China News Agency, Kunming, December 20 (Miao Chao) 79 years ago today (December 20, 1941), the Chinese Air Force's US Volunteer Aid to China (also known as the "Flying Tigers") met the enemy over Kunming for the first time , Shot down a total of 9 Japanese aircraft.

In the first battle, they delivered an impressive 9:0 record, breaking the situation of Japanese aircraft dominating the Chinese airspace, and the Flying Tigers became famous in the first battle!

　　To commemorate this special day.

On the 20th, nearly 50 descendants of the Flying Tigers gathered in Kunming Jiren Teahouse Dayi Flying Tiger Cultural Experience Hall to recall the prosperous years of the Flying Tigers and trace the Sino-US War of Resistance.

　　More than 70 years ago, in 1941, General Chennault led the American Aviation Volunteer Team to China and fought shoulder to shoulder with the Chinese army.

From its establishment in August 1941 to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in August 1945, the Flying Tigers destroyed more than 2,900 sorties of Japanese aircraft and sunk 44 Japanese ships.

On the tragic "Hump Route", China and the United States have successively invested more than 2,200 aircraft, transporting more than 730,000 tons of anti-war materials.

　　"In 1938, Japanese bombers began flying over Kunming and dropping bombs, causing more than a hundred casualties." Zhang Yongzhen, an 86-year-old Kunming elder, recalled to the descendants of the Flying Tigers, "Before the Flying Tigers came to China, the people of Kunming Endured three years of fearful days of avoiding air raids and running the alarm."

　　Zhang Yongzhen, who was still a child at the time, and his family wake up every day to see at first glance whether there are red lanterns hung on Wuhua Mountain in Kunming.

The lantern heralded the future bombing by the Japanese plane.

"After seeing the lanterns, every family took the time to cook and bring them up to the mountains or air-raid shelters to avoid bombing by the Japanese plane."

　　"Before Kunming, there was no air force or anti-aircraft guns. Japanese planes came and went freely, and their arrogance was very arrogant." What he remembers most is that 79 years ago today, 10 Japanese planes flew over Kunming, but unexpectedly encountered them. The Tigers staged the first air battle in Kunming's history. "Most people in Kunming ran out of caves and air-raid shelters and witnessed the Japanese aircraft being blocked by the Flying Tigers, and the Zero aircraft dropped blue smoke to the ground..."

　　After listening to Zhang Yongzhen's story, Huang Jiming, a descendant of the Flying Tigers, was very moved.

Her father played for the Flying Tigers and served as a personal translator for General Chennault.

She told reporters that back then, China and the United States worked together to fight fascism. After the war, the descendants of the Flying Tigers often came to Kunming to look for them, and they often gathered at the Jiren teahouse she ran.

"Some people also brought precious video materials. Everyone regarded this place as a place to review history, connect feelings, and exchange research results on the War of Resistance."

　　In 2016, Huang Jiming and the descendants of the Flying Tigers took the lead in establishing the Kunming Flying Tigers Descendants Club, which is intended to inherit the spirit of the fathers’ bloody fighting against fascism and sincere cooperation, to continue the friendship of the predecessors, and to be the descendants of the Chinese and American Flying Tigers. To provide convenience for gatherings in Kunming, "Let everyone come from afar and feel at home."

　　On the same day, Du Rukang, a descendant of the Flying Tigers from Guangdong, and Gao Demin, a descendant of the Flying Tigers living in Kunming, brought the calligraphy works of "Sino-American Friendship Flying Tiger Hump" to the Kunming Flying Tigers Descendants Club.

　　Du Rukang's father was an overseas Chinese mechanic in Southeast Asia who had returned from Burma to fight the Japanese War.

He told reporters, "I am very happy to meet so many descendants of Flying Tigers in Kunming, and to hear many stories of their parents here."

　　Gao Demin, whose mother was a nurse of the Flying Tigers, believes, “We must join hands to thoroughly study the immortal feats of the “Flying Tiger” and “Hump” warriors of China and the United States in the War of Resistance against Japan, and let the predecessors’ love and deep friendship for generations. According to legend, it promotes the traditional friendship between the two great countries of China and the United States." (End)