() The weather was cloudy in most parts of the European continent the next day. The fish-scale clouds were very high, and the altitude of 6000-8000 meters was covered with small patches of clouds. This was not a good thing for bombing.

, because bombers usually fly at this height. Flying in such clouds, the probability of a serious accident in a dense box formation will increase significantly; at the same time, when bombing in this environment, the bombing accuracy

It will also be greatly affected.

Therefore, on this day, the bomber group that came to bomb had to drop its flight altitude to below 6,000 meters. At this altitude, the American P-51 was no longer able to overwhelm the most common German fighter planes in terms of performance.

If it were some time ago, the Luftwaffe would have seized this rare opportunity and organized a large-scale interception operation. But now, due to the losses in the previous battles, the Luftwaffe no longer has the strength to organize such an operation.

So the American bomber group came out in a big way.

However, the decrease in flight altitude still caused the loss rate to increase - the efficiency of ground anti-aircraft artillery has significantly increased. Since crossing the English Channel, the bomber group has been continuously attacked by anti-aircraft artillery. The density of ground anti-aircraft artillery has increased significantly.

The rise. In 1943-44, Germany's military production began to enter a high tide. Under Speer's organization, Germany transferred most of the production of civilian products to factories in other occupied areas such as France, and

Almost all local factories were converted to arms production. As a result, the efficiency of arms production has greatly increased. Although they faced strategic bombing by the United Kingdom and the United States, the German arms production has increased a lot. Among other things, the production of arms is above 75 mm.

In terms of barrel artillery, Germany's output even greatly exceeded that of the Soviet Union, which always liked to play with artillery doctrine.

However, the German soldiers on the Eastern Front did not feel this change. In their feeling, the Soviet artillery still had an overwhelming advantage. Many soldiers and army generals mentioned the Soviet Union in their letters home and even in their later memoirs.

The destructive bombardment of man's tossing and turning over and over again.

Their feeling is not wrong, although some generals always like to exaggerate the enemy's strength when writing their memoirs, so that they can show how superb their commanding art is when they win a battle, or use it to explain when they lose a battle.

It’s not that I’m incompetent, it’s that I have too many enemies. For example, the famous German general Man Buqun wrote a memoir called “It’s All the Mustache’s Blame” after the war. There, Man Buqun often used similar writing methods to describe

His battle with the Soviets: I only have 6 divisions in my hands, and they are all understaffed. Opposite me, the Soviets have as many as 12 divisions. But he will not take the initiative to tell you that the Soviet divisions are in terms of organization.

Much smaller than the Germans. A German division has nearly 10,000 people, while a Soviet division only has 5,000 to 6,000 people.

However, Manbulqun was quite honest when he claimed the overwhelming advantage of Soviet suppressed artillery. Although the output of German large-caliber artillery was higher, the Soviets did have much more suppressed artillery on the Eastern Front. This

Not only because of the Soviet Union's advantage in the number of mortars, but also because a large part of the large-caliber artillery produced by Germany were anti-aircraft artillery. These artillery were left on the Western Front to deal with American and British bombers, so the German Army could really use them.

On the front lines, there are not as many large-caliber artillery guns as there were in the Soviet Union.

Of course the Soviets are willing to see such a distribution result, but the Americans don't see it that way. Recently, the threat of anti-aircraft artillery to the bomber group has become greater and greater. Now, as the German Air Force's interception becomes more and more weak, the high-altitude

She cannons have become the biggest threat to Allied bombers.

However, the efficiency of anti-aircraft artillery cannot be compared with that of interceptors. Therefore, although the losses caused by anti-aircraft artillery are gradually increasing, due to the defeat of the Luftwaffe's interceptor fleet, the losses of the bomber force are still obvious compared with before.

has declined.

Under the fire of anti-aircraft guns, the bombers continued to advance. The mountainous area in front of them covered with lush forests was the Ardennes area. After flying over, Germany was in front of them.

…

The rookie pilot, Lieutenant Frank, was currently tied to the airplane seat by the seat belt in a strange posture. His legs were facing upwards, and his whole body weight was pressed on his back.

In fact, this was Frank's first time flying this weird aircraft. Before that, he had only experienced a few ground exercises. This made him very nervous.

Fortunately, the takeoff of this kind of aircraft does not require pilot intervention. Because this kind of aircraft does not take off by taxiing on the runway, it takes off by launch, just like a rocket or a cannon.

Surrounding him was the lush forest of the Ardennes. The launch frame of the BA349 rocket-powered interceptor aircraft was erected in this forest. The surrounding tall trees played a very good concealment role.

The enemy's bomber group was getting closer and closer, and Frank heard Chief Thomas shouting in his earphones, "Boys, the time has come to sacrifice your life for Germany and the Führer. I order you to destroy the enemies of the empire at all costs! Now,

take off!"

As he gave the order, Frank immediately felt the entire plane vibrate, and then a burst of red and black smoke rose from the surroundings, and then the plane rose straight into the sky.

At this time, the huge overload made Frank feel as if there was an elephant sitting on his chest, making him completely out of breath. He didn't know how long it took before a "bang" sound came from his ears. Frank knew that that

It was the sound of the booster rocket being blown away by the explosive bolt after it burned out.

As the booster rocket was thrown away, the acceleration of the aircraft dropped significantly, and Frank could now take a deep breath. Although it was only for 10 seconds, the excessive tension still gave him a feeling of suffocation.

At this time, the control of the aircraft has been unlocked. The pilot can already take over the control of the aircraft. However, before takeoff, the instructor and the factory representative suggested that the pilot should not take over at this time. Just let

Under the control of the ground radio, the aircraft climbed to 10,000 meters in one breath, and it was not too late to take over again. The decision made by the above was partly to facilitate the formation of a dense formation, but the main reason was also because they were worried that these rookies would climb on their own.

Will cause problems.

…

Clark Gable sat bored in the machine gun tower and looked around. Recently, his work has been much more leisurely. In the past, as soon as their bombers went out, a large number of German fighter jets would swarm around him. The situation was just like him

Just like when he forgot to put on his sunglasses when he went out on the street, a large group of crazy movie fans would immediately make him busy. But the movie fans were much more refined than the Germans, at least they would not fire bullets at him.

But recently, things have become much more leisurely, and German fighter jets are rarely seen anymore. Those flying around in the sky are either Allied bombers or Allied fighter jets. And those things with iron crosses painted on them

, have become as rare as the bison on the North American Great Plains. (Before the Westward Expansion Movement, there used to be tens of millions of bison on the North American Plains, but they were later slaughtered by humans and almost became extinct)

There are always a lot of air leaks in the machine gun tower, so this place is always very cold. Clark Gable let go of the machine gun handle and began to rub his hands together vigorously, while breathing into his hands. At this moment, he suddenly heard

There was a sharp whistling sound. He raised his head and looked forward, and saw dozens of things spitting out flames and thick smoke right in front of him, shooting straight into the sky at an alarming speed.

"Oh my god, what is this?" Clark Gable raised his head and watched these things flying higher and higher until they penetrated into the fish scale cloud above his head. He grabbed the machine gun and got ready.

…

During the steep climb, Frank saw a group of Yankee bombers. The huge group was more spectacular than he had imagined.

"This is the bomber group. It's so spectacular. They are so beautiful." Frank thought silently, "Yes, no matter what, the bomber group is beautiful. Their formation is so even and rhythmic. You

You can imagine that when they dropped bombs on the ground, the roar of the engine and the roar of the bombs were intertwined, and it would be such an elegant and charming symphony."

Just when he was thinking wildly, his BA349 had already passed the height of the bomber and dived into the clouds. Then his eyes turned white and he couldn't see anything.

When they reached an altitude of 10,000 meters, Frank, like the other rookies, began to take over the plane. Then, an extremely troublesome thing occurred - the enemy plane. Where is the enemy plane?

Due to the interference of the clouds, the rookies lost their way. They only roughly knew that the enemy plane should be below them, so they began to dive downward. According to the original regulations, they should gather together to ensure that they would launch an attack after a while.

The intensity of firepower at that time, and then after passing through two clouds during the dive, the rookies were completely separated.

Finally, when Frank emerged from a cloud, he once again saw the huge group of bombers. He also saw that his comrades had spread out and were rushing towards the enemy group. Many of them had already opened fire on the enemy planes.

She was struck.

Rookies always like to follow the crowd. As soon as they see someone firing, everyone starts firing rockets, but completely forgets to care about whether the firing distance is reasonable. As a result, most people fire a little too early. There is one

The guy was so excited when he was launching fire that he didn't notice that there was a friendly plane more than 800 meters in front of him, so he opened fire directly. As a result, the enemy plane missed, but the friendly plane was blown up to pieces.

The effect of the rocket attack was not ideal. The rockets fired by 20 BA349s (originally 24, 4 crashed during takeoff) only shot down two bombers.

The rookies fired all the rockets, but this did not mean the attack was over. A BA349 that rushed down hit a B-17 and broke it into two pieces.

"Great!" Frank looked at this feat and was extremely excited. He suddenly remembered his school again. It was a very ordinary liberal arts school. When he left, a memorial to the fallen soldiers had just been completed in the school.

, "There is a larger golden iron cross on the top of the monument, decorated with larger stone carvings of laurel wreaths. How many people's names should be written on it, and maybe my name will be included: Frank, from school to the battlefield,

Died in battle for..."
Chapter completed!