Captain Heinz led the Fourth Special Forces Group to an altitude of 1,500 meters and flew in the direction of Hesse. This altitude was more suitable for finding radar.
Just now I met the British Dreadnought fighter jet on the sea. The whereabouts of the special operations squadron must have been exposed at this time, so there is no need to fly at low altitude.
During a raid, you can fly stealthily along the sea surface. But when you reach the British territory, flying at low altitude will be easily attacked by ground artillery fire. You will also be unable to detect the British aircraft coming to intercept from a distance in time, and you will be easily dived.
Now he only needed to quickly find the radar station and throw dozens of bombs on the radar, and his squadron could return quickly.
Many British people heard the sound of the propellers and engines of the fighter jets and thought it was a fleet of Royal Air Force passing by. They walked out of the house one after another, or looked up and waved in salute outside the house, until they saw Messerschmitt's iconic yellow nose and tail. Only after seeing the NATSU logo on the plane did they realize it was a German plane. People thought it was an air raid and were so frightened that they ran away. A woman screamed and took her child and didn't know where to hide.
When danger suddenly came, the precautionary awareness people had learned before was completely useless. It was not until German fighter jets roared overhead and no bomb explosions were heard for several minutes that people got up in shock.
According to the location given by the intelligence department, Captain Heinz led the Fourth Special Forces Group and successfully arrived near the "Pevensee" radar station in Hesse. German intelligence personnel had already detected the "Pevensee" radar station. The nearby anti-aircraft fire was very weak, so Lieutenant Lutz led the fleet and easily avoided the fake anti-aircraft position.
The artillerymen could only watch the German planes flying over their heads. For a moment, they didn't know whether to be happy or worried.
Flying over the "Pevensie" radar station, Captain Heinz and his special operations team members were a little confused. Looking down from the air, they could not find a sector-shaped radar station. There were small-looking radar antennas everywhere. There are a total of seventy or eighty, scattered in clusters here and there. With the amount of ammunition carried by their 12 fighter jets, it is difficult to blow up all these radar antennas.
This is a disguise arranged by the British for the radar station.
Captain Heinz flew a fighter plane in the air, but still could not find the sector radar station, so he decided to bomb this place because time did not allow them to stay here longer.
The antenna of the radar station is very high and is easy to see from a distance. It is also the easiest target for the enemy to attack during the war. Therefore, the British erected many fake radar antennas around the real radar antenna. The real and fake radar antennas have exactly the same appearance. , if it were not for the staff of the radar station, it would be impossible for the sudden intruder to distinguish the true from the false.
Captain Heinz knew that British fighter jets would soon come to intercept, so he ordered all the bombs to be dumped on this radar station. There was no time to distinguish between real and fake radars now. Even if there was time, radar laymen like them could do it in a short time. Indistinguishable.
The Bf109E4B began to dive for the first wave of bombs, specifically targeting areas where radar antennas were densely populated. The explosion was deafening for a while, and towering radar antennas collapsed one by one. Cables and wires burned on fire, and thick smoke billowed out.
Before the Bf109E4B fighter jet, Germany used fighter jets to carry bombs, the Bf109E1 and E3. The former could only carry a 50kg bomb, and the latter could only carry a 100kg bomb, which was far from the bombing effect of a sneak attack, so on the production line A batch of Bf109E4 fighters were converted into fighter-bombers, model Bf109E4B.
The Bf109E4B is far more powerful than the E1 and E3. It can carry one 250kg Sc250 bomb or four 50kg Sc50 bombs on its belly. If the range is not considered, the maximum bomb load of this fighter can be A Sc500kg bomb.
This time, in order to attack the radar station, each Bf109E4B fighter carried four Sc50kg bombs.
Just as the 4th Special Operations Squadron was preparing for the second wave of bomb drops, Captain Heinz, who carried a small amount of bombs and was on guard in the air after dropping the bombs first, saw through his telescope that five Spitfire fighter jets were rapidly approaching from a distance.
"The Spitfire appeared, and everyone immediately dumped their bombs and prepared to retreat!"
Captain Heinz ordered the 4th Special Operations Squadron to release all the bombs immediately. The British Air Force would arrive in an instant. At this time, if Messerschmitt dived to drop bombs, he would be attacked by a Spitfire dive attack, and the gain would outweigh the losses.
Although the range of the Bf109E4B fighter jet has been increased, its legs are still a bit short because it carries bombs to bomb the British mainland. After dropping the bombs, it has to return to avoid entanglement with British fighter jets.
When they heard that the Spitfire was coming, the pilots of the 4th Special Operations Squadron immediately dropped the remaining three bombs during the pull-up. Most of them were dropped on the open ground, but the powerful shock wave still blew up the surrounding radar antennas. Staggering around.
The common people not far from the radar station saw the appearance of Spitfire fighter jets. Out of curiosity, some brave people climbed to the roof to watch the battle. More people prepared fire-extinguishing equipment and waited for the Spitfire to drive away the Germans. Enter the radar station to put out the fire.
Even though there were only five Spitfires coming to expel them, Captain Heinz did not fight them. He led the Fourth Group to retreat immediately after dropping the bombs. He knew that once they were entangled by these five Spitfires, a large number of British fighter jets would follow. Come to support, and when the time comes, you won’t be able to leave even if you want to.
Third, the 4th Special Operations Squadron is an experimental force and has a special status in the Air Force. They do not exist to fight with the British Air Force, but to use their professional skills to perform some experimental tasks for the German Air Force. .
After the bombs of the Fourth Special Forces Group were dropped, only half of the engine oil was left. The weight was emptied, so the speed was extremely fast. Especially after they turned on the acceleration, the four Spitfires led by Zhou Zhihan could only barely keep up even if they turned on the acceleration. , it is impossible to catch up.
Seeing the 12 Messerschmitts flying away without looking back, Zhou Zhihan led four fighter jets to chase for a while and then turned around and flew towards the "Ray" radar station. Within two or three hours at least, the Luftwaffe No more bombers will be sent here because the British Air Force is on its way.
Flying to the "Ira" radar station, there was no Messerschmitt in the air. Only the Spitfires of the Royal 200th Spitfire Squadron and a few 304th Squadron were hovering in the sky. The Messerschenko group must have also not entangled after dropping their bombs, and immediately Withdrew.
The "Ira" radar battle losses were very serious. 10% of the radars were destroyed and fell to the ground and were difficult to repair in a short time. Firefighters, troops and radar soldiers on the ground were putting out the fire. Some people also spontaneously carried buckets and took Use fire extinguishing equipment to participate in fire fighting.
Zhou Zhihan knew that it was too late to rush to the radar station near Dover Port at this time, and all the fighter planes had little fuel left, so he ordered the Royal 200th Spitfire to return to its base, and then he took As the 302nd and 304th Squadrons fly to Brighton Airport, the fighters need to refuel, replenish ammunition, and repair the damaged fuselage. The pilots also have to take a rest. They may have to take off again after a few hours to intercept the continuous incoming German battles. bomber.
Arriving near the Port of Dover, you can see thick smoke billowing above the inland radar station in the distance. Only British fighter jets are circling in the sky on alert. Apparently the German bombers made another surprise attack and left calmly.
Zhou Zhihan led the fleet back to the base. Less than half an hour later, news came that the Manston base of British fighter jets had been violently bombed by the Germans. Because several British radar stations were still paralyzed like blind men at this time, they could not get the enemy aircraft's information in time. message, so the German bombers came and went almost freely. After dropping their bombs and turning the entire Manston fighter base into a sea of fire, they swaggered away.
Since the radar in this area was attacked and difficult to recover in a short period of time, the four fighter squadrons of the Allied Regiment, in cooperation with the squadrons of the 11th Group of the Royal Air Force, took off continuously throughout the afternoon to intercept the continuous flow of German fighter-bombers. The fighting was so fierce that, except for the combat troops, 80% of the people on the ground entered the air-raid shelters. It is not until today that the British people have truly tasted the suffering caused by the war.
The Dover Port Radar Station, the Pevensey Radar Station, and the Rye Radar Station were all targeted by German fighter bombers all day long. Smoke billowed from these places, and fighter jets from both sides continued to fall from the sky.
By the evening of that day, both sides had taken off more than 1,000 aircraft in total. The German Air Force had lost 61 aircraft and the Royal Air Force had lost 40. Among them, the Allied Regiment lost 5 fighter jets, and two of them were killed.
The only thing that is not good for Germany today is that their pilots parachuted here, and without exception, all became British prisoners. This was a big blow to the morale of the Luftwaffe.
Just when the Luftwaffe was preparing to pursue the victory and take advantage of the fact that the three attacked radar stations were temporarily blinded, and then continued to increase their troops in their defense areas to destroy more radars, God helped the British.
On August 10, there were strong winds in southern England, and dark clouds with thunder and lightning hung low over the English Channel and northern France. The weather for the next two days was either dark clouds or thick fog, and Luftwaffe aircraft were unable to take off at all.
The advantages that the Luftwaffe had finally built up were ruthlessly stifled by two consecutive days of bad weather. This was a big psychological blow to the German pilots who were already ready to go. They believed that God had helped the British, so many people began to change. Got restless.
These precious two days allowed the British to repair three destroyed radar bases.
Admiral Hugh Dowding activated Zhou Zhihan's previous suggestion that night and set up many lookout posts from the beach to ensure that the incoming German air force could be detected more than 20 kilometers away on the sea.
In order to boost morale, Green designated August 13 as "Eagle Day", but then according to the forecast of the German Meteorological Department, the weather on this day was not good.
Sure enough, it was not until after two o'clock in the afternoon that the weather gradually improved.
As expected by the Luftwaffe, the advantage they had gained two days ago was wiped out by this series of bad weather.
The British radar station is back to life.
