entire Fourth Brigade.
More than half an hour later, Li Guidan was sent back to the hospital.
Originally, we wanted to send him to the hospital, but he felt that his injuries were not serious, so he rushed back to the airport instead of going to the hospital. Because on the way, he became very anxious when he learned that Lu Jichun might be killed in battle and Li Hang was injured.
When they saw Li Guidan, who looked a little pale, Mao Yingchu and others were very excited and rushed over to hug the former tightly.
"Captain, just be okay! Just be okay!"
After letting go, Mao Yingchu looked at Li Guidan, who was a little embarrassed but still alive, with an excited expression and a trace of tears in his eyes.
After the death of Gao Qihang, Li Guidan has been acting as the captain until now. Under his leadership, the Fourth Brigade quickly regained its combat effectiveness and achieved good results.
It is definitely not comparable to the status of High Quality Airlines, but everyone has lived and died together, so the emotions between them are naturally different.
This is why comradeship in military career is so valuable, and this is an example.
"Captain, you are bleeding. Go to the hospital first." Dong Mingde was a little worried when he saw the injuries on Li Guidan's face and body.
"It's not a big deal. The cockpit glass is broken and scratched. How is the situation of the 23rd Squadron now? Lao Lu?" Li Guidan asked about the most important thing.
"Old Lu must have been killed in action. The plane was hit by a Japs' machine gun and exploded on the spot. Liang Tiancheng saw it with his own eyes. Liang Tiancheng was in a bad mood and was hiding in the dormitory with everyone else accompanying him." Mao Yingchu explained.
"Where's Li Hang?"
"I was hit in the thigh by a bullet from a Japanese plane. It's not a big problem. I may have to lie down for a month. I'm currently in the airport hospital nearby."
After hearing these two pieces of news, Li Guidan's face became solemn, "First restore order at the airport, and then tally up the results and report to the superiors. Let's go and take a look at Li Hang's place later."
Since Li Hang was fine, Li Guidan naturally got down to business first.
After all, he is the captain and cannot be too willful.
. . . . . .
"Captain, you must be starving, right? These are hot, why don't you eat them while they're hot?" When Zhou Zhikai opened the lunch box and placed the sumptuous meal in front of Li Hang, he found that the other party had no intention of moving his chopsticks. , "Captain, why don't you eat?"
"Zhikai, are the captain and squadron leader really?" Li Hang raised his head and looked at each other.
After Zhou Zhikai heard this, he hesitated for a while, then shook his head and nodded, "Captain, although the captain's plane crashed, he successfully parachuted and only suffered some minor injuries. The squadron leader... The squadron leader, he, the plane exploded on the spot, and no bones were left." "
"How could it be? Could it be the one we saw in the air battle before?" Li Hang wanted to get up excitedly.
"Captain, please stop moving. Now that the squadron leader is dead and you, the deputy squadron leader, are also injured, you should take good care of your injuries and recover quickly." Zhou Zhikai and Lu Jichun have only been together for more than a month. , different from Liang Tiancheng.
So Zhou Zhikai was sad for a while and then recovered on the surface. Even Liang Tiancheng has not recovered yet.
Li Hang understood what Zhou Zhikai meant.
Now that squadron leader Lu Jichun has died in battle, he, the deputy squadron leader, should have been promoted to squadron leader long ago, and now it is logical to take over the position of squadron leader.
But Li Hang would rather be transferred from the Fourth Battalion to serve as squadron leader than to take over the position of squadron leader of the 23rd Squadron in the current way.
"Where are the rest of the team?" Li Hang hesitated for a long time before taking a mouthful of food. When he thought of something, he stopped again and looked up at Zhou Zhikai.
"One person from Team 5 also died in the battle. Two other people were injured, but they were not serious and did not come to the hospital."
In order to make Li Hang feel better, Zhou Zhikai talked about this fighter plane.
This time, the Japanese army dispatched 36 Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets and 12 Type 96 land attack aircraft. They lost a total of 16 Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets, 5 Type 96 land attack aircraft, and a total of 21 fighter aircraft.
On the Chinese military side: the Fourth Group lost 6 fighters and 4 pilots, and Lu Jichun was one of the four; the China Aid Air Force dispatched 28 fighters and lost 5 fighters and 2 pilots.
In this air battle over Poyang Lake, the ratio of Chinese and Japanese fighter jets shot down was 21:11.
Although it can be considered a great victory, the losses on the Chinese army's side were considerable, including experienced pilots like Lu Jichun.
In the ranking of enemy aircraft shot down, Li Hang continued to be far ahead. Together with Zhou Zhikai, he shot down 3 Type 96 carrier-based fighters and alone shot down 3 Type 96 carrier-based fighters, for a total of 4.5 shot down.
Ranked next are Liang Tiancheng’s 2 planes, Lu Jichun’s 1.75 planes, and Zhou Zhikai’s 1.5 planes.
This is equivalent to the four of them shooting down 9.75 aircraft, while the entire 23rd Squadron's result was 11.
It can be said that one of their squadrons achieved half of the number of enemy planes shot down today, and two people died in battle for this.
"Captain, you don't know that our squadron is now the most powerful squadron in the entire Air Force. According to statistics, our squadron has shot down at least 50 enemy aircraft since the 'August 14th Air Battle' until now..."
This is true. Li Hang's recognized record now is 24. Although Lu Jichun died in battle, he still has 9.25. Together with Liang Tiancheng and Zhou Zhikai, the four of them have almost forty.
Li Guidan also came from the 23rd Squadron, and together with other members, 50 aircraft is considered too few.
The First Squadron of the Air Force is actually worthy of its name.
Li Hang knew that Zhou Zhikai was trying to divert his attention to recover from Lu Jichun's death in battle, but it was impossible for him to forget about it so quickly.
In the afternoon, major newspapers in Nanchang began to report the news of this great air battle victory.
Although the losses were huge, the newspapers underreported the losses of several aircraft.
Ordinary people don't know it, but are happy about it. Because the Air Force failed to achieve much in the previous air battles, the losses this time were greater, but it also achieved impressive results.
Li Guidan and others, who had taken care of the airport affairs, finally rushed to the hospital to visit Li Hang.
Now that Lu Jichun died in battle, Li Hang couldn't let anything happen again.
"Li Hang, take good care of yourself. The Japanese army won't come again in a short time. You can take the opportunity to rest for a while. The 23rd Squadron is still waiting for you to come back and lead it."
