Chapter 273 Unexpected situation
Sometimes even the wingman in the formation could not be seen.—{2}{3}{w}{x}Dreves gritted his teeth and controlled himself, and he knew very well how important the mission he was in the entire battle. At this time, the commander of the crew behind reported to him that the two planes were lost. It turned out that two "Madam Junker" planes suddenly disappeared in the thick fog.
Li Mo has invested in the German heavy bomber Ju89, which continues to be developed. It has now established a production line and is undergoing trial production. The ju98 bomber can basically be comparable to the US B-29. The ju89's ammunition capacity and B29 are ten tons, but it does not have a long range of B29, but this can be solved by bringing less ammunition and more fuel. Li Mo has urged Messerschmitt to organize production immediately, and Germany will order at least 300 aircraft.
Lieutenant Colonel Dreves thought that this might be just the beginning, and he could not bear the responsibility of flying like this, so he issued a return order. Some planes landed at the Aalborg Airport in Denmark, which had just been occupied, while others returned to the original airport. The commanders in the Kesseling Command realized from the return report that the things that had been worried had become a reality, and they also felt that Norway could not be subdued without fighting. It was 8:20. Dreves's fleet flew in the air for more than three hours.
The second attack wave was flying towards Forebu Airport 20 minutes apart from the first attack wave, and the officers and soldiers of the 5th Paratrooper Regiment were riding on it. When the paratroopers could not land as planned, Kesseling received a harsh order from Marshal Braushich, ordering him to recall the next batch of attack troops immediately. That was the paratroopers of the German Wehrmacht. Braushich is now the Minister of National Defense, so of course he felt sorry for his elite paratroopers. But Kesseling did not agree with his boss to recall his troops. He directly said Braushich: "Even if the airport is not occupied, we can force the landing. The first troops landing may have broken through the enemy's defense for us."
Keseling was very polite to not accuse Blaushich of overstepping power, because it was due to everyone's past friendship and belonged to the Defense Forces sequence.
But Braushichi believed that if this continues, "Madam Junker" and the paratroopers will suffer major losses, and who can bear this responsibility? Kesseling only answered Braushichi:
"I can't order them to return. If something goes wrong, it will naturally be the front-end command of this exercise that will be responsible to the superiors."
This can only be understood but not expressed in words. The phone is silent for a moment, and then the voice continues to be heard:
"Well, General Kesselin, I understand, just execute the orders of your superiors. Of course, it is the responsibility of the front-end command."
Colonel Wagner, the commander of the second attack wave, believed that he was close to Forneb Airport. However, although the thick fog on the ground was very thick, there were signs of dissipation due to the sea breeze. So the crew continued to hover in the air. In this way, the captains had to undergo a test of instrument flight and bad weather flight. The fog was the thickest near the coastline. The pilots of the second attack wave seemed to have rich experience. They tried to fly to the target in the gloomy clouds despite the harsh weather conditions.
The voyage of "Junke" helped them. After hovering for an hour, the general outline of the coastline could be seen. After the pilot determined the direction, the fleet began to adjust the route and flew towards the target. They were lucky. The weather near Oslo was clear and visibility was good. The leading crew of the "Junke" aircraft had arrived over Forebu. Wagner observed and circled for a week. This was a small airport surrounded by stone mountains, with two concrete runways with a large slope, and the end of the runway was connected to the water. Two planes on the airport were spraying flames. It seemed that the battle was in progress, and German fighter jets were hovering over the airport.
Suddenly, the captain's voice suddenly came from Varna's walkie-talkie:
"Report, Colonel Werner, the Norwegians are laying explosives on the runway, what should I do?"
Varna was killed in this test. If the Norwegians blew up the runway, even if Varna occupied the airport, his actions would be considered a failure. Varna thought for a moment and ordered:
"Other planes landed normally, and the plane immediately forced to land and run."
Varner was ready to fight to the death and let "Madam Junker" run to the enemy's machine gun fire without distributing the enemy's machine gun fire. This is a gambling life. The troops led by Li Mo always showed some gamblers. If they win, they would be delicious and spicy. If they lose, they would be on the runway, with people and birds facing the sky.
Wagner sent a landing signal to the captains, "Madam Junker" circled into the field with a small radius. When Wagner's plane landed, the fierce fire from the Norwegian army guarding the airport hit his plane.
"Dadada...Dada...Puchipu"
Countless bullets hit "Madam Junker" who was landing forcibly. At that time, more than a dozen paratroopers in the cabin were killed. Even the captain was hit by the deadly part. The co-pilot hurriedly increased the accelerator and pulled the plane up again.
The tragic voyage of bf109 was about to return after staying in Forbes for less than five minutes. There was no way to stay here. The support operation was completed by the relatively long Bf110, which was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hansen, 110 Messerschmitt-110 fighters in the air over Forbes, which were responsible for cover missions over Forbes.
The bf110 is Germany's only twin-engine heavy fighter. The bf110 fighter has strong firepower and endurance to protect the bombing from deep into the enemy's territory to attack the enemy's heartland. At that time, this fighter was called an escort fighter or a destroyer.
In general, bf110 is still successful, but because the body is too over and the movement is not as flexible as a single-engine, bf110 is more used for formation escort, tactical bombing and night air defense operations. The nickname of bf110 is "Savior".
Lieutenant Colonel Hansen was dispatched to carry out cover missions at the scheduled time. 30 minutes ago, they fought with Norwegian fighters. At 8:38, they were attacked by 29 Norwegian fighters from the sun. The fighters were single-seat fighters built by Britain. Hansen did not entangle with the fighters, but arrived over Forebu at 8:45 as scheduled to carry out the mission of covering paratroopers.
In a brief and fierce air battle, Hansen lost two of 40 aircraft. After finding the Fonebu Airport, the remaining 38 Messerschmitt-110 fighters attacked the anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine gun positions in the airport and near them, and hit two landed fighter-type aircraft. The two fired aircraft at the airport caught fire and burned under the low-altitude attack of Hansen Squadron.
Hansen didn't know that the parachute assault team had already trekked because the sky was not good. After suppressing the ground air defense firepower of the Nobel Army, Lieutenant Colonel Hansen was still patrolling over the Fonnet Airport, waiting for the plane carrying the paratroopers. Time passed by 1 minute and 1 minute, and three red fuel warning lights warned Hansen that the fuel would be used up soon. According to calculations, the fuel was only enough for 20 minutes over Fonnet. During this period, the paratroopers had to take the airport, and now time has passed. At this extremely critical moment, at 9:05, a three-plane formation of the "Junke Aunt" transport aircraft flew over, and Hansen was relieved.
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