Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 156 Our Air Force is Here!
At the Seventh Company’s base, the soldiers gathered together, and Yu Congrong was sharing the news of the Hengcheng victory with everyone.

The soldiers were very excited when they heard that the Volunteer Army had won a great victory in Hengcheng and annihilated a large number of enemies.

At this time, Li Guotao raised the newspaper in his hand and shouted, "Here is another exciting news."

"Our Volunteer Army has its own planes!"

Hearing this, the soldiers of the Seventh Company present were stunned.

Your own plane?
Li Guotao went on to say: "On January 1, our Air Force 21th Squadron, led by Captain Li, dispatched six MiG-28 fighters to attack more than 6 enemy aircraft that attacked the Qingchuan River Bridge."

"Captain Li seized the opportunity, fired fiercely at an enemy F-84 fighter, and successfully hit the enemy plane."

"All six of our MiG-15 fighters returned safely. Afterwards, the instructor personally checked the photographic film on Captain Li's plane and confirmed that an enemy F-84 fighter was damaged. This was the first time that our air force damaged an enemy fighter plane. This was a historic moment."

"Okay~!"

The soldiers cheered excitedly.

Just as Li Guotao said, this was a historic moment, marking that our Volunteer Army had its own air force.

And our air force has already joined the war.

At that time, our air force was weak. Although the Volunteer Air Force Command had been established long ago, it had never officially participated in the war, mainly because its strength was too weak.

At that time, with the assistance of Big Brother, we obtained a batch of MiG-15 jet fighters.

The 28th Squadron is the elite of our Air Force and is equipped with this new MiG-15 fighter jet.

But it was still in the training phase, and the average flight time for pilots was only about twenty hours.

According to Instructor Su, with this level of ability, one cannot even graduate from an aviation school and has no combat capability at all.

Therefore, although our planes had already reached the front line at that time, once we encountered US aircraft, Instructor Su would directly order us to return.

These pilots of our army are all elite selected from the troops. Each of them is a combat hero and is fearless. Now they are flying advanced fighter jets but do not even have the chance to fight the enemy. Who can bear this humiliation?

So Captain Li planned to get rid of Instructor Su and had to fight the American troops.

The American pilots at that time were all experienced veteran pilots. The flight time of any one of them was much longer than that of their entire squadron combined.

It was under such circumstances that Captain Li led 6 planes and took the initiative to attack more than enemy planes. Not only did he escape from the enemy's siege, but he also damaged an enemy plane. This was quite remarkable.

Looking at the excited soldiers, Li Guotao continued: "And more! On January 1, over Dingzhou."

"Captain Li led the 28th Squadron and encountered the enemy aircraft again, and launched a fierce air battle."

"Captain Li successfully locked onto an enemy plane with his superb piloting skills."

"Captain Li shouted, 'Don't run! Let me kiss you twice!' He aimed at the enemy plane and fired fiercely, successfully hitting the enemy plane."

"An enemy F-84 fighter plane was hit and exploded in mid-air. This was the first enemy fighter plane shot down by our Volunteer Air Force in an air battle."

"And this F-84 fighter is also an advanced jet fighter of the enemy."

"it is good!"

"We have our own air force now!"

"Long live the Volunteer Air Force!"

The soldiers cheered again. Most of them had experienced the Battle of Changjin Lake, and knew how powerful the enemy's aircraft were, and they knew the importance of air superiority.

And now our volunteer army finally has its own aircraft to participate in the war, which is definitely good news.

Li Guotao was also very happy, although he knew that the strength of our Volunteer Air Force was still relatively weak.

Even with Su's support, it is still somewhat unrealistic to grow rapidly and seize air superiority in the face of the enemy's powerful air force.

But now that our air force is engaged in combat, it will certainly be able to contain the enemy's aircraft and gradually weaken the enemy's air superiority. This is also of great significance to the Volunteer Army.

At this time, a soldier shouted: "The fighting on the front line is so intense. This fourth battle has been going on for so long, and we haven't received the order to move south yet?"

"Yes! When can we go to the front line?"

"That's right. If we continue to rest like this, we'll all be covered in hair."

Yu Congrong said quickly: "Wait, don't worry, the superiors have made overall arrangements, and the leaders will not forget us."

"Deputy Captain, you have learned these words now, and you are using them to fool us!"

"Ha ha……"

Yu Congrong said helplessly: "There is no other way. We are soldiers and we have to obey orders. Without orders, can I still take you to the front line secretly? What will happen then?"

"So there is no concrete news yet?"

"Not yet." Yu Congrong shook his head helplessly. He was also anxious and wanted to return to the front line to fight as soon as possible, but without orders, who would dare to act on their own? Besides, this place was too far away from the front line.

Li Guotao said: "Don't worry, my intuition tells me that it should be soon."

"After all, we have rested long enough, and the fighting on the front line is very intense and the scale of the battle is getting bigger and bigger."

"I think the enemy has recovered their strength, so they dare to challenge us. We have been fighting for such a long time, but we have not been completely defeated yet."

"In this case, we will definitely continue to send reinforcements to the front line. Apart from the troops on the front line, our Ninth Corps is the closest to the front line. If the front line needs reinforcements, we will definitely be the first to go."

"But now I hope that the front line does not need reinforcements. That means the battle on the front line is going smoothly and our army is winning a great victory, so naturally there is no need for our support."

Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but feel conflicted.

While they were looking forward to returning to the front line as soon as possible, they also did not want the battle to go badly.

Yu Congrong smiled and said, "It's all said in the newspapers that the frontline is progressing very smoothly. The Hengcheng victory is the best evidence."

"But the soldiers on the front line are not made of iron. When they are tired, they need to rest. Then it will be our turn to take over from them."

"Yes~! The deputy captain is right. This means we won't have to wait long before we can go to the front line again."

Although Li Guotao also hoped to win the battle on the front line, as a time traveler, Li Guotao still knew something about this period of history.

The fourth battle did not go smoothly. Although a large number of enemies were annihilated, the strategic goal was not achieved.

At least, unlike in the previous three battles, the enemy was not completely defeated, causing heavy losses and fleeing in a panic.

But according to his understanding, they are indeed going to return to the front line.

At this time, Zhang Xiaoshan ran over and said, "Deputy Company Commander Yu, Platoon Leader Li. The battalion commander notified you to come to the battalion headquarters for a meeting immediately. There is an emergency."

(End of this chapter)