Chapter 226: The Red Alert enters the war and bombs Britain
In the silent night sky of southwestern Germany, the airport signal lights on the ground are flashing, and a large number of German ground crews are waiting quietly, looking at the sky under the night, as if they are welcoming the warriors who have returned triumphantly.
The radar station of the airport transmitted the information of the appearance of the target, and soon a group of aircraft that covered the sky and the sun appeared in the sky over the German airport.
It was a large fleet of 200 Air Fortress bombers that took off from the Pacific region, refueled in the air, arrived in Germany in North Africa, and then diverted into Germany.
In order to avoid all ground-based radars, the two hundred bombers not only chose to fly at night, but also specially bypassed all the ground-based radar systems of the Allied forces.
Finally, after a week-long preparation and flight, 200 bombers arrived on the German mainland.
This is also the first time that the Red Guard Regiment has carried out such an extreme flight, and the whole process is very dangerous.
When the huge air fortress appeared, the Luftwaffe personnel on the ground also urgently guided these bombers to land.
The lights on the runway were all turned on, and the communication link established between the ground control tower and the bombers began to help the bombers land.
The Germans' own bombers had all been evacuated from this airfield in southwestern Germany, leaving only a few dozen fighters to protect the airfield.
A large number of hangars and helipads have been emptied, the surrounding area has also been on demand, civilians have also been forbidden to approach, and the military level has been raised by two notches.
The Air Fortress bombers were also worthy of the attention of the Germans, and when the first Air Fortress landed, the shells of the German bases seemed very small and seemed to be barely landing.
And when the Germans saw such a huge bomber, they cheered excitedly.
For a whole hour, 200 bombers landed smoothly one after another, and none of the bombers who set off from the Pacific Ocean were left behind, and their mechanical properties were very perfect, and there were no failures.
By order of the German base camp, this airfield became a military base for this group of strategic bombers from now on.
Germany will provide fuel and ammunition for these bombers, as well as the necessary supplies for the crews and ground crews.
As one bomber after another, the crew and ground crew walked down, and the Luftwaffe also sent personnel to greet them.
The crew, who knew each other well and spoke native Germanic languages, soon became one with the Germans.
Soon, all the crew members changed into German military uniforms and wore the identity plates and certificates prepared for them by the Germans.
However, their documents are naturally different from those of German soldiers, but it is difficult for outsiders to find them.
Mustache knew about the arrival of 200 strategic bombers for the first time, and after hearing the news from the report below, he was also very interested, and asked to immediately change the itinerary of the inspection.
The next morning, Mustache arrived at the secret air base, and saw the air fortresses docked in the airfield.
The huge air fortress was so huge that it was more than twice the size of every German bomber.
With a wingspan of fifty-three meters and a fuselage of forty meters, the height is higher than that of a three-story building, and it is the first time that such a huge fixed-wing aircraft has a mustache.
A colonel of the Red Guard Regiment Air Force, who was in charge of accompanying him, also said proudly to the mustache: "This bomber, full of ammunition to carpet bomb the British mainland, and fly at an altitude of 18,000 meters, which is the height that all British fighters and anti-aircraft artillery cannot attack. ”
Goering, who accompanied the mustache, was also a little excited when he saw the bombers that filled the entire air base, and asked the colonel: "General, when can you attack?" ”
"Your Excellency General, I am just a colonel, I can't be called a general, our bomber unit, after landing, has already carried out ground maintenance work, only replenish fuel and ammunition, ready to attack at any time." The colonel said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Well, be ready to strike at any time in three days, and the bombs and fuel will arrive soon." Goering said with a thumbs up.
The efficiency of these people was an absolute surprise to Goering, and such a high combat efficiency was very rare in Germany.
The mustache smiled as well.
Satisfying his curiosity, the mustache quickly left, and before leaving, the mustache also explained that he must treat these friends from afar.
Then the mustache and Goering left on the same plane, and on the plane, Goering said to the mustache with some excitement: "Führer, these bombers are too powerful, the Luftwaffe needs such bombers, with these bombers, we will be able to quickly win this war, especially against the Soviet Union, we can quickly raze Moscow to the ground." ”
Goering's excitement and mustache were not surprised at all, but he said with some regret: "This is someone else's thing, but I believe that the Germanic people will definitely build more powerful bombers." ”
"Führer, I also believe in the wisdom of the Germanic peoples, but at the moment the Luftwaffe is in great need of such bombers." Goering said with an itch.
"Don't worry my minister, this batch of bombers is only the first batch, and a second batch of bombers will arrive later, as long as we have a good relationship with our new friends." In just a few days, the mustache's thoughts about Fan Yize have changed.
It's better to see it with your own eyes.
This is also the reason why Fan Yize exposed the Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine and quickly let the bomber unit arrive in Germany.
Since he was going to support Germany, he didn't want to be petty, so he sent two hundred bombers in one go.
You must know that the destructive power of 200 bombers is quite amazing, after all, if the distance from Germany to Britain, these bombers can be loaded with less fuel and more bombs, and the bomb load of each bomber can reach 20 tons, and 200 bombers can drop 4,000 tons of bombs on the British mainland in one go.
Moreover, the excellent attendance rate, which does not even require the excellent performance of fighter escort, makes this bomber able to ensure continuous bombing of targets.
That's the scariest part.
If Germany could provide fuel and bombs without interruption, then the British would really be miserable.
However, if there is really a good bombing effect, Germany will naturally not hide it, and it is estimated that it will send a steady stream of fuel and bombs.
Within three days of what Goering was talking about, in fact the next day, the Red Guard, a bomber unit named Satan's Squadron, had already received orders to prepare for the attack.
In the past two days, the Luftwaffe successfully destroyed the British radar according to intelligence, so that Germany finally gained a certain advantage in the Battle of Britain again.
This also allowed the German base camp to strengthen instead of ending the air raids on the British.
In two days, Germany also bombed targets on the British mainland, but the effect was not very strong.
Therefore, I can't wait for the Satan squadron to attack, which is the first battle of the Red Guard Corps after coming to this world.
The Satan squadron, at the request of the Luftwaffe, took off on time and, escorted by a large number of German fighters, flew towards the British mainland.
If it weren't for the fact that the fighters of the Red Guard Corps could not reach Germany, Fan Yize would have asked German fighters to escort them.
Under dawn, the dense group of Satan's squadron and the German fighters converged, and in order to protect the Satan squadron, the Germans dispatched nearly three hundred fighters to escort the convoy.
And the Germans' own bomber forces, were returning from the British Isles.
This was the Luftwaffe in order to hit the British by surprise, the previous bombers, the Germans dropped more than 70 planes in Britain, according to the usual practice, after this kind of night air raids, Germany could not launch a new round of air raids on the British mainland for at least 12 hours.
British fighters will return to base to refuel and ammunition, and personnel will rest.
Unexpectedly, the Luftwaffe had the help of another living force.
In addition, the British radars have been destroyed, and it is impossible to provide effective warning at the first time.
When two hundred bombers parted in the English Channel, their arrival was not detected on the British mainland.
It wasn't until the dense group entered the British sky that it was seen by people on the ground, and the sirens sounded.
However, at this time, the bomber force had completed the altitude descent, reduced to an altitude of 4,000 meters, and the speed had reached 700 kilometers per hour.
This is a speed that is difficult for all fighters of various countries to reach at this stage, and as a result, the fighter pilots escorted by the German escort looked at the bombers protected by them in amazement and left in the dust.
Summing up the lessons of air warfare over the past year or so, the mustache also gave priority to attacking industrial and air bases on the British mainland, instead of bombing cities, at the request of Fan Yize.
Therefore, the target of this air attack was all British air bases on the mainland, and according to the request, Germany also provided all aerial bombs of more than 200 pounds and incendiary bombs.
There were three main targets for the attack, one was Msgate, Portsmouth, and the three main British air bases in the south.
There are also three secondary targets, including Horn Chapel Airport, De Bertham Airport, and Birmingham Airport.
For this reason, the 200 bombers were divided into six attack formations, with 20 fighters in one formation for the secondary attack targets, and 40 bombers in each of the two bomber formations for the air raids on Msgate and the southern air base.
The Portsmouth airbase, which was the focus of the strike, had sixty bombers, including the bombing of the Portsmouth military port.
When the bombers arrived over the target, the British on the ground hurriedly wanted to defend themselves, and several fighters were ready to take off.
However, the aerial bombs came too fast, and the bombers speeding through the sky were faster than the fighters, and the dense aerial bombs fell frantically.
In the Portsmouth air base, a large number of fighter jets were neatly placed together, and a dense number of aerial bombs fell, and the result was quite tragic.
The British, who had not really seen carpet bombing, tasted such a battle, and the entire airfield was completely engulfed by dense explosions in an instant.
More than 600 tons of bombs were dropped on Portsmouth Air Base in one fell swoop, destroying the entire base, including the reports and barracks and hangars.
The dense explosions, mixed with the persistent destructive effects of incendiary bombs, set the entire airfield on fire.
A large amount of fuel and ammunition were burned one after another, and the whole of Portsmouth was completely turned into a sea of fire.
This made the German fighters who came in a hurry stunned again, and some German pilots hurriedly filmed this amazing scene to confirm that the Portsmouth Air Force Base was really finished, I am afraid that there will be no ten days and half a month, and it will not be possible to take off and land any aircraft here.
The other five targets were also quite proud, which made all German fighter pilots feel like they were dreaming.
So bombing is so simple?
No, it's not easy at all, these bombers are not only able to accurately find the target of the bombing, but also can complete such a dense bombing, which is not easy in itself.
In the past, the Luftwaffe bombed again and again, and often could not find the target, which is already very telling.
The successful destruction of six of Britain's most important air bases was of great significance to the Luftwaffe.
The excited German pilots, one by one approaching the returning bombers, gave a thumbs up to these powerful friends.
And the crew on the bomber, too, nodded to the German pilot.
By the time the fighters from other British airfields arrived, the bomber unit had already left the British Isles, and there was no longer the burden of bomb load, and the bomber's altitude was rapidly increased to 15,000 meters, and the flight speed exceeded 700 mph.
After the German fighters escorted the bombers into the European mainland, they did not rush back, but flew head-on towards the British fighters, and the air battle continued.
The first appearance of Satan's squadron taught the Germans a good lesson, and it also brought great disaster to the British.
At this moment, in the British Prime Minister's Office, anyone can hear the roar of Qiu Fatzi, first all the radars in Britain were destroyed, and then the deadly bombing by the Germans, resulting in heavy losses of fighters and bombers in Britain, becoming the largest loss since Britain entered the war.
As a result, on the British mainland, only a few hundred usable fighters remained, and this loss could almost be said to be fatal.
The most difficult thing for Churchill to accept was that the Luftwaffe suddenly seemed to be a divine help, obviously an intelligence leak, and all British spies in Germany had lost contact, which made Qiu Fatman even more furious.