The female reporter obviously did not expect the old man to suddenly ask this question. Fortunately, she was very professional and stopped for two or three seconds and smiled: "As long as it is a war, there will be a victory or defeat. Yesterday we also fought the German army 3-0, which is very morale. I believe that our brave air force will fight the German air force 4-0, 5-0..."

Some people agree with the female reporter's statement, but most people don't buy it.

The old man ignored the female reporter at all. He never believed what the reporter said, and continued to question Zhou Zhihan, the military authority:

"I fought the Germans 3-0 yesterday, which was a large aircraft fleet operation, and it was a record for a whole day. Today, from dawn to now, less than two hours, in this place alone, we lost two fighter jets and several cargo ships. People who had just arrived from more than ten kilometers away said that there was also a fighter jet there.

I would like to ask Instructor Zhou, the loss of two hours is so huge. If you continue to consume this, how long can your fighter jet troops last? If you continue to fight like this, how long can the confidence of the people last?"

Zhou Zhihan smiled and waved his hand to the female reporter who was about to stop the old man from continuing to ask questions: "I'm sorry! Please let me answer everyone and this old man first, and we will continue the interview later. How about it?"

The female reporter nodded.

Zhou Zhihan said to the British people who were a little excited in the first dynasty: "Everyone, there is an old saying in China that victory and defeat are common in military affairs, which means not being proud of victory, and summarizing experience after failure to avoid repeating the same mistakes. So I hope everyone can face reality calmly, fight against the enemy together, and listen patiently to me to briefly talk about the Chinese Air Force during the War of Resistance."

Zhou Zhihan spoke, and the scene was immediately quiet. The aura of the Allied No. 1 ace was not comparable to that of a female reporter.

"From the start of the Shanghai-Sending Battle on August 13, 1937 to the end of mid-November, the Chinese Air Force was almost wiped out, and more than 1,300 young pilots died collectively in order to resist the Japanese attack."

"ah……"

Several people in the crowd exclaimed softly.

When you hit the tip of the iceberg, you will know the cold. Everyone thought to yourself that China's War of Resistance was so fierce.

"At that time, the Japanese invaders had more than 3,000 various types of fighter bombers, and there were more than 1,000 of the world's most advanced top fighter aircraft, the Type 96 carrier-based aircraft, and all of China's fighters combined were 220, of which only more than 80 Hawk 3s purchased from the UK at that time could barely fight against Type 96 carrier-based aircraft."

All the British listened quietly, the anger on their faces gradually subsided, and kind sympathy appeared.

"After the defeat in the Battle of Shanghai, before the damn Japanese made a shock to the Chinese and foreign countries, the Chinese Air Force pieced together the trainer planes, leaving only a dozen.

The Japanese bombed Nanjing City, causing a large number of casualties. I wonder why the Chinese Air Force did not fly into the sky to resist.

Once, a pilot went out and was surrounded by angry Nanjing people. When he was asking him why he didn't fly into the sky to fight against the Japanese to defend Nanjing, an angry crowd besieged him. From beginning to end, he did not fight back and said nothing. Later, under the protection of the police, he survived death, but was covered in wounds.

After returning, he became taciturn, staring at the sky in a daze every day, smoking and drinking.

A few days later, more than 30 Japanese fighter bombers stormed Nanjing. The pilot flew an old trainer plane into the air despite his dissuasion from his comrades. Although he knew that his chance of flying trainer planes was zero, he still rushed into the enemy group without hesitation and fired at the enemy with a weak drill machine gun.

The Japanese knew they were facing a trainer plane, so they surrounded the plane without restraint to humiliate them. The air battle was about five or six hundred meters low at altitude.

In order to combat China's determination to resist the war, the Japanese invaders even flew at an altitude of 200 to 300 meters above the ground and showed off their power in front of the Chinese.

People hiding at the door of the underground bunker watched the battle without victory.

Someone recognized the pilot, and saw that his bullets had been exhausted and was still looking for opportunities in the air. He wanted to die with the Japanese. Many people who had hit him could not bear it and knelt at the door of the underground bunker and begged him to come down and stop shooting.

The pilot fired all the bullets and rushed into the enemy plane desperately, trying to die together, but the trainer plane was slow and clumsy. The Japanese laughed and avoided it easily, just like a group of adults fighting a child of seven or eight years old. When the Japanese had enough teased them, several fighter planes opened fire at the same time, and he died heroically for his country.

At this point, the people of Nanjing realized that the Chinese Air Force had been wiped out. They were determined to kill the enemy and were unable to turn the world back. The military did not tell the people the truth about the wiped out of the Air Force. They did not want people to worry too much and thus lose confidence in the war of resistance. This was also a helpless move."

The British people by the sea were silent, and some women had moist eyes, crying for the pilot's sadness.

The rookies and instructors also looked at Zhou Zhihan silently. It was not until now that they realized that China's war of resistance was so arduous, and aces like the commander-in-chief were sent here to help the British people fight against Germany. This friendship between the Chinese people is extremely precious.

"Do you know that the lifespan of Chinese pilots is three months from the day they can fly into the sky to fight." At this point, Zhou Zhihan paused for a while, silently lit a cigarette, and his eyes were dim in the mist. "Every time they fly into the sky, they face several times, dozens of times, or even dozens of times of enemies. He knows that his hope for survival is slim, he still swears to defend the sky of his motherland to the death."

The crowd looked at each other and was extremely shocked.

Three months.

The average lifespan of Chinese pilots on the battlefield is only three months. From this we can see how fierce the Chinese people's war of resistance has reached.

"The pilot I just mentioned is my student. He left a suicide note, and he said he would use death to cleanse the shame."

People were silent again, and then silently looked at the tender faces standing behind Zhou Zhihan.

"These pilots," Zhou Zhihan pointed to the rookies with a cigarette in his hand, "They are all newcomers, and the students are both eighteen or nineteen years old, and they can't get into the sky for the time being. Oh! By the way, during the French battlefield to the Dunkirk retreat, about 400 British pilots died in battle. Calculated by the conversion method of the average battlefield lifespan of Chinese pilots, the average battlefield lifespan of British pilots is half a year."

"Six months..."

Many people felt inexplicably painful, nodded to the rookies to express their apology, and then continued to remain silent.

After a while, the old man suddenly said, "Is China's War of Resistance more difficult than us?"

Everyone looked at Zhou Zhihan.

The reporter's camera is always facing him. Such an interview is unique and touching, and it is easy to resonate with others. Once it is broadcast, it will inevitably cause a sensation.

The female reporter looked at him and bit his lip with complicated eyes.

Zhou Zhihan nodded: "The hardship is more than ten times more difficult. Many ordinary people do not cover their clothes, have no food in their stomachs, and countless children are displaced, starved to death on the streets, and beside the wild tombs, there are bones everywhere."

People stopped talking, and they could imagine that China appeared in was a tragic price in the fight against the Japanese.

The old man was silent for a moment, with a serious and pious expression, and asked again, "The Chinese people will not give up, right?"

Zhou Zhihan threw the cigarette on the sand and stomped it out: "The Chinese people are engaging in an arduous war of resistance and will never give up until they drive the Japanese invaders out of China! China will usher in unprecedented prosperity!"

The old man said, "So, you want to tell us that as long as we are united, we will definitely win, right?"

"Yes!"

Zhou Zhihan smiled and nodded, this was his purpose.

"Sir!"

A student suddenly stood up and saluted Zhou Zhihan, "After defeating the Germans, I ask you to return to China with you and fight against the Japanese together, so as to repay China's efforts to us British people."

Zhou Zhihan returned a military salute and was grateful.

"Do you know?" an instructor stood up and said to all the people, "During his time in Dunkirk, General Secretary Zhou shot down more than 50 enemy aircraft in total. His contributions were more than those of our fighter aircraft brigade. Many important battles were because of his existence, so that we could turn defeat into victory.

I can say responsibly that if it weren't for him, it would be difficult for us to withdraw nearly 400,000 soldiers within ten days and create miracles in the history of human war.

When the Chinese people were in dire straits, he traveled thousands of miles to the UK and repeatedly created miracles. All of us British people should be grateful to China and Chief Instructor Zhou!”

After saying that, the instructor saluted Zhou Zhihan.

The rookies also saluted Zhou Zhihan together. The soldiers have always admired the strong, and a god-level ace like Zhou Zhihan has long conquered the hearts of many pilots.

Zhou Zhihan sighed in his heart that his purpose of coming here was finally achieved. He returned the army and looked around everyone: "Hitler's purpose was to use their powerful air force to conquer the English Channel and force the British cabinet to surrender. In order to fight against the Luftwaffe, the task assigned to me by the Royal Air Force is to train more excellent pilots."

The old man said: "In other words, the chief instructor will basically work in the rear in the future, right?"

Zhou Zhihan nodded: "It can be said that."

"Miss reporter!" the old man said to the female reporter, "I hope you can write down all of us when you write the article and write down our wishes."

The female reporter asked not to participate in the public, so she turned the microphone at the old man.

The camera immediately followed.

The old man politely stretched out his palm and pointed it at Zhou Zhihan, saying, "We strongly demand that Chief Instructor Zhou be able to go out to fight, teach the Germans a lesson, and defeat their arrogance. At the same time, we hope that our young pilots will grow up quickly and fly into the sky earlier."

"Yes, we ask the military to let Instructor Zhou go to fight and severely attack the Germans' arrogance."

The people applauded and asked Zhou Zhihan to fight.

Zhou Zhihan's mouth twitched secretly.

"At the same time, I hope that the reporter can call on all British people to donate money and make strong efforts to support the Chinese people's determination to fight the war. At that time, I will be the first to donate meager strength!" The old man said to the people behind him, "Instructor Zhou came to our UK from thousands of miles to help us resist the invaders. We are sincerely grateful, so I hope that everyone can unite and jointly fight against the Axis powers, while extending a helping hand and supporting the indomitable Chinese people!"

"support……"

People have expressed their willingness to support China's cause of resistance against the war. The two just countries now stand on the same standpoint to resist the *** and must support each other!

Female reporter: "I will definitely express everyone's wishes..."

"Thank you everyone!"

Zhou Zhihan said a military salute. His efforts were to let more people know that the Chinese people's determination to never surrender in the face of the ***, and that the people of the world knew that the Chinese people would never surrender even if they fought.

This is the great cause of the Chinese people and a part of the historical responsibility that Zhou Zhihan must bear.

After the interview was over, it was already noon after Zhou Zhihan led the rookies back to the base. He heard that Chris Taylor said he was retired. General Dowding invited him to the Air Force headquarters, so he hurriedly had lunch, then went to the hospital to tell Karen, and then flew to the Royal Air Force headquarters in a trainer plane.

Bentri Abbey.

In a large combat monitoring room.

Members of the "Air Force Women's Support Team" moved the marks of the aircraft of both British and German sides back and forth on the huge survey and mapping in the radar supervisor area. Every time a German fighter jet represented by a small white flag appeared on the survey and mapping, two British fighter jets represented by a small yellow flag would be intercepted.

General Hugh Dowtin, his generals and combat staff stood in front of the huge survey and map, watching the German fighter planes flying from France and silently.

In less than two hours, two ace pilots died in battle and one was injured and returned to a forced landing, which allowed the generals to re-recognize the gap between the Royal Air Force pilot and the German ace.

"General!" An adjutant came in from outside the door, "Col. Zhou is here!"

Admiral Dowding: "Please come in!"

"yes."

The adjutant turned around.

"General!"

Zhou Zhihan walked into the war room and saluted a military salute.

Lieutenant General Charles, Major General Parker Parker, Major General Mallory, Major General Brand, Major General Saul and others were all on the scene. When Zhou Zhihan came in, they all put down their work.

Dowding waved his hand and asked Zhou Zhihan to casually: "I heard that you took the new pilots to the beach to watch the game today. What do you think of the Germans' stand-alone tactics?"

"I think the German tactics are a great respite for us."
To be continued...