Chapter 993

Just as the Americans almost know the roots of Norway, the German air force is also very familiar with the Allied bases in Iceland. When there were no meteor fighters in the UK, they conducted a large number of reconnaissance on the Allied bases in Iceland and drew high-definition aerial maps.

When these things were on general Dick's desk, he knew that his plane should bomb those places. However, on the night of the third day, he temporarily cancelled the order of night bombing. Because after repeated cost-effective, the German Air Force headquarters found that night bombing was not worth the loss for Germany.

"Even if the British deployed more than 100 fighter planes in Iceland, we still have an absolute advantage in the number of take-off bombing. In this case, choosing night bombing with insufficient bombing accuracy seems to interfere with the bombing effect." A senior commander of a strategic bomber said what he thought.

His idea also represents the view of most other people that the bombing of Iceland by German bombers should be carried out in the daytime, which can give full play to the advantages of German bombers.

First of all, in terms of navigation and formation, daytime bombing can better organize aircraft and dispatch. Navigation and flight are more convenient for pilots, and it is easier for pilots to maintain their own flying formation in the daytime.

The second reason is that the German Air Force feels that it can destroy most of the military facilities in Iceland even after the loss of about 100 aircraft with a large-scale bombing. This is a worthwhile attempt for general Dick. He can solve the Icelandic threat once and for all by enduring a heavy loss.

The third reason is actually an analysis report submitted by the fighter forces. They think that the capacity of 400 planes in the Allied military base in Iceland is already a limit, because the number of bombers taking off from there is almost 300, so the number of allied fighter formations stationed there will not be more than 70, or even less.

The fourth important reason comes from the Navy. Donitz, the submarine godfather of the Fuehrer faction, assured Dick and general Catherine that under his Submarine blockade, the strength of the Allied air force base in Iceland is weaker than expected. This guarantee is very convincing. After all, for the first time, the information that allied forces are strengthening Icelandic forces was provided by naval submarine forces.

Similarly, the German fighter forces also put forward another opinion on Escort: Although the ta-152 fighter can not fly over Iceland to escort even if it is attached with a secondary fuel tank, if they try their best to take off at the Northern British airport, they can ensure that the German bombers are escorted most of the time.

In addition, several commanders of the strategic bomber force are full of confidence in the performance and self-defense ability of the butcher bomber, so changing the bombing time to daytime seems to be a very beneficial thing for the German air force.

So the plan was finally approved after it was reported to the head of state. The head of state agreed that general Dick would use more than 380 butcher long-range strategic bombers, escorted by 30 ta-152 fighters, to carry out strategic bombing of Iceland during the daytime to retaliate for the Allied sabotage against Norway.

Norway's third day of bombing was spent with ease when neither side attacked the other. Then in the early morning of the fourth day, just as the sun rose in the East, the atmosphere over the three British Islands suddenly changed.

Under the intense command, from the hidden barracks, running out of a team of German bomber crew members, these crew members have men and women, soon in the grass densely stand into a neat square.

"Attention The ground service commander, a major general, came up to the crew and looked at the young faces with his back. Someone behind him called a salute, and then all the soldiers closed their legs and held their heads high.

The major general waved his hand and motioned for everyone to relax before he said, "you are all my proud subordinates. I have nothing to explain to you. I have only one request for you. Please do your best to come back alive

"The Fuehrer, akado? Long live Rudolph All of them raised their arms with pride, stood at attention, and raised their hands to their superiors. They have bombed London, bombed the desert in North Africa, bombed Stalingrad and Moscow - so far, no bomber force in the world has so much experience in bombing. With this alone, they are proud of themselves. With this alone, they can be called the most powerful bomber force in the world.

"Let's go!" As soon as the major general waved his hand, the huge square was disbanded. Some members began to send their bags of supplies to the plane, while the captain and the navigator gathered around the ground commanders to confirm their flight route and return direction.

The German army has the world's largest experience in long-range navigation of bombers. At the most time, they can dispatch more than 500 aircraft of various types at one time to carry out large-scale air strikes on enemy targets thousands of miles away. They have the actual combat record of destroying the target under the enemy's dense air defense fire jamming. Iceland is just a weak target for them, that's all.

With the help of the ground crew, the huge propellers on the wings of the butcher strategic bomber began to turn, and the sound of the engine was deafening. The whole base was busy with this regular sound. One German pilot after another finally boarded the plane, and then aimed the nose of the plane at the runway“ Finally confirm the status of each part of the aircraft! Check your instruments, then inform the ground tower, report when you are ready, and then take off! " In the earphone, on the ground control tower, the officer in charge of guiding the planes to take off, holding the radio, said to the pilots loudly. They took off in Ireland and northern England, formed a huge fleet of bombers at sea, and then visited the only allied base in Iceland. With these planes taking off, there are a total of 110 German fighters. These fw-190ds will return halfway, and the escort task will be completed by the remaining 30 German ta-152 fighters. The flying fighters frighten all the people who see these planes. The local civilians, who are busy recovering production, are too scared to say a word when they look up at the sky and watch the dense German planes flying overhead. More than a year? They seem to have forgotten the nightmares of the German Iron Cross hovering overhead, the sound of Stuka bombers swooping down with a shrill howl. But at this moment, the German air force used the most repressive means to remind everyone that the war seemed far from over. A middle-aged man with a bag ready to go to work, holding a hat on his head, squinting at the butcher bombers whose engines roared by, his face turned pale. He lowered his head to look around, and then quickly turned back in the direction of their own homes desperately run. On the corner of the street, two patrolling British police officers in the North scanned everyone passing by, trying to find the hidden "King's spies" from these people. The man who ran back saw the two policemen, immediately restrained his pace, pretended to be indifferent, and walked slowly to his residence. It was not easy to get to his own place. He quickly opened the door and carefully looked around. Then he closed the door and locked all the locks. Then he sat down on the chair in front of his desk, pulled out the drawer and took out a spy radio. In contrast to the contents of the secret code, the spy hiding in the north of England frantically sent a telegram to Iceland. In Iceland's Telegraph room, a British telegraph operator who received the telegram carefully checked the received coded telegram, and then his expression became ugly. He grabbed the telegram and ran to the air defense headquarters in a hurry. Less than a minute later, several U.S. Army Aviation officers and some British officers were summoned here, with solemn expressions on their faces, because they had just received information that the German planes were gathering, and about hundreds of them took off from Britain and flew towards Iceland“ Sue? General dodding, I want to know how many fighters we have in total for air defense operations! " A U.S. general frowned and asked in a heavy voice, "you know, there are hundreds of airplanes that can only be piled up in the airport..." "the planes that can take off include seven meteor fighters that can take off... 16 hurricane fighters and 19 P-40 Rolls Royce improved airplanes. The rest of the planes can't take part in the battle because of faults. The rest are the 20 fighters that arrived here the day before yesterday. I don't know how many of them can take off. " Sue? Daoding knew his family well and answered each other's questions directly. "..." The Americans know that few of their fighters have been maintained at all. It seems that only about 10 of them can take off to fight. Taking into account all the strength of the British, there are only 52 fighters that can be used. Although there are seven of the latest jet fighters in these airplanes, the number is really overwhelming. The most important thing is that among the 52 planes in the hands of the allies, 16 hurricane fighters can't fly to the altitude of 10000 meters to intercept the German forces - that is to say, the Allied forces can only use 36 planes.