Chapter 664: The Bombardment of the English Channel Begins
At 5:30 p.m., 2,300 men of the German 1st Airborne Division boarded the plane as the vanguard of the "assault shield" operation, and five minutes later, the vanguard of these airborne troops was ordered to assemble at the temporary base in Ceuta and prepare to ascend to the helicopter unit that had already been prepared, and prepare to attack the English Channel immediately after the carrier-based aircraft group of the aircraft carrier fleet, especially the torpedo bomber group, carried out a large-scale bombing.
UH-1 Huey multirole helicopters, Fa-223 Dragon transport helicopters, and AH-1 Cobra helicopters are already ready to go.
In addition, some German Fa330 helicopters were prepared to support the rescue work of the submarine force, which was hit by the anti-submarine weapons of the British and American forces.
However, these Fa330 helicopters are deployed in submarines, not in the port of Ceuta.
"Nervous? We're about to attack the English Channel? Durus! ”
An airborne squad leader asked his friend Jin Deli beside him.
"I'm afraid! But this is a good opportunity for us to make meritorious contributions! ”
"And this time we're strong, and the air force and the aircraft carrier force are all strong enough to attack the English Channel! So I feel like we'll be able to come back safe and sound! ”
Jin Deli smiled slightly.
"Hmmm! May God bless us! ”
"I'll go up first, my helicopter first, take care!"
Durus replied after praying for a moment.
"Hmmm! You too! ”
Jin Deli nodded slightly, and also walked towards the helicopter he was in, following the other airborne soldiers onto the plane.
At the same time, more than 200 Boeing B-52 subsonic long-range strategic bombers deployed at the temporary air base in the port of Ceuta are also ready for pre-war preparations and can immediately make sorties for combat takeoff.
The B-52 is the only model of US strategic bombers that can launch cruise missiles, and the reason why Chen Yanlong wants to use this strategic bomber is that he hopes to be able to use cruise missiles to launch from the ground, air, surface or underwater to attack the British defense forces in the English Channel, so as to solve the battle in the English Channel as quickly as possible.
In addition to these B-52 strategic bombers, 300 SB2C dive bombers are already ready to take off on the aircraft carrier, and the fighters that escort them are not F4U "Corsair" fighters; Rather, F-111 fighter-bombers, but 150 F-86 fighters, Sabre fighters.
"Attack now!"
When Rommel saw that all the air forces were ready for attack, he immediately and decisively gave the order to attack.
Subsequently, with the efforts of a large number of ground crews, one after another aircraft that were more advanced than the British and American World War II took off smoothly.
And they quickly attacked the British army in the English Channel, and the British army, which was constructing various defensive positions, was still unaware of it.
"Huh! What is that? A large piece of black pressing? ”
"Is it our aviation that has come to our aid? There are so many of them! ”
"Oh my God! It's a German plane! Hide! The Germans are coming to bomb us! ”
But soon some of the British soldiers who were building fortifications in the open air were surprised to see the menacing fleet of Rhodes' planes.
"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"
"Boom ......"
It's a pity to wait until the German bombshells, cruise missiles, and incendiary bombs bombed their positions; The British officers and men of their air force, who had just wondered if the planes in the sky were their air force, and the British and other nationalities who had been recruited by them and brought in as workers, were also immediately bombed and suffered heavy casualties.