The sky in the east turned white, and the British and German night fighters gradually withdrew from the battlefield.
As the Luftwaffe increased its intensity in bombing ships during the day, many merchant ships chose to sail at night. This would greatly reduce the chance of encountering enemy aircraft. Those who were still bombed while sailing at night could only consider themselves unlucky.
Germany's night fighters include the Destroyer Bf110, as well as many modified Messerschmitt Bf109E1 and E3.
The main force of Britain's night fighters is the Hurricane, and some Dreadnought fighters have also been converted into night combat types.
The main opponent of the Night Fighting Hurricane was the Night Fighting Messerschmitt, while the main opponent of the Dreadnought was the Bf110 Destroyer.
The German Air Force gradually found the fatal weakness of the Dreadnought fighter that showed great power in the early days of Dunkirk, and specifically used Messerschmitt to attack the belly of the Dreadnought, resulting in heavy losses for this fighter in the later stages of the war.
During the homeland defense war, in order to reduce unnecessary losses, the British Air Force installed a radar in front of the nose of the Dreadnought, specifically to allow it to deal with another German night fighter, the Bf110 Destroyer, at night, with miraculous results.
The two British night-fighting fighters have obvious advantages against the two German night-fighting fighters. The Messerschmitt loses its dive power at night and is slightly inferior to the Hurricane and slightly better than the Dreadnought in plane dogfights. The Bf110 fighter is slower. , turns awkwardly, and is the weakest among the four fighters. Even the Dreadnought can bully it.
Since July, the day fighter units of the JG2 Wing and the JG26 Wing Condor Corps have first been equipped with Bf109E4. The previous Bf109E3 has also been modified into a night fighter, relying on their numerical advantage to continuously attack the British coastline at night. , consuming British defense power.
5:00.
Zhou Zhihan piloted a Blenheim bomber on a blind flight from Brighton Airport. All the bombs on the plane were removed, leaving only a rear gunner. The navigator and bombardier seat was Julia Kristeva. .
Today, he will direct the Royal Air Force to intercept Messerschmitt's single-plane challenge, and fly Julia Kristeva, allowing her to use an aerial perspective to film and write about the heroic Royal Air Force.
Yesterday afternoon, Zhou Zhihan went to see General Hugh Dowding. After discussing with the generals how to deal with the German single-plane challenge, he described the various low emotions that the British people had after seeing the Royal Air Force being shot down by the Germans at the seaside this morning. He told Admiral Dowding that he was worried that this sentiment would spread among the people elsewhere on the beach, and also mentioned that the female reporter would publish this morning's interview in the newspaper to promote the bravery of the Royal Air Force.
Admiral Hugh Dowding attached great importance to this and believed that it was necessary to do more programs to inspire people and make people unswervingly believe that the Royal Air Force has the ability to defend the country's skies.
Zhou Zhihan recommended Julia Kristeva to General Hugh Dowding and gave her business card to Dowding.
With Zhou Zhihan's recommendation, Dowding made the decision on the spot and told the adjutant to let the female reporter serve as the person in charge of the program, meet all her requirements, and give the green light to wherever she wants to go.
When Admiral Hugh Dowding's adjutant called The Times looking for Julia Kristeva, a man answered the phone and told the adjutant that Kristeva had left and was nowhere to be found, and that he had taken over all her work. , if you have any news, you can contact him.
After hanging up the phone, the adjutant went directly to the editor-in-chief. The secretary who answered the phone said that the editor-in-chief was on business and would not return until the evening, and promised to inform him immediately when the editor came back that someone from the Air Force Headquarters had called.
It was almost 10 o'clock in the evening, and the editor-in-chief had just returned and before he reached the door of the office, the secretary on duty told him that there was a call from the Air Force Headquarters, and then handed the editor-in-chief today's interview transcript and resignation letter of Julia Kristeva.
The editor-in-chief looked through Julia Kristeva's interview transcript as he walked to the office, and immediately knew what was going on. He had read the Times in the evening, and Youlian's headline was very ordinary.
When he returned to the office, the first thing the editor-in-chief did was to call the phone number left by the Air Force Headquarters. When he heard that General Hugh Dowding had given Julia Kristeva full responsibility to publish a newspaper promoting the bravery of the Air Force, he Surprised and delighted, the air force general actually named Julia Kristeva, which was a great thing for the newspaper.
The editor-in-chief looked around for Julia Kristeva until Kristeva called Zhou Zhihan. Zhou Zhihan immediately called Admiral Hugh Dowding's adjutant. The copy immediately called the editor-in-chief, who immediately drove the car himself. Go to the hotel to greet Kristeva, and in front of everyone, promote Julia Kristeva to deputy editor-in-chief, fully responsible for the tasks assigned by General Hugh Dowding.
Wearing a flight jacket and a flying hat, Kristeva sat quietly next to Zhou Zhihan, watching him fly the Blenheim bomber into the sky when it was a kilometer away from the seaside, enter the clouds and turn off the flames, still hovering. In a dream.
Now I think back to last night, when the editor-in-chief announced himself as the deputy editor-in-chief in public, the expressions of the editor-in-chief, Yu Lian and Ruth Betia instantly turned ugly...
5:40 minutes.
As soon as a Messerschmitt took off from the French airport, it was detected on the radar monitoring screen of the large combat monitoring room of Bentley Abbey. A member of the Air Force Women's Support Team immediately held a small white flag. The commander who had been paying attention to the sand table immediately picked up the phone and ordered the two pilots of the 501 Squadron who were sitting in the cabins of the No. 19 Spitfire and No. 23 Spitfire fighter jets and were on standby within a minute. They took off in advance, flew to the sky above the Port of Dover in advance, and lurked in the high-altitude clouds. Several other fighter pilots were also sitting in the cabin on standby, waiting for the order to take off.
The pilot of Spitfire No. 19 is a veteran, and the pilot of Spitfire No. 23 is a rookie. Today, Zhou Zhihan sent out a lineup with the old and the new to lie in ambush in the air and prepare to ambush Messerschmitt.
The United Kingdom was the first country during World War II to fully integrate radar technology into the war. Ever since Germany's blitzkrieg in Poland, the British side was well aware of the important role radar played in the war. After these few months of full development , Now the detection range of British radar has reached 120 kilometers. Basically, as soon as the German fighter jets on the other side took off, the monitoring room at the Royal Air Force Headquarters in Bentley Abbey knew immediately.
Before dawn, many British people gathered early on the Dover seaside. Many people came from afar to cheer for the Royal Air Force.
Yesterday morning, six Royal Air Force pilots were killed. In the afternoon, whenever German planes came to challenge, British planes deployed double to intercept them.
Yesterday morning, six British pilots were killed, and hundreds of tons of cargo ships were sunk and damaged, which severely damaged the British people's confidence in resistance. The Luftwaffe's brilliant results made Goering determined to defeat the Royal Air Force first and undermine the British people's will to resist. strategies and tactics.
The single-plane tactics were initially effective. Göring ordered the frontline JG2 Wing and JG26 Wing to increase their attack intensity, and the Royal Air Force must be forced to fight.
When the Messerschmitt, which came to challenge alone, had just entered the sky over the French coast, a woman in the British army's large-scale mapping radar room pulled out the white flag that had been planted at the Mark Airport and planted it on the French coastline. The commander immediately A No. 107 Hurricane fighter from the 7th Squadron of the Digby Wing of the 12th Group of the Royal Air Force was ordered to take off from the nearest airport to intercept.
All the fighter jets preparing to intercept the enemy planes arrived at the seaside and were uniformly commanded by Zhou Zhihan.
As soon as Messerschmitt arrived over the port of Dover, before he had time to attack the transport ships on the sea, he discovered that the Hurricane fighter jets coming to expel them were exactly what he wanted, and he immediately attacked them.
Seeing the Messerschmitt rushing over from a distance, the No. 107 Hurricane fighter did not fight. Instead, according to Zhou Zhihan's instructions, it made several big turns from a distance to force the approaching Messerschmitt to chase in a circle, preventing the Messerschmitt from having any chance. I have the opportunity to dive and gradually lower my altitude. My intention is obvious. I just won’t fight you head-on. But if you dare to attack the cargo ship, you must drop bombs at low altitude. Then I will dive and hit you. If you don’t attack the cargo ship and want to fight me, I’m sorry. , I ran. If you chase me, let's go in a circle here. If everyone falls into the sea, I will be with you.
The Messerschmitt pilot dismissed the disruption and expulsion tactics of Hurricane 107. He often encountered this kind of tactics during air combat in Spain and knew how to crack it, so he pressed the stick and made a 90-degree side angle to the left and right. Roll over, check that there are no heroes on both sides behind you, immediately level the stick, chase in a circle on the same plane, and keep cutting the nose inside of No. 107, gradually closing the distance.
In a plane fight, although the Hurricane has the advantage of turning, its speed is about 40 kilometers per hour slower than the May, and it will be overtaken in a few circles.
After a few laps, Messerschmitt was getting closer and closer.
Zhou Zhihan held the intercom in his hand: "Hurricane No. 107 recovered from the circling fight... flew straight... made an extended maneuver to escape... Spitfire No. 19 and No. 23, follow my orders and prepare to dive... dive... "
When Hurricane No. 107 led Messerschmitt to turn its back on the British coastline, two Spitfire fighter jets that had long been hidden in the high-altitude clouds, under Zhou Zhihan's order, quietly appeared in front of the Messerschmitt who was focused on chasing Hurricane No. 107. Behind him, he swooped down.
This series of processes were all captured by Julia Kristeva’s camera and camera.
Messerschmitt, who was chasing Hurricane No. 107, had no idea that two Spitfires were swooping down behind him. He didn't know he was under attack until the fuselage was shaken by bullets. Then he heard that the cabin was full of people. He smelled of gasoline, cursed "Damn it," and didn't even have time to report how he was shot down. He immediately pushed open the cabin door, stretched out his hand to untie the straps on his body, stood on the seat, bent his legs, and jumped into the sky. From the corner of his eye, he saw that there was already a fire in the cabin. He said a few words of God bless, and then watched helplessly as Hurricane No. 107 made a small turn in front, and the British guy sat in the cockpit and smiled proudly at him.
The British people on the shore immediately cheered.
"ah!"
Julia Kristeva sat next to Zhou Zhihan and screamed with joy.
Her life has been filled with ups and downs in the past two days, full of legends. Now flying in the air, she was letting go to her heart's content.
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