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Chapter 1457 Arnold's suggestion

After a long time, the tank soldiers who fell into the crater climbed up in a mess. It was so pitiful!

The beach here should have been flat, but who would have thought that the sudden shelling just now made craters everywhere, and the inner fire boat in front of them didn't pay attention. It was not easy for them to see it in the darkness, not to mention that the view inside the tank was even narrower, so it fell down.

Fortunately, the emergency brake behind me went around, otherwise I would go down a series of things.

When they climbed up, the other inner fire boats were already firing, attacking bravely at the American army gathered on the beach.

Bullets flew everywhere, just like the Germans' amphibious infantry fighting vehicles, the armor of this kind of internal fire boat was extremely weak, just within the range of machine guns that could carry machine guns, so they could ignore the American machine guns and rush forward bravely.

At the same time, the infantry following behind also charged forward with a spirit of not fearing death. Some were shot and fell down, and the ones behind followed him and ran forward on the body of their companions.

In this case, it is impossible for the defenders to last for long, and it is almost inevitable that they will be killed.

Fortunately, the radio waves have already been transmitted.

The main force of the American Pacific Fleet wandering in the waters near the Aleutian Islands immediately realized something. They were deceived. Just when they thought the islanders were going to attack the Aleutian Islands, the islanders actually attacked Midway Island.

The most terrifying thing this time is that the islanders actually landed on Midway! Once the islanders gain a firm foothold in Midway, they will immediately advance eastward, threatening the entire Hawaiian Islands, and the US Navy will not even be able to gain a foothold in the Pacific!

The special mixed fleet, who received the news, immediately drove at full speed and headed towards the south. At the same time, in the White House, it was already early in the morning, and everyone was completely sleepy.

Nimitz was not there, he had already returned to Pearl Harbor. Now, Roosevelt looked at his think tanks and said lightly: "We were deceived. We were captured by the islanders' strategy. Now, Midway has fallen into the hands of the islanders."

If you are familiar with the Chinese military strategy, you will know that this move is called pulling the tiger away from the mountain.

"Damn, the islanders must know that we have deciphered their passwords and actually used their telegrams to confuse us!" Marshall was also extremely angry. Who would have thought that deciphering the passwords would be a trap.

Complaints are useless. The most important thing now is how to deal with it. The most dangerous scene has arrived in the Pacific Ocean.

"Our military forces in Hawaii are very empty, and almost all the air forces have been mobilized to the Aleutian Islands." Marshall continued: "It will probably take one or two days to wait until our navy returns at full speed. It is very likely that the islanders have occupied many islands, and even their navy may ambush us during our navy's return, causing us to suffer heavy losses."

To estimate the worst case in advance, almost all strategists are present. Knowing that the worse the situation, the more you should not be anxious.

"I have an idea." At this moment, General Arnold, who arrived urgently, spoke: "Send our 58th Bomber Wing to set off from the base, and wait until dawn to fly to the Midway waters and then bomb the island's aircraft carrier formation."

Arnold, now a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participated in the study of strategic issues in the war, especially the combat use of the US and British aviation forces. In later generations, he was the founder of the US Air Force. He believed that the air force would be the decisive factor in future wars; air superiority is a prerequisite for winning any land or naval warfare. He emphasized the role of strategic bombing and advocated that the US Air Force should take the strategic air force as the core; attached importance to technological advantages, and proposed that "excellent research work is the first element of the Air Force."

In this era, Arnold is promoting the final production of the most powerful bomber, the B-29. It was able to appear a few years earlier than in history, and Arnold made an indelible contribution.

Hawaii has empty troops and limited range of local fighter jets. Now the only one who can quickly reach the battlefield and return is the B-29 bomber, and the 58th Bomber Wing is the first unit equipped with a B-29.

"No, it is dangerous to use bombers without escort fighters." Someone immediately refuted his suggestion: "And, bombers are mainly used to bomb land, and warships are best for torpedoes and dive bombers."

Using strategic bombers to carry out ship bombing missions? This is simply a joke!

Arnold was very serious: "The island country introduced mainly from Germany the Stuka dive bomber. The main fighter jets on the front line of Germany did not enter the island country's aircraft carrier formation. The island country's air-busting fighter jets are mainly zero-type. This fighter cannot fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters. Its effective combat altitude will not exceed 5,000 meters. The anti-aircraft guns of the island country fleet cannot hit ten thousand meters, so we are very safe at an altitude of 10,000 meters."

In the new agreement between Cialis and the island country, the bf109 was exported to the island country. Now the main fighter of the island country is the zero type. Due to the technical and material restrictions of the island country, they do not have a suitable supercharger, and the ceiling is only 5,000 meters.

"A thousand meters high, bombing the ship?" Someone was still refuting him: "Are you sure you can hit it?"

"If ordinary bombs, even if we use Norton sights, we cannot achieve accurate bombing, so we have to use the latest bombs." Arnold said: "You may not know yet that we have successfully developed radio-guided bombs."

When it comes to guided bombs, it is generally believed that Germany's unrestricted guided bombs are the originator. The Fritz-x series guided bombs were widely used in the late World War II and achieved many results.

However, it is absolutely wrong to think that other countries do not have guided bombs. The United States has gathered a large number of scientists who have fled from Europe. Their arrival has played a great role in promoting the development of American science and technology.

The United States' guided bombs have also developed very quickly. In history, in 42 years, the U.S. Army Aviation Equipment Command began to develop the VB (Asong) series of guided bombs, using radio command guidance, and successfully entered the army in 43 years.
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