Three hundred and seventy-eight heart shivers
In a secret station in Dunkirk, German Air Marshal Goreen sat in his special train, holding a golden cigar in his hand, looking at his generals with anger.
The generals were all so arrogant that they did not dare to breathe. They stood on both sides, lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
One month since the war began, the Imperial Marshal Goreen received reports from his intelligence officers again and again, saying that the Royal Air Force was almost wiped out, but whenever Goreen sent bombers to fly across the English Channel, there were always a large number of hurricanes and fires on the other side, mercilessly hitting his bombers head-on.
So Green no longer believed the intelligence officer's words, and he finally understood that the Royal Air Force was still tenacious and far from the verge of exhausting oil.
According to the requirements of the "Sea Lion" plan formulated by the head of state, the Luftwaffe should have weakened the war potential of the British Air Force and seized air supremacy over the Strait and the British. However, due to the clumsy and poor combat of the air force, the goal was nowhere to be achieved. The "Sea Lion" plan had to be delayed again and again, which made Green even more uneasy. The head of state began to feel impatient.
After a burst of rage, Gorene knew that it was a swearing, but to complete the task, he still had to rely on his men, so he began to appease the generals: "I decided to delegate more power to mobilize the troops' fighting enthusiasm.
In the next phase of the operation, you have the right to bomb day and night, and to attack anywhere in the British Air Force, as well as any city in Britain except London."
The reason why Goering was reused by Hitler was because he was indeed capable and could also understand Hitler's thoughts.
Goring knew that the Head of State repeatedly banned attacks on London because the Head of State hoped that after conquering Britain, he could ride a war horse from the unscathed Buckingham Palace, cross the unscathed Belmes Street, and walk through the unscathed Belmes Street, and walk through the unscathed Parliament Building.
Because after completely conquering France in the Battle of Dunkirk, the head of state rode his white horse and showed off his might in Paris, and was arrogant.
Moreover, the head of state was worried that destroying ancient buildings in London would cause dissatisfaction from the outside world.
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Air Marshal Kesseling said to Goring: I still advocate focusing all offensive forces on one goal, that is, London. If we had done this, Britain might have surrendered now. Bombing London would definitely completely disintegrate the British's fighting spirit and eventually force the farmer who only knows how to drink brandy to the negotiating table."
Goring shook his head and signaled the generals to sit down: "Will the Berliners surrender to the terrorist bomb? I don't believe it. I don't think the Londoners will beg for mercy. The farmer who only knows how to drink brandy is very proud, and he doesn't surrender so easily. I repeat that according to the instructions of the head of state, the capital of Britain must not be attacked..."
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In fact, British senior officials are very eager for the Luftwaffe to turn the main target of bombing to London.
Churchill went to the garden at No. 10 Downing Street almost every night. When he heard the buzzing of bombers and the sound of bombs falling in the suburbs, he waved his hands into the air and shouted, "Why are you not here? Come and blow us up, come and blow us up?"
Churchill’s idea was that if London became a ruin, he could receive more international assistance, especially the support of the United States.
Admiral Dowtin, the RAF's supreme commander, also hoped to see the Luftwaffe fly to London. His idea was that if Germany began bombing the capital, the shift of their offensive power would reduce the pressure on ground air combat facilities and military supply bases, and would give the RAF a little time to breathe and gather strength to fight again.
But Hitler was too cunning to be fooled, and he insisted on his order that the Luftwaffe bomber would not enter the city of London, without any room for change.
On August 22.
noon.
The sun shines brightly and the sky is clear.
He was teaching over London for several days without stopping. The exhausted Zhou Zhihan received an order from the ground air crew and said rest. General Dowding asked him to go to the Air Force Operations Command.
When he arrived at the Royal Air Force headquarters, General Hugh Dowding's adjutant led Zhou Zhihan to a secret small conference room.
Walking into the room, Zhou Zhihan was slightly stunned because there were only four people sitting in the room, Prime Minister Churchill, Air Force Secretary Mr. Archibod Sinclair, General Hugh Dowding and Major General Pike of the 11th Battle Team.
After a few simple greetings, Major General Parker stood up and held a report on the battle situation:
"Now is the most difficult time for the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain. The German army has fully realized the role of our radar and has begun to concentrate its forces to raid our air bases and radar stations, hoping to find the main force of our air force to encircle and annihilate it.
Yesterday, German aircraft began to attack and bombarded the seven fan radar stations in the defense zone of our 11th Fighter Brigade. Although none of the fan stations were completely blown up, they were all seriously damaged, especially the fan stations located in Bikinsoft and Kenley. They suffered heavy losses. The functions of these command centers began to shrink, which was even more unfavorable to our future interception battles.
The Royal Air Force's fighter jet command was also hit by the most violent bombing. A batch of German bombers razed the airport's warehouses and command buildings to the ground, the transmission lines were cut off, and many aircraft were blown up before they could take off, and ground personnel were killed and injured. On this day, the Royal Air Force lost 57 aircraft and 26 pilots. At the same time, the air force ground forces and aviation industry in the southern airport were also attacked by the Germans.
The most difficult thing is that our pilots have always been on high alert and have to be dispatched several times a day, and have been extremely tired.
The Luftwaffe's numerical advantage began to work, and in order to deal with our radar, the Germans recently adopted a new tactic in the air.
The German fleet flew up and down the French coast all day long, just within the range that the Royal Air Force's radar screen could see. Our monitors could not predict which fleet of aircraft suddenly turned north and flew across the English Channel to launch a real attack.
The 11th Fighter Battalion's five forward airports and six theater airports were severely damaged. At the two airports of Manston and Lim on the Kent coast, there were several consecutive days without being used for fighter aircraft.
The base was bombed eight times in four days, the base dispatch room was destroyed, and the ground was injured and injured, so that it could only be used by one fighter squadron within a week.
In just half a month, 320 fighter jets were shot down or severely damaged by the Royal Air Force, and 290 were lost to the Luftwaffe.
What's worse is that all seven key radar stations along the coast were bombed violently, and the entire communication and command system was on the verge of complete destruction.
At the same time, the defense of the Royal Air Force fighter jets began to weaken. In a short period of time, 126 pilots died and 138 seriously injured. The sum of this number is almost a quarter of the total number of British Air Force pilots."
General Parker sat down after saying that, and then the five men fell into silence.
Zhou Zhihan knew all these things. What he didn't know now was what the main purpose of these big guys asking him to come today.
A few minutes passed.
Churchill said.
"There are signs that the British people are also in panic. If this blow from Germany continues, even if it lasts for only a week, there will be no more organized aerial resistance in the British sky."
After saying that, the Prime Minister looked at Zhou Zhihan: "Col. Zhou, you have rich combat experience and are the number one trump card in the Allied Forces at the moment. I want to know, is there any way for you to let the Luftwaffe bomb London?"
Chapter completed!