Chapter 710: Old antique
"Unexpectedly, I can still see these old guys now." Inside a field airport in the Demon Realm, a ground crew member looked at the B-17 bombers landing one after another, and said in disbelief.
"No way. Although these old antiques are very old, they have very low requirements for ground handling and maintenance conditions. Therefore, they have many advantages compared with those expensive and difficult-to-serve B-52 bombers." By his side, another. The ground crew explained.
Although, in terms of maintenance performance, these old antiques may not be lower than b-52, but they still have incomparable advantages in many aspects.
The first point is that they are more advantageous than the b-52 bombers in number. After all, even if Ailan Hill quickly eliminates these old World War II equipment, they still maintain a huge number of thousands.
Even if a large number of exports were given to Grecan, Norma, and Eternity, this old bomber could still easily be deployed in such a huge number of 500 to directly enter the Demon World to perform combat missions.
"Even if the bomb load is lower, they can be used immediately after all. This is more realistic than waiting for the new b-52 bomber." The two ground crews chatted casually and walked to a b- that was already loading bombs. Next to the 17 bomber, he handed the takeoff record book to the captain pilot who was preparing to take off.
"I thought there would be any difference in the Demon World. It looks no different from my hometown." The captain and pilot accepted the document, signed his name on it, and said with emotion.
He may not even remember what his hometown looks like. He only knows that the place where he serves is also a straight runway, next to it is an endless forest, there are also the pilot conference building, pilot rest quarters, pilot entertainment center...
As it happens, there are these buildings here too, and they still look familiar in style and taste.
When he was resting yesterday, he drove around in a car and found that there were also anti-aircraft missile positions, a guard barracks for ground troops, and a supply center where ammunition piled up like a mountain.
"Unexpectedly, the Air Force relaxed the pilot's access requirements to this level in one breath...Added 1,000 bombers and attack aircraft to the Demon Realm in one breath..." Received the documents handed over by the other party and led the ground crew. The staff chatted.
"No way, I heard that everything is lacking here, and many ace pilots are exhausted." The captain of the bomber smiled, lit a cigarette, and enjoyed the good time before taking off.
Because the area of the occupied area is constantly expanding, the expeditionary force also has a serious shortage of troops. For an army, the lack of personnel is definitely one of the fatal problems.
Therefore, in order to quickly replenish a sufficient number of combat troops on the front line, the requirement to enter the demon world for combat was relaxed to the point where they could not even think of it more than a month ago.
Basically, as long as it is voluntary, it will be approved immediately-300,000 ground combat troops, more than 13,700 pilots have crossed the portal and arrived in a foreign world that is unfamiliar to them.
This is almost equivalent to expanding the expeditionary force of the Demon Realm four times in one go, and in the process, there are still a steady stream of troops entering this once unknown world.
Not only the expensive Type 99 main battle tank, but the T-72 main battle tank with the most equipment in the Ailan Hill Army also began to appear in large numbers in the wilderness of the Devildom.
All kinds of heavy weapons were transported by a train to Angershire through the portal, and then in Angershire, these troops were loaded non-stop on the transport ship, crossed the sea of storms, and sent to the newly built port. The city of Stoffel.
After Stoffel rests for one to two days, these large-scale heavy Army combat divisions will begin to advance along the road to the frontline theater, and arrive at the battlefront in half a month.
The air force's support speed is even faster. After the field airport on the front line is built with the efforts of the engineers, the maintenance equipment on the ground will soon be delivered in place, and then various aircraft will arrive one after another.
Field airports with higher specifications are used to station AWACS units, F-15 and F-16 fighter units, B-52 bomber units, and A-10 attack aircraft units.
The simpler Type II field airports have simpler facilities and are specially prepared for old bombers such as the B-17.
"Where is the goal?" By the fire of the other side, the ground crew also lit a cigarette. This did not meet the airport’s smoking ban, but this was at the front-line field airport. Everyone turned a blind eye. Ignore this dangerous self-entertainment.
It’s like in the army’s front-line combat units, there are explicit regulations prohibiting soldiers from smoking on the battlefield, but many people still light a cigarette in the trenches, even if the enemy’s bullets explode their heads from time to time, they can still smoke. Repeated bans continue.
"In a city code-named 7, I think the army **** should arrest a few people and ask, at least to know, what are these messy demonic cities, right?" Wrapped up with a piece of paper, then handed it to the ground crew: "Thank you."
The ground crew picked up the **** and shook his head with a smile: "You're welcome, the 7th is a city we only discovered. I heard it's an industrial city?"
"Well, the photos brought back by the reconnaissance plane are exaggerated. At first glance, I thought we were going to bomb Alanticus..." the captain said exaggeratedly.
In fact, when he first saw the picture, he did think he was going to bomb an industrial city in Ailan Hill.
In the vertical photos, one can see the straight streets and the square factory buildings. The chimneys are very obvious on the photos. The whole city is shrouded in black soot. It is a typical old industrial city.
This kind of city used to be seen everywhere in the core industrial area of Ailan Hill, but now this kind of city has basically begun to move outward.
"In short, I wish you all the best." The technician smiled and patted the pilot's arm. After sending his blessing, he turned and walked to the next B-17 bomber.
The 20 B-17 bombers parked here will take off in a while, plus other aircraft taking off from the other two airports, a total of 70, and they will be in formation to perform missions over the target.
Their mission is very simple. Throw all the aerial bombs mounted in the cabin into the urban area of Devil City No. 7 and destroy the industrial production there...
