Chapter 680: British Radar Station
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"Ignition!" Kammler shouted loudly.
With his order, the rear of the missile launcher, the missile that had been erected, spewed out a white gas from the tail, and with the sound of the turbine pump, fuel and oxidizer were injected into the engine respectively, and then, an orange-red flame came out from the bottom.
Two seconds later, the flame in the tail section had stabilized, illuminating the entire dark launch position, and the missile's body, propelled by an engine working at full power, began to slowly rise.
One after another, more than 100 missiles were launched together, this kind of scene is incomparably spectacular, and it is impossible to describe it in words, and only when you really stand in the surrounding open space can you feel this majestic momentum.
Kammler was in the middle of it, he looked at the missiles taking off one by one, his heart was also flying with the missiles, the dark night sky had been illuminated, when the missiles flew, the blazing tail flame, made people's eyes feel the burning pain.
The bright sky soon darkened again, and those flames gradually flew away, and the brightness also quickly decreased, and it looked like meteors.
The first wave of German attacks began with missile attacks!
Dover, coastline.
When the expeditionary force could not withdraw from the other side, the coastline on this side was already on high alert, and in order to prevent the infiltration of the small German frogman troops, the shore on this side was always on high alert, and there were patrols patrolling back and forth.
At the same time, behind the coastline, at a distance of about a thousand meters, some tall iron towers were urgently installed.
There are eight in total, four of which are 120 meters high, and at the top of these towers, a wide-angle transmitting antenna with a transmitting power of 350 kilowatts is installed.
At the same time, next to it, there is another group, a total of four 80-meter-high towers, on the top, on top of which are installed receiving antennas.
Yes, this system is the AMES-1 radar developed by British technicians, which is mainly used for long-range detection.
Compared with the radar of later generations, this device is still very primitive, especially . Unable to rotate the antenna for scanning, it had to be installed on four large iron shelves, and the transmitting and receiving antennas were separated, and they could only cover an area of 100 degrees directly in front of them.
100 degrees is enough, after all, the object of their defense, is the target from across the strait!
Tonight, they received instructions to raise the alert level, so the entire radar station has been working at full power.
If the Germans were to launch an air attack, they would have a pair of sharp eyes, and they would need to detect enemy aircraft in advance and then notify the underground fan command center of the command center set up in the suburbs of London.
Based on reports on the enemy situation from radar stations and ground air defense observation posts, the command center conducts a comprehensive analysis and assessment, and then uses radio to direct fighters in the air to fight.
This is the complete air defense process of General Dowding so far.
The whole of Britain is divided into four release zones, of which the 11th zone in the southeast is the focus of the defense, after all, they are opposite Calais, and the Germans, most likely, will come from Calais!
Inside the radar station, the radar soldier was nervously staring at the screen in front of him, and the night was quiet, only the nightingale outside was still chirping.
Suddenly, on the screen, bright spots appeared, one, two, and soon, a large one appeared!
"The target was found, and enemy aircraft were taking off in large batches." The radar soldier shouted, he stared nervously at the information on the radar, and suddenly his voice changed: "No, it's not an enemy plane, it's a missile!" ”
If it was an airplane, the climb would definitely not be so fast!
From here, the radar can search for targets 90 kilometers away, so they found the target on the other side of the strait, which is constantly taking off. In just a few tens of seconds, I climbed a few thousand meters!
Missile, it's the V-2 missile of the Germans!
In the last battle, Germany used this weapon for the first time to attack, and at that time it posed a serious challenge to the British air defense system, because this missile is simply impossible to intercept!
Needless to say, now, in the future, the interception of ballistic missiles is a difficult problem.
In an instant, the emergency information was transmitted to the command center in the rear suburbs of London, which was also the command of the British 11th Air Group, commanded by General Trafford Limallory.
"Immediately order our fighters to take off!" Trafford shouted loudly: "Hurry, hurry!" ”
Britain, an old country, has a large number of elite officers, and after their first exposure to this missile, they analyzed it.
The conclusion is quite terrible, this kind of missile cannot be intercepted, and at the same time, they are also studying the problem of how to use this kind of missile if they have it.
The result is also obvious, as the first wave of the strike, use this missile to attack the opponent's air base, completely paralyzing the opponent's fighter plane on the ground!
You must know that the fighters of this era do not have a solid hangar, but even if there is a reinforced concrete hangar, it will definitely not be able to block the attack of this missile, and its warhead is one ton!
During the First World War, there was a lawn to take off, but now, the airport is simply flattened with the runway, and the planes are almost always parked in the open air, and once attacked by the other side, the losses are very heavy.
Although it was night, although it was not clear what the follow-up attack would be, they had no choice but to let the fighters take off immediately, so that the losses could be mitigated!
The entire command center was busy, and they knew that the big war was finally coming!
"Report, the radar station lost contact." Almost two minutes later, the shocking news came back.
Radar, is their eyes, especially now, at night, radar will help them find the target in advance, but now, the radar station, there is no contact!
When those targets were found to take off, the radar station was on high alert, and the trajectories of the missiles in the air separated after takeoff.
At the same time, because this radar was originally designed to observe aircraft, when the altitude of the missile exceeds 10,000 meters, they cannot catch it.
It wasn't until a few minutes later, when there was a terrible Doppler howling in the sky, much louder than the sound of a cannonball, that the sentry at the radar station looked at the sky in amazement.
Five missiles, piercing the sky, are flying towards the radar station!
"Boom!" In the violent explosion, a dazzling fireball appeared on the ground, and an area almost the size of a basketball court was affected.
The high launcher, also affected, fell in the flying shrapnel, and the sparks splashed.
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