In addition to a large number of first-line aircraft, the Luftwaffe also has many second-line aircraft, such as training aircraft, retired aircraft, liaison aircraft, etc., these aircraft are slow and could not be used on the battlefield originally, but this time Kesselring took them out and used them as suspicious soldiers. By attaching protrusions or even towing improvised gliders, these planes look like bombers from radar displays or echoes. Or make an otherwise small fleet larger. Anyway, only a bunch of points can be displayed on the radar screen, and it is impossible for the radar operator to count how many planes the other party has, and can only estimate an approximation, so that the strength of the Luftwaffe in the radar display will increase by more than 30% out of thin air!

For this attack, the Luftwaffe and naval aviation concentrated up to 1,000 land-based aircraft of various types and nearly 300 carrier-based aircraft (excluding spare aircraft). Among them, there are more than 500 fighters and 300 single-engine attack aircraft. 500 twin-engine bombers, 200 four-engine heavy bombers (including twin-engine and four-engine electronic warfare aircraft. According to intelligence, the opponent they have to face is about 750 aircraft of various types, from the current number, the Luftwaffe has nearly 60% more aircraft than the other side, but in fact the advantage is not as great as people think, for this operation, the Luftwaffe has pulled out almost all the planes that can be drawn in the Middle East. And the 750 aircraft of the British were stationed in Iran alone. (After the start of the war, the British gradually increased the size of their air force in Iraq.) And after withstanding the first round of German air raids, Huaxia returned control of the British Air Force. The British had at least 8 or more air wings in India that could move west at any time. In fact, if the Luftwaffe could not inflict heavy damage on its opponents in a short period of time, it was likely to be bogged down in an endless war of attrition. While the British may not play all their hands in India, it's always good to be prepared.

Despite much preparation, the Luftwaffe decided that they could do better, so the two sides coordinated the order of attack, and after the initial harassment and exhaustion, the Luftwaffe and Navy would launch an attack on Sistan-Balochistan under British control from both directions. In order to contain the British air force, the German navy will also let the marines launch a feint attack, after all, the sea-based air force has a limited range of aircraft, and it will be very passive if it penetrates deep into the mainland. However, if there is a war at sea, the combat effectiveness of carrier-based aircraft with the support of shipborne radar will be greatly improved, after all, the radar located on land has limited detection capability in the sea area. Bootstrap efficiency will decrease. Everything is being prepared, and the countdown to the campaign has begun!

"The crow formation has reached the relevant area. Experiments can begin. "A modified JU88G1 (this G is not the same as the historical JU88G, but borrowed a number. The bombers were cautiously approaching the British's radar alerts. Outwardly, this particular JU88 was significantly different from its bomber relatives, no longer having a glass cover on the semicircular nose, and at the same time no machine gun mounted. Instead, it is covered with Yagi antennas. In the belly of the aircraft, an electronic warfare pod is installed to locate the opponent's radar. In the original bomb-filled body, the bomb-throwing equipment was completely dismantled, and the front magazine was used to house the electronic jammer and the operator. The rear magazine is used to place chaff and jamming ropes. Compared with the electronic jamming of the Americans in the early stage of history, the chaff delivery of the JU88G electronic jammer is automatic, which is more convenient and easier to control than the artificial delivery.

Behind this JU88G1 there is another JU88G2 electronic warfare aircraft, which is different from the previous one that interferes with radar, this aircraft mainly jams communications and radio navigation. It is also equipped with an anti-aircraft search radar so that when the opposing fighter arrives. You can be on your own. This radar is not a small radar on a night plane, but a 500-watt radar with a large parabolic antenna. Of course, so far this radar is not mature. There are still some problems with false alarms and stability. The two electronic warfare planes were accompanied by four BF110 fighter jets, and their mission today was to suppress a mobile anti-aircraft radar station that had been located, in order to test the interception capabilities of the British in the case of electronic suppression.

This operation can be described as dancing on the tip of a knife, according to intelligence, this radar station is directly responsible for guiding a nearby squadron of Hurricane fighters in the past. The other side has a keen sense of smell, and at least 3 bombers were slaughtered. Although 4 long-range fighters were deployed to cover this time, once the other side found out, 12 plus hurricanes rushed up enough for the Germans to drink a pot. Unlike ordinary bombers who can throw bombs when the situation is not good, these expensive and sophisticated electronic devices can't be thrown, not because they dare not throw them, but because they can't throw them, they are all fixed in the engine room, do the Germans still use hammers to knock the parts off and throw them out of the hatch? Because of the lessons learned in the past, the Raven Squad who participated in this operation did not have much hope for it. Everyone was sweating.

"From now on, we will enter the radar range of the other side after about ten minutes of flying east, all departments pay attention, we will maintain the course, our mission is divided into two phases, the first stage is to implement jamming, the time will last 15 minutes, if the other side's airfield does not respond during this time, we will turn off the jamming machine so that the other side can detect us, and then we will implement interference again to see if we can paralyze the other party's guidance." Raven 1 repeated the mission once again.

"Damn, what's wrong with these machines today?" A British radar soldier put down his headphones and cursed as he looked at the radar display covered with snowflakes. This kind of thing has been increasing more and more recently. It seems that this old radar is nearing the end of its life. "Jack, you'll take a look later, we need to fix it."

"How is it possible, I just checked it two days ago, and the parts were replaced, it can't be broken so quickly." The radar operator, named Jack, stepped forward, looked at the screen and said, "Could it be interference?" This situation is very similar to the situation when he was in the training that the teacher explained that the radar was jammed.

"You try it differently. Then increase the power. Jack said to his colleague next to him, but he was disappointed that the situation was still not good after changing the frequency, although he took countermeasures, but the other party covered the entire frequency band, and this old radar did not have the ability to jump frequencies, and the frequency band width was very limited. So, no matter how Jack adjusted, the snowflakes on the screen didn't go away until 20 minutes later. Several small dots of light appear at the edges of the screen. At this time, the Germans had turned off the jammer, but the flying chaff was still jamming the opponent's radar, but because of the close distance, the radar, which had turned on the power to the limit, finally burned through the jamming. A target group of aircraft flying at an altitude of 3000 meters was spotted.

"Damn, these guys have finally learned to find radar blind spots. Quickly inform the fighter force that today is a big fish, and John's kid may use this to achieve a trump card. "Although it is impossible to distinguish the model from the radar, the British know that the fighter that can appear here is definitely not a BF109! It is also impossible for this cargo plus auxiliary fuel tank to fly so far at an altitude of 3000 meters. Since it's not BF109. Then the British have nothing to fear, they can be crushed by numbers when they encounter BF110, and if it is a bomber, it is even more nothing!

When the British were in the excitement before the battle, the Raven team was also very nervous, their radar was difficult to detect small groups of aircraft at a long distance, for a group of hurricane-sized aircraft they could only detect about 30 kilometers at most, and in the air, if they were closer, those pilots with a vision of at least 1.5 or more might find the white smoke formed by the condensation of the aircraft or exhaust pipe!

"Damn radar. TM is out of order again! "At this critical moment, the Crow 2's on-board radar malfunctioned. Now the entire Raven Squad can only rely on visual search for targets! Although the jammer that interferes with communication and flight navigation is turned on, the devil knows if this thing will work!

"Damn, how do you get ground guidance? The deviation of the orientation angle and height is more than 2 times more than normal! John and his fleet finally found the German Raven squad and 4 BF110 fighters, but unfortunately, the entry position and altitude were very unsatisfactory, and the original head-on interception turned into tail pursuit, and the final distance deviation reached about 20 kilometers. And there was also an error in the calculation of the height of the other party. So much so that by the time the British spotted each other, the German planes had climbed to an optimal altitude of 4,000 meters and were ready to evacuate. It can be said that this bootstrap was a complete failure!

"It seems that our interference really caused problems with the radar and guidance of the British." Looking at the rather unwilling Hurricane fighter chasing behind, the captain of the Raven 1 silently wiped a cold sweat. Then he drew a cross on his chest to thank God for His favor. Analyze from the battlefield situation. The first stage of jamming the radar was still in place, otherwise the British fighters would not have come so late, and the second stage of jamming the guidance was also considered successful, and the position that the British planes entered was clearly wrong. Generally speaking, such a big mistake should not occur in good weather and under the control of experienced personnel. So, thanks to the jammers on the plane. Although there were problems with the unreliable anti-aircraft search radar, the Germans still showed off in front of the British!

The actions of the Raven squad demonstrated the capabilities of the Luftwaffe's electronic warfare, and at the same time. While the air was testing the British air defense network, operations on the ground and at sea were also launched, and raiding squads in light vehicles and gliders infiltrated the British rear began to enter combat positions. "If the intelligence is correct, this should be the long-range early warning radar numbered XT1. The radar stood on high ground, on the left was the dormitory of the radar operator, and on the right there should be a platoon of infantry, who had no permanent fortifications, only sandbags and simple trenches, but a couple of anti-aircraft machine guns. THERE SHOULD BE NO MORTARS, AND THE 60MM MORTARS WE BROUGHT WITH US WERE ENOUGH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. The commander of a German assault company wrote in the battle plan.

Unlike the British, the German assault forces were not meant to fight the well-defended troops. The enemy they had to face was generally only light weapons, quite large with a few machine guns, after all, these radar stations were deployed in the rear, the British could not imagine that the Germans would also form special special teams to find trouble in these places, with the help of the Turkish and Iranian local road parties, the German commandos passed through the gaps in the British line in various vehicles and then arrived at the designated position.

Adhering to the tradition of excellent firepower of the infantry of the Airborne Forces. THIS SMALL UNIT, ARMED WITH ASSAULT RIFLES, MG SERIES GENERAL-PURPOSE MACHINE GUNS, 60MM MORTARS, AND MK108 MACHINE GUNS, HAD ENOUGH FIREPOWER TO SUPPRESS THE BRITISH UNITS OF ITS CLASS. And the reason why they have been delayed for a long time is just to wait for an order!

However, at this time the British did not pay attention to these troops. For by this time the actions of the German navy along the coast of Sistan-Balochistan had already unnerved the British. "Could it be that the Germans want to settle our garrison in southeastern Iran with a landing battle?" The thought of this terrible speculation made the commander of the British Indian Ocean Fleet, Admiral Pound, shudder a little. This is very possible both logically and from the point of view of implementation, the former is very simple, the British land-based aviation has just put off a fleet of Germans, and the Germans can give up? Obviously impossible! And the latter? According to the intelligence analysis provided by Huaxia, the British knew that the marines of the German Navy stationed in Faw and Basra had already begun to move! And the minesweepers also began to repeatedly sweep the fairway. Luftwaffe operations across the Persian and Gulf of Oman also became more frequent. The entire sea area is filled with an atmosphere of slaughter before the battle! This made the British very uncomfortable!

In the area where the British could not see, the nine air wings under the Luftwaffe were already on the table, the planes were ready to be completed with the help of ground crews, and the bomb trucks and fuel trucks began to hang bombs and refuel the planes. And the Luftwaffe electronic warfare unit is also carrying out the final check and filling the gaps, they will be the first to enter the battlefield, tear apart the opponent's early warning and guidance network, and cover the major aircraft groups to attack!

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