Chapter 640: The German African Desert Base Exposed
"Found it! Got it! ”
An F20 bomber painted with the logo of the Imperial Chinese Air Force flew over North Africa, and the pilot suddenly discovered a secret German air base in the Sahara Desert through the clouds. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because the Sahara Desert is too big, the reconnaissance planes sent by the Imperial Chinese Air Force do not have enough range and can only reconnoiter during the day, so in the end, the Imperial Chinese Air Force converted a batch of F20 bombers into reconnaissance planes, thus enabling the Imperial Chinese Air Force to far surpass the reconnaissance planes and stay over the Sahara Desert for a long time to carry out reconnaissance missions.
"Look below, Nima has several large airport runways, and looking at the number and scale of the surrounding aprons, I'm afraid there are no less than 2,000 planes here."
"This group of Germans is so cunning and insidious that they have built such a huge air base in the desert. Fortunately, we found it, otherwise once the war started, the consequences would be unimaginable! ”
It is already certain that this is the secret Luftwaffe base that was intended to attack Roberts Port a few months ago, but accidentally caused the Oolong bombing incident.
Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, the German airbase was alarmed, and after the discovery of this Chinese Imperial F20 bomber, the anti-aircraft guns immediately opened fire.
Sparks bloomed in the air, and the blast wave threatened the F20 modified reconnaissance aircraft at all times.
"Sir, let's get out of here!"
In the cabin, one of the scouts hurriedly shouted, and the other pilots meant the same thing.
"Withdraw what? A few shells scared you like this? ”
Captain Chen Feng, the commander sitting in the co-pilot's seat, suddenly scolded, as if he was not afraid at all.
It's not that this commander is pretending, but that he, as an officer of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army, has been endowed with a belief since the day he joined the army, that is, Mount Tai collapsed before and his color remained unchanged, and he must remain absolutely calm in everything.
At this moment, the F-20 bombers have just approached the secret German air base, and if they leave immediately, the next time they come to reconnoitre, the Germans will inevitably make plans early, and it will be very difficult to get close to reconnoitre. Therefore, before the German fighter planes took off, they should take as many photos as possible to obtain valuable first-hand information to the greatest extent.
"The German anti-aircraft fire is obviously very weak, they can't hit us, fly me around again, take as many photos as possible and take them back!"
With the orders of Commander Chen Feng, whether it was the pilot or the scout in charge of taking pictures, they could only carry out the order, because they were also a glorious soldier of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army, and it was their duty to obey the order.
The F20 bomber, risking being shot down by German anti-aircraft artillery, once again flew around the German airbase, taking a large number of photos.
The Germans below were furious, and the anti-aircraft guns were firing wildly, trying to shoot down that F20 bomber.
A group of German pilots raced to their fighters, started the motors, and then entered the runway for an emergency takeoff.
However, when the German fighter jets took to the air, the F20 bomber of the Chinese Empire quickly left.
"Catch up with that Imperial Chinese bomber for me, and shoot it down!"
Colonel Silem, the commander of the air force on the ground, shouted angrily, he knew very well the purpose of the F20 bomber of the Imperial Chinese Air Force, especially when the other party was about to circle for a week at the risk of being shot down by anti-aircraft guns, Silem knew that the other party was reconnoitring and taking pictures.
If the news is transmitted back to the Chinese Imperial Army, then this secret desert air base of the German army will be completely exposed, and the next situation in the war between China and Germany in Africa will have a serious impact.
Silem no longer dared to make mistakes, after all, last time he personally led the team, threw a thousand tons of aviation bombed eggs on the territory of his own country, and blew up Monrovia, causing immeasurable losses and disgrace to the German Empire.
If it weren't for Hitler's protection, Silem would have been a corpse at this moment, executed by Imperial German military law.
More than a dozen German fighters took to the air and pursued the F20 bombers of the Chinese Empire in the rear.
The German fighters were light and fast, catching up in less than half an hour.
Seeing the German fighters open fire and rows of bullets coming in, the officers of the Chinese Empire on the F20 bombers had to give the order to climb altitude.
If a single round is lifted, the F20 bomber can climb to an altitude of more than 6,000 meters, but the German fighter can generally only climb to an altitude of four or five thousand meters.
But this time, the pilots of the German fighter planes seemed to have received a death order, and they desperately followed the climb to an altitude of 6,000 meters at the risk of their lives, and continued to fire at the F20 bombers of the Chinese Empire.
"Keep climbing!"
"Sir, it's time to reach the maximum climb of the F20 bomber! Exceeding the warning height can be dangerous! ”
"Don't talk nonsense! Execute the command! Keep climbing! ”
So far, I can only fight.
The F20 bomber continued to climb altitude, and soon reached an altitude of 6,500 meters, and the German fighters, after hesitating for a moment, actually climbed altitude.
Seeing that the German pilots were crazy, the pilots of the Chinese Empire could not admit it, and gritted their teeth and continued to climb altitude.
The two sides flew higher and higher, the air became thinner and thinner, and the air pressure became more and more unstable, and both the German fighter pilots and the personnel on the bombers of the Chinese Empire felt unbreathing discomfort at this moment.
The F20 bomber shuddered violently, while the German fighter behind it was on the verge of falling apart.
However, both sides seem to be not afraid of death, and they are both competing.
A German fighter pilot fell unconscious, the fighter lost control, and crashed to the ground with a whirl, exploding with a bang.
Not long afterward, several more German fighter pilots fell unconscious, and the fighters crashed.
The pilots of several other German fighters held on until now, but finally they could not hold on, and hurriedly descended to altitude and gave up the pursuit.
However, they descended too fast at altitude, and as a result, the pilots of several German fighters vomited blood, and then all the fighters fell and blew up.
At this moment, inside the F20 bomber, the five officers and soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Air Force were also uncomfortable, three of them were already unconscious, the pilot was also at the limit, and Chief Chen Feng next to him was only holding on.
"Sir, the enemy planes have crashed, let's also lower the altitude!"
Even at such a moment, the pilot still obeyed discipline and did not descend the altitude without permission, but first asked the commander for instructions.
Chen Feng was also dizzy at the moment, but he still nodded.
"Descend in height, but not too fast!"
"I know you can't hold it anymore, but if you descend too fast, those three comrades who are unconscious will die, because they can't control the pressure of their breathing."
The pilot nodded, but he couldn't take it anymore and vomited blood and fell unconscious.
Chen Feng hurriedly controlled the plane, although he was also extremely dizzy at the moment, he still bit his lip to cheer up and slowly descended to the altitude.
When the F20 bomber landed safely at Port Roberts Air Force Base, Chen Feng finally smiled, because he completed the mission, but he vomited blood and fainted.
"At all costs, this pilot must be saved!"
When Li Yuanhong learned of this, he immediately issued a supreme order to treat Chen Feng and the other four fighters with the best doctors and the best medicine. When Chen Feng and the other four were out of danger, they were given the best intensive care ward.
This is just a small episode, Chen Feng and his four comrades-in-arms discovered the secret bomber base of the German army, and there is no need to elaborate on the great achievements.
Li Yuanhong quickly reported it to the European Theater Command, and Li Weijun attached great importance to this matter, and immediately dispatched an elite air force from the Suez Air Force to the Sahara Desert to verify it, but it was intercepted by German fighters in advance.
But this is enough to prove that Chen Feng's intelligence is correct, and there are photos to prove it.
You must know that the photos of this era do not have PS technology, and they are what they look like, except for black and white without color, everything else is genuine.
In Wuhan, Kyoto, the Ministry of War quickly reported the matter to Li Weiguo, and Li Weiguo made the final decision.
"What is the status of radar deployment in the Walvis Bay area?"
"Your Majesty, a set of Hawkeye B radar systems has been deployed in the Walvis Bay area, and it has actual combat capability, and the discovery and capture of the German submarine U47 some time ago is the credit of this radar system. In addition, four Hawkeye C on-board radar systems have been completed, two of which have been deployed in the Walvis Bay area, and the other two in Suez and Cape Town. ”
Li Weiguo suddenly frowned and said, "Didn't I say that the new radar produced will be deployed in the Walvis Bay area first?" ”
Zhang Xiaoliu immediately smiled bitterly and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the African Theater Command is very worried about the sneak attack of the mysterious German bomber group, and after learning that the Hawkeye B radar deployed in the Walvis Bay area was successfully deployed, it requested that it be deployed at the Suez Canal and Cape Town Air Base at the same time. The minister believed that the Suez Canal was extremely important, and that the North African colonies next to the German Empire were next to it, and that the air defense of the Suez Canal would become very important in the event of a war between China and Germany in Africa. At the same time, the African Theater Command is in Cape Town, which is the command center of the African theater, and at the same time, the Reich's bomber group is also deployed to the Cape Town Air Base. ”
Zhang Xiaoliu stubbornly explained that as the secretary of the military department, many things need to take into account the relationship between the military department and the local headquarters, and this kind of thing has lasted for 2,000 years in Chinese officialdom and is difficult to put an end to. Although the Chinese Empire has achieved remarkable results in fighting corruption, and there are few officials who are traitors and criminals, there is one kind of goose plucking that is not illegal, and that is the so-called "interception" or "temporary loan" after being glorified by local officials.
After the appropriation of the imperial court, although the intermediate departments did not dare to blatantly embezzle, they could use various excuses to "withhold" and "borrow", anyway, they were not corrupt, that is, they were used first, and then returned after a period of time.
The same is true for the military, all major theaters are fighting openly and secretly, and the armament committee has good equipment, and they all want it, but there are more wolves and less meat, so it is inevitable that there will be all kinds of "interception" and "borrowing" problems.
As a matter of fact, the radar equipment allocated by the military department must go through the procedures of the African Theater Command, and then the African Theater Command will definitely have some people who are jealous and use various reasons to intercept some of the equipment.
Zhang Xiaoliu knew about this kind of thing, he originally felt that it didn't matter, after all, China and Germany were still negotiating in Constantinople, and they only needed to urge the Equipment Committee and the Royal Defense Industry Corporation to speed up production, as long as there were more radar equipment, the problem could be solved.
However, he never imagined that the air force's reconnaissance of the Sahara Desert would discover the secret German air base so quickly.
In this way, the Chinese Imperial military was ready to terminate negotiations with the German Empire and take a tough action.
Similarly, Zhang Xiaoliu didn't expect Li Weihui to ask about the radar, he didn't dare to hide it, he could only tell the truth, and even took the responsibility on himself.
Li Weiguo did not blame Zhang Xiaoliu for this, he just wanted to know how the air defense capability in the Walvis Bay area was going and whether it could withstand the sudden attack of the German bomber group.
"What did Li Yuanhong say?"
Zhang Xiaoliu replied: "Your Majesty, Li Yuanhong said that he has the ability to deal with the night air raids of the German bomber group. ”
Li Weiguo nodded, as long as he found the take-off position of the German bomber group, then he could calmly deploy the radar system to detect in advance, and even deploy fighters to intercept it halfway.
"Now that you are sure, then I will let Tang Shaoyi's side cooperate with the military's actions, and your side should prepare as soon as possible! After a long delay of several months, the Germans must have stockpiled a lot of killer ideas. ”
Zhang Xiaoliu was embarrassed and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty rest assured, the minister dares to guarantee that this time there will never be another mistake!" ”
Li Weiguo nodded, and the military quickly issued an operational order, which was notified to the European Theater Command and the African Theater Command respectively.
On the other hand, Tang Shaoyi ordered the Imperial Court to send a note to the representatives of the German Empire and other mediator powers, to make drastic changes to the content of the previous negotiations, and to re-impose harsh conditions on the German Empire.
The mediators were shocked and puzzled by the sudden change in the attitude of the Imperial Chinese Government, why the conditions put forward by the Chinese Empire in the previous negotiations with peace and spirit were very harsh, but it was completely possible to negotiate slowly, and why the current attitude towards negotiations suddenly became tougher, and something big must have happened in the process.
Only the representatives of the German Imperial Government knew in their hearts that yesterday, when the Berlin War Department received an urgent telegram from Silem, they knew that the secret air bases of the German Empire in Africa had been exposed and had been detected by the Chinese Imperial Air Force.
This was a signal to the German Reich government to go to war.
Whether it was Hitler or Prince Baden, they knew very well that the Chinese Empire was so talkative a few months ago, it was a secret air base and a powerful bomber group that was afraid of the German army, and if it suddenly attacked any important military base and city of the Chinese Empire, it would cause huge losses to the Chinese Empire.
It was for this reason that the Chinese Empire sat down to negotiate with the German Empire.
It's a pity that even if the German Empire has this kind of bomber group advantage, it does not dare to start a full-scale war with the Chinese Empire, after all, the war resource reserves are not enough, and they need to buy time.
When the secret air bases of the German army in the desert of North Africa were exposed, the German Imperial government realized that the Chinese Empire was going to turn around and go to war.
Tang Shaoyi ignored the representatives of several mediator countries and directly issued an ultimatum to the representatives of the German Empire.
"If your government does not agree to our terms, then use artillery to solve the problem!"
The representative of the German Empire was very angry, but in the world of the weak and the strong, if you can't beat others, you have to give in, so he had to reply: "We agree in principle to transfer German Southwest Africa to your country to administer on your behalf, but now Schliefen has rebelled in German Southwest Africa, and I ask your country to solve it on its own, and we will not interfere!" ”
The rapid subjugation of the German Empire not only surprised the Chinese Empire, but also surprised all countries in the world, who were bullied by the Chinese Empire but did not dare to fight back, thinking that the German Empire was gone, and for a time all countries in the world expressed their condolences to the German Empire.
When Li Weiguo learned about it, although he was also surprised, he quickly understood the intentions of the German Empire.
This is just like the Sino-Japanese War in history, the Qing government ceded Taiwan to Japan, but in fact Taiwan established a republic to resist, forcing Japan to send troops to suppress it, the Qing government's intention is to consume Japan's national strength, if Japan can't take Taiwan in the end, the Qing government is seeking international mediation, and Taiwan will be returned.
Now the German Empire is also in this kind of mentality, deliberately abandoning German Southwest Africa, which can be regarded as a concession to the Chinese Empire, so that the Chinese Empire has no excuse to start a full-scale war against the German Empire. But if the Chinese Empire wants to take German Southwest Africa by itself, even if it starts, it has nothing to do with the German Empire, consuming the national strength of the Chinese Empire, buying time for the German Empire, killing two birds with one stone.