Chapter 646: Libyan Air Force
The Mediterranean, for Germany, is just their inner lake, even if it is the police on the sea, it is completely okay to let Italy and France play it, because air supremacy has always been in the hands of Germany!
Not to mention anything else, Germany now has a long-range F190 fighter and a Junkers-88 universal bomber, which can fly over the Mediterranean Sea at any time!
Moreover, Germany has already established a military base in Libya!
At the beginning, Germany and Italy carried out a division of labor, Germany was responsible for fighting the west, and Italy was responsible for fighting the east, but unfortunately, the sudden European war made them stop their military deployment to Africa, and the 7th Panzer Division, which was originally intended to be sent to Libya, also participated in the European war.
However, there are early deployments, for example, for the transportation of supplies, Germany opened a new air base near Tripoli, the capital of Libya.
Since it was to fight France to the west, of course, it was necessary to establish a military base in the west.
After the construction of this air base, some of the supplies were transported, and at the same time, a squadron of fighters and a squadron of bombers were transferred.
According to Ciric's meaning, with such force, it is enough to maintain the stability of the Mediterranean, and at the same time, it will not hinder his own European battlefield.
When needed, it can continue to increase troops here, and now, this bit of force is just right.
Since the deployment of this equipment, there has been no fighting, and the pilots who have been sent here have long been impatient.
The war over Europe is so exciting, but they can only stay here, watching the sandstorm every day, it's really boring!
So, when they woke up at three o'clock in the morning, everybody was excited.
The alarm of the base, three short and one long, is a first-level combat readiness!
Waking up from their dreams, almost without washing their faces, they rushed to the hangar hidden in the sand dunes and ran to their fighters.
Captain Conrad, who was running and arranging his hair, saw the ground crew nervously loading his plane with a bomb when he ran to the hangar where his plane was.
FX1000, gliding guided bomb! When he saw this thing, Conrad felt a burst of excitement, this thing, in the current equipment, belongs to the highest level of secrecy, and at the same time, the cost is also very high, and only the most experienced crew can control it!
This shows that what we are carrying out this time is an absolutely heavyweight task!
"Emergency." On the side of the hangar, there is the flight preparation room, and the squadron leader Bethsher just put down the phone and said to the bombing crews gathered here: "Our mission this time is to bomb the British fleet!" Destination, Port of Mürskebiel! ”
Last time, during the bombing of Scapa Bay, Bescher was resolute and resolute, and with a fearless spirit and perseverance, he completed the task and was awarded an Iron Cross.
After that, he rested.
Because his bomber was almost scrapped and it was quite difficult to repair, he couldn't afford to wait, so he took the initiative to ask for a new plane.
As a result, a new plane was given to him, but at the same time the order came, and he went to Libya!
Although it was a flute at the time, but after that, he decided to carry out the order, which was his duty. Now he is qualified for the job of squadron leader.
Go to the ports of the French colonies and bomb the fleets of the British? There's nothing wrong with this news, right? Suddenly, some people became suspicious.
However, Conrad suddenly remembered something, could it be that the British and the French were fighting? That's even more exciting!
"Attention, our mission is very important, we are going to bomb the British fleet, but there must be no accidental damage! The information of the British fleet, we have just gotten, each bomber, responsible for a target, pay attention, be sure to keep an eye on the target! Beschel said to his men, "You can't be mistaken!"
Conrad took his target, and immediately there was a burst of excitement, what he was going to bomb was the British aircraft carrier! You can't go wrong with this! Because the French do not have aircraft carriers!
They are talking excitedly, and at this time, the biggest psychological pressure is, of course, the bombardier, whether this guided bomb can hit the target, it all depends on them!
When the British Scarpa Bay was bombed, the guided gliding bomb, the FX2400, built up a miracle, and although the Junkers 290 bombers carrying it were small in number, they bombed the main targets.
It's just that this kind of bomb is too heavy, except for the Junkers 290, other bombers can't carry it, and at the same time, this actual combat also confirmed the excellence of this bomb, so German researchers systematized this device and applied it to a series of bombs.
Among them, the FX1000, which weighs one ton, is a gliding guided bomb that is also modified from the original free-fall bomb, which can be carried by a large number of German Junker-88 bombers.
There are not many Junkers-290 bombers, and the Junkers-88 is quite high, which also means that the personnel of the Junkers-88 bomber do not have to risk their lives to dive and bomb, and they can also drop bombs directly in the air.
Although it is a little smaller than the weight of the FX2400, all the warships of this era are not specifically optimized for aerial bombardment, and they are still mainly used to defend against large-caliber naval guns, so this kind of bomb is enough to tear apart the opponent's battleship!
They were excited, the planes were hanging bombs, refueling, they were also studying the route, determining the attack route, etc., but the final order was not given.
When the submarine spotted the British fleet, the order came, but, not to let France suffer, how could it be known about the benefits of Germany?
Therefore, they made all the preparations, and they could only wait for the time being, until the conditions with France were negotiated, and the order here was finally given!
After hearing the order to leave, everyone hurriedly stepped onto the plane.
The engines on both sides were skillfully activated, and the Junkers-88 bombers, one after another, flew into the sky.
A squadron, a total of 18 aircraft, thanks to good maintenance, now, 16 bombers, all sorted!
When the bombers took off, the F190 fighters also took off, and they had to provide the necessary escort missions, after all, the other side was the aircraft carrier formation of the British Navy, and there were carrier-based fighters on it.
In fact, the old-fashioned British carrier-based aircraft could not catch up with the speed of the Junkers-88 at all, but it was easy to usher in a combat mission, how could the fighter squadron not participate?
The 1,400 hp Junkers Jumo 211G-1 engine bursts out with maximum output, propelling the Junkers-88 bomber to take off, climb, level at an altitude of 8,000 meters, and fly at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour towards the target!