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The Suez Canal, 190km long, starts from port said in the north and ends at Suez city in the south. It is a waterway at sea level, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and providing the nearest route from Europe to the land near the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific.
Since its excavation, it has become one of the most frequently used routes in the world. It is also the boundary between Asia and Africa and the main channel for people from Asia, Africa and Europe.
This important traffic artery must be in the hands of Britain!
Therefore, Britain stationed a large number of troops in Egypt. Even if the British troops were at a disadvantage in the battle between Western Egypt and the Germans, even if the British troops in Alexandria were besieged, no one wanted to mobilize the troops here.
In the Suez Canal area, there are thousands of troops stationed. Lindman, commander of the 23rd infantry division of Britain, has not slept well these days.
The battle on the front line turned sharply, and the Suez Canal was Rommel's ultimate goal!
If the Germans want to seize the Suez Canal, they must first control port said in the north of the canal. Therefore, under the leadership of Linderman, the British army has dug an anti tank trench outside these days. The width of the trench is more than four meters. The German tanks can't get through at all.
In the middle of the night, he was awakened by his adjutant in his sleep. When he hurried to the sand table, he heard the bad news.
"The German army made a long-distance attack on Cairo. They are likely to continue to move towards the Suez Canal." The adjutant said, "according to the speed of the German attack, maybe after dawn, the German vanguard troops will appear in our control area."
"Order the troops to prepare for battle." "We will defend the Suez Canal to the death," lindman said
Although the Suez Canal is quite long, the most critical node is port said, which is the starting point of navigation. Now, don't worry that the Germans will destroy the canal. After all, the Germans still want to continue to use the river.
If the Germans want to get the river intact, they must occupy port said. It can be imagined that the battle here will be more cruel.
At the same time, in an air force base in the canal area, fighter planes were also dragged out of the hangar.
The recent battle has caused great losses to Britain. When the German ground forces are advancing, Stuka and hs129 are advancing together, bombarding the British Army indiscriminately.
The British air force also rose up to resist. Unfortunately, the gap in fighter quality can not be overcome, and it does not occupy an advantage in quantity. At the beginning of the British local defense war, almost all the elite pilots were transferred. Now the rest are novices.
Therefore, the British air force in Egypt was soon crippled. However, there is still an air force left in the canal area. Moreover, recently, they have changed their guns and got the latest fighter provided by the United States!
The P-40 is a fighter developed based on the improvement of the P-36 "Eagle" designed by the U.S. Curtis company before the war. It mainly changes the engine from the "double wasp" star engine to the turbocharged "Allison" v-1710 in-line engine.
Prior to this, the P-36 has achieved great success and sales volume is quite high.
Therefore, only refitting the engine made this aircraft almost featureless. In the whole world War II, this aircraft was almost a flash in the pan.
However, since the P-36 has been mass produced, after practical test, the P-40 can be produced with only a few changes to the production line. It was almost the only model that the United States could mass produce and export at the beginning of World War II. In other words, its output was quite high!
After the aircraft was manufactured, the first overseas buyer was France. Unfortunately, the 100 p-40s ordered by the French surrendered under the Blitz in Germany before they left the factory.
Now, in the context of supporting Britain, these aircraft have been sent to the Middle East.
Captain loso, watching the ground crew hang bombs on his plane, the East has gradually brightened.
In front of the nose, the pattern of the huge shark mouth is very eye-catching.
Drawing the front of the plane as a shark's mouth looks very powerful. Chennault was not the first to do this idea. The British air force fighting in North Africa first made this beautiful painting.
To be fair, this aircraft is even worse than the fire. The body structure does not move, which is to increase the engine power to 1150 HP. The liquid cooled engine makes its windward area much smaller. Even so, it is about 100 lower than the maximum speed of fire.
Moreover, the high-altitude performance of this aircraft is also quite poor. After 6000 meters, the speed and handling will drop sharply.
In history, the British bought this fighter, named Tomahawk, some of which were sent to be trainers, and others were sent to the second-line battlefield, that is, the Middle East and North Africa, to act as fighter bombers.
Now, these fighters are the main force of the air force in the Suez Canal area. Some time ago, they did not participate in the battle and have been in good condition. Their only mission is to protect the Suez Canal!
When this fighter was exported to Britain, it was equipped with four 7.7mm machine guns on both wings, which became the model of two 12.7mm machine guns on the head and four 7.7mm machine guns on the wing. It seems that the firepower is good. However, German fighters have long been over using air guns. Large caliber air guns can blow a big hole in one shot.
Now, watching the ground crew loading ammunition nervously, loso had an impatient impulse. He silently lit a cigarette and watched the ground crew busy.
"Woo, woo." Just then, a sharp air defense alarm sounded over the whole base.
Damn it, the Germans came so fast!
"Come on, come on, start the engine!" When he heard the sound of the air defense alarm, loso quickly ran to his fighter. The ground service, busy with bullets, had left the plane. At the same time, there was the ground service holding a crank and stood on a ground service car.
He put his crank on the propeller and stuck it with the slot on the axis of the propeller. He bent down and waited for loso's instructions.
Turn on the switch and connect the oil circuit. Loso shouted, "start it!"
launch! The ground crew worked hard and began to shake the handle. With the shaking of the handle, the propeller also turned from slow to fast.
On the right side of the front end of the nose, there are all exhaust pipes. With the shaking, black smoke comes out, more and more black smoke. At the same time, the engine also makes a gradually louder sound.
"Boom, boom," the engine is like two farts. Then it turns happily and has started!
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The Suez Canal, 190km long, starts from port said in the north and ends at Suez city in the south. It is a waterway at sea level, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and providing the nearest route from Europe to the land near the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific.
Since its excavation, it has become one of the most frequently used routes in the world. It is also the boundary between Asia and Africa and the main channel for people from Asia, Africa and Europe.
This important traffic artery must be in the hands of Britain!
Therefore, Britain stationed a large number of troops in Egypt. Even if the British troops were at a disadvantage in the battle between Western Egypt and the Germans, even if the British troops in Alexandria were besieged, no one wanted to mobilize the troops here.
In the Suez Canal area, there are thousands of troops stationed. Lindman, commander of the 23rd infantry division of Britain, has not slept well these days.
The battle on the front line turned sharply, and the Suez Canal was Rommel's ultimate goal!
If the Germans want to seize the Suez Canal, they must first control port said in the north of the canal. Therefore, under the leadership of Linderman, the British army has dug an anti tank trench outside these days. The width of the trench is more than four meters. The German tanks can't get through at all.
In the middle of the night, he was awakened by his adjutant in his sleep. When he hurried to the sand table, he heard the bad news.
"The German army made a long-distance attack on Cairo. They are likely to continue to move towards the Suez Canal." The adjutant said, "according to the speed of the German attack, maybe after dawn, the German vanguard troops will appear in our control area."
"Order the troops to prepare for battle." "We will defend the Suez Canal to the death," lindman said
Although the Suez Canal is quite long, the most critical node is port said, which is the starting point of navigation. Now, don't worry that the Germans will destroy the canal. After all, the Germans still want to continue to use the river.
If the Germans want to get the river intact, they must occupy port said. It can be imagined that the battle here will be more cruel.
At the same time, in an air force base in the canal area, fighter planes were also dragged out of the hangar.
The recent battle has caused great losses to Britain. When the German ground forces are advancing, Stuka and hs129 are advancing together, bombarding the British Army indiscriminately.
The British air force also rose up to resist. Unfortunately, the gap in fighter quality can not be overcome, and it does not occupy an advantage in quantity. At the beginning of the British local defense war, almost all the elite pilots were transferred. Now the rest are novices.
Therefore, the British air force in Egypt was soon crippled. However, there is still an air force left in the canal area. Moreover, recently, they have changed their guns and got the latest fighter provided by the United States!
The P-40 is a fighter developed based on the improvement of the P-36 "Eagle" designed by the U.S. Curtis company before the war. It mainly changes the engine from the "double wasp" star engine to the turbocharged "Allison" v-1710 in-line engine.
Prior to this, the P-36 has achieved great success and sales volume is quite high.
Therefore, only refitting the engine made this aircraft almost featureless. In the whole world War II, this aircraft was almost a flash in the pan.
However, since the P-36 has been mass produced, after practical test, the P-40 can be produced with only a few changes to the production line. It was almost the only model that the United States could mass produce and export at the beginning of World War II. In other words, its output was quite high!
After the aircraft was manufactured, the first overseas buyer was France. Unfortunately, the 100 p-40s ordered by the French surrendered under the Blitz in Germany before they left the factory.
Now, in the context of supporting Britain, these aircraft have been sent to the Middle East.
Captain loso, watching the ground crew hang bombs on his plane, the East has gradually brightened.
In front of the nose, the pattern of the huge shark mouth is very eye-catching.
Drawing the front of the plane as a shark's mouth looks very powerful. Chennault was not the first to do this idea. The British air force fighting in North Africa first made this beautiful painting.
To be fair, this aircraft is even worse than the fire. The body structure does not move, which is to increase the engine power to 1150 HP. The liquid cooled engine makes its windward area much smaller. Even so, it is about 100 lower than the maximum speed of fire.
Moreover, the high-altitude performance of this aircraft is also quite poor. After 6000 meters, the speed and handling will drop sharply.
In history, the British bought this fighter, named Tomahawk, some of which were sent to be trainers, and others were sent to the second-line battlefield, that is, the Middle East and North Africa, to act as fighter bombers.
Now, these fighters are the main force of the air force in the Suez Canal area. Some time ago, they did not participate in the battle and have been in good condition. Their only mission is to protect the Suez Canal!
When this fighter was exported to Britain, it was equipped with four 7.7mm machine guns on both wings, which became the model of two 12.7mm machine guns on the head and four 7.7mm machine guns on the wing. It seems that the firepower is good. However, German fighters have long been over using air guns. Large caliber air guns can blow a big hole in one shot.
Now, watching the ground crew loading ammunition nervously, loso had an impatient impulse. He silently lit a cigarette and watched the ground crew busy.
"Woo, woo." Just then, a sharp air defense alarm sounded over the whole base.
Damn it, the Germans came so fast!
"Come on, come on, start the engine!" When he heard the sound of the air defense alarm, loso quickly ran to his fighter. The ground service, busy with bullets, had left the plane. At the same time, there was the ground service holding a crank and stood on a ground service car.
He put his crank on the propeller and stuck it with the slot on the axis of the propeller. He bent down and waited for loso's instructions.
Turn on the switch and connect the oil circuit. Loso shouted, "start it!"
launch! The ground crew worked hard and began to shake the handle. With the shaking of the handle, the propeller also turned from slow to fast.
On the right side of the front end of the nose, there are all exhaust pipes. With the shaking, black smoke comes out, more and more black smoke. At the same time, the engine also makes a gradually louder sound.
"Boom, boom," the engine is like two farts. Then it turns happily and has started!
The Suez Canal, 190km long, starts from port said in the north and ends at Suez city in the south. It is a waterway at sea level, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and providing the nearest route from Europe to the land near the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific.Since its excavation, it has become one of the most frequently used routes in the world. It is also the boundary between Asia and Africa and the main channel for people from Asia, Africa and Europe.This important traffic artery must be in the hands of Britain!Therefore, Britain stationed a large number of troops in Egypt. Even if the British troops were at a disadvantage in the battle between Western Egypt and the Germans, even if the British troops in Alexandria were besieged, no one wanted to mobilize the troops here.In the Suez Canal area, there are thousands of troops stationed. Lindman, commander of the 23rd infantry division of Britain, has not slept well these days.The battle on the front line turned sharply, and the Suez Canal was Rommel's ultimate goal!If the Germans want to seize the Suez Canal, they must first control port said in the north of the canal. Therefore, under the leadership of Linderman, the British army has dug an anti tank trench outside these days. The width of the trench is more than four meters. The German tanks can't get through at all.In the middle of the night, he was awakened by his adjutant in his sleep. When he hurried to the sand table, he heard the bad news."The German army made a long-distance attack on Cairo. They are likely to continue to move towards the Suez Canal." The adjutant said, "according to the speed of the German attack, maybe after dawn, the German vanguard troops will appear in our control area.""Order the troops to prepare for battle." "We will defend the Suez Canal to the death," lindman saidAlthough the Suez Canal is quite long, the most critical node is port said, which is the starting point of navigation. Now, don't worry that the Germans will destroy the canal. After all, the Germans still want to continue to use the river.If the Germans want to get the river intact, they must occupy port said. It can be imagined that the battle here will be more cruel.At the same time, in an air force base in the canal area, fighter planes were also dragged out of the hangar.The recent battle has caused great losses to Britain. When the German ground forces are advancing, Stuka and hs129 are advancing together, bombarding the British Army indiscriminately.The British air force also rose up to resist. Unfortunately, the gap in fighter quality can not be overcome, and it does not occupy an advantage in quantity. At the beginning of the British local defense war, almost all the elite pilots were transferred. Now the rest are novices.Therefore, the British air force in Egypt was soon crippled. However, there is still an air force left in the canal area. Moreover, recently, they have changed their guns and got the latest fighter provided by the United States!The P-40 is a fighter developed based on the improvement of the P-36 "Eagle" designed by the U.S. Curtis company before the war. It mainly changes the engine from the "double wasp" star engine to the turbocharged "Allison" v-1710 in-line engine.Prior to this, the P-36 has achieved great success and sales volume is quite high.Therefore, only refitting the engine made this aircraft almost featureless. In the whole world War II, this aircraft was almost a flash in the pan.However, since the P-36 has been mass produced, after practical test, the P-40 can be produced with only a few changes to the production line. It was almost the only model that the United States could mass produce and export at the beginning of World War II. In other words, its output was quite high!After the aircraft was manufactured, the first overseas buyer was France. Unfortunately, the 100 p-40s ordered by the French surrendered under the Blitz in Germany before they left the factory.Now, in the context of supporting Britain, these aircraft have been sent to the Middle East.Captain loso, watching the ground crew hang bombs on his plane, the East has gradually brightened.In front of the nose, the pattern of the huge shark mouth is very eye-catching.Drawing the front of the plane as a shark's mouth looks very powerful. Chennault was not the first to do this idea. The British air force fighting in North Africa first made this beautiful painting.To be fair, this aircraft is even worse than the fire. The body structure does not move, which is to increase the engine power to 1150 HP. The liquid cooled engine makes its windward area much smaller. Even so, it is about 100 lower than the maximum speed of fire.Moreover, the high-altitude performance of this aircraft is also quite poor. After 6000 meters, the speed and handling will drop sharply.In history, the British bought this fighter, named Tomahawk, some of which were sent to be trainers, and others were sent to the second-line battlefield, that is, the Middle East and North Africa, to act as fighter bombers.Now, these fighters are the main force of the air force in the Suez Canal area. Some time ago, they did not participate in the battle and have been in good condition. Their only mission is to protect the Suez Canal!When this fighter was exported to Britain, it was equipped with four 7.7mm machine guns on both wings, which became the model of two 12.7mm machine guns on the head and four 7.7mm machine guns on the wing. It seems that the firepower is good. However, German fighters have long been over using air guns. Large caliber air guns can blow a big hole in one shot.Now, watching the ground crew loading ammunition nervously, loso had an impatient impulse. He silently lit a cigarette and watched the ground crew busy."Woo, woo." Just then, a sharp air defense alarm sounded over the whole base.Damn it, the Germans came so fast!"Come on, come on, start the engine!" When he heard the sound of the air defense alarm, loso quickly ran to his fighter. The ground service, busy with bullets, had left the plane. At the same time, there was the ground service holding a crank and stood on a ground service car.He put his crank on the propeller and stuck it with the slot on the axis of the propeller. He bent down and waited for loso's instructions.Turn on the switch and connect the oil circuit. Loso shouted, "start it!"launch! The ground crew worked hard and began to shake the handle. With the shaking of the handle, the propeller also turned from slow to fast.On the right side of the front end of the nose, there are all exhaust pipes. With the shaking, black smoke comes out, more and more black smoke. At the same time, the engine also makes a gradually louder sound."Boom, boom," the engine is like two farts. Then it turns happily and has started!
