In his early years, he was admitted to the northeast army officer education class 1920, and was sent to France to study airplane driving for two years, and then he specialized in expelling airplanes. In the meantime, it was renamed. After graduation, he was awarded the rank of sergeant and went to the 23rd Expulsion Regiment of French Army Air Force in Nancy as a student. 1927 1 month, returned to China and served as the main member of the Eagle Team of Northeast Aviation Department of Zhang Xueliang's department, and later served as the main teacher of Northeast Aviation Education Class. & gt After the September 18th Incident, Xing Chan, an old friend who studied flying together, was introduced to work in the air force under the military and political departments of * * *. Due to the flight accident, I was unable to participate in the1February 28th incident which broke out on June 5438+0932+/kloc-0. In order to continue flying, he entered the advanced class of Hangzhou Jianqiao Central Aviation School for training, and then stayed as an instructor. However, because he was born in the Northeast Army, he was ignored and excluded, and his rank was reduced from major to captain. Later, due to his outstanding performance in an air show, the aviation school agreed to promote him as the captain of the eighth team and began to coach the students of the Central Aviation School. & gt 1934 spring, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 4th Air Force Brigade, in charge of the 2nd1,22nd and 23rd squadrons, and began to train new pilots at Hangjianqiao. 1935, Gao Zhihang was sent to Italy to inspect aviation in 1 year. Later, he performed well in the air show. Mussolini looked at it and said, "Pilots with such skills are also among the best in Italy." Italian aircraft manufacturers tried to bribe Gao Zhihang in order to promote backward aircraft, which was rejected by Gao. Gao Zai bid farewell to Mussolini and said, "Your plane is too backward. You want us to pay a bribe, and we in China will never accept it. Please forgive me. We're going to America. Bye! Mussolini appreciated his behavior very much and gave him the pen and pistol he brought with him as a souvenir. & gt After returning to China, Gao Zhihang served as the Deputy Chief of the Teaching Corps, assisted the Chief Captain Mao Bangchu in his work, and trained all pilots in Nanchang to drive away aircraft units. A number of outstanding pilots such as Liu, Dong Mingde, Zheng, Luo Yingde have been trained successively. & gt combat experience1August, 93713rd, the Song-Lu War broke out. 14 after breakfast that day, Gao Zhihang, then the captain of the 4th Air Brigade, flew to Nanjing for a meeting. Before he left, he instructed Li Guidan, captain of squadron 2 1 Air Force, to lead the squadron forward as ordered. In the afternoon, after a long flight in the rain, through the clouds to overcome the bad weather conditions, the 2 1 and 23 squadrons of the fourth brigade arrived at Jianqiao Airport first, and the captain Gao Zhihang also flew directly from Nanjing to Jianqiao. At this time, I just received the latest information about the Japanese attack from General Chen, the head of the former enemy air defense headquarters at that time. Some large enemy bombers flew in the direction of building the bridge. Gao Zhihang immediately went to the take-off line, ordered the landing squadron members of 2 1 and 23 to take off quickly again by shouting and gestures, and intercepted the Japanese plane with the last remaining oil. Gao Zhihang immediately took off and shot down a Japanese plane, which was the first time that the China Air Force shot down a Japanese plane. After & gt,1September, 939, the state officially ordered that August 14 every year be Air Force Day. From then on, Gao Zhihang and Liu Cuigang (1937 10) ran out of fuel when supporting the battle of Xinkou, and unfortunately collided with the tower when forced to land, and died heroically at the age of 24. ), Li Guidan (124 years old when he collided with a Japanese plane in Wuhan in February, 938) and Le Qin Yi (1937 12) were hit by the enemy in the air battle with the Japanese. When parachuting, in order to avoid Japanese shooting, he opened his umbrella too late and died heroically at the age of 22. ) and is known as the "Four donkey kong" of China Air Force. On the morning of August 15, the 2nd Air Force of the Japanese Naval Air Force sent 34 planes to take off from the carrier Kaga and attack Hangzhou. Gao Zhihang shot down two Japanese planes and returned to the airport with a bullet in his left arm. People from all walks of life in Hangzhou went to Guangci Hospital to express their condolences. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek, then chairman of the China Civil Affairs Committee, specially remitted 10,000 yuan to Dayang, and specially praised it and ordered it to be sent to Hankou for treatment. After leaving the hospital, he was promoted to be the colonel commander of the air force expulsion team, in charge of Nanjing air defense mission, commanding the third, fourth and fifth air brigades, and concurrently serving as the captain of the fourth air brigade, also known as the "Zhihang Brigade". On June+10, 5438, Japanese planes invaded Nanking, and Gao Zhihang led the plane to meet them and shot down a Japanese plane. & gt1937165438+10, Gao Zhihang was ordered to go to Lanzhou to receive Soviet fighter planes aiding China. According to the order, he led the Chinese aid soldiers to fly to Zhoujiakou. Stay where you are because of the bad weather. 165438+1October 2 1 day, Zhoujiakou Airport received a report that there were 1 1 Japanese planes flying to the airport. He immediately ordered the battle, but by this time, the Japanese fighter plane had flown over the airport, and Gao Zhihang boarded the plane under the dive bombing of the Japanese plane. He was just 30 years old when he entered the cabin and was killed by shells dropped by Japanese fighters. At the same time, six people, including Feng, ordnance chief of the Fourth Air Brigade, and Guo, an airport food delivery cook, were also killed. When he was killed, Gao Zhihang's hands were still clutching the joystick of the plane. & gt After his death, the National People's Congress and the Central Military Commission posthumously conferred the rank of Major General Gao Zhihang. At the memorial service held in the auditorium of Hankou Chamber of Commerce, Chiang Kai-shek personally presided over it, and laid a wreath in mourning, saying that "Gao Zhihang heroes die a fair death, live a fair life, and live forever. Zhou Enlai also attended the memorial service and praised Gao Zhihang as "a hero of the Chinese nation who sacrificed for War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the nation". ".1993, 92-year-old Zhang Xueliang wrote the inscription" Northeast Eagle, Air Force spirit of war "for this fellow countryman and his subordinates. & gt