Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Kemuna is located between the islands of Malta and Gozo.The area is about 3 square kilometers.

Compared with Malta Island, these two small islands are much smaller, and their strategic location is much less important.

However, the British Empire did not abandon them directly, but built a fairly complete fortification system before the outbreak of World War II, transforming them into military fortresses.

It's just that compared to the main island of Malta, the defense levels of these two small islands are indeed much weaker, with only 3200 and 500 defenders respectively.

Facing the indiscriminate bombing and amphibious operations by the German and Italian forces, the defenders of the British Empire on Gozo Island and Kemuna Island did not fear, but tried their best to resist.

But when manpower was limited, after three days of bloody battles with the German and Italian forces, Gozo Island finally fell, and more than 800 British troops had no choice but to surrender after running out of ammunition and food.

There is no way, although Yang Fan can open and hang the "express delivery" safely, but Gozo Island is surrounded by German and Italian forces, especially after the coastline is gradually lost, there is no angle to operate at all.

And because the German-Italian coalition controlled the sea and air rights around the Malta Islands, Kemuna Island and Malta Island, located south of Gozo, had no way to provide direct ground force support, and could only use a small number of artillery for air defense Support and ground artillery support.

Although Gozo Island, the second largest island, eventually fell, the German-Italian coalition forces also paid a very heavy price after the three-day bloody battle. More than 30 combat aircraft were shot down, and the number of soldiers killed in battle reached more than 4500. .

If the number of deaths in the attack on the Malta Islands is added, the German-Italian coalition forces have already killed more than [-] on the Malta Islands.

At the same time, taking advantage of this gap, the construction of fortifications, the supply of soldiers, and the supply of materials on Malta Island have been continuously enhanced.

Even if the island of Gozo fell and the German-Italian coalition forces had an offensive fulcrum, for Malta Island, it could only be a fight from the air, and in the end it would have to be implemented in an extremely difficult amphibious landing operation.

But obviously, in the face of the increasingly powerful Malta Island, even if the German-Italian coalition forces want to fight at all costs, it is not an easy matter.

At the same time, although Gozo Island has 67 square kilometers and has a lot of room for operation, it is also not easy for the German and Italian coalition forces to build an airport on it and turn it into a forward offensive base.

Because this is a big project in itself, it consumes a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. In addition, they will be covered by long-range artillery fire on Kemuna Island and Malta Island all the time.

Facing tough bones, the German-Italian coalition forces are still riding a tiger. If they had known that it would be like this, I believe they would have sent paratroopers to make an airborne raid when the war just started.

Malta is known as the Eye of the Mediterranean, and it is a strategic location in itself. At the beginning of the war, there were only a few hundred British troops in Malta. If the paratroopers were used to make an airborne surprise attack, it could basically be said to be sure.

It is a pity that the German army had no plan to go to the Mediterranean to fight at that time, and the Italians had no strategic overall view at all. After Italy was defeated in North Africa, the German army temporarily decided to go to North Africa to fight in order to prevent Italy from withdrawing from the war due to the defeat of the war.

But at that time, the British army had increased its troops to Malta. At that time, tens of thousands of troops gathered on the island, with a large number of anti-aircraft artillery and aircraft, and a powerful navy. It was impossible for the German army to capture Malta no matter from air or sea assaults.

Now Yang Fan has taken a fancy to it, and it is doomed that Malta Island will once again become one of the biggest defeats of Rommel's North African Army.

While the Malta Islands were engaged in a life-and-death battle, the Rommel Army on the North African continent was not idle. After a long period of war preparations, it launched a large-scale attack on the Allied camp in the early hours of this morning.

The Battle of Alamein has officially begun!

There is no doubt that the first wave of offensive troops of the German-Italian coalition forces could never be ground troops, but a huge combat aircraft fleet.

In the first wave of attack alone, the German-Italian coalition forces dispatched 100 bombers and 400 escort fighters,

The Allied Forces, with more than 1600 fighter jets of various types, naturally would not sit still and let the German and Italian combat fleets rampage and bomb their own positions and lines of defense.

After the radar station detected the enemy's situation, in just 20 minutes, more than 700 fighter jets of various types took off to meet the enemy one after another, half of which were Huben Air Force pilots flying Mustang fighter jets.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the air force to charge into battle, the German and Italian coalition forces concentrated the use of thousands of cannons and began carpet saturation bombing of the minefields of the Allied forces.

Due to the unprecedented strengthening of Rommel's African Army in the current time and space, before Yang Fan led the Chinese Expeditionary Force to the North African theater, the Allied forces had been in a state of passive defense.

Therefore, in order to block the attack of Rommel's African Army, the British and American coalition forces spared no effort to plant landmines in the desert in front of their own line of defense.

Before and after, the British and American coalition forces planted more than 100 million landmines in the vast desert area hundreds of kilometers long and tens of kilometers wide.

They are mainly composed of anti-tank mines, which are also mixed with anti-personnel infantry mines. As long as they pass through the minefields, neither people nor vehicles can escape until the safe passage is cleared.

Therefore, if Rommel's African Army wants to break through head-on, it must first clear a safe passage, otherwise the hundreds of thousands of landmines alone will be enough for them to drink a pot.

Chapter 1326

Faced with such a vast minefield, it is obviously unrealistic to send engineering troops to clear them one by one. Not only is it extremely inefficient, but it is also extremely vulnerable to attacks by the local air force with heavy casualties.

Therefore, in order to open up a safe passage, the German-Italian coalition forces not only concentrated a large number of artillery units, but also used more than a dozen newly developed Vs.Kfz.617 mine-sweeping vehicles.

World War II was the largest global military conflict in human history.The two sides in the war tried their best to use all means.Many powerful and terrifying weapons have been produced, such as missiles, atomic bombs, and landmines.

The lethality of a landmine may not be comparable to that of missiles and atomic bombs, but it has a simple structure, low cost, and can be mass-produced.

For example, during World War II, the box mines made by the Soviet Union, that is, PMD blasting anti-personnel mines, produced more than tens of millions of them. Because of the huge number, they killed and injured a large number of German soldiers.

Of course, everything in the world always generates and restrains each other.

The Soviet Union had landmines, and of course Germany had to develop demining equipment to deal with them.

Among them is a mine-sweeping vehicle with a strange shape and "big shoes" on the wheels. It is specially responsible for "walking" in the minefield so as to step on and explode the mines. It is the German Vs.Kfz.617 mine-sweeping vehicle.

The vs.Kfz.614 minesweeper relies on its own weight to detonate mines. For this reason, the designer specially designed the two huge wheels in front as minesweeping rollers, and the outer edge is equipped with movable rims similar to crawler tracks.

There is a 10-width steel guard plate on the rim, and when it is started, the outer edge of the minesweeper roll will rotate.

While driving the vehicle forward, the steel guard plates successively rolled over the ground, detonating the underground mines.

This mine-sweeping vehicle is 6.5 meters long, 3.17 meters wide, 2.28 meters high, and weighs about 55 tons. It uses a 300-horsepower engine and travels at a speed of 15-20 kilometers per hour.

The car is divided into four parts, namely the cab, combat room, transmission room and engine room.

The cab is at the front of the vehicle, and the fighting compartment is in the middle of the vehicle. Two mg34 machine guns are installed to deal with enemy infantry.

The transmission room is below the fighting room and is divided into left and right two, which are responsible for transmitting power to the two huge wheels.The engine compartment is at the rear of the vehicle.

The entire vehicle is welded by low-hardness armor with a thickness of 20-40 mm, which is fully capable of resisting the explosion of landmines.

Moreover, the bottom of the car has been additionally reinforced to become the thickest part of the entire car.

The Vs.Kfz.617 minesweeper design was viable, but not practical during the war.

Because of its heavy body, slow speed, and relatively clumsy steering, it must be the most vulnerable target on the battlefield. Germany eventually realized this, so it was not mass-produced.

But this is something to say later, the Vs.Kfz.617 minesweeper is still a new type of equipment, which is active in various battlefields to deal with the minefields of the Allied forces.

Boom boom boom, for this tough frontal offensive, the German-Italian coalition forces really spent all their money. More than 1000 cannons were fully fired, and they fired shells into deserted desert areas without money, constantly moving forward Extend fire.

After more than two hours of shelling, each gun had fired about 300 rounds.During that time, more than 300 tons of shells fell on enemy positions.

Afterwards, there was such a legend about this shelling, that is, the ears of Italian and German gunners bled during the deafening sound of shelling, and a large number of gunners suffered from severe hearing loss or even deafness in both ears.

"Attention all units, we must fight steadily. Our focus in this battle is no longer to shoot down many German fighter jets. The most important thing is to be familiar with the opponent and understand the performance of the opponent's fighter jets! We must make good use of the range advantage and avoid being too impatient!"

Located in an airspace 300 kilometers northwest of Cairo, Huang Deyong, head of the Huben Air Force Flying Regiment, was leading the pilots of the headquarters to intercept the bomber group in the airspace, and naturally encountered the German escort fighter group.

"Roger that!"

"understand!"

The pilots happily took orders on the communication channel. They are all veteran fighter pilots who have experienced many battles. Before coming to the North African battlefield, they had fought hard with the Japanese Air Force many times. up.

"Very good! Everyone be careful! Enter the battle immediately!"

After a friendly reminder from the communication channel, Huang Deyong began to enter the fighting state without distraction, gently pushed the throttle valve to increase the speed to the extreme, and drove his beloved P-51D Mustang fighter jet to kill a plane at twelve o'clock. German fw190 new fighter jet.

The current main fighter of the German army is the BF109 fighter, while the fw190 fighter is a multi-purpose fighter that has just entered service.

The BF109 fighter jet has excellent high-altitude performance due to the advantages of the Mercedes-Benz liquid-cooled engine. In the early days, it was light in weight and had good fighting performance. The most obvious disadvantage is the tragedy of the range and bomb loading.

The FW190 fighter jet has strong bomb-carrying and ground attack capabilities, so it has poor combat performance, but thanks to the BMW engine, it can accelerate and climb very well at low and medium altitudes, and its top speed can reach 760 kilometers per hour.

The fw190 fighter was the only fighter that the German army could fight against the U.S. P51 in World War II, but its overall performance was still inferior to the P51.

The most obvious advantage of the fw190 fighter over the P51 fighter is in firepower. The firepower of the four 4mm guns can pose a fatal threat to heavy bombers.

This is the original design intention of the fw190 fighter jet, but it also does not have the heavy armor package like a bomber, so the firepower advantages of the fighters of both sides cannot reflect too much advantage in the fighting between fighter jets.

One of the big advantages of the P51 Mustang fighter jet is its ultra-long endurance, which can perfectly escort long-range bombers.

The P51 Mustang fighter jet even used aerial hunting tactics to hunt down German fighter planes and push the Luftwaffe into a desperate situation.

Before that, Huang Deyong knew the appearance and performance of the two current German fighter jets well. Naturally, he would not pick up soft persimmons, but took the lead and directly attacked the latest German FW190 fighter jet.

"kill!"

"Germany, today I will see how good you are!"

The other fighter pilots did not show any weakness either, and rushed towards the BF109 fighter or the FW190 fighter ahead.

"Damn German guy, don't let me die!"

After a few seconds of sprinting and adjustment, Huang Deyong quickly adjusted the nose pointing, firmly set the crosshair on the nose of the BF109 fighter jet, and then pressed the fire control switch without hesitation.

Da da da, a burst of crisp gunshots came to the eardrums, and clusters of blue lights were seen blasting towards the German fighter jets in the field of vision.

At this moment, a flash of fire flashed in Huang Desheng's retinas. Obviously, the German fighter pilots were not slow, and they fired almost at the same time.

Chapter 1327 A Little Surprise

"I go!"

When the fire flashed in the distance, Huang Desheng knew that he was also being targeted by the opponent, and without the slightest hesitation, he pulled the joystick for tactical evasion.

At this time, life-saving is naturally the most important thing, so there is no need to continue to exchange injuries with the powerful fw190 fighter jets.

Whoosh, whoosh, just as Huang Desheng turned a big bend, a string of caliber ammunition roared past from the flank, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.

The reaction speed of the FW190 fighter pilot on the opposite side was also not slow, he just made a high-speed climb and dodged the bullet.

The first round was a draw.

"Yo! You really have two tricks!"

An expert would know if there was one as soon as he made a move, and Huang Desheng immediately felt a heavy pressure. The opponent was not weaker than him in terms of operation level and fighter performance, so it could be said that he was a good match.

But at this moment when it's either you die or I die, Huang Desheng didn't have time to think too much, and quickly adjusted the nose of the plane to organize the second wave of attack.

"Is this the Chinese Expeditionary Army? Is this the latest Mustang fighter jet from the United States? It seems to be more powerful than the legend!"

The moment he passed by, FW190 fighter pilot Brook saw a pilot with an oriental face from the transparent cockpit, and immediately thought of relevant information.

And this information was also specially provided by Japan to the German army. Its purpose was nothing more than to kill people with a knife, so that the Japanese Air Force had repeatedly suffered a lot, but the Huben Air Force had no choice but to bury it in the hands of the German Air Force.

The tip of the needle met the wheat awn, and soon Huang Desheng and the German pilot Brook started a new round of fighting.

Da da da!

Clusters of blue light drew criss-crossing bullet lines in the air, both the enemy and us were trying their best to shoot and kill mercilessly, and they were trying their best to greet each other to death.

However, since the Luftwaffe and the Huben Air Force met on the battlefield for the first time, they were very unfamiliar with each other but had similar strengths. Therefore, both sides fought very cautiously, trying to test each other's fighter performance and actual combat routines, and there was no big difference. Open and close desperately.

This caused a very strange phenomenon. Although the battle was extremely fierce just after the fire was fired, there was no immediate large-scale aircraft crash and death.

After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the flying regiment led by Huang Desheng finally shot down the opponent's FW3 fighter jets and 190 BF4 fighter jets at the cost of destroying 109 fighter jets, which can be regarded as a small victory.

"Don't chase the poor, return to the voyage immediately to replenish fuel and ammunition!"

"Yes!"

"Roger that!"

After repelling this wave of German escort fighter jets, and seeing that only one-third of the fuel was left, Huang Desheng immediately turned the nose of the plane and led the fighter flight regiment of the headquarters to fly towards Cairo.

At the same time, in the vast airspace within a radius of thousands of kilometers, thousands of enemy and enemy fighter planes are chasing each other, flying up and down, and life-and-death battles are going on everywhere.

The sky is full of flickering tongues of fire, clusters of green lights love each other and kill each other in the air, and enemy and enemy fighter jets are constantly beaten up, smoking, and blown up in the air.

When the battle was at its most intense, a fighter jet on the right fell straight down like a torrential rain, falling to the ground continuously, turning into balls of flaming fireballs.

This piece of beautiful blue sky and white clouds has turned into a life-swallowing Shura battlefield.

Allied High Command war room in Cairo.

At this moment, the telegrams are ticking and the phone is ringing non-stop in the room. The communication staff members are constantly making and answering calls, and the combat staff members are updating the combat model on the sand table in real time. All kinds of people are running back and forth in the room. , looking extremely busy.

What is completely different is that Yang Fan, Stilwell and other senior generals are like clay sculptures and wood sculptures.

They either frowned and browsed through various intelligence materials with their heads down, or stared at the map and sand table intently, or closed their eyes and smoked a stuffy cigarette to rest their minds, and some people listened to the calls made by the communication staff with sharp ears. , anxiously waiting for various real-time news from the front.

The officers looked anxious and did not have much desire to talk to each other, and the atmosphere was extraordinarily dignified and depressing.

This kind of atmosphere also directly affected the staff officers in the room. They didn't dare to move too much, and they all tried to lighten their steps and lower their voices as much as possible, not daring to disturb the meditation of the officers.

It's just that the battlefields that are fiercely exchanging fire outside will not stop because of this, and various sounds are still coming over continuously.

Although this place is far away from the frontline battlefield, the roar of motors overhead, rumbling guns, and explosions can still be heard very clearly in everyone's ears.

Starting from the sound of anti-aircraft guns and the first scream of aerial bombs in the early morning, the fierce battle has been fought for a full five hours.

In this short but long five hours, the fighter group of the Allied Air Force has dispatched 2700 sorties, and launched life-and-death battles with the German Air Force one after another.

After returning to the base to replenish fuel and ammunition, many fighter pilots continued to take off to fight, and were not replaced until they died heroically or had no physical strength.

Facing the high-quality and high-performance German fighter jets, no matter whether they were Huben pilots or British and American pilots, they flew into the blue sky one after another regardless of life and death, and fought resolutely and thoroughly with the enemy.