Chapter 316 P City

The car was speeding on the road, and Colonel Edman introduced everything here in detail. "General Rommel, there are four transportation pipelines buried on both sides of the road, leading directly from the Port of Sirte to City P."

"Four?" Rommel couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. "So many? What do you usually transport?"

Colonel Edelman replied. "On weekdays, only one pipeline transports fresh water from the Port of Sirte, and the other three pipelines have no use other than daily maintenance."

"Interesting." It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to lay such a long pipe, right? But after it is laid, it is left idle?

After thinking for a long time but still unable to come up with a reason, Rommel motioned to Colonel Edman to continue.

Colonel Edman pointed to a bunker passing by the roadside. "As you can see, there are bunkers built every 500 meters along the road. Each bunker is stationed with a squad of soldiers. In addition to conventional squad weapons, these bunkers also have a 7mm heavy machine gun or 20mm heavy machine gun on the top floor. Machine guns. There are also several groups of patrol cars patrolling back and forth from time to time, which is enough to ensure the safety of the road. "

Rommel couldn't help but was speechless. He did see a lot of two- or three-story bunkers along the way. You must know that it is more than 200 kilometers from the port of Sirte to Pcheng, which means that there are more than 400 bunkers in the middle, more than 4,000 soldiers, nearly half a division of troops.

Why does Your Highness attach so much importance to P City?

"Colonel Edman, have you been in charge of the construction of P City?"

Colonel Edelman shook his head. "No, I was transferred here just three months ago. To tell you the truth, if I were to stay in such a sterile place for seven or eight years, I would be driven crazy. Fortunately, Your Highness is considerate of us. Change the batch every ten months.”

"What exactly is P City, a supply station?"

"Actually, I can't tell." Colonel Edman scratched his head. "We will build whatever the superiors ask us to build. So far, there are 200,000 houses in P City. Of course, there are not that many people. Including these roadside guards, the entire P City only has 15,000 people. More than a thousand people.

In addition to houses, various facilities are also available. Because there is nothing to do and the terrain is wide, the current airport has been expanded to accommodate a thousand planes, has eight runways, and can take off eight planes at the same time. "

"Ha!" A thousand planes would be a very large airport, and there are almost none even in Germany!

"There are also many armor repair shops. If the technicians are in place, they can repair twenty tanks and armored vehicles at the same time. In addition, there are all kinds of medical and entertainment facilities."

Rommel nodded thoughtfully, it sounded like it must be a supply depot.

But I think it's a bit strange. Why are there so many troops to guard the highway?

Running all the way, after more than two hours, Rommel saw a tall building in the distance. It looked like a giant building that must be thirty or forty meters high and fifty or sixty meters wide. "what is that?"

Colonel Edman introduced quickly. "That is the zoo air defense tower. I heard that it was designed and named by His Highness. It is 70 meters long, 70 meters wide, and 40 meters high. The brick walls are all made of reinforced concrete, with a thickness of about 3 to 4 meters."

This large defense tower in the original time and space is a reinforced anti-aircraft gun tower located in Berlin to defend against Allied bombing. Its main function is to protect the buildings in the Berlin government district and also to provide a shelter for Berlin citizens under bombing. At the same time, the air defense tower also has Medical Facilities.

At the top of the tower, there are four twin-mounted 128mm FLAK40 anti-aircraft guns. This was Germany's most powerful anti-aircraft gun at the time. Each gun could fire up to 12 rounds per minute. The two-mounted 128mm anti-aircraft guns could reach 12 rounds per minute. With a rate of fire of 24 rounds, the air defense tower equipped with four anti-aircraft guns can reach a rate of fire of 96 rounds per minute, forming a highly dense barrage that prevents high-altitude bombers from approaching.

In addition to resisting the attack of the British Air Force, the zoo air defense tower can also be used as a huge war shelter. The entire air defense tower layout usually has 5 to 6 floors:

The first floor is used as an air defense shelter for Berlin citizens. It has independent power supply and water supply, which can maintain the normal survival of citizens. It could accommodate nearly 10,000 civilians during the war, and the extra space can also store some ammunition and arms.

The second floor is where Germany's most valuable collections, treasures, etc. are stored. In order to prevent enemy air raids from damaging important collections in various German museums, they are placed on the second floor of these air defense towers for safekeeping. The effect of temperature control.

The third floor is an important domestic medical institution in Germany. There are more than 60 medical personnel working here. There are 100 beds and several operating rooms. The famous German air force ace, Hans Udrich Rudel, worked in the air defense tower. Had leg amputation surgery.

The remaining four, five, and six floors are basically residential facilities for soldiers and military commanders and other combat personnel in the air defense tower. Some headquarters and radio liaison departments are also set up on several floors.

During the entire World War II, Germany built 8 air defense towers, 3 in Berlin, 2 in Hamburg, and 3 in Vienna. No enemy air force or army could move forward within the defense zone of the air defense tower, and they all chose to bypass it. During the entire war, no air defense tower was captured by the enemy. Even on the eve of Germany's defeat, the Zoo air defense tower used 20mm anti-aircraft guns and 128mm heavy artillery to block the Soviet Union's final advance. When the Soviet army attacked the Reichstag, it was also attacked by heavy firepower from three air defense towers and could not move forward. Finally, after Germany surrendered, the soldiers in these air defense towers came out to surrender.

After the war, after Germany surrendered, the Allies took over these air defense towers. They originally wanted to blow them all up, but the Allied engineers failed to destroy these behemoths and failed to use 25 tons of explosives for the first time. The air defense towers still stood. Finally, it took four months, more than 35 tons of explosives were used, and more than 400 holes were drilled in the reinforced concrete of the air defense tower to place these explosives, and finally an air defense tower was destroyed. Later, the same method was used to destroy other air defense towers, but it was not as effective as the first time, so the destruction of other air defense towers was abandoned. So much so that in modern times, these air defense towers have become tourist attractions in Germany.

"There are four such air defense towers built in P City." Listening to Colonel Edelman's introduction, Rommel frowned deeply. "Colonel Edelman, are you hiding something from me? Does P City have any other secrets?"

Colonel Edelman said innocently. "General, you are now the person in charge of P City, how dare I hide anything?"

"Then tell me why there is such an air defense tower that is not even built in Berlin?"