Chapter 1460 Dispatch B-29

Radar is the method of detection. If the radar wave returns to the transmitting antenna, it is an ordinary detection radar. If the radar wave returns to the seeker of the bomb or missile, it provides guidance information to them, which is radar guidance. In later generations, A large number of missiles, especially air-to-air missiles, are radar-guided.

This requires the accumulation of technology. The fact of the early sparrow air-to-air missile has shown how difficult it is to make an advanced technology mature.

Germany has developed transistors, and has not taken the road of semi-active radar guidance, because Cyric knows that this technology is immature, and it is not too late to consider it after it develops into microelectronics and has integrated circuits.

And America doesn't.

In history, in addition to developing radio-command-guided bombs, Americans also developed semi-active radar-guided bombs.

The SWOD MK-7 Pelican semi-active radar-guided bomb was developed in 1942 by the US Defense Research Council to develop a radar-guided anti-ship glide bomb for the US Navy. The project was terminated in 1944 because of its inherent flaws.

(SWOD, Special Weapons Ammunition Device.)

In the same year, the U.S. Navy also developed an active radar-guided glide bomb parallel to the pelican for backup purposes. , so it is called bat, which is actually the principle of active radar missiles, which is similar to that of bats in nature using ultrasonic echoes to locate.

The bat was originally named MK-57, and later changed to SWOD MK-9 for unification. At the end of 1944, the bat was successfully thrown in the test and entered combat readiness in January 1945.

But now, this era is very different from history. Because Germany has made rapid progress in guidance technology and has shown great power in anti-ship operations many times, the United States has also increased its research and development efforts, and launched a number of projects. Now, there are anti-ship bombs that can be used.

Americans are under great pressure. Seeing that the German warships are built like dumplings, they will soon dominate the Atlantic Ocean. If the United States does not take some countermeasures, can the United States hold the last territory of the free world?

The development of these projects is secret, so many people present did not know it at all, and now, Arnold suddenly proposed it because it was at a critical juncture.

Using B-29 bombers, carrying special anti-ship bombs, flying over the island nation's fleet, blowing up the island nation's warships, at least ensuring that their aircraft carriers are blown up, so that the situation of the war can still be reversed, Waiting for their own aircraft carrier formation to return, and then beat the remaining island navies, this is their only choice!

It has to be fast. The quicker they react, the less time is left for the islanders. Once the islanders have consolidated their base on Midway, it will be difficult for them to do anything.

"Okay, get the 58th Bomb Wing out now, and hopefully it will surprise us," Roosevelt said. "We can't afford to fail again and again."

In the battle between the Soviet Union and Germany, the Soviet Union continued to fail, and the country was eroded. Now, in the siege of Kyiv, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops were wiped out. Everyone is not optimistic about the Soviet battlefield. Once the Soviet Union was defeated by Germany If it is defeated, Germany will definitely swoosh to the United States. If the United States cannot defeat the island countries now, the United States will be forced to fight on two fronts.

And now, the situation is absolutely unfavorable for the United States, and the United States must use a victory to boost morale.

Arnold nodded.

Historically, the 58th Bomber Wing was also well-known. After its establishment, at the insistence of Roosevelt, this wing was secretly deployed to China, and used China as a base to attack the island country. Finally, the United States could fly directly to the island without the aid of an aircraft carrier. A bomb was dropped on the island nation's head.

And now, after this wing has just been established, what the United States needs to do is to use it to bomb the island nation's aircraft carrier formation!

As the order was issued, the station of the 58th Bomber Wing immediately entered into intense preparations. The resting pilot got up in a drowsiness and was called into the pilot preparation room.

"Maybe many people don't know it yet. Let me introduce it here. Just an hour ago, the island nation's navy came out and occupied our Midway Island. This time, the island nation landed directly on our Midway Island." Bomber Wing The commander, Major General Kenneth-B-Ulf, said: "Now, the president personally signed the order, our entire wing took off and immediately went to the waters of Midway Island to find the aircraft carrier formation of the islanders and blow it up!"

Midway was occupied. The news was immediately discussed among the pilots. The expressions on their faces were filled with righteous indignation. At the same time, they also knew that Hawaii was at stake, and they had to contribute to the United States!

"The 444th Bomb Group and the 40th Bomb Group went first, carrying the VB-1 bombs, and now the bombs are being loaded, note, there are only five channels for simultaneous guidance, so it may take a long time for you to drop all the bombs, first bomb The aircraft carrier of the islanders!"

"Understood!" shouted the captains of the two brigades.

"The 462nd and 468th Bombing Groups set off half an hour apart. You carried bat bombs and sank all the remaining warships of the islanders, so that the islanders knew the power of our bombers!"

"clear!"

"In order to avoid being intercepted by the fighter jets of the islanders, our bombing altitude is preset at 8,000 meters. If it is found that the fighter jets of the islanders can fly to our altitude, it will be increased to 10,000 meters." Major General Ulf continued: "This bombing is related to the fate of our America, and we have to fight for our national destiny!"

"Understood!" all the pilots answered loudly: "America's interests are above all else!"

A famous pilot left the flight preparation room and ran to their plane.

The navigator, Captain William O'Mole, climbed the gangway and climbed into the navigator cabin in front of the B-29 bomber, holding an aeronautical chart in his hand.

Although it was a temporary flight this time, it was still at night, but he did not have any psychological pressure. They flew more than once on the route from the base to Hawaii. This is already a normal route. Back then, he flew B-24. At times, they flew back and forth dozens of times.

He knew that the difficulty was not to reach Midway, but to find the island nation's aircraft carrier formation. In the vast sea, it was too difficult to find a formation.

Major General Ulf also got into the cabin and sat in the cab, and he also participated in the bombing.

As if he knew the navigator's mind, he said: "Over Pearl Harbor, all the maritime patrol planes have taken off, looking for the island nation's aircraft carrier formation."