Chapter 344: 344 Revenge of the British
A radar soldier was staring boredly at the screen with his water glass that never seemed to show up for the target. Beside him, an officer yawned as he threw a dart at a nearby target.
Since the establishment of this radar station high along the coastline, their equipment has been changed twice, each time the radar antenna has become smaller, and each time the detection range is said to have increased.
But in the eyes of these radar soldiers, the increase is nothing more than a screen that looks more comfortable, and a scale value on the screen that looks more. Originally, it was 20 kilometers, then it became 40 kilometers, and now, the high-altitude sounding has reached a staggering 170 kilometers.
Although the detection range of a single aircraft was only about 100 kilometers, this technology was a remarkable achievement in 1938. With this advanced equipment, combined with the nearby field airfield, the air defense capability of the William Military Port can be said to be one of the most powerful in the world at present.
Of course, this does not include the 30 150-mm anti-aircraft guns, 70 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 40 Bofors 40-mm anti-aircraft guns. These guns formed a dense network of fire near the Wilhelm military port.
"Boss, I heard that your daughter has been admitted to college?" the old god of the radar soldier asked softly as he took a sip of water from his teacup.
"Yes, a Berlin university sent her an offer letter. She's my pride. The officer yawned again, but he still felt quite proud of his daughter: "How's it going?
"Don't say it, your family is educated, and the children you have educated are also educated, which is really enviable......" The soldier nodded and said.
"Uh......h Woo ......" The two of them were chatting without a word, and suddenly the machine next to the radar made an alarm sound, and the radar soldier immediately frowned and stopped chatting, and turned around to look at the radar screen.
This didn't matter, and he was taken aback: "Sir, I have found that a large number of planes are approaching our side, I need to confirm that there are any planes that we are returning home by ourselves at this moment! Do you want to send a signal to the fighter flight unit?"
"Immediately notify the air defense forces, as well as the fighter unit! This is not our fleet! Speed!" The officer looked at the flight notice and suddenly said in horror: "That's not our plane! Our plane didn't have any mission earlier today!"
"Call the Wilhelmshaven Air Defense Command! Call the Wilhelmshaven Air Defense Command! This is Watchtower No. 3! This is Watchtower No. 3! A large number of unidentified planes have been found to be approaching Wilhelmshaven! A large number of unidentified planes have been found to be approaching Wilhelmshaven!" The radar soldier grabbed the radio intercom and called out loudly.
"This is the flight tower, confirm the take-off interception mission! Confirm the take-off interception mission!" Inside the headset, a voice came from the command tower of the airport not far away.
"This is Watchtower No. 3! Enemy plane identity confirmed, please take off immediately and intercept it!" The officer took the walkie-talkie and said loudly: "We have checked, the target is not a friendly plane! The target is not a friendly plane!"
"The flight tower understands! We immediately took off and the plane took to the air. After a slight pause on the other side of the tower, he spoke.
Just as they were talking, sirens sounded over the entire harbor, and the anti-aircraft artillery units ran to their posts amid the echo of the sirens. The canvas was torn off by the soldiers, and the slender barrel was exposed, which began to point little by little at the sky.
Little by little, the soldiers began to point their guns at the positions where enemy planes were about to appear, the loaders pushed the shells into the chambers, and the observers on the side looked at the sky in the distance with binoculars with stern faces.
The same scene occurred at the airport, where a group of German pilots quickly rushed out of their quarters with their equipment. The ground crew on the side helped to carry all kinds of equipment and followed the pilots to their planes.
Technicians are reloading some planes with ammunition, and others are urgently refueling them.
"Hurry! Hurry! Fighter planes loaded with fuel will take off first! When there are 10 planes, they will immediately go to the predetermined interception site to fight!" A lieutenant colonel shouted loudly in the distance: "All pilots check their parachutes and life jackets!"
"Tower, I'm Guardian 05, asking to take off. One of the pilots was ready for a moment, the roar of the engines coming through the cockpit to his ears, he called out to the tower and aimed his nose at the runway in front of him.
"This is the tower, you are allowed to take off!" the tower's voice came through the headphones.
"Tower! I'm Guardian 01! Request to take off!" The other plane, apparently ready, also began to taxi to another take-off runway. Right next to him, the fighter plane of Guardian 05 had already taken off, and it took less than 7 minutes for the air defense alarm to be sounded at the airport.
The two military airfields near Wilhelmshaven were stationed in one of Germany's most elite fighter units, and their combat effectiveness was even comparable to the strength of the fighter brigade stationed in Berlin, so their reaction speed was amazing. In order to ensure the absolute safety of his fleet base, Accardo used all the strength in his hands to build the entire William Military Port like an iron barrel.
At least 30 of these air force fighters are on combat readiness duty every day, which means that at least 30 pilots and 30 aircraft are ready to strike at the airport. The planes were refueled, loaded with ammunition and ready to be on the runway side of the airfield – this time, of course, because the enemy planes seemed to be quite large, some unprepared fighters took off on the fly.
Different from the equipment of the front-line fighter units, the front-line fighter units are generally equipped with a 30-millimeter cannon in the nose and a 13-millimeter caliber machine gun, which is designed to compete for air supremacy; while the interceptor FW-190 fighter deployed at the German mainland airfield is equipped with a 30-millimeter cannon and a 20-millimeter cannon, which is specially designed to meet bombers.
Accardok had learned the power of strategic bombers in swarms, and he knew that this was a brutal mode of combat that turned aerial combat into artillery bombardment, and the bombers relied on large-caliber self-defense weapons and dense formations to gain the advantage of aerial positional warfare, and the German ones were only equipped with 7. The fighter with a 92 mm caliber machine gun suffered a lot in the early stage.
So this time, Accardo prepared qualified interceptors for the Luftwaffe in advance, and the firepower has surpassed the world's mainstream bombers at this stage, and it is completely possible to use large-caliber cannons to deal with the current British bomber forces - of course, the Luftwaffe still has rockets, which is a killer feature.
"The estimated arrival time of the intrusion of enemy aircraft into the airspace of Wilhelmshaven is 5 minutes, so please prepare all anti-aircraft artillery positions to meet them. "Inside Wilhelmshaven, the sound of warning echoed through the loudspeakers. Aircraft carriers have been taking off for a long time, and 20 Navy fighters have already taken to the air a few minutes ago to intercept them.
"Hey, I'm Lütjans! Why didn't the navy's patrol destroyers give early warning? Yes, I'm going to immediately contact the three patrolling destroyers and ask them why they didn't provide long-range warning!" In the port's office, the commander of the Navy's High Seas Fleet, Lütjans, was throwing a tantrum over the phone.
"What? The two destroyers of the Navy did not detect the intrusion of enemy aircraft, and the other destroyer returned last night because of a malfunction?
"Report! Our fighters have exchanged fire with the opposing aircraft. The enemy obviously did not expect us to detect them so quickly, so the surprise attack of our army went very smoothly. The enemy bomber force also did not have fighter escort, and now we have achieved the result of shooting down 3 enemy aircraft. An officer walked in and reported.
"Keep an eye on the battle over there, and don't let any enemy planes fly into Williams' Harbor! Turn around and get the damn officer on duty and the captain of that destroyer out of me! I don't want to see such a fool again—— explain the situation to General Raeder, and if he agrees, execute it immediately!"
"Report! The interception force of the air force has arrived, our army is in an advantage in terms of strength, the opponent has a total of 40 bombers, and now 13 have been shot down, the opponent's formation has been disrupted, and they are continuing to attack!" Another officer rushed over and reported on the situation of the battle in the sky.
The German officer, who had gone out before, rushed back again, his face was finally a little lighter, and he smiled and saluted: "Long live the Führer!" Of the 40 British bombers that came to attack, Jinshu was shot down by our troops, only one of them flew over the harbor and was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery units, and the remaining 39 were shot down by our navy and 28 by the air force. ”
Lu Teyans took a deep breath, as if he had exhausted all the strength of his body, and sat down on the sofa next to him, only then did he realize that his left hand was still trembling. He took out the handkerchief in his pocket, wiped the sweat from his face, and muttered: "Finally, I still lived up to the cultivation of the Führer." ”
"General, are you alright?" asked an officer softly.
"It's fine. Ruthjens said with a wave of his hand. But in his heart, he was scolding: It's okay? How can it be okay? My fleet is just docked in a military port, and if the British find a way to come to me, I will have to hang me if I don't commit suicide and apologize to the Führer! If it were a battleship, it would be just a battleship, and the rough-skinned ones wouldn't necessarily be fine, but they would be an aircraft carrier! That would be an aircraft carrier! It would take at least a few months to repair them, and the power cut off plan would be delayed, so what should I explain to the Führer?