Chapter 985: Boring flight

Flying at sea is quite boring.
Below is the endless blue sea, and the horizon can be seen in the distance, showing the outline of an arc. Where the sea and the sky meet, it is unclear whether it is the sea or the blue sky. In this way, flying and flying, the front is still the same scenery , There is no end in sight.
"We are now on the Atlantic route." Bescher listened to the voice of the navigator Antonio through the intercom: "We will continue to fly for twelve hours."
Now, the bomber force has flown to an altitude of 10,000 meters. The special two-stage turbocharger provides the engine with a steady stream of sufficient air so that the piston engine can perform normal work.
Germany has invested a lot in the development of superchargers. After all, high-altitude air is thin. Only efficient superchargers can allow the engine to have sufficient air intake. Otherwise, the power will be drastically reduced.
This is also the drawback of piston engines. Therefore, Germany is vigorously developing turbine engines. Now it is the era of the end of the sunset for piston fighters.
Twelve hours is definitely a long voyage. In this kind of flight, the physical strength of the pilot is a great test.
"Attention, rest in batches according to the distribution." Bescher said, he unfastened his seat belt and pushed open the back door. Inside, there was a three-story sleeping area.
With the continuous development of technology, Germany has been able to manufacture relatively large pressurized cabins. The high-altitude air is thin. If there is no pressurized cockpit, they will be unconscious in an instant.
And this kind of large pressurized cabin can also be arranged with simple sleepers for personnel to rest. It is very important to maintain physical strength during flight.
Only the left-behind pilots are still concentrating on operating the aircraft, monitoring the data of each instrument, according to the allocation, four hours later, there will be a rotation.
Five large Junkers-390 bombers were flying correctly on the route of civil aviation. There are still more than ten hours before their task.
Flying high in the sky is very pleasant, and at the other end of the earth, 16 B-25 bombers are about to reach their destination.
The B-25 is not a pressurized cockpit. The pilot must wear an oxygen mask in the cockpit, otherwise he will be unconscious due to insufficient oxygen at high altitude.
After putting on the oxygen mask, everyone will look very strange. Doolittle has no time to care about this ugly pig nose. His task is very difficult.
Because he took off early, he had to plan his route. Only when he entered the high-altitude flight could he save fuel. The high-altitude air was thin and the air resistance brought by him would be greatly reduced.
However, it is not safe to stay high in the air. If it is discovered by the opponent's fighter, it will be a dead end. There is no machine gun for self-defense on their plane.
"There are still three hundred nautical miles from the island country." said Lieutenant Porter, the navigator.
"Continue to maintain a high altitude and fly one hundred nautical miles." Du Lite said: "At a distance of two hundred nautical miles, turn into an ultra-low altitude, and every two planes form a group."
The B-25 bomber continued to fly at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour for twenty minutes.
"Attention, enter the ultra-low altitude and fly close to the sea." Du Lite calmly ordered.
The B-25 bomber slowly lowered its altitude with a small gliding 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 Dolittle was the first to take off, the fuel consumption on his plane has been the smallest so far.
As the altitude gradually decreased, the sea surface got closer and closer, and while there was still a distance of 100 meters from the sea surface, Doolittle slowly leveled the plane.
From a beast in the sky to a monster flying close to the sea, the B-25 bomber continued to move forward.
At this time, Lieutenant Potter was the most nervous.
Their bombing opportunity is also only once. After they fly over the island country, it is impossible to turn around and fly back. Tokyo is in the easternmost part of the island country. If they miss the target, they will have no chance.
Flying on the sea, there is no reference object, as long as there is a slight deviation in the course, the accumulated error is enough to make them miss Tokyo.
Only throwing bombs over Tokyo is the most meaningful!
Lieutenant Potter marked on the chart while looking down in the sight.
Time passed by little by little. They had been flying for more than four hours. Tokyo time, it was about 12 o'clock.
Suddenly, Lieutenant Potter became excited: "We have seen the land ahead, and we are about to enter the sky over the island nation!"
Tokyo is in Tokyo Bay, and there is a city outside. As long as you find this city accurately, you can correct your course!
He stared his eyes into the sight, and at this moment, he felt his heart beating faster.
"The course deviated by two degrees from the scheduled course, adjust to the right." Lieutenant Porter shouted~EbookFREE.me~Without advanced navigation equipment, he successfully found the target only by relying on the chart and compass. This is simply A miracle!
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, only the island country’s own aircraft can fly here.
Go, lads, beat the Yankees hard! An old farmer shouted.
Under the propaganda of the island government, the entire island country is chanting war, and fools are best to agitate.
Even at the end of World War II, when the island nation was preparing to surrender, the top leaders immediately surrendered, but ordinary people still insisted on not surrendering.
The bomber continued to fly forward, one, two, three. Sixteen bombers all flew over the destination accurately!
Tokyo time, 12:30.
"We have reached the sky over Tokyo!" Lieutenant Potter shouted, staring at the sight tightly, "looking for the target."
Although the islanders attacked Pearl Harbor, they did not directly bombard civilian targets. Therefore, American bombers flew over Tokyo and could not throw bombs indiscriminately.
Soon, Lieutenant Potter found the target, a large factory, which must be producing weapons for the island nation, so he bombed it!
"Attention, enter the bombing route, keep flying in a straight line, and prepare to drop the bomb."
Noon in Tokyo is not lively.
There are not many people on the streets, most of them have a tired look. The expansion of the island country has made the war machine of the entire island country run at a high speed. Even the people who work on the island country’s mainland have a much larger workload than usual. Times. ()
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