Radar is the way of detection, if the radar wave returns to the launch antenna, it is an ordinary detection radar, if the radar wave returns to the seeker of the bomb or missile, to provide them with guidance information, it is radar guidance, in later generations, a large number of missiles, especially air-to-air missiles, are radar guidance system.

This requires the accumulation of technology, and the fact that the early Sparrow air-to-air missiles have shown how difficult it is to make an advanced technology mature.

Germany has already developed transistors, and it is not taking the path of semi-active radar guidance, because Ciric knows that this technology is immature, and it is not too late to think about it after the development of microelectronics, with integrated circuits.

And the United States does not.

Historically, the Americans, in addition to the development of radio command-guided bombs, have likewise developed semi-active radar-guided bombs, which

The SOD MK-7 Pelican Semi-Active Radar-Guided Bomb was developed in 1942 when the U.S. Defense Research Council began to develop a radar-guided anti-ship glide bomb for the U.S. Navy, and the project was terminated in '44 because of its congenital defects.

(SOD, special weapons ammunition device.) ）

In the same year, the U.S. Navy also developed an active radar-guided gliding bomb parallel to the Pelican, its vehicle shape is similar to that of an airplane, and the warhead is a 1000-pound bomb.

The Bat was originally named MK-57, and later, for the sake of unification, changed to SOD MK-9 At the end of 1944, the Bat was successfully thrown during tests and entered combat readiness in January 1945.

And now, this era and history are very different, because Germany has made rapid progress in guidance technology, and has repeatedly shown its might in anti-ship operations, so the United States has also increased its research and development efforts, and a number of projects have been launched, and up to now, there are anti-ship bombs that can be used.

The Americans are under great pressure, seeing that the Germans' warships are being built like dumplings and will soon dominate the Atlantic, if the United States does not take some countermeasures, will the United States be able to hold the last territory of the free world?

The development of these projects is secret, so many people present don't know about it at all, and now, Arnold suddenly brought it up because it has reached a critical moment.

Using B-29 bombers, carrying special anti-ship bombs, flying over the island fleet, blowing up all the battleships of the island people, at least ensuring that their aircraft carriers are blown up, in this way, they can still reverse the situation of the war, wait until their own aircraft carrier formation returns, and then beat the remaining island country navy, this is their only choice!

It has to be fast, the faster they react, the less time they have left for the islanders, and once the islanders have consolidated their base in Midway, it will be difficult for them to do it again.

"Well, dispatch the 58th Bomber Wing at once, and hopefully it will surprise us." Roosevelt said, "We can't afford to fail again and again." ”

In the battle between the Soviet Union and Germany, the Soviet Union continued to lose and the territory was encroached, and now, in the siege of Kiev, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops were eliminated, and everyone was not optimistic about the Soviet battlefield, once the Soviet Union was defeated by Germany, Germany would definitely pounce on the side of the United States, if the United States could not defeat the island country now, then the United States would be forced to fight on two fronts.

And now, the situation is absolutely unfavorable for the United States, which must boost morale with a victory.

Arnold nodded.

Historically, the 58th Bomber Wing is also famous, after the establishment of this wing, at the insistence of Roosevelt, was secretly deployed to China, using Huaxia as a base to attack the island country, the United States finally did not need to use aircraft carriers, can fly directly to the island country to drop bombs.

And now, after this wing has just been established, what the United States needs to do is to use it to bomb the aircraft carrier group of the island nation!

As soon as the order was given, the station of the 58th Bomber Wing immediately entered into intense preparations, and the pilots, who were resting, got up in a drowsy and were summoned into the pilot's preparation room.

"Maybe many people don't know yet, but I'm here to introduce that just an hour ago, the island's navy went out and occupied our Midway, and this time, the islanders landed directly on our Midway." The commander of the bomber wing, Rear Admiral Kenneth B. Ulf, said: "Now that the president has personally signed the order, our entire wing will take off and immediately go to the waters of Midway to find the carrier formation of the islanders and blow it up!" ”

The news of the occupation of Midway was immediately discussed among the pilots, and the expressions on their faces were filled with righteous indignation, and at the same time they also knew that Hawaii was in danger, and they had to contribute their strength to the United States!

"The 444th and 40th Bombardment Groups set off first, carrying VB-1 bombs, and now the bombs are being loaded, pay attention, there are only five channels for guidance at the same time, so it may take a long time for you to drop all the bombs and bomb the aircraft carriers of the islanders first!"

"Understood!" The captains of the two brigades shouted.

"The 462nd and 468th Bombardment Groups set off half an hour apart, and you carry bat bombs to sink all the remaining warships of the islanders, so that the islanders know the power of our bombers!"

"Understood!"

"In order to avoid being intercepted by the islanders' fighters, our bombing altitude is set at 8,000 meters, and if it is found that the islanders' fighters can fly to our altitude, it will be increased to 10,000 meters." Major General Ulf said: "This bombing is related to the fate of our United States, and we must fight for our national fortune!" ”

"Understood!" All the pilots replied in a loud voice: "The interests of America are above all else!" ”

One by one, the pilots left the flight preparation room and ran to their plane.

The navigator, Captain William O'Molay, climbed down the gangway into the navigator's cabin in front of the B-29 bomber, holding a chart in his hand.

Although this was a temporary flight, it was still night, but he did not have any psychological pressure, from the base to Hawaii, they flew more than once, this is already a normal route, when he flew B-24, he flew back and forth dozens of times.

He knew that the difficulty was not to reach Midway, but how to find the aircraft carrier formation of the island country, and in the vast sea, it was too difficult to find the formation.

Major General Ulf also got into the engine room and sat in the cab, and he was going to join in the bombing.

As if knowing the navigator's thoughts, he said: "Over at Pearl Harbor, all the maritime patrol planes have taken off to look for the island nation's aircraft carrier formation. ”