Chapter 983: Have a good trip

You only get one chance.

On the one hand, after this bombing, the Americans will certainly increase their attention and deploy night fighters and radars, and it will be dangerous for them to easily drill into the airspace over US territory again.

On the other hand, after this bombing, if it is not successful, the Americans will definitely move their bases to be more secretive, making it more difficult for their own bombers to reach, for example, if they are placed in the central part of the United States, or even in Alaska, their own bombers will be beyond their reach.

This bombing, decisive, efficient, and must also be a success.

"As long as the ground personnel are in place, we will definitely have no problem." After hearing Bescher's words, the navigator Antonio said.

What is most important in an intercontinental flight? Navigation, of course! To carry out these bombing missions, the Junkers-390 has a variety of advanced navigation equipment.

For example, the inertial gyroscope transplanted from the V-2 missile can accurately track the trajectory of the aircraft, so as to mark the position of the aircraft on the chart. However, mechanical gyroscopes have errors, and with the accumulation of time, the errors will become larger and larger, and only laser gyroscopes can achieve high precision.

Therefore, the inertial gyroscope is to be constantly corrected during the voyage, if it is at night, it can be corrected with the help of starlight, and during the day, it can be corrected with the help of the known sea islands below.

Antonio was the navigator of the Bescher and the navigator of the entire formation, and his task was quite heavy, and he knew that it was not enough to rely on the inertial gyroscope plus the correction of the navigation point.

At this time, the cooperation of ground personnel is even more important.

Because Germany's radio navigation technology has also matured, if the ground personnel have radio navigation equipment and transmit navigation information in the direction of the bomber's flight, it is easy to give the plane correct guidance.

The superposition of various means is enough to ensure that the aircraft can fly in the right direction, and as for the bombing effect, it depends on its own advanced high-altitude bomb delivery equipment.

Antonio is confident.

"Also, one of the most important things for us before carrying out the mission is to ensure adequate rest, recuperate our spirits, and wait for the order to come!" Bescher said.

He said it very seriously, but everyone present smiled, in fact, this order sounds simple, but it is not easy to carry out, because at this time, everyone is so excited that they can't sleep at all.

Even if they close their eyes, all that comes to their minds is a picture, for example, Antonio has been thinking about the navigation problem halfway, where to set the best navigation point, after entering the American land, it is already night, which city along the way needs to be used as a navigation point, and also, to prevent mistakes.

Everyone has their own assignment of tasks, and they are all thinking.

At the same time, the ground staff in the base are busy.

To carry out such an intercontinental bombing mission, it is necessary to ensure that the aircraft is in good condition, all kinds of maintenance work must be in place, and then it is necessary to fill up the fuel and hang the bombs, and they meticulously work for six hours before they can be regarded as completing the maintenance and replenishment tasks.

After that, it's just a matter of waiting.

The wait was not long, and after another four hours, the order to take off came.

Jumping up from their beds, one by one, the crew members quickly put on their flight gear and gathered energetically.

In front of them was Richthofen, the commander-in-chief of the German Air Force, and the veteran did not say much, but he was full of power: "The United States, Tian shamelessly declared war on us, they do not want to see us unify Europe, and now, we must let the Americans know the consequences of declaring war on us, and the flames of war will burn on American soil!" Let's go! ”

Let's go!

Bescher, with his crew, ran to the Junkers-390 bomber at the front, a large bomber that had been drilled into the passage next to the landing gear in the belly.

The navigator, Antonio, climbed to the lower end of the nose, where was his position, navigation, and bombardier.

The plane was very tall, and when you sat in the cabin, it was as tall as a two-story building, and from the glass of the cockpit, you could see the wings and engines on both sides.

There are three engines on each side, and the whole plane exudes a violent aesthetic, just like the Dora cannon, only the Third Reich can make this kind of war machine!

"Start the engine." Bescher said.

Now, German planes have basically popularized electric start, no need to manually rotate the propeller, the pilot is in the cabin, press the button, the No. 1 engine on the left, there is a puff of black smoke, after a minute of violent trembling, the black smoke fades, and the engine is started!

Next, there is the No. 2 engine on the right.

It took ten minutes to start the six engines, and after the engines started smoothly, the random mechanics checked that the instrument data of each engine was normal and met the take-off requirements.

"Bomber 901, request to take off." On the radio, Besher shouted to the tower.

"You can take off, I wish you all a nice trip." The sound of the tower came from inside the headphones.

For the German pilots, it was just a transcontinental journey.

On Bescher's side, the pilot pulled the throttle to the rear, and the six engines let out a louder roar, each of which burst out with a maximum power of 2,500 horsepower, and a huge bomber of seventy-five tons, as the brakes were released, slid up the runway.

At this time, it was fully loaded, and the take-off of the bomber was also very heavy, and almost at the end of the runway, the bomber barely pulled up and climbed slowly with a small climbing line.

Behind them, the four remaining bombers were also taking off one after another, and when the last bomber pulled up, the photographer pressed the shutter and included all five bombers in the photo.

This is a precious moment that will forever go down in history, Germany, officially against the United States! Of course, this is a complete secret, no one knows about it, and no one will admit it. At the British air base, the German bomber unit officially began to fly.

At this time, no one knew that on the other side of the world, the counterparts of the German bomber force were also doing the same action, but compared with their German counterparts, the take-off of their American counterparts was so thrilling.

When the equipment is insufficient, you have to rely on your life to fight, since you have joined the army, you can't be afraid of danger! Even if a bomber takes off from an aircraft carrier, then give it a try!