Tokyo Rose was screeching her propoganda over the shortwave radio out of Shanghai as the 23rd Fighter Group prepared to assume the mantle of Chennault's American Volunteer Group - the Flying Tigers. Her rantings served only to fill the new pilots with greater determination, and to provoke Chennault into immediate action: "We will not wait until the 4th. We'll hit them on the 3rd!" vowed General Chennault on hearing the broadcast, and that is precisely what the young American kids did. Flying their P-40 Warhawks, 29 rookie fighter pilots ripped into a force of 48 Zeros over Kweilin, chopping down 34 enemy aircraft without loss on their first day in combat - a full day before the 23rd FG officially came into being. Tokyo Rose fell silent the following day.