Chapter 866 Anti-Aircraft Gun

"Look at these poor guys." The bombardier on the B-52 bomber looked at the P-51 fighter formation below them and couldn't help laughing. "It would be better to stay on the ground. Are you going to humiliate yourself by flying up? It's like you're escorting us."

The pilot laughed. "Let them feel what despair is." At this time, their flying speed was 500 kilometers per hour. As the pilot stepped on the throttle, the speed gradually increased, 550...600...650...exceeding 700 kilometers per hour.

"This, this!"

The P-51 fighter pilots below were stunned to see the bomber above their heads gradually accelerate and surpass them by a large margin. "Oh my God! How is it possible!" The speed of the bomber was faster than the fighter? Everyone stepped on the throttle at the same time, and soon their speed reached 650 kilometers per hour, but the distance between the two sides was still rapidly pulling away, which meant that the speed of this bomber had exceeded 700 kilometers per hour, and even reached 750 kilometers per hour.

Shocked, they immediately sent the news back to the rear.

Commander Arnold didn't know what expression to put on. The performance of this jet was too abnormal, right? The speed was completely higher than their fighter jets? This was the latest model of the American fighter jet!

"It seems that the future is the era of jets." Commander Arnold sighed with some melancholy. Of course, he knew that the aviation technology of the United States lagged behind that of Europe, but he didn't expect that the gap between the two sides had widened so much. How could such a gap be made up? !

Just as Commander Arnold sighed, another message came that the bomber was heading straight for Washington.

"Damn it!" Since the deployment of 150mm caliber anti-aircraft guns around Washington, German bombers have not come again. How dare this bomber come? !

But he didn't care much and immediately ordered people to sound the air defense alarm.

The shrill air defense alarm resounded throughout the sky over Washington, and everyone in the base (because the White House and the Pentagon were almost bombed into ruins, the government's top officials have been working and living in the military base outside Washington) was stunned. "What's going on?" I haven't heard the air defense alarm for several days, why did it sound again? Is it a German bomber?

Of course, who else could it be except a German bomber!

Helplessly, everyone returned to the basement again, and a group of senior executives gathered in the conference room.

"Commander Arnold, why did the air defense alarm sound again? Could it be another German bomber?" It can't be that Commander Arnold sounded the air defense alarm just for fun to scare everyone? But aren't the Germans afraid of those 150mm caliber anti-aircraft guns? How dare they come?

"It is indeed a German bomber." Commander Arnold sighed lightly. "It is a new type of bomber."

"Another new type of bomber?" The expressions on everyone's faces were a little ugly. The Germans had too many new bombers. How many new fighters have the Germans developed since the outbreak of the war? "How many have come?"

"Just one, it may be a German test aircraft, a jet."

"Jet? What is that?" Most people here don't know what the so-called jet is.

After listening to Commander Arnold's explanation, everyone was silent for a while, which meant that the German aircraft had been upgraded from piston to jet, entering another field.

"Where do these damn Germans get so many advanced technologies!" Someone muttered in frustration, the Germans' advanced technology is simply endless!

"Is God really on the side of the Germans?" Some people remembered the rumors that circulated two years ago, saying that the German crown prince had received guidance from God. At that time, everyone regarded it as a ridiculous joke, but now the situation is like God is really on the side of the Germans.

The vice president shook his head, ignored this absurd rhetoric, and asked. "Can our anti-aircraft guns shoot it down?"

Commander Arnold said a little uncertainly. "It may be a little difficult. The flying speed of this bomber has exceeded 750 kilometers per hour."

At this time, the B-52 in the sky has approached the outskirts of Washington, and the navigator said. "If the intelligence is correct, there is an American 150mm anti-aircraft gun position 200 kilometers ahead. I heard that thing can shoot up to an altitude of 16,000 meters."

The driver said easily. "Then we will rise to an altitude of 17,000 meters."

In the radar station on the ground air defense position, the radar soldier stared at the radar screen closely. The radar technology of the United States is also far behind that of Germany. Germany's radar has used plane scanning imaging + color display screen; while the radar of the United States is still a very primitive black and white oscilloscope. Only very experienced radar soldiers can find the required target echo from those chaotic waveforms.

Suddenly, the radar soldier exclaimed. "Report, the German bomber's altitude exceeds 16,000 meters and is still rising; the speed exceeds 800 kilometers per hour!"

"What?!" The officer on the side was shocked and walked quickly to the radar screen. He carefully observed the waveform strip pointed by the radar soldier. The altitude of the German bomber was close to 17,000 meters.

He immediately transmitted the data to the anti-aircraft artillery position, and the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery position looked at the data recorded by the signalman in amazement and muttered. "This is still a fart!" The flying altitude of the German bomber alone has exceeded the range of their anti-aircraft guns. How can it be stopped? "Report immediately!"

Hearing the news from the anti-aircraft gun position, the atmosphere in the conference room became more and more depressing.

Someone suggested. "Can our anti-aircraft guns be improved to reach an altitude of 17,000 meters?"

"What if the German bombers fly at an altitude of 20,000 meters?" This kind of thing has happened before. At first, it was thought that the German ME-264D bomber could only fly at an altitude of 12,000 meters. As a result, when they confidently sent high-altitude fighters, they suddenly jumped to an altitude of 14,000 meters.

Now this bomber is flying at an altitude of 17,000 meters. When their anti-aircraft guns can reach 17,000 meters, will they jump to an altitude of 20,000 meters? 20,000 meters, although it is incredible to think about it, who can guarantee that the Germans can't do it?

It would be better to directly develop an anti-aircraft gun with an effective shooting height of 20,000 meters.

Hearing these people talking about developing anti-aircraft guns with a shooting height of 20,000 meters, Commander Arnold couldn't help but let out a bitter smile. Do these people think that anti-aircraft guns can be developed just by talking? This 150mm caliber anti-aircraft gun was also developed with great effort. How much caliber is needed to reach an altitude of 20,000 meters? 180mm or 200mm

He coughed lightly and interrupted the discussion. "Everyone, don't even think about the 20,000-meter anti-aircraft gun. Even if it can be successfully developed, the war will be over by then. We have lost the ability to protect the airspace now, at least we can't protect the entire airspace." The German ME-264 bomber is afraid of the 150MM anti-aircraft gun, but once this jet bomber is put into mass production, the 150MM anti-aircraft gun will be completely useless.