"When things don't go well, they will come looking for the turtle son." In the Navy Military Affairs Department, an old general couldn't help but say with the appointment letter he had just sent.

The flesh on his face was also trembling, originally, he thought that he would live here for the rest of his life, but who knows, he was still pushed to the foreground.

Ernest Joseph King, the Almighty God in the Navy. He was a veteran of naval aviation and had numerous accomplishments, including raising a submarine that sank on the high seas.

However, because he is cold and aggressive by nature, he is unpopular. There are many people whose self-esteem has been damaged by him, and whose future has been ruined in his hands. So, he had to retire in a hurry, and was settled for the rest of his life in the Military Council, a group of advisers who had nowhere to arrange for a veteran admiral.

But now, he was activated again, and President Roosevelt personally pulled him out of the place and appointed him commander-in-chief of the Navy. The turtle son in his mouth is himself.

In his eyes, the interests of the Pacific Ocean are the most important, but now, the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy has been buried in the icy waters, and only a lone aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga, has escaped.

Now, what does the United States need? The attack on Pearl Harbor had hit America's pride, and what was needed most now was to restore people's hearts.

Therefore, President Roosevelt's plan to bomb the mainland of the island nation was very interesting to General King, but it was quite difficult to realize this plan.

Let the bombers, take off from the aircraft carrier?

With such a plan, General Kim embarked on his first operation since taking office.

"In our Air Force, the most mature is the B-25 bomber, which, in theory, can take off from an aircraft carrier." General King found the freshly drafted pilot of the bomber unit of the Army Air Corps, James? Harold? Doolittle, nicknamed Jimmy.

The little man in his forties was once the first pilot to complete a single day across the continental United States. He famously won the Schneider Championship, the Bendix Race and the Thompson Cup, and after retiring in the early thirties, he joined Shell, where he is now a senior executive.

Because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the whole United States was transferred to a wartime system, and a large number of people responded to the draft, including Doolittle, who was first received by the commander-in-chief of the Navy after being drafted into the Army Air Corps.

After hearing General King's account, Doolittle gave the answer: "It is possible to fly from the aircraft carrier by removing all kinds of armor, self-defense machine guns, etc., and greatly reducing the weight of the aircraft, but it will certainly not be able to land on the aircraft carrier." ”

The US Navy and Air Force took out everything at the bottom of their own box, only to find that they had nothing, and the range of US carrier-based planes was too short, and the bomb load was too small, and if they wanted to bomb the island country, they could only use land-based bombers.

It's okay to take off, but you can't land!

"In other words, after we have completed the mission of bombing Tokyo, we need to continue to fly west and land in China." "It's going to be a long, one-way voyage," General Kim said. ”

The northern part of China is also occupied by the islanders, so you can imagine how risky this operation will be!

General Kim understood, and Doolittle also understood: "I suggest that volunteers be selected from our flying team to join this operation, General Kim, I ask to be the first to join this bombing mission." ”

Doolittle is full of fighting spirit, although there are various rumors in the society, saying that the bombing of Pearl Harbor was a conspiracy of Roosevelt, but after all, it is still the people of the island country who did it, whether there is a conspiracy or not, the people of the island country are the enemies of the United States, the Pacific Fleet has lost more than 50,000 people, this blood feud, it needs to be repaid with blood!

"Okay, Doolittle, I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of this operation, and you have full authority to operate this matter, we are all waiting for your good news of triumph!" General Kim said.

With full power given to Doolittle, General King can finally put this matter aside for the time being, let the US military industry completely start and build a large number of ships, which is also something he needs to deal with urgently, the United States needs warships, and needs to rearm the Pacific Fleet!

For Doolittle, his era has just begun, and this operation has made him a household name hero in the United States.

The B-25 was an indicator that was only put forward by the U.S. military in 38 years, and a prototype made by North American Airlines in 39 years.

Yes, the latest medium-range bomber of the US military can carry 1,200 pounds of bombs and fly 1,200 miles, which is still relatively backward compared with Germany, but after all, this is the most advanced medium-range bomber in service in the US military.

Doolittle quickly assembled his team, experienced flying veterans from the Army Air Corps, enthusiastically signed up for the operation, and Doolittle chose his team, and now, the first problem they faced was how to get the bombers flying.

"Originally, we were required to take off 24 bombers, but the USS Saratoga could not be occupied, so we could only shrink to 16 bombers." "Even so, when our plane was put on the deck of an aircraft carrier, the first bomber to take off had a take-off distance of only 60 meters," Doolittle said. ”

The historical aircraft carrier Hornet was launched in November 40 and commissioned in 41 years, and now it is only in April of 40 years, and this aircraft carrier is still being built on the slipway.

The only thing that the bombing group could use was the USS Saratoga, which was converted from a cruiser built during World War I and belonged to an old ship.

The deck of the aircraft carrier has a total length of more than 200 meters, but the B-25 bombers cannot enter the hangar below, and can only be placed on the deck, so that the aircraft that takes off first can use the deck very short, and the further back, the easier it is to take off.

Even with 16 bombers, the take-off distance left for Doolittle was only sixty meters, and Doolittle had no doubt that he would operate the first bomber. (There is also a saying that it is 142 meters, which one is correct?) ）

"But because it's on an aircraft carrier, we can also use the speed of the aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier is running at full speed, there will be a speed of about 30 knots, plus a headwind, it can give us a speed of about 40 knots, we need to fly our kite from the aircraft carrier."

"Even then, that's too heavy." Said one of the pilots.

"yes, so our first step is to rebuild our planes." Doolittle said: "The belly machine gun, dismantled. Tail machine gun, dismantled.

The protective steel plate can also be removed. Two flares were left for night landing, and the others were dismantled. The radio system was dismantled. ”

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