Chapter 413: The British Air Force Attacks
‘I thought it was a very stupid decision at the time, but when the war started again, I realized my mistake. At the beginning, I didn’t think that the emerging country that dominates Asia could bring us a turnaround.
Because the British fleet and air force can completely suppress the German air force and navy, and I don't think the Chinese Empire has the ability to help us obtain air supremacy.
More importantly, entering Africa would make Germany's troops more dispersed and not conducive to the war situation in Europe. It was not until later that I realized how wise the decision of the Head of State was. Although we lost more than 50,000 soldiers for this, we obtained Britain. It has to be said that the ancient China was indeed very powerful. Once the potential for war was stimulated, it would be a terrifying existence.'
Marshal Rommel said this in his memoirs written for many years after the war, but before that, he looked down on the Chinese Empire.
"Marson, do we really need the help of the Chinese? The empire has made unbelievable achievements. At this time, the Chinese actually wanted to participate and get a share of the pie. It was really hateful."
Rommel's subordinate Baier Laiyin stood with Rommel on the west bank of the Suez Canal, looking at the calm sea and the spectacular artificial canal, he asked a little unwillingly.
"I don't know, but Baier, please stop saying such things again, okay? Since it is the decision of the head of state, we can only believe it."
Rommel shook his head gently. Although he felt unwilling to accept it, now he had no choice.
As the marshal of the African Legion, Rommel must firmly implement the order of Xiaowang. There should be no hesitation or doubt in his actions, otherwise it will bring great disaster to the African Legion and great disaster to the German Empire.
Xiaomoustache is suspicious by nature, and I'm afraid everyone in the world knows this. Baier Lai is a capable general under Rommel. Rommel doesn't want Baier Lai to be sanctioned by Xiaomoustache because of saying a few more words. This will be a huge loss for the German army.
"Report to the Marshal, news came from the entrance of the canal that they saw the Chinese plane and they were flying towards us."
The two were chatting. The correspondent soldier came to report.
Rommel nodded and signaled that he could go down. Then he looked at his confidant beloved with a wry smile, shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems that the Chinese people don't believe us very much."
"I guess they should be near the Gulf of Aden, with cautious Chinese people, but there are more than 2,000 kilometers away from us, and the river is wider, so we don't have enough troops to deploy defense there. Even if they come, they may not run here."
Baier didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but he just felt that the Chinese were a little too cautious.
Baier Laiyin's guess is correct. Even the bomber dared not fly directly over a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers. The distance is too far, not to mention the Tomcat carrier-based aircraft with a range of only more than 1,000 kilometers.
It will take at least three days for the fleet to pass through the Suez Canal. With transport ships, their speed cannot be too fast. If they die in a day, they will only run about 800 kilometers.
Three days later, hundreds of planes suddenly appeared in the air. They patrolled nearly 100 kilometers on both sides of the Suez Canal. At this time, the German soldiers had just woken up and had not yet realized what was going on. They were dizzy by the rumbling of the engine in the air.
At this time, Rommel quickly walked out of his tent and had already guessed that the Chinese would probably arrive at the Suez Canal today, so Rommel didn't sleep all night last night. In addition to wanting to see the Chinese fleet with his own eyes, Rommel was left to keep looking at his defense line, for fear of a slight mistake.
He could not control whether the Chinese could beat the British Air Force, nor was he supposed to control it, but Rommel knew that if the Chinese fleet was attacked in the Suez Canal, then the beard would never let him go.
Rommel looked up at the strange fighter jet, which was even faster than their bf109. The smooth arc of the fuselage looked very beautiful. Hundreds of fighter jets in the air formed a battle formation in groups of three or three, each flying in different directions, as if checking their achievements.
"Tell these Chinese people that within 100 kilometers of the two sides of the canal, we have occupied the fleet and the fleet can pass smoothly."
Rommel frowned and ordered.
Rommel was able to become the marshal of the African Legion, which means that this person has certain skills. In fact, Rommel made countless achievements in combat, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was the first German marshal. At this time, the naval aviation force of the Chinese Empire actually flew unscrupulously on his head.
Moreover, there was no prior notice, which was slapped in the face for Rommel. Rommel would not refuse them to patrol over his territory. Even if he knew that they did not believe in him and were worried about him, as long as he made a notice in advance, Rommel would feel better.
But now, the Chinese have insulted his dignity. Without any notification, the Chinese naval aviation flew over his head. But at the same time, Rommel was also disappointed with the German air force. Whether it was an enemy or a friend, since the other party flew over without notification, at least you are prepared?
If you don't help, it's okay to notify the headquarters, but the result is that the Germans have no reaction, so when the fighter planes are flying above their heads, everyone is foolishly standing up to see whose fighter plane it is.
"Report to the Marshal, the fleet of the Chinese Empire had already entered the Suez Canal, and at the same time told our ground forces that it had discovered enemy fighter jets about 100 kilometers northwest, with a number of about 300. We hope that our air force will take off to respond immediately."
Before contacting the air fighter, the communications soldier told Rommel that he could not believe anything.
The British fighter jets appeared about 100 kilometers northwest? And there were about 300? How did they know? Rommel looked up at the fighter jets in the air. It shouldn't be, it was more than 100 kilometers away. They couldn't see them either.
"You go and inform the Air Force to prepare for the flight."
Rommel nodded helplessly, regardless of whether the news is true or false. Since the Chinese have already heard the news, he must take measures to deal with it.
If it is fake, he will naturally say something bad about the Chinese on the side of the beard, but if it is true and he has no reaction, the Chinese will say something bad about him. Rommel is unwilling to cause trouble for himself in these aspects. What he hopes is to leave this ghost place as soon as possible. He is really fed up.
The German air force seemed to have different arrogance. Although the air force, as an independent branch, would do its best to cooperate with Rommel's operations, they would not accept Rommel's command without any combat missions and without encountering enemy attacks.
Of course, it is not completely unacceptable. After Rommel's order reached the Air Force, the Air Force only said that the fighter jets were ready and that they should drive on the runway and do whatever they should do, but they did not take off.
Air Force officers are still in contact with Gorene, far away in Berlin. In this case, they must obtain Gorene's consent or see the enemy plane appear with their own eyes before they can take off. Otherwise, with Gorene's style, they will definitely not be able to escape this disaster.
The aircraft carrier exchanged by Sudao is the largest aircraft carrier in the Midway class. One aircraft carrier has 137 carrier-based aircraft, which exceeds nearly half of the fighter jets at the beginning.
The fighter aircraft on the aircraft carrier is also relatively single, with only four reconnaissance aircraft. Fifty fearless dive bombers, and eighty Tomcat carrier-based aircraft are left. An aircraft carrier formation consists of two aircraft carriers. At the beginning, a total of 110 fighter aircraft were reconnaissance on the West Coast and fifty were reconnaissance on the East Coast.
After discovering the enemy fighter jets, the fifty fighter jets on the east coast quickly turned the nose, drove the speed to the maximum, and flew towards the west coast, which only took twenty minutes at most.
However, one hundred and sixty fighter jets could not compete with nearly three hundred enemy fighter jets, and the number advantage was enough to compete with the equipment advantage. This was also the reason why Li Zhi informed Rommel as soon as possible after learning that the enemy planes appeared.
Although there are still a thousand fighter jets on the warship, they are the land-air fighters and now they cannot take off the air to fight. If they cannot withstand the attack of enemy fighters, the entire fleet will be in danger.
"Captain, the enemy is here."
Yang Qiong looked at the radar equipped on the plane, glanced at the approximate distance between the enemy and us, and said through the internal communicator.
"Everyone retreats first and fights within the German territory. Try not to go to the British territory as much as possible, otherwise you will need to try your best to escape after landing."
Captain Wang Hu ordered.
Immediately, one hundred and ten fighter jets began to turn around in an orderly manner, and the Germans on the ground were also stunned, not understanding what these guys were going to do.
Rommel frowned tightly. Could it be that they had discovered something? Thinking of the situation on the Air Force, it has been so old for a long time and he has not seen the shadow of the Air Force fighter jets yet, Rommel immediately cursed in his heart and said, "What's going on with the Air Force? Why haven't you taken off yet?"
"The Air Force said it needed to refuel and recharge ammunition, and it could take off within ten minutes."
The communication soldier replied in pain.
Rommel is even more painful than the correspondents. Within ten minutes, the enemy will have already come. Why are you taking off? It's really a guy who won't be able to do anything.
Rommel actually had a lot of opinions on the Air Force. The conflict between him and the Air Force mainly came from Dunkirk. If Gorene hadn't been to add some results to the Air Force, Germany would not have been so passive, allowing hundreds of thousands of enemies to flee to Britain.
But soon, Rommel became depressed again. The Chinese Air Force, which had just turned around and flew away, turned around and turned around again in a blink of an eye. After they had just completed these, the figure of the British Air Force appeared in front of everyone.
It can be said that the time is just right. Look at the Chinese Air Force, they are paired up in pairs, with a distance of at least one or two hundred meters between them, so that the pilots can have enough time to do any evasion without worrying about hitting their own people.
The Panda, which has a maximum speed of 680 kilometers per hour, is a carrier-based aircraft. It has an advantage in the top speed of 602 kilometers of the British Spitfire fighter. What is ridiculous is that there are actually some hurricane fighter jets in the British formation, and its maximum speed is only 511 kilometers per hour.
"Yang Qiong, cover me."
After Wang Hu shouted in the communicator, he immediately pushed the speed of the fighter to the maximum, and the maximum speed of 680 kilometers instantly widened the distance between him and Yang Qiong, and Yang Qiong was not willing to be outdone, and then pushed the speed of the fighter to the maximum.
Chapter completed!