Bentley Abbey.
In a dark basement, weak lights flickered from time to time. That was because the power plant was bombed by the Germans, causing power shortages throughout the UK.
The room was filled with smoke, making the light appear even hazier.
Just now, General Hugh Dowding felt that the Prime Minister was not safe on the ground, so he invited them to the basement.
"Is there any news about Colonel Zhou?"
Prime Minister Churchill sunk his broad body into a bamboo chair and kept smoking. The smoke enveloped him and his expression could not be seen clearly.
"Not yet!" Admiral Hugh Dowding said as he took off the pipe in his mouth and looked at his watch. It was already 9:10 at night, and there was still no news from Zhou Zhihan.
There are several bottles of red wine on the table, and everyone has a wine glass in front of them.
Admiral Hugh Dowding has a special communicator in front of him, which is specially used to communicate with Zhou Zhihan. There is also a telephone next to it, so that he can issue orders to the fighter units on standby on the airport runway at any time.
"I don't know where he is now."
The Air Secretary held a cigar in his left hand, picked up the wine glass in his right hand, and took a sip.
Major General Parker sat at the corner of the table, looking very calm. He rarely smoked. In just half an hour from entering the basement to now, he had smoked five cigarettes. Every time he smoked halfway, the cigarette butts were removed. He put it out in the ashtray, and then lit another one ten seconds later.
"How about asking?"
Major General Pike said and looked at the other three bosses.
Seeing that the other two people were silent, General Hugh Dowding pressed the communicator: "Colonel Zhou!"
Zhou Zhihan was thinking about what went wrong when he heard the voice of General Hugh Dowding coming from the earphones and replied: "General!"
"How's it going?"
Zhou Zhihan hesitated for a moment and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "A large fleet is coming. I am trying to find an opportunity to expel one or two of the bombers from the fleet and force them to fly to London."
Zhou Zhihan's slight hesitation was immediately caught by the sophisticated Churchill and others.
Think of ways to?
Look for opportunities?
The four people looked at each other immediately, and their hearts almost skipped a beat at the same time.
Zhou Zhihan's tone is not firm enough!
"Okay! As soon as there is news, contact us immediately!"
After Admiral Hugh Dowding finished speaking, he took his hand away from the button of the intercom and put the pipe in his mouth and took a few puffs.
Major General Parker rubbed the newly lit cigarette in the ashtray and lit another one a few seconds later.
The Air Secretary finished the wine in the glass, then took the bottle and actually filled it up with red wine.
The four of them were all thinking, are they sure?
Zhou Zhihan took his hands off the button of the intercom and was wondering, what exactly is the problem?
Where are those 24 bombers?
At this time, two groups of 146 bombers had separated. One group was heading to Rochester, a town along the Thames River, and the other group was heading to the aircraft manufacturing plant in Kingston. The remaining bombers suddenly turned westward. Based on their flight direction, only Could be even further away from London.
It was the first time Zhou Zhihan felt so nervous. His back was covered with sweat. A drop of sweat flowed into his eyes, which made his eyes hurt. He stretched out his hand to rub them.
Then he took several deep breaths to calm himself down.
Where does the problem occur?
Based on the current direction of the German bomber group after separation, it is impossible for them to bomb to London by mistake. It is impossible and has no chance for him to separate the two bombers from it.
It was said that two bombers were separated from the bomber group, just to make Admiral Hugh Dowding feel the difficulty of this mission, but in fact he couldn't do it at all. Most of the German bombers had intercoms between them, and the bomber group The flying formation was so dense that no one could expel the two bombers from the group in the dark.
What to do?
Now Churchill and the others must be waiting anxiously. If the trajectory of history is pushed back or changed, and the Germans do not bomb London, then they will no longer have the trust of Churchill and the others from now on.
This matter is no child's play.
Say there is no chance today and come back tomorrow night?
impossible.
These big shots are not here to play house with you.
Suddenly, Zhou Zhihan discovered that a German bomber group appeared on the sea.
The heartbeat speeds up suddenly.
Zhou Zhihan quickly watched attentively.
He counted loudly: "1, 2, 3456,...1112..."
He was very excited, this was the first time he was so excited, and he connected the numbers together and counted them without stopping.
"22, 23...24!"
call……
Zhou Zhihan took seven or eight deep breaths in a row to calm himself down completely.
"Blessed by Buddha! 24 bombers are coming."
These are 24 He123 dive bombers. They arrived belatedly, but the trajectory of history has not deviated from the course, and the God of Justice is still aware of everything.
Zhou Zhihan was ecstatic in his heart. He pressed the lever and the A214 Spitfire made a beautiful 90-degree roll in the air, detouring towards the flank of the 24 German bombers. He did all this carefully to ensure that he would not be discovered by the German bombers.
Making sure that there were no other bomber groups around the German bomber group and no Messerschmitt escorts, Zhou Zhihan hovered in the sky. After the bomber group passed, he quietly started to follow.
At this moment, there was a violent explosion from the Scottish border. Zhou Zhihan was in the air, and he could see the fire rising from the place where the explosion occurred, followed by anti-aircraft artillery on the ground, like giant dragons, rushing into the air. Very spectacular.
Immediately afterwards, explosions were also heard from Rochester, a town along the Thames River. Anti-aircraft artillery on the ground also began to bombard upwards. Fireworks exploded in the air, which was extremely beautiful. In the light of the fire, several bombers were hit, and some They were planted in the light of artillery fire, and some exploded in the air. Huge fireballs illuminated the airspace within several kilometers.
A few minutes later, the German bomber formation that bombed the Kingston Aircraft Factory also succeeded, and started a fierce battle with ground anti-aircraft artillery fire.
Zhou Zhihan's eyes never left the last group of 24 He123 bombers.
Sure enough, just as the three target locations in the Scottish Borders, Rochester, and Kingston were bombed into flames, a group of 24 He123 bombers quietly passed between the three bombed locations.
At this moment, Zhou Zhihan understood that tonight, these 24 He123 dive bombers were the biggest killer move of the German Air Force, because they flew straight towards the giant oil tank storage facility 20 kilometers away from London.
If these giant oil tanks are blown up, the RAF fighter force will be short of fuel. This is the ultimate goal of the Luftwaffe tonight.
The 146 bombers in front were just supporting roles, aiming to attack the east and west, attracting the few dozen remaining night-fighting Hurricanes of the Royal Air Force, so that these 24 dive bombers could drive straight in and hit the vitality of the Royal Air Force.
The trajectory of history has not changed.
Zhou Zhihan piloted the A214 Spitfire at high altitude, tracking a group of 24 He123s for more than ten kilometers. He could overlook the bomber group and grasp their every move.
Just when they were still dozens of kilometers away from the giant oil storage tanks on the edge of London, sure enough, the last two bombers fell behind, deviated from their course, and flew towards London.
Zhou Zhihan's heart beat wildly.
"General!"
Zhou Zhihan held the intercom.
"Colonel Zhou!"
Admiral Hugh Dowding's hand holding the special communicator trembled a little.
Churchill's body lay motionless in the bamboo chair, but he did not sit up and reached out to remove the cigar in his mouth.
Zhou Zhihan: "I have driven two bombers out of the fleet. I want to drive them towards London. Please be prepared to cooperate with me."
As soon as Zhou Zhihan's words came out of the hands-free intercom, Churchill sat up.
At this moment, the two lost bombers suddenly changed their flight paths and deviated from the direction of London.
