Chapter nine hundred and eighty third happy journey
There is only one chance.
On the one hand, after this bombing, the Americans will definitely increase their attention and deploy night fighter jets and radars. If they want to easily drill over the US territory again, there will be some danger.
On the other hand, if this bombing is not successful, the Americans will definitely transfer the base, making it more secretive, making it more difficult for their own bombers to reach. For example, if placed in the central part of the United States or even in Alaska, their own bombers will be out of reach.
This bombing is decisive and efficient, and must be successful in one go.
"As long as the ground personnel cooperate in place, we will definitely be fine." After hearing Beschel's words, the navigator Antonio said.
What is the most important thing in intercontinental flight? Of course it is navigation! In order to perform these bombing missions, the Juncker-390 has various advanced navigation equipment.
For example, inertial gyros transplanted from the V-2 missile can accurately track the aircraft's navigation trajectory, thereby marking the aircraft's position on the navigation chart. However, mechanical gyros have errors, and as time accumulates, the error will become larger and larger. Only laser gyros can achieve high accuracy.
Therefore, the inertial gyro must be continuously corrected during the voyage. If it is at night, it can be corrected with the help of starlight. During the day, it can be corrected with the known sea islands below.
Antonio is Beschel's navigator and the entire formation. His task is quite heavy. He knows that relying solely on inertial gyros and navigation point correction is far from enough.
At this time, the cooperation of ground personnel is even more important.
Because Germany's radio navigation technology has also matured. If ground personnel have radio navigation equipment to transmit navigation information in the direction of the bomber's flight, it is easy to give the aircraft a correct guide.
The superposition of various means is enough to ensure that the aircraft can fly to the right direction. As for the bombing effect, it depends on its own advanced high-altitude bomb drop equipment.
Antonio is very confident.
"Also, before performing the mission, the most important thing for us is to ensure sufficient rest, maintain our energy, and wait for the order to arrive!" Beschel said.
He spoke very seriously, but everyone present smiled. In fact, this command sounds simple, but it is not easy to execute, because at this time, everyone is very excited, so excited that they can't fall asleep at all.
Even if they closed their eyes, they all had pictures in their minds. For example, Antonio was thinking about the navigation problem in the middle, where to set navigation points is the most appropriate. After entering the US land, it was already evening. Which city along the way needed to be used as navigation points, and to prevent errors from occurring.
Everyone has their own assignments, and they are thinking.
At the same time, the ground staff in the base are busy.
To carry out such a cross-continental bombing mission, it is necessary to ensure that the aircraft is intact and all kinds of maintenance work must be done in place. Then they are filled with fuel and hung with bombs. They meticulously did six hours before they completed the maintenance and supply tasks.
After that, I just waited.
The wait was not long. After another four hours, the order to take off came.
Jumping from his bed, a crew member quickly put on his flight gear and gathered in high spirits.
In front of them was Richter Hoffen, the commander-in-chief of the German Air Force. This veteran said little, but was full of power: "The United States declared war on us shamelessly. They did not want to see us unify Europe. Now, we must let the Americans know the consequences of declaring war on us. The war will burn on the American mainland! Let's set off!"
Set off!
Bescher took his crew and ran towards the Junker-390 bomber in the front, which was drilled into the passage next to the landing gear on the belly of the aircraft.
Navigator Antonio climbed to the lower end of the nose, where he was, navigation, and bombing bomber.
This plane is very tall. When you go inside the cabin, it is as high as two stories. From the glass of the cabin, you can see the wings and engines on both sides.
There are three engines on each side, and the entire plane exudes a violent aesthetic, just like the Dora Cannon, only the Third Reich can create such a war machine!
"Start the engine." Bescher said.
Now, German aircraft have basically become popular with electric start, and no longer need to manually rotate the propeller. When the pilot presses the button in the cabin, a stream of black smoke appears on the No. 1 engine on the left. After a violent tremor for a minute, the black smoke fades and the engine is started!
Next, there is the No. 2 engine on the right.
It took ten minutes to start the six engines. After each engine started smoothly, a random mechanic checked that the instrument data of each engine was normal and met the take-off requirements.
"Bomber 901, request to take off." Bescher shouted to the tower in the radio.
"You can take off, I wish you a happy journey." The sound of the tower came from the headphones.
For German pilots, this is just a cross-continental journey.
On the side of Beschel, the pilot pulled the throttle to the end, and six engines roared even louder, each of which burst out with a maximum power of 2,500 horsepower. The huge bomber of seventy-five tons, slid on the runway as the brakes were released.
It was full load at this time, and the bomber took off was also very heavy. When it was almost at the end of the runway, the bomber barely pulled up and slowly climbed with a very small climbing line.
Behind them, four remaining bombers were also taking off one after another. When the last bomber was pulled up, the photographer pressed the shutter and put all five bombers into the photos.
This is a precious moment that will always be recorded in history. Germany officially took action against the United States! Of course, this is a complete secret, no one knows, and no one will admit it. In the British air force base, the German bomber troops officially began to fly.
At this time, no one knew that on the other side of the earth, the German bomber troops were also doing the same thing, but compared with the German colleagues, the takeoff of the American colleagues was so thrilling.
When the equipment is insufficient, you have to fight by your life. Since you have joined the army, you cannot be afraid of danger! Even if the bomber takes off from the aircraft carrier, you have to give it a try!
Chapter completed!