"Won't it be too eye-catching for us to meet here, do you want to go into the headquarters to talk?"

Eisenhower, while accompanying Admiral Arnold on his tour of the pilots' pre-war work at the airport, looked at the soldiers who were staring at them intently, and then proposed to Admiral Arnold. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hmmm! Needless to say, President Roosevelt attached great importance to this thousand-plane bombing operation, and in order to wait for the arrival of our new fighter group, he also asked you to postpone the operation for one more day! So I'm here to take a good look at how the pilots were doing before the war! ”

Admiral Arnold shook his head and said.

"In that case, then I'll watch it with you! Actually, I'm nervous about this combat operation too! Because lately the German aviation units, I don't know why they are always able to be unexpectedly at the right time; The right place, the right forces, to crush our air fleet! ”

At the same time, they don't know when they will have a large number of new fw190A-6/R1 fighters, and they are also carrying 21mm WfrGr21 rockets. These new fighters are very lethal to our fighter group! Many of our fighters and bombers were shot down by these new fighters! ”

While accompanying Admiral Arnold, Eisenhower also talked about the troubles he encountered.

"I've already heard your report on this, that's why I sent so many P-47 Thunderbolt fighters and P-51 Mustang fighters to President Roosevelt this time for you to use."

"Originally, these new fighters were deployed to the Pacific Ocean to kill the Japanese!"

Admiral Arnold replied calmly.

"Thank you and President Roosevelt! Otherwise, if we deal with those new German fighters, I'm afraid it will be a headache! ”

Eisenhower was grateful.

"With the P-51 Mustang fighter group, you don't have to worry about those German fighters anymore, and Europe's air supremacy will soon be ours!"

Admiral Arnold said confidently.

"Well, I think so too, but it would be better for us to keep up to date with every move of the German army! Just like the maxim in the Art of War that Anderson and Hughes both worshipped, if you know yourself, you also know your enemy; Then you can be invincible; If you only know yourself and don't know the enemy, you have only half the chance of winning; If you don't know yourself and you don't know your enemy, you have no chance of winning at all. ”

Eisenhower nodded.

"Well, you're right! By the way, what are the recent results of Anderson and Hughes' in charge of the 'enemy target group'? ”

Admiral Arnold agreed.

"They did a very good job, whether it was the collection of intelligence of the German air force, or the selection of the targets we want to bomb, the grouping of the area, and the order of the bombing!"

Eisenhower said in an appreciative tone.

"That's good! Looks like I didn't promote the wrong person! ”

Admiral Arnold also replied with satisfaction.

After finishing speaking, he focused his eyes on the new P-51 Mustang fighter group, and at the same time, he unconsciously surged a confident battle spirit in his heart.

And Eisenhower stopped talking, and also set his eyes on those P-51 Mustang fighter groups.

At that moment, his recent nervousness was finally completely relaxed.

The night before, he had been very nervous about the success of his bombing campaign, whether the German air forces would be dispatched in large numbers, and whether he would suddenly receive an operational order to postpone the bombing.

He had been worried about these troubles all night.

Until this morning, after seeing Admiral Arnold, and the P-47 Thunderbolt fighters who came with him, and the P-51 Mustang fighter group; He showed a hearty laugh that he hadn't seen for a long time, and a joy from the bottom of his heart.

"We will definitely win tonight, we will definitely be able to capture the island of Pantelleria and increase the morale of our troops!"

After looking at it for a moment, Eisenhower encouraged himself in his heart.

"Let's hope nothing else unexpected happens this time! Why do I have some not-so-good feelings welling up in my heart! ”

But soon, another ominous premonition came to him, and he muttered to himself with deep trepidation.

In fact, his hunch was accurate, although Chen Yanlong did not plan to send aviation troops to stop the British and American troops from bombing thousands of planes to attack Pantelleria Island.

However, it does not mean that he will not deploy aviation and submarine forces to attack the transport fleets of British and American forces.

In particular, the transport fleets that went to Algiers to assemble and prepare for the Sicilian operation were the first targets of Chen Yanlong's annihilation.

The NC-68 fleet is one of the primary targets for Chen Yanlong's secret dispatch of aviation units and submarine forces to carry out sneak attacks tonight.

Because in addition to this fleet, there are five other fleets that are important targets for Chen Yanlong to carry out sneak attacks.

The aviation unit responsible for the surprise attack was a flight team formed by the pilots of the 5th Air Force and the reserves.

There were about 300 sorties, 100 of which were FW190A-6/R1 fighters and 200 Do-217K bombers.

These Do-217K bomber groups are all loaded with Hs293 air-to-ship missiles, and there are a lot of them.

The HS-293 was the world's first air-to-ship missile to be put into combat and sank many British and American ships and ships at the end of World War II.

Although the German army now has a lot of these Hs293 air-to-ship missiles, Chen Yanlong feels that their number is not enough; So not only did he order Speer to increase production, but he himself used the exchange system to exchange a lot of it.

And all the Hs293 air-to-ship missiles that the Germans now possess are ready to be put into the immediate combat operation of sneaking up on the enemy's transport fleet.

Chen Yanlong also named this combat operation 'Operation Storm'.

Moreover, according to the latest information obtained by Chen Yanlong's new intelligence department, 'Shadow One', he knew that the arms transported by the British and American transport fleets that he was about to attack and sneak attack not only contained a large number of tanks, fighter planes, as well as military supplies and weapons and equipment such as trucks, food, gasoline, medicines, and ammunition, but also a large number of soldiers.