Chapter 113 The Longest Night (5)
St. Margaret Bay, a hundred kilometers away from London, is now brightly lit. This famous seaside town was once just an ordinary small fishing village. Due to its unique geographical environment, it eventually developed into a popular coastal resort. New·
Because the famous Dover White Cliff extended here, a gap suddenly appeared, and a 1,400-foot beach naturally formed in the middle. The high cliff wall at the end of the beach stood again, and the terrain did not begin to return to a smooth state until Kingston.
There is only this beach on the coast of more than 20 kilometers from Folkstone to Kingston, so this is a unique swimming destination in the Dover area. It attracts a large number of people to cool off and enjoy the summer every year. Local villagers have built a large number of independent huts along the beach, and have also built many trests extending to the sea on the beach. One is to provide docking of local fishing boats, and the other is to facilitate tourists to fish in the bay.
Captain Ehard Archibald Air Force pressed the radio headset with one hand and quickly recorded the content of the call on the recording paper with the other hand.
"Let the soldiers continue to strengthen their positions, and there are more enemies entering the trap than we expected. Tonight will be a tough battle. The general wants us to pay close attention to the enemy and us identification signals. Tonight there are many fighter squadrons who will participate in the hunting. All artillery commanders must remember that once they hear the ceasefire signal, even if the enemy planes stop at their guns, they are not allowed to fire. I don't want the tragedy like Lance last time. This time no one can plead for us. This is the portable radio frequency assigned by our company. I will hand it over to the communications soldiers of each artillery group later." The captain handed the recording paper in his hand to the battalion commander.
"Everyone has already learned a lesson. After all, it is an unforgettable stain in the honor of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion. Everyone is holding back their energy and want to use their actions to wash away that shame. Besides, we have the support of Major Von Frydenberg this time, and we will not make the last mistake again, sir." The chief sergeant took the recording paper and put it into the map bag at his waist.
Archibald took off his headphones and handed them back to the radio communications officer. Then he walked a few steps and stood on an ammunition box on the pier. The anti-aircraft artillery battalion commander turned around and faced the commanders of the platoons and the gun gun commanders gathered beside him. He said passionately: "Just just now, I had a call with General Bock. General Bock trusts everyone very much. He expressed his great hope for our performance in this battle.
General Bock solemnly reminded me that the results of the operation tonight will directly affect the Commander's plan for subsequent operations. I am here, and everyone in the battalion must remember this. We stand here, shouldering the expectations of the entire landing army, and the soldiers are watching us. The Generals are watching us, the Commander is watching us, the Head of State is also watching us, and the German people are watching us.
We must fight to the end, we cannot live up to their expectations, and even if we die gloriously in this battle, we must not retreat at all. You are all veterans, and many of them have served in the battalions since the establishment of the troops. I believe in your abilities, and your courage and perseverance. We once fought together in Poland, Belgium, and France, and we won again and again. Now, we are fighting in Britain, and I believe that the final victory still belongs to our glorious German team.
Finally, I hope that all the officers and soldiers of our battalion can do their best to do their best in their work. You have already obtained the specific task assignment. If you have any questions, please raise them now." Archibald lowered his head and put on his helmet again. He looked around at his serious and silent subordinates and nodded with satisfaction.
"No? Very good. Now the entire battalion has entered the first-level combat readiness, and officers at all levels immediately return to their respective posts. Gentlemen, everything is for the motherland." After saying that, the captain stood attentively and raised his hand to salute his subordinates.
"For the motherland! Hi, Reinhart!" The officers and the officers stood attentively and saluted their heads of state with slogans.
Captain Archibald's air defense battalion is currently the only Air Force heavy anti-aircraft artillery battalion that lands in the UK. This specially strengthened air defense battalion has 24 brand new 88mm anti-aircraft guns. It took a lot of effort from logistics engineers to get these towed anti-aircraft guns to the ashore.
At the same time, there is also an air defense radar battalion assigned to the air defense forces in the landing area. It is equipped with four Wildersburg air defense fire control radars. This latest model of fire control radar has shown its excellent performance in Calais air defense combat. The two radars can obtain extremely accurate flight target parameters, with a positive and negative error of less than three meters. For the kill range of heavy artillery such as 88mm anti-aircraft gun, this error can be ignored at all.
Each radar can command two anti-aircraft gun companies to conduct joint shooting at the same time, and also install the latest enemy-we-in-command identification antenna. This new device will send inquiry signals to flight targets entering the radar exploration range. The radio transponder installed on the German aircraft will automatically reply to an identification signal and mark it on the radar display screen. This way, the ground can easily identify enemy-we-in-command targets, and there will be no more tragedy of killing each other.
This technology was first invented and adopted by the British Air Force. It was originally intended to locate some specific aircraft and identify them from the reflected waves of other aircraft, and eventually used on all military aircraft.
Now under the leadership of the head of state, the Luftwaffe quickly possessed this equipment and received unanimous praise from the entire army.
In order to protect the Deere landing area, the commander again committed intelligence fraud on the British. The German army relied on the British command post and seized passwords to transmit false landing information to London. The purpose was to induce the British army to attack the wrong place and delay the time when the real landing site was exposed.
The German Command's goal is very clear, that is, to ensure that the landing area can safely spend the first night, because after dawn, the Luftwaffe will fully take over the air supremacy within a radius of 100 kilometers of the landing area, and the German fighter force's absolute air defense circle will advance to the boundary of the suburbs ten kilometers away from central London, and then the landing area will be able to obtain real safety.
The construction engineers of the Luftwaffe have completed the first runway laying work to advance to the field airport. Two 600-meter-long steel plate runways can take off and land six fighter jets at the same time. All ammunition and oil supply equipment have been installed, and all the air force aircraft and logistics personnel have entered the venue and standby.
The German Navy Engineering Force has laid four communication cables and two fuel pipelines at the bottom of the strait, and is continuously infusing gasoline and diesel from the pump station in Belgium to the temporary fuel reserve station at the landing site.
The German Army engineers also carried hundreds of rubber oil storage capsules with a reserve of five tons. This is a canvas oil capsule coated with rubber. The engineers used excavation machinery to dig a deep pit of four meters by two meters on the ground, put the oil capsule into the pit, start pouring fuel, and after filling it with full water, fill the soil into the pit, burying the oil capsule underground, such a safe and reliable temporary oil storage tank is completed. The entire process only takes half an hour. As long as it is properly organized, dozens of oil tanks can be infused at the same time.
When it is necessary to extract fuel, you only need to open the fuel valve. The pressure on the soil will automatically press the fuel out of the oil bag. When all the fuel is emptied, the logistics unit can choose to recycle or directly landfill the waste according to the situation at that time. Of course, it can also choose to dig up the covered soil again and pour the fuel again and reuse it. However, according to the opinions of the commander-in-chief, this oil bag is just a temporary emergency equipment and it is not recommended to use it as a conventional facility.
At the same time, the German army also carried hundreds of prefabricated 200-liter rubber oil capsules, with a wheel axle and a tow arm in the middle, which looked like a grinder for a small road roller. The outer layer was covered with two layers of rubber rims, engraved with anti-slip marks, which could be hung behind a motor vehicle towed forward.
This oil storage equipment under the Faben Chemical trademark is like the soft oil bags of the same brand above. It can use a portable fuel pump driven by a BMW motorcycle engine for refueling. This newly configured fuel pump is also the invention of the Head of State. The total weight of the entire set of equipment is less than 40 kilograms and is distributed to the logistics platoon of each motor company. As long as the corresponding pipelines and valves are matched, fuel can be transported to eight different units at the same time.
These equipment inventors who originally appeared at the end of World War II were wealthy Americans, but the Head of State directly took out their designs ten years later, and even added similar records in his memory before traveling through time, creating such a field oil storage set that would not be outdated in the Vietnam War.
In addition to these, the German head of state also equipped the logistics unit with a set of portable pneumatic tools, which were also powered by a motorcycle engine. The engine drove the air pump to press air into the gas tank, and the high-pressure air drove the tools equipped with pneumatic motors through the conduit.
The basic equipment available is simple repair equipment such as pneumatic wrenches and pneumatic drivers, which a trained soldier can rely on to complete the work that had previously been done by several people.
He could unload all tires of a truck in three minutes and replace them with a new one within the same time, which used to take half an hour or even longer.
The logistics repair units are completely unwilling to let go of this, especially the tank armored troops. Many chariot commanders said whether each tank can be equipped with a set, which will greatly speed up their repair work in the field during combat breaks, and even conduct emergency repairs directly in battle, such as replacing the tank's skirt and changing tracks. In the past, they could only stare at a bunch of nuts in a daze, but now they can solve the problem cleanly and neatly with just a few efforts. Especially when replacing the load-bearing wheels and suspension systems, I really don't know when to screw the board in the past. Now, as long as the valve is opened, it can be done in a few minutes.
The German Army and Air Force have become numb to the head of state's wild routine, and can only cross the chest to praise God, and secretly rejoice this guy from his own side. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!