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The voice of Lieutenant Colonel Castellana, the captain of the P.108S heavy bomber, was heard over the on-board radio to Major Bruno Mussolini. Because Dad was the great leader of Italy, Mussolini, Bruno. Mussolini, though only a major, was the commander of the 10th Bomber Regiment of the Italian Air Force in Bergen and the commander-in-chief of the 60 P.108S bombers, 48 Amio 357 bombers, and 48 Fokker Zero D-1 fighters (the latest model of the shore-based high-altitude Fokker Zero, equipped with a two-stage two-speed supercharger and MW-50 jet combustion system) on escort missions.

And the rank is greater than Bruno. Mussolini was one level higher and more senior than Bruno, and Lieutenant Colonel Castena was the captain of the 10th Bomber Regiment's 23rd Group, Bruno's deputy, and the leader of the entire fleet in today's air raids.

"Okay, thank you, Lieutenant Colonel Castellana." Bruno. Mussolini then gave the order first in French and then repeated it in Italian via the on-board radio.

Bruno. Mussolini said: "I am Bruno. Major Mussolini, today's commander-in-chief of air strikes. Now I'm in charge. I ordered the order of entering the air attack area to be the Italian 23rd Bomber Group, the Italian 24th Bomber Group, the French 11th Bomber Group, and the French 12th Bomber Group. Now all of them have raised the height to 10500 and the direction is 290, so follow me...... Let those arrogant Brits taste the bombs of our Europeans! ”

"Yes, Major!"

The French and Italians who flew the planes shouted in response to the son of the Italian leader, but all of them were very skeptical that the bombing of the Faroe Islands today would be effective.

The P.108 heavy bombers that participated in the bombing did not carry the black technology bomb HS293V3 that could strike accurately, but only the ordinary CP-500 high-explosive bomb. Dropping bombs at an altitude of 10,500 meters is nothing more than carpet bombing, indiscriminately killing ground targets. This kind of bombing may be useful for cities and factories with large targets, but is it useful against military fortifications like the Faroe Islands?

The artillery positions, barracks and various fortifications of the British were scattered and hidden, and I really don't know how many bombs would have to be wasted to destroy those targets by means of high-altitude horizontal bombardment!

I really don't know the commander of the German Navy's Second Air Force, Admiral Richthofen, who gave the order, and Bruno, who was in charge of carrying out the task of such a wasted bomb. What did Major Mussolini think?

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"Mr. Prime Minister, the Italians and the French have just bombed the Faroe Islands, bombs have fallen on Tórshavn and Vigel airfields. There were some casualties, but the damage was not severe......"

Lieutenant General Fraser walked into the conference room of the wartime cabinet headquarters and reported on the bombing of the Faroe Islands by Franco-Italian planes with a frown.

"How high?" Churchill did not care at all how many inhabitants of the Faroe Islands were killed or injured in the bombing, and they were not British anyway. All he cares about now is the altitude at which those planes are flying.

"It's 10,500 meters, and those are indeed high-altitude bombers." Lieutenant General Fraser went on to say, "The anti-aircraft guns we deployed in the Faroe Islands, including the 3.7-inch anti-aircraft guns (94mm), could not hit them. In addition, we did not have high-altitude fighters in the Faroe Islands, and a small number of "mosquito" planes did not attack because the enemy had high-altitude Fokker Zero escorts, so not a single plane was shot down by our side in this air raid. ”

108 high-altitude bombers and 48 Fokker Zero high-altitude fighters swaggered into the sky over the Faroe Islands from an altitude of 10,000 meters, and then swaggered away after dropping their bombs. This made the members of the British wartime cabinet a little uneasy - this was probably the beginning of a massive German air raid on Britain!

And a large-scale air raid is likely to be a harbinger of landing on the British mainland!

"Prime Minister Now, Rawls. Royce's Merlin Falcon 60 engine, which we have installed on the Spitfire 10, has excellent high-altitude performance. "The Minister of Military Production Oliver. Littleton finally said something that could be comforting.

Rawls. Reuss is a leading manufacturer of liquid-cooled aero engines like Germany's Mercedes-Benz and Jumo companies – historically because the UK has an abundant supply of rare metals and high-octane gasoline. Royce's "Greyback Falcon" series of engines eventually developed into the best liquid-cooled engines of the Second World War era, and there was no one!

The P51 of the United States and the "Spitfire" and the "Mosquito" of the United Kingdom and other aircraft with superior performance are inseparable from the strong power provided by the "Grayback Falcon" series engines. The "Greyback Falcon" 60 engine is an epoch-making product, and it is from the "Greyback Falcon" 60 in history that the British liquid-cooled engine technology surpassed that of Germany. The biggest highlight of the design of this "Grayback Falcon" 60 is a two-speed supercharger, which can change the impeller speed according to altitude (air pressure), so that the pilot can get different superchargers at different altitudes.

Equipped with the Grayback Falcon 60 engine, the British Spitfire and Mosquito had excellent high-altitude performance (of course, the high-altitude aircraft also had a special aerodynamic shape), which was enough to counter the German high-altitude bombers.

"Let Rawls. Royce accelerates production of the Falcon 60 engine! Churchill thought for a moment and then said, "Give this engine to the Americans again, and let them put it on the P51." ”

The proposal to install the Grayback Falcon 60 on the P51 was made by British fighter pilots, and the British Royal Air Force also conducted tests and found that the P51 Mustang aircraft equipped with the Grayback Falcon 60 could immediately achieve a top speed of 760 km/h!

"Prime Minister, but the Americans have not restored our supplies." Minister of Military Production Oliver. "If they don't restore the supply, we'll not be able to produce the Greyback Falcon 60 soon." ”

Rawls. Royce could not have forged the world's best engine from steel, and aluminum and various rare metals were needed to make aero engines. There is no shortage of aluminium and rare metals in Germany now, but British stocks are about to bottom. If the Americans don't bring more points to England, it won't be long before Rawls. Even if Royce does not stop production, it will have to cut corners.

"Ash restored," Churchill emphasized, "President Roosevelt promised me!" His gaze slowly swept over the faces of everyone in the room, and he saw that everyone was a little dejected, apparently not believing Roosevelt's assurances.

"And we're soon on the verge of victory in a crucial naval battle!"

Prime Minister Churchill said in an impassioned tone, "The bombing of the Faroe Islands by the Germans with more than 100 high-altitude bombers is meaningless...... Bombs dropped from an altitude of more than 10,000 meters were not accurate at all. This suggests that their attack on the Faroe Islands was nothing more than a feint to attract Sir Cunningham's fleet to the radius of Ju88 and S.M.79. But we have already seen through their plots, so it is impossible for the German fleet to break through to the Danish Straits. If they insist on doing this, we will be able to wipe out the main force of the German High Seas Fleet, and it will be a turning point in the war! ”

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"Bombing the Faroe Islands with high-altitude bombers? This is a pointless bombing...... "On the battleship King George V, Cunningham, commander of the British Home Fleet, was not as optimistic as Churchill," why did the Germans do it? ”

"Maybe it's a feint?" Lister, chief of staff of the Home Fleet, said, "Perhaps trying to lure us to the rescue of the Faroe Islands." ”

Cunningham looked at Lister and shook his head, "We won't be fooled, that's obvious!" He thought for a moment, "If the Germans really want to lure us in, then they should also let the JU88 and S.M.79 bomb and send a landing convoy at the same time...... Did the Mosquito and Sunderland 'Short' seaplanes spot landing fleets? ”

"Nope." Lister shook his head and said, "What is certain now is 2 ships of the 'Hindenburg' class, 2 ships of the Barbarossa class, 2 Zeppelin-class, 3 aircraft carriers suspected to have been converted from cruise ships, 20-25 light cruisers or destroyers, and 4-5 fast carriers and military tankers." ”

A fleet of more than 30 combat ships with 4-5 supply ships and tankers is a must, so it is unlikely that these transports and tankers will be filled with soldiers. And even if these ships were loaded with soldiers, at most six or seven thousand people, how could it be possible to capture the Faroe Islands with such a small number of men?

"They want to lure us to the rescue of the Faroe Islands and then rush to the Danish Strait ourselves?" Cunningham still shook his head, "Admiral Ruttyans didn't just graduate from the Naval Academy in Port Keele, how could he have come up with such a plan that could be seen through at a glance?" ”

While the two men were talking, the communications staff officer of the Home Fleet walked into the commander's office.

"Commander, the Faroe Islands were bombed again, and this time the Germans launched a horizontal bombardment from an altitude of 6000 meters with about 100 JU88s and Z.1007s."

Cunningham and Lister looked at each other, Cunningham still shook his head and said to himself in a low voice: "I still don't understand, is it really trying to attract us to rescue the Faroe Islands?" ”

Lister smiled and said, "Commander, it seems to be a low-level feint...... Why don't we send a few escort aircraft carriers to test it? (To be continued.) )