Chapter 983

In the base in the dead of night, everyone is asleep. They start to sleep from the afternoon, because they want to keep a good sleep to deal with the task that is claimed to change the war process at night. As long as they can destroy Norway's Third Reich steel production base, the German army's terrible steel flood and the air force's increasing number of aircraft will be effectively weakened, the United States still has the possibility of winning in the European battlefield.

Except for a small number of ground crew and intelligence personnel, the whole base in Iceland was silent. The searchlights are sweeping back and forth regularly, and the soldiers on patrol are carrying their own weapons and walking in neat steps on the broad airport.

Command room, Sue? Doding is frowning and checking with several US air force generals on information from Norway. The Germans are obviously strengthening the defense forces there, and they are strengthening the air defense forces there in a very targeted way.

"Could anyone have leaked our bombing information?" An American general put his hands around his chest and looked at the information that the German army began to impose martial law on the roads around the mines. He asked his colleagues, "Canada... The United States... Britain, which link is wrong?"

"We didn't go through Canada at all! The planes are flying to Iceland in batches at night, and the British branch in Canada has no notice of this... Only a few of our departments and the British base in Iceland know all the contents of this plan. " The U.S. intelligence officer in charge of intelligence quickly said. He doesn't believe that such a secret plan will leak out. Isn't that almost the same as admitting that there are traitors in the office of the president of the United States?

"It's speculation... Once a part of our plan is exposed - with all due respect, it's very likely to happen." Sue? "As long as we know a certain link, then the Germans will speculate on our next action plan. They are not stupid, and even smart and scary. I think there's the damned Mr. Fuehrer who seems to have made no mistake until now. They can easily infer that we are going to bomb Germany. "

In order to transport enough fuel and bombs, it is bound to increase the number of transport ships to Iceland. It is no secret that there are German submarines all over the North Atlantic. It is very likely that the Germans will find something wrong. As long as the Allies try to strengthen Iceland, it is not difficult to judge what the allies are going to do.

"Will the plan be cancelled? It's obvious that we don't have the advantage to take off the plane and bomb the enemy's prepared areas directly. " A U.S. Army Aviation General's confidence is shaken. After all, if his bomber troops are seriously damaged, it will definitely be bad news for the United States.

"If it's me." Sue? After thinking about it, doding replied cautiously: "cancel the bombing tonight, wait until the German defense forces are confirmed, and then make plans."

As a famous commander of RAF, he is good at passive defense, so he is more mature. He carefully avoids all the risks that can be avoided, and likes to turn small wins into big ones. The British air force has been able to stand up to now in adversity thanks to this commander.

"The plan can't be changed easily... The scientists of the Meteorological Bureau found such a good flight opportunity after precise calculation. If we give up this opportunity, we will miss the best opportunity for action! " The commander of the U.S. Army Aviation took a look at his British counterpart and finally said, "besides, we have some advantages."

In fact, the advantage he said is that there is no successful case of intercepting night bombing in the world. Although the British bombed Germany at night and failed. But it was the German homeland where the anti-aircraft guns were concentrated, and the German army did not take off fighter planes to intercept at night.

Everyone in this room knows that bombing Norway is the best plan the allies have worked out. It's a pity to give up easily. When the Germans improve Norway's air defense network and deploy more anti-aircraft guns and aircraft troops, the chances for allies will be even more slim.

"If... If possible, what about bombing northern England?" Asked the officer in charge of US intelligence. He knew that the German army was trying hard to strengthen the air defense forces of Norway, but did not strengthen any air defense forces in Britain, where the spy system was more perfect and it was easy to confirm that there was no movement in the German aircraft and anti-aircraft gun positions.

"That will only make the British people at home hate us." Sue? Doding was obviously very displeased at the suggestion. So he changed his tone and explained coldly: "there are not many heavy industrial facilities in the north of Britain. Rash bombing has no effect, but it may be counterproductive."

Americans no longer talk about bombing northern Britain. After all, it's really shameless to bomb allies' hometowns in front of their allies. However, they also know that the British used battleships to block the French ports more than a year ago without waiting for the French to surrender to Germany.

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The German head of state's residence and the top generals of the three armed forces in Berlin all stood in front of akkado. Aiming at the idea that the enemy began to fight against the Atlantic barrier, akkado was also deploying troops to improve the defense system over the Atlantic as far as possible.

"My Fuehrer! The Navy's fleet of surface vessels, the 17th, 18th and 19th destroyer sub fleets stationed in Norwegian waters, have been deployed in a fan-shaped manner. " The commander of the Navy pointed to the huge chart in front of akado and introduced the Navy's response plan: "the main force of the navy fleet has been on standby in the North Sea." Let the Navy out of port, this is to be on the safe side, akkado does not want to let his most precious fleet nest in William's military harbor, suddenly be reimbursed by a group of bombers. This is the root of his Atlantic barrier, and no danger is allowed. So lutjans was ordered to lead the fleet out of port to protect the safety of the whole fleet. The representative of the submarine troops then added. He marked the approximate positions of the 12 submarines mobilized by Donitz on the map, and then looked at the Fuehrer: "my Fuehrer! Because of the time constraint, the submarine forces are unable to dispatch new submarines with radar to the designated positions... Therefore, these submarines will adopt the method of floating observation to ensure early warning as far as possible. "“ Air Force reconnaissance planes have been sent out and will be over Iceland tomorrow morning. How many American long-range bombers are deployed there will be clear at a glance. " The general in charge of the air force investigation unit continued. Since the Allies put in their jet fighters, the German army has suspended its reconnaissance operations in Iceland. However, during this period, the German army has not been idle. They have improved their butcher long-range reconnaissance aircraft to make it fly higher, faster and therefore safer. Akado knows that he has mobilized all the forces he can to defend the iron ore producing areas near Norway. There is no difference between any attack in the daytime and death, because admiral Catherine and Admiral Dick have made a promise that no target in the daytime can fly into the Norwegian coastline! So the only thing to worry about now is that the American bomber formation takes the way of night bombing to avoid the most powerful German fighter defense system. It is the confidence in the air supremacy of their fighters that the number of German air defense guns has dropped a lot compared with that in another time and space, which makes the ground to air defense system not so impeccable. Moreover, the 128 mm caliber antiaircraft gun is too heavy, and it is very inconvenient to move and deploy. The 88 mm caliber antiaircraft gun also has this kind of problem. Therefore, there are not too many antiaircraft guns that the German army can divert to Norway at one time, which is also the place where akado is worried. He knew that the night fighters of this year were far less advanced than he had imagined. Although most of the night fighters in the hands of the German army were sent to Norway, it was still unknown what kind of role they could play because they did not have much practical experience. Because of this, he hastily transferred the long-range bomber troops back from the Soviet front line and destroyed the Allied air base in Iceland at all costs. He wanted to solve the problem once and for all, instead of relying on the air leakage defense system to train the Allied night bombing pilots“ Tonight is an important node. After tonight, our air force will be invincible in the daytime. Tomorrow night, the butcher bombers returning from the Soviet Union will attack the Allied base in Iceland at night. " Akkado said to his men, "so anyway, we have to defend what is very important to us tonight, the Norwegian ore district!"“ Assemble! Assemble A roar broke the silence of the Icelandic Allied air force base. The silent night sky was turned into a boiling state by the assembled whistles. The pilots in life jackets came out of their dormitories. They have been resting here for a whole day, and now they are really energetic. These pilots want to fly across the sea in the dark to bomb the enemy's important production base. The officers of the ground command department hold the aviation map in their hands and confirm the course and flight time again and again to the pilots of the pilot and other planes. They must arrive at the right place at the right time to see the ground fire that may be fleeting. They had to drop bombs accurately with the help of fire light to destroy German iron ore mines and processing plants.