Chapter 336

At night, next to the quiet runway of the airport, there are one after another fw-190 fighters. Not far away, there are still a row of hangars with bright lights. This is a huge Field Airport in the Netherlands. Originally, it was a large airport stationed by the British and French air forces, but now it has become one of the main airports of the German air force in the Netherlands.

Farther away, a row of undulating shadows loomed, as if there were more huge things parked there, revealing a suffocating deterrent force. No one knows what those weapons are, because since they arrived at the airport, they have been garrisoned by countless soldiers.

"The Fuehrer, akado? Long live Rudolph Two busy machinists saw the people coming and quickly stood at attention. They were still holding a wrench in their hands. They were in a hurry for a while to complete the etiquette.

"The Fuehrer, akado? Long live Rudolph The visitor raised his hand to return the salute, showing a meticulous appearance. After returning the salute, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the behemoth behind the two technicians, dazed.

It can be said that it is one of the most terrible air weapons he has ever seen, and it can be said that it will be the backbone of the offensive force of the German air force in the next few years. This is the German version of the B-17 air fortress bomber. German head of state akkado himself named it "butcher".

Don't underestimate this bomber. It's a German improved version of B-17 air fortress bomber, a super strategic bombing weapon of the United States in another time and space designed by akado himself. At least at this stage, the appearance of this kind of bomber is not good news for its target Britain.

It's a huge wingspan of more than 30 meters, a huge body of 22 meters, and a huge plane almost three stories high. Even Dick has to admit the shocking power of this huge plane. He had seen this kind of aircraft flying high, but he had never seen it himself. The formation of 44 such aircraft was such a spectacular sight.

Before this kind of aircraft was produced by German aviation enterprises, Dick didn't believe that bombers could resist the attack of fighter planes. But after seeing this huge guy, he had to admit that this kind of aircraft didn't need to rely on speed to avoid any interception, just rely on its own force to smash the provocative fighter planes.

What gave Dick this confidence was nothing else, because the plane was equipped with 13 13 mm machine guns and 20 mm machine guns that could shoot at different angles. Installed in every corner of the aircraft, it can fire in almost any direction of the aircraft. Such a huge aircraft is just a gunboat in the air, enough to destroy any fighter approaching at any angle in the middle of the way.

Inside the spherical turret, a gunner can curl up and sit down. The gunner aims at the target through the sight in front of his left eye, and uses the joystick and pedal to control the turret's rotation and pitch. Because the space inside the turret is very narrow, the Gunners of the abdominal turrets of the 44 butcher strategic bombers are all German female soldiers.

These female Gunners went in and out through the hatch behind the turret, which was also an emergency exit in case of failure. When the turret is turned to the face down position and the cabin door can be opened from the inside of the aircraft, the gunner can enter the turret from the inside of the aircraft; The turret is turned to a horizontal position, the hatch is fully exposed outside the fuselage, and the gunner can also enter the turret from the ground.

However, as long as the gunner enters the turret from the ground, it means that he can only stay inside during takeoff. When the aircraft is on the ground, the ground clearance of the turret is only 32 cm, so it is impossible to turn the turret to a downward position. It's absolutely not wonderful to experience taking off or landing only 32 cm above the ground, and once the landing gear breaks down, the consequences are unimaginable. Therefore, the butcher's manual strictly stipulates that all belly Gunners must enter the turret from the inside of the fuselage after the aircraft takes off.

The premise is that a plane can fly to the height of the plane to intercept - the plane can climb to an altitude of 10000 meters, and drop its own bomb to attack the ground target at this altitude. Although the bombing accuracy is not high, the German Research on the sight has always performed well, so they are confident that the new sight can make up for the accuracy impact of high-altitude bombing.

In addition, although this kind of butcher bomber is derived from the B-17 bomber, it is slightly different from the B-17. For example, due to technological problems, the German butcher bomber uses a greenhouse cockpit supporting flat glass, which reduces the use of most curved plexiglass.

And because of the performance of the engine and the pursuit of range, the aircraft gave up the payload of 2 tons. In other words, when carrying out a long-distance bombing mission of about 3500 kilometers, the loading weight of this butcher bomber was only 6 tons,

The only thing that makes the commanders of the air force a little worried is that the plane needs 10 pilots. Although there are five machine gun self-defense weapon control personnel who do not need precise training, the cost of using this plane is too expensive for Germany.

You know, this plane flew into the sky to carry out the combat mission, but it sent tons of expensive steel, alloy metal and ten soldiers over the enemy occupied area. This is actually a very risky move for a country like Germany, where every pilot is hard won.

If it wasn't for this mission, it would be too tempting. If it wasn't for this mission, it would be of great significance. Dick, as the deputy commander of the air force, would not agree to such a hasty organization and such a crazy attack plan“ The bombs are loaded, general "The pilots of these bombers have undergone strict night flight training. This mission will enter the enemy's airspace at night and return during the day," an officer following Dick reported In order to prepare for this bombing, Germany used almost all the war machines in its hands and drew up a huge operational plan. The first is the arrangement of flight time. These strategic bombers will take off in formation at night, and then fly to the British capital London, which will be bombed. These planes will join the naval fighters taking off from the aircraft carrier in the morning at sea, protected by these escort fighters, and raid London to carry out the bombing mission. Then the Navy fighters will start to return because of the fuel problem, and the bombers will climb to an altitude of 10000 meters, shake off the intercepted British fighters and start to return. On the way, the escort mission of the bomber group will be taken over by the army fighter formation taking off from the Netherlands, and return to the Netherlands under the escort of the fighter group. 44 butcher bombers will carry 260 tons of bombs and drop them on the British capital. It brought fear and disaster to the British government. The plan of this operation was named "reincarnation" by the air force. The purpose is very simple. It is to retaliate against the British spies for their attack on akkado? Rudolph's assassination. Akkado was silent for a long time when he learned of Catherine's plan of action, because he knew that the German air force lost the tactical advantage of the British air war because of retaliation during World War II. In akkado's mind, the German Air Force should make use of its technological advantages to bomb British airports and factories to destroy the war potential of Britain. Instead of fighting back at useless London houses. So akado told general Catherine what he thought in his heart, hoping that he could understand himself. After listening to akkado's worries, general Catherine told the head of state that the bombing of the German air force would definitely take factories and airports as the main targets in the future, and this retaliation was carried out entirely for akkado himself. So akado had to nod his head, and in case, ordered the air force and navy to fully cooperate with this air raid. Of course, in order to ensure the absolute safety of the Navy and the air force, akado even personally ordered Donitz to dispatch three submarines to return for replenishment and investigate the naval route in advance. Such a closely linked plan can be said to be seamless: submarine forces will detect the movements of the British navy and open the way for the aircraft carrier fleet; The aircraft carrier took off, the carrier based aircraft escorted the strategic bombers, and then quickly gathered up the aircraft to return to the Netherlands; Then the bombers returned and were covered by the sub base fighters to leave the battlefield. Everything, will start tonight, it seems that everything, will end tomorrow. Dick thought to himself. He nodded, patted the Air Force captain on the shoulder, and said, "I know that tonight, you will create a miracle in the history of the German air force. I wish you success. "“ Mr. general! We will try our best to complete the task! The Fuehrer will protect us The colonel said, "I will personally lead the fleet to complete the mission, and the British will pay for their assassination of the head of state!"“ With these excellent pilots... Come back alive! " Dick looked at the huge four engine strategic bomber beside him and said softly. Soon, under the escort of the guards, Dick returned to the command tower. Here, with the help of the lights on the runway, one after another huge "butchers" began to take off. The roar of the four engines could be heard clearly even in the command tower“ Vengeance 1, vengeance 2, I can see your night light! Very good view! It's no different from night flight training! " In the headset, a pilot is trying to fly in formation. In a short time, 44 aircraft have been formed in the near sky. They keep a safe flight distance from each other. In the dark point air, relying on the command of the pilot, they fly towards the combat target of this operation“ Flight formation assembled! Operation reincarnation is officially launched As the commander of the front-line formation, the Colonel reported to general dick in his earphone: "I hope we can finish the task!"