Chapter 970： Dulit's mission

"When something goes wrong, they will come to the turtle son." In the naval military affairs conference department, an old general couldn't help but say with the appointment letter he just sent.

The flesh on his face was also trembling. Originally, he thought he would be here forever. Who knows, he was still pushed to the front desk.

Ernest Joseph King, honored as the Almighty God in the Navy. He is a veteran of the naval aviation, and his life is innumerable, including raising a submarine that sank on the high seas to the surface.

However, because of his cold and aggressive nature, he is unpopular. There are many people whose self-esteem is damaged by him and whose future is ruined by him. Therefore, he had to retreat in a rapid rush and was settled in the military affairs conference for the rest of his life, which was an advisory group dedicated to housing a navy veteran who had nowhere to arrange.

But now, he was used again, and President Roosevelt personally pulled him out of this place and appointed him commander-in-chief of the navy. The tortoise son in his mouth is himself.

Of course he knows the recent situation. In his eyes, the interests of the Pacific are the most important. Now, the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy has been buried in the cold water, with only one lone Sarato. The aircraft carrier Plus survived.

What does the United States need now? The attack on Pearl Harbor hit America’s self-esteem. Now, what is needed most is to restore the hearts of the people.

Therefore, President Roosevelt's plan to bomb the island nation's mainland was very interested in General King, but it is quite difficult to realize this plan.

Let the bomber take off from the aircraft carrier?

With such a plan, General Jin started his first action since taking office.

"In our air force, the most mature is the B-25 bomber. Theoretically speaking, this type of aircraft can take off on an aircraft carrier." General Jin found the newly recruited pilot of the Army Aviation bomber unit. James Harold Dolittle, nicknamed Jimmy.

This little man in his forties was once the first pilot to cross the United States in one day. He has won the Schneider Championship, the Bendix Air Race and the Thompson Cup and other aviation events, and he is famous. After retiring in the early 1930s, he joined the Shell Company and is now a senior company.

Because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the entire United States was transferred to the wartime system. A large number of people responded to the enlistment, including Doolittle. After he was enlisted into the Army Air Force, he was first received by the commander-in-chief of the Navy.

After hearing General Jin’s narrative, Doolittle gave the answer: “It’s possible to remove the aircraft’s various armors, self-defense machine guns, etc., and greatly reduce the weight of the aircraft. It is possible to fly from the aircraft carrier. However, It will certainly not be able to land on the aircraft carrier."

The U.S. Navy and Air Force took out everything under their pressure box, only to find that they had nothing. The range of U.S. carrier-based aircraft was too short and the ammunition capacity was too small. If they wanted to bomb island nations, they could only use land-based bombers.

You can take off, but you can’t land!

"In other words, after we have completed the bombing of Tokyo, we need to continue flying west and land in China." General Jin said: "This will be a long one-way voyage."

The northern part of China is also occupied by islanders. One can imagine how risky this action will be!

General Jin understands it, and Du Lite understands it too: "I suggest that for this operation, select volunteers from our flying team to join, General Jin, I request to be the first to join this bombing mission."

Doolittle is full of war spirit. Although there are various rumors in the society that the bombing of Pearl Harbor was a conspiracy of Roosevelt, after all, the islanders did it. Whether there is a conspiracy or not, the islanders are enemies of the United States. The fleet has lost more than 50,000 people. This blood feud needs to be paid back with blood!

"Okay, Doolittle, I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of this operation, and you have full authority to handle this matter. We are all waiting for the good news of your triumph!" General Jin said.

Given Doolittle full power, General Jin could finally put this matter aside for the time being and let the U.S. military industry start completely and build a large number of ships. This is what he urgently needs to deal with. The United States needs warships and needs to re-arm the Pacific Fleet!

For Doolittle, his era has just begun. This action made him a well-known hero in the United States.

The B-25 is an indicator proposed by the U.S. military in 38 years. A prototype made by North American Airlines in 39 years. Up to now, this is only a bomber that has just entered service.

Yes, the latest US medium-range bomber can carry 1,200-pound bombs and fly 1,200 miles. This indicator is still relatively behind the German level. However, this is the most advanced mid-range bomber currently in service by the US military.

Doolittle quickly assembled his team. The experienced flying veterans from the Army Air Forces enthusiastically signed up for this operation. Doolittle chose his team. Now, they face the first One problem is how to make the bombers fly Originally, we were required to take off 24 bombers, but the Saratoga aircraft carrier could not occupy it, so we could only reduce it to 16 bombers. "Doolittle said: "Even so, when our plane was placed on the deck of the aircraft carrier, the first bomber to take off was only 60 meters away. "

The historical aircraft carrier Bumblebee was launched in November 1940 and was only in service in 41 years, and it is only now in April of 40 years that this aircraft carrier is still being built on the berth.

Only the Saratoga aircraft carrier can be used by the bombing formation. This aircraft carrier was transformed from a cruiser built during the First World War and belongs to an old ship.

The deck of the aircraft carrier has a total length of more than 200 meters. However, the B-25 bomber cannot enter the hangar below and can only be placed on the deck. In this way, the deck that can be used by the aircraft that takes off first is very short. , The farther back, the easier it is to take off.

Even if 16 bombers were loaded, the takeoff distance left for Du Lit was only 60 meters, and Du Lit would undoubtedly operate the first bomber. (There is also a saying that it is 142 meters, which one is correct?)

"But because we are on an aircraft carrier, we can also use the speed of the aircraft carrier. When the aircraft carrier starts at full speed, there will be a speed of about 30 knots. With the headwind, it can provide us with a speed of about 40 knots. Pick up our kite."

"Even so, it is too heavy." said a pilot.

"Yes, so our first step is to modify our aircraft." Du Lite said: "The belly machine gun, removed. The tail machine gun, removed.

The protective steel plate can also be removed. Two flares were reserved for landing at night, and the others were removed. The radio system was taken down. )

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