Chapter 421 Radar Warning

The main force of the attack is the "combat" bomber. Philip's plane first started the engine and took off quickly from the runway. The advantage of a single-engine bomber is that it is fast!

Behind him, bomber after bomber rolled off the runway and took off. Immediately after taking off, they flew westward, preparing to cross Egypt and enter Libyan airspace.

At the same time, in the rear of the formation, there were fourteen bombers much larger than them.

The Bristol-Blenheim bomber, a twin-engine light bomber used by the British Air Force in the early days of World War II, was developed and manufactured by the Bristol Aircraft Company. It was widely used in Britain and its overseas colonies during the early and middle period of the war.

The original Mk.I entered the army in late 1936, and by the end of 1937 there were 16 flying teams equipped with the fighter. In 1938, the fighters were sent to overseas colonial territories in turn. When World War II broke out, most of the Mk.1 fighters were deployed in the Mediterranean and African regions. And now, the 47th Bomber Squadron is equipped with this twin-engine bomber, which is also the most advanced bomber in the Egyptian air base.

Three bomber squadrons and more than 50 aircraft formed a large group and flew in the direction of Libya.

When Germany began to extract oil in Libya, the United Kingdom has been investigating Libya, so they easily found a large number of kowtow machines in the desert, which is the main oil-producing area of ​​Libyan oil fields. Amal oil field.

Germany attaches great importance to the Amal oil field, and even built an oil pipeline to the port. At the same time, it also started construction of a runway next to the oil field to facilitate the transportation of equipment.

There are more than 50 planes in the sky. The scene is quite spectacular. However, it is unrealistic to blow up all the oil fields in Libya at once. Therefore, they can only bomb one of them first, and of course pick up the largest one. Amal oil field!

On the lead Philip's bomber, the navigator Norton drew a straight line on his aeronautical chart. After taking off from the base, their route was aimed at the Amal Oil Field!

The entire fleet, flying at an altitude of 3,000 kilometers, at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, flew toward the distant target. At this time, everyone was extremely nervous and angry.

Blow up the Germans' oil fields and let them know how powerful the RAF is!

Their entire formation consisted of bombers and no fighter escort, but they didn't care.

These two types of bombers are high-speed bombers. They rely on speed to defeat their opponents. Moreover, the performance of bombers is comparable to that of fighter jets. After dropping bombs, they can become fighter jets.

Secondly, they have nothing to worry about. The Italians have not deployed the air force on a large scale in Libya at all, and their own side is attacking, and the other side will never know!

Of course, this is the British philosophy.

In the era of no radar, it was difficult to provide enough early warning time for the air strikes of enemy bombers only by relying on ground air defense observations, and fighter jets generally only had time to intercept the bombers on their way back home.

Therefore, light bombers with fast speed and good maneuverability are considered to have considerable advantages in terms of survivability. Therefore, the fast light bomber can also be said to be a reasonable choice under this operational theory and environment.

Unfortunately, the British have fallen behind.

In the easternmost part of Libya, in the desert, an 8*8 Ford truck has a huge antenna unfolded in the back compartment.

If viewed from a distance, this huge antenna looks like a high scaffolding, and the side of the Ford truck is supported by hydraulics to fix the radar properly.

At the same time, there are several vehicles for support and support. One of them is rumbling. It is a generator car. The huge power is transmitted to the radar car next to the antenna through the thick cable, and then through various circuit, which feeds the antenna.

Dense electromagnetic waves flew into the sky.

This is the latest radar developed in the Libyan base, code-named FuGM 39 "Fort Urz" short-range warning radar. The operating frequency is 560MHz, the effective detection distance is 170 kilometers, the ranging accuracy is 100 meters, and the angle measuring accuracy is 0.2 degrees.

Historically, this radar was manufactured around 1943 or 1944. In terms of radar, Germany is not far behind, but now, the time has been greatly advanced.

In addition to this radar, the base is also developing a long-range warning radar with a detection range of 300 kilometers.

In the compartment of another equipment vehicle, two radar soldiers were on duty sweating profusely. The weather in Libya was really too hot.

They even wore a single vest on their upper body. At this time, the vest was soaked through. Their eyes were still fixed on the radar screen. On it, a bright line was spinning, which represented that the radar was scanning. .

Suddenly, a radar soldier's eyes widened, and countless bright spots appeared on his screen!

"I found that a large group of aircraft, with a height of 3,000 and a speed of 300, is coming to us!"

"Quick, report to the base immediately and activate the emergency plan!"

When the battle at Scapa Flow was over, this outpost was deployed, at least for the oil base in the rear to gain more than half an hour to about an hour of preparation time!

The oil base is the most important source of oil in Germany at present. Although Germany has reserves a lot of oil, the safety of the base here must be protected!

The information of the early warning soon reached the Amal oilfield. Neuer, the general manager of the Libyan oil base, and Kerimu, the head of the Amal oilfield, immediately issued an order after receiving the news: "Prepare to ignite Burn it!"

Here, the most indispensable thing is oil!

There are a large number of oil workers in the entire base, and now, their fate has long been linked to this place.

After receiving the order, the oil workers immediately got busy.

In the entire oil base, the most indispensable thing is oil barrels. Although the main oil is pipelines, there are still a large number of oil barrels in stock.

Now, many oil barrels have been cut from the middle and turned into two halves.

These two halves of the oil barrels were deployed to various pre-designed placement points in the desert. Now, the crude oil is poured into it. The black viscous crude oil soon filled half of the barrels.

The most important thing in the oil base is crude oil. Although an oil refinery has been built here to refine crude oil, it is mainly used for industrial equipment in Libya, used by various vehicles, and the output is not very high.

Next, is to wait for the command to light it!

This kind of fire spot is everywhere, not only next to the oil well, but also the surrounding desert area, covering a large area!