Chapter 722： Air combat at the port

The gunpowder in Alexandria is still in the air, and some people are doing rescue work and cleaning up the rubble. It's just that more people are now hiding, only soldiers in military uniforms are busy on the street.

"Quickly, carry these boxes of ammunition to that position over there."

A logistics officer is commanding soldiers to carry ammunition to his designated area.

At this time, a roar over their heads caught their attention, and a large group of familiar Hurricane fighters flew past their heads.

The noise caused by the huge roar did not make the British soldiers feel uncomfortable. They raised their hands one after another and cheered the fighters flying above their heads. The loud cheers overwhelmed the roar of the engines.

It's too awful!

Facing the Romanian raid before, many of them felt powerless. The airport was attacked by air, the port was attacked, Alexandria’s air force was completely destroyed, the fleet was sunk by four main battleships, and five more were damaged.

Such a result, how can the British officers and soldiers not feel aggrieved, how can they be reconciled.

Therefore, they will naturally give high cheers to the appearance of their own fighters.

This made Cunningham and Hawkins feel that their hard work was not in vain. The soldiers' morale improved a lot after the Hurricane fighters flew over.

"This method works very well."

Hawkins admired.

"As long as it is useful."

Cunningham finally looked better. The army has always been most afraid of lack of morale, and the previous attack has made the morale of the soldiers of the British Empire low, and now it is much better.

Who could have imagined that all of this was actually caused by the fact that the airport couldn't fit it. The fighter jets coming from Cairo and Said to support, parked Logel Airport full, and Lieutenant Colonel Eric, the person in charge of the airport, reported his difficulty to the two.

However, Cunningham had an idea to make the full-fueled fighter immediately patrol the port in order to make room, but the effect seems to be good for now.

Just as the two generals watched the cheers from the officers and soldiers in the military port due to the arrival of the fighter jets, a harsh phone call rang, and an officer walked quickly to take the phone.

"Hello, this is the Fleet Command."

The officer who heard the message in the microphone immediately changed his face. He put down the phone and ran to the two generals.

"Report, the destroyer Oak in front reported that the group of Romanian aircraft has appeared in the sea 25 kilometers away from the port, and the number of them is no less than 260."

Cunningham, who heard the news, ordered immediately. "The air defense alarm is sounded and the officers and soldiers are ready. Call Lieutenant Colonel Eric and ask him to dispatch all the planes at once."

In less than two minutes, the harsh air defense alarm sounded, making all the British troops at the port look bad. The fighter jets that were still showing their heroic posture at low altitudes also began to climb hard, and its liquid-cooled V-12 engine made this roar even more.

A few minutes later, in the direction of the open sea, there was a black and heavy brigade in the sky. The uppermost layer was the RH20T fighter. Although this high-altitude fighter was equipped with an air-cooled engine, its performance was still suitable for mid-to-high altitude operations.

In the lower tier is the HF201 fighter. The combat capability of this aircraft in the middle and lower tiers makes all Romanian fighters willing to defeat.

As for the H57 torpedo plane and RU18T dive bomber protected by it, British officers and soldiers have already felt their power in the previous air strikes.

The British side is unambiguous. The Hurricane fighter is also the main equipment of the British Air Force. The Gladiator fighter is the most excellent biplane. As for the Hawk fighter, they may not be able to deal with enemy fighters, but they can deal with bombers flying slowly with ammunition. There is no problem at all.

A battle in the air is about to start.

I saw the fighters that had allocated a large number of tickets from the attacking aircraft group pounced on them, and the aircraft group defending Alexandria was unambiguous, and immediately greeted them.

Nearly two hundred fighters from both sides fought out immediately under the eyes of British officers and soldiers off the coast of Alexandria.

At first, the fighters of the two sides used head-on attacks without losing momentum, and the two groups of fighters were like fast-moving flocks of birds, quickly approaching each other to attack.

Only when they met each other, the British fighter group suffered a big loss.

In a head-on attack, the range, power, and rate of fire are considered (the importance is decreasing in order). The British fighter jets only occupies the advantage of the rate of fire, and they are far from the opponents of the Romanian fighters in terms of range and power.

The main reason is that the British fighters clung to the 7.62 caliber and did not let go. In World War I, the 7.62 caliber machine gun was enough to cause huge damage to the wooden aircraft at that time. But now it’s almost in the 1940s, and even the skins of fighter jets are made of metal, and the 7.62 caliber is obviously not powerful enough.

It's just that the British are slow to respond. They still use 8 7.62 machine guns on their latest Spitfire and Hurricane fighters. These ancestral machine guns are the opponents of Romania's two 20mm machine guns and two 12.7mm machine guns. It's just that I can hit you, you can't hit me, I am more powerful than you.

So after the adversary attack, more than a dozen fighter planes appeared in the sky falling down with thick smoke. The British officers and soldiers who watched the battle below were surprised to find that these crashed fighters basically came from their own side.

After the two sides passed by each other, they immediately started a close fight, and this immediately let the British pilots find out just how big a mistake they made. In the face of Zero Form, the Fighting King in the early days of World War II, his tactics of bypassing and attacking are not worth mentioning. Many British pilots remember that they were clearly circling the tail of the enemy's aircraft. They did not expect the enemy to appear in their tail. Many fighters were shot down in this way.

As for the RH20T fighter, there is no chance of fighting with you at all. All of them are just one blow, swooping up, and attached to the middle. This fighter may not be qualified as a carrier aircraft, but it is very good as a fighter.

Although the RH20T fighter is inferior to its air force brothers, the famous RF20 fighter, but with the strength of the British Air Force in Egypt, there is still no way to deal with it.

Not to mention the fact that there are biplanes in the fight against one's own fighters this time. Although they are the best among biplanes, the generation gap between biplanes and monoplanes is not so easy to break.

So in the next battle it was a bit lopsided. Because most of the fighters that were shot down were from the British side, this greatly frustrated the British officers and soldiers who watched the battle.

And basically the Romanian fighters that were shot down were the result of a hurricane. As for the Gladiator, its poor maneuvering put it in a position of abuse in battle.

As for the Hawk fighter, well, don't talk about it.

In the end, after losing all the Hurricane fighters, the remaining Gladiators and Hawke all hurriedly fled back. The Romanian fighter jets did not give up, and continued to chase the escaped British fighter jets. This angered some British fighters who fled. They led Romanian fighters to the air defense positions, completely ignoring that the air defense positions might accidentally injure themselves.

In the face of this situation, Romanian fighter jets dispersed it and visited Alexandria.

In the port, all air defense positions have opened fire. The Rodney, Sovereign, and Warspite battleships also moved, while the Malaya had already been stranded to the southwest corner. .

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