"We failed!" As he watched a returning B-36 bomber dragging smoke and rushing to the airport in Manila, Philippines, Major General Curtis Lemay, who led the team back with him, hung his head in pain. Come on,.!

He had always firmly believed in the violent effects of strategic bombing in the air, but when the Chinese jet fighters appeared in front of him like locusts, his confidence was shaken with the shadow of the passing Chinese fighters.

The ensuing battle made him understand where the uneasiness in his heart came from.

Martial arts, only fast and unbreakable.

Huaxia's J-5 jet fighters simply relied on their speed advantage to throw off a large part of the escorting American fighters.

The air-launched rockets that exploded abruptly scattered the American planes that fell one after another, and then the two 23-mm and one 37-mm guns ferociously chased the lone heavy bomber, and even the B-36 could be blown up by volley.

This is also one of the reasons why Meng Xiang chose the J-5.

Although the application of weapons after World War II will produce more space-time turbulence and increase Xiaohua's defensive pressure, the United States' momentum this time is too strong, and without the strong support of the base, Meng Xiang is really worried that the loss will be too large. Compared with the J-6 that was not manufactured and put into service until the 60s in later generations in China, it still belongs to the level of the 40s, and the J-5 that was in service in China in the 50s caused less turbulence in time and space, which is the most cost-effective, and is also suitable for China's self-production.

Meng Xiang did not want to expose the secrets of air-to-air missiles too early, so that the United States could rely on its huge industry to regain air superiority. The J-5, with its super firepower, is the best choice for machine gun warfare.

In view of the poor performance of the 37mm cannon imported by Soviet Russia, like some other parts, the jet J-5 produced by Huaxia also uses German improved goods, so this combination of German technology and J-6 Some technologies, also named J-5 by Meng Xiang, has more outstanding performance and reliability, and has become the main force of the Huaxia Air Force is popularizing it on a large scale.

Of course, Huaxia's improved fighters based on the MiG-19 and MiG-21 are also being studied, and an improved version of the J-6 has appeared, but it has not appeared in this interception mission, and the J-5 is enough.

Although there were less than 2,000 improved J-5 fighters produced by Huaxia and J-5s built by the base in the entire interception battle, they became the most dazzling stars in the air this time.

Even in the Far East, the bomber formation of more than 300 American fighters that had crossed the Bering Strait and intended to wreak havoc around was beaten by 52 J-5s from Magadan at high speed, leaving behind the wreckage of 140 fighters and fleeing.

In the East China Sea, more than 100 J-5s were the first to attack Shanghai, Nanjing, and other areas of the Yangtze River Delta, and the United States bombed the bomber group, taking the lead in winning more than 200 planes.

The three B-36 formations attacking in the direction of Beiping, Shanghai and Zhongdu were successfully intercepted thanks to the performance of the J-5.

"Cake sellers! We can't fight these fighters at all, even if we break through their White Spoon interception line, they can catch up with us from behind and blow up our White Spoon landline! In the face of them, it can only be a one-sided slaughter! It's not that our white spoon level is not good, but our white spoon fighter level is not good! Those who fled back to the United States have come to find out this reason.

The United States entered a very realistic rout and fled back.

The whole of America was shocked.

Even though the United States threw out the record of bombing several towns in Central Asia and the Far East, it could not withstand the end of the dragon slaying plan that ended in a rout at the beginning.

"The plan failed! In just one moment, we lost more than 700 escort fighters and more than 1,200 bombers. Not only is the number of our White Spoon fighters intercepted by Huaxia more than the number of all our fighters, but the performance of their jet fighters is much higher than that of our White Spoon fighters. Our White Spoon Air Force is already lagging behind! We need new fighters, we need jet fighters! On Christmas Eve, Admiral Arnold presented Roosevelt with his preliminary statistical report.

...... "Our White Spoon Air Force is outdated!" If our White Spoon jet fighters were like Huaxia, maybe Berlin would not have suffered this disaster! "While the United States was shocked by the power of jet fighters, Germany was also struggling with the use of jet fighters. Air Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen directly and unceremoniously addressed Goering.

This time, perhaps to show strength, or to distribute Christmas gifts, the United States did not spare Germany except for the air raids on China.

More than two thousand bombers took off from northern Britain and southern France and continued to bomb the German mainland.

With a large number of Allied positions, the range of the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator was enough to cross Europe, and there were quite a few B-32s and B-29s.

Had it not been for the fact that Germany had brought back a large number of fighters from the Eastern Front, where the pressure had been reduced, this Allied attack would have caused heavy losses to Germany, whose air power was constantly weakening. But Rao is so, they have suffered a lot. Hamburg, Munich and other places were bombed, and even Berlin was hit by aerial bombs.

Although it was not the first time that Berlin had been bombed, this Allied bombing was the worst, and the incendiary bombs thrown by the United States ignited the smoke columns of the surrounding buildings, making the whole Berlin feel like it was the end of the world.

Lao Xi was furious, and after Ge Fat Man was scolded severely, he turned his head to reprimand his subordinates.

At the Air Force Conference, however, Field Marshal Richthofen challenged Goering.

The cousin of this red baron has a lot of background in the Air Force, and he is not afraid of Goering, who is becoming more and more alienated by Lao Xi.

Goering, the former No. 2 introducer, interfered too much in power, and after experiencing things such as naval aircraft carriers, Lao Xi's attitude towards Goering was no longer what it used to be. Even in the Air Force on his turf, Marshal Milch and Marshal Kesselring were already thinning his power.

At this time, Milch just listened with a blank face, and did not say anything.

Richthofen's accusations stemmed mainly from the German issue of the Me-262 jet aircraft.

Germany was almost the first in the world to develop jet fighters, and even took the lead in developing jet fighters for battlefield operations, and the ME-262 is one of the classics.

At this time and space, with the impetus of Meng Xiang behind it and the funding of Huaxia cooperation, the technology of jet fighters imported by Germany has been more solidly accumulated.

Seeing the superiority of the B-29 bomber in China at high altitude and high speed, Milch, who was in charge of the Air Force's equipment, realized that Germany needed a new and better interceptor. So the ME-262 also appeared in advance.

However, as in the original history, Lao Xi intervened again and gave instructions for the blitzkrieg bomber.

From the old Greece's point of view, radar, anti-aircraft guns, and a larger number of German fighter planes were enough to protect German airspace, and what Germany was constantly attacking needed was Stuka-like dive bombers from the front line and steel tanks to cooperate with the attack.

The rapid expansion and the lack of sufficient entry force and troops made it impossible for Germany to defend against the airspace over the vast land, and it would only be beaten passively.

The Air Force is inherently a very aggressive offensive service. Only by putting limited resources into offensive forces, constantly attacking, and substituting offense for defense is the most cost-effective way.

This was also the mainstream opinion of the Luftwaffe before, and it was not just the opinion of Lao Xi.

Even though the rapid changes in the battlefield of World War II made Milch and other generals aware of some shortcomings in Germany's air strategy and tactics, some laymen Lao Xi considered the problem more from the political and economic aspects.

Of course, Lao Xi is not unable to listen to opinions, especially Huaxia, which has cooperated with Germany, has determined the research ideas of the interceptor, and the test flight of the prototype is also outstanding, which can have a partial impact on Lao Xi. However, in order to stabilize his position, Ge Fatzi obediently obeyed Lao Xi's will, so that the first appearance of the ME-262 in Germany was based on a blitzkrieg bomber.

As a result, with the weakening of Germany's air power and the continuous increase in the performance and number of new US fighters, Germany's passive defense has repeatedly become dangerous.

At other times, it was not a big deal, but this time the United States attacked Germany and China at the same time, and the performance of both in Europe and Asia suddenly highlighted that German air power had lagged behind.

"Many of the technologies of the jet aircraft imported by Huaxia were learned from us, and even many of the equipment used to produce jet fighters were also made by us, but the J-5 fighter they produced told us that their white spoon tactics were correct. Jets are more suited to fighters than bombers. Field Marshal Richthofen continued to fire on Goering, supported by Milch and others.

Judging from the current technology in Germany, his opinion is not wrong, but what he does not know is that over the Pacific Ocean, a group of large jet bombers are flying high in the sky. (To be continued)

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