Chapter 1,238 Coming on the Wind

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Just when the heavy Japanese troops in Shandong were attacking the front lines of Tai'an and Feicheng, the aircraft fleets of the First and Second Air Brigades of the Eighth Route Army were soaring in the night sky. - Net. However, the Eighth Route Army aircraft groups were not flying to bomb the Japanese heavy troops attacking Tai'an. Flying all the way north, towards the Liaodong Peninsula.

The First and Second Aviation Brigades of the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses when they covered the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui to break out of the river. Later, they attacked the Japanese mainland and bombed Yawata, Nagasaki, and Sasebo, achieving great military exploits. After our army attacked and occupied Shanghai, the Eighth Route Army Aviation The team has been partially replenished and has regained its combat effectiveness. Today, under the orders of Commander Liu Yimin, they flew to the Northeast and bombed Dalian, Shenyang, Changchun, as well as the Japanese airports in Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan, Huludao, and Yingkou, and destroyed the Japanese military's airfields in Liaoning. Aircraft to clear air obstacles for our army to march into Northeast China.

The air distance from Zhujiazhuangzi to Dalian is less than 400 kilometers, and the straight-line distance to the farthest Shenyang is only 800 kilometers, which is completely within the combat range of the Eighth Route Army bombers. Back then, after the Eighth Route Army invaded Tianjin, it sent aircraft to bomb Liaoning. Kwantung Army Airport, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army.

However, at that time, Japan could continuously import steel, aircraft engines, and parts from the United States and Europe, and could quickly manufacture aircraft and make up for war losses. It is different now. Japan launched the Pacific War. In addition to Germany, Italy and their slave countries, , not to mention the 26 countries headed by the United States that declared occupation of Japan, even those neutral countries, it is difficult for Japan to import raw materials, parts and engines that are urgently needed for manufacturing aircraft. Even Germany and Italy, due to heavy losses in the war, It is also impossible to provide aircraft and accessories to Japan on a large scale. In other words, the Japanese have to rely entirely on their own strength to produce aircraft. If the Eighth Route Army captures the Northeast, without the ores and steel in the Northeast, Japan may not be able to do anything. , and they can no longer build airplanes. Unless they return to the original state of making airplanes and make all wooden airplanes.

The combat plan had already been formulated. This time, the two aviation groups of the Eighth Route Army formed four formations. Feng Dafei, Chang Qiankun, David, and Xue Junmin each led a formation. Among them, the bomber formation led by Feng Dafei bombed the Japanese Shenyang Airport. It was the bomber formation led by Xue Junmin that bombed Dalian, Yingkou, and Liaoyang Airport. It was the bomber formation led by Chang Qiankun that bombed Shanhaiguan, Huludao, and Jinzhou Airport. David shouldered the heavy responsibility this time and led all the fighter squadrons of the Eighth Route Army. Finally, Take off and prepare to face the Japanese fighter group coming to pursue.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, the bomber formations led by Feng Dafei took off one after another, completed their formation after taking off, and flew north. At 5 o'clock in the morning, two light bomber formations led by Chang Qiankun and Xue Junmin took off one after another and flew north. Immediately afterwards , at 7 o'clock in the morning, David led the fighter group to take off, complete the formation in the air, and fly north.

This takeoff time is determined based on the distance. The purpose is for each bomber group to launch at the same time between 6:30 and 7:00 in the morning to ensure the effect of the raid. As for the fighter group, it is specifically waiting to ambush and search for fish that may have slipped through the Japanese army. Pursuit and retaliation. At the same time, the fighter planes also carried a small number of aerial bombs to deal with the Japanese ships remaining in Lushunkou and Dalian Bay.

In the vast night sky, the Eighth Route Army's elite aerialists relied on their directionfinders to determine their direction and headed north.

At this time, the Kwantung Army had two aviation groups, the Second and the Fifth. Among them, the Fifth Aviation Group was transferred to the Pacific Theater to participate in the war and had not yet been reorganized. The Japanese Army's Second Aviation Group withdrew from the Far East and the Far East because of restrictions on the Japan-Soviet Friendship Treaty. Mongolia is stationed at major airports such as Harbin, Changchun, and Shenyang. Now, in order to facilitate operations in North China and Southeast Asia, the main force of the Second Flying Group has moved to Liaoning and is stationed at airports in Shenyang, Dalian, and southern Liaoning. This information is from Zhao Yonggang's North The information provided by the task force is absolutely accurate.

Shenyang Airport was established by Zhang Zuolin and was named Dongta Airport because it is close to the East Tower, one of the Four Towers in Shenyang.

During the September 18th Incident, 262 bombers, fighter jets, reconnaissance aircraft, training aircraft, and civil aircraft of various types purchased from Italy, France, Germany, Britain, the United States, and other countries were parked at Dongta Airport. The Northeast Army Chief of Staff Rong Zhen, who was staying in Shenyang, gave a phone call order: "No planes are allowed to take off today to avoid accidents." Air Force Chief of Staff Chen Haihua lost his mind and was helpless. All 262 aircraft with complete weapons and equipment were plundered by the Japanese army. The Japanese Army Sixth The aviation wing immediately stationed at Dongta Airport and repainted the Northeast Army's aircraft with the "Japanese emblem" logo, becoming a tool for invading China. On September 26, 1992, the Kwantung Army instructed Manchuria Airlines Co., Ltd. to take over Dongta Airport and its Ancillary facilities began to operate routes from Fengtian to Sinuiju, Fengtian to Dalian, Fengtian to Jinzhou, Fengtian to Xinjing to Harbin, etc. Dongta Airport became the Japanese commercial aviation base in Northeast China. Until November 3, 1936, "Manhang" was put into use at the Beiling Airport built in Santaizi, Shenyang. All commercial transportation operations were transferred to Beiling Airport, and Dongta Airport was exclusively used for military air transportation.

After the Eighth Route Army occupied Tianjin, it dispatched aircraft to bomb Shenyang. The most important of them was the bombing of Shenyang's Dongta Airport and Shenyang Arsenal, destroying more than 200 aircraft parked at the airport, and blowing up all the factories and chimneys of Shenyang Arsenal.

Afterwards, the Kwantung Army learned a lesson and believed that Dongta Airport was too famous and its target was too obvious. Everyone in China knew that it was easy to be bombed, so they simply assigned Dongta Airport to the Japanese Field Aviation Factory for aircraft test flights. .Then, the Japanese army built Hunhe Airport in the south of Shenyang City and Yuhong Airport in the west of Shenyang City as military airports.

Therefore, when we talk about Shenyang Airport at this time, it is actually four airports, namely Dongta Airport, Hunhe Airport, Yuhong Airport, and Beiling Airport. Among them, Dongta Airport is parked with new aircraft manufactured by the Japanese Field Aviation Factory , Beiling Airport is parked with commercial transport aircraft of Manchuria Airlines, Hunhe Airport, and Yuhong Airport are parked with Japanese fighter jets, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, training aircraft, etc.

The little devil is really a strange animal. After the Battle of Nomenhan, field airports in Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places were built with hangars. For example, the field airport in Lingxia Town, Baicheng, Jilin, had 19 hangars, each with 19 hangars. The warehouse is circular, with a diameter of 20 meters and a height of 6 meters. It can accommodate 3 fighter jets and 2 Type 96 E3M bombers. The purpose is to prevent Soviet fighter planes from sneak attacks on the airport. However, Shenyang Airport and Changchun Airport do not have them. They were repairing the hangar as if this was the hinterland of Manchuria and they were not afraid of sneak attacks.

At 6:40 in the morning, the Eighth Route Army Air Force formation led by Feng Dafei arrived in the sky above Shenyang.
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