When the Kisaratsu Air Force approached Wuhan, the Chinese Air Force was already waiting here, and the two sides immediately mixed into a group. The Kisarazu Air Force, aiming for gap bombing, never thought of conducting air combat. Of course, it is not impossible to temporarily put into air combat, but the oil feed back and forth is not enough, so they are very anxious, desperately trying to get rid of entanglement and go to Wuhan to do "serious things". In order to fight this battle, Chennault organized the last batch of excellent pilots of the Chinese Air Force and formed a line of defense in the air that was difficult to break.
The Kisaratsu Air Force tossed and turned, not only was it difficult to achieve its wishes, but it also knocked out several planes, and seeing that the fuel was about to run out, they knew that today's "gift" could not be given, so they had to reorganize their formations and return to Wuhu.
In this round, the losses of the Japanese aircraft were not particularly large, until they encountered ambushes on the road. Like vultures waiting for their prey, soviet fighter groups suddenly burst out, destroying the Kisarazu Air Force.
The Soviets were both skilled and sophisticated in their aerial hunting, using sharp punctures to separate Japanese bombers and fighters, and then strangulating them in groups. If the ninety-six type gasoline is still sufficient at this time, it may not fall behind, but their oil is not enough, there is no way to stop and fight, if you want to save your life, you can only bury your head and flee to Wuhu.
The more you want to escape, the more difficult it is to escape, and the Soviet fighters do not have to make any high moves, just chase after the butt and fire. The Japanese planes that had been hit dragged a wisp of black smoke and fell towards the ravines and fields.
In the battle, the Sino-Soviet Joint Air Force won a great victory, and at the cost of losing only 11 fighters, they shot down a total of 21 Japanese aircraft, including 11 fighters and 10 bombers. The Japanese pilots were killed more than 50 and 2 were taken prisoner by parachuting. Interestingly, the news of the "great victory of the imperial army" came from the Japanese radio that day, saying that 52 Chinese planes were shot down that night (you add up all the planes that the two sides shot down, which shows how far these guys have lied in order to please their emperor).
A total of four Chinese pilots died in the air battle, the most prominent of which was Chen Huaimin of the four major teams. After shooting down one Japanese aircraft, he was besieged by five more Japanese aircraft, and the gas tanks of the aircraft were on fire. In the case of parachuting, he gave up the chance to survive, piloted the plane and collided head-on with the Japanese plane, and died with the enemy.
Wuhan Great Air Battle (2) serial, to be continued.......