() Friendly injury is indeed a big problem. In the historical Operation Cobra, the U.S. Army Air Forces killed hundreds of officers and soldiers, including a lieutenant general, and dozens of tanks and other vehicles by the way.

.In terms of the number of Americans killed, although it cannot be compared with those killed by the Germans, in terms of quality, it is not comparable to the Germans. You know, American generals are still quite valuable. Just

Even Barton

Such a guy is just a lieutenant general. When General Halsey led almost the entire U.S. Pacific Fleet in the Battle of Guadalcanal, he was just a lieutenant general. During the entire war, the Americans only lost two

One of the lieutenant generals was beaten by the Japanese in the Pacific, and the other was killed by a U.S. Army bomber during Operation Cobra. The sudden death of this commander once plunged the U.S. military into chaos.

Ron didn't remember the name of the unlucky guy who was killed in the bombing. When he saw this piece of history in his previous life, he only read it as a story and didn't bother to remember the name of the unlucky guy. But now, according to the battle plan,

According to the arrangement, Lieutenant General Leslie James McNair, commander of the US Army Ground Forces, is most likely the unlucky guy.

"Especially in the plan, our bombers will also launch night bombings, and the progress of our army will definitely be different from the plan. Even because of information transmission problems, sometimes it will be different from what the Army Aviation Force knows.

Same. When a heavy bomber is at high altitude, it is difficult to see clearly who is on the ground, and at night, it is even more impossible to see clearly who it is. This increases the risk of friendly fire," Ron said.

"So, Ron, what do you think?" General Bradley asked.

"General, some time ago, the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing has been cooperating with the Seventh Army to undertake close fire support and battlefield isolation tasks. When performing close fire support tasks, the distance between the enemy and ourselves is only more than a hundred to

Two hundred meters away, the enemy and we are in constant contact, and the chance of a misfire is quite high. For this reason, we worked with the Seventh Army to develop some methods to avoid misfires." Ron replied.

"Well, keep talking."

"At the beginning, we asked all the vehicles of the Seventh Army to be equipped with a plate with an eye-catching inverted V-shaped logo on the top. Our attack aircraft will not attack as long as they see this kind of logo from the air."

"Germans can also see this sign. What if the Germans do the same thing?" one person asked.

"We only put these markings on the vehicles before launching the attack. Only after the attack was launched, the Germans would discover such markings. I think the Germans may not have enough time to equip their vehicles with such markings. As for the future.

, we have several logos that can be used in rotation." Ron replied.

Ron's answer obviously satisfied the person who asked the question. He nodded and said: "That way I have no problem. This is indeed a simple and good way."

"But Ron, this method is suitable for attack aircraft flying at low altitudes. Our bombers cannot see such small things." The person who spoke was Ron's old acquaintance-Li Mei.

Ron nodded to Li Mei, and then replied: "As General Li Mei said, bombers cannot see such small signs clearly even in the daytime. But we can have some alternative plans. For example, our

After the ground troops discovered the bomber, they immediately fired a predetermined combination of signal flares into the air in accordance with regulations. In addition, just like our

As the 21st Attack Wing does in cooperation with the Seventh Army, our air power can send liaison officers to the ground forces. Before the bombers start bombing, they first send a radio command to the ground. If the ground does not respond or responds incorrectly,

, the bombing begins. Even the ground liaison officers can guide the air strikes and quickly make judgments on the results of the bombing."

"It sounds good when I think about it!" Li Mei said expressionlessly, "It's worth giving it a try... Even if it doesn't succeed this time, it's worth continuing as a direction for future efforts."

Anyone who is familiar with Li Mei knows that Li Mei's evaluation of Ron's suggestion is actually quite high. As for his expressionless face, well, have you ever seen a paralyzed person with an expression on his face?

Then Li Mei looked at Ron again, and continued to say to Ron in the classic Li Mei voice with almost no fluctuations: "Are you free tonight? The two of us will work together to concretize this idea and create an open space."

How about fighting it out?"

"Okay, General." Ron agreed happily. Li Mei popped up the word "air-land battle", which really surprised Ron. This seemingly dull person is really good at tactics.

Surprisingly sensitive. And for this idea to become a reality, it really requires the participation of experts like Li Mei.

"Then, you two will come up with a specific plan as soon as possible, and leave a day or two for the troops to familiarize themselves with the plan before taking action." Eisenhower said, "Although it is not humane to rush the wounded to work, this is war.

During this period, Ron, you and Li Mei are all irreplaceable experts in the use of air power. You can only

That's a lot of work. But don't be too tired... Curtis, I especially want to remind you that you work day and night and never care about yourself. That's all you can do, Ron

I am a wounded person now, so I can't work day and night with you. Well, I don't care what time you do it, Ron must go to bed before 11 o'clock!"

"Well, I understand this." Curtis Li Mei still responded with a smooth voice.

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In fact, Ron discovered that Li Mei was really a very disciplined person. As soon as he entered his extra-large office with a sand table, Li Mei set an alarm clock to 11 p.m.

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"When I start studying my work, I often lose track of time. I think you also have this tendency, so in order not to violate Ike's military order, we have to set the alarm clock first. Okay, let's start..."

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Mike was originally a noncommissioned officer in charge of radio liaison in the Eighth Air Force. Early this morning, he got a task to serve as an air liaison officer in the Army Ground Forces. So, early in the morning, he and several others accepted the same

The guys on the mission took the "Lysander" mkiiisd liaison aircraft obtained from the British and rushed to the troops they were going to cooperate with.

The plane landed lightly in a small open space. Mike saw that there were two goals set up at both ends of the small open space. This seemed to be a school playground.

As soon as the plane stopped, Mike jumped out of the plane. At the same time, he shouted: "Someone! Help me lift my things off."

Two soldiers ran over, and together with Mike and his partner Sura, they carried the big box off the plane. Pilot Cook also came to help.

"What the hell, it's so heavy," Cook said.

"A high-power radio, plus a high-power generator. How else would it be so heavy!" Mike replied.

According to the newly revised plan, Mike and Sula will install the radio on an M7 Priest self-propelled artillery for air communication.

Several people carried the radio into a car, and then the car pulled Mike and the others toward the distance.

A few minutes later, the car entered a yard. This was the regimental headquarters of an infantry regiment under the 35th Infantry Division of the US Army. Mike saw that there was also an M7 Priest 105mm self-propelled artillery parked in the yard.

Several technicians were busy up there. Mike knew that they were dismantling the cannons above to make room for the installation of high-power radios and larger generators required for high-power radios.

The regiment leader Dulles was very busy, so he simply said a few words to Mike and the others. He said that his soldiers would protect their safety as much as possible and hoped that the cooperation between them would be pleasant. Facts

It was not the first time for them to cooperate with the liaison officer of the Army Aviation, but it was indeed the first time for them to cooperate with the liaison officer of the heavy bomber force.

Before lunch, the guys on the ground troops dismantled the cannon of the M7 Priest 105mm self-propelled artillery, and the original generator was also dismantled. As for the things Mike and the others brought, they will not install them until lunch.

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It should be said that the lunch of the army ground troops in France is better than that of the guys in the rear. In the UK, the only thing they eat every day is spam. At most, it is pure stewed spam.

, just turned into potato stewed Spam. American soldiers, including Mike, have reached the point where they feel sick when they smell the smell of Spam. However, the British have a good impression of Spam. Not only the British soldiers

, sometimes, some British citizens are also happy to use other

Food was exchanged for Spam. Of course, after eating British food, the American soldiers immediately understood why the British thought Spam was delicious. This was really because the taste of the food made by the British,

It can definitely only be described as dark. Mike even came to the conclusion that if you can adapt to British food, then you can definitely eat a lot of disgusting, squirming fat meat alive without changing your expression.

Insects, and then praised its taste as comparable to chicken.

It's different in France. In the eyes of the French, Americans are their liberators. The enthusiastic French are happy to provide Americans with all kinds of delicious food. As long as they have a little something, such as a lighter or chocolate, they can get it from

The enthusiastic French people exchanged them for wine, smoked sausages, chickens and ducks and other good things. Especially French wine, well, this stuff is not for big-headed soldiers in the United States.

For example, in today's lunch, there was a bottle of French wine that was said to have been exchanged for a Zippo lighter.

"Hey, Mike," a second lieutenant named Henry said, holding the bottle of wine in his hand and showing off to him, "Have you ever tasted this kind of wine? Champagne!"

"I've had it," Mike replied, "I'm from Virginia, and my family has a vineyard. We also make our own champagne."

"You can't call it champagne, you can only call it sparkling wine." Henry shook his head, looking like a connoisseur, "Only French champagne is real champagne! This is real champagne from the Champagne region.

.It’s a pity that it’s not much, each person can only get a small cup. There is also kielbasa, which is also very good, but it’s a pity that the quantity is not enough. So, we still have to eat some spam.”
Chapter completed!