Sino-Japanese air combat in Wuhan, the Soviet Union sent charcoal in the snow.

1937165438+10, Shanghai and Hangzhou fell one after another, and the defenders of China were forced to retreat. The Japanese army took advantage of the situation to attack Nanking, and the situation in East China became more and more unfavorable to China's army. At this time, countries such as Britain and the United States not only sat idly by, but attempted to compromise with Japan. Finally, it was the socialist Soviet Union that first extended a helping hand to China. As early as 1934 and 10, Chiang Kai-shek thought that once the Anti-Japanese War broke out in an all-round way, it would be difficult for China to get foreign aid from the sea, so he privately sent Jiang Tingfu, a professor from Tsinghua University, to the Soviet Union for secret talks with StoMoliakov, deputy foreign affairs commissioner of the Soviet Union, hoping to improve Sino-Soviet relations and obtain military assistance from the Soviet Union. After that, Chiang Kai-shek sent people to contact the Soviet side many times. The Soviet Union, proceeding from its own national defense needs, is also willing to help China resist Japan. 1937 in April, Bogomoloff, the Soviet ambassador to China, informed the China government that the Soviet Union had decided to sell planes and tanks to China and provide a loan of 50 million US dollars. But China didn't respond. It was not until the July 7th Incident that Chiang Kai-shek felt the situation was grim. 1On August 20th, 937, Chiang Kai-shek called Jiang Tingfu, the ambassador to the Soviet Union: "Director Shen Dexiao wants to go to Moscow and ask his brother to introduce him to negotiate with the Russian government. At present, the most urgent users are 200 destroyers and 100 heavy bombing. "

On August 2 1 0937, China and the Soviet Union formally signed a non-aggression treaty. Since then, the Soviet Union began to provide economic loans and military assistance to China, and sent military experts and volunteer aviation teams to China to participate in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. 1937 10, the route from Almaty to Hankou in the Soviet Union was opened. 10 10 in late October, the first batch of Soviet volunteer aviation teams arrived in China one after another. The first batch of 254 * * * freemen and ground crew respectively formed a bomber brigade headed by Darinski and a fighter brigade headed by Curca Muff. When passing through Liangzhou, Kurchumov died in a plane crash, and prokofiev took over the command of the fighter group. Since then, the strength of the Soviet Volunteer Air Force has been expanding. At the peak, it reached four brigades of fighters and bombers.

Members of the Soviet Volunteer Air Force took the form of rotation, and more than 2,000 people participated in the war in China successively. Zhigarev, Richagov, Anisimov, Polinin, Tehall, khryukin, Blagovescenschi and other famous air force generals all came to China to fight against the Japanese army. The Soviet Union's assistance to China's air force was a timely help. At that time, the planes of China Air Force were almost exhausted in the Battle of Shanghai and Shanghai, and needed to be replenished urgently. Originally, China Air Force had ordered 363 aircraft from European and American countries, but 1938 only got 85 aircraft in April, among which 13 aircraft were not listed. However, at this critical moment, a large number of planes from the Soviet Union kept entering China. By February 1938, the Soviet Union had sold 232 aircraft to China, amounting to $22.54 million. Among them, fighter 156, light bomber 62, heavy bomber 6 and trainer 8. With the help of the Soviet Union, China's air force has been greatly enhanced. By February 1938, there were 390 combat aircraft. Among them, there are 230 destroyers and 0/60 bombers. Most of the expellers equipped by China Air Force are и- 15 and и- 16 aided by the Soviet Union. и- 15 is a two-wing catapult with small turning radius and flexibility, but its speed is slow. и- 16 is a single-wing catapult with a speed of 480 kilometers per hour, but its maneuverability is poor. Both types of expellers are equipped with four "Ska" high-speed machine guns, which can fire 1800 bullets per minute. In air combat, I usually join hands with и- 15 and и- 16 to meet the enemy. Usually I fight with enemy planes, and и- 16 falls from the sky to chase the fleeing enemy.

The Sino-Soviet air force joined forces to fight, which greatly boosted morale and caused a sharp increase in the loss of Japanese land and naval aircraft. The Japanese air force was forced to retreat to its base for 500 kilometers. 1 in March, 938, in order to give full play to the strength of the air force and cooperate with the army, the China Air Force set up the1Road Command in Nanchang to cooperate with the 3rd and 5th war zones. Set up the second road headquarters in Guangzhou to cooperate with the fourth war zone; The Third Road Command was established in Xi 'an to cooperate with China's army in Hubei and northern Sichuan. Zhang, Liu Muqun and Tian Wei are the viceroy. The Aviation Committee also made a quick adjustment. Zhou Zhirou was transferred to the education director of the Air Force Academy, Qian Dajun took over as the director of the Aviation Committee, Mao Bangchu as the director of the military affairs department, Huang Guangrui as the director of the military affairs department, Huang Bingheng as the director of the general affairs department, Huang Zhenqiu as the director of the air defense department and Jane as the director of the political department. In addition, the aviation commission's special service group was expanded into a special service brigade, and Wan Yunlin was appointed as the brigade commander of the Major General Brigade. The Air Navigation Commission first set up Hankou, then moved to Hengyang and then moved to Guiyang. The adjusted China Air Force is leaner. Shortly thereafter, the Chinese and Soviet air force warriors fought side by side over Wuhan, giving the Japanese aggressors a head-on blow and fighting one beautiful battle after another.