The Rise of Australia

Chapter 847 Great Disparity in Strength

Regardless of the attitudes of Britain and France, at this time on the border between Germany and Poland, a large group of carefully prepared German troops shouted the slogan "Long Live Germany" and marched across the border in a mighty manner.

As for the Polish troops stationed on the border, they were wiped out by the vanguard a few hours ago.

The current border line was hastily drawn, and the Polish troops stationed on the border were not even properly deployed.

Without the protection of solid defense facilities, a small Polish army was obviously no match for hundreds of thousands of German troops.

In the early morning of October 17, 1935, the third day of the war between Germany and Poland broke out.

In a secret military airport in East Prussia, the lights were brightly lit, and a large number of soldiers and personnel were busy doing something.

Zooming in, on the runway auxiliary road made of concrete not far away, brand-new aircraft are moving slowly one after another.

If you take a closer look, these planes look very diverse. There is a Fiat CR.32 Arrow fighter jet from Italy. It is dark green in color and has Italian characteristics.

There are also many aircraft that are obviously made in Germany, with a layer of black printed on the surface that makes people look very depressing, and there are more obvious German national emblems and party symbols on the tail fins of the aircraft.

The aircraft that can appear here are all German and Italian fighters and bombers that have been tested in the Spanish Civil War.

These aircraft gathered here with only one mission, which was to launch a large-scale bombing of the Polish border in the south.

Jingle Bell!

As the phone in the airport duty room rang, the person in charge of the military airport excitedly issued the order: "All planes take off immediately, target mission, all enemies and facilities within the entire border!"

The sky at this time was pitch black, which gave the two dark-colored aircraft more space to hide.

All pilots quickly boarded their planes and headed towards the runway in an orderly manner.

These aircraft are all the latest fighters and bombers produced in recent times, representing the most advanced levels of German and Italian aircraft.

Accompanied by bursts of buzzing, all the planes quickly rushed into the dark sky, forming formations and flying towards different targets.

Although the German army has entered the Polish border, this does not mean that the front is unimpeded.

On the contrary, because it was already close to Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the further east the German army went, the more resistance it encountered.

Two full days have passed since the war broke out, and the main armies of both sides have not yet met.

However, the various fortresses and troops stationed by Poland within the border did cause a lot of trouble for the German army's offensive.

This large-scale air force operation is intended to pull out these fortresses and eliminate the enemy's air force as much as possible.

Only by mastering the advantage in the sky can Germany have the initiative in the next offensive.

Having said that, the size of the army and the amount of equipment owned by the Poles are enough to scare people.

Looking at data alone, the number of Polish aircraft has even surpassed that of France and Italy, and is second only to the United Kingdom and Australasia, which have thousands of aircraft.

And these data are real, which means that the Poles do have such a large number of aircraft to mobilize.

But the problem is that there are big differences between airplanes.

With the development of aircraft, various types and functions of aircraft have emerged one after another. Military aircraft have long been more than just three major types: reconnaissance, combat and bombing.

Among the more than 1,000 Polish aircraft, nearly 550 are specially used for training, which are also known as trainer aircraft.

This kind of aircraft does not have combat effectiveness, and its main function is to allow pilots to adapt to new types of aircraft. To put it bluntly, the biggest role of the trainer aircraft is for training, and it basically has no combat effectiveness.

In addition to nearly half of the training aircraft, more than 300 of the more than 500 remaining aircraft of the Polish Air Force are obsolete products.

Because Poland became independent after World War I, many of these more than 300 aircraft were given to Poland as compensation after Germany's defeat.

Nearly 20 years have passed since World War I, and the combat effectiveness of these aircraft has long been unable to be guaranteed. If the Poles hadn't always cared about these outdated aircraft and carried out relatively complete preservation and maintenance, I'm afraid whether these aircraft could fly would be a problem.

In addition to most of the training aircraft and obsolete aircraft, the remaining more than 200 aircraft are the new aircraft with real combat effectiveness of the Poles.

It's still the same problem, because Poland was founded not long ago, and their research and development of aircraft is actually not as good as those of the more powerful powers.

In order to strengthen its air force, Poland once purchased a large number of aircraft from France and the United Kingdom. Of these more than 200 aircraft, most of them were products of the United Kingdom and France.

Only the remaining dozens of aircraft, which look obviously different in style, are truly Polish-made aircraft. Of course, since entering the 1930s, this situation has improved a lot.

The Poles spent a lot of money to develop the PLZ P.11 fighter jet, which not only changed the status quo of Poland not having excellent domestic fighter jets, but also gave Poland excellent fighter jets that can compete with other powers in the market in terms of aircraft.

Unlike the bi-wing fighters that many countries still use, the Poles decided that the new fighter would have a mono-wing structure when they were developing fighter jets.

Obviously, judging from the results achieved by the Poles, their research and development of fighter jets is relatively successful. The PLZ P.11 fighter is an aircraft with excellent performance and can definitely compete with the mainstream fighters of other powers.

So the question is, since Poland's fighter jets are already top-notch in Europe, why are there so few domestically produced fighter jets in their country?

This has to mention France, which has close relations with Poland.

As one of the great powers, France also attaches great importance to fighter jets. When expanding their own air force, the French let domestic aviation companies compete with foreign companies. In the end, the Poles won and won the favor of the French.

In order to export the PLZ P.11 fighter, Poland specially developed the P.24 version of the fighter.

After replacing the new metal three-blade propeller and improving the aircraft's fairing, cooling system and fuel tank, the P.24 fighter jet received an order from the French Air Force, which excited the Poles at the time.

Because the P.24 fighter jet almost reached a terrifying speed of 400 kilometers per hour in level flight, this fighter jet was even proudly called the fastest fighter jet in the world by the Polish media.

The export orders for fighter jets have given the Poles a big taste. They have suspended their plans to build domestically produced aircraft and focused on exporting aircraft.

There is no way. For every two aircraft exported, the profit brought to Poland is enough for the Poles to build another aircraft.

As long as they can export P.24 fighter jets in large quantities, the Poles can arm a powerful air force without even having to spend their own money.

Moreover, the Poles are confident that with their 700,000-strong army and a large number of tanks and artillery equipment, they are not inferior to any country at all, and they do not need to worry about aggression from any country.

This resulted in the Poles building less than 50 fighter jets for themselves in the past few years since the birth of the PLZ P.11 fighter jet. The rest were all exported, and they did earn themselves a lot of income.

But it is obvious that when facing a war, the shortcomings of new aircraft are fully exposed.

If the Poles had more than 700 PLZ P.11 fighters, they could wreak havoc in the skies of Germany and Italy.

But it's a pity, let alone 700, they can't even get 70.

Although the aircraft sold by the UK and France to Poland are also new aircraft, they are definitely not the most advanced aircraft from the UK and France.

Although these aircraft have a certain degree of combat effectiveness, it is absolutely difficult to rely on them to defeat the most advanced aircraft from Germany and Italy.

You know, the PLZ P.11 fighter jet, which the Poles are proud of and even trumpet as the fastest aircraft in the world, has a flying speed of prototype that is at the same level as the Italian Fiat CR.32 Arrow fighter jet. same level.

The Germans used more than 400 aircraft in this operation, more than 250 of which were Italian Fiat CR.32 aircraft.

This crushing of new aircraft in terms of quantity has already determined how exaggerated the German Air Force's performance was when facing the Polish Air Force.

When the Air Force takes action, the Army will naturally not wait quietly.

Under the planning of the German General Staff, the German troops divided into two groups and launched a fierce attack on Poland.

All 300,000 troops attacking Poland were divided into the First Army and the Second Army.

The First Army was stationed in East Prussia, and their mission was to cut Poland southward and split the existing Poland into two.

The Second Army was stationed on the German-Polish border. Their task was to gradually push the front and achieve the strategic goal of encircling the First Army inside and outside.

Because the two group armies have completely different tasks, there are also big differences in the specific army composition.

The main task of the First Army is to cut Poland, which tests the mobility of the First Army. With the help of Italy, the First Army is equipped with a large number of military trucks and tanks, and has reached an excellent level of motorization.

The mission of the Second Army is to advance the front, which also means that what they have to face is the main Polish army.

In order to strengthen the firepower of the Second Army, Germany and Italy jointly assembled more than 5,000 artillery pieces. The purpose was to use overwhelming firepower to suppress and directly destroy the Polish army that the Poles were proud of in the front, so as to quickly defeat Poland. the goal of.

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