"April 29? Is this day important?" Lao Zhou didn't understand.
"This day is the birthday of that little devil, Emperor Hirohito." Li Hang reminded.
"Are you worried that the Japs will launch an air raid today?" Lao Zhou immediately understood what Li Hang meant.
"Sir, the Japs' previous air raids on Wuhan, Nanchang and other places all ended in failure and suffered heavy losses. They must be feeling angry.
After one or two months, the strength of the Little Devil's aviation force must have been almost restored. It happened to be the Japanese Emperor's birthday in just two days. The Japanese might take advantage of this special day to launch an air raid to celebrate the Emperor's birthday. "
Lao Zhou frowned upon hearing this, this was no small matter.
To be honest, the Japs have not launched air raids on Wuhan and Nanchang since the '225' air war.
It has been two months now.
This is undoubtedly rare.
The reason is that the little devils don’t have enough planes.
After many previous failed air strikes, the Japs' aviation forces suffered heavy losses, especially the navy.
Because long-range bombing can only be done by the navy, and the army's aircraft cannot support long-distance escort.
The Little Japanese Navy not only suffered heavy losses in the Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets, but also suffered heavy losses in the Type 96 land attack force as the main bombing force.
After the 225th Air War, the strength of the Japanese naval aviation in China declined greatly, and they were worried that continued air strikes would lead to the collapse of naval aviation forces, so they stopped large-scale air strikes and took advantage of this opportunity to restore their strength.
Now that two months have passed, the little devil will definitely not be able to bear it anymore.
"Are you sure that the Japs will launch an air raid on the 29th? Wuhan or Nanchang?" Lao Zhou's good mood diminished a lot.
"Sir, my humble job is not to be the commander of the Japs. But based on the situation in recent months, I guess that the Japanese army is most likely to launch an air raid there.
As for whether it is Wuhan or Nanchang, I am not sure, but the probability is higher in Wuhan. After all, Wuhan's status is very important now, and the little devils will definitely give priority to attacking Wuhan. "
Lao Zhou nodded, "You mean to take this opportunity to sit back and wait?"
"Yes, sir. If we seize this opportunity, we may be able to severely damage the Japanese aviation force." Li Hang continued to express his opinion.
"If the Japs really come to launch an air raid, how big do you think it will be?"
"At least 20 Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets and 20 Type 96 land attack aircraft. Without them, it will be difficult to achieve any results."
"If this is the case, we will need to gather more than fifty fighters to deal with it."
“We have this strength around Wuhan.
The Fourth Group currently has more than thirty I-15s and I-16s. The Soviets also have a destroyer group in Wuhan. In total, we can gather at least about seventy fighters, including more than thirty I-16s.
At that time, we can let the I-15 deal with the Japanese bombers, and the I-16 deal with the Japanese carrier-based aircraft, and the chances of winning are very high. "
"And this is very likely to be the largest air battle between China and Japan since the war began. It is not impossible that there will even be more than a hundred aircraft.
If we win, I think it will leave a huge mark in the history of the entire Air Force. "
Li Hang's words were a bit encouraging, but he didn't lie either.
In the previous air battles on New Year's Day and Poyang Lake, the number of fighter planes from both sides participating in the battle reached 100.
It was also a coincidence that both times were one hundred.
These were also the two largest air battles between the two sides, and other air battles did not reach such a large scale.
Not to mention, Lao Zhou was a little excited by Li Hang's instigation, but Li Hang was still adding more energy.
"Sir, if the Japanese army really launches an air attack on Wuhan, we can even dispatch aircraft from the Fifth Battalion in Nanchang and the China Aid Air Force to attack Japanese airports in Hangzhou, Guangde and other places."
"Wait a minute, let me slow down."
Hearing Li Hang's attitude of watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously, Lao Zhou's heart couldn't bear it, and he quickly called the other party to stop.
"Sir, isn't it a good idea to take a humble position?" Li Hang smiled and blinked.
"It's very good, but my heart can't bear it. Do you know what you are going to do? According to you, we will dispatch about 100 to 150 destroyers and bombers to implement this plan?
Our family is not rich. If this plan goes wrong, even I may not be able to bear the losses caused. "
"But if this plan succeeds, the achievements made by the commander will not be worse than the victory of Taierzhuang. Maybe he can also take the opportunity to win the Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun."
"You just continue to instigate here." Lao Zhou glared at this courageous subordinate.
"Sir, if you feel unsure, give me a plane and I will wait in Wuhan that day." Li Hang naturally did not want to miss such an important air battle.
"Do you really want to join the war? Are you so sure?" Only then did Lao Zhou become serious.
Li Hang wants to go back to join the war. It can be seen that Li Hang has a good grasp of the Japanese air raid in the next two days, otherwise he would not take the initiative to ask to join the war.
Li Hang nodded heavily. Naturally, he didn't want to stay in the research institute building aircraft in Chengdu.
His idea was to give away the drawings and ideas and let dedicated people design and manufacture them, but he still wanted to return to his own sky stage.
"You come back to Wuhan with me." Lao Zhou thought for a while and then made a decision.
Regardless of whether we want to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the Japanese airport, it is still necessary to prepare for Japanese air attacks. If the Japanese army really attacks in large numbers, Li Hang's presence will be of great help to the entire air battle, especially the improvement of morale.
"Yes, sir." An excited expression suddenly appeared on Li Hang's face.
"If you can make a great contribution this time, maybe I can let you lead a brigade." Lao Zhou hesitated for a while and said something he shouldn't have said.
Li Hang was a little surprised, but Lao Zhou obviously didn't intend to continue talking.
Leading a brigade by yourself?
Of course he wanted to, but there was no one around now.
There are currently only three destroyer groups. It's not that they don't want to expand, it's that no one has no planes.
It may be easy to say about the aircraft, because the Soviet Union is now providing the fifty aircraft that were previously concluded in the deal, but it is short of personnel.
The eighth and ninth classes of the aviation school are still in school, and even the eighth class will not graduate until the end of the year.
. . . . . .
"Li Hang, why are you suddenly going to Wuhan? Now that the design of this new destroyer aircraft has reached a critical stage, you actually want to run away?" Wang Zhu was a little surprised when he heard that Li Hang was going to Wuhan.
"Director Wang, there is something going on at the Aviation Commission. Chief Zhou asked me to go back and deal with it. I will be back in a few days." Li Hang did not say the purpose of going to Wuhan. He was afraid that Lao Wang would not let him go.
"Okay, you are the deputy leader of the aircraft team, and this new aircraft is a sketch provided by you, so don't waste too much time."
Wang Zhu thought for a moment and didn't stop him. Even if Li Hang was away, their work could be promoted. After all, they were all professionals.
Of course, what he didn't know was that Li Hang was going to do something big.
