New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

() The performance of the p-47 at high altitude gave the Soviets a lot of shock, but this is not the end, because the next day, they will go to see the American bomber force.

A newly formed b-24 bomber brigade will be sent to Europe in the near future. Before going to war, they need to go to the "Reverse Cross" for a period of tactical training.This team became the object of investigation by the Soviets.

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"According to the arrangement of the United States, at noon tomorrow, a b-24 bomber brigade will be transferred here. The Americans will arrange for us to board the plane in the afternoon to familiarize ourselves with this bomber. In the morning of the day after tomorrow, we will take this plane with them Let's do a queue drill together."

Kotin was speaking at a preparatory meeting within the Soviets.

"About taking the bomber, the Americans have made some demands on us..."

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At noon the next day, just after lunch, almost all the Soviets came to the pilot restaurant by the runway.There, through the huge glass windows, the entire runway can be seen.

Kotin sat down at a table by the window.A waiter asked him, "Would you like something?"

"Ah, do you have an iced Coke?"

"Sorry, sir," the waiter explained, "our freezer is out of order today. We can't supply it right now. But it will be available in a while."

At this moment, Kotin saw a p-47 with a large auxiliary fuel tank landing on the runway.

"Ah, sir, the iced Coke is ready. I can get it to you in a minute."

At this time, the p-47 had already landed.But it didn't slide towards the tarmac, but kept coming here.Finally parked directly outside the house.

Several ground crews ran over, quickly removed the large auxiliary fuel tank, and quickly hung up another large auxiliary fuel tank.

"What are they doing here?" asked Cotin.

"Oh, they're making ice-cold Coke or ice cream or something."

Kotin turned his head and saw that it was Ron who was speaking.

"Speaking of which, I invented this trick." Ron seemed very proud, "It was back in Guadalcanal, and that place was much hotter than here, where our power supply was insufficient and we couldn't eat ice cream Things like that. Then I invented a method of flying these things to high altitudes to freeze them. Unfortunately, the US Patent Office refused to accept this patent application.”

Ron said as he sat down on the chair.

At this time, the ground crew had already opened the special auxiliary fuel tank, loaded the contents into a small cart, and pushed it in.

"This is really an interesting design." Ke Jing praised it smoothly.However, he had another idea in his mind.

"The Yankees of Nima actually use fighter jets like this to drink some iced drinks. If this happened in the Soviet Union, this guy would definitely...but the industrial capabilities of the Americans really...can make them such a luxury. ..."

At this moment, a loud roar came from outside the window.

"Ah, look, the boys from the bomber unit are here." Just as Kejing kept complaining in his heart, Ron was already sitting on the sofa, raised Erlang's feet like a dignitary, and took it The waiter handed him a large glass of iced Coke and said to Kotin.

"Ah." Kotin turned his head and looked out the window. He saw a large group of bombers approaching.

"It's really spectacular." Looking at those bombers, Kejing couldn't help expressing such emotion.

"It's really spectacular." In another window, Valia also expressed the same emotion.

The scene outside is indeed spectacular. More than 40 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers of a whole bomber brigade are landing one after another, and their roar is deafening.

The b-24 Liberator was the most produced large bomber in the United States during World War II, and it was also the most used bomber, with a total output of 19000.It's a big, heavy looking, clumsy, solid looking guy.It has a stout fuselage that looks a bit like a boat, four engines and twin vertical oval tails.

Compared with the b-17, this guy has a much longer range. When loaded with a 5000-pound bomb, its range is as high as 2300 miles, or 3700 kilometers, which allows it to directly bomb strategic targets in Germany.

The Soviets also tried to establish a strategic air force back then, but the sudden war interrupted this process.Now, most of the Soviet bombers are twin-engine light bombers.But the dream of the Soviets' strategic bomber has never been forgotten.Today, in the face of the American strategic bomber fleet, whether it is Kotin, Valia or others, their eyes are shining.

It took more than an hour for more than 40 b-24 bombers to land.Then a whole bunch of rookie crews started showing up in the pilots' mess.

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After lunch, according to the scheduled procedure, the Soviets began to board the huge four-engine bomber.

"It's so beautiful!"

"Is there? I think it's ugly."

"Are you still Russian? Do you understand what is rough beauty and what is violent aesthetics?"

When a group of Soviet pilots touched left and right on the plane, Kotin was chatting with Ron who was accompanying him.

"From the perspective of aerodynamic shape, can this kind of aircraft fly fast?"

"Ah, yes, compared to fighter jets, its speed is indeed not fast. When it is empty, it can fly up to 470 kilometers per hour, but after it is loaded with bombs, its cruising speed is only about 300 kilometers per hour." Ron replied. .

"This guy can fly at a speed of 470 kilometers per hour?" Kejing was surprised.As a bomber, this speed is really not slow, much faster than the German Stuka and the Soviet TB-3.

"It's slow to load the bomb," said Ron.

"How do you escort them?" Ketin continued to ask, "I'm talking about Europe."

"Earlier, we didn't have fighter jets to escort it, so they had to break through the German air and ground forces alone to attack those important targets."

"So, how do they deal with the German fighters?"

"Rely on self-defensive firepower and the support of teammates. Well, there is also this guy's sturdy structure and Almighty God. Specifically, you will know after following the Feifei formation tomorrow."

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The next morning, it was almost 10 o'clock, Ketin and Ron sat together in a b-24 bomber.The bomber had just completed take-off at this time and was slowly climbing.

"After climbing to 2000 meters, the bomber fleet will change formation and form a defensive formation. At that time, you can go to the machine gun tower above to see. It is still comfortable to stay in the cabin." Captain Costner said Holding the direction steadily, he said to Kejing.

"Yes, there's nothing to see now, it's still comfortable to stay in the cabin." Ron also said, "Last time I stayed in the machine gun tower, I almost froze my nose. But you can actually put your seat belt on now." Loosen...well, you'll be uncomfortable if you tie it too tight."

"Ah, can you let it go?" Ke Jing quickly untied the seat belt, "It's a little tight, I can hardly breathe." He stretched out his left hand and wiped his head, But his right hand was still tightly gripping his seat.

"Didn't you fly a lot before?" Ron asked seeing that his face was not right.

"Not many rides. I have done it a few times in a transport plane, and once in a trainer model of a fighter jet, but it is the first time to take a bomber plane."

"Oh, you can actually relax a bit. To be honest, our bomber is actually more stable than most transport aircraft. It's not the same thing as a fighter. Last time a guy took his girlfriend to the sky in a trainer model. It was okay at first, but then, at the instigation of his girlfriend, that fool did a high-speed circle, and, well, his girlfriend almost died of a heart attack. ... But don't worry, our bombers will never Wouldn't do something like that."

"Ah, I was just not used to it at first. Actually we are nothing." Kotin said, recalling the experience of flying on a certain guy's plane.

At this time, the plane has climbed to a sufficient height.

"Okay we're going to turn around and form a queue."The captain reminded.

"Oh," Ketin grabbed the seat belt hanging on the side, and seemed to be about to buckle it up again.Suddenly he remembered that it was time for him to see how the Americans changed formation.So he dropped his seat belt, stood up, and said, "Where shall we go and see?"

"Oh, the machine gun turret up there has the best view," said Ron. "You're all right?"

"It's all right," Colin said.

"Hey, Tommy, come down and give up your position to the Soviet chief for a while," a crew member called.

"Okay, I just came down to warm up." A young man in his early twenties replied while climbing down the iron ladder.

"Sir, are you going up?" Tommy looked at Kotin. "Sir, you have to wear a hat and gloves. And the place is really crowded for you."

"Oh, thank you." Kotin hurriedly put on his hat and gloves, and then climbed up the iron ladder with handrails.

As soon as he went up to the machine gun tower, Kotin was a little dazzled by the strong sunlight that was thrown from him.He pulled down the goggles on his head, sat in the Heavy's chair, and started looking around.

He saw more than 40 bombers began to move with each other, and after a while, other bombers appeared at a certain distance from him, up, down, left, and right.In the machine gun turret on the top of a bomber to his right, he saw a man waving to him. He raised the binoculars hanging around his neck and took a closer look. It was the machine gunner named Alvin.Apparently he likes the machine gun turret that can rotate 360 ​​degrees on this plane.While waving his hands in all directions, he manipulated the machine gun tower to turn around.

"Well, there is another one in the machine gun tower over there, it looks like Aleliu Qing, the one over there... Well, if an enemy plane rushed over, it would be shot by more than a dozen machine guns? See These bombers are really not so easy to bully."