Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Galland continued.
“Also, no matter what we do or how we do it, we will be blamed, which is bad for pilot morale.
Of course, it is also necessary for fighter jets to escort bombers, but bomber pilots always want to see their formations tightly surrounded and protected by escort fighter jets. In their view, this can bring them great security.
But in fact, this escort tactic makes our fighter jets very passive and provides close escort, so that our fighter pilots can only passively defend instead of taking the initiative to attack. As a result, we can only passively fight against the British who come to expel them every time.
The magic weapon for fighter pilots to win is to be the first to discover the enemy and strike immediately, rather than waiting for the enemy to come knocking and then fighting back. This will only cause us to lose the opportunity in front of the Spitfire. "
After Adolf Galland finished speaking, Göring stood up cordially. He knew that during this period, fighter jets were mostly used for escort, which caused the pilots' performance to decline. Many ambitious pilots' dreams of becoming aces were postponed. .
In fact, no pilot is willing to escort bombers. What pilots want is honor. With honor, there will be status, money, and beauties, and honor requires them to shoot down more enemy planes.
Goering walked up to his beloved general, stretched out his fat palm and patted Garland's arm: "I know that fighter pilots like to fly over enemy targets and freely hunt the enemy, but this will make it difficult for them to do so." The bomber lost protection and was attacked by the British.
As you know, the Empire's bomber force suffered heavy losses during this period, and the Führer was very angry about this. We had the best and most advanced fighter aircraft in the world, but we failed to protect the bombers and failed to destroy the British Air Force.
So the next mission of your fighter jets is to protect the bombers.
Fighters can destroy enemy aircraft, but bombers are also indispensable if you want to achieve final victory.
Of course, the head of state knows that you have done a good job, otherwise I would not be here in person today. "
Garland knew what the marshal meant. Recently, there have been many voices from high-level officials accusing the fighter force of failing to protect the bombers. Many high-level officials believed that continuous bombing by bombers was necessary to make the British unable to bear the weight of the war and finally compromise and surrender.
Now, senior officials believe that the number and combat effectiveness of the British fighter force has plummeted, and Messerschmitt's status has naturally weakened. However, Garland, who is on the front line, knows that the so-called British fighter force has weakened and these lies are just some people who like to flatter. False information given to the Führer and Marshal by flatterers.
Garland glanced at Göring's think tank and swallowed what he said, because among these people there were those sycophants, all of whom were colonels and generals, and he did not dare to offend them.
Seeing that all the commanders of the Condor Legion were silent, Goering asked them pleasantly if they had any other needs.
The commander of the Condor Legion didn't even speak. The words of Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Galland, who was in the prime of his life, couldn't even reach the point, let alone them.
The stubborn Adolf Galland frowned his thick eyebrows, twitched his mustache a few times, and suddenly said: "I want a team of Spitfire fighter jets."
Everyone did not dare to breathe after hearing this, fearing that the marshal would be angry.
Everyone knows that Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Galland said this mainly out of anger and to vent his dissatisfaction. He wanted to tell the marshal that the best fighter in the world is not only the Bf109. It is wrong to blame the loss of bombers on the poor escort of fighter aircraft. Fair.
Goering's thin eyebrows involuntarily raised a few times, and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously. He took off the cigar in his mouth with his right hand, and after a few seconds he said in a relaxed tone: "Well! This is a very good opinion, but it's very Difficult. If you can capture a team of Spitfires and come back, I authorize you to use them as you wish."
Adolf Galland felt very regretful after he couldn't help complaining just now. When he heard the marshal's answer, his face suddenly relaxed. He quickly poured a cup of coffee for the marshal and handed it to him respectfully. Then everyone in the room also Laughed easily...
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August 24th.
The weather over the English Channel was still sunny. Large-scale German bombers continued to fly to the UK. Marshal Kesselring continued to pursue and attack the British Air Force bases. He also included aircraft manufacturing plants and railway systems as targets, forcing British fighter jets to attack. Take off to fight.
On this day, the Luftwaffe's attack on the British radar station was not as strong as before. It may be that their intelligence personnel told Marshal Kesselring that the British radar station was basically paralyzed.
After receiving commendations from the head of state and marshal, Adolf Garland sent three fighter groups to escort 40 of the latest Ju88 bombers and Do17 bombers that day, with the purpose of forcing the Royal Air Force to take off to intercept.
The Royal Air Force was helpless and six fighter squadrons scrambled to intercept. Although two squadrons broke through the dense escort formation, they were unable to stop the powerful Ju88 bombers from crushing forward.
On this day, the Royal Air Force suffered heavy losses, and many military bases and airports were destroyed. But the good news is that the radar station that was almost destroyed the day before yesterday was repaired.
On August 24, Zhou Zhihan spent the whole morning in the large radar operation room of the Royal Air Force Command, holding a small notebook in his hand and recording various data. Sometimes he lowered his head in deep thought and nodded silently.
Admiral Hugh Dowding took all this into consideration.
At noon, Zhou Zhihan returned to a separate room and turned on his flight helmet. He needed to carefully observe every move of the German Air Force.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Zhihan told the worried General Hugh Dowding that an opportunity might arise tonight and he would carry out a top-secret mission, but when the opportunity came, he would only have one fighter jet to take off.
The reason why Zhou Zhihan said there is a chance is that he is not sure whether the trajectory of history will be slightly deviated. What if the German Air Force mistakenly bombed London and happened tomorrow night?
There are no absolutes, and no one can guarantee that the course of history will not deviate, such as how he, a time traveler, can explain it.
General Hugh Dowding had long believed in Zhou Zhihan. After hearing this, he immediately called the Prime Minister.
When he heard that Zhou Zhihan asked one person to complete this mission, Prime Minister Churchill hesitated. He believed in Zhou Zhihan's air combat capabilities, but he felt unsure about carrying out this mission alone that might rewrite history.
However, hope is better than despair.
The fewer people who do this, the better. It will be absolutely useless for him to have more people know about it. From the perspective of his own interests, Churchill hopes that Zhou Zhihan will carry out this plan alone.
At 7:30 in the evening, Zhou Zhihan walked out of the room and told General Hugh Dowding alone that the opportunity had come and he wanted to take off secretly, and asked to contact General Hugh Dowding alone.
At 8:30 in the evening, Zhou Zhihan piloted the A214 Spitfire and took off alone from the 208th Squadron Airport of the 11th Group of the Royal Air Force. A few minutes later, the Spitfire disappeared into the dark night.
Before Zhou Zhihan set out, General Hugh Dowding had authorized him to command the navy, land and air forces.
Half an hour later, Churchill, the Air Force Secretary and Major General Parker all came to the secret conference room where the meeting was held the day before yesterday and waited quietly.
The A214 spitfire pulled up into the air. Zhou Zhihan opened his flight helmet, and every move of the German Air Force on the other side was displayed before his eyes.
