Isn't it strange that there were no British fighters to defend Alexandria in this hour-long air raid?

Actually, this is not surprising, because at the beginning of the air raid on the port, the air raid on the three airfields in Alexandria was also going on simultaneously.

Among them, the newly stationed Loguel airfield, which is breathing fire from the two squadrons, has become the focus of air raids. The airfield, located 7 kilometers from Alexandria, is mainly staffed by two squadrons of Spitfires, two squadrons of Hurricanes to form a fighter group, and a bomber group with Blenheim bombers.

Nearly 100 fighters were concentrated at Logael Airport, naturally because of its very favorable conditions. Loguel Airport was first built during the First World War as a dirt runway.

And after the war, as the role of aircraft became more and more important, high-quality runways were needed. Logère Airport was expanded with two runways. At the same time, a modern large hangar and other supporting facilities were built. In the thirties, two new cement runways were added, and the hangar was further expanded.

This makes it the most advanced airport in Alexandria.

Naturally, because of the outbreak of the Great War, in the face of the threat of Romania, Britain sent two squadrons of the latest Spitfire fighters to this airfield, plus the originally advanced Hurricane, it became the area with the highest quality air force outside of the British mainland.

But early this morning, that all changed.

Not long after dawn, the pilots woke up shortly after they were eating breakfast and chatting. Suddenly, the piercing air defense sirens sounded, and all the ground crews and pilots immediately ran out. If there is an alarm, something must be wrong.

It's just that people are curious, and people keep asking. "What's going on?"

The person who was asked could only shake his head blankly, indicating that he did not know.

However, their answer will soon be revealed, and they will see several planes they have never seen before, although they don't know this plane, but the logo on its wing will not be forgotten.

"That's a Romanian plane."

"How did these planes get to Alexander."

"Could it be that the Romanian army has landed?"

No one knows these questions, and the incoming fighters will not give answers.

Several HF201 fighters lowered their noses, and their 20 mm cannons and 12.7 mm machine guns were fired at the Hurricane fighters parked on the runway, knocking many Hurricane fighters into pieces.

These are all fighters prepared in advance for emergencies, and they also bring enough ammunition and fuel, so this strafing will hurt them a lot. The HF201 fighter that strafed it still felt unsafe, and when it flew over it, it threw down the 60KG bomb it was carrying. This kind of bomb against small and medium-sized targets, where is the fragile mechanical energy of the aircraft to resist, so one after another explosions and become inevitable, these hurricanes parked next to the runway are completely destroyed.

Such a critical situation has added to the panic in the airport. Many people were afraid of the firepower of enemy planes and did not dare to step forward and start the planes.

Someone shouted anxiously about this. "What about our anti-aircraft guns, why didn't they fire to drive the enemy away?"

As he spoke, fire was opened on the air defense positions defending the airfield. 40-mm and 20-mm anti-aircraft guns were sweeping at enemy fighters at the sadistic airfield. And in these anti-aircraft positions, which opened fire, the attention of enemy aircraft was immediately aroused.

And several daring pilots were immediately ready to board the plane and give the enemy a counterattack. It's just that they are destined to have no chance, because compared to how the fighter did not attract the air defense battlefield, another fighter appeared in their eyes.

Someone who was well-informed immediately recognized it, "This is a Romanian dive bomber, it's not good to run." ”

Because these dive bombers have already begun to enter the dive phase, their high-pitched air roars are even more frightening.

Everyone in the room ran desperately in all directions, and when the screaming reached the end, a 500-kilogram bomb was thrown on the building, and the violent explosion directly destroyed the building.

Lieutenant Colonel Eric, the head of the airfield, who saw all this from afar, blushed and his eyes filled with anger, pulled out his pistol and pulled the trigger on the dive bomber that was causing all this atrocity in the distance.

"Ahh Death to me, you criminals! ”

Lieutenant Colonel Eric, who had emptied the magazine, vented his emotions. I was still in that building before, but because there was something going on before, I came out early. And after the air defense alarm sounds, it will deploy against the air defense itself.

And the Lieutenant Colonel Eric disaster is not over, only to see nearly ten planes coming to Loguel Airport. This makes it even more difficult for the already stressed anti-aircraft positions.

"Boom!"

An HF201 fighter attacked from behind, destroying a 40mm anti-aircraft gun position.

"Boom!"

Another anti-aircraft position was destroyed.

There were so many incoming enemy planes that the air defense positions at the airfield could not be taken care of at all, and this naturally gave the opponent the opportunity to destroy himself.

At this time, I have to praise the HF201 fighter, the good low-altitude performance, so that it is like a tiger in the attack, and many times it can easily deal with the threat from the air defense position. (Don't be affected by film and television dramas, it's not easy for air defense positions to shoot down planes.) ）

And the air defense positions that were disturbed by these HF201 fighters simply did not have time to take into account the bombing of airfields by bombers.

The dive bombers, which had lost their harassment, immediately pounced on the oil depots, hangars, repair shops, etc., all of which became targets for bombing. This caused heavy losses to the airport, and nearly 100 planes stationed there were destroyed in the attack.

So much so that in the end, it was possible to count only 5 aircraft, two of which were damaged.

And at the time of the attack on the Loguel airport, the other two airfields did not fall well, how could the Romanian air raids forget about them, and the same two air strikes also destroyed them.

However, unlike the attack on Loguel Airport, the Antanla and Kolmada airports have been given early warning due to the attack, and several gladiator fighters have already taken off.

This is just this biplane, developed in 1935 (I don't know what the British think, by 1935 it was developing a biplane), which was no match for the Romanian Zero, and was shot down without much effort.

In this way, three airfields in Alexandria were completely destroyed, and Romania divided nearly a hundred warplanes (46 HF201 fighters, 36 RU18T dive bombers) in order to solve these three airfields. ）

The main reason is also to block the support from Cairo and Said, and to prepare for the next second air raid.