Mandalay Airport.

25 P-38 lightning fighter jets with numbers ranging from 1101 to 1125 are quietly anchoring on the apron, and the unique three-section fuselage is shining brightly under the rising sun.

Zhang Fan was pretending to be asleep in the cabin of the fighter jet numbered "1101".

From the day before yesterday to yesterday, the 300 pilots from their 1st Flight Brigade transferred more than 5,000 kilometers in a row, flew from Cape Town, South Africa to Impal. In the middle, they just took the time to rest for a few hours while refueling at several transfer stations, so they were already very sleepy.

It was not until yesterday evening that their 1st Flight Brigade finally got a rare sleep after a successful arrival at Impal Airport.

However, early this morning, the 1st Flight Brigade received another mission, and the captain Zhang Fan personally led 25 P-38 lightning fighters from the 1st Squadron to leave Mandalay Airport and standby.

Before dawn today, Zhang Fan led the 1st Squadron to take off from Impal Airport and arrived in Mandalay smoothly after an hour and a half flight. It was just dawn.

After landing at Mandalay Airport, Zhang Fan and other pilots did not get off the plane, but just seized the time to take a nap in the cabin, because they knew very well that the mission would come down soon.

The task of their 1st Squadron is to intercept Japanese fighter jets.

Compared with the P-40 fighter, the P-38 fighter has obviously better air combat capabilities, so it is specially used to fight dog fights with the Japanese Air Force's Zero fighter jets.

I was napping in a daze, and a sharp alarm suddenly sounded outside the cabin.

Zhang Fan woke up from his sleep and turned his head to look towards the tower. He saw that the warning light on the tower had turned into a red light and was flashing continuously: Erection was urgently taken off!

Seeing this, Zhang Fan did not hesitate at all and immediately started the fighter plane.

The propeller at the head position on the left and right fuselage starts to rotate immediately.

Immediately, No. 1101 took the lead in sliding into the runway from the apron, accelerating, and then soaring into the air.

In a blink of an eye, 25 P-38 fighter jets from the 1st Squadron took off one after another. After completing the formation in the air, they roared towards the southeast.

...

On the ground.

Wang Geng and the staff of the chief officer were already filled with tears.

"Chief." Wang Geng choked and said, "We finally have an air force again!"

"Yes." Zhong Yi said with a heavy emphasis, "The days before that endured the endless bombing of the Japanese Air Force will never return!"

He paused and said, "From now on, we will not only no longer have to endure the bombing of the Japanese Air Force, but also carry out large-scale bombings on the Japanese Army and even the Navy!"

"The sky of Myanmar belongs to our Chinese Expeditionary Force from now on!"

"That's right!" Wang Geng, "The Japanese's good days are over!"

...

At this time, on the Mitela front line.

The 18th Japanese Division is enduring bombing from the Chinese Air Force.

The Japanese have a good habit of attacking or defending the other side, as long as they camp, they will definitely build corresponding levels of defensive fortifications around the garrison.

Simple fortifications were built in just one day.

The construction of Yonggu fortifications began in more than three days.

If you station for more than half a month, you will definitely build the garrison into a fortress.

The 18th Division has been in an offensive position since it arrived in Mitela, but even so, in the past few days, a large number of strong fortifications have been built around the station.

Not only are there trenches surrounding the camp, but there are even machine gun bunkers.

Unfortunately, when the Japanese built these defense facilities, they considered the most how to promote firepower and kill as much enemy forces as possible, and they did not consider the attacks from the air at all.

Therefore, neither the trench nor the machine gun bunker, the Japanese did not add a cap!

This time, I suffered a great loss. Faced with the Chinese Air Force's air strike, the Japanese in the 18th Division could not find a place to hide, and could only run around among the trenches.

Of course, more Japanese will rise up and resist.

The Japanese were indeed fierce. Even if they had no air defense firepower and even if the firepower of the wicked-arm gun was very poor, they still organized a large number of wicked-arm light machine guns to fire in the sky.

Finally, it was the Japanese's turn to use light machine guns as anti-aircraft machine guns.

The effect of doing this is of course minimal and almost useless.

Not to mention whether you can hit the plane in the sky, even if you hit it by luck, unless you hit the fuel tank or cockpit directly, even if you hit the canvas wings into a sieve, it will be useless.

The division headquarters of the 18th Division was the only one with a top cover and was disguised.

Therefore, the Chinese Air Force's fighter jets did not discover the division headquarters of the 18th Division.

Mutaguchi Ryokawa also hid in the command center and poked his head out from the observation hole to look into the sky.

Seeing the Chinese Air Force fighter jets dive in batches and launching bombardment at the camp of the 18th Division, Mutaguchi Ryokun couldn't help but get angry and his nose was crooked.

"Baga!" Mutaguchi Ryokeng also cursed angrily, "Why hasn't the Air Force arrived yet?"

Chief of staff, Kazuji Otsuki, couldn't help but remind: "Second Commander, we sent a telegram for help for help only a quarter of an hour. The Air Force's fighter planes may have just taken off from the airport."

After a pause, Otsuki Kenji continued: "Even if you are from Yangon Airport, it will take at least half an hour to fly. If you come from Maulhammeng or even Bangkok Airport, it will take longer."

"Baga!" Mudaguchi Ryo said with a dark face, "It's really annoying."

While the two old Japanese were talking, a sharp-eyed staff officer suddenly shouted: "Look, our fighter plane!"

"Where is our fighter plane?" Mudaguchi Ryoked asked subconsciously, but before he finished speaking, he had already seen it.

Just in the sky in the southeast direction, more than a dozen fighter jets emerged from the clouds.

The wings of these more than a dozen fighters are painted with eye-catching sunburst patterns. It looks like the style is their Zero fighter.

"It's our Zero fighter!" Otsuki Kazuki was not disappointed because of the small number of fighter jets on his side, but shouted in great excitement, "Our Air Force is here, haha!"

Mutaguchi Ryokan was also relieved, as long as the Air Force arrived.

Although the number of Zero fighters is small, this is a meritorious fighter that has been proven by countless actual combat. Its excellent performance is enough to crush any fighter made by the United States. Therefore, the victory of this air battle can be said to be without suspense, and it will eventually belong to their Japanese Air Force.

...

So did Takazo Iwamoto think.

Although there were as many as forty or fifty Chinese fighter jets in the air ahead, Iwamoto Takazo didn't take it seriously.
Chapter completed!