Chapter 187: New York, Don't Cry for Me! (Medium)
At 11 o'clock in the evening, Raeder came out of the Chancellery dejectedly, looked at the huge eagle of the Third Reich in discouragement, and finally left after a long wait. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
He had gone to Keitel to find out the true attitude of the Führer, but before he could say a few words about the reorganization and personnel adjustment of the navy, he suddenly heard the news that the aircraft carrier formation might bomb New York, and he was so anxious that he decided to immediately ask to see the Führer, although he saw it, the communication situation was not ideal, and the scenes were still floating in front of him:
"Führer, I strongly oppose the bombing of New York, especially the bombing of those famous buildings."
"Why?"
"It will only provoke the monstrous anger of the Americans, it will not help the war, and it will hurt the civilian ......"
"You should say this to Roosevelt and Churchill: their strategic bombing from Britain provoked the anger of the German people, did not help the war, and injured civilians."
"Isn't the bombing much reduced now?"
"Yes......," the Führer sneered, "I don't think it was because Roosevelt or Churchill had found out that it was decided to suspend it, but because the air force's air defense, combined with our curbing of Anglo-American maritime transport, forced them to reduce this behaviour - wasn't the Azores still being bombed?" ”
"But in this way, the annoyed Britain and the United States will bomb us again, and in the long run, the gains will outweigh the losses."
"I've said it over and over again, but I'm willing to say it again!" "Containing the enemy cannot depend on their stupidity, mistakes, or discoveries of conscience, but must be adequately countered and countered, and if they are capable of sustaining the bombing for a long time, I don't mind serving them to the end." ”
"But...... But this does not seem to be chivalrous. ”
Hoffmann sneered: "My dear admiral, this is a general war concerning the fate of Germany, a world war of life and death, and you still have the rotten ideas of the knightly wars of the past? ”
"I ......" Hearing this answer, Raeder knew that there was no longer any need to consult on the future personnel and strategy of the navy, and that in the eyes of the Führer, he was probably like Field Marshal Liszt, a person who was outdated and unaware of current affairs.
He left the Chancellery in a state of sorrow, and although Hoffman warmly shook hands with him and said goodbye, the Admiral knew that he would not come back to this place......
At half past two in the morning, all the pilots who had recuperated gathered on deck, waiting for the final order to attack.
"Today, we are going to bomb New York, the symbol of the American spirit, the stubborn bastion of the big capitalists, and tell them with practical actions that we have the strength not only to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor, but also to drop bombs on the American mainland! This is a powerful counterattack to the arrogant Americans! It is the best revenge for their wanton bombing and massacre of our civilians. A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, and a blood for a blood! ”
"Please pay attention to safety and take care of yourself, the fleet will be waiting for you to return safely from 600 kilometers away!"
"Hooray!"
"Onboard!"
"Let's go! Bomb New York! ”
"Bomb New York!"
At 3:40 a.m., the huge fleet of planes took off and flew westward, and Ryunosuke Kusaka dispatched all the attack planes, and even the BF-219 had a 250-kilogram bomb hanging under its belly, and the entire fleet ended up with only 32 direct cover planes.
At 3:45, the mobile fleet turned around and galloped eastward again, and everyone anxiously awaited the outcome of the battle.
On May 1, 5 a.m. and 10 minutes, the whole of New York was still immersed in darkness, and Tommy, a private on combat readiness duty at the Long Island radar station, suddenly noticed a snowflake on the screen.
"Sir, there's a situation!" He immediately exclaimed.
"What's the matter?" Sergeant Major James paced slowly from behind with a coffee cup, he had heard Tommy's shouting for the past two days, since the Axis naval fleet of the Three Kingdoms was clamoring to bomb the continental United States, he could hear such shouts almost every day and every time, Tommy's voice was undoubtedly the loudest, this third-year physics student at the State University of New York decided to take a break from his studies to join the Army a few months ago, he was a rare technician, and then he was assigned to the radar station, and he was very passionate - in other words, he often joked.
"The radar showed a group of planes coming towards us at a speed of 340 km / h, direction of 275 degrees, and a distance of ...... There are still about 60 kilometers to go. ”
"60 km?" James frowned, "You fell asleep before?" Why is it so close to report? ”
"No, I didn't, I just found out, they popped out of nowhere."
"Something is wrong with the device?"
Tommy stared for a moment, "It's not like, the light hasn't diminished and it's always moving?" ”
"Not our plane? You were yelling like that two days ago. James said that there is a basis for this statement, some time ago in order to support the Panamanian operation, the army and navy aviation agencies from the east coast to draw a large number of troops, as a result, these recruits reported one after another "found enemy planes", and in the end they were all proved to be their own people.
"It should ...... No. Tommy tilted his head and replied earnestly, "First of all, our planes can't come from the sea; Secondly, it is still dark, and whether it is land aviation or Hainan Airlines, it is almost impossible to see a plane mobilized at night; Finally ......"
Needless to say, Sergeant James, who reacted, was already making a phone call in a hurry: "Give me the duty room of the city defense headquarters!" What, it's nighttime? Hell, of course I know it's night, and the planes of the German devils and the Japanese devils are coming, are you afraid? Really, I kid you not! This is not a false positive! -, how many times do you have to say it before you believe it's not a false alarm! ”
The phone was finally connected, and it was answered by the sleepy-eyed staff officer on duty--I really can't blame them, everyone has been so tight that the strings have reached a critical point. After saying two words, the other party woke up completely from drowsiness, and the whole person was stupid and at a loss.
"Stupid, hurry up and report to General Richard, sound the air defense alarm, the enemy plane is still 60 ...... away from us Oh no...... There are still 45 km to go! James almost roared in rage.
"Okay, okay, you wait, wait!" The opposite side even crawled to inform.
James gasped heavily, he still hadn't figured out how the enemy had come so close to be detected, but soon he didn't need to think about it, because the soldiers on duty outside had come running over to report a strange "buzzing" sound.
At 4:57, in the sleep of the New Yorkers, the mournful sirens suddenly sounded, and the searchlight curtain moved in a panic and clueless, and half a minute later, the anti-aircraft artillery unit opened fire on the air, pulling out streaks of light in the night.
"You're too late!" Mitsuo Fuchida sneered and pointed at the intercom and issued an order, "All pay attention, New York is ahead, raise the height." ”
At 4:58 a.m., the air raid formation, which was advancing at an ultra-low altitude of 40 meters, jumped up and climbed high from the sea, and the US officers and men at the radar station only heard the dull sound of the sky getting closer and closer to them, and they looked at each other one by one and were speechless -- the wolf came and shouted many times, and today the wolf finally came.
4:59: A large group of enemy planes swept over Long Island and continued to advance towards the city, the group responsible for the air raid on Long Island had broken away from the formation, and everyone who craned their necks to look at the outside only felt that their eyes suddenly lit up, their pupils contracted slightly, and four slowly falling flares appeared in the sky outside, illuminating the nearby area in a miserable white.
Then there was a "boom", and after a dull sound, flames began to rise in the distance - the masterpiece of incendiary bombs.
The bombing began? Everyone's hearts were in shock, and only the guards stumbled in: "Bomb ...... Explode...... They're bombing the rich neighborhoods! ”
All the officers and men only felt the blood surging upwards, although everyone usually likes to say that there is no good person in the rich area, but now no one cares about their own safety, and instinctively rushes out to save people.
"Come back...... Come back! James shouted hoarsely, "Don't leave your post, our battlefield is here, it's at the radar station!" There is the National Guard there, there is a fire brigade that will save people! ”
"Woo......" Many people, including Tommy, cried.
At 5 o'clock sharp, the Axis bomber group burst into the city of New York, and as soon as Mitsuo Fuchida dropped the flare, one of the pilots shouted ecstatically over the radio: "Look! Look at the bottom right! There's the Statue of Liberty there! ”
The crowd looked in the direction he said, and saw a tall bronze statue of Lady Liberty near the mouth of the Hudson River, dressed in ancient Greek clothes, wearing a radiant tiara, holding a torch in her right hand, and holding the Declaration of Independence in her left hand.
"Disband the formation and assault according to the predetermined target!"
"Attack!" A formation of He-218s increased their speed and swooped down from the sky, and after a little leaning, three planes simultaneously dropped 500 kilograms of armor-piercing shells from their magazines - they were using the bronze statue of Liberty as a battleship.
"Boom!" The first bomb penetrated through the shoulder blade of the statue and then exploded violently, with the goddess's head and left arm being blown off, and the other two bombs exploded at the base, causing the entire statue to crumble and almost fall.
"Second group!"
Another 3 HE-218 volleys swooped down, this time 3 were loaded with 500 kg of high-explosive bombs, under the continuous bombardment, the statue of more than 90 meters high finally could not support, "boom" after a loud noise, finally all fell down, the debris caused by the shock wave stirred up the Hudson River more than 10 meters high waves.
Moments later, towering into the sky, the 381-meter-high Empire State Building came into view of the bomber group.
"Hahahaha, Empire State Building, I'm here!" (To be continued.) )