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With the end of the “Second El-Alamein Campaign”, the battle was stabilized.

The loss-ridden Brittish has not been able to launch a new offense, and they are forced to shift from offensive to defensive.

Similarly, in the case that Iran has not completely fallen into the hands of the Germans, the Germans have no power to seize Egypt.

Now, both sides will enter a relatively long confrontation period.

Wang Weizhen’s strategic goals have been achieved.

Stabilize the situation in Africa, then open up the Iranian line and launch a strategic decisive battle against Russia!

Then, the Second World War will go on according to its own ideas.

With the change of the North African war situation, according to the order of Marshal Ernst. Breem, the German offensive against Malta also re-launched.

In fact, Malta is the most important part of the entire African war situation.

In the autumn of 1941, the supply forces of Germany and Italy to North Africa were devastated, forcing the German Supreme Command to send another aviation force to Sicily. At the beginning of 1942, with the beginning of the “Second Battle of Malta”, the fleet to Africa was increasingly safe.

Therefore, the relationship between Malta and North Africa should never be mistaken. The more the attack on Malta, the more abundant the supply of the Afrikaans Army in Germany. The previous Rommel attack from the Ghazala front was also the result of the German attack on Malta.

At that time, it was theoretically concluded that the occupation of Malta should be taken from the sea and the air, but it was not implemented. In April 1942, after the German Air Force carried out a large-scale bombing of the island, it was a good fighter. However, it was easily let go. Although Hitler handed over the implementation of Malta’s landing operations to Italy, he did not believe that the Italian army had lasting power. On the contrary, he is convinced that Rommel can beat the Nile River with his enthusiasm after the rapid occupation of Tobruk. So, in the end, he gave up the “Wu Xian Combat” plan.

In order to ensure this important battle, Rommel asked all the air forces in the Mediterranean theater to be invested in North Africa. His request was approved by Hitler. However, the Germans not only did not hit Cairo, but instead stopped attacking Malta, which caused the island to rapidly increase its strength and caused heavy losses to the reinforcement of Rommel’s sea supply line.

In the Battle of Malta, the German Air Force has a very clear tactical point of focus on investing in a large number of bombers to attack enemy airports and ports.

This is much more effective than the intensive single-machine dive bombing of the Yarnhuneck Air Force Chief of Staff. In the early days of the Second World War, the “carpet bombing” that was first implemented for military targets was carried out on the island of Malta.

And now, the bombing of Malta has started again.

The rains of Sicily are cloudless, presenting a spring and sunny scene. The bomber formation of the German Air Force flew south over the sea of ​​Ulan, which turned white waves.

The German bombing of Malta has intensified a week, and the bombing time is divided into dawn, daytime, dusk and night. Therefore, this Mediterranean fortress island in the UK always sounds an alarm. Most of the bombing missions were carried out by small bombers.

Major Gilchrist, the intelligence officer of the British 231th Infantry Brigade stationed in Malta, said: “The Germans are very cautious at the beginning, using only three to five JU88 bombers at a time, invading under the escort of many fighters. They invaded eight times a day. They It’s just bombing military targets like airports and terminals.”

The German Air Force has dispatched such a small number of aircraft, not as a result of the weather because of the inability to use large aircraft operations. The advantage of this tactic is that it can not give the enemy a breathing space. The disadvantage is that the enemy can concentrate the entire air defense system to deal with the few bombers that invaded. The two are contradictory. In particular, the JU88 aircraft had to take the intensity of the intensive artillery fire of the Malta anti-aircraft guns. As a result, the losses were too great, and almost none of the aircraft returned without injury.

“I am on the left side of the squadron’s plane,” said Gerhard Shawtang, a captain of the JU88 aircraft. “There are Messerschmitt aircraft everywhere, so I am relieved. Besides, the weather is so good.” “”

Under the command of Captain Ruttle, the second squadron of the first flight training team, where Xiaotang was located, departed from Catania and flew to Malta. Their mission was to dive and bomb the British Luka airport and blow up the British Blair Graham-style and Wellington bombers parked at the airport. The escort was the Messerschmitt of the third battalion of the 53rd Fighting Air Corps, commanded by the famous Captain Wilk.

The southern shore of Sicily is 90 kilometers from the target. Fly in fifteen minutes. Now, the island of Malta is like a rock castle in front of you. Soon, I saw the huge port of the capital Valletta and three deep harbor naval bases.

There is a fire on the ground, which is the artillery fire of heavy artillery. The shells exploded in the back of the German bomber, and the blue sky came out with black smoke. The strong air waves shook the Shaozhou’s Shaoyu JU88 aircraft.

The mechanic, Gelk, said humorously: “If the range of the anti-aircraft gun is 30 meters higher, we should see God!”

The German bomber unit learned the powerful artillery of Malta from the spring of 1941. At that time, most of the bombing bombers were dive bombers. Every time the British army shelled, it fired hundreds of rounds of artillery, which was undoubtedly under the unified command of the Central Command. Under such powerful fire, the dive bomber had to turn and quickly change the height and direction to avoid the fire. Such actions can only be achieved with a small, maneuverable JU87 aircraft. The bomber formation had just flown away for fifty seconds, and there was a huge explosion behind it.

The British air defense firepower is not only concentrated, but also distributed at various heights. When the attacking aircraft performs a dive, three layers of firepower nets of three kilometers, two kilometers and one thousand five hundred meters are fired at the same time. The last layer of firepower consists of light cannons deployed on the ground and on warships moored in the harbor.

“This kind of anti-aircraft artillery is really powerful!” said the first dive bombing air force’s third brigade commander, Helmut Melk, after the incident.

He participated in the battle on February 26, 1941. The anti-aircraft projectile made a big hole in the right wing of his plane. He flew back to Sicily by his own luck and technology.

Today, one year later, the firepower of the anti-aircraft artillery of the fortress in Malta has not only been reduced in the past, but has become even more powerful.

Xiaotang screamed and yelled “Crush over!”

Driving the JU88 aircraft to break through the British military’s fire net. At this time the squadron leader is turning into the attack. So, Xiao Tanyu released the resistance board and swooped down to the back of the squadron leader. There are two intersecting white lines clearly at the moment, which is the runway at Lucca Airport.

As the distance is shortened, the runway becomes more and more clear in the sight. There was only one runway, and six bombers were parked neatly at the end of the runway.

The aura of the sight is aimed at the bombing target, and the pilot responsible for aiming constantly reports the height. Suddenly, he knocked on Xiaotang’s knee and shouted: “Pitch!” Xiaotang immediately pressed the red button on the steering column with his left thumb. The bomb left the plane. The JU88 aircraft was automatically pulled up.

At this time, Xiaotang found that the squadron’s plane was like a drunkard, and for a while, right, for a while, and for a while. This is the “high-altitude waltz dance” that comes up. After a few more seconds, Xiao Tanyu was also surrounded by gunfire. He said: “At the time, there seemed to be a black wall in front of my eyes. There was no flash of choice. There was no room for choice, only the breakout.”

Daddy, the sound of “啪”, like a slap in the face, the plane violently shakes. Xiaotang knows that it is not good, the plane is shot.

“Oh! It may be the landing gear.” Gerk shouted loudly below. Fortunately, the plane was only injured in the aileron and protruded outward. The landing gear did not come out and was still stored inside the wing. Otherwise, the airplane will slow down very quickly, and at this moment, speed is very important. Xiao Tan thought, as long as the engine is not bad, it does not matter. At this time, the correspondent Noshinsky reported:

“Three ‘Hurricane’ fighters were found in the right rear!”

The British fighters waiting outside the firepower network began to attack the German bombers who escaped the artillery. Xiaotang immediately added the throttle to the maximum and the height dropped to almost wipe the surface. At this time, Nosinsky sitting in the back seat reported the thrilling battle reality:

“The ME109-type aircraft behind the British cockroach was fired. The hurricane-type fighter was shot down. Oops! The pilot parachuted and the plane was planted into the sea. Danger! The enemy’s second plane rushed again, five hundred meters. Four hundred meters! The ME109 aircraft bit it again. The ‘Hurricane’ fighter fired in the fire. The enemy’s third aircraft made a sharp turn and fled. It’s a big hit!”

Half an hour later, Xiaotan’s ensign’s plane hovered over the Catania airport. Due to the breakdown of the hydraulic pipe, the landing gear could not be put down. The oil pumping by hand was still useless. The aircraft was in danger and had to use the fuselage. Forced to drop. The plane flew over the roof of the hangar. Xiaotang saw the signal flare on the ground, which indicated that everything was ready at the airport, and ambulances and fire engines were also opened. Shao Tanyu said that the scene at the time said:

“We tied the seat belt and prepared to land. Because the flaps could not be placed, the landing speed was too high. I was trying to adjust. Suddenly, the fuselage was hit and made a terrible noise. It was so dangerous to wipe the roof! So, I pulled up the nose and the plane floated again. At this time, the runway was only a short stretch, and I had to land immediately. The plane made another terrible noise, and the sand that was rolled up by the grounding impact slammed the cockpit and was deafening. The cement wall was approaching quickly, I quickly braked, but the brakes also failed. So I slammed the right rudder, the plane ran across, and finally stopped three meters away from the cement wall.”

Xiaotang’s words are so easy, and this kind of scene seems to be commonplace for him. After the forced landing, he reported to the captain of the team, the captain squinted and said:

“Malta, isn’t it easy to deal with it? Now, go to the combat staff and take turns on duty, wait until the end of the battle, then get a new plane.” (To be continued. Please search h astronomical W, The novel is better updated faster!)