Chapter 1579 Lost the Target

The Tu-4 bomber, also known as the B-29 bomber, was imported from the United States at a great cost to the Soviets. There are 50 of these precious aircraft in total. The Americans promised the supply of spare parts, but absolutely Will not give more quantities.

Therefore, the Soviet bomber force must cherish these planes and not let them suffer great losses in the war.

At the same time, it is necessary to carry out combat missions, which is simply a huge contradiction, and there is only one way to solve this contradiction.

Very low altitude flight at night.

Flying at night, the visibility is very low. In this case, ordinary daytime fighter jets cannot see targets such as bombers at all, so it is quite safe.

The only ones that can threaten them are night fighter jets, which are specially modified to carry out night combat missions, with good visibility, long stay in the air, strong firepower, and more importantly, they are equipped with radar equipment.

Although the target cannot be found visually in the dark, the radar will brighten the eyes of the pilots of the night fighter so that they can see the target clearly, and then cooperate with the radar station on the ground to perform the task, which is definitely more than enough.

In this case, high-altitude bombing at night is also quite dangerous. At the same time, they are at high altitude and the route is straight, which is easy to expose the target.

In this way, low-altitude bombing is inevitable.

Of course, there is another reason.

High-altitude bombing requires precise aiming. At this time, they do not know that the Americans have successfully developed the advanced Norton high-altitude bombing sights. The Americans have replaced their aircraft with outdated original bombing devices. The accuracy of bombing is quite poor. If you want to improve the accuracy, it is inevitable to reduce the flight altitude.

As for why it has only turned to low altitude now, if it has been flying at low altitude, the fuel is not enough. Just confirming the route is enough to make the navigator collapse.

Now, as long as they aim at the route, they can accurately find the target. At the same time, they have to enter the German mainland. The dense ground radar network will make them invisible, and they must enter the low altitude.

Following the orders of Wasserziergo, the bombers lowered their heights from high altitudes and dived into the vast land. They flew in the dark and were prone to hallucinations, believing that the instrument was the only way.

Target Munich, located in the Upper Bavarian High Plains in the Free State of Bavaria, about 45 kilometers away from the northern foothills of the Alps, with an altitude of about 520 meters.

This is also one of the reasons why they can carry out ultra-low-altitude bombing. The other party is on the plain, and the Alps are just south of Munich. If they bombard further south, ultra-low-altitude flying is courting death.

Their flight altitude is one kilometer, and the distance from the ground is only about five hundred meters. The huge Tu-4 bomber is almost flying close to the ground at this altitude. Those annoying night fighters can't find them at all. .

"Radar echo disappeared." In Berlin, Richthofen, too, was constantly receiving messages, disappearing from radar screens just after the target group flew over Prague.

Of course, the opponent did not crash, let alone fly away. The opponent must have turned into an ultra-low altitude, avoided his own radar and night fighter jets, and rushed towards his own Munich.

"It seems that the Soviets are really smart to take advantage of our loopholes so obviously. I guess the deployment of our homeland air defense force must have been leaked." Richthofen said through gritted teeth.

This time, his side was disgraced. To say that there was no information leak, Hithofen absolutely did not believe that in the war, the spies of both sides could never be caught.

After this incident is over, we must make a major mobilization, and at the same time conduct an investigation to find out the spies!

"They are flying at ultra-low altitude now, just giving us a good opportunity." At this moment, an assistant said: "If they can't find our city and continue to fly forward, then they will fly to the Alps. ."

The assistant's words made Richthofen's eyes bright. Yes, this is a good idea!

As someone who has climbed up step by step from the bottom of the Air Force, Richthofen certainly knows the difficulty of flying at night, especially navigation. Although Munich is nearly 50 kilometers away from the Alps, it is only ten minutes in the air. It's just time. For a crew who has been flying for several hours on a long-distance flight, these ten minutes are almost negligible.

Because of this long flight, they have accumulated a lot of route errors.

"Do not fire at the first ambush position, prepare for an ambush at the second ambush position in Imbrusco, evacuate all citizens of Imbrusco, turn on their lights, and pretend to be Munich."

Imbrusco, an extension line south of Munich, close to a small town at the foot of the Alps, dimly lit, would convince enemy planes in the sky, and then, as they flew past, suddenly they found There is a huge mountain range in the dark, and when that time comes, it will definitely be too late to avoid it!

Nearby is the Harvard Laika Peak, which is thousands of meters above sea level, enough for their bombers to be reimbursed.

This small town at the foot of the mountain is mainly engaged in tourism. Many people will start from here to climb the mountain. It is summer now, so there are not many people to climb the mountain. The snow-capped mountains in winter are the beauty here.

Even so, in order to reduce the casualties of innocent people, those citizens still need to be evacuated.

Richthofen didn't know at this time that this order of his own saved the lives of hundreds of citizens in the town, but the anti-aircraft artillerymen who didn't know the second ambush position here died heroically.

At the opponent's speed, it would take about 40 minutes to reach Munich. During this time, the arrangement of the second position was efficiently completed.

Now, the Empire is developing radars to be mounted on aircraft, but the technical problems faced are even greater. If you want to see the ground from the sky, radar clutter is simply a huge problem.

Now that the opponent has disappeared from the radar screen, the opponent's trajectory can only be judged in advance. If the judgment is wrong, other cities will suffer huge losses tonight.

Richthofen completely trusts his own judgment. As for the reason, it is also very simple. If you fly at an ultra-low altitude, the range you see will become smaller. It is quite difficult for the navigator to navigate, and the pre-determined positioning point cannot be found at all. , even if it is found, it will fly by, there is no reaction time at all, and it is impossible to correct the route. Direct flight is the most likely.