Ron's plane had just come to a stop when he saw a tractor driving up. Ron rubbed his eyes, and that was right, it was a tractor. It's just that it wasn't an honest French peasant sitting on it, but an American GI.

The tractor Shi Shiran drove next to Ron's P/A38, and the American soldier skillfully turned the tractor around, then jumped off the tractor and hung a leash on the P/A38 attack plane. Then he drove the tractor, towing Ron's P/A38 to the tarmac not far away.

After the plane was parked, someone set up a gangway for Ron, and Ron got out of the plane and saw another tractor towing a plane not far away.

"Where did you get these tractors?" Looking at this scene, Ron suddenly remembered some pictures of Indian aircraft carriers that he had seen in that previous time and space. It seems that in that time and space, the Indians used tractors as tractors on aircraft carriers. I didn't expect to travel into this time and space, and let myself encounter such a thing

"General," replied an ensign officer standing aside, "these tractors were originally owned by local peasants. After we came here, we wanted to rebuild the airport, but we couldn't deliver construction vehicles or anything for a while. So we went to contact the French underground to see if they could find some of these vehicles for us. As a result, they brought us a construction team and more than a dozen tractors from the farmers. Later, after the completion of the project, because there was no tractor, and the runway here was too narrow, it would be very inconvenient without a tractor. Therefore, we simply paid for the rental of these tractors and used them as tractors temporarily. ”

Indeed, the runway, which had been temporarily converted from a road, was too narrow, and its entire width was limited in width compared to the wingspan of the P/A38 attack aircraft. Compared to the runway of Raven's Nest Airport, which can at least put more than two P/A38s side by side, this runway is indeed too narrow.

For an aircraft like the P/A38, it is already difficult to make a U-turn on such a runway or something, and for the C47 transport aircraft that will take off and land here in the future, it will have to rely on a tractor.

At this time, the adjutant in the back seat, Koster, also climbed down the gangway. It can be seen that he is not very used to flying, and the plane encountered a little turbulence just now, so Scott's face is still slightly white.

"General," the lieutenant continued, "the pilot's lounge and the war room are over there. This is the operation area, do you want to go there first with the pilot? ”

"Okay." Ron said he looked down at the tarmac, which was apparently newly opened, perhaps because the concrete underneath hadn't dried yet, so it had been covered with a layer of thick steel plates for emergency repairs to the runway. The temperature of these steel plates is not low under the exposure of the sun. In addition, the flight jacket itself is very warm, and it is okay when flying, but it is indeed a little hot after landing, and you should really hurry to the lounge to change it. Anyway, it's not far away, and you can see it when the C47s land for a while.

Got into an open-top jeep with Scott and drove off the tarmac towards a few wooden houses not far away. Between the tarmac and the wooden houses, there was a newly opened road. This road is not paved with asphalt, not even small stones, it is completely a dirt road. Although the Americans pressed over it with a road roller, the road was still full of potholes, and jeeps jumped over it, dragging out billowing yellow dust.

The jeep stopped in front of the cabin, Ron and Scott jumped out of the car, a private pulled open the door, and Ron and Scott walked in.

It was a house made entirely of wood, and the wood was still fresh, probably freshly cut, and not yet completely dry. The soldiers who built it simply tied the trunks of these cedar trees together with wire and buried them in the ground, making them into walls, and they didn't even peel off the bark. Therefore, these cedar trees are still alive, and in the corner of the wall, you may still see a small branch that has just grown, and a few tender green leaves have emerged from it. The whole room was filled with the fragrance of fresh cedar wood.

Strictly speaking, it is actually very inappropriate to build a house in this way. Because the wood is not completely dry and has not undergone antiseptic treatment, it will not be long before there will be problems such as deformation and **, and it will soon become an uninhabitable and dangerous house. However, for the US military, this is not a problem at all. Because this "forward airfield" will not be used for long at all. In a week at most, the U.S. military will be able to reach Cherbourg, and there is a German airfield less than 80 kilometers from Cherbourg. By that time, this German airfield would definitely have fallen into the hands of the American military. This "forward airfield" could be completely abandoned. And these wooden houses support a little more than a week, and there is absolutely no problem at all. As for the future, even if it is broken, it has nothing to do with the US military.

Ron changed into his flight jacket and a military uniform in the locker room. Then walk to the lounge to a window in the direction of the runway. There was a table and a couple of chairs. The table has been around for a long time, and the red paint on it has turned a little black, but it still looks thick and strong. Looking around, the other tables, along with the chairs attached to them, are all varied, and none of them are the same. Most of these tables and chairs, Ron thought, had been rented from other residents temporarily.

At this time, the pilots of other P/A38 attack aircraft also arrived one after another. When they came in, they hurriedly saluted Ron and went to change their clothes. Ron sat down at the window, and someone brought him a cup of coffee. Ron thanked him and sat there, looking out over the runway two hundred meters away.

After about twenty minutes, the roar of the engine was again heard in the sky. Ron said to Scott, "They've arrived too." Let's go out and have a look. ”

The sound of the engine is getting closer. Ron saw a string of small black dots appear in the western sky, these small black dots flew closer and closer, and they became bigger and bigger, and finally saw clearly, it was several C47s.

The C47s circled around the "forward airfield" a few times, and then began to lower the altitude. One of them aimed at the runway, lowered the landing gear and began to land.

Compared to the C47 transport aircraft, the width of the runway of the "Forward Airport" is even narrower. Still, the plane was firmly aligned with the runway. The main landing gear of the plane landed gently, a puff of white smoke came up, and the plane continued to taxi along the runway for a while, and the tail wheel also fell onto the runway......

With the successful landing of the first one, the others are naturally not a problem. After landing, the C47 was also dragged by those tractors and sent to the tarmac.

By this time, Ron and Scott had also reached the tarmac. Ron pointed to a C47 being dragged towards the tarmac and said to Scott, "Scott, can you see the difference between that C47 and these three?" ”

Scott looked at the approaching C47 with wide eyes, and after looking at it for a long time, he shook his head and said, "General, we see the difference, well, by the way, you look at its landing gear, it is two batches later than these three." ”

"Not bad!" Ron looked at Scott in surprise, "Yes, you're very good, you've noticed all such details!" However, I'm not talking about this difference. ”

"Then I really can't see it," said Scott, shaking his head, "General, don't play dumb riddles." ”

The C47 was pushed over and parked. Ron said to Scott, "Want to know the answer? Let's go check it out. ”

The two men walked up to the C47, and the door of the C47 was opened. As soon as the hatch opened, Scott immediately noticed the difference between it and the rest of the C47. Because inside the hatch, there's a big guy facing Scott.

"Good guy, why did you have this thing here!" Scott was surprised.

The big guy was a 6-barreled Gatling gun. It looks like the Vulcan cannon on the P38 fighter, but it's bigger than the one on the P38.

"This is a 25 mm Gatling gun, more powerful than on the P38. Of course, the shè speed is a little lower, but there are also 4,000 rounds per minute. Ron explained as he said, "The plane also had a hatch on the other side, and behind that door was a single-barreled 40mm gun. This gun was adapted from the Bofors 40 mm high shè gun. Using a magazine to feed ammunition, the theoretical shè speed is 200 rounds per minute, of course, in fact, there is not such a fast shè speed. Armor-piercing shells can easily penetrate the top cover of any German tank. ”

"Oh my God! It's just a gunboat flying in the air! Scott sighed.

"You're right." "This modification program is called the 'Sky Gunboat' program. The military also gave the aircraft a new designation, called AC47. ”

This thing was made by Ron based on the AC130 attack aircraft of later generations, so when it comes to it, Ron is very interested.

"The firepower of this thing is definitely unmatched, and I estimate that even if there is only one, it will be able to suppress a large number of enemy troops. And the stability of the platform is also more than that of the average attack aircraft. With it, we were able to reduce the number of landing sorties by a lot. Let more pilots get enough rest. But Ron, is this thing safe in the face of enemy fighter jets or surface-to-air fire? Scott immediately realized the merits of such an aircraft, but he was also worried about the safety of such a stupid thing.

"In front of enemy fighters, this thing is a dish." Ron didn't shy away from it, "But it's not easy for ground fire to hurt it. Its key parts were strengthened, and the Germans' 20 guns did not pose a threat to it at all. It flies low and has a relatively fast angular velocity, so the 88 gun is not suitable for hitting such targets. The only thing that worries people is the 37-mm high shè guns of the Germans. However, there are not many of them, and in terms of shè alone, ours is much farther than the 37 mm of the Germans. In many cases, they can be dealt with first. ”