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　　Big and island sacrifice: Airborne building up number

　　Passed through merely 20 hour fight subject flying trainings in the battlefield, within 5 minutes, 15 people sacrificed. Bombed big and island moves, has recorded the new China Air Force’s being bathed in blood fight history, initiates has continued until now argument. Survival air fight experiencing believes that they have brilliantly completed the task. Created the significant sacrifice the reasons are various, was not because the pilot made a debut

　　This publication reporter/Tang Lei (article) Liu Zhen (photography)

On November 6, 1951 14:35, the Chinese People’s Volunteers emptied the 8th division 9 charts – 2 bomber aircrafts stored the field takeoff from Yu Hong, to being located at outside the Yalu River mouth big and the island North Korean West Sea surface carried on bombing. Has altogether carried on to big and bombing of island 3 times, is called to bomb big and island. This is the new China Air Force first use bomber aircraft combat, is first time bombs the position which the foreign force seizes. In third bombing, some 15 people sacrificed. Speaking of the new China Air Force, this was the extremely frigid loss. But until now, many people think that this is because the entering the war personnels are insufficiently experienced, fights a hopeless battle tragedy which creates.

　　The surprise attack wipes out the US negotiations chip

On July 10, 1951 started the North Korean armistice talks, has been at the refusing to compromise condition. US representative said that the North Korea must take the Kaesong area’s land as the price, trades the United Nations armed forces to withdraw troops from the western island. The volunteer troops therefore decided that regains these islands, to wipe out US’s negotiations chip. These islands including big and island and peripheral. The traditional view believes that here is the US-South Korea Army important outpost position, in the island has the intelligence personnels and high powered radar, ground-to-air information Taiwan and listening-in device. But came from air force 25 teachers and 23 teacher ally forum card “Recollection Bombs Big And Island And Air fight’s Argument” in mentions: In big and various island and nearby islands only then more than 500 people of North Korean anti-communism guerilla force, does not have South Korean Army, but the UK-US officers same day have two people in November 6, was the allied armies special board of military operations school in this instruction consultant in area. In big and island does not have radar station or listening station and other facilities, the allied armies north radar station is located in Datong Jiangkou’s pepper island, but also south of this place outside more than hundred kilometers.

Both armies were still in the armistice talks, the fight has fired. This battle plan by volunteer troops 50th armed forces 148 Shi Dengdao, the volunteer troops air force 8th division 24 groups from the airborne coordination, carries on the firepower support to the ground forces.

20-year-old Li Qingyang is the first bombardment formation left under squadron command airplane’s senior navigator, he once was incurred into the aviation school as the social progress youth, the aviation school students in new China come from the progress youth or the years of schooling high army officers, the goal are to liberate Taiwan.

Other Li Qingyang and 34 carries out the duty aircraft crews is the new Chinese first generation of pilot, they study in the aviation school less than one year, the fight subject training less than 20 hours. Has operational experience’s chief Han Mingyang to graduate from the Northeast old aviation school only.

Before going to battle, an aircraft crews every 5 person group sits together, with the reconnaissance big camera photography of branch, then again cuts 5 single pictures. This kind wears does not have cap insignia’s cotton army cap’s single half-length to illuminate, is called martyr to illuminate, after to prevent the sacrifice memorial service could not look for the picture to prepare. Each entering the war personnels also attain 5000 Yuan North Korean coins and write the Sino-North Korean writing I am Chinese Volunteer troops Air force the cloth strip, so that after the parachuting can return alive uses.

On November 6, 1951, approached 16:00, the bomber formation flies to big and island sky, entered the bombing range beginning, Li Qingyang turns on the magazine along with the brigade command airplane together, saw under command airplane’s magazine had small sunspot to reveal, Li Qingyang presses the bombing electric switch immediately, and toss delivery handle, did this immediately prevents the electric switch malfunction, missed the bombing opportunity. Then, Li Qingyang opens camera electric switch, the photography bomb damage picture. But on the airplane film is seizes, already expired, any phantom has not flushed.

Although does not have the image certificate, but combat report demonstrated that this volunteer troops altogether bomb 81, the hit probability 90%. Because attacks suddenly, does not have the protection enemy airplanes not to lift off to stop with enough time, although counterattacks with the anti-aircraft gun, but the volunteer troops airplane does not have the casualties. The new Chinese first use bomber aircraft surprise attack attains greatly successfully.

On November 29, nearby volunteer troops spatial 10 teacher night flight brigade following orders night bombing big and island enemy troop warship, but after flying assigns the region, No. 1 machine throws down the flare to illuminate the sea level, has not discovered the enemy warship. For the guarantee security, the higher authority orders each machine unable to change the route willfully, the unit has to throw the bomb in the predetermined sea area, second bombing ended.

(This article originates: China News)