New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

It was a "mosquito" night fighter of the British Royal Air Force that shot down the German night fighter. After shooting down the German bf-110 night fighter, the "mosquito" night fighter spun around the battlefield , apparently, the burning train below also attracted it.

At this time, the remaining US B-25 bomber had entered the attack route and began to drop bombs.The bombs eventually tore the train to shreds.It can be regarded as the end of this night's confrontation.

The next day was another sunny day. If some time ago, the fleet of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing must have started to take off before dawn. When the sun rises, most of the combat aircraft will be flying. Already flew out.But now, it is already eight o'clock in the morning, and most of the combat aircraft of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing are still parked on the ground. They all read magazines and play poker in the pilot club.

But now, Caen Airport is still very busy, with planes taking off and landing almost non-stop.Near the airport, there are still planes circling constantly, waiting for instructions to land. <-54 transport planes landed on the runway one after the other, then taxied to the tarmac to stop.A large group of ground staff swarmed up, unloading unloading, checking the plane.After a while, the cargo on the transport plane was unloaded. These materials-fuel, weapons, ammunition, medicine, food, Coca-Cola and various other miscellaneous things were unloaded by category, and then hoisted by the crane to the morning There were Dodge Ten** trucks waiting in line.Those trucks dragged these supplies, drove out of the airport, and then flew away in different directions.

And those transport planes that had already unloaded their cargo didn't stay for a moment, they immediately started their engines, taxied along the taxiway to one end of the runway, and then quickly took off.The two main runways are too busy now, so that the transport planes returning empty can only be arranged to take off on the dirt runways on both sides of the main runway.

Anyone who sees such a scene will naturally know that a large-scale attack is about to start again.If there are so many German planes flying over the airport at this time, the various planes parked all over the apron will definitely ask the German pilots which target to attack, and the number of targets is more than the ammunition they carry. And worried.Of course, it is impossible for German planes to fly here. In fact, in the nearby area, the planes in the German airports hardly take off during the day, because there will always be Americans from dawn The P-51 fighter jets are turning around there with malicious intentions.Almost any plane that dares to take off will be beaten by the Americans and beaten into a pig's head.

The port of Cherbourg was completely destroyed. Although the Allied forces showed engineering capabilities that were simply against the sky in the eyes of the Chinese people, it took only one week to make the port usable-this speed almost dared to use it. The speed at which the Germans wrecked it.But being able to use it and being fully restored are still different.It will not take a short time for the port to fully recover.

As for the two "Mulberry Tree" artificial ports on the beach in Normandy, the one in the United States was severely damaged in the storm. Although they have recovered a little bit now, they will still be shut down as soon as there is a slight storm.The one on the British side is still in good condition, but the efficiency of this artificial port will decrease rapidly when it encounters wind and waves.If you rely on these two ports, it will take longer to prepare enough materials to launch a large-scale attack operation. In this way, it will give the Germans more time to fill the gap in troops.In order to increase the speed of material delivery, almost all existing airports on the European continent under the control of the Allied Forces have been turned into airports dedicated to transport aircraft, and other aircraft basically have no way to get the opportunity to take off and land.

Caen Airport is no exception. Yesterday evening, an expert team flew to the airport, and immediately obtained full control of the airport from Ron during the day and all runways except a spare dirt runway at night. Control.

The leader of this expert group was an expert in charge of airport scheduling for an airline before the outbreak of the war, and many people in his team are not active soldiers until now.Under the dispatch of his team, the airport suddenly exploded with astonishing handling capacity, which made Ron, who was used to seeing big scenes, a little stunned, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The masters are all among the people."

But now, Ron didn't stay in the tower, stealing other people's scheduling skills, but stayed in the war room with some commanders, discussing the gains and losses of yesterday's battle.

"Last night, we successfully found 6 targets and destroyed all of them. This shows that even at night, our 'ground intelligence collection-sending planes-searching for targets-confirming targets- The 'destroy target' system is quite effective. This model should be further promoted in the future..."

After talking about the achievements, it is natural to talk about the lessons learned.In fact, in the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing, the analysis of the successes of the enemy's tactics and its own shortcomings has always been the focus of such meetings.

"We have made progress, but our enemies are not idiots, they are making progress too. Last night, the progress of the Germans really surprised me." Ron said, "Captain Precker, you participated in last night's operation , Tell me about what happened yesterday."

Precker stood up, gave everyone a nod, and said, "Last night I was blinded by an exploding flashbang and was completely blind for a long time. I was leaning against my backseat machine gunner Paul. I managed to fly the plane to the vicinity of the airport with great help. For more than an hour, I couldn’t see anything, and I could only rely on Paul to report the numbers on the instrument to me—poor Paul had to He had to twist his body to see the gauges, and his neck still hurts. My eyesight didn’t come back until I got close to the airport—or else I’d have to find a place to skydive.”

"Very well, thank you for telling us about the situation." Ron gestured for Preke to sit down, and then said, "This trick of the Germans is quite effective at least at night. Then let's discuss it now, can we have How can we prevent it?"

"The distance between us and the target is generally about 2000 meters. It takes two to three seconds from the time when the German 88mm anti-aircraft gun fires to the shell explodes." Clark Speer, captain of the Mission Support Brigade The colonel said, "This is enough time for our pilots to close their eyes or put on goggles. We can equip pilots performing night missions with a high-light goggle that can be put on quickly."

"I think our ac-47 attack aircraft has more ways. Our ac-47 has two pilots. So when performing this kind of mission, at least when launching an attack, the co-pilot should first put the escort Wear the goggles properly to ensure that the captain can continue to fly the fighter plane in case of temporary blindness. In addition, the pilot should undergo some adaptive training to fly according to the instrument numbers reported by the rear seat under the condition of complete blindness.pa The rear-seat machine gunner of the -38 attack aircraft also needs to receive training in reporting instrument numbers." Bington of the Aviation Brigade also put forward his own opinions.

"It would be great if we had weapons with a longer range, such as weapons that can launch relatively accurate attacks from 3-5 kilometers away. In this way, our reaction time will be more abundant, and even after the enemy fires, we There is still time to give him a guy before taking defensive measures." Lieutenant Colonel Thomson Baker, the captain of the maintenance group, always prefers to think about problems from the perspective of equipment, "For example, as far as I know, the Germans even put The 75mm caliber guns are installed on the nose of the bomber and used to attack tanks. If the same installation method is used, I think it should be a good idea to install an m47 1mm howitzer on the nose of an aircraft the size of a c-75 No problem. But it's really inconvenient to use it like this. If you get a c-54, I think it should be fine to install it in the cabin and shoot from the hatch. Even, the bigger m2 says Maybe you can try it.”

"This is also a way, but it's not the immediate thing." Pointon said, "Speaking of the enemy's flash bombs, in fact, I think we should also imitate some and install them on our night flight planes. If you encounter the enemy's night If there is an attack from an aviation fighter jet, we will release one or two of them to blind the eyes of these Germans!"

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"Okay, everyone's summary of yesterday's battle is quite comprehensive." Ron said, "Next, we will discuss our future actions..."

Ron informed everyone of part of the information, that is, the Allied forces are about to launch a new round of large-scale offensive against the German army.This news was completely within everyone's expectations.After all, all one had to do was look out the window, at the busy airport, at the long line of Dodge trucks, and an idiot would know that an attack was imminent.

However, the strange thing is that most of the preparatory tasks Ron assigned to everyone were to assist the light infantry without any heavy equipment to defend against the attack of the enemy's armored units, or to support the light infantry to capture the enemy's light infantry or even armored units to defend. Point targets——When did the Allies degenerate to the point where they had to rely on light infantry to fight other people's armored soldiers?Besides, the infantry divisions of the Allied Army don't look like they are called infantry divisions, but the armor strength attached to them is not much worse than the enemy's ordinary armored divisions.Could it be...

After the meeting, Pointon and Ron came out of the war room together.Several Dodge trucks were passing in front of them, and Ron saw the aa logo with white letters on a blue background worn by the soldiers on the trucks.

"It's from the 82nd Airborne Division." Bington said, "... Ron, do you know some details of that plan, such as the large-scale use of airborne troops?"