Chapter 987 Boring Flight

Flying at sea is quite boring.

Below is the endless blue sea. In the distance, you can see the horizon, showing the outline of an arc. Where the sea and the sky meet, it is impossible to tell whether it is the sea or the blue sky. In this way, flying and flying, the front is still the same scenery. , with no end in sight.

"We are on the Atlantic route now." Bescher listened to the voice of the navigator Antonio below through the intercom: "We will continue to fly for twelve hours."

Now, the bomber unit has flown to an altitude of 10,000 meters. The special two-stage turbocharger provides the engine with a steady stream of sufficient air, so that the piston engine can work normally.

Germany has invested a lot in the development of superchargers. After all, the high-altitude air is thin. Only a high-efficiency supercharger can make the engine have sufficient intake air. Otherwise, the power will be drastically reduced.

This is also the disadvantage of the piston engine. Therefore, Germany is vigorously developing the turbine engine, and now it is the era of the sunset of the piston fighter.

Twelve hours is definitely a long voyage. In this kind of flight, the physical strength of the pilot is a big test.

"Attention, according to the assignment, rest in batches." Bescher said, he unfastened his seat belt, pushed open the back door, inside, was a three-story sleeper area.

With the continuous development of technology, Germany has been able to manufacture relatively large pressurized cabins. The air at high altitudes is thin, and if there is no pressurized cockpit, they will be unconscious in an instant.

And this kind of large pressurized cabin can also be equipped with a simple sleeper for people to rest. It is very important to maintain physical strength during the flight.

Only the pilots who stayed behind were still concentrating on operating the aircraft and monitoring the data of various instruments. According to the assignment, after four hours, the rotation would take place.

Five large Junkers-390 bombers were flying correctly on the route of civil aviation. There are still more than ten hours before their task.

Flying at high altitude is very pleasant, and on the other side of the earth, 16 B-25 bombers are about to arrive at their destination.

The B-25 is not a pressurized cockpit. The pilot must wear an oxygen mask in the cockpit, otherwise he will faint due to insufficient oxygen in the high altitude.

After putting on the oxygen mask, everyone will look very strange, Doolittle has no time to care about this ugly pig nose, his task is very difficult.

Because he took off early, he had to plan a route. Only by flying at high altitudes could he save fuel. The air at high altitudes was thin and the air resistance brought about by them would also be greatly reduced.

However, it is also unsafe to continue at high altitude. If it is discovered by the opponent's fighter jets, it will be a dead end. There are no machine guns for self-defense on their planes.

"There are still three hundred nautical miles from the island country," said Lieutenant Potter, the navigator.

"Continue to maintain a high altitude and fly a hundred nautical miles." Doolittle said: "At a distance of two hundred nautical miles, turn to ultra-low altitude, and every two aircraft is in a group."

The B-25 bomber continued to fly at 400 km/h for twenty minutes.

"Attention, enter the ultra-low altitude and fly close to the sea." Doolittle gave the order calmly.

The B-25 bomber slowly lowered its altitude with a small glide angle, making full use of the aircraft's energy and descending in the most fuel-efficient way.

This is the technique of a veteran. Although Doolittle was the first to take off, up to now, the fuel consumption on his plane is the smallest.

As the altitude gradually decreased, the sea surface was getting closer and closer. When there was still a hundred meters away from the sea surface, Doolittle slowly leveled the plane.

From a beast in the sky to a monster flying close to the ground on the sea, the B-25 bomber continued to move forward.

At this point, Lieutenant Potter was the most nervous.

Their bombing opportunity is also only once. After they fly over the island country, it is impossible to turn around and fly back. Tokyo is the most eastern part of the island country. If they miss the target, they will have no chance.

Flying on the sea, without any reference, as long as the route is slightly off, the accumulated error is enough to make them miss Tokyo.

It only makes sense to throw bombs over Tokyo!

Lieutenant Potter looked down in the sights as he marked on the chart.

Time passed little by little, they had been flying for more than four hours, and it was about 12 o'clock in Tokyo time.

Suddenly, Lieutenant Potter became excited: "The land has been seen ahead, and we are about to enter the sky over the island country!"

Tokyo is in Tokyo Bay, and there is a city on the periphery. As long as the city is accurately found, the course can be corrected!

He stared his eyes into the sights, and at this moment, he felt his heart beating faster.

"Heading two degrees off course, adjust to the right," Lieutenant Potter shouted.

Without advanced navigation equipment, he managed to find his target only by relying on the chart and compass, which is nothing short of a miracle!

On the ground, several old farmers who were working raised their heads, looked at the planes flying by in the sky, and waved to them.

They are not professional and can't identify the model of the plane, but, now, the only planes that can fly here are the island country's own planes.

Go, lads, punch the Yankees hard! shouted an old farmer.

Under the propaganda of the island country government, the whole island country is shouting war, and fools are the best to agitate.

Even at the end of World War II, this was the case. When the island country was ready to surrender, the top leaders immediately surrendered. However, those ordinary people still persisted and refused to surrender.

Bombers, keep flying forward, one, two, three. Sixteen bombers, all accurately flew over the destination!

Tokyo time, 12:30.

"We're over Tokyo!" Lieutenant Potter shouted, eyes fixed on the sights, "looking for a target."

Although the islanders attacked Pearl Harbor, they did not directly bomb civilian targets. Therefore, when American bombers flew over Tokyo, they could not throw bombs indiscriminately.

Soon, Lieutenant Potter found the target, a large factory, which must be producing weapons for the island country, and bombed there!

"Attention, enter the bombing route, keep flying straight, and prepare to drop bombs."

Noon in Tokyo is not very lively.

There are not many people on the streets, and most of them have a tired look. The expansion of the island country has made the war machine of the entire island country run at a high speed. Even those who work in the island country have a workload that is several times larger than usual. times.