Nine Hundred and Ninety-Four German Troops Attack

? Just as Americans know almost everything about Norway, the Luftwaffe is also very familiar with the Allied bases in Iceland. www/They did a lot of scouting of the Allied bases in Iceland when the UK didn't have Meteor fighters, and drew high-definition aerial maps.

When these things were placed on General Dick's desk, he knew that his plane should bomb those places. However, he temporarily canceled the night bombing order on the night of the third day. Because after repeated calculations, the German Air Force Command found that the night bombing was not worth the candle for Germany.

"Even if the British deployed more than 100 fighter jets in Iceland, we still have an absolute numerical advantage when taking off and bombing. In this case, choosing night bombing with insufficient bombing accuracy seems to interfere with the bombing effect." A strategic bomber said Senior commanders speak their minds.

And his idea also represents the views of most other people-the bombing of Iceland by the German bomber fleet should be carried out during the day, which can better play the advantages of the German bombers.

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

The second reason is that the Luftwaffe feels that as long as they fight a large-scale bombing, even after losing about 100 aircraft, they can destroy most of the military facilities on Iceland. This was a worthwhile attempt for General Dick, who only needed to suffer a heavy loss to end the Icelandic threat once and for all.

The third reason is actually an analysis report submitted by the fighter force. They believe that the Allied military base in Iceland can accommodate 400 aircraft is already a limit, because there are almost 300 bombers taking off from there. There were no more than 70 Allied fighter formations stationed there, or even fewer.

The fourth important reason comes from the navy. Dönitz, the submarine godfather of the Führer, assured Dick and General Catherine that under his submarine blockade, the power of the Allied air base in Iceland was stronger than imagined. weak. This guarantee is very convincing, after all, the first time it was discovered that the Allied forces were strengthening the intelligence of Iceland, it was the Navy submarine force.

Similarly, the German fighter force also put forward another opinion on escort: Although the ta-152 fighter jets cannot fly over Iceland to escort even if they mount auxiliary fuel tanks, if they try their best to take off from the northern airport in the UK, they can ensure German bombers were escorted most of the time.

In addition, several commanders of the strategic bomber unit are confident in the performance and self-defense capabilities of the Butcher bomber, so changing the bombing time to daytime seems to be a very beneficial thing for the Luftwaffe.

So this battle plan was finally approved after it was reported to the head of state.

The head of state agreed with General Dick to use more than 380 butcher long-range strategic bombers, escorted by 30 ta-152 fighter jets, to carry out strategic bombing of Iceland during the daytime in retaliation for the Allied sabotage against Norway.

The third day of Norway's bombing was spent comfortably without both sides attacking each other. Then in the early morning of the fourth day, the moment the sun just rose from the east, the atmosphere over the entire British Isles suddenly changed.

Under the tense password, groups of German bomber crew members ran out from the hidden barracks. These crew members were male and female, and soon they stood densely on the grass to form a neat square formation.

"Stand at attention!" The commander of the ground service, a major general, walked up to these crew members and looked at these young faces with his hands behind his back. Someone behind him shouted the command to salute, and then all the soldiers put their legs together and held their heads high.

The major general waved his hand and signaled everyone to take a break before he said, "You are all my proud subordinates, and I have nothing to say to you. I only have one request for you, please do your best." efforts... to come back alive!"

"Long live the head of state, Acador Rudolph!" Everyone proudly raised their arms, stood at attention, and saluted their superiors with a German salute. They have bombed London, bombed the North African desert, bombed Stalingrad and Moscow-so far no bomber unit in the world has as much experience in bombing combat as they do. Just relying on this, they are worthy of being proud of themselves, and just relying on this, they can be called the most powerful bomber force in the world.

"Let's go!" The major general waved his hand, and the huge phalanx disbanded, and some members began to send their supply bags to the plane, while the captain and navigator gathered around the ground commanders, and finally Confirm your flight route, return direction and so on.

The German army has the most long-range navigation experience of bombers in the world. At most, they can dispatch more than 500 aircraft of various types at a time, forming a large-scale air strike on enemy targets thousands of miles away. They have actual combat records of destroying targets under the interference of the enemy's intensive anti-aircraft firepower. For them, Iceland is just a weak target, nothing more.

With the help of the ground crew, the huge propellers on the wings of the Butcher strategic bomber began to rotate, the sound of the engine was deafening, and the whole base was busy with this regular sound. Align the nose of the aircraft with the takeoff runway.

"Finally confirm the status of each part of the plane! Check your own instruments, then notify the ground tower, report when you are ready, and then take off!" In the headset, on the ground control tower, the officer in charge of guiding these planes to take off pinched the radio communicator, Said loudly to these pilots.

They took off in Ireland and northern Britain, formed a huge bomber fleet at sea, and then visited the only Allied base in Iceland. Accompanying these planes to take off are 110 German fighter jets. These fw-190d will return halfway, and the escort mission will be completed by the remaining 30 German ta-152 fighter jets.

The fighter planes flying all over the sky shocked everyone who saw these planes. The local people finally got rid of the shadow of war and the civilians who were busy resuming production looked up at the sky and saw the densely packed German planes flying overhead. They were too scared to say a word Come on.

Has it been more than a year? They seem to have forgotten the nightmares of the German Iron Cross hovering overhead, and the sound of the Stuka bombers swooping down with fierce howls. But at this moment, the German Air Force used the most depressive means to remind everyone that this war seems to be far from over.

A middle-aged man carrying a leather bag and preparing to go to work supported the top hat on his head with one hand, squinted his eyes and watched the butcher bombers flying by with roaring engines, his face suddenly turned pale. He lowered his head and looked around, then quickly turned back and ran desperately towards his residence.

At the corner of the street, two northern British police officers on patrol scanned everyone who passed by, hoping to find the hidden "His Majesty's spy" from these people. The man who was running back saw the two policemen, immediately restrained his pace, pretended to be nonchalant, and walked slowly towards his residence.

After finally getting to his residence, he hurriedly opened the door, carefully looked around, and then 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. According to the contents of the secret code, the spy hiding in the north of England frantically sent a telegram to Iceland.

In the telegraph room in Iceland, 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 the distance.

Less than a minute later, several officers from the U.S. Army Aviation Corps and some British officers were called here. They all had serious expressions on their faces, because they had just received information that it was a German plane. It was gathering, and about a hundred of them took off from the British mainland and flew in the direction of Iceland.

"General Hugh Dowding, what I want to know is how many fighter jets we have in total that can be used for air defense operations!" A U.S. Army aviation general frowned and asked in a heavy tone: "You know, there are hundreds of fighter jets here. A plane can only be stacked on the airport..."

"Aircraft that can take off, including 7 Meteor fighters that can take off... There are also 16 Hurricane fighters and 19 P-40 Rolls-Royce improved models. The rest of the aircraft cannot participate in the battle because of malfunctions, and the rest is the day before yesterday The 20 of your fighter jets that have rushed here, I don’t know how many of these planes can take off.” Hugh Dowding knew everything about his family and directly answered the other party’s question.

"..." The Americans know that few of their fighter jets have been maintained. It seems that there are only about 10 fighter jets that can take off to fight. Counting all the forces in the hands of the British, there are only 52 fighter jets that can be used in total. Although there are 7 of the latest jet fighters among these aircraft, this number really makes people feel uncertain. The most terrible thing is that among the 52 aircraft in the hands of the Allied forces, there are still 16 Hurricane fighter jets that cannot fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters to intercept the German army-that is to say, the Allied forces can use only 36 aircraft That's all.