The Rise of the Third Reich

The so-called "Patriot Project" is to select a group of American patriots who have the courage to carry out "suicide attack missions" from the bomber pilots of the U.S. Army Air Force, and then train them to fly B-29 bombers to carry out one-way missions to European cities. bombing!

The bombs dropped in this one-way bombing are of course not ordinary bombs filled with explosives, but anthrax spore bombs and ceramic bacterial bombs (used to drop plague fleas). Under Project Patriot, B-29s carrying out one-way bombing missions would target cities such as Berlin, Paris, Munich, Fort Europa, Frankfurt and Hamburg. After carrying out the mission of dropping bacterial bombs, because the B-29 bomber had no fuel to return, if the "Patriots" were not shot down, they would have to parachute in the airspace of Germany and France, and most likely they would fall into the hands of the Nazis and fascists. The hand... will definitely not end well, so the U.S. Army Air Forces will equip all American warriors who perform the "Patriot Mission" with high-tech poison to ensure that they can sacrifice without pain.

In addition, according to the provisions of the "Patriot Plan", as long as the Germans use atomic bombs, bacterial bombs and poison gas bombs to attack large cities in the United States. B-29's one-way bombing will start immediately.

The United States of America will fight to the end with the determination to fight the Nazis on the other side of the Atlantic!

Therefore, after receiving the news of the large-scale dispatch of German long-range bombers, several "Patriot Brigades" deployed on Newfoundland were immediately ready to attack at any time.

However, the preparations of these "American Patriots" are redundant, because the missiles loaded on more than 300 Me264 long-range bombers are all conventional models.

"Woooooooo..."

"Attention all units, attention to all units, urgent combat mission, all day fighter squadrons are dispatched with full fuel to carry out interception missions..."

At the same time as the battle siren sounded, a Texas accent came from the radio loudspeaker. Captain George Herbert Walker Bush, who was writing a letter to his new wife Barbara, immediately put away the pen and paper and stood up. He got up, turned around and shouted to a room full of pilots who didn't know what they were doing: "Guys, it's time to fight the Germans!"

"OK!"

"Hit the Kraut!"

"Kill them!"

The pilots' morale was high and their tone was relaxed, as if they didn't know what fear was about. Their reaction was certainly justified, because it was clearly stated in the broadcast that what was to be carried out now was an interception mission. For the F7F fighter-bomber pilots of the U.S. Naval Air Force stationed at Clarenville Airport in Newfoundland, the interception mission was not too dangerous. Because the target of their interception was the German Me264, which flew high and fast, but had unsatisfactory firepower and armor. At best, the F7F can't find them, or if it finds them, it can't catch up. It's basically impossible to be shot down by the self-defense firepower of the Me264 - the F7F with a maximum takeoff weight of 11.6 tons is a very sturdy aircraft!

After getting into a two-seat F7F-3N fighter-bomber/night fighter equipped with radar, Captain Bush heard exciting good news through the airborne radio.

"Guys, there is a big fish this time. The F-13 discovered at least 200 Me264s, and they were flying in formation!"

"great!"

"Now the Germans are in trouble!"

The cheers of the pilots came from the earphones, and Captain Bush also laughed and said to the navigator/bombardier Sergeant Nick Halton behind him: "Nick, it seems that this trip will not be in vain. "

For the various interceptors on Newfoundland, the Me264 is not dangerous but is very difficult to catch - because there are early warning aircraft commanding them, and they fly fast - so American interceptors often run into the air and wander around in the sky. Hours passed and nothing was found.

However, those flying under the command of the AWACS aircraft to avoid the American fighter jets were all Me264s flying in single or twin formations. The large fleet of 200 aircraft was so powerful that it blocked the sky and the sun, and it was not easy to avoid the interceptors. After all, the Americans now have early warning aircraft equipped with high-power S-band radars. They can definitely detect a large group of about 200 aircraft at a distance of 150 kilometers. There is no possibility of missing them!

Therefore, after receiving the report, Lieutenant General Mad Harmon, commander of the Army Air Forces in the Northeastern Region of North America, who had moved his headquarters from Boston to Montreal, immediately sent letters to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward. The Allied fighter wings on the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (including the shore-based wings of naval aviation are now under the unified command of this command) issued the order to attack.

On dozens of large and small airports, hundreds of P-47s, F7Fs and British high-altitude twin-engine interceptor "Sky" fighter jets (main components provided by the United States and assembled in Canada) roared into the blue sky, forming a Formed into brigade-level formations, roaring towards the south.

Naturally, the momentum of hundreds of fighter planes taking off could not avoid the German waterborne early warning aircraft Bv138E. The report of "large-scale attack by American fighter planes" quickly reached the aircraft carrier Adolf Hitler, which was more than 600 nautical miles away from Newfoundland.

"Order Hawkeye 20 to take off!" As soon as Admiral Helmut Heyer received the report, he immediately dispatched a Bv138E on which Hessmann Jr., the air operations officer of the 201st Aircraft Carrier Group, was dispatched. This large seaplane with three engines is not known for its speed, with a maximum speed of less than 300 kilometers per hour and a cruising speed of only 260 knots. Therefore, little Hersman had to set off early to reach the scheduled location before the fierce battle in the air began.

"When can carrier-based aircraft be dispatched?" Helmut Haye asked.

"General, the Fokker aircraft will leave first and can take off now. After forming a formation, it will arrive at the battlefield under the guidance of Hawkeye 20. Me262T will be dispatched an hour later."

The person who answered him was Colonel Heinz Bahr, chief aviation staff of the 2nd Fleet and aviation staff of the 20th Task Force.

The command model of the EC Naval Aviation Carrier Air Force has been undergoing fine-tuning, based on the latest operational manual. The chief aviation staff officer of the fleet and the fleet aviation operations officer are the souls of the carrier-based aircraft force. The chief aviation staff officer takes the lead in formulating plans and is responsible for remote command on the aircraft carrier, while the aviation operations officer takes an early warning aircraft to the front line to conduct operations in person.

Therefore, today's aviation combat opportunity was personally formulated by Colonel Heinz Barr. 7 aircraft carriers from 3 aircraft carrier groups including the 201st, 202nd and 401st (drawn from the 4th Fleet, with 2 Kesselring class aircraft carriers) participating in the war (Br.801 type on the 3 French aircraft carriers in the 203rd Aircraft Carrier Group Carrier-based bombers do not participate in combat) will dispatch 8 squadrons of Fokker E262T fighters.

Among them, eight squadrons of Fokker 636s were composed of Sekt, Seidlitz, Kesselring and Wolfgang Richthofen (named after Richthofen, who was recovering from brain cancer). Four aircraft carriers including Air Marshal were dispatched, each aircraft carrier dispatched 2 squadrons, a total of 128 Fokker 636s.

The 12 Me262T squadrons are dispatched from two Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carriers. Each squadron has 12 Me262Ts, for a total of 144 aircraft.

All the Fokker 636s and Me262Ts added together amount to 272 fighters, approximately only those flying from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island, St. Pierre Island and Miquelon Island. Half of the Allied fighter jets.

Although the number was only half that of his opponents, little Hersman, who was responsible for commanding all the fighter jets (he was the deputy commander in chief of air combat, but all the fighter jets were under his command) was full of confidence.

Because he has 144 Me262T jet fighters that are invincible at high altitudes, and the more than 300 Me264 bombers used as decoys are also known for their high-altitude performance and can easily lead opponents to very high altitudes.

In addition, Hessmann Jr. also has a very advantageous condition, which is that at this time, the U.S. Navy has become a fleet that cannot shrink in the Atlantic Ocean. There are basically no training destroyers on the so-called "blockade" between the Nova Scotia Peninsula and the Bermuda Islands. Therefore, the attacking U.S. interceptor fleet can only rely on the F-13's airborne S wave radar to search for targets. The current airborne early warning radars are either installed on the nose of the aircraft or on the belly of the aircraft. No one carries the airborne early warning radar on the back of the aircraft. Therefore, these so-called "early warning aircraft" have a very difficult time "looking" upward. According to reliable information, the S-band AN/APS-20 radar on the F-13 is installed on the belly of the fuselage, so it can only look down, not up.

Therefore, as long as Little Hersman lets his Me262T fly high enough and climb on top of the Americans' F-13s, it will be basically impossible to be discovered.

Near noon on April 8, 1945, little Hersmann hovered at an altitude of 7,000 meters (the Bv138E, as an early warning aircraft, is naturally a high-altitude type of seaplane, and its radar is installed on the nose of the aircraft, so it has a certain upward direction. The Hawkeye 10 water early warning aircraft with the detection capability issued an order to all 12 jet fighter squadrons under its command: "The enemy is 100-150 kilometers ahead of you, at 10 o'clock, at an altitude of 7,000 meters. Still climbing, I order you to form high and low groups and approach them from an altitude of 8,000 meters to 9,000 meters!"