Chapter 868 Port Said

Hand cranking, a fairly normal way for aircraft engines in this era.

Some are in front of the propeller, with a card slot for a crank handle, and some are on the side. Various starting methods are used, and even the most evil old Maozi uses explosives to start.

Historically, even the BF109 was hand-cranked, and the FW190 was later considered to have an electric start.

This method is primitive and backward, but it also has advantages. For example, if someone wants to steal the plane, if there is only one person, it cannot be stolen, because it cannot be started at all!

Now that the engine has started, Loso shouted loudly, "Move away, move away!"

The ground crew in front, who was in charge of starting, and the ground crew car that served as a step were quickly shifting to the side, and Loso couldn't wait to pull the accelerator lever back and release the brakes.

From the parking area, the P-40 quickly taxied towards the runway. He needs to take off and meet the enemy!

The Germans actually wanted to carry out a sneak attack when the sky just dawned. Of course, they would not watch the Germans wreak havoc. They were eagles, and they wanted to soar in the sky!

In front of Loso's eyes, the runway for take-off has appeared. He fully opened the throttle, the water-cooled engine in front roared, making bursts of roars, and the wings on both sides were cutting through the airflow, becoming a steady stream of lift.

Take off, take off!

Loso couldn't wait to pull up his plane, but at this moment, an anxious voice sounded in his earphones: "Captain, Captain, pay attention to the back!"

Behind?

The front end is a long inline water-cooled engine, which occupies almost half of the length of the fuselage. The cockpit is in the middle of the fuselage. This kind of fighter has almost no rearward vision. This is also the mainstream layout plan in the early days. Minimize air resistance. !

But now, Loso turned his head hard and looked back. Before he could see anything, he heard a terrible sound from behind.

"Tom tom, tom tom tom!"

An HS129 attack aircraft had caught up to him and fired 40mm Bofors shells at him from behind!

After the replacement of the new engine, the mobility of this attack aircraft has finally been reborn, and the pilot no longer has to be unhappy because of the decrease in mobility caused by the burden of the armor. At this time, the pilot in the cockpit, Just press down the operating lever, and the nose of the machine will dip down neatly, like a dragonfly on the water, and then, the 40mm cannon will fire!

The artillery shells rushed in, and the plane on the runway was blown up!

Behind it, the 40mm grenade is on fire, and the performance is quite powerful. As long as it is hit by one, it can blow up a big hole!

What self-closing fuel tank, what fire extinguishing system, all useless!

The burning fighter plane continued to slide forward and slid. Loso in the cockpit used all his strength and finally jumped down from it. He watched his fighter plane helplessly, like a huge fireball, rushing forward to the lawn on the side of the base.

His foot was injured, and he limped to his feet, looking at the entire base, listening to the constant explosions around him, like hell on earth.

The air defense position on the west side of the base was the first to be taken down. Several HS129s came over, and as soon as they were strafed, no one came forward. Then, one after another, the Stukas dived and dropped bombs, blowing the entire antiaircraft artillery position to smithereens.

Then, those HS129s continued to shoot at various targets at the airport with impunity. Even the thick hangar could not stop their shooting. The P-40s exploded and caught fire, as if they were opening fire. Bonfire party is the same.

Countless ground crews and pilots screamed and dodged everywhere. Behind them, German pilots were strafing the ground, and people were constantly being shot and screaming.

Before the war started, their base had already been abolished! In front of Loso's eyes, there is fire everywhere, and death is everywhere.

This is a doomed tragic war!

Port Said.

This is a port that prospered entirely by virtue of the Suez Canal. It exists as an important transit point. Now, Port Said, as the starting position of the Suez Canal, is the focus of the British army.

Yes, the guards here are not troops mobilized from the colonies, but the purest British soldiers, and their will to fight is stronger.

Moreover, they have prepared in advance that the wide anti-tank trench will block the attack of German tanks!

This is also their only way. The anti-tank guns sent by the United States have been equipped with front-line troops, and they have not fallen into their hands. Relying on their current 2-pounder guns, they are useless at all.

The soldiers guarding, holding their rifles, were waiting in the trenches. There was some fog in the morning, and they looked extremely cold.

Just ten minutes ago, the Germans attacked their air base, and all the fighter planes were destroyed on the runway, so everyone knew that the battle would start soon.

As a soldier of the empire, fight for the empire to the last minute!

"Buzz, buzz." At this moment, there was the roar of the engine in the sky, they raised their heads, and immediately showed confused eyes, it was not the German Stuka that flew, but a Junkers -52 transport aircraft!

What does this plane want to do?

The Junkers-52 was careful not to have an air defense position close to the ground, just above the trenches on the front line, like snowflakes, a large number of leaflets were scattered.

The Germans are handing out flyers!

Private Ryan, only felt a whiteness in front of him, a flyer, which happened to cover his face. He picked it up and looked at the words on it, which were all written in English.

British soldiers, don't let your blood go in vain!

The empire is not George VI's, and you should no longer bear the impossible ideals for George VI. Alexandria has fallen, Cairo has been conquered by our army, George VI has disappeared in the chaos, Elizabeth has returned to London, Egypt has surrendered, this war is over!

Put down your weapons and return to the arms of Edward VIII. As long as you put down your weapons, no one will hold you accountable for your past mistakes!

"No, no, this is a German conspiracy, let's not be fooled!"

Someone shouted.

"No, it's a fact, if General Montgomery was still in Alexandria, how could the Germans keep raiding here!"

"Edward VIII is the current king, George VI, who is dead!"

"No, don't insult King George VI, he is our leader, we will not surrender to the world enemy Germany!"

There was chaos on the ground, and there were people with various opinions. At this time, their commander did not come forward. The lower-level commanders, without the ability to think, need to listen to the higher-level commanders, but their higher-level commanders have all disappeared, and they have been called back to the headquarters.