() The new fuel-air bomb is generally very satisfactory to both the United States and Britain. It is said that the landing operations plan has been modified specifically for this purpose. The Allied Command has determined the existence of this bomb as top secret. In order to

To protect this secret, even the 21st Attack Wing's hunting mission was terminated.

.Because the Allied Command is worried that if the pilots of the 21st Attack Wing are shot down, the Germans may learn the details of this bomb from them. In this way, before the arrival of dri, the people who are affected by this damn bomb will

As a result, the 21st Attack Wing's attack on the German-controlled area had to be completely terminated.

In order to prevent the sudden disappearance of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing from alerting the Germans, the Allied Command transferred some troops from other units of the 8th Air Force and asked them to take over the tasks of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing.

Ron felt that this was a good opportunity to expand the 21st Attack Wing. Because some pilots from other units were selected to fly attack aircraft.

It is not difficult to operate, but it is not that simple to prepare a command and logistics system for these temporarily selected pilots. It will take a while to put all these things in place. So, Ron

I think the simplest way is to directly organize these pilots and aircraft into two new squadrons, and then hand them over to the 21st Attack Wing.

And at this time, the construction of the second airport has been completed, and the new squadron can be deployed there. Ron proposed this idea to General Doolittle, the commander of the 8th Air Force. One day later, he

Got the reply that his 21st Attack Wing will get a squadron of PA-38 attack aircraft and a squadron of B-25 light bombers.

This change made Ron feel overjoyed, because it almost doubled the strength of the 21st Attack Wing in Ron's hands. Now, the 21st Attack Wing has become a super wing with 5 squadrons.

.However, to be honest, there is nothing unreasonable about this approach. Because

Because Ron is already a brigadier general. In the U.S. Army Air Force, the commander at the wing level is usually a colonel. Only some special wings will have brigadier generals, such as Ron's previous "Reverse Cross".

Now, it is actually quite reasonable to make a brigadier general's regiment special.

Two new squadrons were arranged to be stationed at the newly built airport. It was the one where the progress of the project was slowed down by rabbits. In order to commemorate the rabbits who slowed down the airport project, the airport was named "Rogue" by a guy with a bad taste.

Rabbit Airport".

In fact, harassing German-occupied areas is now a relatively simple task. Since the Luftwaffe was expelled from the sky, the biggest threat to Allied aircraft has become German anti-aircraft artillery. Germany

The density of human anti-aircraft artillery is indeed not small, but compared with fighter jets, anti-aircraft artillery has a fatal weakness, that is - compared to aircraft, it is almost invisible

It is mobile. This makes it naturally passive in the battle with aircraft. Germany's industrial capabilities are good, but in any case, it is impossible for it to fill the entire Europe with anti-aircraft guns. This means that it can

There are always very few targets that are protected by a large number of anti-aircraft guns. Most targets will always break away from the cover of anti-aircraft guns and be exposed to aircraft attacks.

So the day after the new squadron was temporarily formed, they set off for France to continue their raiding mission. As for the effect of their actions, we can learn something about it from a letter like this.

"Since 1944, driving in France, especially on roads close to the French coast, has become a very dangerous thing. American attack planes and bombers hover over these areas almost all the time, whether it is daytime or

night.

Last Friday night, our convoy transported a batch of supplies to Boulogne-sur-Mer. My dear, you must know that now, unless necessary, the convoy will try to travel at night to avoid enemy bombing.

It was so dark that you couldn't see anything clearly, even the roads were dark. The bombing of American planes made many roads completely rotten. Of course, compared with those in Russia, the condition of these roads is still good. But, we are just here

When driving at night here, in order to avoid being discovered by the enemy, we don't even dare to turn on the lights. Only the leading car at the front of the convoy has a flashlight for illumination. Compared with the car lights, the light of the flashlight is much dim.

Like a small candle.

If we just move forward in the dark, we may not be able to cover fifty kilometers in one night. Sometimes, because we can't see the road, some vehicles get stuck in the craters. At this time, it's almost dawn, and we have no choice but to abandon it.

On the road, there will be a shelter at regular intervals. Most of these shelters are in the woods near the road. We will drive the car there before dawn to hide. Every time we get off the car, we

We need to return to the road immediately. We need to clear some traces on the road before dawn. Because the enemy is not a fool. If they have these things, they will determine our approximate location and then bomb them indiscriminately.

.If not done well, the entire team will suffer.

But even if all this is done, don't think that you are safe, let alone run to the car to catch up on your sleep. This is not Germany, this is France. All French people hate us, they all hate us.

We will be finished immediately. There are rebels everywhere here. These guys will hide quietly and wait for the enemy's attack aircraft to appear. They will quickly send flares into the sky, and then the enemy's attack aircraft will

Launch a merciless attack on the location pointed out by them.

At dawn that day, we suffered such a blow. At dawn, we cleaned up the traces on the road and returned to the woods, but we did not go towards the car. Only the Croatian named Klaus

I was thirsty, so I ran to the car to get water. At this moment, the bomb fell, and 15 cars, as well as the unfortunate Klaus, immediately..."

While the two new squadrons were wreaking havoc over France, the original three squadrons were not idle either. They were even busier than the two new squadrons that were attacking every day.

The British found a beach in Ireland. It is said that the conditions of this beach are very similar to the target beach, so the training destination of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing was decided here.

Judging from the current situation, without interference, the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing's attack efficiency on the target is still good. However, such good conditions will not be available in actual combat. In actual combat, you must consider the situation with the landing force.

For coordination, the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery fire must be taken into consideration. Therefore, the next step is to strengthen the coordination ability of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing and its assault capability under enemy anti-aircraft artillery attacks.

After attaching a large 1.5-ton bomb, the PA-38's flight performance seriously deteriorated. This made the threat from anti-aircraft artillery rapidly increase. There are two ways to solve this problem. One is

Increasing the height of bomb delivery will undoubtedly bring about a negative consequence, that is, the bombing accuracy will drop sharply, and the possibility of accidental damage will rise sharply. At the same time, although this will get rid of the threat of 37 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, it will also put itself at risk.

Put it under the threat of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns.

The second method is to first suppress the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery firepower. There are two methods. The first method is to arrange for other attack aircraft to mount rockets to escort these aircraft. However, there are the following problems with this, that is, the enemy

When the anti-aircraft guns do not actively fire, these escort aircraft may not be able to detect the enemy's anti-aircraft guns; and once the enemy's anti-aircraft guns fire, the main attack aircraft will already be in danger.

The second approach is very bold. That is to first use artillery fire to suppress the exposed target on the ground, and the attack aircraft will drop bombs in the intervals between artillery attacks. This requires a high degree of control over the timing of the attack. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that someone will be unlucky.

The egg will be knocked down by one's own howitzer.

Finally, the second option was approved by everyone. What remains is the training problem.

At a distance of about 12km from the beach, two cruisers were firing at the beach with live ammunition. At the same time, a group of landing craft was quickly approaching the beach. One thousand meters away from the beach, a landing craft suddenly raised a
Chapter completed!