Model plane lovers will launch a simulated "anti-Japanese" air-war on August 13 to mark the 58th anniversary that Japanese troops attacked Shanghai, the Beijing-based The First Daily reported on Tuesday.

More than 80 air models are expected to participate in the simulated air battle, the largest of its kind since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, the paper says.

To mark the the 60th anniversary of the victory over the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, China will stage a series of activities to mark the event.

The air models, most of which are modeled on US and Japanese airplanes popular the World War Two, will be locked in 86 fierce fights in the air 60 meters to 120 meters above ground, according to the paper.

In the "air war" , 20 model planes will exploded in the air in order to make it "vividly" reflect the true situation in the World War Two, the paper says.

Some model plane lovers, who initiated the activity, "have dissipated all their fortune" to make this project a success. They are expected to spend a total of 640,000 yuan (about 77,388 US dollars) on the program, a big amount for wage-earners, the paper says.

Source: Xinhuanet.com