Chapter 35: Chen Yanlong's determination to improve weapons and equipment
"Hahaha! These Italians are really vulnerable! We only dispatched 70 bombers this time, and they didn't dare to say anything!"
Johnny Campbell laughed happily when he saw the entire Pantelleria Island being shrouded in increasing black smoke.
"Don't be distracted, the Italian Air Force in the Magana Airport has not been completely destroyed yet; continue the bombing!"
While concentrating on bombing the Maghana Airport, Fried reminded Johnny Campbell on the radio.
"OK! I know!"
Johnny Campbell shrugged and agreed.
"Boom, boom! Boom..."
"Da da da! Da da da! Da da da!"
So Johnny Campbell continued to fly his B17 bomber while bombing; while allowing the 12.7mm machine gun installed on the rotating bracket behind each oval window to continue attacking the MC·202 fighter fleet on the ground of the airport.
After bombing and strafing, the few MC·202 fighter jets left at the Magana Airport were also destroyed.
"Huh! It seems we can finish work this time! Look at the Italians who were bombarded with their planes by us, and there were not many left!"
When Johnny Campbell dropped all the aviation bombs in his bomber, he smiled carelessly.
"Wait for our captain's order!"
Looking at the entire Magana Airport where the smoke was rolling, Fried nodded with satisfaction.
"All the flight teams obeyed the orders. Our bombing operation was completed. We are ready to turn around and evacuate!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the voice of Captain Robert, who was full of energy, came from their wireless headsets.
"Received! Captain!"
Johnny Campbell and the others answered in unison.
The 12th US bomber brigade, which had only damaged several aircraft, then joined the site and prepared to evacuate Panteleria Island, which was bombed by them.
But they had not yet flew far, and at eight o'clock, they discovered the German air force.
"Oh no! There is a German Air Force, Captain! What should we do?"
A small team leader named Straw who had just discovered the appearance of the German army suddenly shouted in shock.
“Where?”
Captain Robert hurriedly asked.
“There are both at 8 o’clock and 17 o’clock!”
Squad leader Straw said anxiously.
“How many aircraft are there and what kind of aircraft are there?”
"Many, they are Messerschmitt BF109! Ah! No! They are also mixed with FW190 single-engine light fighter jets!"
Squad leader Straw said in panic.
"It's so miserable! Captain, we also found German fighter jets here! They were appearing at 12 o'clock, 56 o'clock, and 20 o'clock... No, they are now surrounding us from all directions on Panteleria Island! What should we do now! Except for machine guns that can be used, all the aviation bullets have been used!"
At this moment, another team leader named Daniel also screamed in panic and suddenly in shock.
"Don't panic, fly in the air in a dense formation, and use the bullets fired by our machine guns; form a terrifying firepower net in the air, so as to shock the German offensive aircraft, stay away from us! Break out!"
Captain Robert ordered loudly without thinking.
But as soon as he issued the order, he saw in his direction at 9 o'clock; there were hundreds of FW190 single-engine light fighters and 100 Messer Schmitt ME210/410 twin-engine heavy fighters; and in other directions, 200 Messer Schmitt BF110 and other FW190 single-engine light fighters were clearly seen; and there were also Messer Schmitt BF109 fighter fleets, which were quickly completing the encirclement and preparing to surround them!
"Shh!"
When he saw his 12th Bomber Team, he was instantly made dumplings by 800 German fighters. Captain Robert immediately took a breath, stared at him with fear, his scalp numb, and his body shivered!
"I'm so mean! What are these German guys doing this time? They actually spent so much money at once and dispatched so many fighter jets. This is the rhythm of beating us! You are so despicable and shameless, and you bully the less. Is there any reason to be the most! And the most tragic thing is that we are all bombers! How can we deal with so many fighter jets!"
Then the captain Robert angrily, furiously in his heart, and roared in tears.
In fact, except for his reaction, other American pilots, including other personnel in the bomber, also complained unwillingly.
The one who shouted the most fiercely was Johnny Campbell. At this moment, he had completely lost the excitement he had just now, his excitement, confidence and arrogant attitude.
Instead, fear, panic, and even overwhelmed.
"We have completed the encirclement of the 12th Bomber Battalion of the US Army. Please issue an attack order!"
When the Luftwaffe completed the encirclement, the captains of each team, Du Zai reported to his captain.
"Received, received! Take your place and prepare for dumpling operation! A US bomber must not be spared! We fight for our dead Imperial Warriors!"
Soon, all the captains began to issue combat orders.
As soon as the order was received, all German fighter fleets immediately launched a crazy attack on the 12th bomber brigade of the US military at an astonishing speed.
"I, I don't want to die! I will fight you! German guy!"
When Johnny Campbell saw a brightly colored FW190 single-engine light fighter with a slug cross; at a very fierce speed, under the cover of the wingman, he turned on the machine gun switch; aimed at Johnny Campbell's B17 bomber and quickly opened the fire...
An instant air battle of life and death was in full swing on Pantelleria Island.
At this time, Chen Yanlong was still in his "werewolf" command center; he was thinking about how to make his production equipment department produce some weapons and equipment that can immediately improve his army troops.
For example, these weapons and equipment want to replace the gew43 semi-automatic rifle to replace the 98K, because the firepower of 98K is not superior to Britain and the United States after all. Of course, what he wants to replace the assault rifle most in his heart is the assault rifle, but it depends on whether Guderian has any solutions; according to the design drawings of the weapons and equipment he gave him, the advanced weapons and equipment will be produced.
In addition to the gew43 semi-automatic rifle, he also plans to immediately stop all single-function bombers such as HE111, HE177, DO217, and other types of aircraft that are not beneficial to the battle situation should also be stopped (such as BV222, HS129, etc.), and even BF109 is also stopped.
There are also R4M rocket launchers, which should also be installed as soon as possible and production should be accelerated to deal with bomber bombing.
It can also be installed on the Fw190 fighter, the Bf109 fighter, and the Bf110 fighter, which is used to break the intensive formation of the US Air Force.
Because these R4M rocket launchers were developed as anti-bomber weapons for the Air Force. Their design started with the 20mm MG151/20 cannon, and its small size allowed them to be installed inside the wings under the Fw190 and other fighter fleets.
There are also German hunters who can appear early, and they can be changed to armored personnel carriers to replace the lagging 251.
There is also one of the most famous air-cooled engines of the BMW801 during World War II, which should also be upgraded to increase horsepower, otherwise the upgrade of the FW190 will always be restricted.
There are also accelerated production of the V2 rocket developed under the leadership of Dr. Wayneher von Braun, and mass production of JU88 bombing.
And finally, as for whether to stop production of Tiger tanks as soon as possible, instead of producing all Leopard tanks, and replace the 75L70 with 88L56; increase its output and ownership, and make production easier, Chen Yanlong is also thinking hard about the issues.
"Huh! Let's decide for the time being! But in addition to these small improvements, I also need to equip and produce more advanced weapons and equipment. However, Germany, a country that lacks various resources to produce advanced weapons and equipment, is enough to make me feel troubled to find a large amount of resources to produce these high-tech weapons and equipment?"
After thinking for a long time, Chen Yanlong finally sighed deeply and felt tired.
Then he shook his head, stood up, no longer thinking about these troublesome things, and went to bed.
Chapter completed!