Flying at sea is quite boring.

Below is the endless blue sea, you can see the horizon in the distance, showing the outline of the arc, the place where the sea and the sky meet, you can't tell whether it is the sea or the blue sky, so constantly flying, flying, the front is still the same scenery, there is no end in sight.

"We're on the Atlantic route right now." Bescher listened to the voice of Antonio, the navigator below, through the intercom in the plane: "We will continue to fly for twelve hours. ”

Now, the bomber unit has flown to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and the special two-stage turbocharger provides a steady stream of sufficient air to the engine, so that the piston engine can work normally.

Germany has invested a lot in the development of superchargers, after all, the air at high altitude is thin, and only an efficient supercharger can allow the engine to have sufficient air intake, otherwise, the power will be drastically reduced.

This is also the disadvantage of piston engines, so Germany is vigorously developing turbine engines, and now it is the end of the piston fighter era.

Twelve hours is definitely a long voyage, and in this kind of flight, the physical strength of the pilot is a great test.

"Attention, according to the allocation, rest in batches." Bescher said, unbuckling his seat belt and pushing open the door at the back, inside was a three-story sleeper area.

With the continuous development of technology, Germany has been able to manufacture relatively large pressurized cabin sections, and the high-altitude air is so thin that if there is no pressurized cockpit, then they will be unconscious in an instant.

And this large pressurized cabin can also be arranged with a simple sleeper for personnel to rest, in flight, it is very important to maintain physical strength.

Only the remaining pilots are still concentrating on operating the plane, monitoring the data of the various instruments, and according to the assignment, after four hours, the rotation will be carried out.

Five large Junkers-390 bombers, flying correctly on the lines of civil aviation. There are still more than a dozen hours left before their mission.

The flight in the high altitude is very pleasant, and on the other side of the world, 16 B-25 bombers are already about to reach their destination.

The B-25 is not a pressurized cockpit, and the pilot must wear an oxygen mask in the cockpit, otherwise he will fall unconscious due to lack of oxygen at high altitude.

When the oxygen mask is put on, everyone will look very strange, Doolittle has no time to care about the ugly pig's nose, his task is very difficult.

Because of the early take-off, he must plan the route, only enter the high altitude first, in order to save fuel, the high-altitude air is thin, the air resistance will be greatly reduced.

However, it is also unsafe to stay high in the air, and if it is discovered by the opposing fighters, it will be a dead end, and there are no more machine guns on their planes for self-defense.

"It's still three hundred nautical miles from the island nation." Navigator Lieutenant Porter said.

"Continue to stay high and fly a hundred nautical miles." "At a distance of 200 nautical miles, turn to an ultra-low altitude, and every two planes are in a group," Doolittle said. ”

The B-25 bomber, which continued to fly at a speed of four hundred kilometers per hour for twenty minutes.

"Attention, enter the ultra-low altitude and fly close to the surface of the sea." Doolittle calmly gave the order.

The B-25 bomber slowly lowered its altitude with a small glide angle, making full use of the aircraft's energy and descending in the most fuel-efficient way.

This is the technique of the veteran, although Doolittle was the first to take off, but until now, the fuel consumption on his plane, is the smallest.

As the altitude gradually decreased, the sea surface got closer and closer, and when there was still a hundred meters from the surface, Doolittle slowly leveled the plane.

From a beast in the sky to a monster flying close to the ground on the sea, the B-25 bomber continues to move forward.

At this point, Lieutenant Potter was the most nervous.

Their bombing opportunity, again, is only once, and when they fly over the island country, it is impossible to turn around and fly back, while Tokyo is in the easternmost part of the island country, and if they miss the target, they will have no chance.

Flying on the surface of the sea, there is no reference, as long as the route is slightly off, the accumulated error is enough for them to miss out on Tokyo.

It only makes the most sense to drop a bomb over Tokyo!

Lieutenant Potter was marking on the chart as he peered down inside the sight.

Time passed little by little, and they had flown for more than four hours, Tokyo time, and it was about 12 o'clock.

Suddenly, Lieutenant Potter became excited: "We have seen land ahead, and we are about to enter the sky over the island nation!" ”

Tokyo is located in Tokyo Bay, and there is another city on the outskirts, so if you find this city accurately, you will be able to correct the course!

He fixed his eyes on the sights, and at this point, he felt his heart beat faster.

"The course deviates from the intended course twice and adjusts to the right." Lieutenant Potter shouted.

Without advanced navigation equipment, it was a miracle that he managed to find his target with just a nautical chart and a compass!

On the ground, several old farmers who were working raised their heads, looked at the planes flying in the sky, and waved to them.

They are not professional and cannot identify the model of the aircraft, but now, the only ones who can fly here are the island's own planes.

Go, boys, and beat the Yankees hard! An old farmer shouted.

Under the propaganda of the government of the island country, the whole island country is shouting about war, and fools are the best to instigate.

Even at the end of World War II, this was the case, when the island country was ready to surrender, the top brass immediately surrendered, but those ordinary people still insisted and refused to surrender.

Bombers, continuing to fly forward, one, two, three. Sixteen bombers, all flew over their destination with unmistakable accuracy!

Tokyo time, 12:30.

"We've reached the skies over Tokyo!" With eyes glued to the sights, Lieutenant Potter shouted, "Looking for a target." ”

Although the islanders attacked Pearl Harbor and did not directly bomb civilian targets, American bombers could not indiscriminately drop bombs when they flew over Tokyo.

Soon, Lieutenant Potter found the target, a large factory, which must have produced weapons for the island nation, just blow it up!

"Be careful, enter the bombing route, keep flying in a straight line, and prepare to drop bombs."

It's not a busy day in Tokyo.

There are not many people on the streets, most of them have tired looks, the external expansion of the island country has made the war machine of the entire island country run at high speed, even the people who work on the island country's mainland have a workload several times greater than usual.