1228th Bite the Bullet

"The radar alert destroyer deployed on the sea west of Norway discovered that a large number of enemy planes are flying to Norway... Yes! The navy has confirmed this news. Obviously, the other party is not escorting people to Iceland, but organizing a second attack. The second bombing of Norway." On the phone, an intelligence officer issued an enemy attack alert to the Norwegian Air Defense Command.

Then he went on to add: "The enemy did not transmit information about transporting planes to Iceland through telegrams, so we don't know what they are going to send to Iceland. But now it seems that things are clear, and the other party still wants to bomb Norway. Destroy our war potential."

"Don't worry! Our planes are all ready! The opponent will not enter our attack range for at least 20 minutes, which is enough for us to take off fighter jets and prepare for interception..." The general of the Norwegian Air Defense Command sneered He said to the other party: "But having said that, are they crazy? Now that we are allies with Siberia, we don't depend on Norway for a steady stream of iron ore. What are they working so hard for?"

"No matter what they are for! Shoot them down and don't let one go!" After saying this, the other party hung up the phone. This time, the Allied bombers came out in full force and bombed Norway during the day, which was nothing more than a signal that they wanted to continue the war. President Roosevelt gave a last shot of stimulant to those political allies who followed him in the war and several Confederate governments in exile that were about to collapse.

Whether the bombing of Norway was successful or not, the Third Reich would not have made peace with the United States. That way there would be no liquidation for those officers who kept fighting, and no steps for the United States to withdraw from the war—the war would go on and on until it was decided.

This is also the almost last attack by the United States using Iceland: as the Atlantic Fleet was severely damaged by the German Navy's High Seas Fleet and Germany took control of the sea in the Atlantic Ocean, Iceland will soon be occupied by Germany without any accidents.

So these bombers flew to Norway without hesitation, and with a full 110 escorted twin-fuselage P-41 fighter jets, they rushed to Norway, the steel producing area of ​​Germany. 310 B-17 bombers roared their engines and visited the airspace of the Third Reich during the day.

This plan was really helpless. Although the Allied forces knew that the bombing during the day would be intercepted by fighter jets with absolute superiority in Germany, they really had no way to bomb Norway at night. There should also be locals who are pro-American after the last bombing, and the effect of the night bombing is really unflattering.

On the other hand, night bombing will also be intercepted by the terrifying German night fighters. Flying in formation at night is difficult and prone to confusion, which is not conducive to novice pilots driving their own aircraft to complete the mission, and the self-defense weapons of the bombers themselves cannot be used. Function... So many factors came together, making the Allies feel that it would be more cost-effective to carry out daytime bombing at the cost of losses.

"Woo... woo... woo!" As the air defense sirens sounded in various fighter airfields in Germany and Norway,

Countless pilots ran to their own planes, and with the help of the ground crew, they started to launch the prepared planes, and the people sitting in the airport began to adjust their goggles and check the instrument panel.

Among the dozens of German air defense fighter airports, there are several special confidential airports, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the German Air Force Headquarters. They have an independent radar early warning system and an independent command system. When the alarm echoed over these special airports, the louder engine roar was deafeningly followed by the air defense alarm.

"God bless! I thought I was going to wait here forever." A German pilot put the leather jacket on himself and fixed the pistol on the armed belt. After donning the life jacket handed to him by the ground crew and checking his parachute, he hopped into his own plane, an ME-239 fighter jet.

The highest design flight speed of this jet fighter can reach more than 850 kilometers per hour, which is an entire era faster than the fastest flight speed of 600 kilometers of Allied aircraft. Although the speed of the British Meteor jet fighter is also very fast, but because of the instability of that aircraft, it cannot be regarded as a qualified practical jet fighter.

Although the German ME-239 fighter is not as fast as expected, it is more reliable and durable. The weapons equipped are also more powerful than ordinary fighters - another gratifying indicator is the range of this fighter, which is more than one level better than the ME-262 fighter known as the defender of the airport in another time and space: ME-239 fighter It can fly more than 1,600 kilometers, which is a full 600 kilometers of range.

Under the requirements of Germany's field painting, these German jet fighters were all painted in field camouflage, with the sky blue camouflage color under the belly. Use the hollow iron cross as the Air Force logo: In order to avoid the situation of friendly fire, all German fighter jets began to spray two yellow identification strips on the wings.

"Venom Bee 15 is ready to take off! I'm going to use a jet fighter to take down my first enemy aircraft record! Wingman, don't hold me back." After putting on the headset, the pilot of the jet fighter Laughing and experimenting with his radio communication equipment.

Soon there was the teasing of the wingman pilot in his earphones: "Okay! I will follow you closely, but I don't know if you have the ability to shoot down the enemy plane." Before he had time to reply to his wingman, the earphones Then came the order to let him take off, so the German pilot controlled his plane, aimed at the slender runway, and pushed his accelerator lever violently.

The huge thrust made the plane move forward rapidly, and more than half of the seemingly slender runway disappeared in front of my eyes in an instant. The German pilots skillfully manipulated the wings to let the plane ride the wind. The roar of the engine is much louder than that of a propeller plane, and the take-off distance of the plane is longer than that of the German Ta-152 fighter.

However, these are exchanged for the unparalleled powerful performance of the ME-239 fighter jet after it takes off: this aircraft is faster than all its opponents, with stronger firepower, more ammunition load, and better high-altitude performance.

One after another, the German planes took off, and then formed formation above the sky near the airport. As the air defense warning continued, these planes began to fly to the coastline. Completely smashed the opponent's dream of bombing Norway during the day.

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"Commander! I suddenly have an ominous premonition. Do you think the Germans will take off 500 fighter jets in one go to deal with us?" The American B-17 pilot sitting on the co-pilot still had a childish face. Well, he just graduated from aviation school this year, and he was sent here to perform such a stressful task.

So this novice pilot would ask questions to the captain around him from time to time, and the other party took the trouble to ask. Almost everyone in the U.S. Army Aviation knew that Germany had better radars, so they could prepare their planes and anti-aircraft guns ahead of time. This is also the main reason why everyone is silent and nervous, because none of us want to die in a foreign country for no reason.

"Sir! We should come at night, so they won't be able to take off so many fighter jets to intercept us..." The co-pilot was still chattering, and the captain sitting next to him was one of the few who had carried out the last night bombing The Norwegian pilot finally couldn't take it anymore after hearing this.

He was furious, and shouted loudly: "Shut up! I would rather come here during the day, because I don't want to experience such a night again! There are explosions and screams everywhere, but I can't see who is complaining. I'm going to fire... If you talk nonsense again, I'll throw you out of here! Do you understand?"

The soldier sitting in the navigator's seat raised his head, pressed his earphones and shouted to the pilot who had just been furious: "Sir! We have entered the combat radius of the German fighter jets! Maybe in two minutes, we will be able to I saw the enemy plane rushing over!"

"All aircraft, all aircraft! Please pay attention! Pilots maintain your formation, and all self-defense firepower begins to prepare ammunition, and prepare for combat immediately!" After hearing the navigator's reminder, the commander quickly issued a combat order.

The machine gunner leaning on the fuselage fastened his seat belt, then gripped the grip of the 12.7mm heavy machine gun with one hand, and pulled the bolt on it with the other hand. After a crisp sound, the bullet was loaded. And not far behind him, a cannon shooter got into the cannon turret under the belly of the machine, and also aimed the cannon at the direction where the enemy might attack.

Every plane, the nose, the belly, and the turret on the back of the plane are ready for battle. Everyone is waiting quietly, waiting for their enemy to appear on the other side of the cloud. There was only the sound of the wind and the roar of the engine.

"Call the fighter force. The German planes are very powerful. If you can't stand it anymore, lure them into our range. Rely on our intensive self-defense firepower to destroy those German planes that are superior in speed!" Commander After I arranged my own affairs, I reminded the friendly army by radio.

"We understand! We will protect you as much as possible and let you reach the bombing site safely!" The American commander driving the battle thanked the commander of the bomber unit loudly in the headset: "Cover the formation and wait for the Germans to enter the range After that, open fire! Drive them away from our bomber force."