Chapter 527： Flying to Brest

In fact, as the front progresses, if you fly directly from Belgium, you can fly to Brest, but if you fly in this way, you have to pass through French airspace all the way, even from Paris.

You must know that although the French Air Force has been desperate to gather dozens of fighters to intercept, there is still no problem. Therefore, considering various factors, this operation did not take off from the east and cross France, but from Spain. Set off and fly to Brest via the Bay of Biscay.

And from Basauri to Brest, the straight voyage is nearly a thousand kilometers, this is a long voyage, or night!

During the sneak attack on Belgium, Germany chose to build a lighthouse on the ground. As long as you follow the lighthouse, you can accurately enter the route. When the lighthouse ends, it means that the glider should be released.

But they don't need it now, because they are at sea after taking off. Flying over the endless sea in the dark night, it is difficult to accurately locate them with a simple compass.

Fortunately, the German technology is already sufficiently developed, and they have developed the latest navigation technology, which is radio navigation!

(Regarding radio navigation technology, Huadongzhixiong will be placed in the work related to save some people from saying that Huadongzhixiong cheats.)

As early as 1911, someone studied the directionality of radio waves]. In World War I, when the German Zeppelin bombed London, the original ground radio direction finding navigation was used, and the airborne radio direction finder was at 20 It has only been widely used in the ages.

Historically, Germany's radio navigation technology is relatively advanced, and many radio experts have emerged, specializing in radio navigation technology. The blind landing system of the famous German Lorenz company is one of the best.

However, in the bombing of London, German bombers often could not find the target. On the contrary, when the Allied forces counterattacked and bombed Germany, they could clearly find the target.

It is not the allied forces’ navigation technology, but because of the strong radio interference capabilities of the Allied forces, the German radio navigation equipment is often in a state of interference.

Now, it's completely different. The Libya base in Germany has been researching radio navigation for more than ten years, overcoming all the difficulties, and successfully developed the current Y-Gera:t system.

It can be said that this navigation system is already the most advanced navigation system in this era (the specific principle is not introduced, see the related works).

How advanced is it? In the rear port, a navigation station is set up, and the beam is aimed directly at Brest. The navigator can locate any position on the beam. The rho-theta positioning method is used, and the accuracy is quite high.

How tall is it?

The error is about 90 meters at 200 miles from the navigation station!

Although not as good as the GPS of later generations, this kind of navigation system is already enough to guide one's own formation and fly to the destination accurately!

Flying is boring, especially for the special forces fighters in the glider. They are now a good time to recharge, and for the navigator, it is their most stressful moment.

There can be no mistakes!

At the nose of the Junker-290 bomber, the navigator Ludwig, under the dim light, watched attentively the small signals on the cathode ray tube.

In the past, radio navigation used to make sounds and use headphones to identify directions. Now, it has been changed to display on a cathode ray tube, which greatly improves efficiency.

While watching the signal, he dashed a dotted line on a map marked with a curved grid. On that map, a long thick line started from Basauri and ended in the eastern suburbs of Brest.

"The revised course is 021, and the scheduled arrival time is one hour!"

The Junkers-290 bomber could easily fly over 500 kilometers per hour, but after dragging more than 20 tons of glider behind, even the four engines were running at full power. The speed has also dropped to 224 kilometers per hour, and they need to fly for about four hours to reach the target.

After the glider is thrown, the sky should just be dark. At that time, the glider is separated, it depends on the ability of the glider pilot. Your own side is responsible for sending them!

Heavy gliders, carrying radio equipment, are very convenient to communicate with the towed aircraft and with each other.

On the front glider, Otto Skorzner heard the sound of the navigation, and it was about an hour above the target.

He looked at his watch and calculated that it was just right, reaching the sky above the target, just before dawn, and at the same time, when his own battle began!

He looked at his side, a famous soldier, closing his eyes to rest his mind, and at the same time, there was also a soldier who participated in the battle for the first time, who looked very nervous at this time.

With the expansion of the war, his special forces are rapidly expanding. When he robbed Spain's gold, he had only 50 men under him. Now, it has expanded to thousands.

As a unit formed by the head of State Cyric himself, he has high authority to select outstanding personnel from various units and enter his army. Loyalty is the first and the second is combat quality.

In this way, most of them have been on the battlefield, and there are also some good seedlings who have never fought, but the military skills are quite good. For example, the young Morris next to him has not been on the battlefield.

"Morris, are you afraid?" Skolzner asked.

Morris immediately shook his head: "Of course I am not afraid, I will shed the last drop of blood in order to eliminate the French!"

Skolzner patted his shoulder with satisfaction Then, from the backpack behind, he took out a water bottle.

"Drink a sip."

Morris picked it up, and just put it to his mouth, a pungent taste came, not water, but wine!

"Drink it, you are a real man." Skolzner said.

Looking up, Morris drank twice, and when the wine reached his stomach, he instantly felt his entire chest burning.

This is the favorite vodka of Russians. I don’t know why Skolzner also likes spirits. This is the taste.

Soon, Morris closed his eyes.

Have a good rest, my child, wait for an hour, and it will be our most brilliant time!

In the dark, nineteen Junkers-290 bombers, towed nineteen super gliders, continued to fly toward the target.