Chapter 991

Norway is close to the Arctic Circle, so the day in May comes very early, and the night is relatively short. That's why when the Allied bombers returned, there was a bright side in front of them. Blue sky, blue sea, waiting for them will be a grand welcome ceremony to celebrate the victory.

This was the first large-scale successful air raid on German occupied areas by the Allied forces, and it was a direct bombing of Germany's more important steel producing areas. Now they don't know what great achievements they have made, but the mission has been carried out, which is something to be thankful for every pilot.

After all, they are still alive, after all, they are still alive after the battle. To live in this war is absolutely something to celebrate. So on the way back, laughter began to appear in these bombers, and everyone's mood became relaxed.

The total number of B-17 bombers that reinforced Iceland this time exceeded 340, while the Allied forces dispatched 231 bombers at the time of departure, and there were 152 bombers left at the time of return. The bombers that were shot down by 79 planes significantly reduced their losses compared with the bombing mission in Romania. It has been proved that night bombing is indeed an effective means to evade German air defense forces.

"Hey! Peter! What would you like to eat back? " The plane was still bumpy, but everyone's mood became different. The co pilot sat in his own position, staring at the endless sea in the distance, and asked the captain easily.

"I want a drink! Unfortunately, there are not many supplies in Iceland. They only have a small amount of beer rationing, and they are all private goods sold by the captains at high prices. " The captain didn't have the rigid expression when he was on duty. He was flying the plane and chatting with his co pilot.

A dangerous mission is over. There's no need to go back so dreary. The voice of singing even came from the radio, and everyone was lightened up by the sky.

"Hey! What's that over there? " In the clouds, a pilot saw black spots coming from the front. These black spots gradually became larger and eventually became German fighters with auxiliary fuel tanks. Because of the relative flight and the extremely fast speed of the German fighter, the two sides met in the blink of an eye.

Akkado did not forget to use the occupied northern part of Britain to provide an outpost for his fighter interception network when he was building Norwegian Air Defense. These are the 14 German fighters from two small field airports in the Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands. They are ordered to wait here for the American bombers returning from Norway and intercept the lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

The German fighter plane entered the bomber group at the most relaxed moment of the US plane, and then, based on the principle of one strike separation, made a dive and ran out of ammunition, and then quickly returned. As a matter of fact, the fuel supply of these German fighters is about to reach the bottom, and they have no capital at all, so after taking advantage of it, they left decisively.

In the middle of the flight, the U.S. bombers were somehow intercepted by German fighters on time. These planes got out of the fight before the Americans recovered. The whole dive attack, even most American planes didn't have time to fire back.

In less than half a minute, several American planes were screened by German fighters. After all, German fighter planes are generally equipped with 30mm caliber machine guns, which have great lethality to American aircraft. Although the missile carrying capacity is limited, it is obviously cheaper to take advantage of this opportunity to break away at once.

Then these German planes, which had lost their height advantage and had no fuel, and were no longer fighting with American planes, sped away from the fighting area under the gaze of everyone. The whole battle comes and goes quickly, which is to make the volley tactics of "hit and run" to the point of no additional.

A US plane that was hit in the cockpit began to slowly rush into the cold sea with thick smoke, and another plane had circled and hit the sea because of the broken wing. These pilots who survived the Norwegian artillery fire were so confused and died on their way home.

"Icelandic ground command? We have been intercepted by German fighters, five bombers have been shot down, and we may need ships to rescue the pilot who fell into the water! " Watching the U.S. commander dragging smoke to the sea, he helplessly reported to the Icelandic ground headquarters.

Compared with the Allied pilots who crashed inland in Norway and were captured or killed directly, the crew of these planes were the real pathetic people. They have to sink in the sea with their aircraft, then soak in the cold water, waiting for rescue ships to come, or freeze to death in the North Atlantic.

Who would have thought that the two humble small field airports in the Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands, together with a total of only 14 aircraft, bravely dispatched the only aircraft at this time, causing great damage to their enemies.

In fact, since Germany occupied the southern part of the British mainland and the surrender of Britain in the north, the air force of Chamberlain regime and the German air force have been painstakingly managing the Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands. Unfortunately, because of the interference of British submarines and American submarines, Germany wants to build the two air bases into outposts for bombing Iceland, just as the allies have many difficulties in building ice islands, There are also various problems.

Since 1938, the Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands officially became the islands under the jurisdiction of Germany, more than 70 German transport ships have been sunk on these two routes. In some unnoticed places, the allies also made all kinds of troubles for the German army in their own way. B-17 bombers finally returned to the Icelandic air defense circle after all kinds of tribulations. Here they met British fighters who came to meet them. Ten tornado Rolls Royce engine improved fighters appeared near these bombers, which was regarded as meeting these victorious warriors“ The bombers dropped all the bombs, but at that time we already knew that the German army interfered with the dropping of bombs with firelight, and the extent of destroying the target might not be as optimistic as we thought Sue? "I think it's a very high estimate that one tenth of the targets can be destroyed," general doding said to the U.S. land and air commanders with his hands around his chest The Americans spoke highly of the bombing. They thought a few hours ago that they had paralyzed one-third of Norway's iron ore production. But Roosevelt himself didn't believe this estimate, so the final bombing damage was set at one fifth of the jubilation. Now, the British are throwing cold water at the head and denying the achievements of American bombers, which makes the American general's face a little uneasy: "general doding, we are responsible for attacking the whole of Norway. This plan was authorized by President Roosevelt. You need to help us defend the whole of Iceland. It's your duty. If it's superfluous, don't talk nonsense? " Obviously, this is not the case? General doding did not want to mention it again, but he felt it necessary to prevent the Americans from continuing to die in vain: "the loss of bombing at night is so great that a quarter of the planes are lost in one bombing. I think it is more appropriate to study the whole plan again." The displeasure on the faces of the generals of American Continental Airlines disappeared when they heard the proposal. They also felt that the loss of this degree was too fatal, and it was hard for the rich United States to bear. After all, these airplanes are materials and money. Even if they don't care about them, they have to worry about the time to build them? But the head of the U.S. land and air general or clenched his teeth and made up his mind to sue? "Tomorrow... No, it should be tonight. We have to continue with this kind of bombing. Replenishment planes will come soon and our losses will be made up soon," said dowdin. The Germans are extremely inferior in this respect. They don't have the equipment to go to Norway immediately! "“ Tomorrow... No, this night, continue bombing Norway? " Sue? Doding was shocked by the crazy plan of the Americans. He really didn't think that the Americans were so afraid of sacrifice. Perhaps it is because they overestimate the results of the night attack that they continue to bomb at all costs. Think about it, Sue? On the contrary, doding did not intend to continue to persuade. He was happy to see the Americans bleed in the war, because that would relieve the pressure on Britain after the war. So he nodded and left the conference room with a casual excuse: "I'm going to inspect our air defense position, so I won't accompany you two first." U.S. land air general looks at Hugh turning out of the conference room? "The British have been gutted by Germany. Now they are as timid as a mouse in a hole," he muttered sarcastically“ Yes, the mouse doesn't know it's just a mouse now. It wants to tell us what to do. " Another U.S. Army and aviation officer nodded and agreed: "they don't even have the courage to leave here to attack Germany, as if they had done all they could to keep here." The first American general laughed: "maybe in a few years' time, there will be no Britain, only Iceland, such a poor place..." --- the Dragon Spirit Knight here wishes all readers good health and family happiness in the New Year! Great fortune, great fortune! Have a successful career... Become CEO, win Bai Fumei and go to the top of your life! There will be a chapter update later, please look forward to it!