Chapter 69 The poisonous arrow

In the summer of 1947, Biszant Air Force Base, Norway.

Just a year ago, this was just a small civil airport. The old biplane carried more than 20 passengers to Oslo, more than 100 kilometers away or Stockholm, four hundred kilometers away. Its flights took four weeks every week and was closed for four months a year. Now, it has become an aviation base with Norway and the flags of the United States flying on the top of the building and the flagpole. The brand new main runway can provide 20 to 30 tons of big guys to take off and land. However, compared with other air force bases in Nordic Europe, the scale and

The quality is not outstanding. It is just the shortest straight-line distance between the air bases that Western allies can use and Leningrad, the Soviet city. In the past year, the most important reason why this place has not become the forefront for the Allied air strikes on the Soviet Union is that this straight line runs across the central and southern Sweden, and Sweden has maintained strict armed neutrality for more than a hundred years. Its strong military preparations make no country dare to invade its airspace and territorial waters rashly unless it opens voluntarily.

Since the nuclear explosion in New York, under the moving call of US President Truman, not only millions of passionate young people have entered the Allied conscription station, but many countries that originally wanted to stay out of the matter have also changed their tendencies. In just one week, the number of countries that joined the Western Allied War camp has increased by half a dozen. Except for countries such as Greece, Ireland, Brazil, and Italy that mainly shaking flags and shouting and sending troops as supplements, Germany and Austria have had an extraordinary impact on the European situation. Since then, the millions of German soldiers who served for the Soviet camp have faced the embarrassing situation of "treason". It is inevitable that the morale of the military will be severely hit, and the possibility of a counterattack on the battlefield has also increased sharply. Austria has participated in international affairs as the first time since 1938. Many people regard this historic moment as the complete end of the old German era.

Some countries expressed their sympathy and support for the United States through their participation in the war, while others expressed their same position in the form of non-direct participation in the war, and Sweden was one of them. After emergency bilateral consultations, the Swedish political fu agreed that the planes and ships of Western allies passed by bypass during the war, and the straight-line distance from Biszant Air Base to Leningrad finally became an available route for Allied bombers. The meaning behind this is that the Swedish officials sitting at the diplomatic negotiating table should be very clear.

June 25, 1947, sunny day and breeze.

In a field tent at Biszant Air Force Base, thirty-three men in flight suits sat in a folding chair with a serious expression, listening carefully to the commander's speech. The solid-bodied U.S. Air Force colonel, holding a slender and straight wooden stick, pointed to a gray-grained aerial photo reflected on a large screen, telling all the important information about the target.

"For a long time in the past, the 8th Air Fighter of the Soviet Red Army has been closely guarding the city. Here, they have smashed the Luftwaffe and shot down many of our bombers. In this area, we have no air supremacy and no sympathizers. The high-altitude flight brought by supercharge technology is not enough to protect us from attacks. Moreover, we have to lower it to the right height before dropping the bomb. This is an extremely dangerous process, so we decided to use night bombing. It is set up in East Norway.

The Ministry’s radio-guided base station will guide us across the Baltic Sea, but we are likely to be radio interference after approaching the Soviet coast. The command arranged 400 aircraft to locate and bomb the target before dusk, unless the Soviets can put out the fires in the city within three hours, or set up flame baits of sufficient scale nearby, we can determine its location from a long distance. Now let’s take a look at the arrangement of airports and air defense facilities around the target.”

When the colonel's words paused for a moment, another aerial photo appeared on the screen, which marked some areas with colors that were integrated with the surrounding areas in red and blue. In the past few days, the United States and Britain dispatched a large number of reconnaissance aircraft into the Soviet airspace and conducted aerial reconnaissance on hundreds of targets. Even if the Soviet Air Force tried its best to intercept and shot down a group of Allied reconnaissance aircraft, they could not infer the specific attack target from such large-scale reconnaissance operations of the Allied forces. However, technically unanswered questions can sometimes be solved by using strategic vision and mind.

"In general, approaching the target from the sea is the route with the least resistance. The Soviets' heavy anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft rockets are not yet capable of launching on ships. They just arranged some ships equipped with high-power searchlights." The colonel said tirelessly, and the pilots listened to the monotonous but closely related to each of them.

"Everyone is smart, so I don't have much burden on the nature of this operation. Once I cannot evacuate due to mechanical failure or shot, it is unlikely that I have a chance to survive in conventional bombing operations. It is still time to withdraw now. We have the right replacement personnel in every position. This is the last time I will ask for your opinions!"

No one speaks does not mean no one gives up, but quitting at this time will definitely be regarded as a coward. After waiting for a while, the colonel put down his instructions: "Okay, turn on the light."

The bare light bulb above the head lit up, and the members of the b-29 bomber crew blinked and moved in the chairs. The screen rolled up, revealing a green and brown map of Europe, with a large sign hanging on it, and the striking red letters read "Justice will win."

"Guys, there are six hours of ground life, take a shower, shave your beard, take a good nap, and keep your spirits in mind," the colonel said in a tone that became humane, "Before the bomb drop, let us bury the sadness of New York in our hearts for the time being. We must complete this task in the best state, and now disband!"

The pilots did not scatter as usual. They stood up and left slowly from behind, which reminded people of the situation at the church when attending the funeral.

Outside the tent, two trucks had just arrived at the apron. Under the supervision of two officers, the US soldiers wearing M1 helmets helped to move the wooden boxes in the carriage and pile them next to two B-29s that looked like prehistoric giant birds. The boxes looked similar to those carrying large caliber shells or ordinary aviation bombs in appearance, but looking at the soldiers' relaxed expressions, their weight was definitely not as big as ammunition boxes.

"It's all just airlifted from the country," an officer told the steward wearing the sergeant's badge. "It's full of sadness and anger from New Yorkers, so be careful."

Service Chief Carney is a strong man in his early forties, with a clear face and a red neck as soon as he basked the sun. He took off his hat and grabbed his sideburns soaked with sweat: "Although I was born and raised in Florida, my parents met and fell in love in New York. They are almost seventy years old now, and they are still thinking about going back to New York to have another honeymoon... We should have spared no effort to destroy the Soviet Union 30 years ago, right! We had a chance 30 years ago!"

"Well, let alone 30 years ago, we had a chance 3 months ago, but now no matter how we reflect, New York is no longer New York." The officer said, looking curiously at the third b-29, which was parked side by side with these two, but it seemed that they were not ready to load the bullet containers they had shipped with "sad and angry".

The service chief also glanced at the heavy bomber quietly parked on the lawn. Although the combat plan of the aviation force was strictly confidential, it was not difficult for real experts to understand technical details: adjusting the bullet cabin, strengthening the hanger, and almost harsh repeated overhauls mean that they will be used to perform extremely important tasks.

"They will pay the price for it soon!" said the steward.

The officer seemed not surprised at all, and he said, "This is called guilty, isn't it?"

With the help of mechanical forklifts, more than 20 land soldiers unloaded all the goods from the truck in more than ten minutes. They left with heavy thoughts. The pilots who had finished the combat arrangement did not return to the barracks to rest. They went straight to the plane. The leading tall captain said to the service chief: "Hey, Mr. Horat, are the nuts tightened?"

The oily service chief grinned and said, "Don't worry, every component is in the best condition, every wire is smooth and reliable, Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Queen are on standby to take off at any time."

The pilots naturally divided into three groups to surround their cars. They did not usually participate in bomb loading, but now they are different from the past. The young men watched the ground crew unboxing and loading the bombs with great seriousness. The bullets sent by the land soldiers were almost exactly the same as the common 1,000-pound bombs, but they looked much lighter than the aviation bombs loaded with ** or burners. The silver-gray shell has written a lot of things with pens: for the John family and for Aunt Carly, paying tribute to the 230 martyrs in the Magellan neighborhood, punishment for the devil, long live America...

In the sky, two "wild horses" hovered lonely. With the secondary fuel tank mounted, their combat range was enough to cover the entire Gulf of Finland. However, since Sweden opened airspace and territorial waters to Western allies in a non-public manner, Allied fighter jets have not spread throughout the Gulf of Finland, and reconnaissance planes entering the western Soviet Union still took off from Polish airports. Therefore, the Moscow government, which was under heavy pressure from the outside world, has not protested on Sweden's secret opening of airspace, and has not taken substantial counterattack measures.

This kind of tranquility that rebelled against the general environment was destined to be just a charging move before the two sides confronted each other. In a few days, a large number of fighter jets and bombers have successively entered Norway's eastern Air Force airports. In another few hours, they will cross Sweden and pounce on Leningrad with an extremely terrifying swarm.

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