One Thousand Went Home

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Why did the German army choose to bomb during the day? One of the simplest reasons is that the effect of bombing during the day is very good. Being able to confirm your target with the naked eye and fly over the target in a denser formation is the best guarantee for the accuracy of the bombing in 1939.

More than 150 planes flew over the two largest and most important airports deployed by the Allied Forces in Iceland in a dense formation. The most direct result was that these two major airports became ruins. Another 110 aircraft were responsible for attacking the Icelandic port, which also brought it back to the Stone Age.

The remaining more than 100 planes bombed the main cities in Iceland, and dropped incendiary bombs and aerial bombs on these cities, blowing almost all inhabited places on Iceland into a sea of ​​​​flames. More than half of the infrastructure has been scrapped, and the 100,000 British population who fled have also suffered an unprecedented blow.

There is an old saying in Europe that says: When the weak provoke the strong, it is nothing more than sarcastic remarks, and once the strong start revenge on the weak, they will completely destroy the weak. The Germans obviously have the means to completely finish Iceland, and now they are starting to retaliate, so the disaster facing Iceland has begun to spread.

In order to increase the voyage, the weight of the bombs carried by the German Butcher bombers was reduced a lot. Each of these planes only carried more than 3 tons of bombs, but the total amount of bombs that can be dropped by more than 300 planes also exceeded 1,000 tons. . These bombs were stored and transported by the Germans for several days, but the bombers were only lost for less than half an hour.

This is the power of technology. For the first time, human beings have such a terrible ability in war. They can use their wisdom to drop thousands of tons of bombs 2,000 kilometers away, destroying everything there until the dark medieval era is even worse.

Looking at the German bombers going away, all the British soldiers and American officers in Iceland felt a sudden sense of relief flooding their bodies. They are glad that they are still alive, and they are thankful that the enemy's devastating bombing attack is finally over.

There was a series of explosions everywhere, and the fire engulfed the house, throbbing like a monster, destroying everything it could come across. The oil depot deployed by the Allied forces here completely became a scene of fire, and almost all of the hundreds of B-17 bombers parked in the airport were destroyed.

You don't need to investigate in detail, as long as your eyes are not blind, you can see everything that is destroyed. Just ask any soldier running in a panic, and you will know that the whole of Iceland is over, completely over.

Three radar stations were destroyed, and all the radar equipment deployed in the reinforced concrete structure were destroyed by aerial bombs. These radar stations were too close to other infrastructure, and were completely affected by bombs dropped randomly.

The city was also devastated by sudden German bombing. Reykjavik, which was crowded with British refugees, was attacked by more than 40 German bombers.

Hundreds of tons of bombs were dropped into the city, and thousands of people were killed immediately in the absence of air defense facilities.

The most tragic thing was the military base and airport facilities built by the British with huge sums of money. It was attacked by nearly half of the German bombers and dropped nearly 500 tons of various bombs. The entire airport was filled with gunpowder smoke. The German planes had been flying away for a long time, and the sound of explosions was still continuous.

Tens of tons of US military fuel was ignited and exploded, detonating several ammunition storage points piled up on the surface. Like firecrackers, these munitions also exploded, and then ignited more fragile buildings, destroying everything nearby.

It is impossible to continue to use the flat runway with pits and pits. Even if it is to be repaired, it will take a lot of effort. Those reinforced concrete command centers and control towers that were built with great difficulty were almost destroyed by this bombing. It’s gone—some buildings are still half full, or full of cracks, who dares to continue to use such places?

For at least two months, it is unlikely that the Icelandic base will continue to be used. The most optimistic estimate is that it will take more than a dozen fleet supplies to arrive before it can be restored to its original level of use. This time the British can be regarded as traumatized. The outpost they worked so hard to manage was easily destroyed by the Germans.

Compared with the record of the Allied bombing of Norway, Germany's bombing of Iceland is really "you blow me up, and I will tear you apart." The only thing that is worthy of the United States is that they did blow up part of Norway's production equipment , and Germany can only lose its temper with an Icelandic base that has no production capacity.

"The damage assessment won't come out until later, but judging from the current situation, we have lost almost all of it." Hugh Dowding reported to several British ministers what just happened: "Over there I don't know, the air force base is almost scrapped."

"The loss in the port is very large, and we need time to repair it." Although the commander of the navy, General Dudley Pound, is based in Iceland, he is only a thoroughly polished commander here—his British Royal The navy's main fleet is now deployed in Canada, and it is easy to dare not go to the waters east of Iceland.

"Your Majesty, fortunately, the backup airport in the northwest and several temporary ports there have not been attacked by the enemy. As long as the United States and Canada continue to provide assistance, it is still possible to maintain it." Hugh? General Ding thankfully said to King George VI who was still a little uneasy. The bombing more than an hour ago was even more desperate than the terrible London bombing, because after all, the planes dispatched by the German army this time were larger and more numerous than when they bombed Britain.

At that time, the Luftwaffe's aircraft in British airspace were still relatively small and medium-sized aircraft such as the -217, and the butcher bombers were used only a few times. As a result, after more than a year of accumulation, the Luftwaffe was able to deliver more than 300 Butcher bombers to a place as far away as Iceland in one go. This had to make King George, who was sitting in Iceland, terrified, and his neck seemed to be sent to the German butcher's knife again.

The loss of the fighter jets is not that big, but the loss of the pilots is really desperate. Some of the pilots who escaped from the British mainland were lost in the battle in North Africa, and some were deployed in Canada, and a small number went to India to help there. Combat operations against the Japanese army-Although there are still more than 100 people in Iceland, in this air defense operation, 21 people were lost, of which 4 were valuable jet fighter pilots.

Of the remaining 80 pilots, more than 30 have only flown old-fashioned fighter jets like the Hurricane. It’s not that they are not allowed to fly new aircraft, but the United States has insufficient production of p-40, and most of them have been sent to the Pacific battlefield, and The Japanese navy was exhausted.

The main reason not to deploy so many fighters in Iceland is because it has hardly been attacked by the Germans in any way. In line with the idea of ​​being frugal if possible, dozens of fighter jets were dispatched to fight in the Pacific Theater a few months ago. Even if the production capacity is as strong as the United States, it feels the pressure of production at this time. After all, most of the equipment of the Allied Forces is produced in the United States.

"Strengthen the fighter force here! Send some from Canada!" King George obviously still has lingering fears about the bombing just now. Although he has a good air-raid shelter as an underground hiding place, after all, the destroyed city in front of him really makes him Insecure.

"There are not many fighter jets that can be accommodated at the backup airport. If the U.S. military wants to continue bombing Norway... I think our fighter force can only increase by about 30 more." Hugh Dowding reluctantly answered his king's request: "With all due respect, even if these aircraft are all the latest p-40 Rolls-Royce improvements, they will not pose a great threat to German bombers."

King George VI of the United Kingdom fixed his eyes on Dowding's face, and finally suppressed his anger from the brink of explosion. He looked at his air force commander and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "Then ! My general! You must think of a way to avoid being bombed by the Germans again, right?"

Suddenly the ground trembled slightly, and everyone looked out of the window in horror. At the end of the mountains in the distance, a wisp of green smoke went straight up into the sky. The island of Iceland is full of various volcanoes, even when it is safe and sound, it erupts once or twice from time to time. The nearest volcano on the verge of eruption is only 125 kilometers away from Reykjavik, Iceland's largest city...

"They...why don't they drop some bombs into those volcanoes..." Wiping the cold sweat off his forehead, a government official in a suit asked with some fear.

"Who knows." Hugh Dowding looked at His Majesty the King who hadn't looked back, and said, "I will order several troops stationed in Canada to gather in Iceland and get as many better planes as possible." , set up an ambush here to kill those damned German planes."

He had to change his strategy, because who knows whether the bombs dropped by German planes would actually detonate an active volcano after several large-scale bombings—that would be more thorough than dozens of bombings, I guess Everything in Iceland will be wiped out by then.

Just as the British were cleaning up the mess in Iceland, the German bombers had already flown over the German submarine that was navigating them halfway. Because there were no enemy planes chasing them, the hundreds of FW-190D fighter jets that were waiting here had already returned ahead of schedule. . The leading German commander finally relaxed and radioed an encouraging message: "We're home!"

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Before I knew it, Dragon Knight’s novel had 1,000 chapters and more than 3 million words. It went from Poland to Paris, and from London to Moscow. I hope the protagonist of this novel can go further, and I hope to support the third You of the empire, you can accompany the army of the empire and go further!