Chapter 1282: The Storm is Coming
"The crows have been dispatched, and the storm is coming. May we be able to create new miracles on this land. "Before the morning star rose into the sky, JU88G jammers and some planes with the mission of luring the enemy took off first. Guided by ground-based navigation equipment, they flew to the preset battlefield, and on the ground, the German commandos, who had been dormant for a long time, finally showed their sharp fangs at the British ground-based radar station.
The Germans had calculated the time accurately, and when the sky gradually brightened, the group of decoy planes arrived just over the British radar warning line. Decoy enemy planes and gliders swaggered towards the British defense line, like moths throwing fire to the dense British air defense system, such a large-scale sortie naturally aroused the great concern of the British, for a time the air defense siren sounded throughout the front-line airfield, many British pilots were awakened by the sound of the siren, hurriedly put on their clothes and ran to the duty room to accept the task. The squadron leaders and group leaders began to assign tasks according to the intelligence, and when the decoy group was about to cross the first layer of defense, the British fighter unit in the front line had already taken off and flew to the target under ground guidance.
"Let's get started, let the British taste our awesomeness!" All electronic warfare aircraft begin to carry out electronic suppression of ground-based radars and guidance equipment in accordance with pre-arranged tasks. Hundreds of jammers and tons of chaff and jamming ropes were dropped like an invisible sword that cut through the British air defense radar system. In an instant, snowflakes appeared on the radar screens of more than a dozen radar stations, countless communication and guidance radio waves were intermittent, and the group of aircraft that had just risen into the air could not get in touch with the tower, and could only rely on visual and previous guidance records to blindly search for the location of enemy aircraft. A sense of foreboding hung over the British pilots.
"We've done it, let's get rid of these things. We return home. "The plane responsible for luring the enemy threw the gliders towed behind the fuselage one by one and broke away at high altitude. The planes that no one piloted would continue to fly for a while, and if the British pilots were lucky enough to find the intruders, they could play a game of kite hunting. The reflectors on these modest gliders made them quickly larger on radar, and these things looked like medium bombers to British radars. And in fact, the British wasted valuable air interception forces to fight these worthless things.
"I saw one, oh my God, it hit the ground! The person who flew this plane must be an alcoholic! A Spitfire pilot watched in amazement as a glider got lower and lower until it hit its head into a hill. The experienced captain felt that there might be a conspiracy hidden in it, so he immediately led the team to search for other air targets. Ten minutes later, when they got close enough to take a closer look at the target, they were shocked by what they saw!
"These planes have no pilots, no propellers and no engines. It's just an empty shelf, and it's a bit too much for them to call a glider, and it seems to us that it can only be regarded as a kite! A British pilot said after the war. This was seen by many Spitfire pilots who took to the air, and they rushed up with murderous vigour, only to find that there was only a bunch of flying junk. "Where is our enemy? What do the Germans want to do? Many pilots were full of hesitation and surprise.
The commander of the British Air Force on the ground, who was in charge of dispatch and command, first felt that something was wrong, in order to deal with the "massive bombing" of the Germans just now, they had already sent most of the interceptor groups in their hands, but from the current point of view, this was just a perfectly designed trap! Spitfires aimlessly turn in circles in the air, consuming precious fuel. A Spitfire fighter has a very limited range even if the auxiliary fuel tank is included, not to mention, in order to intercept enemy aircraft just now, many Spitfire fighters threw away the auxiliary fuel tank. That's it. In the deception of the Germans, the British lost the ability to intercept the first wave.
And at the same time, the real offensive of the Luftwaffe was coming. Hundreds of bombers and attack planes of all kinds followed the corridors that had been carved out and went straight to the major air bases in the British rear. The first line of defense has been breached, and the second line of defense is about to fall. A large number of electronic warfare aircraft began to continue to suppress the radar stations along the route, and the German commandos, who had already entered the attack position, also began to attack the British radar stations. In a dense rain of bullets and explosions, the eyes of these British Air Forces were plucked out one by one. Soon, huge holes in the second line of defense also appeared. Quite a few planes taking off from airfields can only find targets on their own to deploy interceptions.
While the Luftwaffe was sharpening its knives, the reassembled German Navy also attacked, in fact they attacked much earlier. Under the cover of night, 2 German battleships and 3 heavy cruisers secretly approached the port of Park in southeastern Iran for artillery bombardment, and under the cover of heavy artillery, minesweepers began to clear the mines deployed on the perimeter of the port in preparation for the landing battle. And when the sun rose, when 2 squadrons of fighters and 2 squadrons of bombers that the British urgently drew out finally appeared over the port, they were besieged by more than 70 fighters from two aircraft carriers!
By the time the Luftwaffe bombs had not yet landed on the airfields of the British, the British Air Force had already shed its first drop of blood over Park! The British did not deploy long-range radars in Park, and the British did not expect the German fleet to come here suddenly, although they thought that the Germans might launch a landing war, but the preset battlefield should be near the Strait of Hormuz, and this time, the German navy was very close to India, which was to completely stage the support of the British troops in Iraq!
The bombers responsible for attacking the battleship had to reduce the altitude to bomb, and the Hurricane and Spitfire planes responsible for cover also needed to suppress the opponent's anti-aircraft fire with cannons, and the group began to slide, and when they lowered to an altitude of 3,000 meters, the BF109 fighters who swooped down from the clouds began to slaughter! In the absence of an advantage in altitude and speed, the Spitfire can also rely on good horizontal maneuvering to evade targets, while the bomber can only drop the bomb early and pray not to be targeted.
"Bullets rained down from the sky, and the opposing planes rushed from above and flanks and behind, and we were encircled. Quite a few impatient comrades tried to get away from the pursuit by making a shallow dive, lowering the altitude. But alas, the other side has ample numbers. Even if you can dive through guò to dodge one, you may crash into the muzzle of another BF109 fighter. My squadron suffered its heaviest defeat since the start of the war. After the war, a British pilot who participated in the Battle of Park recalled.
From time to time, British planes were torn to shreds by a rain of bullets. There were also a few planes that fell into a stall state due to operational errors, and the British Air Force that was pressed and beaten had no choice, and the Spitfire, which was in charge of covering, might have a chance to escape to the sky, while the bombers were chased to death one by one. This fiasco was definitely not the last bad news the British heard at Park, and when they saw the landing ships at sea level under the cover of the guns of the German fleet sailing towards the city, the British knew that if they were to keep the base they had worked so hard to fight in southeastern Iran, they would have to invest more forces.
"2 aircraft carriers? Do you want to give it a try? Lieutenant General Slim, the British Supreme Commander in Iraq, said as he looked at the telegram he received. At this time, the offensive of the Germans was not yet fully launched. Almost a thousand tons of bombs loaded by hundreds of bombers have not yet fallen on the heads of the British. The Royal Air Force was still strong on paper, so he raised his own doubts about whether he could prevent the landing of the German fleet if he launched an attack on the German fleet now.
"Today's situation is very wrong, we must deploy enough air force to resist the possibility of large-scale air attacks by the other side, and from our current situation, it is not appropriate to deploy limited forces to attack the opposing fleet. Moreover, from the analysis of the intelligence sent from China, the Germans will carry out a thorough sweep of our air bases throughout Iran. Major General Velen, who was in charge of the Air Force next to him, objected to Slim's opinion. There are a lot of anomalies today, just like before the storm, and the clouds are thick. Moreover, the information provided by Huaxia is generally more reliable, and the last time the British Royal Air Force inflicted heavy damage on the opponent in the Gulf of Oman was the intelligence provided by Huaxia. Although the intelligence is vague this time, the information revealed in it is enough to keep the RAF vigilant!
Although Huaxia intercepted part of the Luftwaffe and Navy's telegrams, although it had mastered a dumb machine. Sadly, however, the German Navy was different from the other branches of the armed forces. The former has more rotors and is more complex! In addition, many of the direct information exchanges between the Luftwaffe and the Luftwaffe were carried out by telephone or in the form of documents. (Luftwaffe headquarters is not far from Basra.) The exchange of core information is all telephone and text, and the information intercepted by Huaxia is more of a transfer and arrangement. This time, Huaxia really wanted to help the British, but the Germans suddenly gave their way, and the secrecy measures were very in place.
"On the contrary, instead of thinking that we should attack, we should shrink our forces, withdraw all the bombers that cannot be used for air defense operations to the north, withdraw from the strike range of the Luftwaffe's strategic bomber forces, and mobilize a large number of fighters from the mainland to make up for the lack of air defense, only in this way can we resist this wave of attacks." Major General Wei Lun built yì road.
"But if we allow the other side to land, as long as one of the opponent's divisions comes ashore, our current defense forces in southeastern Iran will not be able to resist it, and what if we defuse the opponent's air offensive? Continue to increase the number of troops? If it is a large-scale increase in the Air Force and Army, this will need to be approved by the Parliament, and there will be no results in a short time. Lieutenant General Slim said.
Lieutenant General Slim disagreed with Major General Velen, which deprived the British Air Force in Iran of its last chance to escape. The British Royal Air Force did not fail to save the situation, but in the face of the all-out blow of the Luftwaffe Navy and Air Force, it kept looking ahead and backward, lest the war would burn to India, and the hesitation and fear of the British high-level leaders led to the failure of the follow-up volunteer operation.
"We have to go back, there's only enough fuel for 20 minutes!" Just when the Spitfire fighter group on the periphery of the British Air Force was about to run out of fuel, the real enemy finally arrived, under the cover of a large number of BF109 fighters, the equally huge number of JU90 single-engine bombers roared towards the British forward airfield, at this time the British forward airfield fighters were left, and the rudimentary airfield air defense could not resist the large-scale air attack at all.
"Evacuate to the reserve airfield, dodge those fighters, and good luck!" When faced with the choice of whether to lose the plane or the plane and the pilot together, the British front-line commander made the right choice, the first line of defense had collapsed, the fighters did not have enough fuel, and the airfield could not land. Then the best choice can only be to run, as much as you can!
It is clear, however, that the Germans did not intend to spare these flames. There are not many opportunities to chase after the Spitfire and slaughter, and the Germans have calculated in advance that there will not be a lot of fuel for the Spitfire at this time, so the specially selected hunting team began to follow the Spitfire like cats and rats. "They don't even throw the drop tank! It hangs far behind the herd, driving us away like a shepherd dog driving sheep. We didn't dare to accelerate, because that would increase fuel consumption, many novices had run out of fuel, they could only choose to parachute, while the rest of the people tried to control our plane, but even so, the pointer of the oil pressure gauge still pointed to the red line that represented danger, and in the circular formation, from time to time friendly planes were forced to break away from the formation! A British pilot recalled the bitter engagement.
"Alright, guys, it's time to close the net! Hope we all have a good harvest this time! The Germans seized the opportunity very well, and when they saw that the British pilots were constantly parachuting, the BF109 fighter squadron, which had been chasing behind, finally threw away the auxiliary fuel tanks that had almost run out and killed them, and the previously nimble Spitfire was like a stupid duck. There was simply no ability to dodge shells and machine-gun bullets fired from the rear. The whistling rain of bullets was firmly around the necks of the British, and the remaining British fighters either chose to lower their altitude further and try to use the terrain to evade the hunt behind, while others wisely chose to parachute. The battle was completely one-sided. BF109 is so comfortable facing Spitfire?
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