()In the evening, Ron and Li Mei discussed how to deal with the current situation.

"General LeMay, I have an idea." Ron said.

"Ah, General Ron, well, let's not be too polite. How about I call you Ron, and you can just call me Li Mei." Li Mei said, "Ah, you said you have a solution? I

I know your brains won’t disappoint. Tell me.”

"Well, I plan to do this..."

"As a result, there will be fewer escort fighters following the bombers. If there are missile attack aircraft that slip through the network, there will still be trouble."

"We can equip each bomber group with a small number of fighters, which should be enough to deal with this small formation of ju88. It's just that the jet aircraft is still a problem. Fortunately, the number of these aircraft is limited now. Their current number is not enough to change

The whole situation. We must seize this opportunity. To do this, I need command of all long-range fighter aircraft throughout the UK."

"Well, what do you need me to do?"

"I need you to come with me to ask General Arnold for this authority."

"I would be happy to work with you to make this suggestion to General Arnold. I think I have the opportunity to witness an air offensive of truly strategic significance."

…

"My friend, come and take a look at this plan." General Arnold handed a document to another general.

The general took the document, read it carefully, and then handed it back to General Arnold.

"Young people today grow up so fast. It makes me feel old."

"This young man has asked me for temporary command of the entire fighter force stationed in Britain. My friend, tell me, what do you think of his plan?"

"Full of high-spirited and enterprising spirit, very sharp analysis of problems, and effective measures. I like it very much."

"I knew you would like this plan. This plan is as imaginative and aggressive as your air raid on Tokyo. However, this child's qualifications are still a little short. I would like to trouble you to go over and see him.

My representative, go to the UK to see and help those children."

…

"Ron, the old man agreed to our plan." Li Mei waved the message she just got and shouted to Ron.

"Okay, we'll get ready right away." Ron also became excited, "We'll go to the headquarters right away and discuss it with the commander."

"The old man also sent a new commander to our Eighth Air Force."

"Who is it?" Ron asked, vaguely thinking of a name in his mind.

"You're a madman, look at it." Li Mei handed the message to Ron.

Ron opened the file, looked at it, smiled, and said, "I knew it was him."

"So we still have to wait until our new commander arrives."

…

Two days later, the Eighth Air Force Headquarters.

Ron appeared in the Eighth Air Force commander's office.

"Are you Ron?"

"Yes General!"

"You are so young. Compared with you, I suddenly feel like I am getting old." Lieutenant General Doolittle, the newly appointed commander of the Eighth Air Force, laughed.

"General, you have always been my role model." Ron said.

Ron said this not to be completely polite or flattering, but because General Doolittle is indeed a legendary hero.

At that time, the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the American Pacific Fleet, and defeated the US military in the Philippines, which led to low morale in the United States. President Roosevelt proposed that the Japanese must take active attacks to give the Japanese a powerful look. But at that time

, the U.S. Navy suffered heavy losses, and everyone felt that there was no way to fight back.

At this moment, General Doolittle creatively proposed the plan to use the Navy's aircraft carrier to carry the Army's B-25 Mitchell medium bomber to bomb Tokyo, and personally led the team to implement it, which was a great success in the end.

The victory not only greatly boosted the morale of the American people, but also directly led to the subsequent Battle of Midway, which became a turning point in the entire Pacific War.

"I have read your plan," Doolittle said. "There is a sentence in it that I like very much. That is, 'The duty of a fighter jet is to destroy the enemy in air combat.' I have ordered that each squadron be involved in their operations."

A banner with this sentence was hung in the room to replace the original sentence, 'All actions of the fighter force are to protect the bombers.'"

Ron saw that when Dolittle mentioned this sentence, not only did the corners of his mouth begin to curl up, but his eyes also started to light up. It seemed that his love for this idea definitely came from the bottom of his heart.

But this is normal, because in the original history, the person who proposed this concept was General Doolittle. Even Ron's entire early clearance tactic was proposed and proposed by General Doolittle in the original history.

Personally commanded and executed. It was by relying on this tactic that the U.S. Army Air Forces broke the backbone of the German Air Force and completely gained air supremacy over Germany in just one week.

"Your idea is very suitable for me. It is almost as if I formulated it myself. Therefore, as soon as General Arnold proposed that I be the commander of the Eighth Air Force, I immediately agreed. Just go ahead and do it. I

This is your backing!”

General Doolittle stretched out his hands, pressed on Ron's shoulders, and pressed hard.

General Doolittle's frank attitude made Ron feel a little ashamed. Because his plan was actually completely plagiarized from Doolittle's. The copied tactics were praised by the original owner of the intellectual property. Ron

Although my skin is not thin, it is still a little hot.

General Doolittle noticed that after this praise, Ron's face began to turn red. This discovery made General Doolittle happy. A hero who had achieved success as a young man and was already famous throughout the army would actually be praised by others.

When doing this, he showed such an expression, which was really... so cute. In Dolittle's eyes, Ron suddenly turned into a big boy.

Unlike Li Mei, who was born as a grassroots citizen, Doolittle was already a wealthy man before the war. He was already a senior executive of Shell Oil with a generous income. He joined the US military again to serve, not to climb the military ranks. Facts

In the original history, as soon as World War II ended, General Doolittle immediately chose to retire, and then returned to Shell Oil as the vice president. To be honest, this position has a better future than being a general.

many.

Therefore, when General Doolittle found that someone had a very similar idea to his own, but was a little ahead of him, he naturally did not have any bad thoughts. On the contrary, he felt a sense of sympathy.

"Come on, tell me your specific thoughts." General Doolittle said.

…

August 25, 1943, is a day that will soon be recorded in the history of the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is also the most important day in the history of European air combat. Because starting from this day, a decisive air battle of unprecedented scale and far-reaching influence began.

The battle has begun.

At 5 o'clock in the morning that day, the sky just showed a little fish belly white. German Captain Simon was bored in front of the radar screen. He had just replaced Fritz who was on the night shift. Because the Air Force had given the Americans a heavy blow a few days ago.

Now the Americans have much less action during the day, and many of their aircraft have also joined the British in the night bombing. So these days, the Japanese flight is very relaxed,

But suddenly, the instrument kept sending out warnings. Some shockingly large data were reported one after another.

This kind of situation is not something Simon has never seen before. When those American bombers launched the so-called "thousand-plane bombing", the reaction of the radar was like this. Compared with the previous bombings, this time the Americans dispatched one hour earlier.

How many hours? Are the Americans still not giving up after suffering losses in the past few days?

After a while, Simon realized something was wrong. Because these thousands of targets were flying too fast. Obviously, these guys were not bombers, they were all fighter jets!

"Damn it, what are these Americans doing? What are they doing with all these fighter jets? Where are their bombers?"

It was not just Captain Simon who raised this question. Almost all officers of the German Air Force raised such a question in their hearts.

However, for the German Air Force, there is now a bigger problem, that is, whether and when German fighter jets will take off.

…

Rodriguez was crossing the English Channel with his squadron of 24 P-51 fighter jets. Near him, there were the entire group, even the entire wing, the entire Eighth Air Force, and even the British

Almost all the fighter jets belonging to the Allied Forces, including the Spitfire, are a huge fleet that fills the entire sky. These aircraft are now shining with silver light under the rising sun.

A few days ago, the troops were notified to wash off the paint on all parts of the fighter jets except for the logo to reduce weight. So now all the P-51s have exposed their aluminum alloy nature and are running wildly. When receiving this order,

Someone asked whether this would sacrifice concealment so that the enemy could easily find us. The above immediately responded: "We have to be concealed. We are not afraid of the enemy. The only thing we worry about is that those bastards dare not

Come here and die."

In this operation, Rodriguez received the task of maintaining a presence in the A3 area and clearing all air targets. If a large-scale enemy fighter fleet is discovered, call the command center and ask them to dispatch other fighter squadrons or even fighter groups.

Clear out these targets.

The A3 area is the cruising airspace that goes deepest into Germany. Those airspaces that are closer are assigned to the Spitfires and P-47s with auxiliary fuel tanks, and those squadrons equipped with the long-range P-38s and P-51s

, is responsible for carrying out airspace clearing tasks in such places that are deeper into enemy territory.
Chapter completed!