Chapter 1177 Gaobao Plan Three

A -69 fast transport aircraft with a beautiful streamlined appearance roared under the escort of four P61 fighters. Before the Army's Bay 10 airport near Valparaiso Bay, the airport ground crew lit gasoline in the grooves on both sides of the runway. In a darkness, two straight fire snakes appeared, which were very eye-catching.      .                                                                                                                                                                                                            �

This -69 is a military version of the L-049 "Zodiac" passenger aircraft developed by Lockheed in 1939. It not only has a huge range, up to 7,405 kilometers, but also has an extremely fast speed of 531 kilometers per hour, and can carry up to 93 passengers. Such outstanding performance makes this -69 the best personnel transport aircraft for the US military. Although the total number of equipment is not large (because the high price), it is necessary to transport people. Whenever it appears near the frontier, a key person must come to inspect it.

On the apron of the "Gulf" airport, Brigadier General Albert Weidmai, chief of staff of the US Army's 10th Army, had already been waiting there with a respectful expression. All the members of the followers were standing at the most standard attentive. Watching the plane slowly slide to the apron illuminated by searchlights, the fuselage slowly stopped, and the cabin door opened, and the escalator was quickly put down. In the white light, Eisenhower, who had a big bald forehead, walked down with a serious expression. Behind him were all staff officers of the Allied South American Theater Command, and of course, he was also General Eisenhower's staff.

The four-star general of the U.S. Army is now the commander-in-chief of the Allied South American Command, who is fully responsible for commanding the South American continental battlefields except Venezuela, Guyana and Colombia. He is now rushing from his Panama-based command to the Bay of Valparaiso on the front to urge the 10th Army to liberate the Chilean capital Santiago City as soon as possible.

Eisenhower, who was walking towards the plane, looked around the apron, but did not see General Bradley, the commander of the 10th Army. He asked Brigadier General Weidmai, who was standing attentively, who was saluting him: "Where is Albert, Omar? Are you organizing a siege outside Santiago City? Where is General Chennard of the 14th Air Force? Did he violate my order again and fly the plane to bomb Buenos Aires?"

The night bombing of Buenos Aires has lasted for almost a month, with 100-200 American planes sending nearly 200 tons of bombs to Juan Peron every night. However, the Americans themselves have suffered a lot of losses, and nearly 500 fighter jets were lost in just one month! There are also many senior executives of the 14th Air Force missing while leading the team to the battle. In order to avoid the losses of senior officers, Eisenhower ordered the ban of officers from the 14th Air Force from flying planes in person, but Chennard often violated this order.

While leading Eisenhower toward the waiting car outside the airport, Brigadier General Weidmai replied: "Bridley will go to the Santiago front line to inspect. The situation on the front line is not very good! The casualties of each unit are very serious and morale is a little depressed. Not only did they encounter tenacious resistance from the German and the New Asbanian troops on the front line, they are also attacked by guerrillas from time to time... The situation in the Valparaiso region is also unstable, and there are few supporters of the Free Chilean government. If we leave our army, we cannot establish rule anywhere."

"How could the Chileans not support us?" Eisenhower felt a little strange.

Weidmai smiled bitterly and said, "The Valparaiso region is a region where European immigrants live, and most of the residents are descendants of German and French immigrants."

"Is it the Germans who are making trouble?" Eisenhower shook his head, "It's really hateful!"

Of course, the hateful one is the Germans who do not love democracy and freedom here in Chile, not Germans like Eisenhower and Weidemai who fought for the freedom and liberation of the Chilean people. However, Eisenhower just said he was hateful and he would not give orders to the Germans in Chile... That is a serious war crime! Now the United States seems not to be the one who will win, so it is better to be careful.

The two were about to get into the car when they heard a roar above their heads. In the night sky where the searchlights swept from time to time, dozens of planes lined up in neat formations and flew from the east. These were b-17 and p-61 of the 14th Air Force of the United States Army, completed the bombing of Buenos Aires and flew back to the base in Valparaiso Bay.

The night bombing of Buenos Aires is now on track. As long as the weather permits, about 200 fighter jets (including b-17, b-24 and p-61) will be bombed every night in the capital of the New Asbania Federation.

However, such bombing is not easy. Americans' planes are intercepted by interceptors with he219 and s.91 as the main force in the sky west of Buenos Aires, and will also be attacked by anti-aircraft guns and a "mysterious rocket weapon" in Buenos Aires. The average loss rate is as high as 15%!

For night bombing, the 15% loss rate building is a day number!

"Result," Weidmai told Eisenhower, "Chennard will probably be back. He is going to see the German rocket weapons tonight. He suspects it is a radar-guided surface-to-air missile!"

"Surface-to-air missile?" Eisenhower took a breath, "Then let's wait for Chennard to come."

Chennard will not be sitting on a B-17 to Buenos Aires, but sitting on a P-61f radar alerting aircraft with an/aps-20 radar (S band) installed in Buenos Aires. The function of this aircraft is similar to that of the German B138e, but it is not a copy of the German design, but a model developed by the Americans themselves. In addition to the P-61f radar alert aircraft owned by the Army Aviation, the US Navy Aviation also has a B-3 radar alert aircraft with similar performance.

Chennard, who was riding in P-61f, would wander around Buenos Aires for more than an hour and witness a fierce air battle. With the interception of Japanese aircraft encountered by Chennard in Palembang Oilfield, Brunei Oilfield and Balibaban Refinery, Buenos Aires was a hell of fire. Not only did it have the He219 and S.91 performance that was p-61, but also had much larger number of anti-aircraft guns, and there were also radio near-fighting fuze shells.

However, what scares American pilots the most is the rocket weapon that seems to have eyes. This weapon is not only very accurate, but can basically be replaced by 2-4 B-17s, but also has very powerful power. Being hit by it will cause a plane to be destroyed and people will die, and there is no chance of parachuting.

"Will," after seeing Eisenhower, Chennardma reported to him about the situation of German surface-to-air missiles. "Based on my observation, the Germans do have a guided rocket weapon. There should be 6-8 launchers in the downtown area of ​​Buenos Aires. They can launch 6-8 rockets at a time, and an average of 3 can shoot down a b-17 or b-24. It is extremely powerful, and the crew members of the shot aircraft are almost impossible to survive."

In the headquarters of the Army's 14th Air Force near the Bay Airport, Chennard told Eisenhower everything he saw tonight.

"If a daytime bombing of thousands of aircraft is to be launched, is this guided rocket likely to cause great losses?" Eisenhower asked.

"Thousands of aircraft bombing during the day?" Chennard gasped. Is this going to fight to the death?

Eisenhower nodded, "The air force is going to launch a 1,000-air bombing, and the 10th Army is going to attack San Diego... If everything goes well, it may bring decent peace to the United States."

He looked at a rough face with a surprised expression, "Claire, is there no problem with the 14th Air Force?"

"No...no problem," said Chennard. "The Germans deployed guided rockets in Buenos Aires are limited in number and cannot take many aircraft. And their number of daytime fighters is not large. It is estimated that the loss rate of a daytime thousand-aircraft bombing will not exceed 15%.

The loss rate of 15% is not low! But if you can really create a decent peace, the price is acceptable.

Seeing Chennard's brows still frowning, Eisenhower asked: "What? Can the 15% loss rate be unbearable?"

"No," Chennard shook his head, "I'm worried that the Germans will use them to ship guided rockets in Buenos Aires. This will make our situation in the Atlantic Ocean even more unfavorable."

Now the United States relies on the number of shore-based aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean. In the most critical waters near Trinidad, the Americans have deployed more than 4,000 shore-based aircraft. The German Navy's aviation can gather only 1,500 carrier-based aircraft. Even if the shore-based aircraft with a large range, the air force can be invested is only more than 2,000, and the troops are obviously at a disadvantage. But if the Germans install 100-200 missile launchers on surface ships, the number of aircraft in the United States will be greatly reduced!

Eisenhower was silent for a while and nodded, "Claire, please write a report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff...I think we can always find a way to deal with it. In addition, the 14th Air Force should prepare to launch a daytime bombing in Buenos Aires as soon as possible, preferably in December."
Chapter completed!