Chapter 1541: Strategic Bombing
More than two hundred fighters and bombers flew over the Ploiesti oil fields, and German anti-aircraft fire began to fire in full force. A door of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, began to fire at the maximum rate of fire. Trying to knock down the fighters of the Chinese Air Force in the sky. After all, these planes are carrying bombs! If it falls, it will be a devastating blow to the Ploiesti oil field.
"Fighters, suppressing enemy anti-aircraft fire. Dive bombers and look for opportunities to destroy enemy air defense positions. Bombers, high altitude standby. "The Air Force commander who commanded this bombing gave the order.
One after another, the 'Haidongqing' 2 fighters roared and circled downward, rushing towards the German air defense positions. Two bombs fell under the wings, creating craters on the ground. After dropping the bombs, the fighters began to strafe the German air defense positions with aviation machine guns.
"Da Da Da!" A barrage of bullets fired at high speed, killing several German soldiers who were operating the anti-aircraft guns, causing the anti-aircraft gun position to temporarily stop firing.
Immediately afterwards, a 'Falcon' dive bomber dived down directly and dropped heavy aerial bombs mounted under the belly.
The aerial bomb fell on the German air defense position, and after the explosion, a huge fireball was generated, and the entire air defense position was destroyed, and the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were destroyed in the violent explosion. Those German soldiers were directly lifted away like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
Under the blows of the fighters and dive bombers of the Imperial Air Force, the German air defense positions were destroyed one after another, making the German anti-aircraft fire weaker and weaker. And the 'Hongyan' 2 bomber on standby at high altitude. Also began to reduce the altitude, preparing for the bombardment of the Ploiesti oil fields.
The altitude of the 40 Hongyan-2 bombers dropped to 1,000 meters. The magazine opens. Aerial bombs weighing fifty kilograms were dropped. Forty 'Hongyan' 2 bombers dropped a total of 800 bombs. For the Ploiesti oil field. These 800 bombs may not be much. However, in the midst of the bombing, one oil well after another was set on fire. A large number of oil extraction facilities were destroyed. A large oil storage tank located on the edge of the oil field was also ignited, causing a violent explosion. The flames burst out, the smoke rushed into the sky, and the entire oil field seemed to become a sea of fire.
After the bombing of the Hongyan-2 bomber, it began to retreat from a high altitude. Such deterioration can effectively reduce casualties. The 'Haidongqing' 2 fighter and the 'Falcon' dive bomber also dropped all the remaining ammunition. And then a swaggering evacuation.
This round of bombing dealt a huge blow to the Ploiesti oil field. Although only a small number of wells have been ignited, this has already proved that the Ploiesti field is no longer safe. The Chinese Air Force can carry out one bombing, and it can also carry out a second bombing. Eventually, the entire Ploiesti oil field will probably be destroyed.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Chinese Air Force carried out another bombing. Because the Luftwaffe fighter unit was completely lost, the air defense positions were almost destroyed. So. During the afternoon round of bombing, all the Imperial Air Force's 'Hongyan' 2 bombers and 'Falcon' dive bombers were engaged in bombing the oil fields. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Imperial Air Force, the entire Ploiesti oil field was ablaze. It can be said that this oil field has been almost destroyed. At most, one or two rounds of bombardment will be able to completely destroy it.
The Ploiesti oil field was blown up, and this was for Germany. It was tantamount to another heavy blow. Kaiser Wilhelm I was furious when he received the news. Count Moltke had assured him before. The Ploiesti oil field will definitely be held. But now, in the blink of an eye, the Ploiesti oil field has been blown up. This made Germany in the ensuing war. There is simply not a drop of oil to replenish it, and it can only rely on the pre-war oil reserves. Although, before the war, Germany had a lot of oil reserves. But with the explosive growth of oil consumption, those oil reserves simply can't last long. Once the oil is exhausted, the German Army's tanks and cars will not be able to operate, which will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the German Army. If you want to win this war, I'm afraid it will be even more impossible.
"Your Majesty, the Chinese dispatched a large number of air force fighters to bomb the Ploiesti oil fields, which was indeed beyond our expectations. Although we deployed a large number of anti-aircraft firepower and fighter jets near the Ploiesti oil fields, we were unable to stop the bombing by the Chinese Air Force. The performance of our fighters is completely inferior to that of the Chinese, so that in air combat, it is completely one-sided. More than 100 bombers dispatched by the Chinese blew up the Ploiesti oil field in just two rounds of bombing. "Count Moltke is very aggrieved, this is entirely because the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, which led to their fiasco!
Kaiser Wilhelm I's face was gloomy and somewhat frightening, and Germany suffered one defeat after another, without winning a single battle, which made him almost lose hope of victory over the Peace Alliance.
"Your Majesty, from the massive bombardment of the Ploiesti oil fields by the Chinese, the General Staff Headquarters has found a serious threat." Count Moltke continued.
"What threat?" William I asked.
"Your Majesty, the Chinese were able to cross the Danube, cross a distance of hundreds of kilometers, and carry out a massive bombardment of the Ploiesti oil fields. This meant that their planes were able to take off from France and the Kingdom of Belgium to bomb the major cities of the empire itself. Count Moltke said.
"What? Are you sure? "William I was shocked. If this analysis of the General Staff Headquarters is correct, then this means that all the important cities in western Germany are within the bombing range of the Chinese Air Force! If these cities were bombed, it would have dealt a fatal blow to Germany. This will not only seriously threaten German industry, but also have a huge psychological shock to the German people. I'm afraid that if Germany wants to win this battle again, there is no longer any possibility of it.
"Your Majesty, our investigators, have discovered that the Chinese began to build airfields in eastern Belgium and eastern France as early as the end of last year. Predictably, these airfields must have been used to launch an attack on Germany. Count Moltke said.
"Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, no matter what method you use, you must keep German airspace safe. Not a single bomb could be allowed to fall on German soil. William I said with a serious face. Although, he also knew that such a request was a bit too strong. However, there is no way around it. Once the Chinese began to carry out large-scale bombardment of cities in mainland Germany, the consequences would be somewhat unimaginable.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my best." Count Moltke nodded. However, he also knew that it would be impossible to completely stop the bombing of the German mainland by the Chinese Air Force.
The best thing to do is to attack immediately and push the front hundreds of kilometers west in one fell swoop. In this case, because of the range of the fighters, the Chinese Air Force will not be able to threaten the security of the German mainland.
However, there is simply no way to do this. The armies of the Chinese Empire and the entire Peace League had already deployed a number of troops in the Kingdom of Belgium and France, and the German Empire wanted to launch an attack, and it was impossible to realize this strategic plan for a while. Besides, the weather is still cold, and the whole of Western Europe is in a land of ice and snow. The German Army wanted to defeat the armies of the Peace Alliance, it was simply impossible. It is not clear that non-combat attrition alone can cost Germany dearly.
The only way is to be able to deploy more air defense positions on the Western Front and at the same time send a large number of fighters. After actual combat, it has been proved that there is a huge gap between the Luftwaffe's 'Condor' 1 fighter and the fighter of the Chinese Air Force. If you want to defeat the fighters of the Chinese Air Force, with the Condor-1 fighter, it is simply impossible. The Condor 2 must be put into service as soon as possible.
On the orders of Count Moltke, the Luftwaffe stepped up its deployment in the west. At the same time, the Luftwaffe is developing the Condor-2 fighter jet, which is also speeding up the development process. Count Moltke has given a death order to the Aircraft Research Institute, and the Condor-2 fighter must be mass-produced in the first half of this year. Otherwise, Germany, which does not have air supremacy, will not be able to defeat the army of the Peace Alliance headed by the Chinese Army.
It was this move by the German* army that led to the outbreak of the largest air battle of the war between the two sides. The Luftwaffe deployed a thousand Condor-1 fighters on the Western Front. The Chinese Air Force has also deployed eight wings in the Kingdom of Belgium and France, including four fighter wings and four bomber wings.
From early February 1864, fighters from both sides began to strangle on the Western Front. Although, with its absolute numerical superiority, the Luftwaffe once withstood the attack of the Reichsair Force. However, with the arrival of a fighter wing in Western Europe, the Chinese Air Force began to gradually take control of air supremacy.
After taking control of the air space, the Reichsair Force began to use a large number of fighter jets to carry out strategic bombing of important cities in western Germany. The overwhelming bombers attempted to completely destroy Germany's war potential with carpet bombing in order to further strike Germany. (To be continued......)
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