Chapter 57: Meeting Li Mei for the First Time(2/2)
According to those who have fought, it is quite beneficial.
After dinner that day, Ron left Molesworth and went to the 305th Bomb Group. The commander of this bomber unit was the evil general Li Mei who later became famous for burning Tokyo. But at this time, Li Mei was still a colonel.
Officer. But he is now famous for his proficient tactics. The day after tomorrow, Li Mei's 305 Bomber Group will bomb a submarine base in France. Ron plans to take his bomber to experience it on site.
When Ron arrived, it was not too late. In the war room, Ron met this legendary figure who was born in an ordinary labor family and eventually became the Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Force - Li Mei.
Li Mei is actually a small man, but his face is very wide, especially his chin is extremely broad, coupled with the strong bite muscles, people can feel his strong inner strength at a glance.
"We already know your purpose of coming, and welcome you Ron." Li Mei let Ron into the war room, "We are studying the actions the day after tomorrow. I know that you are an expert in fighter jets, so let's study together."
There was a huge sand table in the war room, and several staff officers were placing small flags indicating the strength of the troops on the sand table. Li Mei personally held the baton and explained the instructions to Ron.
"According to intelligence, the Germans have an anti-aircraft artillery position here, equipped with a lot of 88mm anti-aircraft guns, and maybe a small number of 127mm anti-aircraft guns. There are similar anti-aircraft artillery positions here and here. Here is the German
At the military airport, the Germans have deployed more than 60 fighter jets here, and about half of them are new FW190s. In addition, at this airport, there are about 20 BF110s. When we left the Spitfire
After the protective circle, they may also attack us."
Li Mei put down his baton and said to Ron: "Lieutenant Colonel, you are an expert on fighter jets. I heard that you successfully intercepted Japanese bombers many times when you were on Guadalcanal. You also managed to annihilate a large number of Japanese bombers with 20 fighter jets.
It is a miracle that the Japanese bombers did not suffer any losses. Lieutenant Colonel, if you are the German commander, how do you plan to intercept our bomber group?"
What's going on? Ron thought, how could he pose a problem to someone like this during a meeting? If he hadn't seen the frank and sincere look in Li Mei's eyes, Ron would have almost thought that he was deliberately provoking. However, no matter whether he was
With such a meaning, Ron must come up with something now, otherwise he will be looked down upon by people in this room full of people.
After thinking about some of the successful practices of the German army in history, Ron spoke:
"Intercepting B-17s is completely different from intercepting Japanese bombers. Japanese bombers are extremely fragile. In terms of anti-strike ability, they are not even as good as our fighter jets. Our fighter jets are specially modified and have far more firepower than the enemy.
Powerful. One of our attacks can even directly disintegrate a Japanese bomber. And here, the B-17 is much stronger than any German fighter, and the firepower of the German fighter is far inferior to our fighter.
Therefore, as long as the b-17s can maintain a dense formation and cover each other's blind spots, it will be difficult for German fighter jets to gain the upper hand in such a battle. Therefore, the first starting point of all interception tactics is to break up the bombers.
formation."
"In our 305th Bomb Group, we have an iron rule, which is that you are not allowed to dodge when you are attacked by any attack." Li Mei added proudly.
"This is a very wise decision." Ron complimented first. In fact, this sentence was not a compliment, because after adopting such tactics, the 305th Bomb Group's losses have always been the smallest among the Eighth Air Force.
"However, such a dense formation is not impossible to deal with." Ron added, "If I were the German commander, I would use the aircraft to carry a large number of rockets and attack head-on, from the bomber firepower.
Launch an attack on a bomber formation out of range. This is not technically difficult, but it can certainly cause huge losses to the bombers in a dense formation. I believe that as long as I can launch a few rounds of such rocket attacks, I will be able to defeat the bomber group.
The dense formation broke up."
When Ron first said that he had a way to deal with the dense formation of bombers, many people showed doubts, but as Ron revealed his trump card, everyone fell silent.
Finally, it was Li Mei who spoke first:
Chapter completed!