Chapter 1125 Roosevelt's Death 10

"What? American bombers flew across the Atlantic and dropped bombs on Ireland?"

In the Chancellery, Hitler, who had just chatted for an hour with Mussolini, the "peace envoy" who was about to fly to Washington, at Berlin Tempelhof Airport, was shocked by the news reported by Hessmann.

"The Americans have super long-range bombers that can bomb across the ocean?" Hitler asked quickly.

"It should be a B-29, possibly an improved model with a longer range." Hersman said, "But they dropped the bombs on the farmland in County Mayo, Ireland, which means that its range may not be enough to support its long-term activities over the island of Ireland to find more valuable targets.

In addition, the number of craters found is not large. This shows that the aircraft has a small bomb load, perhaps only a few hundred kilograms of bombs, which does not pose any threat."

Adolf Hitler looked at Hersman and sighed softly: "Reich Marshal, I think you know what the bargaining chip is in diplomatic negotiations?"

"Of course," Hersman nodded, "Of course I know! The Americans are showing us their capabilities, and we also need to fight back!"

"First of all, ensure the absolute security of the European mainland!" Hitler pointed out seriously, "This is related to Germany's prestige."

"Chancellor, there is no absolute security." Hersman dared not promise not to let the B-29 come again.

He told Hitler: "I have ordered the navy to send SP reconnaissance cruisers to the west coast of Ireland, and also ordered the air force to deploy air defense warning radars in the west of Ireland."

Germany had already deployed radars on the island of Ireland, but the radars placed by Germany in Ireland were concentrated in the southwest of the island of Ireland, mainly to provide air defense warning for the Cork base - for Germany, only the base in Cork Bay on the entire island of Ireland was of some value, so there were not many radars and fighters deployed.

And because the war on the European continent, especially in Western Europe, had ended with the surrender of the British mainland. So the German Wehrmacht did not invest any money in the air defense warning system in Western Europe - military expenditures were limited, and they had to be spent on the cutting edge. It would cost a lot of money to build an air defense warning system covering from Iceland to Gibraltar. It would be better to invest this little money in the air force to build a few more Me264s that could fire Reaper 1B missiles.

Besides, from a military perspective, Ireland is not of much value, and it is a complete waste to bomb Ireland with long-range heavy bombers.

As for the US carrier-based aircraft, it is impossible to get close, because there is a blockade line composed of naval ships, reconnaissance aircraft and submarines between Iceland and the Azores, and there is no possibility of being quietly broken by the US Navy aircraft carrier fleet.

"We must retaliate!" Hitler did not seem particularly annoyed. He said, "Roosevelt's purpose of sending B-29 to bomb Ireland should be to gain favorable conditions in the peace talks, which shows that he really wants to negotiate with us."

"I understand," Hersman also recognized Hitler's conjecture, "A squadron of Me264F long-range missile bombers has been deployed to the Azores, and the Reaper 1B missile can be launched at Boston as early as the evening of September 20."

Launching the Reaper 1B missile from 500 kilometers away is a systematic project. In addition to the aircraft and missiles as carriers, there will also be reconnaissance submarines and disguised radio navigation ships participating in the war.

In order to ensure that the air-launched Reaper 1B missile can accurately hit the target city, the Me264 must launch the missile at a specific position-the specific position includes the height of the aircraft, the direction of the nose and the location of the aircraft. It is easy to determine the altitude and the direction of the nose, but it is not easy to locate the position of the aircraft itself. There is no GPS positioning these days, so it is very common for aircraft to deviate from the direction during night flights.

In order to help the Me264 in the air find the missile launch position at night, the German Air Force and Navy adopted the X-beam navigation method. Send out 10 radio navigation ships (2 navigation ships are not enough, because the transmission distance of the Lorens beam is limited, and multiple navigation ships must continuously transmit beams) to send out two Lorens beams that intersect at a certain position at a designated location, and the intersection of the two beams is the position where the Me264 launches missiles-the aircraft will first fly along a beam and hear a series of specific sounds through the receiving device on the aircraft. When the aircraft reaches the intersection point, it will hear two series of specific sounds. At this time, you can find the right direction and altitude, and then launch the missile.

The missile will be guided by a simple navigation system and hit the city of Boston after flying 500 kilometers. At the same time, the large observation submarine U-4001 will sneak near Boston and send several captured American OS2U "Kingfisher" seaplanes, pretending to be US Coast Guard aircraft, to approach Boston from ultra-low altitude for observation.

Now a squadron of 36 Me264F long-range missile bombers have been deployed to the Angra do Heroismo Airport in the Azores, but the two disguised radio navigation ships (disguised as merchant ships of the neutral Roman Empire) and the large reconnaissance submarine U-4001 responsible for navigation have not yet arrived, so the American people in Boston need to wait patiently for a few more days to experience the power of German cruise missiles.

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2 p.m. on September 18, 1944.

On the tarmac of the large airport of the Port of Heroes Air Force Base, 3264F long-range missile bombers have long been lined up, waiting to attack. Ground crew members belonging to the 1st Missile Aviation Regiment of the German Air Force drove a bomb/missile tractor and dragged the Reaper 1B air-launched cruise missile placed on a flatbed truck under the belly of the aircraft. Then raise the flatbed of the flatbed truck, then fix the missile on the electric rail launcher, unplug the safety pin on the missile, plug the line used to transmit the ignition signal into the dedicated electrical socket, and finally put a It is inserted into a socket on the missile with a special duct - this is used to transport exhaust gases generated by aircraft engines to preheat the missile.

Since this is the first actual combat application of air-launched cruise missiles in history, the German Air Force attaches great importance to it. Commander-in-Chief Marshal Kesselring and Chief of Staff General Jeshunek as well as the newly established Commander of the Missile Aviation Forces General Kolten We arrived at the Port of Heroes ahead of schedule.

At this time, the three of them were talking with Colonel Helmut Boller, the commander of the 1st Missile Aviation Regiment.

Colonel Helmut Poehler is a veteran bomber pilot and participated in the Scapa Flow bombing in the early days of the World War. At that time, he was the captain of a Ju88 squadron and personally flew a 500-kilogram bomb. The bombs were dropped on the British battleships.

However, Colonel Helmut Boller, who had rich combat experience, found the missile attack he was about to lead a bit boring.

If you launch a missile in the air 500 kilometers away from Boston and then leave, you will not see Boston being bombed, and you will probably not see an enemy plane. Such a mission is not an actual combat at all, but a training flight.

"Colonel, do you know what to do?" Marshal Kesselring asked.

"I know," Colonel Helmut Poehler said, "take off, then fly along the Lorenz beam, lower the altitude to 2000 meters when reaching the intersection of the two beams, and then aim at 95.86 degrees and shoot the Reaper 1B The missile can return."

"Air Marshal, this is a very safe mission. The location where the missile was launched is 500 kilometers away from the mainland of the United States and more than 200 kilometers away from Canada's Nova Scotia Peninsula. It is basically outside the detection range of the enemy's air defense early warning radar. , it is impossible to get lost with Lorenz beam navigation, so there is no need to fly in formation.”

The reason for not forming a formation is not only that combat operations are very safe, but also to increase the combat radius.

Because there is a distance of more than 3,200 kilometers from the Port of Heroes Airport to the "X" point where the missile is launched. For the Me264F carrying a 2.5-ton Reaper 1B cruise missile, it is definitely a very long distance. If the target of Me264F is New York, then point "X" is 3,400 kilometers away from Port of Heroes.

Therefore, the Me264F must save every drop of gasoline. Not only is the formation flying omitted, but all the machine guns and cannons on the aircraft are also removed. Of course, the gunner does not need to board the aircraft. The engine used by the aircraft does not have a turbocharger, which can reduce the empty weight by thousands of kilograms.

All the weight saved was used to carry gasoline. Not only were all the fuel tanks in the aircraft filled with fuel, but more than a dozen barrels of gasoline were also placed in the cabin. This will ensure that the aircraft has enough fuel to travel to and from point "X".

"The cruising speed of the Me264F can reach 400 kilometers/hour, and the voyage of about 3,200 kilometers takes eight hours," Colonel Helmut Poehler continued. "The Reaper 1B missile has a very fast speed, reaching 900 kilometers/hour. It is launched You’ll be over Boston in about 20 minutes.”

Marshal Kesselring nodded, then turned to the commander of the Missile Aviation Force, General Kolten, and said: "In other words, you can know whether the missile hit or not at most 8 and a half hours after the first Me264F takes off."

"Air Marshal," General Kolten replied very confidently, "there are still 30 minutes until the first Me264F takes off, so in 9 hours, you will definitely get the news that the missile hit the city of Boston."

"One hundred percent?" Kesselring asked.

"Yes!" Admiral Kolten nodded, "The Reaper 1B missile has extremely high reliability, almost reaching a 100% failure-free rate, and it flies at a very fast speed, up to 900 kilometers per hour. It is almost impossible to be Interception."

"Okay!" Kesselin laughed, "Then Hans (General Jeshunek) and I will wait for the news in Heroes' Harbor!"