Chapter 1484： Iceland

In this vigorous world war, no country is immune.

Those powerful countries naturally want more land and more benefits, while weak countries, even if they have made a neutral posture, cannot stay aloof.

This is especially true in countries with sparsely populated but strategically important locations.

For example, Iceland.

Iceland was originally a quiet and peaceful country. As a dependent country of Denmark, Icelanders have lived here for generations, relying on hunting for their livelihoods, and the entire population of Iceland is only 120,000.

They were originally on the sidelines. After Denmark was occupied by Germany, Iceland declared independence and declared neutrality. However, the British were afraid that Iceland would fall to Germany, so the British launched the "Harpoon" operation and forcefully occupied Iceland.

This made the Icelanders very angry, but they had no choice. The British continued to increase their troops and then the Americans. Up to now, there are a total of 40,000 US troops stationed in Iceland.

Under the pressure of the Americans, the Icelandic government even had to sign a joint defense agreement for the loss of power and humiliation of the country. Iceland's own security police force has only 70 people, while the Americans used 40,000 troops!

When Britain fell, Iceland became a springboard. In the future, if the United States wanted to counterattack Europe, it could only start from Iceland, seize the British Peninsula, and then use Britain as a springboard to enter the mainland.

The United States places great importance on Iceland.

From the map, Iceland is mostly mountainous, with the wide Vatnajökull in the east. The capital of Iceland is Reykjavík in the west of Iceland, in Fahsa Bay, which is also the main port city of Iceland.

The British landed at the beginning of the occupation of Reykjavik. According to the agreement with the United States to exchange weapons with British bases, the main force was stationed in Reykjavik after the change of defense against Iceland.

Now Reykjavik is full of American soldiers.

In the west of Reykjavik, Cape Recha Peninsula, Keflavík, has a major naval aviation base, and the US aviation forces stationed here are mainly distributed here.

In later generations, Reykjavík and Keflavík had the only two international airports in Iceland, which were built by the United Kingdom and the United States during World War II. Now, these bases are still the most primitive soil runways, and they were also constructed hastily. .

With the tightening of fighting in the Pacific, the United States' deployment in Iceland is not strong. There is only one squadron of P-40 fighter jets, as well as some naval patrol aircraft.

Now, the direction of Iceland is not tight. Although the German naval power is getting stronger and stronger, it has become a heavy pressure on the United States in the Atlantic, but Germany is now engaged in a land war with the Soviet Union, and Germany has carried out a national mobilization.

Before the Soviet Union was destroyed, the Germans would definitely not go to war with the United States. During this period of time, the United States had to defeat the island country first. This is almost everyone's consensus.

At this time, at Keflavík base, a dual-engine Martin PBM "Sailor" water patrol/bomber was preparing to take off. It was designed to supplement the shortage of the number of joint PBY "Katrina", that is to say, this is an alternative second-tier aircraft.

Every morning, it will take off and fly back in the evening to conduct reconnaissance in the seas of eastern Iceland and monitor the actions of the German navy. Once the German navy appears in eastern Iceland, they will enter a state of high alert.

The German Navy is too abnormal now. Landing ships are built one after another, so they must be vigilant. Maybe the German Navy will come up at any time.

This huge seaplane requires nine people to operate. Now they are queuing towards the seaplane. Captain Marin is walking in the forefront. He looks at the sky in the distance and mutters: "Today is a Good weather for flying."

The sky is clear and cloudless. The cold current from the North Pole has been weaker recently. There is no strong wind. This day looks good.

Not far away, the long-range air-to-air warning radar of the base was spinning, and Malin glanced at the eastern sky, and there was nothing.

This has almost become a habitual action, and I have to look at the east every day. If there are bombers in the sky, it is their end.

Can Iceland hold it?

In the face of the strong German military strength, it is hard to say!

"Are the spare parts we need here?" Marin asked.

It is very cold on Iceland. Under this climatic condition, our plane has not adapted to the situation, and the engine occasionally fails. This has caused several seaplanes to lie down. Now they are anxiously waiting for spare parts.

Can be dispatched, only two or three.

"It is said that the spare parts will arrive today." Ground crew said.

Hopefully, they only take off one aircraft and search and fly at sea. However, if there is an emergency, it may be necessary to strengthen the search in all directions, and they need to be dispatched. At this time, the disadvantage of insufficient number of aircraft Will show up.

He stepped on the gangway and was about to enter the cockpit. At this moment, black spots flying from low to the ground appeared on the distant sea.

what is that?

Almost at the same time he found out, the base's sentry also found out. Just when the lookout post wanted to sound the alarm, he couldn't help but shook his head. He was shocked.

This is not a German bomber, it is just an ordinary Pan American airliner.

This passenger plane is specially designed for transcontinental flight by Hughes Aircraft Company. It is very similar to the German Junker-290 bomber, but the painting of the fuselage shows that it is our own best. Familiar airliner.

After entering a state of war with Germany, the Seuss Company was unable to obtain German engines. Therefore, the number of such specialized intercontinental airliners in the United States was certain. Later, all were requisitioned by the United States.

It is said that the latest US bomber is almost a copy of this passenger plane.

This passenger plane took almost three days to go back and forth, transporting the supplies urgently needed by the base. A large amount of materials were transported by ships, such as the supplies needed by the 40,000 US military, weapons and ammunition, and the urgently needed materials were Transported by plane, it seems that the spare parts we need are also in this passenger plane.

"Start the engine." After entering the cockpit, Marin said. At this time, they are still on the tarmac. After starting, they will taxi to the runway. Now, while waiting, the passenger plane has entered the landing route.

The engines on both sides were rumbling, and after a few minutes of slow traffic, when waiting to slide to the runway, the airliner had already landed. The chic and majestic posture makes people look very spectacular.

The plane landed accurately and then taxied forward.