Calais and Dunkirk were only a few dozen kilometers apart. A few minutes later, Zhou Zhihan and the others saw the sky above Dunkirk filled with smoke.
After flying forward for a few more minutes, Zhou Zhihan saw the most shocking and cruel battlefield he had seen since traveling through time. Its bloody level was even more chilling than the Battle of Songhu!
The long and narrow Dunkirk beach was filled with Allied soldiers waiting to retreat. The density was enough to cover the coastline of Dunkirk. The helmets on their heads glowed matte in the sun, like a group of dark-brown soldiers. Little tadpoles are lying densely on the edge of the blue water.
There are many large and small ships coming and going on the sea.
Before Operation Generator was launched, the entire UK mobilized all available ships, including cruise ships, passenger ships, private yachts, fishing boats, cargo ships, and even small fishing boats to cross the English Channel to carry out rescue operations.
Except for the seaside, three sides of Dunkirk are covered with Allied air defense positions. The 75mm m1913 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, the 155mm m1932 Schneider anti-aircraft artillery, and the 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun formed a tight air defense position. Thousands of bullets were fired to attack the sky. The German plane shook the entire Dunkirk ground.
Twenty or thirty allied destroyers cruised on the outer waters of the rescue ship, forming dense air defense artillery fire. They cooperated with the air defense troops on the beach to defend against the German fighter planes that broke through the British Royal Fighter Interceptor Line. The red anti-aircraft artillery blasted out. Bolide exploded into black mushrooms in the blue sky.
Even so, a large number of German bombers still broke through the interception of Allied fighter planes, and then broke into the dense coastal and destroyer gunfire over the heads of the soldiers waiting to board the ships. Every time a bomb was dropped, blood and flesh were scattered on the beach.
The water in this sea area is almost completely dyed red, and there are corpses floating everywhere on the water without being salvaged. Every bomb dropped by the German Air Force is enough to cause a bloody storm on this sea.
At the southern end near Dunkirk, the 8,033-ton French steamship "Aden" has been paralyzed under repeated attacks by the He 111 bomber group. From a distance, it looks like a burning castle on the sea, with thick smoke billowing straight towards it. Hundreds of meters in the sky.
A He111 bomber was shot down by Allied anti-aircraft fire on the water. The oil leaked hundreds of meters on the water and ignited a raging fire. From the air, it looked like hell on earth.
Has the Dunkirk pier been bombed? Is the coast full of fragments of reinforced concrete? Large ships are afraid of running aground and cannot approach the shore. The soldiers can only wait beside the ruined pier, waiting for the densely packed shallow waters. The small boat rowed to the shore and picked them up to board the large ship.
In the sky south of Dunkirk? Hundreds of fighter planes were fighting fiercely at high, medium and low altitudes. From the color of the planes, you could easily identify them as probably two or three Spitfire and Hurricane squadrons of the British Royal Air Force. The Messe with its conspicuous yellow nose Schmidt took full advantage, entangled Allied fighter planes, and covered their bombers to bomb the beaches of Dunkirk, killing 400,000 Allied troops on the beach.
"Sir! Messerschmitt is almost catching up." Major White shouted.
"Shall we move closer to the Allied artillery positions and destroyers? This will deter Messerschmitt from pursuing us."
Zhou Zhihan did a 90-degree roll, turned around and saw the more than 20 Messerschmitts behind him? He shouted loudly to Dill and Joellen.
As the Texan's flying speed was limited, Messerschmitt got closer and closer.
These enemy planes were originally going to Dunkirk to perform missions? There is no theory that they were attracted.
Hearing this, Allen in front immediately pressed down and flew towards the edge of the Allied position. Major White held a telescope in his hand and stared at the chasing enemy plane. He was secretly glad that he had not returned to the UK from Calais Port just now, otherwise It must have been besieged. Now the rescue team is flying towards the Allied position, at least they will not be surrounded.
Taking off from Pien Airport in the north of the Port of Calais, flying towards Dunkirk were twenty-four Messerschmitts from the 1st Group of the JG53 Wing, the 7th and 10th Squadrons.
The fuselage logo of the JG53 wing is a brown owl sitting on spades, with two blue eyes shining in the sun.
The leader is Major Werner Moulders, captain of the First Group. His aircraft is Messerschmitt Bf109E3 No. 010, with a record of twenty-four aircraft.
Major Werner Molders was handsome, with a bookish air between his eyebrows, and his eyes were intelligent and calm. The four-finger formation he invented raised the strength of the German Air Force to a higher level and won the appreciation of Air Marshal Göring.
He scored seventeen impressive kills in the Spanish Civil War. From the blitz on Poland to now, he has scored seven more kills. He is the number one ace in the Spanish Civil War and is currently the number one ace in Germany over Dunkirk. The ace is the number one ace among active pilots in Germany.
Above the twenty-four achievements of Messerschmitt No. 010, there is a dazzling Diamond and Gold Cross with Swords painted on it. It is the honor he won during the Spanish Civil War, which also represents his role in the German Air Force at this time. He is the only top ace pilot in the world's air force who has received the Diamond, Gold and Sword Cross.
Two squadrons of 24 fighters, each in three four-finger formations, approached Dunkirk.
Major Werner Moldes received a call from the wing, saying that the Royal Air Force dispatched a large number of fighter planes to the airspace between Boulogne and Ostend to intercept the German bomber group sent to Dunkirk. The First Group The mission was to defeat the Royal Air Force.
Ten minutes ago, Major Moulders, who was preparing to take off and headed to the mission site, received a call saying that the A214 Spitfire of the Royal Air Force had appeared in the sky above Mark Airport.
Just yesterday, Major Werner Moulders received a call from the wing commander saying that a British ace pilot flying the A214 Spitfire had shot down the captain of the 26th Fighter Group of the JG26 Wing, Herwig Knippe. Major Er and Captain Carl Ebichhausen, this hurt the morale of the Imperial Air Force, so the wing leader asked him to find an opportunity to shoot down the A214 Spitfire to boost the morale of the army.
The 24 fighter planes of the First Group of the JG53 Wing had just taken off when they heard constant explosions in the direction of Mark Airport. The airport was filled with flames and black smoke billowing into the sky. Major Molders knew that Mark Airport was over.
From a distance, he saw a Texan training aircraft among the three Allied aircraft flying towards the Calais pier with the exploding Mark Airport as the background. Major Molders immediately understood that 90% of this was an Allied attack. During the rescue operation, he directed the fleet to pursue and intercept, but saw the other party change course and fly towards Dunkirk. He knew that he had been discovered.
Seeing three enemy planes flying along the edge of the Allied artillery position towards the British mainland, Major Molders ordered: "N377 and N378 come with me to shoot down the three enemy planes flying from the direction of Mark Airport. , the remaining fighters, led by Captain Wolf Dietrich Welker of the 7th Squadron, entered high altitude and headed to the airspace between Logne and Ostend to perform missions. Remember, our mission is Intercepting the RAF rather than attacking the ground forces at Dunkirk."
"Sir! There are three Messerschmitts that have broken away from the group and are heading towards us diagonally."
Along the edge of the Allied artillery position, Major White, who was in the rear cabin of the Texans flying towards Britain, served as a rear observation post. When he saw three German planes chasing after him, he immediately reported to Zhou Zhihan.
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I'm not in a good state today and I feel very tired. That's it. Good night everyone!
