Chapter 646 Libyan Air Force
For Germany, the Mediterranean is just their inner lake. Even if it is the police on the sea, it is perfect for Italy and France to act as it, because air supremacy has always been in the hands of Germany!
Not to mention anything else, Germany now has a long-range FW190 fighter and a universal bomber like Juncker-88, which can fly over the Mediterranean to stroll at any time!
Moreover, Germany has established a military base in Libya!
At the beginning, Germany and Italy divided the labor. Germany was responsible for fighting the west and Italy was responsible for fighting the east. Unfortunately, the sudden European war later caused them to stop their military deployment to Africa. The 7th Armored Division, which was originally intended to be sent to Libya, also participated in the European War.
However, there were some early deployments. For example, for the transportation of materials, Germany opened a new air force base near Tripoli, the capital of Libya.
Since we are fighting France westward, of course we need to establish a military base in the west.
After the air base was built, some of the supplies were transported, and at the same time, a fighter squadron and a bomber squadron were transferred.
According to Cirick, such force is enough to maintain the stability of the Mediterranean, and at the same time, it will not hinder the European battlefield.
When needed, you can continue to increase troops here, but now, this little force is just right.
After these equipment were deployed, they had never fought any battles. The pilots sent here could not wait.
The war over Europe is so wonderful, but they can only stay here. It is really boring to watch the sandstorm every day!
So, when they were woken up at three in the morning, everyone was excited.
The base’s alarm, three shorts and one long, is a level of combat readiness!
When they woke up from their dreams, they almost didn't even wash their faces. They rushed to the hangar hidden in the sand dunes and to their own fighter planes.
Captain Conrad was running while tidying up his hair. When he ran to the hangar where his plane was, he saw the ground crew nervously loading bombs on his plane.
fx1000, gliding guided bomb! When I saw this thing, Conrad felt a burst of excitement. This thing is the highest level of confidentiality among the current equipment and is also very costly. Only the most experienced crew can control it!
This shows that what we performed this time was an absolute heavyweight task!
"Emergency." On the side of the hangar was the flight preparation room. The squadron leader Bescher had just put down his phone and said to the bomber crew gathered here: "Our mission this time is to bomb the British fleet! Destination, Mirsk Bir Port!"
Last time, in the battle to bomb Scapa Bay, Beschel was determined and determined, and completed the mission with fearless spirit and perseverance, and received an Iron Cross.
After that, he rested.
Because his bomber was almost scrapped and it was very difficult to maintain, he couldn't afford to wait, so he volunteered to ask for a new plane.
As a result, he was given a new plane, but at the same time, he arrived in Libya!
Although he was stunned at that time, he decided to execute the order afterwards, which was his duty. Now, he has been competent for the job of the squadron leader.
Go to the port of the French colony and bomb the British fleet? The news is correct, right? Suddenly, some people became suspicious.
But Conrad suddenly remembered something. Could it be that the British and French fought? This was even more exciting!
"Note that our mission this time is very important. We want to bomb the British fleet, but we must not be injured by accident! We just got the information about the British fleet. Every bomber is responsible for a target. Be careful, you must look at the target!" Beschel said to his subordinates, and you can't make a mistake!
Conrad took his target and was immediately excited. What he wanted to blow up was the British aircraft carrier! This is absolutely impossible to be wrong! Because the French did not have an aircraft carrier!
They were talking excitedly, and at this time, the one with the greatest psychological pressure was of course the bombers. Whether this guided bomb can hit the target depends on them!
When bombing Scapa Bay in England, the guided gliding bomb, FX2400, established a miracle power. Although the number of Juncker 290 bombers carrying it was not large, it bombed the main target.
However, this kind of bomb is too heavy. Except for the Junker 290, other bombers cannot carry it. At the same time, this actual combat also proved the excellence of this bomb. Therefore, German scientific researchers systematically applied this device to a series of bombs.
The fx1000 is a gliding guided bomb weighing one ton, which was also transformed on the original free-fall bomb. This bomb can be carried by a large number of German Junker-88 bombers.
There are not many Junker 290 bombers, and the production of Junker-88 is quite high. This also means that the personnel of Junker-88 bombers do not have to risk their lives to dive bombing, and can also directly drop bombs in the air.
Although it is smaller than the fx2400, all warships of this era have not been optimized specifically for aerial bombing, and are mainly used to defend against large-caliber naval guns. Therefore, this kind of bomb is enough to tear the opponent's battleships apart!
They were excited, the plane was hanging bullets, and they were also studying the route, determining the attack route, etc., but the final order was not issued.
When the submarine discovered the British fleet, the order came, but if France did not suffer any losses, how could it be known about Germany's benefits?
Therefore, after they made all preparations, they could only wait temporarily until the terms of the French were negotiated and the order here was finally issued!
When everyone heard the order to set off, they hurriedly boarded the plane.
The engines on both sides were skillfully activated, and the Junker-88 bombers flew into the sky one after another.
A squadron, with a total of 18 aircraft, thanks to good maintenance, now 16 bombers are all dispatched!
After the bomber took off, the FW190 fighter also took off. They had to provide necessary escort missions. After all, the other party was an aircraft carrier formation of the British Navy, with carrier-based fighters on it.
In fact, the old British carrier-based aircraft cannot catch up with the speed of the Junker-88, but it finally ushered in a combat mission. How could the fighter squadron not participate?
Chapter completed!