() The next day, the U.S. bomber group attacked as usual, but was not attacked by that special rocket plane again. On the third and fourth days, those rocket interceptors did not appear again. There were already some in the U.S. military

I began to murmur, was it because the effect of the last attack was not very good, so this thing was abandoned by the Germans?

However, on the afternoon of the fourth day, a set of photos attracted the attention of the Allied forces.

"Marshal, you see, the Germans have opened some roads here, here, and in the forest here. These locations are very close to several V1 firing positions we have recently determined. In addition, the people of the resistance organization

We once saw heavy vehicles passing on these roads late at night. The MI6 intelligence agents sent us some photos via carrier pigeons, but unfortunately the photos were very blurry."

Marshal Arthur Harris of the Royal Air Force raised his head calmly and said to the staff officer who reported to him: "Oh, Charlie, show me these photos."

The staff officer named Charlie handed a stack of photos to Marshal Harris, "Marshal, these are forest roads photographed by our Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft. These are some new suspicious buildings in the woods. These are

Several photos of the enemy's heavily loaded vehicles were sent back by our intelligence agents."

"Are these the pictures?" Marshal Harris asked, pointing to several pictures.

In these photos, you can see some heavy-duty trucks. The trucks are loaded with some things that are tightly wrapped in tarps and look like a kind of Chinese rice dumplings. Judging from the appearance, some of them have cameras sticking out.

The wing thing looks a bit like an airplane, but it is obviously a little too short.

Harris looked at it carefully and said to Charlie: "Ah, please bring me the information about the new German interceptor aircraft that the Americans sent us two days ago."

"Okay, Marshal!"

…

"Are you saying that after comparison, our intelligence officials have determined that the things in these two blurry photos, if spliced ​​together, are the things in the Americans' photos?" Marshal Harris asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty Marshal."

"Ah, that's right!" Marshal Harris stood up and picked up the coat hanging on the wall, "Charlie, go call General Doolittle and tell him that I have urgent matters that I need to discuss with him face to face.

"

…

Ron was staying in the war room, paying attention to the day's air combat. At this time, a staff officer came over.

"General, General Doolittle's phone number."

"Okay," Ron nodded to him and walked to the next door.

After a while, Ron returned to the war room, temporarily granted various powers to his staff, and then hurried out again.

…

Another day passed, and the Royal Air Force's bomber group set off early in the morning to bomb those possible V1 missile launch sites.

In the past, British bombers always attacked at night due to lack of escort force. This also made their strike effectiveness far inferior to that of the U.S. Army Air Forces that operated during the day. However, recently, due to the introduction of box formation tactics and the German Air Force's deployment during the day,

With the reduction of operations, the risk of dispatching during the day is no greater than at night (the efficiency of anti-aircraft artillery during the day is far higher than that at night), but the attack efficiency far exceeds that at night, so now, the Royal Air Force's bomber force is also more

Choose to go out and bomb the enemy during the day.

…

"Colonel, the radar unit has discovered a group of British bombers." An officer reported to Colonel Thomas.

"Okay! Fill the plane with fuel and get the boys ready! We're going to have a big one this time!"

Yes, Colonel Thomas' team is going to play a big game this time. Although he lost nearly half of his pilots in the last operation, he immediately received a replacement - a group of cannon fodder with no more than 80 hours of flying time.

.Now, the troops in his hands have rapidly expanded. Under his command, there are already 100 interceptor aircraft and 120 pilots who have never flown such dangerous interceptor aircraft. Colonel Thomas plans to press all these chips at once

.

"As long as a large enough amount is invested at one time, the original problem of being unable to form a perfect formation due to lack of training and therefore not being able to guarantee the strike density of rockets will no longer be a problem. So, either don't play, or play big if you want to play.

"

In the forest, the camouflage on the launchers for the BA349 rocket-powered interceptor aircraft to take off has been stripped away. In order to avoid being discovered by Allied reconnaissance planes, these launchers are usually camouflaged with a large number of branches. From the air,

Just like an ordinary big tree.

There are two to three firing positions on each position, and in the forest, there are dozens of firing positions dotted around.

The staff has erected the BA349 rocket-powered interceptor on the launch frame, and now they are carefully adding fuel to it. This is an extremely dangerous job, t fuel tank (hydrogen peroxide and stabilizer) and c fuel tank

(Hydrate of hydrazinemethane) will spontaneously ignite once mixed, and they are very corrosive, so you must be very careful. Otherwise, it will cause a huge disaster.

…

A group of P-38 fighter jets are flying at low altitude. Their wings are full of rockets, and there are two 500-pound aerial bombs hung under the belly. Such mounts have reduced the range of the P-38 a lot.

, but considering that the target is relatively close, the range is really not a problem. In the other direction, there is also a group of British mosquito bombers. These aircraft are flying at extremely low altitudes.

On a Mosquito bomber, navigator Tusk was guiding the plane. Tusk was a Pole. After the defeat of Poland, he came to the UK as an exile and joined the Royal Air Force as a volunteer.

"Looking from the map, we crossed this mountain ridge and arrived at the suspicious area."

"Okay, help me keep an eye on the ground! Don't miss the target." Pilot William replied.

In front of them, there was a high mountain ridge. William carefully controlled the plane and climbed up according to the angle of the hillside. After a while, the plane passed over the mountain ridge, and a wide river valley appeared in front of them.

The valley is covered with lush trees, and wherever you look, you can see the intoxicating dark green color everywhere. A small river with a silky luster appears and disappears in this dark green valley. Sometimes, the sun

When it shines on it, it will glow with a golden light.

But there are other things in the river valley. In this carpet of dense broadleaf forest, you can see many scars like those left by insects. Those are the ones that have been peeled off

A disguised firing position!

"Target found! All assault!" William broke the radio silence and issued the command, then quickly turned to the nearest target. Tusik steadily pressed the target with the bombsight.

"Click, click, click." The anti-aircraft guns of the German ground air defense forces began to fire at them. It was a Flak38 20mm anti-aircraft gun. This was a four-unit anti-aircraft gun with quite fierce firepower. But the mosquito bombers

Its appearance obviously caught its controller by surprise, so its first few shuttles missed far away. By this time, William had already dropped a string of bombs.

This string of bombs accurately covered the launch tower. In the violent explosion, one launch tower, together with the interceptor aircraft on it, was blown to pieces. The bombing caused a fire, which quickly spread to another one next to it.

The tower was fired, and then there was another violent explosion.

After dropping the bomb, William began to pull up the plane. At this time, another Flak38 20mm anti-aircraft gun hidden in the dark opened fire at him. The dense shells rushed over like a swarm of fire bees. Before William could even evade

The action plane was hit.

A 20mm shell hit the cockpit and cut off one of William's legs. Blood rushed out like an open river. William knew that he was about to die.

"Tusk, jump quickly, quickly!"

"William, are you okay?"

William struggled to support himself and control the plane, "Stop being so nagging! Jump quickly!"

There were only two crew members on the Mosquito bomber, and it was difficult for the people in the back seat to climb into the front cabin to control the aircraft. When parachuting, the general order is for the back seat to jump first. So Tusik hurriedly unbuckled his seat belt.

He opened the canopy and jumped out first.

When the parachute opened, Tusik turned to look at William's bomber, but he saw that the bomber turned sharply and then crashed into a firing position.

…

At the same time that the British Mosquito bombers were attacking the Germans, in another place not far away, the American P-38s were also attacking the Germans.

Unlike the Mosquito bomber, the P-38 is not a professional bomber. Although it has an astonishingly large bomb load, in terms of the maximum bomb load alone, the maximum bomb load of the P-38 is actually higher than that of the four-round B-17.

It is comparable. But it has only one pilot. Unlike the Mosquito bomber, it has a full-time bombardier and a special bombsight. Therefore, the P-38's attack relies more on the rockets it carries and the 20 missiles on the nose.

mm Gatling.

Originally, the power of both rockets and Gatling cannons was relatively limited, and it was difficult to destroy a firing position at once. But in this attack, the effects of rockets and cannons were unexpectedly good. Almost every time, they were accurate.

If she hits, it will bring about a huge explosion...

When the attack by American and British aircraft ended, the entire valley was filled with thick smoke and flames.

"Colonel, we lost 48 aircraft!"
Chapter completed!