Chapter 389: War Weathiness
Ciric, who came from a later generation, is familiar with the military, the history of World War II, and all kinds of cross-era weapons. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In war, the importance of communications is self-evident, and in the communications between the enemy and us, protecting the content of our own communications from being eavesdropped, and at the same time doing everything possible to eavesdrop on the enemy's communications, is a common way of information warfare in World War II.
Under the impetus of Ciric, in the base in Libya, a new frequency hopping communication technology is being developed, and the secrecy is quite strong, of course, if there is only these, it would be too much to underestimate Ciric.
In later generations, there is another very important one, which is electromagnetic interference!
In addition to eavesdropping on each other's communications, there is also interference with each other's communications!
In World War II, this was a completely new style, and the base in Libya was studied for more than ten years.
They chose the same Atlantic One passenger plane and modified it, and now, the passenger plane flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters above their heads is this modified one.
If you look at it from the outside, the biggest difference from ordinary passenger aircraft is the more than a dozen antennas arranged on the nose, fuselage, and tail.
And in the cabin, the original position of the passenger compartment was occupied by various electronic devices.
In order to supply power to these electronic devices, the generators driven by the original four engines were far from enough, so a liquid-cooled DB601 engine was placed at the tail of the engine room to drive an 800 kilowatt generator, and all this power was supplied to the electronic equipment in the middle passenger compartment.
In this day and age, transistors have not yet become popular, and all electronic devices are made of tubes, therefore, the temperature in this passenger compartment is also quite high, and for this, in the front of the passenger compartment, there is also a special vent.
At an altitude of 10,000 meters, the air temperature is about 65 degrees Celsius lower than the ground, that is, the outside temperature is below zero at this time, and it is enough to use the outside air to cool these devices, otherwise, a huge air conditioning equipment is also needed.
At this time, these devices are operating at full power, and a steady stream of electromagnetic interference is released into the entire airspace.
Full-band, large-blocking electromagnetic interference sounds very chic and domineering, but it is not so easy to implement.
If you want full-band interference, the energy required is simply astronomical, even if it is an electronic jammer in later generations, it cannot be realized, so now at most, it can realize interference in a specific frequency band, as long as you find out the frequency band of the radio used by the British military, and then release a variety of corresponding interference electromagnetic waves, it is enough.
At an altitude of 10,000 meters, this special electronic jamming plane is flying leisurely, and now, it is very safe, after all, Britain has not yet been able to fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters to challenge the fighter.
And the battle below is still raging.
Each JU88 carried two 1-ton bombs, and now, with only one thrown away, Bethel completely hit the Hood, whose bow had been broken, and the battlecruiser, the pride of the British, would definitely have to rest.
So, after pulling it up, Beschel continued to look for a new target.
At this time, the entire port was full of smoke and dust.
Junkers 88 bombers, constantly diving and bombing, these are the most elite German pilots, the accuracy is amazingly high, and the harbor, everywhere is the battleship is hit, and then it will burn billowing smoke.
This caused great inconvenience to the aircraft that followed the attack, and they could no longer see the situation of the warships in the harbor.
What to do?
Bescher pushed the lever, the Junkers 88 bomber, and began to dive down, dive.
This time it was a pointless dive, and almost when it was close to the sea, Bethel pulled it up, and now, at last, he could see it clearly.
The smoke was tumbling upwards, and when it was close to the sea, it was better to see that not far from itself was a warship that had started and was leaving the dock.
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, USS Warweary.
Just by listening to the name of this warship, you can know the inner world of the British, they did not want to fight, but this war-weary ship has never really hated war.
On the contrary, it belonged to the British Navy's armament, which belonged to the warships with great achievements, and was an old rival of the German Navy.
The battleship, with a displacement of 30,000 tons, was built at the Davenport Naval Shipyard and entered service for 15 years, beginning a legendary life.
This legend has two aspects, first, it often collides with other warships, just after its service, it collided with the Barham, and in the following career, it has hit other warships one after another, but because of its huge size, it has never suffered a loss.
Secondly, it has survived World War I, World War II, and has been wounded many times, but it has survived tenaciously, for example, in the Battle of Jutland due to the failure of the steering gear, it was heavily damaged by the concentrated attack of the German fleet, and was hit by 15 large-caliber shells.
As a result, after repairing, it continued to serve.
During the Battle of Crete, he was hit by a 500-pound bomb off the coast of Crete and was severely damaged. Returning to Alexandria for temporary repairs, he was hit by another 1000-pound bomb.
During the landing campaign in Sallermo, it was hit by three German radio-guided gliding bombs and was seriously damaged. Temporary repairs on the island of Malta.
Each time it was dangerous, but in the end it came back to life and became a miraculous battleship of the British Navy.
And this time, the War Weary staged a miracle again.
After World War I, all British warships were changed to boilers that burned heavy oil, but no matter what boilers, boiling water took time, and only German-class diesel engines, or later gas turbines, could be ignited and left.
However, the war-weariness was launched.
The War Weathiness, in fact, does not belong to the sequence of the British Home Fleet, it has always been the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, this time, it is just a temporary mission to return to the British mainland.
Just last night, it had just entered the port, and because it was about to go out again, the boiler did not turn off, which is equivalent to the car being idling.
The officers and men on the warship also stayed on the warship and were seizing the time to rest, and when the sound of air defense sirens sounded one after another outside, everyone woke up.
Not good, air raids!
It's definitely not safe to stay in the harbor, there are so many bombers attacking here that they can only leave the harbor under the cover of smoke around them!
If you're lucky, you might even be able to slip away.
Inside the boiler, a large amount of heavy oil was sprayed, and it began to burn at full speed, and the War Weary began to accelerate.
In addition to relying on its own anti-aircraft artillery to deal with bombers in the air, the speed of the warship itself is also very important.
All around, there were explosions, burning fires, thick black smoke, and a choking smell in the air, and the huge war-weariness horn, like a ghost, shuttled through it.
"Dive bomber!" One of the lookouts, standing on the mast, suddenly shouted loudly: "12 o'clock! ”