The number and damage of Chinese and Japanese aircraft participating in the air battle between Songhu and Shanghai.

193265438+1On October 28th, the Japanese army attacked Shanghai, and the Battle of Songhu broke out. At that time, the Japanese army had more than 90 thousand troops, about 80 ships and more than 300 planes; China has 50,000 defenders and only 32 planes. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, China Air Force cooperates with the ground forces to fight bravely. On February 5th, four planes from both sides fought for the first time, and the Chinese plane was shot down by 1. On 20th, robert short, an American pilot of China Air Force, had an air battle with three Japanese planes, injuring two Japanese planes. On 22nd, Short's plane was besieged by six Japanese planes over Suzhou. Xiao shot down the Japanese plane 1 and was shot down by the Japanese plane and died. On 26th, China Air Force plane 15 fought fiercely with the Japanese fleet over Hangzhou Bay, shooting down the Japanese plane 1, and China pilots Shi Bangfan and Zhao Fuming were injured and forced to land. On the same day, six Japanese bombers attacked Hangzhou Jos Airport under the cover of the expulsion plane. Ding, the captain of Guangdong Air Force, led three planes to take off to meet them, and the Japanese plane was expelled after 10 minutes.