A few minutes later, the Royal Air Force headquarters sent news to Zhou Zhihan that a fleet of four German squadrons took off from Pion Airport on the other side of the coast. Judging from their flight path, they should be flying towards the coast of Limne, England, so The headquarters ordered that the Dreadnought fighter jets were left to perform defensive missions in the port of Dover, and the two Spitfire squadrons and the Hurricane squadron went to intercept the incoming German fighters.
Between the Port of Dover and Brighton Airport is Lymney Beach, where there is a large shipyard. The Luftwaffe may have gone here to bomb, including the 302 and 304 Squadrons of the Allied Regiment and the 200th Spitfire Squadron of the Royal Air Force. They had to pass there on their return flight, so the headquarters ordered these three squadrons to intercept, and ordered the two fighter squadrons at Biggin Mountain Airport to be ready to take off at any time to reinforce Zhou Zhihan and the others.
Britain has far fewer fighter jets than Germany, so it can only make good use of the time each fighter has in the air.
Kill ten thousand enemies and injure seven thousand yourself.
Although the British aircraft had a complete victory in the battle just now, the fleet led by Zhou Zhihan also lost 4 Spitfires, 1 Hurricane, and 2 Dreadnought fighters. Several other fighters were injured and withdrawn from the battlefield, and several others suffered minor injuries. Wounded but still able to fight.
Now, there are two Spitfire squadrons and one Hurricane squadron. In fact, there are only two squadrons left, and half of the ammunition is left. Since the battle is on British soil, even if the fuel runs out, it is not a big problem. They can be nearby. All airports are subject to emergency landing at any time.
According to the current combat configuration of the Luftwaffe, there should be two fighter squadrons escorting two bomber squadrons.
After Zhou Zhihan received the order, he ordered the Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons to form a large four-finger formation to intercept, leaving the Dreadnought fighter jets to perform missions over the large CW9 fleet. Because the British and German sides were now engaged in a full-scale air battle, no one was sure. Will any returning German fighter planes pass by and deliver a fatal blow to the fleet?
After all, current radar technology has just started and there are still many shortcomings that need continuous improvement.
The actual combat in July proved that even Germany, which had the most advanced radar during World War II, would miss invading aircraft groups from time to time.
For example, the Royal Air Force radar just detected four squadrons of German aircraft taking off from Pinn Airport in France, but it was unable to detect whether the German aircraft of these four squadrons were fighters or bombers, or a mixed fleet.
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In the large radar war room, more than a dozen women from the "Air Force Women's Support Team" who had put on handsome military uniforms and looked heroic, took out various small flags representing the fighter jets of both sides on the sand table and inserted them...
Whenever a German Air Force fighter jet takes off from the opposite strait, the young women insert the flag representing the fighter unit stationed at the airport into the sand table simulation, and paste the number of fighter jets on the flag.
When the German fighter-bombers that came to attack and bomb were repulsed or retreated in a certain area of the British sea or territory, the women would pull out the flag to indicate that there were no German fighter planes in this airspace and that the British fighter planes were preparing to attack. , you can put more attention elsewhere.
This is the beauty of radar, it can know all the movements of the Luftwaffe in advance.
"Mr. Chancellor!" Admiral Hugh Dowding, holding his pipe in his mouth, watched the small flag representing the enemy aircraft over the port of Dover being pulled out, and said with a smile to Air Secretary Archibald Sinclair, who was holding a cigar in his hand. "The ace pilot you exchanged for twenty-four fighter jets is a huge profit, isn't it?"
"Not only is it a huge profit, it is simply getting a million enemies!" Mr. Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of the Air Force, laughed. "In less than ten minutes, this ace from China almost used his own strength to The German aircraft over this area were cleared, preventing the CW9 large fleet in trouble from being dealt a devastating blow by German aircraft. Just now, the commander of the Royal Navy called to praise whether the A214 Spitfire piloted by Colonel Zhou .”
"However," the Air Force Minister said with a hint of regret, "Even if he is entrusted with a powerful position, Colonel Zhou is still unwilling to stay in the British Empire. It's a pity, it's a pity that such talents would be wasted returning to China." The minister finished. , shook his head.
"Yes! No matter how brave you are, you must have good helpers."
Admiral Hugh Dowding stared at the various small flags on the sand table and said.
"In the Battle of Songhu, China's air force suffered heavy losses and was almost completely wiped out. Their four kings also fell one after another. In just two or three years, the first batch of the best pilots were very few left. New pilots Without systematic training, an ace like Colonel Zhou will immediately become a thorn in the side of the Japanese when he returns to China. He will be besieged wherever he goes, just like another Chinese king Gao Zhihang who died young. .
It would be impossible for him to be as comfortable as a fish in water in China as he was in the UK. China did not have excellent fighter jets such as the Spitfire and Hurricane, nor did it have so many outstanding pilots from the Royal Air Force to fight with him. "
The Air Force Minister once again shook his head and said with regret: "It's a pity. If such a talent returns to China, I'm afraid he won't live long..."
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Under the blue white clouds, a mixed fighter group consisting of a Messerschmitt Bf109E4 squadron, a Bf110 fighter squadron, and two Reaper Stuka bomber squadrons pulled up just after taking off from Pien Airport, and At the same time, from a newly built secret and special airport a few kilometers away from Pion, 24 new Messerschmitts took off from the concave airport and flew at ultra-low altitude. After entering the coast, they continued to fly close to the sea.
It turned out that this was a stratagem used by the German Air Force to conceal the truth. They used this mixed fleet to fly arrogantly in the air to attract the attention of the British coast radar. Two new Messerschmitt Bf109E4B fighter special operations squadrons overtook the large fleet below. Flying low to avoid British radar.
Although the German Air Force's radar is far inferior to the British radar in terms of detection capabilities, their radar experts know that even the British radar cannot detect ultra-low-flying aircraft.
Therefore, the German army used a mixed fleet of four squadrons to attract the attention of the British. They covered two Messerschmitt special operations groups and flew quietly to the sea and then flew at low altitude, successfully avoiding the search of British radar.
After a while, Major Rubens Delphi, who was leading the fleet at high altitude, clearly saw the cliffs of the British coast. When the fleet flew approximately to the middle of the English-French Channel, he gave a simple command to the onboard microphone:
"Third, attention the 4th Special Operations Squadron, you are going to perform a special mission. I wish you success!"
Captain Heinz, who led the 3rd and 4th Squadrons, answered "I understand" and then led 24 Messerschmitt B109E4B fighter jets, still changing direction at ultra-low altitude and flying to the Port of Dover. According to the plan before departure, 24 After Captain Heinz answered the instructions of Major Rubens Delfa, the pilots of the two squadrons all turned off their communication equipment and followed Captain Heinz silently.
Major Rubens Delfa led the fighter-bomber formation to continue forward. A few minutes later, a squadron of 12 Bf110 fighter jets circled left and flew southwest along the British coast.
A few minutes later on the way, a squadron of Reaper bombers separated from the group again and headed towards the beach of Limne, while the remaining squadrons of Messerschmitt and Reaper Stukas continued forward.
The two experimental squadrons led by Captain Heinz are the only 201 experimental unit of the German Air Force and have five experimental combat squadrons.
In the past month, this experimental group, under the command of Colonel Funk, leader of the Channel Bomber Force, has been performing the task of blocking the British fleet route. During this period, they have conducted repeated experiments and verified that the Air Force Command is eager to know The question is whether the new fighter Bf109E4B can carry a 250 kilogram bomb, and whether it can attack the target with the bomb and hit it.
Prior to this, the Bf109E1 and some E3s were converted into fighter-bombers, but the intensity of the strikes made the Luftwaffe Headquarters dissatisfied. Therefore, when the Bf109E4B with a longer combat radius, stronger combat capabilities, and heavier bombs was born, the Luftwaffe Headquarters This experimental task was handed over to the 201st Experimental Brigade.
At the beginning of the design, the Bf109E4B was given an important task. It was positioned to maintain strong air combat capabilities while also using its own speed to quickly bomb important enemy military facilities.
Just yesterday, this experimental brigade raided the British coast guard fleet nicknamed "The Trophy" for the first time, and successfully paralyzed two large warships. One was towed away, and the other could not escape the fate of sinking.
The German Air Force Headquarters was very excited after learning that the Bf109E4B was very powerful, so today it ordered the experimental group to blow up the radar stations on the east and southwestern coasts of Britain, knocking out the eyes and ears of the Royal Air Force, so as to better implement the "Eagle Attack" Battle plan.
The reason why the Germans carried out this secret air strike before the "Eagle Raid" was because in the past month, the German intelligence department had been conducting organized and secret monitoring of the British army's radio communications and radar usage.
Through monitoring, the German intelligence department was surprised to find that the British could clearly know the dispatch of German aircraft using the "coastal low-altitude search radar network" deployed on the mainland, which deprived the Germans of the vital surprise of air strikes.
Therefore, in order to change the disadvantageous position of the German Air Force against the Royal Air Force in the "Eagle Strike" operation, it was necessary to first destroy the British coastal radar base station.
Therefore, this action of the German army was not only preparation for the "Eagle Raid" operation, but also a continuation of the large-scale air battle of the Battle of Great Britain.
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