In the quiet corridor, suddenly came the fierce sound of running. In the relatively open space, there was a series of rapid echoes. An air force major with a telegram document rushed into the general headquarters of the US Army Air Force bombers in the Middle East, waving the document in his hand and shouting: "no! An order from the general command
Several American generals who are analyzing the war in Egypt are pointing out on a map. They are discussing the feasibility of sending bombers to attack Tobruk. In recent days, they have worked out plans to bomb Alexandria and even Crete Island. As a result, they are unable to change the war situation in North Africa.
"Emergency mission, the US headquarters called to order all 310 B-17 bombers deployed in the Middle East to take off and bomb Romanian oil field facilities." The major, who came to deliver the documents, saw that no one paid any attention to him, so he continued to say, with an air of no surprise.
Sure enough, everyone raised their heads when they saw the major saying such important news. The bomber commander of the U.S. Army Air Force, who was staring at Tobruk and trying to find a way, apparently heard this important message. He quickly came over and pulled away the telegraph paper in the major's hand.
The above content is no different from a time bomb, exploding in his eyes, passing it to his brain, completely shorting the place he used to think. Another general took the message from his hand, and he just stood there in a daze.
The message in the telegram is similar to that of the air force major who sent the message. The message is: take off all the B-17 long-range bombers that can take off, attack the German oil field facilities in Romania without fighters to escort, completely destroy the oil refinery there, and paralyze the German war potential, It laid the foundation for the United States to win the initiative in the war.
However, everyone knows that once the plan is implemented, success or failure will mean a full-scale war between the United States and Germany. The whole Middle East will be shrouded in war, and the world war will break out completely with this attack. No territory in the world will escape the catastrophe.
In fact, none of these issues are considered by the American generals present here. What they think about is other things. In the dictionary of real soldiers, there are only victory and defeat, and there are no so-called words like "Holocaust and slaughter". No matter how these words are modified, they are nothing more than the means and process of deciding victory and defeat.
"Are you sure it's from home? At this time, if a false order is issued, it will cause terrible consequences! " An American general raised his head, looked at a major officer from the Air Force Intelligence Office, and confirmed with a rather solemn tone.
"General!" The major now waited until the other side looked at him. He immediately stood at attention, saluted and said, "I have confirmed the password, and I have sent a confirmation telegram to China, and I have used another set of spare passwords for re verification. It is indeed the top secret order from China, and there is no mistake."
"That is to say, the war between the United States and Germany will officially begin when we take off our bombers to bypass Crete Island, cut into Romania and drop the first bomb. Barton will defend the Suez Canal to the death, and we will destroy the Romanian oil fields with all our belongings." The general nodded, then turned and looked at his colleagues: "gentlemen, from this moment on, we don't have to hide. At least in our unilateral view, the war has fully begun."
"It should have started long ago. Earlier on, it was the maintenance of commercial routes and transportation routes. Now the other party has come to our door. If we hold the attitude of not declaring war, we will not win the war." An air force major general pointed the map with his hand and said, "not only to bomb Romania, but also to bomb Crete and Italy! Blow up those damn Germans
Of course, everyone has no problem shouting slogans. Anyone who can stand in this office is an expert in shouting slogans. The key is how to draw up a perfect battle plan so that American bombers can enter the air over Romania without knowing it, and complete the first attack of war like sneaking attack on Pearl Harbor.
It's not that the United States has never sent bombers to attack Romania secretly. In fact, as early as half a year ago, when the British were still in control of the sea in the eastern Mediterranean, the Americans secretly sent 20 B-17 long-range bombers to the Balkans. These bombers were painted as the standard coating of the British air force and took off at the airport at the northern end of Greece, Over Bulgaria and other countries to attack Romania's oil fields.
This plan is to destroy the production capacity of Romanian oil fields at one stroke, force the German army to give up further expansion due to lack of energy, and also allow the United States to control European industrial development by controlling energy.
However, this plan was obviously not very smooth at the beginning. After the first 20 B-17 bombers took off in Greece, they just flew to the border area between Bulgaria and Romania and lost contact with the headquarters. The observer deployed in Bulgaria said that he did see his own bomber formation, But it wasn't long before the planes crashed into Romania.
Later, the Americans did not give up the solution to the war once and for all. They once again sent B-17 bombers to Greece, the largest of which was almost 70. However, these planes were shot down near the Romanian border, and none of them saw any real oil production factories. Intelligence shows that the German army has deployed advanced detection radar in Romania. This kind of radar can detect targets such as high altitude bombers at a distance of more than 400 km, which can guide interceptors to take off calmly and intercept enemy aircraft. This kind of radar was named "sky eye" by the US intelligence department, but in fact, the German equipment code was fxi-50bk-gh1935b, nicknamed "glass wall". In fact, the limit detection range of this kind of high altitude warning radar for B-17 is 450 km, and it can judge the altitude, which is much more advanced than the American expectation. Moreover, the German army deployed more than one kind of high-altitude warning radar near the oil field. In the periphery of the Romanian oil field production area, the German army deployed more than three kinds of radar equipment, which were used for low altitude dead angle coverage, medium range locking and air combat guidance, and ultra long range detection. It forms a completely non dead angle monitoring in the sub region. In addition, in order to ensure the absolute safety of the Romanian oil field, the German army deployed a ladder type fixed anti-aircraft gun position composed of 1100 anti-aircraft guns on the ground, and a mobile air defense support unit composed of 210 anti-aircraft guns on the rail and vehicles, forming a multi-level air defense firepower network with static and dynamic. At the same time, along with these anti-aircraft artillery units, there are a total of 400 fighter planes, of which 200 are fixed anti-aircraft fighters specially used in this area, and some are assigned to the front-line air force in Ukraine, but the airport deployed is actually closer to Romania. With such strict air defense measures, a target who wants to enter the airspace for large-scale destruction bombing is simply an impossible combat task. Several times ago, the Americans disguised themselves as the British air force and made many exploratory attacks on these areas. It was found that the German deployment here did not have any dead ends or slackened. All in all, for the bombers of the U.S. Army aviation force in the Middle East, Romania represents a never-ending hell“ Our bombers are not escorted by fighter planes. For them, entering the German inland for bombing is no different from being killed. Now we take off all the planes to carry out large-scale bombing of the German army. Who can ensure the success of the operation An air force general sighed and said, "we can't risk the lives of so many pilots."“ General, war is adventure The commander-in-chief took a look at his complaining subordinates and said: "even if we are completely destroyed, as long as we can paralyze the German refineries, for the United States, it will be a win!" Another American general stared at the map and finally shook his head. He has always been a veteran and more practical general. At this time, he interrupted the quarrel between the two men, pointed to the map and said helplessly: "instead of arguing about how many planes will be lost, it's better to say that this mission has no room for success now. The former take-off base was in Greece, but now it is the territory of Turkey... Now no matter how we fly, we have to pass through Crete or over Turkey. This is not a sneak attack, but an open death. "“ Yes! Once our plane is found by the German army or Turkey in the airspace of Crete or Turkey, it is estimated that in the airspace of Bulgaria and other countries, we can see the German fighters coming to our trouble. " Another U.S. general nodded and agreed with the reality: "direct bombing is definitely not a good choice."“ Don't worry too much about that. " The major, who had never spoken, showed his weak sense of existence. His words made the whole office suddenly quiet. Everyone looked at the major and made him hairy. Finally, he plucked up his courage and said, "there's a guy named Doolittle. He thought of a way. Later, the whole plan will be sent in the form of a telegram..." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -! Chapter three, you supporters of the third empire, ask for all kinds of firepower support!