Gunpowder smoke is still filling Alexandria, and people are rescuing the wounded and cleaning up the rubble. But now more people have gone into hiding, and only soldiers in military uniforms are busy on the streets.
"Quickly, carry these boxes of ammunition to that position over there."
A logistics officer is directing soldiers to carry ammunition to his designated area.
At this time, a roar above their heads caught their attention, and they saw a large group of familiar Hurricane fighter jets flying over their heads.
The noise caused by the huge roar did not make any British officers and soldiers feel uncomfortable. They raised their hands and cheered at the fighter jets flying over their heads. The huge cheers drowned out the roar of the engines.
It's too awful!
Many of them felt helpless in the face of Romania's previous raids. The airport was attacked by airstrikes, the ports were attacked, Alexander's air force was completely destroyed, four main warships of the fleet were sunk, and five more were damaged.
How could the British officers and soldiers not feel aggrieved by such a result? How could they be willing to accept it?
Therefore, they will naturally give high cheers to the appearance of their own fighter planes.
This made Cunningham and Hawkins feel that their hard work was not in vain. After the Hurricane fighter jets flew over, the morale of the soldiers was obviously improved a lot.
"See this method works very well."
Lieutenant General Hawkins praised.
"As long as it's useful."
Cunningham's face finally looked better. The army had always been afraid of losing morale, and the previous attacks had demoralized the soldiers of the British Empire. Now they are much better.
Who would have thought that all this was actually caused by the airport not being able to accommodate it. Fighter planes came from Cairo and Said to support the airport, and the airport was full. Lieutenant Colonel Eric, the person in charge of the airport, reported to the two
own difficulty.
Cunningham had an idea and asked the fully fueled fighter planes to immediately patrol the port to make room for space. So far, the effect seems to be pretty good.
Just as the two generals were watching the cheers from the officers and soldiers in the military port due to the arrival of the fighter jets, a harsh phone rang, and an officer quickly walked over and took the phone.
"Hello, this is the fleet headquarters."
When the officer heard the news coming from the phone, his expression suddenly changed. He put down the phone and ran to the two generals.
"Report, the destroyer USS Oak from the front has reported that a group of Romanian aircraft has appeared in the sea 25 kilometers away from the port, and its number is no less than 260."
After hearing the news, Cunningham immediately ordered, "Sound the air defense siren and get the officers and soldiers ready. Call Lieutenant Colonel Eric and ask him to send out all the planes immediately."
In less than two minutes, a shrill air defense siren sounded, causing all the British troops at the port to change their expressions. The fighter jets that had been showing off their prowess at low altitude also began to climb hard, and their liquid-cooled V-12 engines roared even more.
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A few minutes later, toward the outer sea, a dark group of aircraft appeared in the sky, with the RH20T fighter jet at the top. Although this high-altitude fighter was equipped with an air-cooled engine, its performance was still suitable for mid-to-high-altitude operations.
On the lower level is the HF201 fighter jet. The combat capability of this aircraft in the middle and lower levels puts all Romanian fighters at a disadvantage.
As for the H57 torpedo planes and RU18T dive bombers protected behind it, British officers and soldiers had already felt its power in previous air strikes.
The British side is unambiguous. Hurricane fighter jets are also the main equipment of the British Air Force. Gladiator fighter jets can be said to be the best biplanes. As for Hawker fighter jets, they may not be able to deal with enemy fighter jets, but they can deal with bombers flying slowly carrying ammunition.
No problem at all.
An aerial battle is about to begin.
They saw a large number of fighter jets from the incoming fleet rushing toward them, and the fleet defending Alexandria did not hesitate and immediately rushed forward.
Nearly two hundred fighter jets from both sides immediately started fighting off the coast of Alexandria under the eyes of British officers and soldiers.
I saw that the fighter jets from both sides initially attacked head-on without losing momentum. The two groups of fighter jets were like a flock of fast-moving birds, quickly approaching each other and starting to attack.
But once they met, the British fighter group suffered a big loss.
In a head-on attack, the considerations are range, power, and rate of fire (in descending order of importance). The British fighter jets only have the advantage of rate of fire, and are far from rivals of Romanian fighters in terms of range and power.
The main reason is that British fighter jets clung to the 7.62 caliber. In World War I, the 7.62 caliber machine gun was enough to cause huge damage to wooden aircraft at the time. But now it is almost the 1940s, and even the skins of fighter jets are made of metal.
The 7.62 caliber is obviously not powerful enough.
It's just that the UK has been slow to respond. It still uses eight 7.62 machine guns on its latest Spitfire and Hurricane fighter jets. How can these ancestral machine guns compete with Romania's two 20mm machine guns and two 12.7mm machine guns? It's totally me
I can hit you, but you can't hit me, and my power is stronger than yours.
So after the enemy attack, more than a dozen fighter planes falling downwards with thick smoke appeared in the sky. The British officers and soldiers watching the battle below were surprised to find that these crashed fighter planes basically came from their own side.
After the two sides passed each other, they immediately started a close fight, and this immediately made the British pilots realize how big a mistake they had made. Facing the Zero, the king of dogfights in the early days of World War II, their tactics of bypassing and attacking were completely inconsistent.
It is worth mentioning that many British pilots remember that they were obviously circling the tail of the enemy aircraft, but they did not expect the enemy to appear at their tail. Many fighter planes were shot down inexplicably like this.
As for the RH20T fighter, there is no chance of fighting with you at all. They all attack with one blow, dive and pull up, and pull up. This fighter may not be qualified as a carrier-based aircraft, but it is very good as a fighter.
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Although the RH20T fighter jet is inferior to its air force brother, the famous RF20 fighter jet, the strength of the British Air Force in Egypt is not enough to deal with itself.
Not to mention that the fighter planes that were attacking him this time actually had biplanes. Although they were the best among biplanes, the generation gap between biplanes and monoplanes was not easy to break.
Therefore, the next battle was a bit one-sided. Because most of the downed fighter jets were from the British side, this greatly frustrated the British officers and soldiers watching the battle.
And basically all Romanian fighter jets that were shot down were the result of the Hurricane. As for the Gladiator, its poor maneuverability put it in a position of being abused in the battle.
As for the Hawker, well, forget about it.
In the end, after losing all the Hurricane fighter jets, the remaining Gladiators and Hawks all hurriedly fled back. The Romanian fighter jets did not give up and continued to chase the escaping British fighter jets and beat them fiercely. This angered some
The fleeing British fighter jets lured the Romanian fighter jets over the air defense positions, completely ignoring the possibility that the air defense positions might accidentally injure them.
Faced with this situation, Romanian fighter jets dispersed them and then visited Alexandria.
In the port, the anti-aircraft positions have all opened fire. The battleships Rodney, Sovereign, and Warspite are also moving, and the Malaya has long been stranded in the southwest corner.
