Battle of the Third Reich

Building an air force base in reality is not a computer game. It can be selected with one click on the map. Just selecting a site is a very time-consuming process.

First of all, the airport can not be too close to the town, which can reduce the interaction with the residents, and it is also conducive to the security of the base. Of course, the base should not be too far from the residential area, and the transportation must be convenient. It is best to be close to the railway and highway hubs to facilitate the transportation of large quantities of logistics materials.

The German bombers did not use a long wingman's two-machine formation, usually three bombers were constructed as a flying squad, which was the basic unit of the bomber unit. Three such squadrons form a squadron, and then three to four squadrons form a brigade, and finally three to four brigades form a flying wing, which is the largest tactical combat unit of the German Air Force.

Except that the German fighter unit is composed of two dual-air detachments, the remaining squadrons and brigades are organized in the same way as bombers.

An airport usually has three to five squadrons stationed in it. The conventional establishment plus the aircraft directly under each squadron and brigade headquarters, as well as the attached service liaison and trainer aircraft, the total number is generally about 50 to 60 aircraft.

Let’s not talk about the single-engine fighter force here, just talk about the multi-engine long-range bomber. For example, a Heinkel III bomber has five crew members (captain and pilot, bomber and pilot, flight mechanic and The first machine gunner, radio operator and back machine gunner, and abdominal machine gunner), and such a large aircraft needs to be equipped with a five to six-person ground crew, responsible for the maintenance and maintenance of the bomber's combat readiness.

To complete the operational preparation of a bomber, it is impossible to rely on these ground maintenance personnel alone, but also have engineers and mechanics responsible for parts replacement, modification and maintenance, oil squads responsible for pouring various fuels and oils, and handling airborne ordnance and Ammunition classes where bombs are mounted, etc.

After the plane returns after completing its mission, in addition to the personnel of the above units, there are more fire brigades that undertake fire fighting and rescue work, medical personnel who provide emergency treatment to the wounded, and even a cleaning team that is specifically responsible for cleaning and scrubbing the blood stains in the cabin.

If these units add up, there will be almost five or six hundred people. This has not yet included the number of command, administrative, internal, and communications departments of the squadrons and brigades.

In addition to these people, don’t forget the logistics support units, such as the slaughter company, bread company and car transportation company, the cooking classes directly under the squadrons, the senior officer’s kitchenette and the pilot bar club, as well as the military post station and laundry room. , Military service department, fitness center, etc., can add up to seven or eight hundred people.

In a large air force airport, at least one battalion should be arranged for the surrounding air defense firepower. The ground security forces also need about the same number. This is still an airport in Germany. If it is a base outside the border or even close to the border, the defense force may be up. More than twice.

In the end, the Air Force counted a wing-level strategic bombing base, and the total number of work and combat personnel is likely to exceed 15,000.

The daily supplies consumed by these people will be calculated on the basis of ten tons. This is only the share of food eaten by people eating horses. If you add the daily fuel used by aircraft, vehicles and various power generation equipment, also With ammunition consumed in normal training, I am afraid that the tonnage should be followed by a zero.

Without the support of a well-developed transportation network, even with the Air Force’s small trucks weighing half a ton, even if the SS shoots out a logistics staff every day, it will not be able to keep up with the speed of this daily consumption. The consumption will turn up and grow.

In the history of the Royal Air Force preparing for a large-scale strategic bombing operation, it often took several weeks to gather aircraft, personnel, equipment, and the ammunition needed for the operation. This is not only the reason for the exhaustion of the British national power. The pressure caused by the system is also one of the reasons for this situation. If you switch to the end of the twentieth century, and then want to gather the same amount of supplies, you do not even need to spend 24 hours.

The headquarters has already begun the work of selecting a new airport. This requires careful investigation by professional engineers of the Air Force, so Xu Jun knows that even if he is in a hurry, he knows this kind of thing is definitely not fast. However, it takes time to build aircraft and train flight crews. Xu Jun only hopes that everything can be completed smoothly according to the planned timetable.

If someone asks, now that there are airplanes and airports, can strategic bombing be implemented? The answer is of course no.

Reality cannot be like the movie, a general will draw a circle on the map, Wuyang Wuyang's bomber group flew past. Every strategic bombing operation that penetrates deep into the enemy's territory must be calculated in detail in advance. Reckless operations usually do not get any good results. In this regard, the members of the US Army Air Force bombing crew may have a deep experience.

The most critical issue is navigation, which is a technical difficulty that cannot be circumvented anyway, because even the most advanced bomber at that time would not be more valuable than a pile of scrap iron after the Trek.

A costly strategic bombing resulted in a large number of aircraft unable to reach the target location because of the lost flight. If they were replaced by the army force commander, they could not explain to the superiors, but in the early bombing of the Second World War, this was attributed to acceptable Within the category.

When the German invasion of Norway encountered heavy fog, the result triggered an unprecedented air chaos, and the important turning point of the British air combat was also due to the accidental trek of two German bombers. At that time, the German pilot of Trek threw the bomb into the residential area of ​​London. As a result, the British turned around and retaliated and bombed the city of Berlin. The pressure of public opinion and Hitler forced the fat man to turn the focus of the bombing to London and gave it to the collapse. A breathing machine for the Royal Air Force on the edge.

It should be said that the German radio navigation system should be considered quite advanced in terms of the technical level at the time, but the Germans believed too much in their technological advancement, but did not notice the hidden defects of this system. As a result, they encountered historically The targeted electronic jamming in the UK almost caused a crisis of confidence among the bomber pilots.

Xu Jun did not dare to guarantee that the Soviet Union’s electronic warfare capabilities could reach the height of Britain, but there would always be nothing wrong with being careful.

Germany needs to establish a series of large radio navigation base stations on the Eastern Front. Using simple triangulation principles, the radio navigator carried by the bomber will calculate the coordinates of the aircraft at that time according to the strength of the beams emitted by different base stations. Theoretically, the greater the number of such base stations, the less likely they are to encounter enemy interference, unless they encounter indistinguishable full-band interference, which of course will have a greater impact on the Soviets themselves.

In addition to these radio navigation base stations, the Germans will also establish a series of ground radar stations on the eastern line of defense. Part of their long-range radar mission is to provide ground guidance and command services for strategic bombing.

Radar is also ready-made, with both the Wurzburg and Freya systems in Germany and the local chain products developed by the United Kingdom. Xu Jun’s goal is to build an invisible electronic blockade on the east line before June, 2011 line.

The Soviet Union has been equipped with its own radar RUS-1 developed as early as three or nine years. It is currently mainly deployed in the Caucasus and the Far East. This is a long-wave radar with a wavelength of four meters. The technology is still quite primitive. The transmitting station and the trusted station Even if there is a difference of 35 kilometers, only the number and direction of the target can be detected, and the parameters such as the distance, altitude and speed of the target cannot be provided.

However, the performance of the second-generation radar RUS-2 just put into use by the Soviet army has improved a lot, at least to obtain the height and angle coordinates of the target, but because the weak processing capabilities of the Soviet electronic products, this kind of radar is quite expensive. In history, only twelve were produced until the outbreak of war.

The performance of the new Soviet radar can only be said that it is not as good as their own propaganda. Historically, because the quantity is too small, it has hardly played a major role in the war.

Now that Germany has aircraft and pilots, an exclusive air base and supporting navigation and radar systems, what Germany needs to prepare next is only the intelligence collection work in the target area.

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