On the outskirts of Buenos Aires, a large Fuk 42d transport aircraft has stopped on the runway at a dim and quiet "grass airport".

The rear cabin door of the aircraft was put down and placed on the ground of the runway. Several young men in Navy missile soldiers' working suits were pushing a closed missile launcher from the aircraft's cargo hold. This was a large set of equipment, a bit like a 170mm k18 gun mount that could be retracted into a four-wheeler. A Steyr 5-ton truck had been waiting by the runway. When the driver saw that the missile launcher was pushed out, he drove the car to the Folk 42d plane. The door opened, and Little Hessman, wearing the Navy Air Force's major uniform, got off from the passenger seat. A missile soldier's captain walked up to Little Hessman and saluted: "Major, you must be Mr. Heinsberg-Hessman, right?"

"Yes." Little Hessman took out his ID and handed it over. The other party took it with both hands and looked at it, and introduced himself: "I am Captain Friedrich von Oberhausen, Navy Missile Force."

Naval missile soldiers are a new branch of the German Navy. The commander-in-chief of the Navy missile soldiers was General Hoffmann who defeated Halsey in the Battle of Bermuda (just promoted to general).

Although Hessmann is not a missile soldier, the Air Force and Naval Aviation also have plans to equip air-launched missiles. So Hessmann received the order from the Naval Aviation Command to observe the actual combat shooting of the -10 "Waterfall" ship-to-air (surface-to-air) missile designed by Dr. Walter Thiel-

The 10 "Waterfall" missile is an surface-to-air missile that can achieve supersonic flight. It was developed based on the A-series rocket. Its guidance method is very interesting. It is a combination of three methods and is divided into three stages: the initial stage of launch, the missile is slow, and it is visually controlled by the ground manipulator to control the general direction of the missile. At this time, the missile is controlled by four graphite gas rudders at the nozzle.

In the middle of the flight, two large fire-controlled radars placed on the ground illuminate the target and missiles, use a computer to calculate the azimuth difference, and then issue radio wave commands to the missiles to fly along the target's radar beam. At this time, the missiles are controlled by the four control surfaces of the tail of the missile.

At the end of the missile flight, use radio near-blasting fuze and infrared guide head to control the missile. The missile does not need to hit the target, but will explode if it needs to get close to the target.

The 250-kilogram warhead that the 3.5-ton ammunition body can carry is extremely powerful, and even enemy planes will be blown into pieces 50 meters away.

Another Air Force Military Preparation Bureau is responsible for the management of the surface-to-air missile code-named R-3 "Rhine Daughter" developed by German Rheinmetallurgical Company, which has now been transported to Buenos Aires. The combat-heavy-10 "Waterfall" of this missile is almost the same as that of a series of rockets.

However, the guidance method is much simpler, and there is only one type, which is that ground personnel use visual and radio control missiles to crash into the bomber. Of course, there are also radio near-fighting fuzes, so the enemy planes can be shot down without having to hit directly.

Because the guidance method is very simple, the reliability and hit rate of the R-3 "Rhine Daughter" surface-to-air missile during the test launch process are far beyond that of the technologically advanced-10 "Waterfall".

However, the disadvantages of the R-3 "Rhine Daughter" are definitely very obvious. First, because they rely solely on visual and radio for guidance, the shooting height is limited (too high and can't see clearly), and it is only 7,000 meters; second, the use is limited in night and climates with poor visibility, which is not impossible to use, but is greatly restricted. For example, at night, there must be a searchlight to help search targets, and then launch missiles after the searchlight is locked, so that one can hit each other accurately.

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On the coast of Chile, near Valparaiso Bay, on a "grass airport" used by the US Navy Air Force, when night fell, 12 PB4y-1 (the naval code of the B-24d) bombers were already arranged neatly on the runway.

These pb4y-1 models have been modified, and hangers are installed under both wings. On each hanger, an asm-n-2 "Bat" radar-guided gliding bomb that looks like a glider has been hung.

Major Joseph Patrick Kennedy, who "redirected" from the Army Air Force to the Navy Air Force, had already taken his crew to the first-ranked PB4y-1 bomber.

Because he was the first generation of "guided weapons manipulators" in the United States, and his father is likely to become the next vice president of the United States, he has also had some "official fortunes" and is now the major squadron leader of the Navy Aviation Corps.

"John," when the plane's engine began to roar, Kennedy turned around and asked his navigator, "It's all up to you tonight."

"Don't worry," said the sergeant named John Teney. "We won't be going to go with radio signals."

"What's going on? Can you tell me?" Joseph Kennedy, a little boy, was curious about "radio signal", so he asked.

"Of course," said Teni, "It was Argentine's democratic fighters who were helping us...but they could only help us find Buenos Aires, and we have to find the location of the military port ourselves."

Juan Peron's authority in Argentina is not very solid yet, and there are still many people and organizations opposing him, some of whom cooperate with the Americans and build large radio stations that can guide bombers.

"This is great!" When Kennedy Jr. sincerely praised the Argentine democratic warriors, the airport tower signaled the plane taking off. Kennedy Jr. began to control the plane to taxi on the dim runway with motor thunder, and the plane soared into the air and flew into the misty sky under the moonlight.

The plane rumbled through the cold night sky and flew over the tall and steep Andes Mountains, and Kennedy and his crew sat in the dark, shaking cabin.

Before the plane crossed the Andes, the plane's phone kept ringing, and some people kept talking about topics that made people feel relaxed. Some people mentioned Kennedy's father, saying that he was so manly about shooting missiles with a pistol in New York, and that he would vote for Truman and Kennedy in the presidential election.

However, when the plane crossed the Andes, the pilots of the bomber brigade (there are about 40 pb4y-1s) in JFK were silent. JFK felt that the air in the cabin became tense.

Because the Andes are the dividing line between the air supremacy of both sides, west of the Andes, air supremacy is in the hands of the US military, and to the east belongs to the European-Neo-Asbane coalition. Although it is night now, everyone knows that the Germans have very powerful night fighters.

"Didi..." A series of "Didi" sounds sounded in the communication machine, which was the navigation radio waves emitted by the Argentine Freedom Warriors' radio station. As long as the aircraft can receive this "Didi" sound, it means that it has not deviated from the course.

"We're looking for the right direction," said Navigator Teni. "We'll be able to arrive in Buenos Aires in about an hour and a half."

The plane continued to fly forward, because the German He219 would appear at any time, so everyone was worried that the night air strike tonight was not escorted for the entire time, because the P61 fighter that was responsible for the escort mission had a limited range and could not reach Buenos Aires. Moreover, in night air combat, the escort fighter was not very effective, because most of the night fighters were twin-engine heavy aircraft and had no fighting ability. They all had the energy tactics of leaving with one blow, and there was no possibility of fighting against the p61 and the he219 fighting each other. In this case, the escort character was very embarrassing, while the interception task was easier to complete.

"We should have seen the searchlights and anti-aircraft artillery fire." I don't know how long it took, but the voice of the navigator Teni sounded. It turned out that the plane had arrived over the city of Buenos Aires.

"Nothing," said Captain Kennedy. "It's pitch black... John, would you take the road for a second?"

"Impossible, we are flying along the radio signal." Teni said.

The sound of "Didi" continues to come.

"Maybe the German radar is broken?" Teni said again, "We have not been attacked anyway, which is not normal."

"Maybe the Germans have transferred both the night interceptor and radar back to Europe," said co-pilot Victor Kiren.

"Can you?" As soon as the little Kennedy finished speaking, dozens of bright and dazzling beams suddenly flashed on the ground.

"Searchlight!" Teni shouted, "It seems we have found Buenos Aires!"

"Popular flares!" Kennedy's plane was the pilot of the entire brigade, so there were flares in the bomb bay, so you could determine your specific location by dropping bomb lighting.

Just as the flare was dropped, a pb4y-1 on the right side of the little Kennedy landline was locked by a searchlight beam.

"Now Anderson is in trouble!" Kennedy Jr. was very familiar with the pilot of the plane. Seeing that his plane was locked by a beam of light, he felt nervous for him.

But after a while, the extremely violent anti-aircraft guns that had been imagined did not start. When Kennedy was wondering, his co-pilot shouted again.

"Enemy plane! At 9 o'clock in the lower left, two jets were found!"

jet plane?

Kennedy was startled and turned his head to look down. He saw two orange-red flashes rising at an extremely fast speed and pounced on the pb4y-1 bomber driven by Ensign Anderson.
Chapter completed!