Chapter 453: F-80 Meteor Jet
After the artillery fire was covered, the battle of the German and Soviet infantry units entered into a tragic slaughter; Both sides were constantly fighting over every infantry pit, every machine-gun position, and artillery position; And the Schellna Army, which rushed over to support, was like a sharp knife for cutting vegetables, quickly harvesting its lives among the Soviet troops.
While the containment of the Schellna Army attracted more and more attention and attacks from the Soviet army, Moder's troops were also rapidly breaking through.
All German divisions were evacuated in several waves, that is, assault guns. Heavy weapons, all kinds of artillery, and vehicles, as well as wounded soldiers, etc., were evacuated in an organized manner under the escort of tank groups and infantry units.
As for those weapons that could not be moved, or the ammunition was immediately destroyed on the spot, none of them could be left for the Soviets to take away and study.
At this moment, batch after batch of C-47 and C-5 transport aircraft groups, transporting a large number of German SS soldiers and tanks, as well as heavy artillery and other weapons and equipment, arrived at the Kiev airport.
The 1st SS Panzer Division, the SS Skeletal Panzer Division, the 5th SS Panzer Division "Viking", the 6th SS Mountain Division "Northern" and other elite units of the SS immediately came out one after another in full gear as soon as they got off the transport planes.
"Quick! Everyone, get ready for your German SdKfz 251 half-track personnel carriers, and tanks, as well as your American M3 half-track armored personnel carriers that can tow cannons, or be equipped with anti-tank artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, heavy artillery, and mortars, and your Sd Kfz 9 half-track tractors, as well as your Gepard destroyers! β
Max Simon, commander of the SS Skeletal Panzer Division. The voice roared deafeningly at the SS of their own skeleton panzer division.
"Hurry up and follow the order of the division commander, your speed is a little faster, and you are not eating slowly? Moder and their troops, the situation is dangerous now, go and support them! We want to give those Soviet troops a profound lesson, unforgettable memories! β
The second-level captain Kunsterman also quickly echoed, urging loudly.
"Look at how fast the other SS units are, why are you still slowly soaring, give me a quick ride in your tanks and Cheetah chariots!"
The even more piercing urging voice of Lieutenant Schroeder, the leader of the second-class special strike team, was also not far behind the two of them, and a deafening roar began.
The high-ranking commander who was struck reprimanded the SS soldiers of the slower Skeletal Panzer Division; immediately cheered up the spirit, and the first electric industry did not dare to lag behind people and rush to its own tank; Driven with the Cheetah expulsion chariot, following the SS forces and driving towards the route of the evacuation of Moder.
At this time, Manstein, who had already arrived in Kiev from KΓΆnigsberg a few days in advance, also took part of his troops with him; The Ukrainian soldiers, who were commanding the units that had joined the German army in the field, followed the SS units to fight against the Soviet Union.
At the same time, on the airfields in the German-occupied areas of Kyiv that were still in use, the Ar-234 jet bombers, the Me262 jet fighters, and the TA152 fighters, a total of 850 were also fully taken off; As fast as possible, rush to the area of operations of the Moder troops, carry out rescue, and fight against the Soviets.
However, most of this group of German pilots were Chen Yanlong who asked Kesselring and Garland, as well as Milch to find a way to do it; Only a small percentage of the pilots pulled from the client states were German pilots.
However, in addition to these aircraft, Chen Yanlong also tried to use the Soviet Union's MiG-15, and the latest sharp fighter of the US Air Force in the Korean battlefield was the F-86 Sabre fighter.
The advantages of the Soviet MiG-15 were a higher flight altitude, a faster climb speed, and a more powerful cannon; The disadvantage is that it is unstable when flying at high speed, it is easy to form a tailspin and fall, the speed of Mach when diving is limited, and the rate of fire of its cannon is relatively slow.
The U.S. military's F-86 Sabre fighter has better swing movement performance, high flight stability, and the pilot is not easy to get tired; The disadvantage is that the flight altitude and climb speed are inferior to the MiG-15, and the machine gun is not very powerful.
This time, Chen Yanlong dispatched a total of 50 US F-86 Sabre fighters and 50 Soviet MiG-15 fighters to test their combat power.
For Chen Yanlong's large-scale counterattack this time, the Soviet army was still ignorant that they were about to pay a heavy price for it.
At this time, North American Airlines in the United States, and Lockheed in the United States; Together, they developed the F-80 Meteor jet at White Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
This is something that lifted the spirits of all the top US military leaders, because they collected the wreckage of German Me262 jet fighters and Ar-234 jet bombers; finally assembled into a complete jet bomber, and after the jet fighter; They learned from the research of these jets, as well as from their own original development materials; After obtaining better production technology, he finally succeeded in making the F-80 "Meteor" jet ahead of schedule.
"We have finally succeeded in developing it, and this time we will definitely be able to fight against the German jet fighters and bombers!"
"That's right! We're definitely going to take them out, and we're going to be ashamed of what our P-51 Mustang fighter lost to them! β
"That's it! Don't get excited, we still need to go through President Roosevelt's approval order and procurement order before we can mass-produce these F-80 "Meteor" jets! β
"Hey! I'm sure President Roosevelt will be very happy to hear that we have succeeded in developing them, and as for purchasing these planes for our aviation units, it is absolutely certain that they will deal with those damn German jets! Because all the fighters and bombers we have now have no way to fight the extremely fast jets of the German army! β
"That's right! Because now even our longest-range and most combat-ready single-engine P-51 Mustang fighter is no match for them! If there were no new types of aircraft to fight the German jets, then we would gradually lose air supremacy in the European theater! β
In the most excited and enthusiastic cheers of the two senior executives of North American Airlines and Lockheed Corporation of the United States, there were many high-level personnel who were also discussing fiercely.
But in the end, they immediately called President Roosevelt to report on the results.
As soon as he heard this jubilant good news, President Roosevelt sat in his wheelchair with a radiant face and excited, called his secretary, and asked her to immediately prepare a car and a guard to escort him to White Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, to see the F-80 "Meteor" jets.
Of course, before leaving, he immediately called Marshall, who was about to leave for England; Let him and Truman accompany him to watch the test flight of the F-80 "Meteor" jet and participate in the discussion of how many aircraft will be developed and produced.
For such shocking news, Marshall, who heard the phone call, shouted "Yes, Yes" in surprise, and danced with his hands.
"What's going on, Admiral Marshall, why are you so happy?"
Truman, beside him, asked suspiciously.
"North American Airlines, together with Lockheed, developed and produced China's first jet fighter F-80" Meteor, and the test flight was successful! This time we have the cards of those new jets of the opposing German army! β
Marshall waved his right fist happily and said with a smile on his face.
"Really!"
Truman was also in good spirits and responded happily.
"Of course it's true! President Roosevelt just called me to get the two of us in a car and go to White Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, to see the F-80 Meteor jets. β
Marshall nodded and smiled seriously.
"Then let's go at once! Admiral Marshall! After listening to it, I couldn't wait to see the F-80 "Meteor" jet! β
Truman urged excitedly.
"Okay! We're going right away, because I'm also an anxious kid! β
Marshall waved his fist again happily and said with a bright smile.
Then the two of them hurried to arrange for their men to arrange a car to President Roosevelt.