Three Hundred and Forty-Four British Revenge
A radar soldier was holding his water glass boredly and staring at the screen that never seemed to have a target. Beside him, an officer was yawning while throwing darts at a target not far away.
Since the establishment of this radar station high on the coastline, their equipment has been replaced twice, each time the radar antenna has become smaller, and each time the detection range is said to have increased.
But in the eyes of these radar soldiers, the increase is nothing more than a more comfortable-looking screen and more markings on the screen. It was originally 20 kilometers, but later it became 40 kilometers, and now, the high-altitude detection has reached an astonishing 170 kilometers.
Although the detection range of a single aircraft can only be maintained at about 100 kilometers, this technology was already a very remarkable achievement in 1938. With this advanced equipment, coupled with the nearby field airport, the air defense capability of the Wilhelm Military Harbor can be said to be one of the most powerful in the world.
Of course, this does not include the 30 150mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, 70 88mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, and 40 Bofors 40mm caliber anti-aircraft guns that are densely arranged around. These artillery formed a dense firepower network near Wilhelm Military Harbor.
"Boss, I heard that your daughter has passed the university entrance exam?" The old radar soldier asked softly, taking a sip of the water in his teacup.
"Yeah, an admission letter from a Berlin university. She is my pride." The officer yawned again, but he still felt quite proud when he mentioned his daughter: "How is it? Great, isn't it?"
"Don't tell me, your family has culture, and the children you educate also have culture, which is really enviable..." The soldier nodded and said.
"Woo... woo..." The two were chatting without a word, when suddenly the machine next to the radar sounded an alarm, and the radar soldier immediately frowned and stopped chatting, and turned his head to look at the radar screen.
It didn’t matter what he saw, and he was taken aback: “Sir! I found a large number of planes approaching us. I need to confirm whether there are any planes returning from our own right now! Do you want to send a signal to the fighter flight unit?”
"Notify the air defense force immediately, as well as the fighter force! This is not our fleet! Hurry up!" The officer flipped through the flight notice on one side, and suddenly said in horror: "That is not our plane! Our plane did not fly earlier today. Any mission!"
"Call Wilhelmshaven Air Defense Command! Call Wilhelmshaven Air Defense Command! This is Watchtower No. 3! This is Watchtower No. 3! A large number of unidentified aircraft have been spotted approaching Wilhelmshaven! A large number of unidentified aircraft have been spotted approaching Wilhelmshaven! "The radar soldier grabbed the radio communicator and called loudly.
"This is the flight tower, confirm the take-off interception mission! Confirm the take-off interception mission!" In the headset, a voice came from the control tower at the airport not far away.
"This is Watchtower No. 3! The identity of the enemy plane is confirmed,
Please take off the plane immediately to intercept! The officer took the intercom and said loudly: "We have checked, the target is not a friendly aircraft!" The target is not a friendly aircraft! "
"The flight tower understands! Let's take off the plane immediately to fight in the air." After a slight pause on the tower side, he said.
Just when they were talking, sirens sounded over the entire port, and the anti-aircraft artillery troops ran to their various posts amidst the echo of the sirens. The canvas was ripped off by the soldiers, and the slender barrel was exposed, pointing to the sky bit by bit.
The soldiers began to point the artillery bit by bit at the position where the enemy plane would appear, the loader pushed the shells into the barrel, and the observers on the side looked seriously at the distant sky with binoculars.
The same scene appeared at the airport, a group of German pilots quickly rushed out of their dormitory with their equipment. The ground crew on the side helped with various equipment and followed the pilots to their planes.
Technicians were reloading some planes with ammunition and others were emergency fueling them.
"Quick! Quick! The fighter jets loaded with fuel take off first! Go to the scheduled interception site immediately to fight when there are ten planes!" A lieutenant colonel shouted loudly from a distance: "All pilots check their parachutes and life jackets! "
"Tower! I'm Guardian 05, requesting to take off." A pilot prepared everything, the roar of the engine came to his ears through the cockpit, he called the tower loudly, and pointed the nose at the plane in front of him. runway.
"This is the tower, you are allowed to take off!" The voice of the tower came through the earphones.
"Control tower! This is Guardian 01! Request to take off!" The other plane was obviously ready, and began to taxi to another takeoff runway. Beside him, the Guardian 05 fighter jet had already taken off, and it took less than 7 minutes to sound the air defense siren at the airport.
The two military airports near Wilhelmshaven are stationed at one of the most elite fighter units in Germany. Their combat effectiveness is even comparable to that of the fighter unit stationed in Berlin, so the response speed is amazing. In order to ensure the absolute safety of his fleet base, Akado used all his strength to build the entire Williams Naval Port like an iron barrel.
At least 30 fighter jets of these air forces are on combat readiness duty every day, which means that there are at least 30 pilots and 30 aircraft on the airport ready to attack at any time. These war-ready planes will be filled with fuel, loaded with ammunition and ready to be on the side of the runway at the airport-of course, this time because the enemy planes seem to be quite large, some unprepared fighter jets were temporarily taken off.
It is different from the equipment of the front-line fighter units. The front-line fighter units are generally equipped with a 30mm caliber cannon on the nose and a 13mm caliber machine gun. This combination is designed to compete for air supremacy; while deployed in Germany The interceptor fw-190 fighter jets at the local airport are equipped with 30mm caliber cannons and 20mm caliber cannons, which are specially designed to meet bombers.
Akado has experienced the power of strategic bombers in groups. He knows that this is a cruel combat mode that turns air combat into artillery bombardment. Bombers rely on large-caliber self-defense weapons and dense formations to obtain the advantages of air positional warfare. Advantages, the German fighter jets equipped with only 7.92 mm caliber machine guns suffered a lot in the early stage.
So this time, Akado prepared qualified interceptors for the Luftwaffe in advance. The firepower has already surpassed the mainstream bombers in the world at this stage. It is completely possible to use large-caliber cannons to deal with the current British bomber force-of course, the Luftwaffe And the killer weapon of rockets has not been brought out yet.
"The estimated time of arrival of the enemy plane invading the airspace of Wilhelmshaven is 5 minutes. All anti-aircraft artillery positions are required to prepare for the attack." In Wilhelmshaven, a warning sound echoed from the loudspeaker. The carrier-based aircraft has been taking off for a long time, and 20 naval fighter jets have taken off to intercept it a few minutes ago.
"Hello? I'm Lütjens! Why didn't the Navy's patrol destroyer provide early warning? Yes! I want to contact the patrol destroyer immediately and ask them why they didn't provide long-range warning!" In the port office, the Navy High Seas Fleet Commander Officer Lütjens was losing his temper on the phone.
"What? The two destroyers of the Navy did not find the enemy aircraft intruding, and the other destroyer returned last night because of a malfunction? Why didn't you report such a serious problem in advance? Ah?" The phone obviously found the problem, So Lütjens became even more tempered.
"Report! Our fighters have exchanged fire with the opponent's aircraft. The enemy obviously did not expect that we could find them so quickly, so our army's raid went very smoothly. The enemy's bomber force did not have fighter escorts, and now we have achieved a shot down The results of the 3 enemy planes are over." An officer came in to report.
"Continue to keep an eye on the battle situation over there, and don't let any enemy plane fly into Wilhelm Naval Harbor! Turn around and withdraw that damn officer on duty and the captain of that destroyer! I don't want to see such an idiot again !——Explain the situation to General Raeder, and if he agrees, execute immediately!"
"Report! The Air Force's interception force has arrived. Our army has an advantage in terms of strength. The opponent has a total of 40 bombers. Now 13 have been shot down. The opponent's formation has been disrupted. They are continuing to attack!" Another A military officer rushed over and reported the battle situation in the sky.
The German military officer who had gone out rushed back again, his face finally relaxed a little, and he stood at attention with a smile and saluted: "Long live Yuan! General. The 40 British bombers Jinshu that invaded were shot down by our army, and only one of them One flew over the port and was shot down by the anti-aircraft artillery unit, and the remaining 39 were shot down by our navy and 28 by the air force."
Lütjens took a deep breath, as if exhausting all the strength in his body, and sat down on the sofa next to him. Only then did he realize that his left hand was still trembling uncontrollably. He took out the handkerchief in his pocket, wiped the sweat off his face, and murmured: "Finally, I have lived up to Yuan's cultivation."
"General, are you alright?" an officer asked softly.
"It's okay." Lütjens waved his hand and said. But I was cursing in my heart: Are you okay? How could it be all right? My fleet is just docked in the military port. If the British find a space to come, I will hang me if I don’t commit suicide! If it's a battleship, that's all. It's not necessarily a problem if it's rough and fleshy, but it's an aircraft carrier! That's an aircraft carrier! It will take at least a few months to repair it, and the power outage plan is delayed. What can I explain to Yuan?
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