Chapter 1577 Lost Target
The Tit-4 bomber, or the B-29 bomber, was imported from the United States at a great cost. The total number of these precious aircraft was fifty. The Americans promised the supply of parts, but they would never give more.
Therefore, the Soviet bomber troops must cherish these aircraft and not let them suffer great losses in the war.
At the same time, combat missions must be performed, which is simply a huge contradiction, and there is only one way to resolve this contradiction.
Flying at ultra-low altitude at night.
Flying at night has very low visibility. In this case, ordinary daytime fighters cannot see targets like bombers at all, so it is quite safe.
The only ones that can pose threat to them are night fighters, which are specially modified and are used to perform night combat missions. They have a good vision, long time to stay away from the air, and strong firepower. More importantly, they are equipped with radar equipment.
Although the target cannot be visually discovered in the dark, the radar will keep the night fighter pilots open their eyes so that they can see the target clearly. Then, they can cooperate with the ground radar station to perform missions, and they will be at ease.
In this case, high-altitude bombing at night is also quite dangerous. At the same time, they are in high altitude and are straight and easily exposed to the target.
In this way, low-altitude bombing is inevitable.
Of course, there is another reason.
High-altitude bombing requires precise aiming. At this time, they did not know that the Americans had successfully developed the advanced Norton high-altitude bombing sight. The Americans replaced their plane with backward original bombing devices. In this way, the accuracy of high-altitude bombing is quite poor. If you want to improve the accuracy, it is inevitable to reduce the flight altitude.
As for why it has only moved to low altitudes now, if you have been flying at low altitudes, it is another matter whether the fuel is enough. Just confirming the route is enough to make the navigator collapse.
Now, as long as they aim at the route, they can accurately find the target. They want to enter Germany at the same time. The dense ground radar network will leave them without any escape and must enter low altitudes.
With the orders of Vasltzjego, bombers reduced their altitude from high altitude and dived into the vast earth. Flying in the darkness was prone to hallucinations. I believe that instruments were the only way.
The target Munich is located in the Upper Bavarian High Plains in the Free State of Bavaria, about 45 kilometers from the northern foothills of the Alps, and an altitude of about 520 meters.
This is also one of the reasons why they can carry out ultra-low-altitude bombing. The other party is on the plains, and the Alps are in the south of Munich. If they bomb south again, flying ultra-low-altitude will be seeking death.
Their flight altitude is one thousand meters, and the distance from the ground is only about five hundred meters. At this altitude, the huge Tu-4 bombers almost flew to the ground, and those annoying night fighters could not find them at all.
"Radar echoes disappeared." In Berlin, Richthofen was also constantly receiving messages, and just after the target aircraft flew past Prague, it disappeared from the radar screen.
Of course, the other party would not have crashed, nor could it have flew away. The other party must have turned to an ultra-low altitude, avoided its own radar and night fighter jets, and rushed towards its own Munich.
"It seems that the Soviets are really smart and have used our loopholes so obviously. I guess the deployment of our land air defense forces must have been leaked." Richterhofen said gritting his teeth.
This time, our side was in a mess. If there was no intelligence leak, Hithofen would never believe it. In the war, the spies from both sides would never be arrested.
After this incident, a major transfer must be carried out, and a investigation must be carried out at the same time to find the spy!
"They are flying very low now, which is just a good opportunity for us." At this moment, an assistant said: "If they can't find our city and continue flying forward, then fly up the Alps."
The assistant's words made Richter Hoffen's eyes lit up. Yes, this is a good idea!
As a person who climbed up step by step from the bottom of the Air Force, Richterhoven certainly knew the difficulty of flying at night, especially navigation. Although Munich is nearly fifty kilometers from the Alps, it was only a short ten minutes in the air. For the crew who had been flying for several hours in a long distance, these ten minutes were almost negligible.
Because of this long flight, they have accumulated a large number of route errors.
"Don't open fire at the first ambush position. In the second ambush position in Inbrusco, prepare to ambush, evacuate all citizens of Inbrusco, turn on their lights and pretend to be Munich."
In Bruceco, the extension line in southern Munich, is close to a small mountain-foot town in the Alps. The dim lights will make the enemy planes in the sky believe it. Then, when they fly over, they will suddenly find huge mountains in the darkness. At that time, there will definitely be no time to hide!
Nearby is the Harvard Leica Peak, which is a thousand meters above sea level, which is enough for their bombers to be reimbursed.
This small town at the foot of the mountain is mainly engaged in tourism, and many people will set out to climb mountains from here. It is summer now, so there are not many climbing mountains. The snow-capped mountains are the beautiful scenery here in winter.
Even so, in order to reduce casualties of innocent people, it is still necessary to withdraw those citizens.
Richterhoven didn't know at this time that his order saved the lives of hundreds of citizens in the town, and the anti-artillery soldiers in the second ambush position here were bravely killed.
With the opponent's speed, it will take about 40 minutes to arrive in Munich. During this period, the arrangement of the second position was efficient enough.
Now, the Empire is developing and installing radar onto the aircraft, but the technical problems faced are even greater. If you want to see the ground from the sky, radar clutter is simply a huge problem.
Now that the other party has disappeared from the radar screen, the other party's trajectory can only be judged in advance. If the judgment is wrong, other cities will suffer huge losses tonight.
Richterhofen fully believes in his judgment. As for the reason, it is very simple. If you fly at ultra-low altitude, the range you see will become smaller, which is quite difficult for the navigation of the navigator. You cannot find the positioning point determined in advance. Even if you find it, you will fly by, and there is no reaction time at all. The route cannot be corrected. Direct flight is the most likely.
Chapter completed!