Then all the British and American pilots hurried to breakfast, and the officers of the higher rank also hurried to have a little breakfast, and hurried to the headquarters on the island of Pantelleria for a new operational meeting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Because at this point, Karl? Admiral Spatz, Admiral Ek, Admiral Anderson, and Jimmy? Admiral Doolittle, and the commander of the 3rd Bomber, Curtis? Admiral Levin and his team were also ordered by Admiral Arnold, commander-in-chief of the air force, and Eisenhower, to direct air raids on the island of Pantelleria.

In this new meeting, the RAF Bomber Command intends to make at least 40,000 night bomber sorties; The U.S. military also plans to dispatch more than 30,000 sorties of daytime bombers to carry out bombing operations.

They were not at all concerned about the inadequacy of their troops' aircraft, for President Roosevelt had already told them that American industry had produced more than 80,000 military aircraft in 1943.

Therefore, the number of aircraft support in the rear, all aviation units on the front line do not have to worry too much, let them fight with all their might.

Even if the U.S. air force were to fight in China, the Aleutian Islands, Australia, the Philippines, the South Pacific, and the Central Pacific in starving Africa, the Mediterranean, and Italy and continental Europe, it would be able to provide sufficient aircraft to replenish it.

For this reason, the U.S. military, after the tragic fighting on the island of Pantelleria, was able to quickly mobilize thousands of aircraft, and even more follow-up aircraft, to carry out the Sicilian campaign.

But in this meeting, they listened to the British air general Charles? Portal, and Arthur of Bomber Command? Harris's crooked idea; The focus of their attacks will shift away from Operation PointBronck.

They no longer intended to destroy the German aircraft industry, or any industrial target, but to deplete and demoralize the Germans by burning down the German cities, so that Germany would become a country with a disembodied military mentality, so that they would lose the war.

That's why they had this massive air raid to bomb Berlin, and they intended to create the terrible consequences of the catastrophe by destroying the houses, all kinds of buildings, and civilians and citizens in the city of Berlin, so that the Germans would live in fear.

Their approach is almost identical to Hitler's strategic mistake of sending aviation troops to bomb London, England.

Of course, although the commanders of the American air also agreed to the air raid proposal of these high-ranking British commanders, Admiral Spatz and Commander Eisenhower continued to attack the aircraft industry and all industrial targets; Including the bearing factories in Germany, and all submarine factories, as well as shipbuilding plants.

After a brief meeting, the ace pilots of the U.S. Army, Lieutenant Colonel F.S. Gobleski, and Major R.I. Bunger, as well as Francis? Gableski, and Zimki, Schilling, and Meshelin and Bob? Johnson and others are also getting into their planes one after another, the latest P-51B fighter jets, ready for pre-war commissioning and inspection.

Francis? Gableski was an American-Polish, and his name is also translated as Gaebresky; Gabrisky, or Goblesky, was also the squadron leader of the 61 Fighter Squadron.

At the same time, he is also an excellent ace pilot who "does not use tracer bullets" to correct the trajectory and shoot the target down with a short burst of fire at close range.

His favorite fighter was the P-47 Thunderbolt with powerful engines, fierce firepower, thick armor, and extreme survivability.

Because as long as the plane is not hit in the vital part, it will hardly do any damage after dozens of bullets.

He destroyed 28 German planes in half a year, and became famous in Europe, and became Europe's number one ace pilot.

The German aircraft they destroyed were 12 Fw190s, 9 Me109s, and 4 Me110s, as well as 3 Me410 high-speed night fighters.

However, at this moment, he has only shot down 13 enemy planes, and 6 of them were shot down with his comrades.

Despite this, he became the No. 3 ace pilot under the 8th Fighter Command.

Since his debut, he has been learning aerial fighting techniques with the spirit of hard work, while engaging in fierce aerial battles with German aircraft.

"We're going to bomb Berlin, the capital of the Germans, are you nervous? I was nervous about bombing the German submarine industry, the aviation industry, the transportation system, and the oil industry. ”

"Because Berlin has strong anti-aircraft firepower, and if we fly from a small island, I'm afraid it will consume a lot of fuel, so I'm worried about whether we will have enough fuel for our return trip!"

When Francis? Gableschi was concentrating on checking the performance of his plane when another ace pilot, Zimki, came up to his P-51B fighter jet and looked up at him.

"I'm nervous, but I still have my beloved wife, Katherine "Kay" Corcoran, and my two children waiting for me to go back and see them! ”

Gabriski scratched his head and confessed a little sadly.

"Hey! Then when our highest target for today, the German Air Ministry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Propaganda, and the field marshal's yard, as well as the railways and the Nazi secret police (Gestapo) headquarters, etc., we will increase the amount of bombs! Otherwise, it would be a great loss for us to risk our lives to bomb the capital of the Germans this time! ”

When he heard some sadness in the other party's tone, Zimki immediately changed the topic intelligently.

"Haha! We are fighter pilots, not bomber pilots, we just need to escort our B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and B-24 "Liberator" bombers for targeted bombing! They are still good at bombing, and our business is to fight against the German fighter groups! ”

In this regard, Gabriski also immediately restrained his slightly sad emotions and said with a smile.

"But I feel that our strategic bombing campaign in the last week or so, as well as our 'Operation Pointbronck', have also been very effective, especially for Hamburg, Germany, where I heard our commander say that 60 percent of the houses in Hamburg have been blown up by us, and more than 100,000 people have been killed and wounded, and nearly 4,000 of their factories have been destroyed by us."

"As for the rest of Germany's heavy industry, and industrial cities have also lost a lot!"

"If we continue to deal with Germany at the current rate of bombing and destruction, I'm afraid they will soon lose this damn war! And we can go home safe and sound and live in peace! ”

Zimki continued.

"We were able to achieve such results, not because the German aviation units rarely appeared at all during this time, and they have not even appeared!"

"I always feel that the Germans seem to be going to make some big move, or their air force wouldn't have shrunk like this!"

Gableschi worried.

"Or may! At that time, we will be like those Chinese people said, the soldiers will come to block, and the water will come to cover the battle! And we now have such advanced P-51B fighters, I'm not too worried! ”

Zimki replied with a smile.

"Hmmm! I also have a lot of confidence in our P-51B fighters! ”

Gableski also said confidently.

Then they chatted a little more and then parted.

Not long after, amid one roar after another, one B-17 bomber after another took off one after another in accordance with the orders of the control tower.

This was followed by a group of B-24 bombers, and then a group of fighters of all kinds.

The last to take off was the P-51B fighter group, and the 61st fighter squadron commanded by Gablesz was to cover more than 60 B-24 Liberator bombers and fly violently towards Berlin.