These Stuka dive bombardments were specially designed to deal with the British anti-aircraft fire, and the Stuka bombing was very accurate, and if the defenders did not have enough aircraft to protect them, they would definitely be abused by Stuka.

There were more than 200 bombers and transport planes that served as airborne aircraft, and Italy had more than 80 transport planes to join the airborne, which was the entire strength of the 10th Air Army, and the entire 22nd Parachute Division needed two airdrops to complete all the airdrops.

After the initial buzz of people, all the airfields fell silent, and everyone waited quietly for Commander Rommel's take-off order.

Wait for the hour hand to point to 4; At 30 minutes, Rommel asked the commander of the 10th Air Army, General Geisler, to give the order to take off.

Rommel is still the same, does not interfere with the command of his generals, even if it is just a symbolic take-off order, Rommel is not willing to overstep his responsibilities.

General Geisler stood on the control tower, looking at the hundreds of planes preparing to take off at the airport, he exhaled deeply, today is the whole army of the 10th Air Defense Army, General Geisler hopes that every plane can return safely.

"All planes take off at once, target Tobruk, may God bless you...... I hope you all come back safely, and I will always be here for you. ”

Geisler's words were a little incoherent, but all the pilots involved in the operation understood what their commander meant, and all the pilots silently gave a military salute in the direction of the tower and drew a cross on their chests.

God must be blind in the battlefield, because they cannot and will not bless anyone, and everyone prays to God only for psychological comfort.

In an instant, the entire airport began to roar, and hundreds of planes started at the same time, and the sound was not earth-shattering. At least your ears can't stand it.

All the starting planes began to taxi towards the runway in turn, and then began to taxi on the runway, getting faster and faster, until the plane had enough lift, and then the pilot slowly pulled the plane up.

One plane after another took off, and there was still a half-moon in the sky. A few faintly recognizable stars were also blinking mischievously, watching the hundreds of planes take off from more than a dozen airports, the corners of Geisler's eyes were already moist, and the risk of this mission was too great.

In such a major airborne operation, there must be a general sitting in charge, Amini, the commander of the 4th Air Division, who is the commander of this airborne operation, the paratrooper commander Harold.

Amini had already joined forces with Rommel several times, and he was already familiar with Rommel's commanding methods. Last time on the island of Malta, Amini had already parachuted once, and Amini was familiar with all the operational procedures of airborne.

When the entire fleet took off, in the designated airspace formation, the bombers and transports were placed in the middle of the formation, and the BF109 fighters were all placed on the periphery.

With such a large number of aircraft, it was absolutely impossible not to be detected by the British army, and the entire aircraft group had to pass over the British position. Even if the British army did not have radar, such a large fleet of aircraft could be observed from the ground.

If Rommel had enough time. Of course, it is possible to organize several air raids and remove all the radars of the British army, and to remove the radars of the British army, it is necessary to have a few fierce battles with the British air force, because all the radars of the British army are arranged in the rear.

The British aircraft were much weaker than the air force in Rommel's hands, and the performance of the aircraft was not as good as the BF109. Rommel could definitely remove all the radars of the British army, but Rommel was completely unsure how long this air battle would last.

Even if all the British radars were removed, Rommel's airborne aircraft group still could not escape the observation of the British ground observation posts, so Rommel did not launch an attack on the British radar.

Amini led the group to an altitude of 7,000 meters. It flew towards Tobruk, and the plane flew through the night, flying smoothly forward in the air.

Half an hour later, I saw a glimmer of light outside the window, the sun showed a glimmer of light below the horizon, and the morning sun shone the surrounding clouds in a colorful way, while below the plane, there was a different landscape, the clouds were surging.

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The forces deployed by Britain in Libya are said to be tense and tense these days, because the invincible, invincible Nazis defeated Rommel with the devil's army.

I was not nervous because the people above said that Rommel had not yet had the material to attack, and the troops in Rommel's hands were insufficient.

"Rest assured, brother! Rommel will have to wait at least a month before he can launch an attack, and by that time, our reinforcements have arrived, and even if Rommel does not attack, we will take the initiative to beat him, and this time we must beat Rommel all over the ground to find teeth. ”

Wavell said this to his subordinates, in fact, he also meant something else, he just wanted to stabilize the morale of the army, because Rommel was mythologized by the British media, which invisibly brought invisible psychological pressure to the British soldiers.

It stands to reason that Wavell is absolutely not wrong to calm the morale of the army so much, but the people below do not understand it this way, since the German army will not attack within a month, then why don't we take advantage of this rare time of peace to enjoy the desert scenery.

In the desert where the environment is already harsh, once the officials do not pay attention to discipline, then the military discipline will be quite lax, and the morning drill will definitely not be done, and the war preparation will also be perfunctory.

There is no one even on the air defense lookout post, and the air defense post, such an important post, must be held by someone every day, day or night.

During the desert day, you can dry people into jerky, and at night in the desert, you can freeze people into popsicles, such harsh conditions, as long as the military discipline is not strict, there is no British army to hold that damn air defense post.

When the British army has a radar, why should it set up an air defense observation post! The main reason is that before the war between the British army and Italy, the border between Libya and Egypt was used as the dividing line, so the British radar was built in Tobruk and Selum.

The land-based radar at the beginning of World War II could fill several large houses, and the total weight was more than 10 tons. Building a high-power land-based radar station is not an easy task.

Britain and Italy are fighting on the territory of Libya, and Britain simply does not have time to build high-power ground-based radar stations on Libya.

The detection range of this high-power ground-based radar station can detect 100 kilometers in clear weather and without wind and sand, and if there is foggy weather, the detection distance will be shortened to 60 kilometers, and if there is a sandstorm, the radar will fail.

The radar at the beginning of World War II was like this, this was still the most advanced radar, and Germany was still stepping up research and development at this time! Historically, radars mounted on airplanes appeared at the end of World War II, with a detection range of only eight kilometers, and you read that right, and the fallen leaves were not written wrong.

Amini flew over the desert with a large fleet of aircraft, a route that had been chosen a long time ago, with little British defense along the way.

This route was drawn up according to the British defense map provided by Rommel, and because it had to avoid the British army's defensive positions, it required an additional voyage of more than 100 kilometers.

[The third watch, it's still the same sentence, Falling Leaves asks for a full set of heavenly and earthly services, even if they die, they will die coolly. 】

…… (To be continued.) )