New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

( ) The document that made General Bradley so angry was actually a weather forecast.The meteorological experts of the allied countries informed General Bradley in this forecast: From midnight today until noon tomorrow, there will be heavy fog in France, and the visibility is expected to be, well, the visibility is expected to not exceed 100 meters.Such weather conditions mean that from midnight tonight to this time, all air power will be useless.And not only is the air power useless, but even the ground power will be affected.Attacking when the visibility is less than 100 meters is fighting a confused battle. It is difficult for soldiers to judge whether the target on the opposite side is a German or an American.If it's not done well, maybe everyone fought for a long time, and after the fog cleared, they found that the two sides fighting were the U.S. Army and the Free French Army.Maybe the Germans are willing to fight such a muddle-headed battle. Anyway, if they fight it clearly, they have no chance of winning. The more chaotic the battlefield, the better it is for them.But for Americans who have already won, it seems a bit uneconomical to risk being overturned in order to win a little more.

In fact, during World War II, the U.S. Army ground forces gave people the feeling that they could only use force to suppress people, and they didn't understand all tactics.The whole combat process is that the planes bombed the cannons, the tanks rushed after the cannons, the tanks bombed the planes, and the planes bombed the cannons... Forever pushing all the way, forever "Believe it or not, I can call 1000 people with just one call." bomber."The battle was fought without skill or beauty.And what about the American generals?It seems that there is no command that turned the tide and changed the whole situation of the battle at once.Except for Barton, the others seem to be cowards who are never willing to take risks.They fight their own wars in a conventional way, and they don't even allow others to play too extravagantly.So much so that when Patton ran faster with his Third Army, the U.S. Army actually had the same goal as the German Army: to stop that bastard!

In fact, there is really nothing wrong with the U.S. military playing this way. It is like playing chess. In an already superior situation, the choice of any chess player will be to simplify the situation as soon as possible, and any means that may complicate the situation should be avoided as much as possible.Therefore, the U.S. Army simply simplified the combat method to a front-line flat push. Anyway, with this trick, the Germans absolutely have nothing to do? Nothing.

Now God suddenly jumped out, man-made, oh no, God created complicated changes, what should I do?

After urgent consultations, the final solution for the Americans was to simplify the situation and temporarily suspend the activities. First, no one can do anything before God. Second, even if the Germans can escape a little, the Americans will win this battle. .If you play something that is too risky and turn winning chess into losing chess, it will be too bad.

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Before dark, Ron sent the PA-38 attack aircraft, AC-47 attack aircraft and B-25 bomber in his hand to the airport in Portsmouth. There are no large airports in the UK. The fog, so that these planes can take off early without being affected by the fog the next day, and attack the Germans as soon as the fog clears.As for those PA-47 attack aircraft, because their range is not far enough, they will continue to stay at Caen Airport.This also means that tomorrow, they will have to wait until the fog clears before they can take off and launch an attack.

Facts have proved that the meteorological experts of the Allied forces are really good. At about two o'clock in the middle of the night, night fog really appeared.The fog is getting thicker and thicker, coupled with the influence of the night, at Caen Airport, it is almost impossible to see anything ten meters away.If the Germans send a commando over at this time, it will probably cause chaos at the airport.

All planes have been grounded.The pilots who were tired all day got a rare rest time.But the security forces at the airport are going to suffer.After all, no one knows whether the Germans will really send a commando over.

In fact, when the fog appeared, Marshal Kruger really thought about it.But after thinking about it, I gave up. If the commandos were dropped by air, the airfields in Germany would also be covered in thick fog, and the planes would not be able to take off.If it penetrates from the ground, let alone the distance, can you guarantee that you will not get lost in such a thick fog?

However, this heavy fog really helped Marshal Kruger a lot, and now the retreat is much smoother.There are no more annoying night-flying bombers in the sky anymore. Although, the lack of visibility has also affected the German army's night driving-on the way to retreat, the German army has had several vicious car accidents, and some tanks crushed their own infantry. , and the tank accidentally broke through the guardrail and fell into the river when crossing the bridge.But in any case, compared with being bombed all the way by the Allies, such losses are so small that they can be ignored.

"Thank God!" Kruger said sincerely.

The dense fog did not begin to dissipate until 09:30 the next morning.The reconnaissance plane that took off from the British airport reported that the large German troops were retreating rapidly, and tens of thousands of troops may have escaped from the encirclement that had not yet closed.Almost at the same time that the reconnaissance plane sent back the report, thousands of bombers were already flying across the strait.

Camacho was a machine gunner on a B-21 light bomber of the 25st Attack Aircraft Wing.Today, the bomber he is in is rushing to the intended target with other b-25 bombers-a key highway.The bomb bay of the b-25 is full of cluster bombs used to kill light infantry.

This kind of cluster bomb is a by-product of the bat bomb used in the air raid on Japan. Each of these bombs can throw more than 200 small bombs towards a large target area in one breath, and each small bomb will be controlled by a timed fuze at a distance. There was an explosion more than ten meters above the ground, and more than 200 steel balls were thrown in all directions.The killing radius of these steel balls is as high as 30 meters, which is really convenient for dealing with unprotected light infantry.

Originally, when Viper was developing this weapon, it planned to use radio VT fuze on the small bombs to ensure that these small bombs could explode at a suitable height.But the military, especially the Army Air Corps, was very concerned that a failed bomb with such a fuze might allow everyone in Germany to acquire the fuze and copy it for air defense.Therefore, the use of such high-tech gadgets in bombs is strictly prohibited.Therefore, the Viper had no choice but to use the timing fuze on the small bomb.

The fog gradually dissipated, revealing the road.Camacho saw that the gray road was full of various vehicles and soldiers.

The Germans knew that if they continued to march on the road after the fog cleared, they would definitely be bombed badly by the Allied bombers, but the fronts of the Allied ground forces on the north and south flanks were getting closer and closer, and the distance between them had become closer. Only less than 10 kilometers away.The Germans dragged all the remaining Tiger tanks, Panther tanks, and the like to the wings, but they couldn't hold out for long under the Allied offensive.Perhaps by tonight, the Allied Forces will finally be able to seal this last escape route.Time is life in the present.Therefore, the Germans can only retreat against the bombing now.

"Prepare to launch an attack!" The leader of the team issued an order.

So the b-25 bomber group immediately formed a line-shaped column, and rushed towards the German army fleeing on the road.When the German soldiers saw the approaching bomber, some jumped into the ditch on the side of the road in a hurry, and some ran down the road, and then found a place at random, or just lay down on the spot.

Under normal circumstances, lying down on the spot can greatly reduce the probability of being hit by shrapnel, because most of the shrapnel flies upwards obliquely.But when facing an air-exploding bomb, lying down will increase the probability of being shot.Because the steel balls released by these air explosion bombs are mainly thrown downward and obliquely downward.

B-25 bombers dropped bombs along the road.These bombs exploded with a "bang" when they fell to a height of about 400 meters above the ground, throwing more than 200 small bombs onto the road.Each of these bombs can cover the area of ​​several football fields, but in terms of the killing area of ​​exposed targets, the killing area of ​​this bomb has even exceeded that of fuel-air bombs.It is precisely because this weapon is so brutal that in Ron's original time and space, many international organizations kept proposing to ban this weapon worldwide, just like the ban on chemical weapons.However, this kind of motion is always vetoed time and time again by the five hooligans who represent the United Nations and uphold justice.Among them, Min Zhu Lighthouse, who is full of human rights, has the most vetoes.Don't talk about chemical weapons, this thing is really different from chemical weapons. Chemical weapons are used by the rich and handsome hooligans who are poor and rich. The hooligans are used to bully the poor, oh, no, it is a weapon used to maintain world peace and justice for the poor people, how can it be banned?

When the small bombs that were blown out were thrown out, the timing fuze had already been activated.So after a certain period of time, when most of the small bombs fell to a height of more than ten meters from the ground, these small bombs exploded together, shooting countless small steel balls to the ground.

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The b-25 bomber had already flown away, and private corporal Sisfield and Malaga got out from under a truck.When those B-25 bombers attacked just now, as truck drivers, they had to stop the car before they could run.This extra movement naturally delayed their escape to a far distance. In desperation, they had no choice but to get under their own car.

As soon as they got under the car, they heard a series of explosions in the air, followed by crackling sounds, like the sound of bullets falling on the ground when countless machine guns were shooting at the ground at the same time.They also saw from under the car that something rained down on the road, stirring up smoke and dust from Lao Gao.Then there was a scream from outside.

After a long time, until the sound of the plane could no longer be heard, Sisfield and Malaga got out from under the car.Sisfield looked around and saw many comrades in arms lying on the ground, motionless.When I got closer, I saw several blood holes on their backs.A few soldiers were moaning in the distance.They hurried over.

One of these soldiers suffered only a piece of shrapnel in the leg, and the others were much more seriously injured.It is estimated that it is impossible to get out of the encirclement.Sisfield and Malaga helped them to bandage casually, then helped the injured leg and walked towards their own car.

Sissfield and Malaga didn't pay attention to his Opel truck just now, but now they helped the wounded man to the driver's cab, and they noticed that the hood of their car was full of holes, big and small. Lifting the hood, Sisfield saw that the various circuits inside had been smashed, and on the piston cover of the engine, he also found a few steel balls embedded in it.

Apparently, the car was no longer driving.Sisfield and Malaga had no choice but to carry the wounded and walked forward for a while.However, the speed of walking like this is too slow, and not far away, the artillery of the US ground troops can already be heard clearly.All three of them understood that at this speed, they would not be able to get out of the encirclement no matter what.

"You guys go first!" said the wounded man, "I can't go anymore. Go on your own, or you won't be able to cross the bridge. Let me sit on the side of the road, maybe I can catch a ride."

Both Sisfield and Malaga knew that what the wounded said was true, and they also knew that this was not the time for mothers-in-law.So they thought about it, helped the wounded man to the side of the road and sat down, and asked, "Do you have anything to say to someone?"

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Compared with b-25 sweeping a large area, the efficiency of ac-47 is much lower.They don't come equipped with insane big guns like cluster bombs, but they have the advantage of being more powerful against armored targets.The six 6mm Gatling guns on them can deal with most armored vehicles, and even if sometimes you encounter something that a 25mm gun can't chew, it doesn't matter, we still have 25mm guns.

Coupled with the advantages of ac-47's large amount of ammunition and long duration of firepower, this thing is really good for blocking roads and bridges.Now, two AC-47s are turning around on the bridge head of a bridge.With the rain of 25mm Gatling fire, the Germans couldn't even lift their heads, let alone cross the bridge.

"What should we do?" Major Pat and his team hid in a wood beside the bridge.Just now, these two guys who looked like transport planes attacked his convoy, destroying all their vehicles.Hundreds of soldiers were killed, and the rest of the survivors fled into the woods to find that the bridge close at hand was blocked by these two AC-47 attack aircraft.

Major Pat couldn't come up with any viable solution.

"Is it going to enter the prisoner-of-war camp?" He thought, "It would be great if the fog could last for another two hours. The fog... the fog... There is no natural fog. If we can artificially It’s not bad to create a thick fog.”

He immediately turned around and said to the soldiers following him: "I have a way. We can use smoke bombs to distract them from their sight and rush across the bridge. I need some volunteers to go back to the road with me." , there are mortars in one of our overturned trucks, and boxes of smoke bombs. Who wants to go with me?"

"Me!" A serious person stood up.

"Good job!" Pat patted the sergeant on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement, and then asked, "Any more?"

"I!"

"And I!"

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"Look, captain, there seem to be two people over there." Above the AC-47, Gunner Grew said.

"It's so boring to fly there for two people. Besides, maybe the German guy is trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain? We are going to go there. The firepower of the remaining AC-47 may not be able to hide those in the woods." All the Germans here are blocked. Besides, the ground troops are about to complete the encirclement anyway. Our Lady, we killed enough people today. Why do we have to kill them again? Let them be prisoners of war It’s gone.” The captain replied that he didn’t know if it was because so many Germans were killed today that this guy who killed countless people actually started to become a saint.

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