allonlinenovel Chapter 484: Establishing a Radar Station and Terrifying Anti-aircraft Firepower
Chapter 484: Establishing a Radar Station and Terrifying Anti-aircraft Firepower
After a fierce battle, Changxiong Port in the west of the island was finally completely occupied by the South China Sea Fleet. At this moment, Changxiong Port is no longer the battlefield of the past, but has transformed into a large logistics supply base for the entire Chinese Expeditionary Force. The sun shines on every corner of the port, reflecting the mountains of supplies in the dock warehouse.
Every day, a transport fleet loaded with ammunition, artillery, armored units, tanks and other supplies departed from the distant Beihai Port, crossed the vast Liuwan Strait, and slowly sailed to Changxiong Port. The arrival of the fleet was always accompanied by waves of whistles and the sound of waves hitting the shore. These sounds echoed over Changxiong Port, as if they were a hymn of victory and hope.
Today, Admiral Mountbatten, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, and Chen Tong stood side by side on the dock of Changxiong Port, their eyes looking far into the horizon, as if waiting for the arrival of some important person. Admiral Mountbatten was wearing a neat military uniform with medals on his chest. He looked serious and unsmiling, while Chen Tong was in casual clothes and looked relaxed.
As time went by, a large-scale military airport had been built near Changxiong Port. At the airport, fighter planes were neatly lined up, ready to take off at any time. The amount of supplies stored here was even more astonishing. Ammunition boxes, artillery parts, armor plates, and various military supplies were piled up like mountains, enough to support a large-scale war.
In order to ensure the safety of the entire Changxiong Port logistics base, a division-level force was deliberately stationed here. They patrolled around the port day and night, always alert to any possible threats.
At this moment, the outline of a large warship appeared on the sea in the distance. It slowly approached and finally docked at the dock of Changxiong Port. Admiral Mountbatten and Chen Tong looked at each other and smiled knowingly. They knew that the important person had finally arrived.
The important person that Chen Tong and Mountbatten were waiting for personally was Xiang Haowen, a top scientific research expert at the Northern Frontier Military Research Center. He was also the number one contributor to the development of the Polaris radar system. The purpose of Xiang Haowen's visit to Changxiong Port this time was to establish a radar station near Changxiong Port and use a complete radar monitoring system to guard against air raids from Fuso.
As the war progressed, it was an established fact that the Southern Government would ask Fuso for help. In addition to the Bay Island Corps, Fuso also had an aviation wing with a strength of about 3,000 people, various types of bombers, and more than 500 fighters.
As the warship approached, Chen Tong and Mountbatten could clearly see the busy figures on the deck.
Finally, the warship docked steadily outside the military port. A middle-aged man of medium build and vigorous spirit walked slowly towards the small boat parked nearby under the protection of several guards. He was Xiang Haowen, a top scientific research expert at the Northern Frontier Military Research Center.
The boat cut through the sea and soon reached the dock. Xiang Haowen stepped onto the dock with steady steps. He looked around at the piles of supplies and neatly lined soldiers on the dock. He knew that this would become an important base for his next work.
Chen Tong and Mountbatten walked quickly forward, stretched out their hands and shook hands with Xiang Haowen enthusiastically.
"Hello, Professor Xiang. I am the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary army, Chen Tong." Chen Tong's tone was full of respect and gratitude.
"Professor Xiang, I am Commander Mountbatten of the South China Sea Fleet." Mountbatten also expressed his respect and welcome to Xiang Haowen.
Xiang Haowen smiled and nodded, and responded: "Commander Chen, Commander Meng, thank you for your hospitality. I know the importance of the work here, and I will do my best to contribute to China's victory."
Under the guidance of Mountbatten and Chen Tong, Xiang Haowen began to visit the entire Changxiong Port Logistics Base after dinner. The entire logistics base covers an area of about 2400 acres, including large material warehouses, four oil storage warehouses, and ammunition warehouses. A large amount of materials are sent from here to the front line every day. The logistics base is surrounded by several kilometers of barbed wire, and soldiers patrol the base hours a day.
"Professor Xiang, the air defense firepower of our entire logistics base is very dense to prevent air attacks from Fuso. We have built a total of 24 G-type air defense towers and 48 L-type air defense towers around the entire air defense base. Inside the base, at high points every meters, we have anti-aircraft guns."
“G塔规格为75米x75米x39米，外墙厚度为3.5米，楼板厚度为5米。L塔约为43米x43米x55米，外墙厚度为2.5米，楼板厚度为5米。另一规格L塔为57米x57米x42米。内部采用钢筋结构，外部以混凝土浇筑，外壁厚度达3.5米以上，可抵御250千克级以上航空炸弹的直接命中以及各种口径航炮的扫射伤害。”
“G塔跟L塔的主火力由4座最大射高约1.2万米的105毫米Flak38高射炮构成，并在其周围搭配37毫米或20毫米四联装高射炮作近距离拦截用。整个基地中，一共有七十二门105毫米Flak38高射炮，超过二百门37毫米四联高射炮，24门双联128毫米Flak40高射炮。”
"When the enemy bomber formation flies over, the anti-aircraft turret will implement the "barrage" tactic: that is, within 3-4 seconds, all anti-aircraft guns will fire at the fastest speed, creating a square "barrage" with a side length of about 240 meters to block the enemy bombers in front of them, so as to cause maximum damage."
Listening to Mountbatten's introduction, Xiang Haowen nodded in admiration. There was no doubt that the air defense system of the expeditionary force's logistics base was extremely exaggerated. Such dense air defense firepower was enough to make any large-scale air raid by the enemy in vain and pay a heavy price.
Xiang Haowen's purpose of coming here was to set up a radar station and establish the Polaris radar monitoring system in order to quickly detect the traces of enemy air force aircraft in a formal war.
The emergence of radar was due to the fact that during World War I, when Britain and Germany were at war, Britain urgently needed a radar (technology) that could detect metal objects in the air to help search for German aircraft in anti-air raids. During World War II, radar technology with ground-to-air, air-to-ground (search) bombing, air-to-air (intercept) fire control, and friend-or-foe identification functions had already appeared.
After World War II, radar developed new radar systems such as single-pulse angle tracking, pulse Doppler signal processing, high resolution of synthetic aperture and pulse compression, combined systems combined with friend-or-foe identification, automatic fire control systems combined with computers, terrain avoidance and terrain following, passive or active phased arrays, frequency agility, and multi-target detection and tracking.
In this world, ten years ago, the Ingrid Empire had already incorporated radar into their air defense system. The large number of air defense radar systems set up by the Ingrid Empire in border areas caused great suffering to the Air Force of the Bird Empire during the three-year European war. It was called the Sky Guardian Radar System.
The radar system developed by Xiang Haowen can detect its specific shape, flight trajectory, formation size, etc. at a distance of 150 kilometers, thereby issuing an early warning to the ground forces and preparing for advance response.
The reason why Su Zhengyang put so much effort into the logistics base of Changxiong Port was not just to guard against Fuso's air raid. Su Zhengyang planned to build the entire Liuwan into China's maritime military fortress. Changxiong, Lushan, and Ali, the three major ports, were the top priorities. After the war, the construction of the Changxiong Port logistics base would not be completed. It would become China's largest logistics support base on Liuwan Island.