() On the plane flying to Iceland (the plane needed to refuel here before flying to the UK) Ron leaned on the back of the seat and closed his eyes, seemingly dozing off. But he didn't really fall asleep.

In fact, he was thinking about his mission this time.

Before getting on the plane, Ron read some relevant documents from General Arnold, which told him such things.

Since the box formation tactics were adopted, the Eighth Air Force's B-24s and B-17s had a magic weapon to defeat the enemy. From then on, the bomber force did not pay attention to German fighter jets, and the intensity of bombing against Germany was

It was bigger than before in history. As a result, almost every few days, there would be a large-scale bombing of thousands of aircraft.

In order to deal with the Yankee bomber force, the Germans also launched a thousand-plane interception. The thousand-plane interception caused the losses of American bombers to skyrocket, but it also caused the losses of German fighter jets to skyrocket. The two sides were attrition, and Germany

People really may not be able to consume more than Americans. Later, P-51 fighter jets joined the battle, which made the balance tip to the side of the Americans again. Li Mei once believed that it would not be long before the German air power would be consumed.

Empty.

However, just a week ago, the German attack methods suddenly changed.

At noon that day, a fleet of about a hundred bombers, escorted by more than sixty P-51s, tried to launch an air attack on a coal liquefaction plant in the Ruhr area of ​​Germany. When they were about to approach the target, they were suddenly attacked.

The German fighter jets that had been waiting at high altitude were intercepted. When a group of BF-109s held back the escorting fighter jets,

, about a dozen J88s fired a kind of rocket at a group of American bombers at a considerable distance. This kind of rocket was very powerful, and its hit rate was extremely high. In just the first round of attack, the Germans fired more than ten rounds.

The rockets caused 6 B-24 bombers to crash and 3 B-24 bombers to be injured to varying degrees.

Then, before the escort fighters got rid of the entanglement of the German fighters and rushed over to disperse the J88s, the Germans launched two more rocket attacks and shot down 11 more B-24s. The entire box formation was scattered by these rockets.

After the formation collapsed, they were attacked by German fighter jets. In the end, only about half of the entire bomber group was able to return safely.

Two days later, a larger fleet, including more than 800 bombers, was attacked again by such rockets on its way to bomb Berlin. In the end, 124 bombers were lost. This blow was so heavy that the first

Eighth Air Force's bombing campaign could hardly continue.

Then, Li Mei thought of Ron, who had proposed similar interception methods.

After seeing this report, the first word that came to Ron's mind was missiles. Although his major was not in missiles in his previous life, Ron still remembered that the world's first air-to-air missile came from

It originated in Germany during World War II. However, in the original history, it seemed that Germany was doomed before such missiles could reach the battlefield. Unexpectedly, in this time and space, they would appear so early.

Ron couldn't remember the details of the German air-to-air missile in history. What did it look like? What was the guidance method used? Ron had no idea at all.

"Infrared guidance?" Ron thought, but he immediately shook his head, "With the technology of this period, it is impossible to create a truly practical infrared guidance head. Moreover, the Germans still adopted a head-on attack method. This

It further proves that this kind of missile cannot be infrared-guided. You must know that the head-on attack capability of infrared-guided air-to-air missiles was not realized until the 1970s and 1980s.

Since it cannot be infrared guidance, then there are two common possibilities, one is radio command, and the other is semi-active radar guidance. Forget about semi-active radar, the German technology cannot be so incredible.

, Well, the biggest possibility is radio command. It seems that Germany developed one of the earliest anti-ship missiles before the end, which seems to be this guidance method. But using this technology to guide air-to-air missiles does not seem to be technically difficult.

It’s so small. The more I think about it, the more I can’t understand it…”

Indeed, the technical level of the Germans was not sufficient to support several of the guidance methods Ron imagined. However, Ron, who was accustomed to the characteristics of later air-to-air missiles, forgot about a guidance method that required the lowest technical level: wired command guidance.

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Wired command guidance was mostly used on anti-tank missiles in later generations. For example, my country's Red Arrow 7 and Red Arrow 8 all belong to this guidance method.

But at that time, the Germans did use it on air-to-air missiles. This is the X4 air-to-air missile. This missile with a range of 5.5 kilometers uses a copper wire trailed behind and a control on the weapon.

It is controlled by the joystick in the administrator's hand. This control method is actually almost exactly the same as those of later generations of old-fashioned anti-tank missiles.

However, the development of later generations of technology restricted Ron's thinking, which made him completely think about radio command guidance. There are two ways to deal with radio command guidance: one is to interfere with radio communications, and the other is to actively attack the enemy.

The command center. Here, this command center must be the ones who issued it.

However, one of Ron's estimates of this missile was quite correct, that is, this primitive air-to-air missile could only hit bulky bombers at best, and was basically useless against fighter jets.

"Actually, no matter what guidance method the Germans use, it is definitely a good idea for fighter jets to clear the field in advance." Ron thought this way.

When the plane arrived in Iceland, it was already past 7 o'clock in the evening. Flying at night on the Atlantic Ocean was quite dangerous. Therefore, Ron had to stay in Iceland for another night.

By the time Ron came out of the airport, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, but the sun had not set yet. In fact, since it was July, the sun would not set for almost 24 hours in Iceland.

"When does it get dark here?" Ron asked the private who drove him.

"General," replied the private who was driving Ron's car, "the whole day today plus the whole day tomorrow plus... In the summer, there are no nights here. If General, you came here in the winter, then this place is almost

There is no daylight anymore. But then, you can see the Northern Lights."

Now Iceland has become an important transit point for the US military. There is a hotel affiliated with the US military near the airport. Ron will rest here for a night. The conditions here are really good, and there is a hot spring bath in the hotel.

The only regret is that I didn’t accompany the army to comfort (Ri Crab)’s wife or anything. After all, Japan has not surrendered yet, and Iceland is not Tokyo. This

The weather here is cooler, not hot even in summer. This is not Osaka, and there are no "custom industries" nearby that provide special services to American soldiers. But the strange thing is that, at least in Iceland, American soldiers are not like the emperor.

Jun showed too much need to "relax temporarily". This is probably because Iceland is too cold and not as hot as Tokyo.

Although Iceland is nice, it is not a place to stay for a long time. Early the next morning, Ron boarded the plane again and started flying to the UK.

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Li Mei held Ron's hand and said, "Comrade, I've finally waited for you." "Let's go to the war room. I'll tell you about the recent situation."

As soon as he entered the war room, Ron saw a huge sand table placed in the center of the room. A group of staff members were surrounding it.

"In the past two days, the German tactics have undergone new changes." LeMay said to Ron. Then he turned to a staff officer and said: "Fadel, please tell General Ron the new situation that has occurred in the past two days."

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"Okay, General." The staff officer nodded to Li Mei, then turned to Ron.

"General Ron, the situation is like this. During the battle in the past two days, we discovered a new weapon used by the Germans. You can go next door with me to look at the video data from that time."

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On the small screen in the screening room, a weird-looking airplane appeared.

"Stop!" said Ron.

Then the screen stopped.

"Go back a little...right here, stop!"

The picture stopped again. In the center of the screen, although the aircraft was blurry, the basic features of the aircraft could be clearly seen.

This aircraft uses a typical swept-wing design, with an engine pod hung on about one-third of the swept wing.

"Me-262 jet fighter!" Ron made such a judgment immediately.

The me-262 is the world's first jet fighter put into actual combat. It is an epoch-making fighter. It has a maximum level flight speed of up to 850 kilometers per hour. This speed is faster than those propeller fighters in the hands of the Americans.

More than 100 and nearly 200 kilometers. And its firepower is also very strong. The four 30mm cannons on the nose are more than any aircraft can handle. The weakness of this thing is probably its ridiculously high failure rate.

And the engine life is ridiculously low.

"Pilots who have encountered this thing said that this thing has no propellers, is terrifyingly fast, and has amazing firepower," Fadel explained on the sidelines.

"How many times have you encountered this thing?" Ron asked

"It's not too much, but it causes trouble every time it shows up."

Ron knew that in the original history, although this kind of aircraft had been put into production in 1943, due to the interference of the Bohemian corporal, it was initially used as a high-speed bomber. It was not until June 1944 that it was first used

It participated in the war as a fighter jet. In this time and space, perhaps American bombers put greater pressure on Germany. As a result, in 1943, this thing appeared as a fighter jet.

"If this kind of thing appears in large quantities, it will be really troublesome." Ron thought, "Maybe I should ask Arnold for more power, at least let him take command of all the P-51 fighter jets stationed in the UK.
Chapter completed!