Ron was quite moved by Patton's counter-suggestion. Now in the skies over Europe, the threat to the U.S. Army is minimal. German fighters are even rarer now than the giant pandas and South China tigers many years later, and the only threat is the German anti-aircraft artillery group. But as long as the altitude is high enough, the anti-aircraft guns are not always very effective at high-speed maneuvering targets the size of fighter jets. The Germans' 88-mm anti-aircraft guns were probably the most famous anti-aircraft guns of World War II. But ironically, this anti-aircraft gun was not famous for its air defense. It can have such a great fame, mainly because it performs anti-tank tasks. In fact, in terms of air defense alone, in World War II, it was not particularly outstanding. At least compared to those American products with VT fused shells, its air defense capabilities are really not strong.

Moreover, there is no explicit provision in the regulations prohibiting high-ranking US generals from flying over enemy-controlled areas by planes. In fact, there is a precedent for such a thing, for example, in the South Pacific, the gray wolf has done such a thing more than once, and later the gray wolf also did such a thing in the Korean battlefield, and even flew to the Yalu River in a transport plane to take a turn. Then he came back and launched the final offensive of "bringing American soldiers home for Christmas", and then, well, then he was pushed back by a bun of dirt buns whose combat effectiveness did not exceed 5 in his eyes.

Ron thought about it, if he went out in a two-seat reconnaissance model of the P-81, safety would still be guaranteed. And, no? One? Root? Read? Novel.ybdu. How long do you need to stay there, take a spin from the high altitude to Calais and come back, and when you return, this move can be further misled by media propaganda.

So, Ron nodded and said, "General, it's not impossible. But you have to agree to this - though you are the Chief, you have to listen to me in heaven. ”

Barton cracked his mouth and laughed, "Ron, it's natural. Even if Ike or Marshall got on the plane, they had to listen to the pilot honestly. When you come to heaven, you are my ruler, and I will listen to you in everything. ”

"Okay, then General, we'll have to go and get ready together."

……

A few minutes later, Ron and Barton appeared on the side of the runway wearing flight jackets and flight caps. A two-seater P-81 reconnaissance version was already waiting there. Ground crews are busy with the final tests before take-off. A large group of reporters gathered around, anxiously waiting. It seems that they have been notified and are now preparing to interview them.

"Ron, why didn't they hang bombs on our planes?" Barton saw that the other planes were hung with bombs underneath, except for his and Ron's plane, which was empty under its belly, and there was nothing.

"Ah, General, this plane of ours is a reconnaissance plane, and although it still retains a bomb pylon, it can't hang too big a bomb, only a 250-pound little guy. And, in order to reduce the weight, the auxiliary bombing sighting equipment on it was also removed. So now, using it to drop a bomb, if the pilot is not an old fritter, then it's basically a waste of bombs. ”

"But Ron, aren't you the old churro pilot? Let them hang one. Barton's tone at this time was a bit like that of a child in a hurry to ask for a toy.

A 250-pound aerial bomb was hung on the plane's only belly pylon. The bomb also had the following text written in white paint: "A gift to the damned Hitler - George?? Barton. ”

Now that everything was ready, Ron and Patton boarded the plane, closed the canopy, and the P-81's propellers spun rapidly. Pushed by them, the plane began to accelerate on the runway, and in a few moments, it took off into the air.

To ensure safety, Ron flew high, and before crossing that narrow channel, their plane had climbed to an altitude of 10,000 meters. Most of the anti-aircraft artillery of the Germans could not threaten a target that flew so high. Now, the coastline of France is in front of Ron's eyes.

"General, we're in the skies over France." "You see, the building at one o'clock is the German's Lindemann Battery," said Ron. ”

"Where? Let me see. Barton was immediately interested, and he immediately removed the telescope that was firmly in front of him and looked in that direction.

Ron made a turn and had the Lindemann battery appear at 3 o'clock, making it easier for General Patton to observe him.

Barton looked at the telescope for a while and said, "I still can't see clearly, can I get a little closer?" ”

"General, you promised that in heaven, you would listen to me." Ron cautioned Barton.

"Ah, of course! But didn't we hang a bomb yet? You have to find a place to throw it down, right? Barton said.

This sentence played into Ron's heart. Ron didn't want to take Barton to the bottom of the plane to attack those moving targets, and now Barton seemed to mean that it would be enough to drop a bomb on the battery. This task is much simpler than before. Climb to a height of 10,500 meters first, then do a large-angle dive, and drop that bomb at an altitude of about 9,000 meters. Of course, you can't expect such a small bomb to put a turret. Anyway, this time it came out, just to promote it.

"What, you don't think it's challenging enough? Want to keep a bomb on a more difficult target? Barton asked.

Ron couldn't help but think of what later generations had to say about two of the most courageous generals in the U.S. Army, Halsey and Patton. They say that Halsey is fake careful, really bold, and Patton is fake bold, really careful. Unlike Halsey, who immediately reflexively thinks of attacking the enemy before he sees him, trying to defeat him before he knocks him down. Although Barton said things like "Ever since that fool said something stupid about protecting the flanks, those fools in the world have always carefully covered their butts when they are fighting, for fear of being kicked by others, so that they forget about kicking people's butts", but when he led his own troops to fight, he kicked people's butts happily, but at the same time he always protected his ass well. Like Halsey, he has never done anything about exposing his ass to other people's butts in order to kick them.

Thinking of this, Ron felt that he understood what Barton meant, Barton was not the kind of person who liked meaningless adventures, in fact, he had always been a very rational person when faced with war.

Ron then began to turn around, flying towards the Lindemann Battery as he continued to climb. In a few moments, the plane approached the Lindemann battery.

"Why didn't they fire on us?" Barton asked.

"There was no such high anti-aircraft gun on the Lindemann battery. But General, do you put the telescope back in place first? Now we're going to do a dive. You don't have any problems, right? ”

"Okay, no problem. Isn't it like riding a roller coaster? No problem. ”

Ron started to do a slow 180-degree roll, then began to pull the rod into the dive, while also opening the dive flaps. The plane swooped down towards the Lindemann battery at an almost vertical angle. At an altitude of nine thousand meters, Ron dropped the bomb and began to slowly level the plane.

If the action of pulling up the dive plane is done violently, it will produce a strong overload, and most people who are not specially trained will not be able to withstand it. In the back seat, Barton has participated in the Olympics and won rankings. But after all, he was not a pilot, so Ron's movements had to be very soft.

Of course, this will make the plane pull up a little slower, and it will also allow the plane to enter the altitude that the anti-aircraft gun can get. However, this time is very short, and it is almost impossible for ground anti-aircraft artillery to seize such an opportunity to shoot them down.

As Ron had expected, the anti-aircraft guns in the turret fired a few shots, but the shells fired were far away from Ron and them. Ron flew the plane out of range of the anti-aircraft gun with ease, and then continued to circle around the Lindemann battery, and said to Barton behind him:

"General, was it okay just now?"

"No problem," Barton's voice was smooth, "it feels like a roller coaster." ”

"General, we have also been to Lindemann Battery, General, you are busy with affairs, why don't we go back."

"Okay, I said, in the air, everything is up to you."

……

After landing, Ron accompanied Barton to the reporters who were still waiting there. It wasn't until after lunch that Barton was able to leave.

Early the next morning, just after General Patton left the airport, a C-47 transport plane landed on the runway of the "Crow's Nest". This transport aircraft brought a special batch of bombs to the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing.

The shape of these bombs is not different from that of normal bombs, except that the tail fins are painted red. But when the ground crew came to carry them, they immediately noticed a difference between the bombs and ordinary bombs: they were much lighter than other bombs of the same size. It looks like a gas bomb.

"This can't be a gas bomb, right? How could it be so light? One ground crew whispered to another.

"How is that possible?" The older ground attendant shook his head and said, "That's not how the gas bomb is painted. Besides, if it was a gas bomb, we would have to wear a full suit by now. This is certainly not a gas bomb! ”

"Then you say, what is this?"

"It's a bit like an acetylene cylinder for welding. Speaking of which, the regulations for the storage of these bombs are very detailed in terms of arson, and it really looks like that thing. ”

"Acetylene cylinders also explode. Is it ......?"