Nine Hundred and Eighty-Four Tense Late Night

?In the dead of night at the base, everyone was soundly asleep. They started to sleep in the afternoon, because they wanted to maintain the best sleep to deal with the mission that claimed to be able to change the course of the war at night. ■Read www. As long as they can destroy the steel production base of the Third Reich in Norway, the terrible steel torrent of the German army and the increasing number of aircraft in the air force will be effectively weakened, and the United States will still have a presence in Europe The possibility of victory on the battlefield.

Except for a few ground crews and intelligence personnel who are still active, the entire Icelandic base is silent. The searchlights were sweeping back and forth regularly, and the patrolling soldiers, carrying their weapons on their backs, walked neatly across the wide airport.

In the command room, Hugh Dowding was frowning tightly, checking the intelligence from Norway with several US Air Force generals. The Germans are obviously strengthening the defense forces there, and they are strengthening the air defense forces there in a very targeted manner.

"Will someone leak our bombing information?" An American general folded his hands on his chest, looking at the information that the German army had begun to martial law the roads around the mine, and asked his colleagues: "Canada...the United States... …Britain, what link went wrong?"

"We didn't pass through Canada at all! The planes flew to Iceland in batches at night, and the British branch in Canada didn't notify us about this...Only a few of our departments and the British base in Iceland knew about this plan All the content." The US intelligence officer in charge of intelligence said quickly. He didn't believe that such a secret plan would be leaked. Isn't this almost tantamount to admitting that there is a traitor in the office of the President of the United States?

"It's speculation... Once a certain link of our plan is exposed, I'm sorry to say that it is very likely to happen." Hugh Dowding interjected, "As long as we know a certain link, the Germans will speculate on our next action plan. They're not stupid, and they're even a little scary smart. ■一看书〓. I think there's that damned Mr. Yuan who hasn't made any mistakes until now, and it's not hard for them to deduce that we're going to bomb Germany."

In order to transport enough fuel and bombs, it is necessary to increase the number of transport ships to Iceland. It is no secret that there are German submarines everywhere under the North Atlantic Ocean. It is very possible that the Germans noticed something was wrong. As long as the Allies are trying to strengthen Iceland, it is not difficult to judge what the Allies are trying to do.

"Should the plan be cancelled? Obviously, we have no advantage in taking off the planes and directly bombing the area where the opponent is prepared." A general of the U.S. Air Force's air force was a little shaken. Definitely bad news for America.

"If it was me." Hugh Dowding thought for a while and then replied cautiously: "I will cancel the bombing operation tonight and wait until the German defense force is confirmed before making any plans."

Dowding is a well-known commander of the Royal Air Force. He is good at passive defensive operations, so he is more mature and prudent. He carefully avoids all avoidable risks,

Likes to accumulate small wins into big wins. The British Air Force has been able to persist in adversity until now, and this commander is also a credit.

"The plan cannot be changed easily... The scientists of the Meteorological Bureau found such a flight opportunity with good weather conditions after precise calculations. If we give up this opportunity, then we have missed the best time to act!" The United States The commander of the Air Force of the Army glanced at his British counterpart, and finally said: "Besides, we also have some advantages."

The advantage he mentioned is actually to put it bluntly, that is, there is no case in the world that has successfully intercepted night bombing. Although the British once bombed Germany at night and failed. But it was bombing the German mainland with dense anti-aircraft guns, and the German army did not take off fighter jets to intercept at night.

Everyone in this room knew that bombing Norway was the best plan that the Allied Forces had come up with, and it would be a pity to give up so easily. Once the Germans perfected the Norwegian air defense network and deployed more anti-aircraft artillery and aircraft units, the chances of the Allies were even slimmer.

"What about bombing the north of England if ... if it is feasible?" the officer in charge of US military intelligence interjected quietly. He knew that the German army was desperately strengthening the air defense forces in Norway, but did not strengthen any air defense in the UK. The spy system there was more complete, and he easily confirmed that there was no movement in the German aircraft and anti-aircraft artillery positions.

"That will only make the native British people hate us." Hugh Dowding was obviously very displeased when he heard this suggestion. So he changed his tone and explained coldly: "There are not many heavy industrial facilities in the north of the UK. Not to mention that rash bombing has no effect, it may be counterproductive."

The Americans no longer brought up the topic of bombing northern England. After all, this approach of bombing their allies' hometowns in front of their allies is indeed a bit too shameless. But they also knew that before the French surrendered to Germany more than a year ago, the British blocked the French port with battleships and started the internal strife.

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The residence of the German Yuan, the top generals of the three armies of the sea, air and air forces in Berlin all stood in front of Akado. Aiming at the enemy's idea of ​​breaking down the impenetrable Atlantic barrier, Akado is also dispatching troops to try to improve the defense of the entire Atlantic sky system.

"My Yuan! The naval surface fleet formation, the 17th, 18th, and 19th destroyer squadrons stationed in the Norwegian waters have been deployed in a fan shape." The naval commander pointed to the huge ship in front of Akado. Haitu introduced the navy's response plan: "The main force of the naval fleet is already on standby in the North Sea."

Letting the navy leave the port is for the sake of insurance. Akado doesn't want his most precious fleet to be nested in the Wilhelm naval port and suddenly be reimbursed by a group of bombers. This is the basis of his Atlantic barrier, and there is no room for danger. Therefore, Lütjens was ordered to lead the fleet to leave the port to protect the safety of the entire fleet.

The representative of the submarine force followed suit. He marked the approximate locations of the 12 submarines mobilized by Dönitz on the map, and then looked at Yuan: "My Yuan! Due to time constraints, the submarine force was unable to draw out a new type of submarine with radar. The submarines rushed to the designated location... so these submarines will adopt the method of floating observation to ensure early warning as much as possible."

"The Air Force's reconnaissance planes have been sent out, and they will arrive over Iceland tomorrow morning. It will be clear at a glance how many American long-range bombers are deployed there." The general in charge of the Air Force's reconnaissance force continued. The German army has suspended its reconnaissance operations against Iceland since the Allied forces put in jet fighters. It's also safer.

Akado knew that he had mobilized all the forces he could to defend the iron ore producing areas near Norway. Any attack during the day is no different from death, because Admiral Catherine and Admiral Dick have already made a guarantee that no target during the day will fly into the Norwegian coastline!

So the only thing worth worrying about now is that the American bomber formation adopts night bombing to avoid the most powerful German fighter jet defense system. It is precisely because of their confidence in the air power of their combat mechanism that the number of German anti-aircraft guns has dropped a lot compared to another time and space, which also makes the ground-to-air defense system not so impeccable.

Moreover, the 128mm caliber anti-aircraft gun is too heavy, and it is very inconvenient to move and deploy. The 88mm caliber anti-aircraft gun also has such problems, so the number of anti-aircraft guns that the German army can divert to Norway for a while is not too much. It is also where Akado is worried.

He knew that the night fighters of this year were far from being as advanced as he had imagined. Although the German army sent most of the night fighters to Norway, this is a unit without much actual combat experience. What kind of effect is still unknown.

It is precisely because of this that he hastily transferred the long-range bomber unit back from the Soviet front to destroy the Allied air base in Iceland at all costs. He wants to solve the problem once and for all, instead of relying on the air-tight defense system to train Allied night bombing pilots.

"Tonight is an important juncture. After tonight, our air force will be invincible in the daytime. Tomorrow night, the butcher bomber fleet returning from the Soviet Union will attack the Allied Base in Iceland at night." Akado said to his subordinates They said: "So no matter what, we must defend what is crucial to us, the Norwegian ore-producing area tonight!"

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"Assembly! Assemble!" A roar broke the tranquility of the Allied Air Force Base in Iceland. The silent night sky was turned into a boiling state by the assembly whistle, and the pilots wearing life jackets walked out of their resting dormitories. They have been resting here for a whole day, and the current state is really full of energy. These pilots are going to fly across the sea in darkness to bomb the enemy's important production base.

The officers of the ground command department held the aviation map in their hands, and confirmed the course and flight time to the navigator and the pilots of other aircraft over and over again. They had to arrive at the right place at the exact time to see those possible Fleeting ground fire.

They must drop bombs accurately with the help of firelight instructions, and accurately destroy the German iron ore mining areas and processing plants.