Now he knows that Iceland’s defense is still so fragile even if it is strengthened by jet fighters. The roots of high-tech weapons cannot withstand consumption in such a large-scale war, and even if it is severe, it will be overwhelmed by the number of superior opponents.
Faced with the possibility of preventing German bombing, the British army commander Hugh has long had experience in dealing with this problem. General Dowding immediately came up with what he thought was the safest solution to let the Americans retreat, leaving a bomber unit similar to Iceland to resist the German army.
This is the best way he can think of to resist now, so that the fighter forces can take advantage of a hidden secret airport to shoot down the German bombers as much as possible and hurt the Germans, so that they can’t easily go to Iceland to carry out the attack
But now his plan represents that Americans will lose a lot of things, because the infrastructure of Iceland base is very imperfect. So this time, the United States opened the British Icelandic outpost and gambled with the mentality that the Germans did not dare to fight back
According to the fact that Germany canceled the reconnaissance plane sent to Iceland, the United States judged that the Germans should be very afraid of the British meteor jet fighters. They thought that the German army would not go to Iceland to fight back on a large scale. After all, bombing an island that was almost deserted was a very unwise thing to consume more fuel and ammunition.
So this time, the American bombers going to Iceland carried so many things that they were astounding-the US Army Air Force needed a lot of fuel and all kinds of ammunition were transported to the Icelandic base, and this hastily built Icelandic base simply could not hold so many things.
Because of the urgent need to build all kinds of important facilities, such as waterworks and dormitory coastal defense facilities, the foundation of Iceland’s defense facilities is equivalent to nothing being built-there is no warehouse or bunker, and most of the fortifications are directly built on the surface.
Another headache is that due to the lack of infrastructure in Iceland, it can be ignored. When a large number of oil and ammunition are transported to Iceland, these things have to be piled up in the open air or simply put in ordinary warehouses.
In the event of bomber bombing, it is difficult to ensure that these precious materials are fortunately attacked all over Iceland. The fuel and ammunition hoarded by the allied forces will become German bombs and destroy everything in Iceland. After losing the Icelandic base, the allied forces finally set up a strategic outpost to contain Germany, which was easily destroyed by the Germans.
Us army aviation commander Nye watched Hugh? General Dowding finally said with difficulty, "Once our plane returns to the United States, all the losses … will be really lost. We bombed Norway and tried to give up all our previous efforts, and our only chance to defeat the Germans will disappear completely!"
"Want us to have strength! As long as we are alive, we will have a chance to defeat the enemy! Opportunities are always there … but if we lose the offensive power, even if we find opportunities, we can’t fight back! " Hugh? Doding took out the words of the king of England to comfort them to comfort the officials of the United States, and then he looked at each other hoping to get their approval
Time is money, time is life, and time is all prerequisites. When Americans and Britain are struggling to cope with the German attack, the German bomber formation is halfway-three bombers have formed a huge Chinese formation and flew to their targets like migratory birds.
A large group of fw19d fighters have returned one after another because of their voyage. They have finished their execution and sent these bombers to the designated location. These bombers are carrying out observation and landmark on the sea. A dozen German naval officers and men are waving to the sky enthusiastically.
"Here is the little moltke bomber wing! Our escort fighters are leaving! They should be the last fw19d fighters to leave the escort position! We are now relying on the three a152 fighters overhead! " A pilot reported the formation on a short line, and the German bombers were still approaching Iceland in great strides.
In fact, the Germans didn’t keep silent because their opponent, the British army, has set up several high-power radars in Iceland to find German planes at a long distance-this distance has not been tested, but from the perspective of the efficiency of the British army intercepting German reconnaissance planes, it should be a problem to detect distances exceeding 1 km.
In addition, a large number of British spy German planes left in the north of England may be discovered by the British as soon as they set off from there. At this time, it seems that there is no hidden effect except creating trouble for themselves. It is allowed to communicate with short lines when coordinating the formation of aircraft.
"Three 152 fighters? Half of the Soviets on the eastern front of this array dare not let the plane rise and provoke because it is no different from dying for them! " The commander of the navigation captain laughed and quipped, "Pay attention to the clouds ahead! If we calculate according to the voyage, we have almost entered the British civil air defense range! "
"Bomber 144 call! Bomber 144 calling! I found an English destroyer! As expected! Our action should have been discovered! " The British are not stupid. They quickly dispatched nearby patrol destroyers and torpedo boats for long-range alert, hoping to find the traces of German planes earlier-it seems that they have succeeded.
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"Up to the command! Lift all the planes! " After all, the commander of American Army Aviation finally chose to compromise. After all, he didn’t have the courage to directly face the overwhelming bombing of Germany, and he didn’t dare to pin everything on the pathetic 36 fighter planes to prevent the war.
German intelligence analysis is very close to the reality, and the navy’s speculation is correct. Because of the rush to build a base and the low self-confidence, the deployment of anti-aircraft guns in Britain and Iceland is very limited, and there are about five anti-aircraft guns, all of which are scattered. Half of Iceland’s cement-fixed permanent batteries are even impossible temporarily.
Just as the Americans made their plane take off from Iceland, the alarm was just right. A British communications officer hurried to Hugh. General Doding handed him a newspaper "General! The navy found a large number of german planes, more than two! It is close to Iceland! "
"Emergency refueling! Let all the planes that can take off rise immediately! Fighters take off to meet bombers and return to the United States! " Hugh? Dowding glanced at the American Army Aviation Officers and sighed and walked quickly to his command post. After all, this is a British base, and he is the supreme commander of defense here. He must do his duty to defend everything here from German planes.
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"Start the engine! Upgrade! " The ground commander next to the telephone received the take-off order and shouted that the ground crew in the distance guided the plane into the take-off runway. At that time, the sudden starting sound of the aircraft engine could be heard everywhere.
A British pilot got into his meteor jet fighter and then the wire communicator and the tower said, "Meteor 7 is ready to take off! Everything is fine! If it’s my turn to take off, please let me know immediately. "He is more fuel efficient ahead. The improved fighter with p4 Rolls Royce engine has climbed.
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High in the sky, a young German female gunner got into the narrow turret in the fuselage of the German bomber. She turned the turret lightly and aimed the gun at the most likely position of the enemy.
There was a noise in her headphones. "All the running shooters immediately entered the combat readiness state! The a152 fighter is going back! "
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Chapter 995 996 Fire at the same time
No one can imagine what it was like in real history when German pilots slowly looked up at the sky after looking at the dense record marks on their aircraft fuselage and looked at the hundreds of allied bombers flying over their heads
No one can know how desperate and helpful those battle-hardened German ace pilots were in real history when they flew their own planes and rushed to dozens of times as dense as their opponents as moths in the enemy’s fire.
In real history, a German ace pilot once crashed his plane into an allied bomber in a World War I in 1945. His behavior was spontaneous but the ending was sad. This also outlined the embarrassing situation of the German army at that time. They had tried their best, but they could not stop those terrible war machines from destroying their hometown.
This pilot is called Heinrich? Ehler shot down two enemy planes in his life. Just from the record, he is called an excellent fighter pilot. Is it lonely and desperate to make such people lose confidence in themselves?
In real history, a German army commander sadly told his own hands that "acrobatic independent fighting is over. There is no longer searching and hiding in the sky, chasing each other, grabbing each other’s tails, choosing the most appropriate time to shoot your chosen target, etc. All this has passed. Fighters are no longer facing the other pilots, but the huge Chinese fleet is a lot of belts to tie themselves up in the turret. Machine gunners are infantry in the sky. These fighter pilots can finally fight in large formations."
At this moment, the British pilots in Iceland are facing this extreme condition test. There are not one German bomber, not two but three in front of them! How spectacular are these planes together? Find the most congested street in the most congested city and look from one side to the other-you may not see as many cars as three!
At this time, imagine a distributor with a bill in his hand trying to stuff his bill into every car window-can you feel the collapse of these British fighter pilots now?
Iceland’s infrastructure is not perfect, and the number of planes it can accommodate at the same time is indeed small. When the Allies deployed more than three bombers at a time, they occupied too many resources in the entire Icelandic airport to deploy more fighters at the same time.
It should have been a surprise attack on Germany. When the Germans organize a counterattack, Iceland will become a dispensable place. When the Germans bomb Iceland, they will face a pile of worthless cement facilities-the American bombing is a Norwegian iron ore factory, and the Germans can bomb the Icelandic military base. Everyone consumes ammunition and oil and loses valuable pilots. This is the rhythm that the United States most wants to see.
Unfortunately, no one could have thought that the Germans would come so quickly that they had not consumed the mountains of military supplies in Iceland. Nearly 100 b17 bombers took off due to breakdowns and maintenance methods, and tens of thousands of tons of aviation fuel with excellent quality piled up like mountains of aviation bombs, so many things could not be taken away in a short time, which means that they must be left here for the Germans to destroy.
More than one b17 bomber has been ordered to take off urgently. When these planes are not fully prepared, there is no way to load valuable military supplies. They can fill up the fuel as quickly as possible and then flee to the west. The land will be destroyed by the Germans.
Contrary to these American bombers, there are 36 pitiful fighter planes of Britain and the United States. These planes are divided into three forces and dispersed into this fundamentally unequal interception war. Why should these pitiful forces be dispersed is because these planes have made acts of resistance due to differences in command and performance?
A very talented British army commander Hugh? Of course, Doding didn’t want to disperse his only defense forces, but in the end, he found that the best way to make these planes is to let them fight separately. The command of American fighters is not subordinate to the British and Icelandic defense forces, and bringing them together temporarily will affect their play.