Chapter 1422： The Balkans (1/2)
Chapter 1422 The sky in the Balkans (2)
The three finally reached a unified opinion. They asked the French air force to come over, and continued to cry poorly to the Supreme Command of the Allied Powers. Before the Balkan General Command issued an order to the Air Force, Trenchard unified the command of the Army Air Force. However, on the second day when the three reached an agreement, when Admiral Trentchard was about to leave for the Balkans again, he was personally commanded by the commander of the Bavarian Air Force’s Balkan Theater Commander, Lieutenant General Harar, code-named ”Thunder Strike” The offensive is officially launched!
”The Empire Alliance is ready and ready to take off.”
”The Dragon Slayer Alliance is ready to take off.”
”The Assassin Alliance is in place and can take off.”
With the transmission of telephone and radio, more than ten airports in the entire Balkan Peninsula have completed the final preparations, with a total of 160 K-6 bombers and 240 fighter jets ready for departure. And this is just the first wave of attacks today! After nearly 9 months, the Bavarian Air Force once again had a large-scale collision with the British and French Air Forces.
”I don't know whether the level of the British and French air forces has substantially improved during this period. I am looking forward to it,” said Lieutenant General Harrell, touching his chin.
The bombing is really the plane flying together, and then directly towards the target A? It is possible to fight against the Russians, but it is not possible to fight against Britain and France. In fact, when the war changes from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, the space available for development is even greater. As Lieutenant General Harar has been in the business for 5 years, he fought from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, and from the Western Front back to the Eastern Front. Now he is moving to the old Youtiao in the Balkans. He naturally knows what to do in the face of difficult enemies. !
Harar chose Thessaloniki, a city in northern Greece. This city itself is a seaport city and one of the most important land and sea transportation hubs in the narrow eastern part of Greece. More than 60% of the materials shipped to the front line will be transferred here. 160 bombers, considering the attack distance and the best firepower configuration, it is good to be able to carry 200 tons of bombs. 200 tons of bombs seem to be a lot, but it is strong for an Allied country The core area of fortification is far from enough. Let alone bombing the city, a lot of ammunition will probably be wasted on suppressing anti-aircraft firepower. The British 2-pounder (40MM rapid-fire gun), the French 75MM anti-aircraft gun (the M1897 barrel was replaced by a gun mount) and the piece of machine gun were not easy to mess with.
However, even so, the entire fleet was divided into several parts. Only 80 K-6 bombers and 180 various fighters were actually attacked. They became one that stretched for several kilometers and distributed from 2500 meters to 3000 meters. The huge fleet in vertical airspace flew towards the target.
”The British have found us.” On a specially modified K-6J bomber, a German non-commissioned officer took off the headset on his head and said to the officer sitting in the main seat. ”British radio communications began to operate at a high level 15 minutes ago. Their communication density is very high. From the results of radio positioning, more than 60% of them are from airports we have located.”
”Yes, some of our methods on the Eastern Front may not work well. We obviously took off at dawn and then entered Greece with terrain cover. Why were we found?” The officer was lost in thought.
”It may be a listening device. The British have deployed a listening device on the periphery. The current aircraft flying height is not very high, and we are all a large fleet. If we go out hundreds of aircraft at once, the warning range of the listening device will be very large. Therefore, it is normal for the British to be defensive.” Another officer said.