After making plans with Zhou Zhihan yesterday, General Dowding immediately called the Secretary of State for the Air Force, Mr. Archibald Sinclair.
After hearing this, the Air Force Minister was silent for a moment, then went directly to the cabinet to find Prime Minister Churchill and told Dowding and Zhou Zhihan's plan.
Prime Minister Churchill did not doubt the people he hired, but he did not use the suspects. After listening to the plan relayed by the Air Force Secretary, he immediately called General Dowding and agreed to increase the bargaining chip. He also asked General Dowding to tell Colonel Zhou Zhihan, the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force, that this The plan is very good and the cabinet fully supports it! Everyone was waiting for his good news.
After hanging up the phone, looking at the worried expression of the Air Minister, Prime Minister Churchill said that the difficulty of the Dunkirk evacuation far exceeded everyone's expectations. With the current situation, how bad could it be even if it was worse?
"Yes!" The Air Force Secretary nodded, "The current situation, no matter how bad it is, is not that bad."
With the support of the Prime Minister, General Dowding asked someone to draft a leaflet. After he looked at it and nodded, the Air Force Headquarters immediately took it and made it into a leaflet and distributed it to various positions in Dunkirk.
Soon, the leaflet reached the hands of German Air Marshal Göring, who was in a meeting. He believed that the request made by the Royal Air Force should be agreed immediately.
In Goering's view, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. When the ace pilot sent by the Imperial Air Force defeats the Chinese Air Force chief instructor, the Dunkirk beach without the protection of the British Air Force will become a hell on earth, and the Imperial bombers will It can blow up the sand on the entire Dunkirk beach several times within two hours.
Looking at the British leaflet in his hand, General Kesselring, commander of the Second Air Force, frowned and said: "If the ace pilot sent by the Imperial Air Force loses, it will give the Allied forces oppressed on the beach a chance to breathe. We can completely ignore the British side and continue to intensify the bombing of Dunkirk beaches until they are all wiped out."
"Losing?" Goering said with a gold-rimmed cigar between his fingers. "The ace pilots of the German Air Force have sharpened their teeth and claws on the Spanish battlefield, the Polish battlefield, the Belgian battlefield, the Dutch battlefield, and the French battlefield. Their air combat capabilities are invincible. How can they lose?" To Chinese Air Force pilots.”
In Göring's view, facing the challenge of the German ace pilots, the Allies increased their stakes in victory and defeat, and they were forced to do nothing but be tough on the outside and tough on the inside.
Göring had made a promise in front of Hitler to use powerful air force to wipe out 400,000 Allied troops at Dunkirk. That's why Hitler ordered all ground tank troops to suspend the offensive.
Now the best opportunity came, and Goering seized it decisively. If the Allied forces in Dunkirk can be eliminated in two hours, then his position in front of the head of state will be irreplaceable.
In fact, Göring already knew that it was his greed for merit that gave the Allies a chance to breathe when they were about to collapse, so Göring wanted a quick victory.
"Marshal is wise!" Chief of Staff General Yeshuona first bowed to Goering and smiled, then said to several other air force generals, "Everyone knows that Major Molders underestimated the enemy and was shot down. This time , the trump card we sent can definitely defeat the Chinese in one fell swoop."
Chief of Staff Yeshuona already felt that the marshal was dissatisfied with him, so he always did what Goering liked.
General Si Bier, commander of the Third Air Force, and General Stenff, commander of the Fifth Air Force, nodded. They also believed that the ace pilots sent this time could shoot down the A214 Spitfire.
The reason why Major Werner Molders is known as Germany's number one ace pilot in active service? This has a lot to do with the fact that he invented the four-finger formation, which enriched the tactics of the Air Force, and was awarded the honor by the head of state? If you look at air combat techniques and tactics alone, he has a lot to do with it. Not outstanding among German ace pilots.
Moreover, Moldes's first seventeen victories were achieved in the Spanish Civil War, while the last seven were achieved in Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries.
Spain’s air force strength…haha…
Not to mention the strength of the Belgian, Dutch, and Polish air forces, they were directly destroyed by the German Air Force.
General Milchi, the Inspector General, felt that everyone underestimated the enemy. Worry flashed in his eyes: "The Chinese pilot who flew the A214 Spitfire has a horrific record. We cannot underestimate it."
Yeshuana refuted the Inspector General: "The British newspaper said that the Chinese pilot scored seventeen aircraft in one battle. That was purely an exaggeration to boost morale. In fact, all the fighter planes in our military airport at that time They are all in a static state, and even a rookie who has just learned how to shoot can set all the fighter planes on fire and then cause a series of explosions."
Goering nodded. General Yeshuona's analysis coincided with his, and the idea of changing the chief of staff was suspended.
"That's it!" Göring stood up from the large chair, holding a special cigar, and walked to the huge battle map. He held a baton in his other hand and pointed on the map, "We All fighters and bombers will head to the Dunkirk waters in three batches.
The first batch of fighter planes will arrive before seven o'clock tomorrow and will hover in the sky and wait.
When our army's ace shot down the Chinese A214 Spitfire, the Bf 109 fighter jets first suppressed the British ground anti-aircraft fire without air force protection. The bombers dumped all their bombs on the Dunkirk beach before returning;
The second batch of fighter planes arrived before eight o'clock, and then launched a second wave of attacks on the British troops on the beach. This wave of attacks could directly destroy the fighting spirit of the British troops;
The third batch of fighter planes arrived before 8:30. After the second batch of fighter planes returned, they immediately launched a third wave of attacks on the British army. Under these three strikes, at least half of the Dunkirk defenders would be annihilated, and the remaining They can only surrender! "
Everything was ready, and Göring immediately agreed to the Allies' request.
As a result, the British and Germans reached an agreement. At 8 a.m. on the 29th, the two sides temporarily ceased fire and waited for the duel between the ace pilots of both sides to begin at 8:05.
If the A214 Spitfire wins, all German forces will not be allowed to attack for two hours.
If the German G006 Messerschmitt wins, then within two hours, the Allied forces on the beaches of Dunkirk will lose the air cover of the Royal Air Force and be alone in defending against the all-out attack from the Luftwaffe. .
Everyone knows that without the participation of the British Air Force in the defense, Dunkirk's ground defense could not have lasted for half an hour under the unscrupulous attack of the German Air Force, and the remaining 90 minutes would have been a one-sided killing.
Within these two hours, all British fighter planes must leave the skies over the beaches of Dunkirk.
This is a duel between aerial knights. There is no intrigue or deception. The losing side automatically abides by the rules of the game.
8:05.
A Messerschmitt stood out from the German fleet, with a cold yellow nose and a murderous purple muzzle, flying towards the burning Saint-Pol Refinery.
The Royal Air Force fleet suddenly separated to both sides, leaving an air corridor in the middle. A Spitfire appeared and flew towards Messerschmitt.
