Chapter 183: The Sandstorm is Coming
The deployment of the British army is mainly concentrated in the areas and cities near the sea, and two hundred kilometers away from the coastline is a very harsh desert area, and there is absolutely no British defense in the desert, because it is a forbidden area for life.
At five o'clock, Amini noticed that there were still a few rays of light shining through the clouds below the horizon, but the climate above the desert was like a child's face, changing as it was said.
In an instant, an overwhelming sandstorm hit, and the sky and the earth were completely shrouded in rolling yellow sand:
"When the sandstorm hit, the planes immediately turned on the heading lights to stabilize the planes and maintain their course."
Amini hurriedly gave an order on the radio, and a chaotic yellow attack hit the sky, the visibility was zero in an instant, and the most faint red heading lights could be seen between the planes.
There were more than 800 planes in the entire fleet, and Amini did not dare to order the formation to disperse, because if it was not done, it would end up in a multi-plane collision, and the entire fleet could only continue to fly according to the instruments.
Amini steadied himself and continued to order while he was calm:
"Five hundred, course 1-3-1, altitude remains the same."
"Understood...... Understand ......"
Fortunately, radio communication can still be used in sandstorms, although the noise is very loud, which makes Amini feel a lot more relieved, as long as everyone does not panic and obeys his command, there is no danger of collision.
The strict character of the Germans could not have been in a situation of disobedience. All the pilots struggled to control the rocking plane, their eyes glued to the dashboard.
Flying in a sandstorm is unimaginably difficult, and every pilot is sweating profusely, highly concentrated, and does not dare to have the slightest negligence.
Amini, while constantly giving orders to the formation, contacted the command by radio. But no matter how Amini called, there was no response from the headquarters except for a murmur.
There was no problem with radio, because Amini could command his own fleet by radio, and the problem could only be caused by a sandstorm, which greatly reduced the radio transmission distance.
Originally, Amini wanted to report to the command about his sandstorm. But the sandstorm obscured the radio quotes, and Amini couldn't contact the headquarters at all.
Rommel also spotted a sandstorm at the headquarters, but no matter how Rommel called Amini, he received no reply.
Rommel was so anxious that he had the "Eye of God", but he could spot the sandstorm, but he could not notify the group of planes that he was attacking, and Rommel could only watch as the sandstorm completely swallowed up his fleet.
All the air power in his hands was swallowed up by the sandstorm in this way, and there was still half of his paratrooper division on the plane. If the entire sortie group had gone and never returned, Rommel would not regret his death!
Rommel's face was still calm and light, and the hundreds of staff officers in the operational command were still busy in an orderly manner, and the entire command room knew about the sandstorm encountered by the sortie plane, and Rommel, as the supreme commander, must be steady, and he must not convey his panicked emotions to his subordinates.
In fact, Rommel has been nagging a sentence in his heart:
"People are not as good as heaven!"
Rommel could not give Amini any help when he lost contact. Everything can only be done by Amini himself, and of course the only thing Rommel can do is to believe that Amini can lead the group out of the sandstorm.
"Wald. Make me a new cup of tea! ”
Although the hundreds of staff officers of the operational command were busy with their own affairs, they were all secretly peeking at their commander Rommel out of the corner of their eyes.
Everyone knows that the loss of half of the paratrooper division by the German Afrika Korps is definitely not a big loss, but if the more than 800 planes that made the sortie go and do not return, then the German Afrika Korps will be broken.
Hitler was ready to start a war against the USSR. There is no doubt that he could not continue to send planes to support Rommel's operations.
In other words, as long as Rommel lost the 10th Air Army, he would not want to be supported by a single plane in the future.
Once Rommel's Afrika Korps loses air supremacy, there will be no need to fight this battle. Pack your bags and go home directly for the New Year.
Even if the tanks of the Seventh Panzer Army are powerful, they can only be bombed, Rommel's "Eye of God" is in the, and he can only stare dryly when the enemy planes come.
In the past, Rommel controlled his own fate, but now he can only hand over his fate to God, which is really painful.
Since man cannot make up his mind to conquer the heavens, let it be left to fate! As the saying goes! If you can't resist, just open your legs and enjoy it!
Rommel sat down in his chair again and began to close his eyes. Everyone looked at the commander's half-squinted eyes, but they felt a lot more at ease, because as long as the commander closed his eyes, then most of the battle would be won, and this was the case with previous experience.
Rommel, who closed his eyes, immediately opened the "Eye of God" to search, and the territory of Libya was full of rolling dust, and Rommel's "Eye of God" could not see anything clearly.
Far beyond the detection range of the "Eye of God", Rommel had no choice but to give up.
It is said that Amini led the group of planes to fly with difficulty in the sandstorm, the wind speed was not too great, but the plane shook very much, as if it was about to disintegrate in the air in the next second.
Amini was like a year, and he was constantly radioing the speed, altitude, and course of the entire fleet.
Amini doesn't know that there are planes that have broken away from the formation and gone missing, but there has been no collision in the air, which makes Amini feel a lot of comfort.
Time passed by second, and half an hour later, the sky was still full of yellow sand, and according to the flight time, it was ten minutes to reach Tobruk.
If the sandstorm continues, Amini will have to force his parachute jump according to his estimates, regardless of the city, swamp, or ocean below, because Amini has not received an order to cancel the operation until now.
This damn German, he has a tendon missing from his brain, and he doesn't even know how to return without being able to parachute.
In Amini's view, the duty of a soldier is to obey orders, and as long as Commander Rommel does not cancel this operation, even if there is a mountain of swords and fires below, he must jump.
Rommel has such brainless subordinates, I don't know if it's happiness or sadness.
Suddenly, the sand and dust in the air seemed to be smaller, because Amini could see the tail of the plane in front of him with the naked eye from the cockpit of the plane.
Amini immediately picked up the wireless phone and shouted;
"Brothers, we flew out of the sandstorm, God bless Germany...... In eight minutes, we will be above the target, so get ready for your skydive. ”
Another village!
Amini only then remembered why the British Air Force had not been found to intercept this air raid! A sandstorm of blessing and misfortune!
With such a big sandstorm, the British planes couldn't take off at all, and Amini only encountered the sandstorm after they took off, so they had to force their way through the damn sandstorm.
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…… (To be continued.) )