The so-called "Patriot Program" is to select a group of American patriots who are brave enough to carry out "suicide attack missions" from among the bomber pilots of the US Army Air Corps, and then train them to fly B29 bombers to carry out one-way bombing of large European cities And the bombs dropped by this one-way bombardment are of course not ordinary bombs filled with explosives, but anthrax spore bombs and ceramic bacteriological bombs used to drop plague fleas.
According to the Patriot program, B29 aircraft on one-way bombing missions will target cities like Berlin, Paris, Munich, Europaburg, Frankfurt and Hamburg.
After carrying out the mission of dropping bacteriological bombs, because the B29 bombers have no fuel to return, the "patriots" will have to parachute in the airspace of Germany and France if they are not shot down, and most of them will fall into the hands of the Nazis and fascists.
In addition, according to the provisions of the "Patriot Plan", as long as the Germans used atomic bombs, bacteriological bombs and poison gas bombs to attack large cities on the American mainland.
The one-way bombing of the B29 would have started immediately.
The United States of America will show its determination to fight the Nazis on the other side of the Atlantic to the end Therefore, after receiving the news of the large-scale dispatch of German long-range bombers, several "Patriot brigades" deployed on the island of Newfoundland were immediately in a state of being ready to attack at any time.
However, the preparation of these "American Patriots" was superfluous, because the missiles loaded on more than 300 Type 264 long-range bombers were all conventional models.
"Woo woo" "Attention to all units, attention to all units, urgent combat mission, all daytime fighter squadrons are dispatched with full fuel to carry out interception missions" At the same time as the battle sirens sounded, a Texas accent came over the loudspeakers, and Captain George Herbert Walkbush, who was writing a letter to his new wife Barbara, immediately put away the pen and paper, then stood up and turned to a room of pilots who didn't know what they were busy with, and shouted, "Guys, it's time to fight the Germans" "Okay" "Fighting the Germans" "Kill Them" The pilots were in high spirits and spoke in a relaxed tone, as if they didn't know what fear was all about.
Their reaction was certainly justified, because it was made clear on the radio that it was a volley mission.
For the F7F fighter-bomber pilots of the U.S.
Naval Air Corps stationed at Clarenville Airport on the island of Newfoundland, the interception mission was not too dangerous.
Because the target of their volley was the German 264, which flew high and fast, but was inferior in firepower and armor.
The E264's self-defense firepower shoots down the F7F, which has a maximum take-off weight of 116 tons, which is a very solid aircraft After getting into a two-seater F7F3N fighter-bomber night fighter equipped with radar, Captain Bush heard the good news on the airborne radio.
"Guys, this time there are big fish, the F13 found at least 200 264s, and they flew in formation" "Great" "The Germans are going to be out of luck now" The cheers of the pilots were heard in the headphones, and Captain Bush laughed and said to the navigator bombardier Sergeant Nick Halton behind him: "Nick, it seems that this trip will not be in vain." ” For the various interceptors on the island of Newfoundland, the 264 is not dangerous, but it is very difficult to catch, because there are AWACS aircraft directing them, and they fly fast, so the American interceptors often run out of the air and wander around the sky for several hours without finding anything.
However, under the command of AWACS, the fighters who evaded the Americans flew 264 in single or double formations.
The large fleet of 200 planes is a momentum that covers the sky and the sun, and it is not easy to dodge the interceptors.
After all, the Americans now also have early warning aircraft equipped with high-power S-band radars, and they can definitely find a large group of about 200 aircraft at a distance of 150 kilometers, and there is no possibility that they will not be able to find them Therefore, after receiving the report, Lieutenant General Madhamon, commander of Army Air Forces in the Northeast Region of North America, who had moved his headquarters from Boston to Montreal, immediately gave orders to the Allied fighter wings on Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island, St.
Pierre, and Miquelon, including the shore-based wing of naval aviation, to be under the unified command of this command.
On dozens of large and small airfields, hundreds of 47 and F7F and major British parts and components were provided by the United States, and the high-altitude twin-engine interceptor "Firmament" fighter was assembled in Canada, roaring into the blue sky, forming a brigade-level formation, roaring southward.
Naturally, the momentum of hundreds of fighters taking off could not avoid the German early warning aircraft BV138E on the water, and the report of "large-scale sortie by American fighters" soon spread to the aircraft carrier Adolf Hitler, which was more than 600 nautical miles away from Newfoundland.
"Order Hawkeye 20 to take off," Admiral Helmuthayer sent out a BV138E flying in the 201st Carrier Group Air Operations Officer Hersman Jr. as soon as he received the report.
This large three-engine seaplane is not known for its speed, with a maximum speed of less than 300 kilometers per hour and a cruising speed of only 260 nautical miles.
Therefore, Hirschman Jr. had to set off early in order to reach the predetermined position before the fierce battle in the air began.
"When will carrier-based aircraft be sent," Helmuthayer asked.
"General, the Fokker plane will depart first, and it can take off now, and after forming a formation, it will arrive at the battlefield under the guidance of the Hawkeye 20, and it will be dispatched an hour later at 262t."
He was answered by Colonel Heinz Barr, Chief Aviation Staff Officer of the 2nd Fleet and Aviation Staff Officer of the 20th Task Force.
The command model of the carrier-based aircraft units of the European Community Naval Aviation is constantly being fine-tuned, in accordance with the latest operational manuals.
The Chief Aviation Staff of the Fleet and the Operations Officer of the Fleet Aviation are the souls of the carrier-based aircraft forces.
The chief aviation staff officer leads the planning and is also responsible for remote command on the aircraft carrier, while the aviation operations officer is on the front line to direct operations in an AWACS aircraft.
Therefore, today's opportunities for aviation warfare were personally worked out by Colonel Heinz Barr.
The 201st, 202nd and 401st participating in the war were drawn from the 4th Fleet and had 2 Kesselring-class aircraft carriers and 3 aircraft carrier groups of 7 aircraft carriers, and 3 of the 203rd aircraft carrier groups were on 3 French aircraft carriers The Type 801 carrier-based bombers will not participate in the operation, and will send 8 squadrons of Fokker 636 and 12 squadrons of Type 262T fighters.
Among them, eight squadrons of Fokker 636 were dispatched by four aircraft carriers, including the Sychter, Seidlitz, Kesselring, and Wolfgang Richthofen, named after Air Marshal Richthofen, who was recovering from brain cancer, and each aircraft carrier sent two squadrons, with a total of 128 Fokker 636s.
The 12 262T squadrons were sent by two Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carriers, each with 12 262T, for a total of 144 squadrons.
All the Fokker 636 and 262T together add up to 272 fighters, about half as many Allied fighters as those taking off from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, St.
Pierre, and Miquelon.
Although the number is only half of the opponent's, the deputy commander-in-chief of air combat is the deputy commander of air combat, but he is confident that all the fighters are under his command.
Because he has 144 invincible Type 262T jet fighters in his hands, and more than 300 Type 264 bombers that act as decoys are also known for their high-altitude performance, which can easily lead opponents to extremely high altitudes.
In addition, Hersman Jr. also had a very favorable condition, that is, at this time, the US Navy became an unretractable presence fleet in the Atlantic.
The so-called "blockade line" of the Bermuda Islands in Nova Scotia is also largely devoid of trained destroyers.
As a result, the sortie American interceptor group could only rely on the F13's on-board S fluctuation radar to search for targets.
At present, the airborne early warning radar is either installed in the nose or belly of the aircraft, and no one puts the airborne early warning radar on the back of the aircraft.
Therefore, these so-called "AWACS" are very difficult to "look" upwards.
According to reliable information, the S-band ANAS 20 radar on the F13 is mounted on the belly of the aircraft, so it can only look down, not up.
So as long as Hirschman Jr. lets his 262T fly high enough to climb above the head of the Americans' F13s, it is basically impossible to be detected.
On April 8, 1945, when it was close to noon, Hesman Jr. hovered at an altitude of 7,000 meters BV138E as an early warning aircraft, which was naturally a high-altitude type of seaplane, and its radar was mounted on the nose of the aircraft, so it had a certain upward detection ability on the Hawkeye 10 water early warning aircraft, and issued an order to all 12 jet fighter squadrons under his command: "The enemy is 100,150 kilometers away in front of you, at 10 o'clock, at an altitude of 7,000 meters, and continues to climb, I order you to approach them in high and low formations from an altitude of 8,000 meters and 9,000 meters." t1706231537: