To resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the third division of the Air Force entered the DPRK in the second round and fought many wars.

Excerpted from Eagle Strikes the Sky (by Yuan Xiaogang);

In chapter five, the third division of the air force entered the DPRK in the second round and played a little more.

After the first actual combat exercise, the third air division returned to the second line to rest for more than three months, summed up and digested the experience of air combat, and conducted necessary tactical and technical training according to actual combat needs. Pay attention to the tracking of two planes and four planes, dive and descend at a large angle, attack vertically, aim at shooting with moving aperture, and improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Following the orders of the air force, the troops stepped up their fighting. On May 1952, the 3rd Air Force Division went to the front again to participate in the second round of operations. There are also two regiments of Air Force Divisions 12, 17 and 18, which are on the same line as the 3rd Division. The 4th, 6th and15th divisions of the Air Force are deployed in second-line bases such as Shenyang and Liaoyang to support front-line operations.

At this time, the Soviet Air Force began to gradually withdraw to China. At the strong request of Willand, commander of the US Far East Air Force, Vandenberg selected a large number of senior pilots who participated in World War II from the United States to support the Far East Air Force. The tactics of the U.S. Air Force have also changed significantly, from the large fleet in the past to our own team of four to eight planes, equipped in batches, in depth and at different levels, expanding the coverage of the theater air force, and adopting so-called "bait" tactics and "air hunter" tactics to suppress and block our combat airport and sneak attack our take-off and landing planes as an important means to compete for air superiority and cover their fighter-bomber actions. The focus of bombing also extends from the front of our transportation line to the important and key targets such as hydropower station and Yalu River Bridge behind us. Weapons and equipment have also been greatly improved. A large number of F-86E and F-86F30 fighters with better performance have replaced the original F-86A, and their performance is obviously better than that of MIG 15 fighters.

According to the changes of the enemy situation and the requirements of operational tasks, the Volunteer Air Force followed the operational policy of "keeping the target first" and fought bravely to defend Lagushao Power Station, Yalu River Bridge and the traffic lines north of Pyongyang and Yuanshan Mountain.

The third aviation division began to enter a new stage of fighting a big battle, that is, under the general meteorological conditions during the day, it alone or led its brothers to fight against the big fleet of the US Air Force to complete the task of defending important targets.

In the face of a tougher opponent than the first round, at the beginning of the second round of war, the Air Third Division was passively defeated because of underestimating its enemy, and was attacked by American planes twice in a row, causing serious losses.

On the morning of may 13, the command post of the joint air force division ordered the 9th regiment to take off eight planes to lead the 34th regiment of the 12 division to fight. Due to lax search vigilance, they suddenly encountered enemy F-86 fighters over Shun 'an, and were attacked by the enemy without dropping the auxiliary fuel tank, and two of them were shot down, 1 injured.

On the morning of May 15, the 34th Regiment and the 9th Regiment 1 Battalion received a notice from the command post of the Joint Air Force Division that two batches of four enemy F-86 aircraft had fled to Tieshan area. In order to prevent enemy planes from attacking our army and landing, a squadron warned the air captain to cover the aircraft fleet for disintegration and landing. Captain Zhou Feng led 1 Brigade 1 Squadron 8000m, and covered 1 Brigade 34th Regiment and 2nd Squadron to land. After the fleet landed, enemy planes flew over the Yalu River estuary to spy on our plane in an attempt to sneak attack. At this point, I disbanded Air 4 and prepared to land. At this time, all planes have reduced their altitude and speed, put down their flaps and landing gear, and it is difficult to maneuver. Two enemy F-86s suddenly rushed down and attacked No.2 and No.3 respectively. No.2 was shot down and killed, and No.3 was shot down and seriously injured after parachuting. Tian She, No.4 aircraft, quickly supported No.3 aircraft, injuring the enemy plane, but was shot down by another enemy plane and killed. As a result, it was shot down by the enemy, and two pilots were killed and 1 injured.

The painful lessons have attracted great attention from the whole army. From division and regiment leaders to every pilot, they have carefully examined the enemy's concepts, tactical ideas, command coordination, air movements and other aspects, and learned the lessons of carelessness, lax vigilance, inflexible tactics and inability to change the enemy. At the same time, strengthen tactical research, organize troops to seriously study the air combat tactical principle of "one domain, multiple layers and four systems" proposed by Commander Liu Yalou. This tactical principle requires the same group of aircraft dispatched by the same echelon to be equipped at different levels (at least equipped with two layers) according to different intervals, distances and heights, forming a deep combat formation of our team. In accordance with the unified operational intention, take the leader as the core, and maintain a field and cooperate with each other within the scope of visual and tactical contact. By learning this tactical principle, the tactical thinking of the troops became clearer, and the passive and unfavorable situation was quickly reversed.

July to 65438+ 10 is a cloudy and rainy season in the war zone, and only 1/2 is suitable for the volunteer air force to take off or barely take off. In order to strengthen the training of troops and effectively cover the traffic in northern Korea and the important targets along the Yalu River, the head of the Volunteer Air Force is determined to organize the frontline troops to take the initiative to go out over the Qingchuan River to meet the F86 aircraft in the enemy's large fleet and prevent them from covering the fighter-bombers from approaching the Qingchuan River.

1On the morning of July 4th, 952, the US Air Force dispatched 70 fighter-bombers in an attempt to attack Lagusho Power Station again under the cover of F-86. The 12 aviation division took off eight planes to cooperate with the friendly air force fleet to disperse the F-86 advance echelon, forcing the enemy fighter-bomber to return halfway.

On the morning of July 27, it was found that there were US Navy aircraft activities in the area south of Pyongyang. The 9th Regiment of the 3rd Aviation Division, led by Hu Lin, technical inspection director of the division, took off at 10: 45 and set sail by clouds. The formation flew over Nanpu town and began to search for enemy planes. Hu Lin used anti-aircraft guns to shoot the smoke of American planes, judged the position of enemy planes, led the formation to turn right, and used clouds to find enemy planes in advance and attack them. The enemy plane was attacked and fled into the clouds. The ninth regiment followed up the attack with two machines. Zhang Shoulan, No.3 aircraft, and Zhu Zhimin, No.4 aircraft, each shot down the enemy aircraft 1 aircraft with quick and sudden actions. Under the cover of wingman Luo Canghai, Liu Zhitian, No.5 fighter plane, bypassed the direction of the enemy plane flying out of the clouds, intercepted and shot down 1, and then wounded another 1. In this air battle, * * * shot down 3 US Navy FMK5 fighters and was injured 1.

Throughout the first ten days of August, the Volunteer Air Force * * * dispatched 58 batches of 442 sorties, of which 15 batches 122 sorties fought against enemy planes and shot down and injured 2 1 aircraft, which dealt a heavy blow to the enemy. The US Air Force then reduced the scope of fighter-bomber activities to the south of Pyongyang, while the area north of Qingchuan River mainly used complex meteorological weather to carry out activities, and increased the frequency of dispatching medium and large aircraft groups. During the 19 days from August 13 to August 36, 5438+03, the Volunteer Air Force took off 12 batches of 80 sorties, among which the 3rd and 2nd 12 aviation divisions engaged with the large mixed fleet of the US Air Force in Anzhou and Guichuan areas on August 20 and 22.

In September, despite the bad weather, the Volunteer Air Force actively fought and smashed four attempts by the US Air Force to attack Lagushao Power Station and Yalu River Bridge.

On September 4th, from 14: 00 to 14: 00 to 50: 00, the US Air Force dispatched 100 fighter-bombers to attack Lagushao Power Station in two directions under the cover of more than 80 F86s. The Volunteer Air Force and the Friendship Air Force have made a division of labor. The Friendship Air Force is responsible for attacking enemy planes on the West Road, and the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division and the 36th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Air Force are responsible for attacking enemy planes on Bitong and Chushan East Road.

The 16 MIG 15 plane that took off from the 7th regiment was led by Sun Jinghua, deputy head of the regiment, and 32 F-86s were covered by clouds. Lead the team leader to decisively command the fleet into battle. The 7th Regiment fought bravely and tenaciously in the situation of disparity between the enemy and ourselves. Squadron leader Yang, Wei Shuanglu and pilot Guo Ge shot down the enemy plane 1 frame, while squadron leader Yan Zhongxiang and each injured the enemy plane 1 frame. The seventh regiment was shot down by the enemy and the sixth regiment was injured. Although it paid a great price, it prevented the American fighter-bomber from approaching the target and completed the task of protecting Lagushao Power Station.

On September 9th, 15 and 17, the US Air Force dispatched large aircraft groups in succession in an attempt to attack Lagushao Power Station and Yalu River Bridge, all of which were repelled by our volunteer air force.

1952101On October 9, the US military staged an amphibious landing campaign in Yuanshan area. 65438+1October 14 attacked Shangganling on a large scale. At this time, the US Air Force turned to support the ground forces, destroying battlefield transportation, and the attacks on important targets along the Yalu River were relatively reduced.

In order to update equipment and improve combat effectiveness, during this period, our government negotiated with the Soviet government and purchased a number of MIG 15 Bis aircraft with better performance. The 7th and 9th regiments of the 3rd Aviation Division returned to the second line in September and June of 65438+1October respectively, and changed into MIG 15 Bis fighters with more advanced performance. MIG 15 has better engine thrust, flying speed and bomb load than MIG 15. Engine thrust increased from 2226 kn to 2647 kn. In order to adapt to the new combat mission, in the process of refitting the new aircraft, the Party Committee of the Division mobilized everyone to adopt the way of "I write about me" and sum up combat experience from top to bottom. The flight commander focused on summarizing the air command experience, and the pilot focused on how to fight against the enemy F-86, how to maintain the four-aircraft operation, and how to break the enemy's "bait" tactics. By summing up experience, the air command ability of commanders, the tactical level of troops and the overall combat capability have been further improved.

1952165438+125 October, the central military commission instructed: to continue to play the spirit of going forward and boldly attacking, and to attack the attacking enemies in order to defend the main traffic trunk lines of North Korea and the targets of the northeast administrative and industrial center. In accordance with the spirit of this directive, the Volunteer Air Force actively organized the first-line and second-line troops to cooperate in combat, adopted the method of multi-echelon continuous dispatch, enhanced the strength of sustained attacks on American aircraft, emphasized "tactics and technology", constantly expanded the results, and pushed the air force front southward with victory.

165438+1At the beginning of October, under the order of the air force joint division, the 3rd Air Force Division was ordered to fight a big battle with the friendly air force to defend Lagushao Power Station, Yalu River Bridge, the first-line base and the main traffic trunk lines north of Qingchuan, and to defend important industrial targets in Northeast China. In order to better carry out this task, the whole division carried out in-depth combat mobilization, emphasizing the need to give full play to collective wisdom and strength in combat. Every pilot should establish the idea of "focusing on the queen bee (that is, the air commander) shooting at the enemy, flying to the place where the war is going on, flying to the place where the situation is serious, flying to the direction of supporting his comrades" and so on.

? 1952 65438+February 2 1 1: 55 to 14: 49, the U.S. air force dispatched a large fleet in an attempt to reconnoiter sinuiju airport and attack ground targets south of Qingchuan River. Among them, two batches of 16 F-86 combat interceptors (including reconnaissance planes) flew directly to Tieshan area along the west coast. Zheng Changhua, head of the 34th regiment of theNo. 12 Aviation Division, took off at a rate of 16 MIG 15 Bis, 12, with an attack altitude of 6000m. In the fierce battle, No.6 Wu Wang and No.9 Jiang Longting each shot down 1 enemy plane, and No.8 Zhang Daoqian forced 1 enemy plane to fall into the sea in pursuit. In the afternoon, the U.S. Air Force dispatched 40 F-86 fighter interceptors and reconnaissance planes to continue reconnaissance aerial photography to cover fighter-bombers attacking ground targets south of the Qingchuan River. The 9th Regiment of the 3rd Aviation Division took off 12 MIG 15 Bis, led by Wang Hai, deputy head of the division, flying over Yongshan, Tieshan and Xinshidong, and cooperating with the 34th Regiment to attack the US F-86 fleet. In the air battle, Sun, the squadron leader, shot down two American planes and was attacked by the enemy when the single plane returned. The plane was shot at 12, and Sun Jian landed successfully. 14: 30, the 7th regiment of the 3rd Air Division took off 12 MIG 15 Bis supported the 9th regiment to fight, and launched a fierce battle with the US fleet in Guicheng area. Tang Kui, 1 brigade leader, shot down 1 enemy plane.

65438+On the afternoon of February 3rd 14: 50, Wang Hai, deputy head of the 9th regiment of the 3rd Aviation Division, led three squadrons to attack the enemy at 12 over Pyongyang. When our fleet flew to the south of Qingchuan River, we found four enemy planes in the air. Wang Hai decided that they were "bait", so he took countermeasures to attack instead of fight, quickly seize the height, concentrate on one area and strengthen vigilance to break the enemy. Sure enough, more than 20 enemy planes vaguely pressed north. Our formation boldly inserted into the enemy's defense line with hidden and sudden actions, disrupting its formation. From high altitude12000m to low altitude1500m, from Qingchuan River to Datong River. 12 people are always fighting in one field and supporting each other. Nine people opened fire one after another, shooting down three enemy F-86 sabers and injuring three others. No.3 fighter Sun and No.4 wingman Ma fought with 10 enemy planes to cover the safety of the fleet. Sun, the "air raider", was unfortunately shot down by the enemy, and his blood spilled in the sky.

1953 65438+1October 10, which is the most memorable day in the history of the third air division.

On this day, the Third Air Division held a celebration meeting to shoot down and injure the enemy plane 100 at Anton Langtou Airport. The Central Military Commission sent a letter of commendation to the Third Division of the Air Force:

"Celebrate your great victory in shooting down and injuring 102 enemy planes within 13 months. Your brilliant record proves that the combat effectiveness of our People's Air Force has been greatly improved. Your active, brave and astute combat actions are worth learning by the whole army. I hope to make persistent efforts, guard against arrogance and rashness, further improve skills and tactics, and strive to annihilate more American air robbers! The martyrs who died in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea are immortal! "

The air force, air joint division and brother units of the Central Military Commission also sent congratulatory messages and presented pennants to the Air Third Division.

The Air Force of the Central Military Commission awarded the Third Division of the Air Force a banner embroidered with six Chinese characters of Jin Shanshan, which read: "Great record, great success."

The banner awarded by the United Air Transport Department reads:

"Memorial Air Force 103 troops shot down and wounded hundreds of enemy planes.

Earnestly and assiduously study tactics and techniques, make persistent efforts and create greater glories.

Political Department of China-DPRK People's Joint Command "

Nie, commander of the United Airlines Transportation Department, and other leaders spoke at the meeting and gave enthusiastic encouragement and encouragement.

The officers and men of the Air Third Division are full of spirit and high morale, and continue to fight bravely. Within ten days after the celebration, more than one enemy plane 10 was shot down and injured.

1953 65438+1On October 26th, the 3rd Air Division completed the second combat mission and returned to Shenyang with the honor of victory.

In the two rounds of operations before and after the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, 63 pilots from the Third Division of the Air Force participated in the war, of which 45 pilots participated in the war twice. * * * 255 batches of combat take-offs, 3,465 sorties; 52 batches of actual combat, 776 sorties. 45 pilots hit enemy planes, accounting for 7 1.4% of the total number of pilots participating in the war. The whole division * * * shot down and injured enemy planes 1 14 (including 87 shot down and 27 injured; Seven regiments shot down 58 planes and nine regiments shot down 56 planes.

The results achieved by the Third Division of the Air Force in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea were the old version, and now there is a revised new version:

Shot down and injured enemy planes 1 17, shot down 88 and injured 29.

F—86？ 42 were shot down and 19 were injured.

F—84？ Shot down 3 1 and wounded 8.

F—80？ Eight were shot down, 1 injured.

P—5 1？ Shoot down two planes.

FMK-5 shot down four planes and injured 1 plane.

FMK-8 shot down 1.

These achievements and victories are hard-won. When combat missions are frequent, the third aviation division takes off almost every day, sometimes three or four times a day. Due to the damage of aircraft and the reduction of pilots, in the most difficult time, a regiment can only take off eight aircraft and still insist on combat duty and take-off operations. During the entire War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 3rd Aviation Division was shot down and injured by the enemy, with 63 aircraft, including 44 aircraft shot down and 19 aircraft injured. The battle loss ratio between the enemy and ourselves is 1.6: 1.

The 3rd aviation division * * * sacrificed18th pilot, namely: Jin Meng, deputy head; Mou Dunkang,,, Sun,, Shen Qinxian, Captain; Pilots Fan, Guo, Guo, Gao Faan, Guo, Liu Zhenxing and Yan Junwu. These fallen soldiers wrote the glorious war history of the Third Air Division with their blood and lives, and their achievements and reputation will be immortal!

After the tempering of the war, a number of heroic collectives and individuals famous for the whole army emerged in the Air Third Division, known as the "ace troops of heroes". This can be seen from the following rankings:

Record of participation of fighter divisions of Volunteer Air Force

Air Third Division: 87 planes were shot down and 27 were injured, totaling 1 14.

Fourth Air Force Division: 64 aircraft were shot down and 24 were injured, a total of 88 aircraft.

Air Force Division 12: 57 planes were shot down and injured 1 1, a total of 68 planes.

Air Force Division 15: 5 1 aircraft were shot down and 61aircraft were injured, totaling 67 aircraft.

Air Sixth Division: 26 were shot down and 5 were injured, totaling 3 1.

Air Force Division 17: 23 were shot down and 3 were injured, making a total of 26.

Air Force 14 Division: 10 was shot down and two people were injured, totaling 12.

Air Second Division: 4 were shot down and 6 were injured, totaling 10.

Air Force18th Division: 6 planes were shot down, a total of 6.

Air Force/KOOC-0/6 Division: Shoot down/KOOC-0/frame and injure/KOOC-0/frame, a total of 2.

Top ten personal air combat records

Zhao, 3rd Aviation Division: Seven were shot down and two were injured, making a total of nine.

Liu Third Aviation Division: Six were shot down and two were injured, a total of eight.

Sun, 3rd Aviation Division: 6 aircraft were shot down and injured 1 aircraft, a total of 7 aircraft.

Jiang Daoping, 1st15th Air Force Division: 5 were shot down and 2 were injured, making a total of 7.

Zhang Wan, No.3 Normal University: 5 planes were shot down and 6 planes were injured 1 plane.

Lu Min, 1st 12 aviation division: shot down five planes, a total of five.

Han Decai, Air Force 15 Division: Shoot down five planes, a total of five.

Wang Hai, 3rd Aviation Division: Four were shot down and five were injured, making a total of nine.

Zou Yan, the 4th aviation division: 4 were shot down and 2 were injured, a total of 6.

Wu Shengkai, division 15: 4 was shot down, 1 injured, a total of 5.

There are 6 first-class combat heroes in the Volunteer Air Force, and 4 in the Air Third Division. They are:

Wang Hai, Liu, Zhao, Sun.

There are five second-class combat heroes, and the third aviation division accounts for three. They are:

Jiao, Fan,.

In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the China Volunteer Air Force shot down 330 American planes and injured 95. Among them, 88 were shot down by the third aviation division, 30 were injured by it, and the third aviation division accounted for more than a quarter.

During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, 2 12 members of the Volunteer Air Force shot down or injured American planes, including 43 members of the 3rd Air Division. Of the 38 people who shot down more than three planes, the third air division accounted for 14. In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Zhao, the creator of the highest record of shooting down American planes, and Liu Tong, the creator of 4-0 air combat, were in the Third Aviation Division. Four of the six units that won the first class collective merit were in the Third Aviation Division, including the famous Wang Hai Brigade. Of the more than 60 pilots in the division, 7 were awarded the title of combat hero; 14 people who have won the title of first-class hero or above.

My father also won the first-class merit and was awarded the first-class national flag medal and the second-class medal of freedom and independence by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Many combat heroes of the Third Division of the Air Force later held important leadership positions in the Air Force, including General Wang Hai, commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Yang Zhenyu, Lieutenant General Hu Lin and Lieutenant General Liu Zhizhong, deputy commander of the Air Force. Liu, air force commander of Beijing Military Region, and air force commander of Nanjing Military Region, etc.

The 3rd Aviation Division flies like a cloud in Starlight Glimmer, which has played an important role in the construction of China Air Force in various periods.

My father was in another air crash when he was in the third aviation division. Once, he took the Soviet Jacques 12 communication machine from Dandong Langtou Airport to Shenyang for a meeting. My father sat behind the pilot and the pilot. When he flew, he saw that there should be a mountain near the route in front of the chart, reminding the pilot: "Be careful of the mountain ahead!" It was winter, the ground was covered with snow, and the visibility was not good that day. Three people looked at it with six eyes for a long time and saw nothing in front. At this time, my father was a little nervous. I should have seen it then! I was just thinking, suddenly a big snow mountain appeared in front of me! Because the yaw plane is hitting the abdomen of the snow mountain at high speed! Passing 18-wheeler, dad pushed the pilot away and grabbed the steering column, because he knew in his heart that if he pulled up the steering column and lifted the nose, he would definitely shoot! Only airplane roll can be avoided. That's the truth! The plane nearly crashed into the hillside.

(The next excerpt: 5. Days in the command post of the Joint Air Transport Division)