The first thing little Joseph said after being dragged out of the cabin was: "I miss home."
After he said this, all the air force personnel from Poland almost felt sad in their hearts at the same time, with moist eyes. The country was ruined, and they could only save the country in a foreign country. Those pilots who died in the battle could only lose their souls in a foreign country.
Zhou Zhihan understood their mood at the moment, but he didn't know how to comfort them. Although China was in dire straits at this time, after all, China was still there, and the Chinese people were still resisting the invasion of the Japanese imperialists on their own land.
Finally, the captain's and deputy captain's fighter jets landed safely. Their fuel had also been used up, and they would have crashed if they had been a few minutes later.
The ground crew immediately pushed all the injured fighter jets into the hangar and repaired them overnight. Several of them needed major repairs.
Everything was taken care of, and all the uninjured pilots returned to the airport dispatch room. The staff had already prepared hot tea, coffee and snacks for them, but the pilots still chose to drink. This was not to celebrate, but because alcohol could make them fly faster. Be quiet and release tension from your mind and body.
The commander-in-chief did not participate in the battle. This battle was too difficult for them.
Lieutenant Dorbanovich directly carried the bottle of liquor and drank a few sips before he regained his composure: "We met two squadrons of the Condor Legion halfway through, and they fought all the way to the sky above Dunkirk, shooting down two Mechs. Seschmidt and a Tuka bomber, and we also lost a Spitfire.
When we arrived at Dunkirk, the fighting became more intense, and more and more fighter planes from both sides were reinforced. In the end, it turned into a melee between large groups of aircraft. The German planes had the upper hand. In order to protect the hospital ship, we fought until dark before retreating. , the two squadrons shot down 12 enemy aircraft and damaged 5. We did not embarrass the Allied Legion..."
Zhou Zhihan comforted all the pilots, and then asked everyone to go back and rest early, sleep until they wake up naturally tomorrow, and then go out to drink and relax.
This time the Allied Legion suffered heavy casualties and needed to rest and recuperate. There should be no duty missions tomorrow.
Karen took the medicine box and went home to treat the wounds on Zhou Zhihan's hands. The doctors in the airport infirmary were busy treating the injuries of several slightly injured pilots, and no one paid attention to the commander-in-chief.
Everyone knows the relationship between Dr. Cullen and the Commander-in-Chief.
"Wow!"
Zhou Zhihan bared his teeth, retracted his fingers, and connected his fingers to his heart.
"call……"
Karen couldn't help but lowered his head and blew air on Zhou Zhihan's fingers, and then silently suspected that his career as a military doctor in the past few years was in vain. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said with a cold face: "Do you still want to fly a plane? If you don't treat the wound cleanly, it will become inflamed. of."
"But it hurts!"
Zhou Zhihan wanted to retract his hand.
"If you think it hurts me, find someone else to deal with it."
Karen said as she let go of her hand and kept a straight face. Doctors still have a way of dealing with patients.
"Okay, okay!"
Zhou Zhihan bared his teeth and took a deep breath. He knew that asking someone else to clean the wound would only make it more painful. Karen had already been as gentle as possible. He just took the opportunity to see her reaction.
Karen took back the tweezers and picked up the alcohol cotton, with a straight face and a cold and professional voice: "I will take care of it soon."
Looking at Karen's slender and white neck under her long golden hair, she was still wearing her own large shirt, bent over, and her neck was too thin, which made the collar very open.
Good scenery is looming.
The slightly swaying light highlighted the shadows on the left and right, and Zhou Zhihan blurted out: "It's so beautiful."
"What's so beautiful?" Karen just finished speaking and immediately knew what he was looking at. She pretended not to know and said with a cold face, "Moving around will only make you suffer more. Don't move around."
"Okay! I promise not to move..."
Karen's face turned red and she lowered her head to hide her face from him with her long hair. She thought to herself, does this bad guy want to turn this sentence into a mantra? She was distracted and accidentally used too much force on her hands. Zhou Zhihan screamed loudly, saying that retribution was coming so quickly...
"Zhihan!" After a while, the bandaging was completed, Karen closed the medicine box, and then looked at Zhou Zhihan, "I think you are short of doctors. Otherwise, I will tell my uncle that I will come to work here. Do you want?"
"Okay, okay!" Zhou Zhihan nodded repeatedly. He wanted this, "I want it, I want it!"
"But..." Karen hesitated.
"But what?"
Zhou Zhihan reached out and grabbed Karen's hand, and then let go with a grin.
Karen smiled slightly: "I'm afraid that Second Lieutenant Fias Christelle will disagree."
Zhou Zhihan was speechless. He didn't expect Karen to be so direct.
Most girls in the West are really brave and direct when it comes to love.
"I know that Fias Christelle likes you very much, I can see it." Karen added, and then looked at Zhou Zhihan quietly, which was why she asked to come here.
"But I only love you Karen, you know this." Zhou Zhihan gently hugged Karen, showing his true feelings, "You are the first girl I came to this world to love deeply, and I will always love you in this life." I love you forever."
This sentence is so familiar to Zhou Zhihan. He seems to have said it somewhere, but this time it comes from the heart.
"What will I do if one day you return to China?" Karen asked quietly.
Smelling the breath wafting from Karen's collar, Zhou Zhihan said nothing.
It is impossible for him to stay in the UK, although as long as he agrees to stay, he will immediately be promoted to the rank of major general, and he will have his seat, money, and women all at once.
The Battle of London is about to begin. With his ability, it will not be a problem to become a general after World War II, because Britain needs him and the Allies need him.
For example, Adolf Galland of the Luftwaffe, who has just been promoted to major, was already a lieutenant general when Germany surrendered. With Zhou Zhihan's ability, he will have no problem becoming a general after the war.
So far, his record in Dunkirk is definitely more than 50. After the defense of London, he will be the first ace pilot in the world to break through 100. At that time, it would be strange that the Allies did not regard him as a treasure.
In World War II, everyone knows that those who win the air force win the world. His existence can at least make the air force of any country make a qualitative leap. This is a height that no current pilot can reach.
However, China needs him more, and her heart is only in China.
Maybe, you can take Karen back to China?
Also, is Karen willing to go to China?
But then he thought that Karen could not be taken back. China's anti-Japanese battlefield was full of uncertainties, and he would not let Karen be exposed to many unexpected dangers.
Seeing that Zhou Zhihan didn't answer him, Karen didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she hugged him tighter, as if she was afraid that he would leave suddenly.
After a while, Karen let go of Zhou Zhihan, her mouth was filled with sweetness, and she asked softly: "Zhihan, are you hungry? Can I go to the restaurant to make you something to eat?"
When Karen said this, Zhou Zhihan really felt a little hungry. He looked at the charming Karen under the light: "Your eyes are so beautiful, even more beautiful." After saying that, he showed his white teeth and made a big gray look. Wolf look.
Karen's eyes immediately filled with Mediterranean mist. This handsome oriental man made her desperate for love, and she would rather abandon the superior rear hospital and run to this simple airport infirmary.
"There should be food. When the 303 and 304 Squadrons come back, the restaurant must be ready for them."
"Oh! Karen, wait for me. I'll go to the restaurant to get some rice and fry an egg for you. I guarantee it will taste better than what your British chef makes."
Soon, Zhou Zhihan brought back rice, eggs and other condiments from the restaurant, and made two bowls of egg fried rice by himself.
"Zhihan," Karen looked at the two bowls of egg-fried rice on the table, his big blue eyes as gentle as the calm sea under the light, "What delicious food do you have in China?"
"There are so many delicious things, including Dongpo meat, lion's head, Mapo tofu, bridge rice noodles, hot pot, and various snacks, there are too many to count. Especially the tofu pudding from my hometown is the most delicious and delicious. Put a little Throw a handful of light yellow shrimps on the white and tender tofu pudding, sprinkle some green onions and coriander, and then pour two small spoons of densely mixed soup on top. Get two fragrant and hot fried dough sticks and a piece of flatbread covered with sesame seeds. , that is definitely a delicacy in the world." As he spoke, Zhou Zhihan swallowed hard.
"Hey!" Karen put his hands on the table, rested his chin on it, tilted his head slightly, blinked his big eyes, playful but charming and determined, "How about I go to China with you? Let's try the food from your hometown. gourmet food?"
Zhou Zhihan's heart felt warm again. He had never been so excited: "Karen..."
June 3rd.
8 o'clock in the morning.
After eating the breakfast cooked by Karen, Zhou Zhihan flew a Texan to Bentley Abbey.
Today's meeting was held in a small conference room in the monastery. Including several cabinet members, there were more than a dozen people in attendance. Zhou Zhihan was at the lowest level, and there was only one foreigner in the entire conference room, Zhou Zhihan, from France, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The generals did not attend this time, which also shows that the cabinet members attach great importance to him.
The meeting was chaired by Major General Pike. He did not have too many polite words and went straight to the topic: "Since the implementation of Operation Dynamo to the present, the Allied forces have evacuated a total of 330,000 soldiers from Dunkirk, including 210,000 British Expeditionary Forces. There were 120,000 French troops. This was an unprecedented large-scale retreat across the sea in the history of war.
This is a miracle.
Currently, there are still 50,000 French troops and more than 8,000 British troops remaining in Dunkirk.
In the past eight days, the British army has lost a total of 262 aircraft and 260 aircrews, including 210 fighter jets. In addition to the 232 fighter jets lost in the first three days of the German blitzkrieg operation in Poland, we have lost a total of 498 fighter jets and 482 personnel. Air crew.
Currently, the entire UK has only 427 fighter jets combined and only 28 spare fighter jets. And our number of pilots has dropped sharply, with less than 300 front-line pilots. This is the most unfavorable situation for us. Aircraft can be manufactured, but it will be difficult to replace the pilots in the short term. "
Zhou Zhihan secretly wondered, is today's meeting going to terminate the Dunkirk evacuation early?
Sure enough, a cabinet member, the Minister of Air Force, went on to say: "After careful consideration, the cabinet decided to gradually reduce the number and frequency of aircraft sent to Dunkirk starting from this morning, and large ships will no longer go to Dunkirk during the day. , by 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, the Dunkirk plan will be terminated."
"If the retreat is terminated, what will happen to the remaining soldiers?" asked an army general. It was obvious that he knew what the cabinet meant and was ready to abandon the remaining soldiers. "There are still more than 8,000 British soldiers fighting on the beach. , if we just abandon them like this, how will we explain it to the people in the country?"
"We will dispatch all ships again after dark today and try to evacuate more soldiers back to the British mainland before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
The Air Force Secretary looked at the Army General, and then looked around at everyone again:
"Although this retreat brought back 330,000 soldiers, the Air Force also paid a heavy price. If we continue to send fighter jets to Dunkirk, within three days, the number of our fighter jets will be reduced to a company. Maintaining the security of the British mainland is not enough. What if the German Air Force no longer attacks France, but launches a surprise attack on the British Isles?"
Zhou Zhihan's heart skipped a beat. It was really realistic. The real-life version of losing the car and saving the commander allowed France to continue to hold back the Germans and give Britain a chance to breathe. Although it was not aboveboard, anyone would do it for the sake of the national interest.
There are only permanent interests between countries, but there are no permanent friends. No one will be selfless for his own motherland.
Prime Minister Churchill, who had been silent, held a cigar in his hand and said slowly: "Everyone, when there is a war, there will be choices. Now start thinking about the security of our homeland!"
Since the Prime Minister has said this, it means that the cabinet members have already decided on this matter and cannot change it, and the evacuation will definitely end tomorrow morning.
Zhou Zhihan thought to himself that it was indeed June 4 when the Dunkirk evacuation came to an end.
General Hugh Dowding stood up: "Recently, the German Air Force has frequently sent reconnaissance planes to our country's coastline to spy on the strength of our Royal Air Force. This shows that the German Air Force has an intention to invade our country.
In order to let the German Air Force know that we still have the strength to defeat them, tomorrow morning, the Royal Air Force will dispatch 80 fighter jets at a time to Dunkirk to cover the final retreat. This time, 80 of the best fighters in the UK will be dispatched. It is composed of two pilots and severely attacks the German Air Force so that they will not dare to invade our country easily.
This time, the team will be led by Colonel Zhou Zhihan, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Corps. They will set off at 5:30 in the morning and arrive over Dunkirk before dawn. At this time, it happens to be the time when Germany's day fighting takes over from night fighting fighters. We must be ruthless Teach the Germans a lesson.
However, all fighter planes must return before eight o'clock. "
Zhou Zhihan stood up: "Yes. General! Promise to complete the mission!"
Prime Minister Churchill stood up, smiled and motioned for Zhou Zhihan to sit down, looked around at everyone, and said slowly: "This time in the Miracle of Dunkirk, Colonel Zhou has made great and extraordinary achievements many times. He shot down more than 50 German fighter planes by himself. The German pilots were frightened by the news. It can be said that he is the anchor of our Royal Air Force of the British Empire. As long as he appears anywhere, our pilots will have the confidence to win. Therefore, our cabinet has unanimously decided to appoint Colonel Zhou from today on. Serves as Chief Instructor of the Royal Air Force."
Zhou Zhihan was stunned and stood up quickly. He came to the UK to be an instructor. Although he wanted more people to know about China and wanted China to gain more international voice and receive more assistance in the future, he never I thought about becoming the chief instructor of the Royal Air Force: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I..."
"Don't be humble and refuse, Chief Instructor Zhou!" Prime Minister Churchill stretched out his broad palm, gently moved it up and down, and once again motioned Zhou Zhihan to sit down, "Your air combat skills and your coaching experience are far superior to those of all Allied aviation." Above all instructors, at this time when all allies are living and dying, I appoint you as the chief instructor of the Royal Air Force because I hope you can bring new tactics to our air force. Also, from now on, you have the rights and treatment of a major general, And you can call me anytime.”
"Yes. Mr. Prime Minister! I promise to fulfill my mission!"
Knowing that he could not refuse, Zhou Zhihan stood up and saluted everyone present.
If he can sit in this position, he can let more people know China's determination to resist Japan, gain the sympathy of the world, and get more support for the war of resistance against Japan. Moreover, he knows that China will form an expeditionary force next and form an alliance with the British army. As an alliance, we fought together against Japan.
This is a great opportunity to publicize the Chinese people's perseverance in fighting the Japanese invaders.
During the break, General Hugh Dowding invited Zhou Zhihan to go out for a walk and exchanged views on the current situation. Then General Hugh Dowding suddenly stopped and asked: "Karen called me, wanted to What do you think of her going to work at your place?"
