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Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

author:A daily piece of history

Preface: Preparing to build the People's Air Force, Chairman Mao pointed out General Liu Yalou

In the process of the growth and development of the people's army, it suffered a great loss because it did not have air power: during the Long March, dozens of Kuomintang planes chased after the Red Army's troops and exploded, making the Red Army full of dangers.

In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, once the Japanese invaders were repulsed by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, they often dispatched planes to carry out crazy strafing and bombing of our army's positions, and countless heroic soldiers died as a result.

In the 1948 Liaoshen Campaign, the Tashan Blockade Battle was fought by dozens of Kuomintang fighters and bombers staring at the northeast field army's 4th column of blocking positions.

On September 21, 1949, Chairman Mao solemnly declared at the first session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: "We will not only have a strong army, but also a strong air force and a strong navy." ”

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Chairman Mao: We must have a strong air force!

However, the ideal is full, the reality is cruel, on the eve of the Battle of the River Crossing in March 1949, in order to prepare for the establishment of the Chinese the People's Liberation Army Air Force specially set up an aviation bureau directly under the Central Military Commission, and the aviation bureau brought together all the aircraft that could go to the sky, and there were only more than 150 aircraft.

Let's take a look at what the Air Force had at that time: There were 19 Revolted Kuomintang U.S.-made P-51 "Mustang" fighters, 3 British "Mosquito" bombers, 3 American C-46 transport aircraft, 1 American B-24 and B-25 bombers, and more than 100 "Zero" fighters left in the northeast by the Invading Japanese Army in Tonghua Aviation School, most of which have fallen into disrepair.

As for some other old trainers and communication machines, they are basically ineffective and cannot be counted. For the original commanders and fighters and air and ground crews of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force, this is not called army building, this is called entrepreneurship!

On August 15, 1949, the Nanyuan Flying Team, the first air combat force of the People's Liberation Army, was established at Beiping Nanyuan Airport, at that time there were more than 30 combat aircraft and more than 50 flight personnel, and it was this unit that participated in the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China on October 1.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Look, our Air Force!

In April 1949, Chairman Mao personally appointed Liu Yalou, then commander of the Siye 14th Corps and who was fighting in zhongnan, as the commander of the Air Force.

After the meeting, Chairman Mao said to Liu Yalou, who was still in the dark: Comrade Liu Yalou, you have fought a good battle! How about asking you to be an air force commander from land to heaven?

Liu Yalou listened for a moment and said with an embarrassed face: Chairman, can I be an army commander and become an air force commander?

Chairman Mao laughed and said, "Well, the commander of the corps is not addicted enough!" Now we need the help of the Soviet Union to build the Air Force, you understand the traditions of our army, you have eaten bread in the Soviet Union, you speak Russian very well, I think it is appropriate to choose you as the commander of the Air Force.

At this time, Premier Zhou wasted no time in assisting and said: Chairman, we want to go together, so let's decide!

There was no way, at that time, there was a shortage of pilots in the People's Liberation Army, but there was a shortage of air force command talents, because Liu Yalou had contact and understanding of aviation during his study at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, and also served as the principal of the old northeast aviation school, so he became a candidate for the commander of the air force.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Liu Yalou (the sitter) listened to the report on the battle

In this way, Liu Yalou came out of the post of chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army to command the field troops for less than 5 months, and was transferred to Beijing to start the preparation of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

This year, Liu Yalou was only 39 years old, and when he "took" the seal of the commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force from Chairman Mao, he did not expect that the last and most brilliant 16 years of his life would be firmly tied to the People's Air Force and could no longer be separated.

In August 1949, Liu Yalou went to Moscow to negotiate with the Soviet side to assist in the formation of the People's Air Force. When flying through Siberia from the Soviet Far Eastern city of Chita, the plane was so bumpy that Liu Yalou, who had always been airsick, vomited on the plane.

In fact, not only Liu Yalou was airsick, but xiao Jinguang, the first commander of the People's Navy, was also seasick, and Chairman Mao's use of people was not a fantasy, but had another profound meaning:

When a person can overcome his greatest weakness, then this weakness will in turn become his strongest point, and in the process of this transformation, he will exercise a fearless spirit, and he will be able to face any difficulties in the future.

Chairman Mao, how powerful!

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Liu Yalou and his wife (Grandpa Lei's hairstyle is slightly avant-garde...) )

Negotiations went on for more than a month, and by early October, the Soviet side agreed to sell the first 434 military aircraft to New China, send 878 experts and consultants, and help open six aviation schools.

On October 25, 1949, the Central Military Commission issued an order appointing Liu Yalou as the commander of the Air Force. On November 11, the air force headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was officially established. This day is also designated as the founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.

With personnel and planes, Liu Yalou was full of ambition, and he excitedly said to the comrades around him: "The central authorities have solved all the big problems for us." The next step is to see how we beat the gong and drum and sing the drama of building the air force well! ”

I. The cradle of the New Chinese Air Force: the eagle in the sky

At the end of 1949, the first batch of Soviet-aided aircraft and aviation equipment began to arrive in Manchuria, and by December 31, 1949, New China had received 185 military aircraft of various types, and by the end of 1950, the Soviet Side had delivered another 590.

Among the combat aircraft delivered by the Soviet Union, there were high-end goods such as the MiG-15, old sleeves such as the La-11 and Tu-2, and the MiG-9, which performed crotch-pulling jets, but in any case, it was much better than the American aircraft left by the Japanese, which had zeros and scarce spare parts.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

The Air Force's belongings are increasing

With the advent of aircraft, of course, there must be pilots; the People's Air Force has no ready-made pilots; in addition to the Kuomintang insurrectionists, the vast majority of the pilots initially trained were selected from the Army, and many "new recruits" in the Air Force have actually experienced hundreds of battles, even commanders at the division and regimental levels.

At that time, the Air Force had one criterion for selecting pilots, that is, it was necessary to select outstanding cadres at or above the platoon level in the Army, and very few were selected from school students. Although the veterans are not highly educated, they study hard, have a strong will, and are brave in battle.

In December 1949, the first aviation schools aided by the Soviet Union were also successfully opened at the same time. It has to be said that at that time, the Soviet Union's assistance to the new Chinese Air Force was very positive, taking the Third Aviation School as an example, from the principal, political commissar, engineer, flight instructor and aircraft maintenance personnel, the entire team were Soviet soldiers, and even typists were all equipped.

The Chinese trainees studied very hard, and their progress was so fast that the Soviet instructors were stunned, the trainees studied for 12-13 hours a day, there was no rest day, and it was common to study until 1-2 o'clock in the morning, and some students were even tired.

By March 1950, the aviation school had trained as many as 837 pilots, 620 air crews, 2,500 mechanics, 56 instructors and 650 teaching assistants, in addition to another 140 instructors in two months.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Mao Xiong: This thing is flying like this, do you understand it?

In addition to the Soviet soldiers with blue eyes and big noses, the teachers of the New Chinese Air Force also had a special group, that is, the Japanese prisoners at the Northeast Aviation School, mainly the pilots of the Fourth Training Brigade of the Second Air Corps of the Kwantung Army, the mechanics and other various types of ground support personnel nearly 200 people. In addition, there were some surrenders from the Liberated Areas and Japanese aviation personnel captured by our army.

The biggest feature of the Japanese instructors' teaching is that they are meticulous, conscientious and responsible, and can endure hardships like the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, in order to let the students who do not know a few characters understand the principles of aircraft and flight as soon as possible, they have come up with many local methods, and insist on teaching by example.

Once the Japanese instructor Kikuzo Mizen suddenly walked outside the classroom halfway through his lecture, and the students thought that he was going to find something to explain to them on the spot, so they followed, and as a result, Mimae was actually going to the toilet, turned around and saw that the students had all run to the toilet, and couldn't help but laugh.

These Japanese instructors single-handedly brought out one of the most powerful groups of pilots in New China at that time. Among them are Wang Hai, Zhang Jihui, Liu Yudi and other future air combat kings.

At that time, the Japanese instructor was most optimistic about Wang Hai, including the Japanese captain Hayashi Yaichiro, many Japanese instructors were very recognized by Wang Hai's skills and courage, Hayashi Yaichiro once said to Wang Hai with a strange Chinese: Wang Sang, your great bravery, the future will be greatly outstanding!

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Michihiro Hayashi (right): I didn't expect that Chinese soldiers would behave like this

He did not expect at that time that he had actually trained a future commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, an air force general!

Another japanese instructor who loved and hated was Liu Yudi, who later became the commander of the Beijing Military Region's air force. This Cangzhou young man did not fly alone at all when practicing dive, and even dared to dive the plane until he could smell the grass on the ground before pulling it up.

The Japanese instructor who flew him was pale with fright, and after landing, he climbed out of the cabin and scolded Liu Yudi, and then narrowed his eyes and said:

Eight Gaga Road, you will not be able to do it in the future, it must be a big air hero!

Second, the first air force division of new China: not the 1st Air Division

Seeing that the aviation schools everywhere were doing a vigorous and fierce job, and the Soviet-aided planes arrived at the airport in an endless stream, Liu Yalou was full of ambitions. In August 1950, he presided over the formulation of the Four-Year Air Force Construction Outline 1951-1954, declaring:

Within four years, 25,400 cadets have graduated, 97 regiments of aviation units have been formed, 4,507 aircraft have been equipped, 11 aircraft repair plants and 107 airports have been established, and the total strength of the air force has reached 290,000 people.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Liu Yalou: Arrogance is OK, as long as you have strength

There is no doubt that this is going to the world's third largest air force, and if there is no accident, Liu Yalou's plan will be implemented step by step.

However, on September 25, 1950, the "United Nations Army" led by the US military landed at Inchon, and the Korean war situation deteriorated sharply, and in October 1950, the new China decided to resist the United States and aid Korea, and the energy of the Air Force began to shift to the Korean war.

Liu Yalou quickly made Liu Zhen the commander of the air force of the Northeast Military Region, and quickly dispatched personnel to form an air force unit that could actually carry out combat tasks. In November 1950, the first divisional combat unit of the People's Air Force, the 4th Air Division, was established.

By March 1951, air command had formed the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 17th, and 18th divisions of the Air Force, the only division in such a long battle sequence that did not have an empty 1 division.

According to world military practice, the first unit should be called the Air 1st Division, but Liu Yalou originally determined that this number had two meanings, the first was to let the Air Force inherit the fine tradition of the Red Fourth Army, the first unit in Jinggangshan.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

The MiG-15 was the main fighter of the Volunteer Army at the time

The second is to leave the number of the empty 1st Division to encourage these young men who dare to fight and scream, Liu Yalou released words: Whoever fights the best, the number of the 1st Division will be given to whom!

For the sake of honor, but also for the trust and entrustment of the people of the motherland, the volunteer air force soldiers are all riveted and ready to fight with the Air Bandits of the United States.

On January 21 and January 29, 1951, Li Han led his comrades in arms to engage the US plane twice over Anzhou and Dingzhou, shooting down one of the US F-84 "Raiden" fighters, the first record to be recorded.

This was also the first time that the new Chinese air force shot down an enemy aircraft on the battlefield.

As the U.S. Air Force launched an unprecedented "strangulation war" and frantically bombed the logistics lines of the Volunteer Army, the Volunteer Air Force began to be out of control, and the battle became bigger and bigger.

On September 25, 1951, a large number of American bombers, protected by F-86 fighters, began bombing the Kimcheon-ri Bridge near Pyongyang, and 16 MiG-15 fighters of the 12th Regiment of the 4th Psaycheon Division took off to fight alongside Soviet aircraft.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

The sky fell down in a single block, and the ground sank into the hand

When Li Yongtai, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 12th Regiment, saw the black-pressed US aircraft, his voice trembled with excitement, and in the face of the enemy forces that were several times larger than themselves, the pilots of the 1st Brigade had no fear, but were overjoyed:

Where are the 8 F-86s reported by the Soviets, more than 30! No matter how many of you you have, we can't make a mistake!

16 MiG-15s roared in, directly cutting into the combat formation of the US fighters, and instead of fighting one by one, a MiG-15 dared to fight against several US F-86s.

Pilot Liu Yongxin's newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and with one enemy and six enemies, he hit an F-86 in the air, which was the first time that the Volunteer Air Force shot down the world's most advanced jet fighter at that time.

The American pilots were not vegetarians either, they recovered from the initial shock, and immediately formed a formation to violently besiege the MiG-15, and soon, Liu Yongxin was hit in a fight with the AMERICAN aircraft, and unfortunately died due to the low altitude of the parachute jump.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Battle the sky

Avenge Liu Yongxin! The other volunteer pilots had red eyes and shot down 16 Us aircraft in a row in three consecutive days of air combat, wounding 4, and beating the "Air Overlord" head-wrenching rat.

Li Yongtai's landplane was besieged by 8 F-86s in the battle, and there were 56 bullets in the fuselage, flaps, landing gear, fuel tank, and cockpit cover, almost all of which were broken, and the bullet that pierced his cockpit cover was embedded in the seat, if it was a little more off, Li Yongtai would return to the blue sky.

Someone asked Li Yongtai why he didn't skydive at that time, wouldn't that be much safer? The former Korean soldier of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army calmly replied: "I think: I will be able to control this plane and fly it back, this is the property of the state."

The Soviet comrades who heard the news looked at the bullet-riddled plane and stammered, raised their thumbs at Li Yongtai and said: Hera laughed, this is not an airplane, this is an aerial tank!

Li Yongtai, who was a great fortune, later shot down and injured four US fighters in a row, and many years later became the deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in the Air Force in 1988.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Lee Yong-tae's vehicle: Aerial tank

In the air battle on October 16, Hua Longyi, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, was brave and brave, shooting down 2 F-86s in a row, and 14 US planes were wrapped around him.

In the fierce battle, the machine gun bullets fired by the F-86 broke the tail of the MiG-15, directly lifting the canopy of the Hualong Yi landline! The high-altitude wind immediately filled the mouth and nose, almost breathless, and Hua Longyi's left arm and right leg were injured at the same time.

At this time, the height of his entanglement with the US machine has dropped sharply from 10,000 meters to 1,000 meters, and he calmly and calmly pressed the catapult button and landed safely without danger.

Hua Longyi, the old Eighth Road who participated in the War of Resistance, later became the first special meritorious officer of the Volunteer Air Force, and when he was in Yan'an, he especially liked to steal the chief's horse, and his grandson became China's first Olympic equestrian, his name was Hua Tian.

In a little more than a month, the 4th Air Division launched 508 sorties in a row and fought 10 times, including 7 duels with large groups of more than 200 US aircraft, shooting down and injuring 30 US aircraft. Chairman Mao personally gave instructions: The Fourth Air Division fought bravely, which was very good and comforting!

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

For this nickname, how many air combat heroes have thrown their heads and spilled blood, just to fight for a breath

In January 1956, Commander Liu Yalou fulfilled his promise and handed over the number of the 1st Air Division to the 4th Air Division.

The 3rd Air Division came to the top

The Empty 4th Division has already eaten meat, and we can't just drink soup! The other volunteer air force units were anxious, scrambling to the ground one by one, especially the Air 3rd Division, fighting harder and harder each time, and the battle results were worse than cattle.

This 3rd Air Division produced a world-famous air force brigade that frightened the U.S. military: the Wang Hai Brigade.

The first battle of the Wang Hai Brigade was to meet the mixed formation of up to 36 US F-86 and F-84, when the number of fighters between the enemy and us was 4:1, but what made the US army collapse was that within 15 minutes, 6 of their own aircraft were shot down and damaged by the MiG-15 on the opposite side.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

The Nine Crowns and his plane

The U.S. military fled in defeat, and Wang Hai also shot down an enemy plane in this air battle, and the American pilot named Gabriel parachuted to escape.

More than 30 years later, in 1985, Admiral Gabriel, who had become chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, visited China and met with General Wang Haihai, commander of the Chinese Air Force. He said to Wang Hai: I was beaten down by you.

Wang Hai smiled and said: "You are going to beat us again, and I will beat you down."

Gabriel hurriedly said: "We are friendly, we are friendly...

Wang Hai shot down and wounded a total of nine U.S. aircraft in the Korean battlefield, and at that time, Wang Hai was second only to commander Liu Yalou in the Chinese Air Force.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Wang Hai: Do you want to fight again?

And Liu Yuti, who stunned the Japanese instructor, played a big game directly: once he single-handedly broke into a large formation of 60 US aircraft, rushed left and right, and shot down 4 US F-84 fighters in a row.

In the end, it was not that Liu Yudi's shells were finished, and what was even more infuriating was that the US fighter pilot, who was himself a human being, was completely unable to intercept Liu Yudi's plane and watched him fly away. People are angrier than people!

On December 3, Sun Shenglu, who had shot down and damaged seven enemy planes, engaged in a fight between a single plane and four U.S. planes in order to cover the plane of captain Wang Hai.

Sun Shenglu was shot in many places by the plane, and it was already difficult to operate, ignoring the advice of his comrades-in-arms to parachute quickly, he violently pulled up the nose of the plane and slammed into the approaching US fighter!

A huge fireball exploded in the air over the Qingchuan River in an instant, sun Shenglu's young life was forever frozen at the age of 24, and the stunned US pilot reacted, afraid that the other side would continue to use the tactic of air impact and death, and fled with the nose of the plane.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

The F-86 Sabre was the most advanced jet fighter in the world at the time

Under the continuous heavy blows of the Volunteer Air Force, which was brave and fearless and fought for its life from the beginning, the morale of the US Air Force, which prides itself as the "darling of God", plummeted, and by the end of 1952, 17 captains of the US Far East Air Force were unable to carry out combat missions due to various diseases.

The bald eagle, which has always been on its toes in the world and is rampant, has been pecked bald by the Chinese eagle.

Zhao Baotong of the 3rd Division, 7th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, shot down a total of 2 F-84s and 2 F-80s, shot down 3 F-86s, and wounded 1 F-86 and 1 F-84 each, ranking alongside Wang Hai as the "Nine Champions".

Because the number of shots down was 2 more than Wang Hai, Zhao Baotong eventually became the king of air combat of the Volunteer Army, and the General Political Department of the Volunteer Air Force twice gave Zhao Baotong special merit, which was also unique in the Volunteer Air Force.

However, in terms of comprehensive strength, Wang Hai's brigade should be slightly superior, because even the level of Wang Hai's wingman Jiao Jingwen broke through the sky.

The most classic of the First World War took place on October 10, 1952. In order to cover Wang Hai, Jiao Jingwen exposed his landplane to the range of the F-86 of the US ace pilot Robbie Resner.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Jiao Jingwen vs Resna: Ace vs. Ace

Resna lived up to his name, a single shot flew Jiao Jingwen's cockpit cover, in the air of several thousand meters, generally waiting for the other party to crash. Unexpectedly, the MiG-15 actually pounced on the ground, quickly pulled up and flattened, and managed to drill a ravine to get rid of Resner and his wingman.

What an operation! Resna was stunned, and he immediately broke through the clouds, and the two planes performed a series of exemplary maneuvers at the height of the treetops, and Resna's wingman was thrown far away.

What made Resner want to plug himself in was that the MiG-15 without a cockpit cover actually rolled sideways and flew upside down on the top of the mountain, the two planes were too close, and Resna clearly saw that the head of the oriental boy was only a few feet away from the treetops at the top of the mountain!

Gosh, such a great pilot is not a Russian!

This face, made into a movie with a stand-in, no one dared to act!

At this time, the volunteer ground anti-aircraft artillery began to cover Jiao Jingwen's landing, Resna was also a fierce person, he had an iron heart to kill this MiG-15, and chased down half of Jiao Jingwen's wings, Jiao Jingwen actually forced the plane to land with superhuman strength.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Wang Hai and Jiao Jingwen: The combination of two swords is invincible

At this time, Resna's wingman was shot down by volunteer anti-aircraft guns, and he could only return in mourning.

Jiao Jingwen shot down three enemy planes and injured one throughout the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; if it were not for the fact that he mainly assumed the responsibility of Wang Hai's wingman, this record would undoubtedly have been higher.

Other U.S. military "aces in air combat" don't have the same good luck as Resner. On February 10, 1952, Major George Davis, who was touted by the U.S. Air Force as a "professional killer in the air" and "the pride of the U.S. Air Force", and who was twice commended by The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Vandenberg, was shot down by Zhang Jihui of the 3rd Brigade of the 12th Regiment of the 4th Air Division.

At this time, Davis had shot down 21 various aircraft in World War II and the Korean battlefield, including 3 Volunteer Tu-2 bombers, and was the pilot with the highest personal record of the US military in the Korean battlefield, but in response to the old saying, it is always necessary to come out and pay it back!

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

If you dare to come, I dare to fight

On that day, when the arrogant and arrogant Davis once again threw off the formation and attacked alone, Zhang Jihui, who piloted the MiG-15, suddenly changed direction and successfully implemented a counter-bite tail, firing three consecutive shots at more than 500 meters away from Davis and successfully hitting, directly smashing Davis and his F-86 into pieces.

On April 7, 1953, Edward Fisher, a 3,000-hour U.S. "double-material ace", was shot down by Han Decai of the 15th Air Division, and after being captured, Fisher strongly demanded to see the volunteer pilot who shot him down.

When a 19-year-old hairy boy sat down in front of him, Fisher couldn't help but shout: Please don't joke!

Frustrated, he asked Han Decai: How much bonus did they give you?

Han Decai held out five fingers: Fifty million!

Fisher asked with some surprise: Fifty thousand yuan?

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Old rivals reunite years later

No! Han Decai shook his head and said: "It is the hearts of 50,000,000 people of the motherland!"

Han Decai later became deputy commander of the Air Force of the Nanjing Military Region and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in the Air Force in 1991.

Not only a week later, on April 12, Joseph McConnell, the only "three-material ace" of the US Air Force 51 Wing, was also shot down, and he was shot down by Jiang Daoping, a 23-year-old of the 2rd Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 45th Regiment of the 15th Division of the Volunteer Air Force.

Many years later, Jiang Daoping, who had retired from the position of deputy military commander, volunteered to help Tongji University clean the dormitory, carried a big broom every day and worked happily with his classmates, and occasionally temporarily worked as an ideological counselor, known as "Broom Master".

Almost no one knows that this gray-haired, kind and kind old gentleman was a "sabre killer" who shot down five F-86s over North Korea more than 30 years ago and injured 2.

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Sabre Killer When He was a teenager

Epilogue: Only strength is the last word

By the end of 1952, the skies north of Pyongyang were no longer a part of the U.S. Far East Air Force, and when the U.S. military heard that the volunteers were moving the airfield into North Korea, they were horrified.

In the early winter of 1952, outside the Panmunjom negotiation venue, the volunteer soldiers wore brand new cotton clothes and cotton pants, while the winter clothes of the American soldiers had not yet arrived, which made the American representatives who came to negotiate stunned.

This shows that the "strangulation war" launched by the US military has completely collapsed.

One day in the summer of 1953, volunteer anti-aircraft artillery saw a strange scene: several American fighter jets were tirelessly strafing back and forth around an abandoned Volunteer car.

They could not understand this behavior, so they used anti-aircraft artillery to invite down a Us military pilot and ask him to help answer the question.

As a result, the AMERICAN pilot said: We know that this is a car that you don't want, but we just bombed and took pictures, and we can go back to the same place.

Chinese Volunteer Army: ...

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

Inherit the heroic traditions of the ancestors, keep pace with the times, and build a strong air force

Later, General Otto Welland, commander of the U.S. Far East Air Force, wrote melancholy: "That period of time was a disaster-ridden day for the Far East Air Force, and the Chinese Air Force has always been a mystery to us, as if they learned everything in one night."

In 1956, General Liu Yalou led a delegation of the Chinese Air Force to the Soviet Union to participate in the Aviation Festival. The Soviet government at that time attached great importance to him and specially arranged for him to sit between the then state leader Khrushchev and the defense minister, Marshal Zhukov.

At the opening banquet, Liu Yalou delivered a speech on behalf of the Chinese Air Force, and General Nathan Downing, chief of staff of the US Air Force (later the third chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff), who was present, heard that it was the commander of the Chinese Air Force who was speaking, so he took the initiative to come and toast To Liu Yalou.

Only strength is the last word to win the respect of everyone.

Salute to the heroes of the Chinese Volunteer Air Force who have won respect for the motherland with strength, sweat, blood and life!

Why doesn't the People's Volunteer Air Force have an air force of 1st Division? Liu Yalou's words led to countless heroes in air combat

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