"Sir, another enemy fleet of over 100 aircraft has been spotted east of the Florida peninsula. Heading northwest, their target could be...... Somewhere in Georgia. ”

With the report of the communications officer, another yellow flash appeared on the glass curtain wall in the command center of the command headquarters of the United States Second Air Force.

Looking at this yellow point of light that suddenly appeared and kept approaching the continental United States, Chennault whispered to himself: "This is the 16th enemy aircraft formation, is the atomic bomb there for them?" Depending on the direction, you can fly to Tennessee, but with this plane, you can bomb the well-guarded Tennessee, which looks like you are dying a little, I really don't know what the Germans are planning? Chennault shook his head and loudly ordered the 1014 American and German nuclear peace four words: "Let the 24th and 25th Fighter Groups attack!" The enemy's target could be the Black Oak Ridge Valley in Tennessee! Tell our lads to block them! ”

"What?" Hearing Chennault's order, everyone present was stunned. Black Oak Ridge Valley in Tennessee? What is there to bomb in that place? And it's too far away, isn't it? It's almost 2,700 kilometers from the island of Puerto Rico! Ordinary medium-range bombers and heavy fighters are simply out of reach, unless they are large long-range bombers, but is it too stupid to send 100 large long-range bombers to fly over the heavily defended US airspace without escort?

"Sir, the target of this enemy plane cannot be Tennessee, which is too far away from Puerto Rico. And there are no goals that are too important. Maybe they want to shoot and bomb Jacksonville? A staff officer whispered his opinion to Chennault.

Chennault glanced sideways at the other party: "Black Oak Ridge Valley is important!" It's so important that it can make more than 500 Japanese fools risk their lives! They are suicide attacks and do not think about the question of return! ”

"Japan? Haven't they already surrendered to the 1014 U.S.-German nuclear level......" the staff officer muttered in a low voice. Seeing Chennault's gloomy "old leather face" that was about to come out of the water, he immediately wisely closed his mouth. After all, Chennault is the leader here, and he is just a small staff officer.

Everyone in the operational command center immediately began to get busy. The communications officers dialed the phone to contact the troops, while the cartographers skillfully marked the latest positions of the enemy and our aircraft groups on the glass curtain wall. An incomparably chaotic night battle in the air is presented in front of everyone's eyes little by little......

However, suddenly, on the huge glass curtain wall, the last yellow point of light stopped, and then suddenly went out! Immediately afterward, several more points of light also disappeared on the glass curtain wall!

See this. Everyone present gasped, and there were only two explanations for this situation, one was that some radar stations deployed along the southeastern coastline of the United States were malfunctioning at the same time. Another possibility is that the Germans also mastered the technology of jamming radar!

After a while, several "malfunctioning" radar stations called the command center, and the content of the call was all the same: "We can't see anything clearly, there are some strange things on the radar screen." It was like it was snowing heavily, and it was all snowflakes like goose feathers, so you couldn't see anything clearly! ”

"Damn it! These Germans have also learned to jam radars! Chinese must have told the Germans this trick...... No, it should be that the tricks of the Chinese were originally stolen from the Germans! After listening to the report from the radar station, Chennault took a deep breath. The situation is exactly the same as it happened not so long ago when the U.S. Army Air Corps experimented with an "aluminum foil jamming method" learned from the Chinese. It's obvious. The Germans are now using the same method to interfere with the American radar warning system! Without the guidance of radar, it would be even more difficult for American night fighters to find traces of the German fleet in the dark night sky!

"Quick! Give me a call to Admiral Arnold. Let all the reconnaissance aircraft rise into the air and search for them with the on-board radar...... And also! Have the 24th and 25th Fighter Groups stay on the route from Puerto Rico to Black Oak Ridge Valley! Chennault yelled loudly.

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"Altitude 7500, speed 400, direction northwest 10 o'clock, two minutes will be in US airspace! The first inflection point will be reached in three minutes. "In the cabin of a Ju-88 night heavy fighter that looked somewhat crowded. Minoru Genda Samasa. Quietly guided the entire fleet by radio.

His mind was already drawn to a flashing green dot of light on the radar screen! This point of light is directly in front of the entire fleet, and the speed and altitude are exactly the same as the self-guided fleet! And this point of light appeared from the moment its own fleet took off in Puerto Rico, and it was clear that it was a German plane. But why haven't you heard of it before? And why did this plane appear in front of his own fleet? Could it be that the Germans are not at ease with their ability to navigate, so they ...... Or is it the legendary "Warlord"? This is truly an insult to the Great Japanese Imperial Bushido!

But it's not just the German plane that has appeared inexplicably that is confusing. Tonight, there seems to be something wrong with the US air defense system, and the entire fleet and hundreds of planes are swaggering and flying over US territory, and they actually don't see a single American fighter coming out to block it! Could it be that the Yankees' radar is blind? Didn't find yourself? If that's the case, their luck is really "surprisingly good".

At this time, Kengoro Hefu was not piloting the plane, he handed the plane to the co-pilot Ozawa, and he sat in the cargo hold of the plane, staring at a cylindrical object in front of him that occupied almost 80% of the cargo hold. The cylindrical object's casing appears to be made of steel, with a red button enclosed in a plexiglass enclosure. Next to this button is the German and Japanese words: "Press 3 minutes before use." In addition, he also has a copy of the "1940-style Atomic Bomb Instruction Manual" written in both Japanese and German Chinese, uh. The Germans still had a bit of a sense of humor, and they actually printed an instruction manual for the atomic bomb...... And this atomic bomb seems to be of the fool type, not as difficult to maneuver as other German weapons.

Follow the instructions on this leaflet. There are three ways to get this atomic bomb off, one is to press the red button and then fly the plane to hover 300 meters above the target. Three minutes later, the atomic bomb exploded, and he and the other four unlucky guys on this plane would become gods without pain! The second option is to fly the plane into the ground...... Violent shocks can also trigger the fuse installed inside the atomic bomb and detonate this damn atomic bomb! The third method is to follow the timing device inside the atomic bomb, as long as the plane takes off for 8 hours, the atomic bomb will automatically detonate! It's a German design, and it's really thoughtful.

What made him even more painful was that the Fw-200 transport plane used to carry the atomic bomb did not have a parachute on board, and the landing gear of the plane also fell off on its own after the plane took off! Other words. This plane loaded with an atomic bomb is destined to have no way to land in a normal way, but its piloting skills are not ordinary...... Thinking of this, Liver Fu's eyes were full of confidence again, and his right hand unconsciously touched the pistol inserted in his waist.

"Woo woo woo ......" The battle alarm suddenly sounded in the cabin, and then the voice of the co-pilot Ozawa also came through the loudspeaker: "Dazuo! American fighters are found ahead, American fighters are found ahead! There are about 12 of them! Please come back and command! ”

"What? Only 12 planes? A sneer appeared on the corner of Goro's mouth. Stood up and strode towards the cockpit.

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"Sir, the 24th Fighter Squadron of the 1st Fighter Group spotted the discovery of an unknown number of enemy aircraft. The position is XXX, the course is northwest, it seems to be the 16th enemy aircraft group! ”

A yellow point of light quickly appeared on the huge glass curtain wall, and the specific location was already near Savannah, Georgia. And it is flying northwest at a speed of about 400 kilometers per hour.

"It looks like I'm flying to Atlanta." Major General Howard, Chief of Staff of the Second Air Force, who was standing next to Chennault, pointed to the city of Atlanta, northwest of Savannah, and said, "The city has large steel mills, aircraft factories, and large automobile factories, and there are more than 1,000 large factories around the city, and if it were bombed by an atomic bomb, it would ......."

"Order the 23rd, 24th, and 25th Fighter Brigades to rush over immediately, and be sure to block them!" Chennault gritted his teeth and had just given the order. The shouts of the communications officer were heard again.

"Sir, the 25th Squadron of the 3rd Fighter Group also reported the discovery of an unknown number of enemy aircraft, located near Charleston, South Carolina! The direction is also northwest, and the target may be somewhere in Tennessee. ”

"Damn it, why did you come out with another team?" Chennault's head immediately buzzed and swelled, if you count this group of enemy planes, there may be 17 groups of enemy planes that are attacking the air defense system in the southeast of the United States! And one or two of these groups of enemy planes are most likely carrying atomic bombs! To make matters worse, part of the radar stations in the southeastern part of the United States was jammed, and several fatal breaches appeared in the entire air defense system!

"Sir, radar station No. 17 near Florence reported the detection of 12 enemy aircraft, position XXX, direction XXX, altitude ......"

"Oh my God! Claire, what are we going to do? There are not enough night fighters in our hands! Major General Howard said with a frown as he flipped through the compilation table in his hand: "All 16 night fighter groups are in the sky!" Where did these Germans get so many planes? ”

Chennault smiled bitterly and did not answer the chief of staff's question. There are 16 night fighter groups, with a total of more than 800 P-38s, which is certainly not a small number, but the airspace to be guarded includes the entire southeastern United States and the northern Caribbean...... If there is no problem with those radar systems, more than 800 P-38s can cope with the guidance of ground-based radars. If the other side is a conventional bomber that does not carry atomic bombs, even if it cannot be stopped, there is nothing, and the more than 1,000 German planes tonight will be able to carry more than 1,000 tons of bombs if they die, and they will be divided into more than a dozen teams, which will not cause much damage at all. But right now, there aren't so many ifs!

"Like the Army Air Corps headquarters in Washington, we need to use 10 night fighter groups deployed in Tennessee!" Chennault let out a heavy sigh and ordered.

When Chennault's call for help reached the Army Air Corps command center on the outskirts of the U.S. capital. There was already a tense atmosphere of war here. An equally large glass curtain wall sits inside the command center. It has a map of the entire eastern United States. On the curtain wall, there are also many points of light representing enemy planes that are constantly flickering. But unlike the one in front of Chennault, there is more yellow light on this glass curtain wall. And it's also more widely distributed!

It turned out that on this night, the Germans sent not only a group of 16 aircraft from the island of Puerto Rico to raid the airspace of the southeastern United States. A dozen Ju-290 heavy bombers, which had just rolled off the assembly line, were also sent from bases in the Virgin Islands to harass the east coast of the United States. These heavy planes are flying in a two-plane formation in the direction of New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and other big cities on the East Coast of the United States! Make a posture of carrying an atomic bomb to penetrate the defense, and stir up the air defense system of the entire eastern United States! Although the top brass of the US Army Air Force, including Arnold, accurately judged the true intentions of the other side, no one dared to really let these two-plane Ju-290s roam around in the skies over Washington and New York, in case there was really an atomic bomb on them? When the time comes, a boom, millions of Americans will die, who can afford such a responsibility?

So everyone present was very anxious. In particular, the Chief of Staff of the US Army, Admiral Marshall. Now is the critical turning point in the war between the United States and Germany, as long as the United States can survive this hurdle. By the time reinforcements from the Pacific Fleet (including some of the capital ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet) returned to the Caribbean via the Panama Canal, the United States would still be very sure that it would expel German forces from the Americas! But if at this time, the big cities of the United States were bombed by Hitler with atomic bombs...... I wonder if the American people will support the government to continue fighting? Thinking of this, the head of the US Army could no longer sit still, and paced in this huge combat command center with his hands behind his back. After a moment, he suddenly turned his head. Shouted at Admiral Arnold, "Henry." What is the situation now? Are New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, and other places on alert? ”

"It's all arranged." Listening to Marshall's words, Arnold nodded with a wry smile: "All the important cities on the east coast have arranged a night fighter group to serve as a guard. "Because these cities are close to the Atlantic Ocean, the early warning system composed of ground-based radars can still provide too short a warning time, so Admiral Arnold can only keep dozens of P-38s on alert over those cities at all times.

"Admiral." Arnold's words fell, and the staff officer on the side sent the telephone receiver. "It was a call from Major General Chennault of the Second Air Force. He wanted to mobilize 10 night fighter groups in Tennessee for emergency. ”

"Oh." Arnold answered, and took the phone to discuss it with Chennault.

Chennault said, "General, now Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami are all in danger of being attacked by atomic bombs!" We simply can't protect against so many German planes! ”

Arnold pondered: "We estimate that the Germans are targeting the Black Oak Ridge Valley in Tennessee......"

"But the problem is that there are hundreds of thousands of Americans in cities like Atlanta and Jacksonville!" Chennault interrupted Arnold with some anxiety. "If these damn Germans can't get into Tennessee, they're not going to target Atlanta or some other American city!" he said. And for the United States, what secret weapon in the valley of Black Oak Ridge will be more important than the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans? ”

"Alas!" Listening to Chennault's questioning, Admiral Arnold sighed heavily: "Henry, the instructions I received from the White House and the US Army Staff are to defend the Black Oak Ridge Valley at all costs...... Because there is a secret factory for the production of atomic bombs in the United States! Do you understand? Henry, the United States cannot afford to lose the factory in the valley of Black Oak Ridge, even at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives! ”

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"Your Excellency, the German plane that has been opening the way for us seems to be heading back!"

At this time, the "kamikaze group" commanded by Kengoro Hetofu was already approaching the sky over Tennessee. And the number of aircraft in this fleet has also been reduced to 77 aircraft. Twelve of the Ju-88s were sent by Kengoro Hetofu to entangle the squadron of American fighters that encountered them halfway, while the other 12 Ju-88s were sent to repeatedly traverse the U.S. air defense radar warning network in order to confuse the opposing side.

"Got it, it should be an FW-200 plane, and if you don't return to the plane, I'm afraid there won't be enough fuel!" A hint of mockery appeared at the corner of Kengoro's mouth. "These blonde supermen still seem to be afraid of death."

"That is, how can these white ghosts compare to the samurai of our Great Japanese Empire?" The navigator Hojo Shigeru, who was sitting behind Liver Fu, replied proudly.

"How far is it from the Black Oak Ridge Valley?" Liver Fu took a deep breath and asked again.

"There are less than 200 kilometers left, and you can get there around 4 o'clock in the morning." The navigator Hojo replied after glancing at the flight chart.

Liver Fu nodded slightly, looked at the dark starry sky outside the window, and whispered to himself: "The Americans' fighter group should appear soon......

"What do you mean, Your Excellency?" Hearing this, several people in the cabin were slightly stunned.

Kengoro Liver Fu explained: "Isn't it obvious, the reason why our journey will be so smooth must be related to the German plane that led the way for us!" Maybe the Germans have something to do to disable the Americans' radar, otherwise tonight would never have gone so well. Now that the plane has returned (in fact, the foil strips have already been scattered), the Americans will be coming soon, so get ready for battle. ”

As soon as Liver Fu's words fell, Minoru Genda's voice came from the communicator: "An enemy plane has been found 80 kilometers ahead!" There are about 200 planes in number, 5,000 in height, and they are flying towards us! ”

"Combat alert." Kengoro Liver Fu picked up the communicator and calmly spit out four words, and then said, "All of you keep in battle formation, let's rush over!" ”

At that moment, the white pillars of light of the searchlight that pierced the night sky suddenly appeared, and these pillars of light continued to shine on the dark horizon. They fluttered and swayed, lighting up the Tennessee night sky with a fiery red flame.

How many searchlights did the Americans deploy in Tennessee? Looking at the dazzling light in front of him, every kamikaze member felt incredible! It should be in the middle of nowhere, right? Could it be that the United States has deployed thousands of searchlights in the wilderness of Tennessee?

No one answered such a question, and immediately after that, strings of fire rose from the ground at a breakneck speed. It was American anti-aircraft artillery firing a barrage of barrages. That is, the kamikaze group may be close to its intended target......

"Keep in formation, don't care about these high levels, they can't beat us......" Kengoro Liver Fu spoke in the same tone as usual, as if he really put life and death out of the way. Later, his tone became rapid again, "Pull up to 6,000 meters and go full speed!" Attention all fighters, stay in battle formation, and be careful to cover each other! Don't act on your own! ”

Suddenly, the entire kamikaze group began to sprint with all its might, and all the engines let out the loudest roar, and the 77 planes rushed forward as if they had formed a flying wall.

Minoru Genda, who rushed to the front of the entire formation, had completely forgotten that there was such a thing as life and death in this world at this time. Just increase the throttle and rush towards the beams of light that fill the night sky. He vaguely saw a dense group of American night fighters coming straight ahead, as if they were about to collide head-on with his own group! Are the Yankees going to die with them?

Before Minoru Genda could make a decision, he saw strings of golden flames fired from machine guns and cannons, shooting head-on, and then countless fiery red rays flew forward at an extremely fast speed on his side! That is, the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides has begun! At this moment, several huge fireballs suddenly swept from the corner of Gentian's eyes! Then there was a scream in the headset, it was several of our own Ju-88s that were blown up in the air!

The air battle over Tennessee has been in a state of white-hot from the beginning.!!。

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