Chapter 1486 Iceland

In this raging world war, no country is immune.

Those strong countries naturally want to obtain more land and more benefits, while weak countries, even if they have made a neutral posture, cannot stay out of it.

This is especially true for some strategically located and sparsely populated countries.

such as Iceland.

Iceland was originally a quiet and peaceful country. As a dependent country of Denmark, Icelanders have lived here for generations, relying on hunting for a living. The population of the entire Iceland is only 120,000.

They were originally out of the way. After Denmark was occupied by Germany, Iceland declared independence and declared neutrality, but the British were afraid that Iceland would fall to Germany, so the British launched the "Harpoon" operation to force Iceland to be occupied.

This made the Icelanders very angry, but they had no choice at all. The British continued to increase their troops, and later the Americans. So far, there are a total of 40,000 American troops stationed in Iceland.

Under the pressure of the Americans, the Icelandic government even had to sign a mutual defense agreement that humiliated the country. Iceland's own security police force only has 70 people, while the Americans have used 40,000 troops!

When the United Kingdom fell, Iceland became a springboard. If the United States wanted to counterattack Europe in the future, it could only start from Iceland, seize the British Peninsula, and then use the United Kingdom as a springboard to enter the mainland.

The United States places great importance on Iceland.

From the map, most of Iceland is mountainous, with the wide Vatnajökull Icefield in the east. The capital of Iceland is located in Reykjavik in the west of Iceland, in Fahsa Bay, which is also the main port city in Iceland.

When the United Kingdom landed, it started with the occupation of Reykjavik. According to the agreement with the United Kingdom to exchange weapons, the main force of the United States was also stationed in Reykjavik after switching to Iceland.

Now, Reykjavik is full of GIs everywhere.

In the west of Reykjavik, the Cape Reycha Peninsula, Keflavik, has a major naval aviation base, and the US aviation forces stationed here are mainly distributed here.

In later generations, Reykjavik and Keflavik have Iceland's only two international airports, which were built by Britain and the United States during World War II. Now, these bases are still the most primitive soil runways, and they were built in a hurry. .

With the tight fighting in the Pacific, the deployment of the United States in Iceland is not strong, there is only one squadron of P-40 fighter jets, and some water patrol aircraft belonging to the navy.

Now, Iceland's direction is not critical. Although the Germans' naval strength is getting stronger and stronger, becoming a heavy pressure on the United States in the Atlantic Ocean, but Germany is now engaged in a land war with the Soviet Union, and Germany has mobilized the whole country.

Before destroying the Soviet Union, the Germans will definitely not go to war with the United States. Taking advantage of this time, the United States must first defeat the island countries, which is almost everyone's consensus.

At this time, at Keflavik, a twin-engine Martin PBM Mariner water patrol/bomber was preparing to take off. It was designed to complement the number of joint PBY Catalina builds, that is, an alternative second-tier aircraft.

Every morning, it would take off and fly back at night to scout the waters off eastern Iceland and monitor the movements of the German navy. Once the German navy appeared in eastern Iceland, they would be on high alert.

The current German navy is too perverted. Landing ships are built one after another, so they must be vigilant, maybe the German navy will come up at any time.

This huge seaplane needs nine people to operate. Now, they are lining up to walk towards the seaplane. Captain Marin walks in the front, his eyes are looking at the sky in the distance, and he murmurs: "Today is a Nice weather to fly."

The sky is clear and cloudless, the cold current from the arctic has also weakened a lot recently, and there are no strong winds, and the day looks good.

Not far away, the base's long-range air-to-air warning radar was spinning. Marin glanced at the eastern sky and saw nothing.

This has almost become a habitual action. Every day, you have to look to the east. If there are bombers in the sky, it will be their doomsday.

Can Iceland hold up?

In the face of the powerful military strength of the Germans, it is difficult to say!

"Have the spare parts we needed arrived?" Marin asked.

It is very cold in Iceland. In this climate, our own planes are not adapted to the situation, and the engine will occasionally fail, which has caused several seaplanes to lie down, and now they are anxiously waiting for spare parts.

Can be dispatched, only two or three.

"It is said that the spare parts will arrive today." The ground crew said.

Hope, usually they only take off one, and they can search and fly at sea, but if there is an emergency, it may be necessary to strengthen the search in all directions, and they need to be dispatched. At this time, the disadvantage of insufficient number of aircraft is will show up.

He stepped on the gangway and was about to enter the cockpit. At this moment, on the sea in the distance, a low black spot appeared.

what is that?

Almost at the same time as he discovered it, the sentry of the base also discovered it. Just when the lookout post wanted to sound the alarm, he couldn't help shaking his head, and he was too startled.

It wasn't a German bomber, it was just an ordinary Pan Am airliner.

This passenger plane is a passenger plane specially used for intercontinental flight produced by Hughes Aircraft Company. It is very similar to the German Junkers-290 bomber, but the painting of the fuselage shows that it is the most familiar passenger plane.

After entering a state of war with Germany, Hughes was unable to obtain German engines. Therefore, the number of such specialized intercontinental airliners in the United States was certain. Later, all of them were requisitioned by the United States.

It is said that the latest bomber in the United States is almost an imitation of this passenger plane by surveying and mapping.

This passenger plane takes almost three days to make a round trip to transport the supplies that the base desperately needs. A large amount of materials are transported by ships, such as the supplies needed by the 40,000 US troops, weapons and ammunition, and the urgently needed materials are It was transported by plane. It seems that the spare parts that we need are also in this passenger plane.

"Start the engine." After entering the cockpit, Marin said. At this time, they were still on the tarmac. After starting, they would slide to the runway. Now, while waiting, the passenger plane has entered the landing route.

The engines on both sides were rumbling, and after a few minutes of idling, the airliner had landed as it waited to slide down the runway. That unrestrained majesty makes people look very spectacular.

The plane landed accurately and taxied forward.