"Wow, the weather is really bad, it's so cold!"

Standing in the snow where the wind was howling, the young officer in American flight suits and a brown leather jacket looked at the busy soldiers on the runway. These people were trying hard to clean up the snow with the help of two tracked engineering vehicles. It took two or three hours to clear a runway for fighter jets to take off and land, but only a night of wind and snow, and the place would become old again!

"I always thought the Pacific Ocean was sunny and tropical. I prepared sunglasses, swimsuits and sunscreen before I came. It was ridiculous to think about it!"

Another young officer with a very different outfit, speaking in the same pure Irish language, with a self-deprecating smile on his face.

This is Edak Island in the central Aleutian Islands, which is located in a high latitude. However, affected by the warm currents of Alaska, the temperature here is slightly higher than the northern end of the Scandinavia, which is close to the latitude, but there is no rain, snow, and fog at all. In early spring, there is still extreme daytime weather here, and people who have not lived here for many years must endure the double torture of psychology and physiology.

The third officer, also a US pilot, was wearing it, with his hands on his hips, and his expression was arrogant, complaining: "These Americans are so cunning that they actually brought us to such a place, hum! It really insulted our reputation on the battlefield of Britain!"

"Come on, what if you are not satisfied?" The fourth officer standing together was a handsome young man with golden eyes. He curled his lips and said, "He has come. If you withdraw now, it will really insult the reputation of the Royal Irish Air Force!"

"Yes, I think it's for the sake of money." The first officer was speaking, and when he heard the creaking sound of the door opening behind him, he stopped talking. A pretty burly official came over: "Gentlemen, after receiving the order from his superiors, he dispatched a two-plane formation in 10 minutes to carry out combat reconnaissance in the direction of Kiska Island!"

"Tsk, what's the best thing to do in this kind of weather? Don't those Japanese guys crouch in their cave?" The third officer muttered, saying that his words were so fast that it was hard for the American official to find out.

In the summer of 1934, Japan dispatched 6th naval forces to attack the Aleutian Islands, but their intentions were surprisingly similar to history, which was to lure the US Navy to split its troops north. The Americans were still not fooled, and the US commander stationed in the Aleutian Islands also responded early, retreating one of the few residents to a safe area, and dispersing ships and combat aircraft. The Japanese army did not take any advantage in the attack, nor did they invest enough troops to occupy the entire archipelago. In the end, they only captured the empty four islands, including Atu and Kiska, and built a building on the largest island of Skika.

Field airports and a small military port were first equipped with a squadron of combat aircraft and two submarines, and occasionally harassed attacks on islands and ports controlled by the US military from time to time. However, due to its distance from the local bases and the local climate conditions were very harsh, some equipment that was frozen in the severe cold could not be repaired in time and was destroyed by two air strikes by the US military. Now they are in a semi-aborted state, and the Japanese troops with hundreds of people are also hiding in the cold-avoiding fortifications they excavated on weekdays. The so-called combat reconnaissance is only reconnaissance significance in most cases. After the arrival of German volunteer pilots, they have not yet been exposed to combat!

"Forget it, I'll go! Just think it's the motivation for heat!" The first officer loosened his scarf, and the second officer whom he partnered with did not object. Seeing this, the US official said quickly:

"Then I will report the names of Lieutenant Bart and Lieutenant Camede!"

The first officer turned his head and replied politely: "Okay, we will leave on time!"

The beautiful official breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went into the room.

"From the rigorous training of last year, the Air Force's top leaders seemed to have expected that we would fight in such a harsh environment. No matter what, we are fighting for Ireland, not America!" The first officer had the style of a big brother, and he patted his partner on the shoulder, "Let's go, Maxi, check the plane in advance, I can't believe in those clumsy American ground crew members!"

As if he was intentionally relieved the atmosphere, the second officer said, "They are quite dedicated, but sometimes they are too relaxed! Guys, see you!"

The other two officers took out their hands from their pockets and waved them. They were a little tired and lazy, and their mentality was roughly the same.

Soon, the US soldiers unleashed two silver-gray aircraft from the hangar. Although this "silver gray" is close to the "German gray" that dominates Europe in color, it still looks obvious. The designated position of the wing surface is printed with a five-star American military logo with a blue background and a white background.

After the final routine inspection, the two pilots finally climbed into the cockpit and pulled up the canopy cover. For them, all the environment, climate, and customs here are unfamiliar, but fortunately the plane is still an "old guy". The simple lines, thick nose, tilted back and sharp tail wings are combined to make me5od, nicknamed "Thunderstorm", the main fighter aircraft currently in service in the Irish Air Force!

Amid the familiar roar, the V-type liquid-cooled 12-cylinder piston motor still operates very smoothly in a sub-zero temperature environment. In a moment, the two war eagles with a 24ol sub-fuel tank under the belly began to glide on the runway. Their running posture was as agile as the body, the compact structure had a good bulletproof design, and it was easy to see that their cockpits could provide the pilot with a good backward and side-down view. After the plane slid off the ground, the electric-driven three-point landing gear then closed, and the eagle spread its wings and soared!

Routine flight sounds easy, but after the plane takes off, the clouds became the first difficulty that pilots need to overcome. Fortunately, after arriving in the United States, all the me5o were equipped with American radio direction finders. This device is small and easy to use, but long-distance flights are still difficult to accurately locate, which requires the pilot to make personal experience to assist in judgment. In the Aleutian Islands, crescent island groups are clearer landmarks, and along this dark arc can reach the only obstacle of most islands.

The pilots traveled through the archipelago with the range of landlines. The me5o, designed specifically for air interception and seizing the battlefield air supremacy, has no advantage in this regard. Even if the secondary fuel tank is installed, its maximum range is only 12oo kilometers, which can only be considered medium-level among single fighters of the same era. So many considerable commentators believe that introducing Irish fighters at high prices was a wrong decision of the US government. However, when Irish volunteers drove fighters to the United States and conducted a series of drills with the US Air Force in a series of exercises, the doubts disappeared!

From Edak Island to Skika or Atu Island occupied by the Japanese army, the straight-line distance is about 5oo kilometers. Coupled with the wind direction and flight route, it happens to be within the effective combat radius of me5o, which means that Irish volunteers can fly their own planes to circle the island for a while, and use machine guns to intimidate the Japanese troops on the island.

After leaving the base, the two me5o quickly climbed above the clouds. Not only did they have a cheerful vision, but they also helped to wield the power advantage of the V-type liquid cooling motor. The pointer on the aircraft meter easily crossed the horizontal line of 55o kilometers per hour. This is a number that is enough to drive Japanese pilots crazy. You should know that the 95 fighter they currently use can only reach 46o kilometers at the highest.

At about the same time, a fleet of ships with sun flags flying on masts appeared in the southwest of Kiska Island. The fog spread over the sea made the figures of these ships loom. In terms of scale and navigation, it looked like a transport fleet that performed ordinary tasks, but in the middle and rear of the fleet, the ship with a wide deck was filled with planes, as if it was about to enter the battlefield. In this strange fleet, two

The warship was slender and steered in front, with the cannon jackets on the ship not covered, and the officers and soldiers were on guard, maintaining contact with each other with flags and light signals. On both sides and behind the fleet, there was a light ship each carrying a higher navigation maneuver. In the center of the fleet, both transport ships were equipped with air defense machine guns and small-caliber artillery. It was far from the destination, and the crew were already busy carrying the supplies shipped by cloth bags and wooden boxes onto the deck!

As the island of Kiska gets closer and closer, the fog on the sea gradually dissipates. Amid the unique roar of the aircraft, a seaplane ejected from the part of the cruiser, hovering around the fleet like a gray-white seagull, flying towards the nearby islands. About ten minutes later, two gray-white fighters also left the flight deck of the light aircraft carrier. In comparison, their posture was as light as a bird, without any clumsiness.

About forty-five minutes later, two me5o had already flew near Skika Island. During the monotonous voyage, the two volunteer pilots from Ireland kept the radio silent rigorously. Just as they began to look for the outline of the target island, the gray spots moving down the clouds attracted the attention of the wingman pilot. He turned on the short communicator: "Attention to the left front!"

"receive!"

The long machine that was descending quickly pulled up the nose, and when suddenly encountering an opponent, he gained the initiative by mastering the height advantage. At this moment, the other party seemed to have found these two guests. It did not retreat immediately, but also chose to climb with a lightweight movement!

"Baseball player, baseball player, this is Baseball One, and a plane flying near the target island! Repeat, a plane flying on the target island!" When reporting this situation to the US military base, the "retired" Irish Air Force lieutenant and international volunteer Nollynbart did not expect that this was the encounter between the Me5O and the Japanese new fighter 96 ships in actual combat. The two sides glanced at each other for a hurry several thousand meters, and were obstructed by clouds and mists and could not even see the other's appearance clearly, but it won't take long to start a fierce battle in a battle that has not appeared in history!
Chapter completed!