The Suez Canal, from Said Port in the north to Suez City in the south, is 190 kilometers long. It is a sea-level waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, providing the closest route from Europe to the land near the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific.

Since its excavation, it has become one of the most frequently used routes in the world. It is also the border between Asia and Africa, and the main channel for people in Asia and Africa and Europe to communicate.

This important transportation route must be in the hands of the UK!

Therefore, Britain stationed a large number of troops in Egypt. Even if the British army was in a disadvantageous state in the battle between the Germans in western Egypt, even if the British army in Alexandria was besieged, no one had ever thought about mobilizing the troops here.

In the Suez Canal area, there are thousands of troops stationed, belonging to the 23rd British Infantry Division and commander of the garrison, Lindeman, who has never had a good night's sleep these days.

The battle on the front line was a sharp turn, and the Suez Canal was Rommel's ultimate goal!

If the Germans wanted to seize the Suez Canal, they would first control the Port of Said in the north of the canal. Therefore, under the leadership of Linderman, these days, the British army dug out anti-tank trenches outside. The width of the trench exceeded four meters, and the German tanks could not pass at all.

In the middle of the night that day, he was awakened by his adjutant in his sleep. When he hurried to the front of the sand table, he heard news that could not be bad anymore.

"The German army, running long distances, sneaked into Cairo, and they are likely to continue to advance towards the Suez Canal." The adjutant said: "At the speed of the German attack, it is possible that after dawn, the German vanguard will appear in our control area."

"Order the troops and prepare to go into battle." Linderman said: "We will defend the Suez Canal to the death."

Although the Suez Canal is quite long, the most critical node is the Port of Said, which is the starting point for navigation. Now, there is no need to worry that the Germans will destroy the canal. After all, the Germans still hope to continue using this river.

If the Germans want to obtain this river intact, they must have to occupy Said Port. It can be imagined that the battle here will be even more cruel.

At the same time, in an air force base in the canal area, fighter planes were dragged out of the hangar.

The recent battle has caused heavy losses to Britain. When the German ground troops were advancing, Stuka and HS129 were all following along and bombarding the British army.

The British Air Force also rose up to resist. Unfortunately, the quality gap between fighter jets cannot be overcome, and there is no advantage in quantity. In the Battle of the United Kingdom's local defense, almost all the elite pilots were dimmed, and now the rest are novices.

So, the British Air Force in Egypt was quickly crippled, but there was still an air force left in the canal area. Moreover, recently they also replaced their guns and got the latest fighter jets provided by the United States!

The p-40 is a fighter jet designed by the American Curtis Company before the war. It mainly changes the engine from the "Twin Hornets" star engine to the turbocharged "Arison" v-1710 inline engine.

Before this, p-36 had achieved great success and had a very high sales volume.

Therefore, only modifying the engine makes this aircraft so mediocre that it has almost no characteristics. During the entire World War II, this aircraft was almost a flash in the pan.

However, since p-36 has been mass-produced, after actual combat tests, it only takes a little change to the production line to produce p-40. It is almost the only model in the United States that was able to mass-produce and export on a large scale at the beginning of World War II, which means that its output is quite high!

After this aircraft was manufactured, the first overseas buyer was France. Unfortunately, the 100 P-40s ordered by the French surrendered in Germany before they left the factory.

Now, in the environment of supporting the UK, these aircraft have been sent to the Middle East.

Captain Loso, watching the ground crew hang up bullets on his plane, at this time, the east was gradually brightening.

In front of the machine head, the pattern of the huge shark's mouth is extremely eye-catching.

The front of the plane was painted as a shark's mouth, which looked very imposing. This creativity and momentum were not the first one of Chennard. The British Air Force, which was fighting in North Africa, first created this beautiful painting.

To be fair, this aircraft is even worse than the fire spitting. The body structure does not move, just increase the engine power to 1,150 horsepower. The liquid-cooled engine makes its windward area much smaller. Even so, it is about a hundred lower than the maximum speed of the fire spitting.

What's more, the high-altitude performance of this aircraft is also quite poor. Once it exceeds 6,000 meters, its speed and handling will drop sharply.

Historically, the British bought this fighter jet, named Tomahawk, some of which were sent to trainers, and some were sent to the second-line battlefield, namely the Middle East and North Africa, to act as fighter bombers.

Now, this batch of fighter jets is the main force of the Air Force in the Suez Canal area. They did not participate in the battle some time ago and have been in good condition. Their only mission is to protect the Suez Canal!

When this fighter was exported to the UK, it added four 7.7mm caliber machine guns on both wings, which became two 12.7mm machine guns on the nose and four 7.7mm machine guns on the wings, which looked good firepower. However, the German fighter jets had long been too much to use aviation cannons. Large-caliber air cannons can knock a big hole with one shot.

Now, watching the ground crew loading nervously, Loso had an impulse of impatientness. He silently lit a cigarette and watched the ground crew busy.

"Woo, woo." At this moment, a sharp air defense alarm suddenly sounded over the entire base.

Damn, the Germans came so fast!

"Quick, hurry, start the engine!" When he heard the sound of an air defense alarm, Loso quickly ran towards his fighter plane. The ground crew busy loading had already left the plane. At the same time, the ground crew member holding a handlebar stood on a ground crew car.

He stuffed his shaking handle onto the propeller, which was exactly the same as the slot on the axis of the propeller. He bent over and waited for Losso's instructions.

When he opened the electric door and connected the oil circuit, Losso shouted loudly: "Start it quickly!"

Start! The ground crew exerted its energy to shake the handle. As the handle shaking, the propeller also rotated, from slow to fast.

On the right side of the front end of the machine head, there are exhaust pipes. As the shaking, streams of black smoke came out, and the black smoke became more and more. At the same time, the engine also heard a louder and louder sound.
Chapter completed!