Chapter 1937 Rolling Iron Flow II
With every order issued, countless temporary airports began to be built. On a suitable open field, a piece of land is quickly compacted by a road roller, and then covered with perforated steel plates or wooden boards. The place with terrain cover next to it was used as a warehouse and to build the pilot's residence. An anti-aircraft guard post was set up on the high ground, and machine guns and anti-aircraft guns were deployed in the jungle next to it and around the apron.
After the prototype of an airport is completed, it is only the beginning, and some logistics teams still need to be stationed. These people are often several times larger than the size of the flight team. The equipment, fuel and ammunition they carry are also a problem. Some people even suggested that directly It will be possible to use the shells on the adjacent artillery positions as bombs. And some Air Force commanders believe that the use of such bombs is an insult to the noble branch of the Air Force....
At this moment, Ruprecht felt that he had really created a truly powerful German army, because he made up for all the shortcomings of the German army! Historically, from a technical point of view, with the production capacity of the Germans, artillery and machine guns can barely compare with their opponents. But when it comes to aviation, tanks and cars, it really doesn't work. Not to mention the tanks, the Germans never counted more than 50 tanks seized. And the French Renault tanks are directly thousands! As for aviation? The level of aviation in Germany is almost the lowest. The British have the highest comprehensive level, and the French have the highest number of aircraft produced....
When a large number of German troops on the Eastern Front gathered on the Western Front, the strength of the German Army was truly reflected. This strength is three-dimensional. When the tens of thousands of heavy artillery, tanks and hundreds of thousands of cars and carriages on the ground formed an unstoppable torrent of steel along the railways, highways and waterways, the German eagles soaring in the sky also spread their wings and spread their wings in Europe. Fully stretch your body in the sky!
"I don't know if the British air force on the western front is stronger than their counterparts in the Balkans this time." Major General Milch, the commander of the Dragon Knight bomber wing of the Bavarian Third Air Force, is commanding his huge bomber fleet at the moment. Flying over the Ruhr area, this bomber wing is a newly formed force specially established to carry out bombing missions at the depth level of the campaign. Their crews are top picks drawn from other air forces. The bombers equipped are also the latest.
If before, the Black Hawk long-range reconnaissance aircraft wing attached to the navy was the most dazzling existence in the entire German aviation force, then now, this Dragon Knight bomber wing has replaced the status of the Black Hawk wing. When the formation of the Dragoon Bomber Wing was completed, according to the words of Major General Milch: "Such a force should not be called a wing at all!"
The entire Dragoon Wing has a total of 160 bombers, which are divided into 6 combat squadrons and 2 reserve squadrons. Among them, the number of twin-engine K6 bombers is 80, and the other 60 bombers are all the largest bombers in Germany at present-equipped with 3 K8B heavy bombers with 500 horsepower! This behemoth with an empty weight of more than 6 tons and a maximum take-off weight of 12 tons is completely comparable to the existence of V1500! If it takes off from an airfield on the border between France and Belgium, the Dragoon bomber wing can drop more than 220 tons of bombs in one air strike! If you change to another airport with a more forward location, it will be no problem to send hundreds of tons of bombs to the British royal family in London!
What's even more terrifying is that there is not only one such bomber wing. In the entire Luftwaffe combat sequence on the Western Front, there are a total of 4 super-large bomber wing similar to the Dragon Knight, which are the Imperial Bomber Wing directly under Prussia. , Hohenzollern bomber wing. As well as the Swan Castle Bomber Wing directly under Bavaria and the Dragoon Bomber Wing. In addition to these 4 bomber wing,
There were another 12 separate squadrons of K8 bombers assigned to other units.
Almost bombers formed the most terrifying deep strike force of the German army on the western front! Although the production time of the British V1500 is much earlier than that of the K8 bomber, although the total output of the various improved V1500 is also higher than that of the K8. But these precious bombers had been consumed in protracted battles on the Western Front, the Balkan Front and Asia Minor. The huge production capacity of the British was always offset by huge consumption. In the early stage, the Germans made full use of their advantages in fighter jets to continuously bleed the British air force, so that the British air strike force could not accumulate numbers. And now. When the British Air Force was already in decline, the German air strategic strike force had completed its final charge!
But even so, the prince was still very careful when using this long sword. As a traverser, he was shocked by the tragic casualties of the British and American strategic bomber forces in the face of the German air defense system in World War II. Even though the British are unprecedentedly weak at this time, they still have the strength to fight.
The victory of a battle stems from the initial concealment and deception. Except for the Dragon Knight bomber wing and a few bomber brigades, the German strategic bomber force chose the route through the German hinterland and then turned to the northwest. The final landing site was also chosen in the eastern part of Belgium. Although it is far away from the front line, it is confidential and safe!
In the end, more than 5,000 fighters, interceptors and bombers will be deployed in a vast area extending from the front line to the border between Belgium and Germany. More than 300 airfields and alternate field airfields form the most powerful Western Front ever. The nest of aviation power, while hundreds of thousands of ground crews, anti-aircraft artillery units, air defense security personnel, and communication support personnel ensured the operation of the German Warhawk.
Just next to the German headquarters in Brussels, the German Air Force Command on the Western Front was formally established. Admiral Harrell from Bavaria served as the chief of the Air Force General Staff and cooperated with Crown Prince Ruprecht to command the air campaign on the Western Front. And just a few days before the British launched the harassment campaign, Ruprecht also successfully obtained the marshal's scepter that heralded the highest glory of the Air Force. At this point, the first Marshal of the Armed Forces in the German Empire was born.
A few days later, Marshal Trenchard, commander-in-chief of the British Royal Air Force, launched an air strike campaign code-named Lightning, and almost at the same time, the German Western Front Air Force's general attack on Britain was about to begin. A campaign-scale air strike, code-named Storm, is brewing over the Western Front.
"The British Air Force is about to launch an attack, Your Highness," Admiral Harrell said.
"Got it, this will be the beginning of the curtain call for the Royal Air Force in this war!" Ruprecht said!
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