Huaxia can arm Iranian troops and even sit on Iranian markings on their own tanks. The same can be done with the British, and the planes are more difficult to identify than tanks on the ground. Anyway, the British also provided Iran with a lot of planes, so these planes with Iranian skin and British bones happily launched an attack on the German transport fleet in the Persian Gulf, and the minelaying of seaplanes and the bombing of attack planes began to intensify with the gradual escalation of the war! If at the beginning, there were aircraft carriers of the German Navy to provide anti-aircraft shielding, the British also knew to be more restrained. Then, as the German fleet needed to return to port for supplies, the British were completely unscrupulous.

During the craziest period, the British bombarded the German transport fleet indiscriminately against the German convoy in the face of the dense German anti-aircraft fire and the carrier-based aircraft of the anti-aircraft cruisers, and sank eleven German transport ships of various kinds at the cost of 15 bombers. The carrier-based aircraft on the air cruiser Nuremberg were almost exhausted, the cruiser itself was hit by three bombs, the hangar was completely destroyed, and with the support of good watertight compartments and the twin-engine aircraft that arrived later, it staggered back to the base in Fao. Of the 4 destroyers that accompanied it, 2 were sunk, 1 was scrapped, and the other was moderately damaged.

This is not to blame the German Navy for not being able to fight, but the opponent's forces are too strong, and the attack time is too good! This time it was a joint action by the Huaxia and the British. When Huaxia got the German's new cipher machine, after a period of decipherment, it was necessary to choose a suitable opportunity to verify it. In an intercepted telegram it became known that a German convoy was to cross the Gulf of Oman at dawn. The Germans also put a lot of thought into choosing this time. Visibility is okay in the early morning, and auxiliary minesweepers can be dispatched to clear possible mines. And after some time, the Germans also had a certain understanding of the laws of air raids by the British. Basically, that is, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ten hours a day, no break at noon.

So the Germans sneaked up and planned to cross the strait before 8 o'clock. But who knew that empiricism killed people, after getting the information from China, the British bombers began to prepare at 5 o'clock, took off at 6 o'clock, and flew to the top of the German fleet at 7:30 surrounded by a large group of fire-breathing fires!

Although the Germans' radar detected the opponent 20 minutes in advance, how many carrier-based aircraft were there in an aviation cruiser? And thanks to the Germans, who were well-trained and somewhat prepared. Before the opponent dropped the bomb overhead, about 14 fighter jets were released. As a result, as soon as the plane took off, it was surrounded by more than 20 Spitfire and Hurricane fighters before it had time to climb to combat altitude. The remaining more than 40 light and medium bombers of various types launched a brutal attack on the German fleet! Fortunately, after the discovery of the British fleet, the captain of the Nuremberg, Lieutenant Commander Sveen, immediately sent a telegram for help to the land-based aviation. But even these planes can take off at any time. It also takes about 40 minutes to arrive. During this period of time, the German Navy suffered its greatest losses since the beginning of the war!

The only miscalculation of the British in this operation was that they did not expect the BF110s of the German land-based aviation to come so quickly, and the first wave of bombers that had not yet been killed and the second wave of bombers who were belatedly waited for were still tirelessly hunting the belly of the fish at sea when the Spitfire ran out of fuel and was ready to return home. As a result, he was beaten violently by the angry BF110 aircraft, although he couldn't knock the Spitfire, but the BF110 said that there was no problem with knocking the bomber. So in the final battle, the support of the Germans somewhat saved some face.

Because this naval battle broke out in the Gulf of Oman, it is known as the Battle of the Gulf of Oman. And the time of this naval battle happened exactly two days after the outbreak of the Battle of the Bay of Biscay, the Germans had just lost a capital ship two days earlier, and two days later a transport fleet covered by the German fleet was beaten to pieces, and tens of thousands of tons of various supplies transported on board were thrown into the sea to feed the fish, whether from the point of view of face or from the inside, Count Spee could not bear it! As the saying goes, there is a repeat and a second, and there is no a repeat and a fourth. Before the Bay of Biscay was known, problems arose again in the Middle East. To know. The main forces of the German Navy are now in these two places, and as a result, they were slapped in the face. Although the losses are not particularly heavy. But the Kaiser had already questioned the competence of Count Spee. And the army and air force, which have lost a lot of materiel, also have a lot of criticism about the navy.

"This thing has to be solved, either I solve it, or it solves me! Can't go on like this! The grief-stricken Count Spee realized that he was only a thin line away from stepping down! The attack on the Summer fleet was entrusted to Count Luckner. Then the burden of solving the threat of the British fell on himself and Raeder, who was on the front line. And just as it happened, the Luftwaffe couldn't stand the British either! This time, there was no need for the coordination of the General Staff at all, and the Luftwaffe decided to join forces to get rid of the British!

As a result, Operation Sky Garden, which is claimed to represent the highest level of joint operations of the German Navy and Air Force before the outbreak of World War II, finally kicked off. This operation, named after the Hanging Garden, one of the Eight Wonders of the World, fully illustrates the importance and expectations of the Luftwaffe Navy and Air Force for this operation. Just when the British were complacent, a series of combination punches of the German Empire were gaining momentum!

It turned out to be quite scary when the German team got serious. Even if the British had already taken into account that the Luftwaffe would retaliate, even if the British had set aside a certain depth. Even the British placed observation posts, radar stations and a sound communication and command system at important points. But when the Luftwaffe wanted to eradicate it completely, the British measures did not seem to work so well.

Operation Hanging Garden was definitely not the brainstorm of Richthofen and Earl Spee, long after the British Air Force meddled in the western and southern coastal areas. The reconnaissance planes of the Luftwaffe and the Air Force had already begun to collect intelligence. (The British Air Force's timetable for the attack on the Gulf of Oman, for example, was the work of naval scouts, but it was self-defeating due to the intervention of unexpected forces.) ）

The times are advancing, technology is developing, and the Entente and China in the Italian Civil War not only caused frequent setbacks to the Luftwaffe, but also taught the Germans a lot of things. In addition to the simplest aerial photographic reconnaissance, the Germans have also learned more practical electronic warfare through years of research and progress, including more accurate radiolocation, code breaking, radar jamming, and anti-jamming lobes and frequency hopping techniques. The so-called practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, and the Germans must always test it on the battlefield after so many years of hard training, so the British Royal Air Force made the first guinea pig in this test! After a period of scouting and research. The Germans finally found holes and gaps in the British air defense network, as well as the location of the main radar stations.

"The British arrangement can be described as perfect, and if the navy or air force were to carry out the sky garden plan, then more than eighty percent of them would fail miserably. Night combat airfields and radar stations deployed by the RAF in central Iran made it possible to cross the border and intercept the Luftwaffe taking off from Iraq and western Iran. Even if the strength is not good, it is enough to provide a long enough warning time for the air force in the rear. The air force deployed in the Gulf of Oman protected the British Royal Air Force base camp in Sistan-Balochistan. The aircraft carriers of the German High Seas Fleet cruising in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman will be watched to death. ”

"It's not that we haven't tried to penetrate the other side's cordon, and it's not that the other side has no loopholes, but it is almost impossible for a large group of aircraft to rely on the terrain to evade the other side's detection. And it seems that the other side also has some mobile deployment radars, and they may change their deployment positions every few days. Radars in various places are coordinated with radio and wired communications. The opponent can clearly judge the direction of our attack. Then calmly concentrate on intercepting us. Although in terms of intensity, the direct confrontation between China and the Huaxia Air Force was more fierce and bloody. But in terms of pattern, the deployment of the RAF is clearly higher. They have included a small half of Iran in their chess game, and together with ground facilities and fighter jets, they have formed a large net to suppress the aviation of our navy and air force, and in order to tear this large net apart, we must carry out a joint operation. Kessellin said this during his meeting with Raeder, and he also pointed out that the British had also deployed a more mobile army in Sistan-Balochistan, and that if they could not be cleared, the Hanging Gardens might not be able to do their job.

You read that right. This time the Navy and Air Force decided to completely eradicate the British in southern Iran, not only those annoying planes and airfields, but also the ground forces of the British and the clansmen they supported! In order to achieve this goal, bombers alone will not work. Although the main force of the navy and air force is aircraft and warships, this does not mean that there is a shortage of infantry. After the cancellation of Plan K, the German paratroopers of the 4 regiments that had been deployed in the Middle East finally found a job, and the same 1 Marine Division and 2 regiments also expressed their willingness to hang the British on the ground. When the planes of the Air Force and Navy tore through each other's air shields, it was time for them to sort.

"The most striking thing about Operation Sky Garden, and what amazed the world the most, was the level of electronic warfare of the Luftwaffe and its terrifying coordination capabilities. In the Italian War 5 years ago, in the face of the electronic suppression of the Entente and China, the Germans had powerful hardware but could not play it, but this time. The British Air Force, which was caught off guard or didn't think about it at all, suffered a big loss in electronics! Even the British exclaimed that at this moment, the level of German electronic warfare surpassed that of the British. Later generations once commented on a World War II military scientist.

During this strike, the Luftwaffe delivered a fatal blow to almost all radio nodes in the sky and on the ground of the British Air Force. From the point of view of the way of attack, there are two types. One is a soft strike, which renders the opponent's radar and communications useless, and the other is a hard destruction, although there were no anti-radiation missiles in that era, but the Germans also had other methods!

The Germans had two main jammers, one modified with a JU88 medium bomber. This electronic warfare aircraft is equipped with a targeting jammer that targets specific frequency bands for suppression, as well as a large number of jamming sounds and chaff. It is used to provide shielding for attack aircraft swarms. This type of aircraft is a tactical jammer that follows the group into the depth of the opponent. The other is a campaign-class electronic warfare aircraft modified with the FW200, which is not intended to make the radar in a certain place unusable, but to reduce the effective detection range of the opponent by releasing interference waves in all frequency bands, and at the same time installing new radiolocation equipment to discover the hidden radar of the opponent. In addition to this, he had a more important task of equipping base stations on the ground and at sea to disrupt the guidance of the RAF. Especially the guidance of the night volley. At the same time, it also includes guidance for interception during the day.

The Germans tried to judge the attack by intercepting the British telegrams, but in fact it was easy to intercept the telegrams, but it was very difficult to decipher. This was also the only regret of the Luftwaffe's electronic warfare unit in the implementation of the Sky Garden program at that time. As for the so-called hard destruction? To put it bluntly, this is to find the British fixed radar stations by means of airborne landing and infiltration, and then pull them out one by one! This tactic seems complicated, but in fact it is very feasible, whether it is in the air or on the ground, the British hastily set up a warning network still has a lot of gaps, with the help of the terrain, a JU52 transport aircraft can completely deliver a platoon of troops near the target, and then use elite German paratroopers to remove an isolated radar station.

Solving the British air defense alert network is only the first step, and the Luftwaffe, which has gained the first hand, will need to face the elite British fighter force. The Spitfire of the British is amazing, it can climb and turn in circles, and it is not slow. The only problem was that the flight range was too short, and for this reason, the Luftwaffe and naval aviation developed plans around delays and attrition. Exhaust a limited number of Spitfires with a limited range of non-stop attacks, virtual or real. Attacks were launched from both land and sea directions.

Some people may ask, the Luftwaffe has a limited number of bombers, can they withstand attrition? Who knew that this time the Germans suddenly opened up and thought of a rather avant-garde solution. Add an angular reflector to the plane! So from the radar screen, a single-engine aircraft with an added corner reflector looks like a bomber! And these "camouflaged" bombers will greatly restrain the combat effectiveness of British fighters.

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