The "Tomahawk Plan" was developed on the basis of the respective missile attack plans of the Air Force and the Navy, and because there was a basis, it was developed quickly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 By the time Hersman arrived at the General Staff on the morning of September 23, the plan was already on his desk.

In addition to a series of technical issues such as navigation and, correction, delivery and storage of missiles, the content of the "Tomahawk program" is not complicated. There are two main parts, one is to continue to use the Me264F long-range missile bomber to carry out the mission of air-launched Reaper-2B cruise missiles to attack Boston; The second is to destroy the US airfield in Bermuda, thereby tearing apart the Bermuda-Nova Scotia blockade line, so that the missile carriers of the European Combined Fleet can take turns to enter the US mainland within 500 kilometers to launch relatively cheap V1B cruise missiles.

Launching the V1B with a Kesselring-class carrier is a cheap and efficient method compared to launching the Reaper 1B using the Me264F long-range missile bomber.

Because the V1B is only one-tenth the price of the Reaper 2B - the engine and fuel used in the V1B are very cheap, but the reliability is relatively poor. And the bomb load of the missile version of the "Kesselring" class aircraft carrier is also not comparable to that of the Me264F. The hangar space of the "Kesselring"-class aircraft carrier is large and can accommodate 48 Fokker 636 or Fw190T. If it is used to accommodate V1B cruise missiles, it can swallow as many as 192 pieces!

If the "Kesselring"-class missile carrier does not adopt the method of deck mooring to contain fighters on the flight deck, it can also store 58 V1B cruise missiles in the containment box fixed on the flight deck, thus bringing the bomb load of the "Kesselring"-class missile carrier to as many as 250.

In addition, because the "Kesselring" class aircraft carriers have mechanical booms, they can be replenished with missiles and aircraft at sea. Therefore, after the "Kesselring" class missile carrier has fired all the missiles, it does not have to return to its home port for replenishment, and it is possible to obtain new V1B cruise missiles directly from the ammunition supply ship on the sea surface.

In the "Tomahawk Program", each "missile carrier group" should be followed by a "Western Forest"-class rapid integrated supply ship, which can replenish the "Kesselring"-class missile carriers with 250 V1B cruise missiles.

That is, a "missile carrier group" with a "Kesselring"-class missile carrier can shoot 500 V1B cruise missiles in one combat mission, and the firepower is equivalent to 500 Me264F bombers!

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"General, the air raid plan has been made."

Bermuda time, on the morning of October 10, the Aviation Staff Officer of the 23rd Task Force of the Combined European Community Fleet, Rudolph Murphy. Feng. Major Heinsberg-Hersmann handed the air attack plan he had just drawn up to the commander of the 23rd Task Force, Hans Brown. Rear Admiral Carl Mayer.

Task Force 23 is the task force used to carry out the "Tomahawk Project", which is composed of the 201st Carrier Group (with the USS Schaffy and USS Banville), the 202nd Carrier Group (with four Kesselring-class aircraft carriers, the USS Kesselring, the USS Milch, the USS Udet, and the USS Jeshunek), and the 203rd Missile Carrier Group (with the USS Max and Anthony Andernech). 2 missile carriers including the USS Fokker), the 231st Cruiser Group, the 241st Destroyer Patrol Group, the 281st Rapid Supply Ship Group, the 291st Reconnaissance Group (with 1 seaplane carrier) and the 27th Submarine Detachment.

Now Hesman Jr. has a plan for an air raid on Bermuda. Like the last air raid plan in the Battle of Bermuda, Little Hersman still decided to adopt the tactics of night take-off + ultra-low-altitude penetration + early morning air attack. However, it was not the Fokker 636 and Fw190 that were dispatched, but the French-made Br.810 torpedo bombers deployed on the Xiafei and Banville.

This twin-engine aircraft on the aircraft carrier has been developed since before the outbreak of the world war, and it was originally intended to put the Br.690 series of attack aircraft on the aircraft carrier. However, because the R&D cycle was suspended due to the "Franco-German Brotherhood War", by the time the project was restarted in the second half of '42, aviation technology had already made considerable progress.

So the Br.810 project was almost reinvented, and it was taken over by Fokker and the French company Breguet. The Br.810/Fokker 810, which was finally accepted by the French/Luftwaffe and naval aviation, became the "enlarged" Br.690, fitted with an 2,000 hp Rhône 18M2 18-cylinder air-cooled engine (the German version of the Fokker 810 was fitted with two 2,400 hp BMW801F engines). The empty weight of the aircraft also reached 6.1 tons, and the full weight of the aircraft was as high as 9.6 tons when fully fueled.

The bomb load of such a huge twin-engine carrier-based aircraft is naturally huge, the fuselage can carry 8 100-kilogram bombs inside, and 2-4 250-kilogram aerial bombs can be mounted on the belly and wings at the same time.

In addition, the Br.810 is also equipped with high-performance airborne radar and radio altimeter, which can carry out long-term low-altitude sea-skimming flights at night or in poor visibility, and is a sharp weapon for attacking enemy island airfields in the early hours of the morning.

The German version of the Fokker 810 is equipped with remote control and guidance equipment, which can deliver the powerful Hs293A2 air-to-ship missile!

"Rudolph, you're going to take a Bv138 seaplane to direct this air strike?" Rear Admiral Mayer read Hersman Jr.'s plan and discovered a new tactic that had not been seen before - the commander of the air force flew in a Bv138 to command near the operational airspace.

"Yes, sir." "The 291st Reconnaissance Group has just been replenished with two Bv138E long-range water early warning aircraft, which not only have high-power S-band radars, but also high-power communication equipment for long-range air command. ”

Air command aircraft actually appeared very early, in September 1939 during the bombing of Scapa Bay, German naval aviation dispatched air command aircraft. However, it soon became clear that command planes that relied on visual command at the scene of the engagement had poor survivability and were very vulnerable to being shot down. So after the bombing of Scapa Sound, the specialized command aircraft disappeared from the battlefield.

However, the Luftwaffe and naval aviation did not give up their efforts to find a special command aircraft, and with the continuous improvement of radar and communication technology, in the second half of 1944, the "special command aircraft" that had disappeared from the battlefield for five years reappeared. It is a long-range water AWACS aircraft known as the Bv138E.

Although the air combat command capability of this aircraft cannot be compared with that of later AWACS aircraft, in the attack operations against the North American continent that have already begun, the emergence of the Bv138E and another long-range early warning aircraft developed on the basis of the Me264 can still give the European Community coalition forces an asymmetric advantage.

Their appearance theoretically allowed EC bombers to carry out low-risk air strikes on large cities and military bases in the United States without escort. Because the detection range of the high-power S-band radar far exceeds that of the radar on the night fighter, as long as the early warning aircraft is followed, the bombers of the European Community coalition can dodge before the American night fighters find themselves (the radar on the night fighters does not see too far, usually within 10 kilometers) -- the speed of the Me264 is very fast, as long as the US night fighters can be detected in advance, they can completely rely on their own high speed to evade. In this way, the Me264, carrying atomic or conventional bombs, can go deep into US airspace on its own, regardless of the range of the escort aircraft......

In the plan for the air attack on Bermuda developed by Hesman Jr., the role of the Bv138E water early warning aircraft is to observe the situation over Bermuda from a distance, and if the American planes take off to meet the attack, then the Br.810 who went to attack will immediately drop bombs and retreat. If there are not a few American fighters in the sky over Bermuda, it means that the Americans have not discovered that 60 Br.810s can break into the airfield over Bermuda from an ultra-low altitude when the sky is just bright.

As long as the U.S. airfield in Bermuda is destroyed, Task Force 23 will be able to safely pass through the Bermuda-Nova Scotia blockade line and release V1B cruise missiles from the missile launch positions 500 kilometers from the U.S. mainland.

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"Admiral, Bermuda reports that about 60 twin-engine medium bombers have just raided Kindley airfield......"

"What? 60 twin-engine medium bombers? "In the early hours of October 11, Eastern time, Ernest Brown, who was on duty in the Department of Naval Operations, was on duty. Admiral Kim suddenly got a piece of news that surprised him.

The staff officer replied: "Yes, according to the report, the air strikes on Bermuda were carried out by 60 twin-engine medium bombers, the emblem on the planes was red, white and blue concentric circles, which were supposed to be French planes. Outwardly, it looks like the Breguet Br.690, but much larger. ”

"Breguet Br.690 actually got on the aircraft carrier?" Ernest. Admiral Kim was not too surprised, because the United States itself had a plan to put the F7F on the aircraft carrier, he thought about it and asked, "How is the Kindley airfield?" How many Br.690s did we shoot down? ”

"Admiral, the damage at Kindley Airport is large, and it may take a few days for normal aircraft takeoffs and landings to resume. During this period, the P47, P51 and P61 we are deployed there will not be able to take off and land with full fuel.

In addition, because the enemy aircraft penetrated from an ultra-low altitude, and at the same time a Br.690 approached from a high altitude, it attracted the attention of the four P61s responsible for direct cover. Therefore, when the enemy plane broke into the airfield, it was not stopped by our planes. So only 2 Br.690 were shot down by anti-aircraft guns. ”