Chapter 852 Alaska (5)

Washington.

"The fleet we sent out severely damaged the German fleet. As for whether the two aircraft carriers sank, it is not clear for the time being." The last news they received was that bombs and mines hit the two aircraft carriers, but unfortunately there was no news after that.

"What about our losses?"

Commander Arnold showed an extremely painful expression on his face. "The 720 fighter planes sent out were wiped out, and there were 1,280 pilots..." It was more than heartache, and my heart was bleeding.

If the plane is lost, it can be rebuilt, but it is not a one-day job to train an excellent pilot. It takes a lot of time, money, and energy to train, and the most valuable experience cannot be bought with money. Although the United States has a huge reserve of pilots (before the outbreak of World War II, there were already many amateur flying enthusiasts in the United States, and even many farmers could fly planes. When the war broke out, these people could be pulled to the battlefield with a little training), it could not withstand such consumption. Moreover, the pilots who participated in the raid this time were the elite among the elites, but they ended up being wiped out.

Everyone looked unhappy. They lost more than 700 fighter planes and more than 1,000 pilots, but they couldn't even sink the German aircraft carrier. Such a loss is really unbearable. And this is a small fleet with only two main aircraft carriers. If they raid a large fleet with four or six aircraft carriers, how much loss will they have to pay? 1,000 fighter planes or 2,000 fighter planes?

Just when everyone unanimously decided to ban such raids in the future, news came from Alaska that the German attack aircraft group came to bomb the Alaskan coastal fortifications again.

"What's going on? Could it be that the German aircraft carrier is intact?!"

"It could also be the German reinforcement fleet."

Unfortunately, it was not the German reinforcement fleet. Although there was indeed a reinforcement fleet, that fleet had just set off from the port on Adak Island and still had more than a thousand kilometers to travel.

The fleet was severely damaged and had to return to the port for repairs, but Colonel Bergman was furious and could not swallow this breath. Before retreating, he organized a wave of attack formations to Alaska. Although the two aircraft carriers were severely damaged, they were still able to take off and land fighters.

Accompanied by the shrill air defense alarm, the American soldiers who built fortifications on the coastline quickly hid in the nearby underground fortifications.

Groups of German aircraft roared in and dropped bombs on the American defense positions.

This time they dropped all napalm bombs. 80 A-1 attack aircraft and 70 FW-190T fighters dropped more than 300 tons of napalm bombs.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A dull explosion sounded, and the explosion of napalm bombs was compared to the high-explosive bombs of the same weight. It can be regarded as a "whisper". The American soldiers hiding in the underground fortifications also noticed that the explosion this time was much smaller than the last time. Last time, the Germans dropped heavy high-explosive bombs. When they exploded, the ground shook and the mountains collapsed. Even though they hid in the underground fortifications, they were almost fainted by the explosion outside.

But why was the noise so small this time? It was a world of difference compared to the last time. "It seems that the Germans dropped small bombs." A US platoon leader couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Such bombs will not have any effect on us."

Just then, several soldiers near the entrance of the underground fortifications sniffed. "What's this smell?" The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder instead of the smoke produced by the explosion of high-explosive bombs, but a pungent smell of burning gasoline.

Suddenly, one of the soldiers seemed to have thought of something, his face suddenly turned pale, and his teeth seemed to tremble uncontrollably. The noise even startled the people next to him. "What's wrong with you, Tom?"

"Oh my God!" Tom trembled all over and screamed in fear. "This, this is a German incendiary bomb!"

"What?!" Everyone was shocked. As the saying goes, "You haven't eaten pork, but you've seen pigs run." Although they had never been hit by the German napalm bomb before, its reputation was well-known. Coupled with various exaggerated and terrible rumors, everyone was very afraid of it.

Although these underground fortifications are relatively solid and can withstand the German high-explosive bombs, the space is not very spacious. Their platoon of more than 30 people is already crowded here. The space is not spacious. Even in normal times, with so many people squeezed in such a small space, everyone feels a little depressed and chest tightness, and the oxygen inside seems a little insufficient.

Now the German army is throwing napalm bombs outside, and the entire position nearby is covered by raging fire. The fiercely burning flames are rapidly consuming a large amount of oxygen nearby, and the oxygen in these underground fortifications naturally cannot escape.

The oxygen here was quickly drained, and many American soldiers have felt difficulty breathing, and even have a feeling of suffocation.

Napalm bombs do not kill enemies by explosions. Their horror lies in the intense combustion and high temperatures produced by the combustion. In addition, the violent combustion of a large amount of gasoline will consume a large amount of oxygen, which is completely fatal to people hiding in a small space like an underground fortification.

In just one or two minutes, many people's faces began to turn blue. They grabbed their necks tightly and tried hard to inhale some air, but the oxygen here was almost consumed. No matter how hard they breathed, they still couldn't breathe a trace of oxygen, and they just felt their consciousness gradually blurred.

In less than ten minutes, all the people in this underground fortification suffocated to death.

And something even more terrible happened in another underground fortification.

Although the space here is a little larger than other underground fortifications, it is crowded with nearly a company of American soldiers. Even the place less than a few meters away from the entrance is crowded.

A napalm bomb happened to fall at the entrance and exploded. The shock wave of the explosion directly broke the thin entrance door, and the flying sparks stuck to several soldiers not far from the cave entrance. When these people saw that they were on fire, they instinctively slapped their hands to put out the flames, but what they didn't know was that the sparks of napalm bombs have a characteristic, that is, no matter how small the flame is, the bigger it will be, and the more it burns, the more it will burn.

In the blink of an eye, these people became burning people, emitting heartbreaking screams, and fled to the depths of the underground fortifications. But this place is already crowded with people. The more they squeeze in, the more soldiers will be stained with flames.

As the napalm bombs at the entrance burned fiercely, the high temperature generated raised the temperature here to a level that ordinary people could not bear. In addition, a large amount of oxygen was quickly drained away. In just a few minutes, everyone in this underground fortification was either burned to death or suffocated to death.