Zhou Zhihan said: "General! Two bombers were expelled from the fleet by me. They were in a panic. They turned and flew towards the giant oil tank storage facility 20 kilometers to the right of London. I need ground fire support now!"
The intercom in front of General Hugh Dowding was on speakerphone.
Zhou Zhihan's voice was very clear in the small basement.
Hear the words.
Major General Parker suddenly stood up and put out the cigarette in his hand.
The Air Secretary was about to stand up, but after a moment's pause he sat back down, his hand holding the cigar shaking a little.
Prime Minister Churchill leaned forward and placed his hands on the table, still calm.
General Hugh Dowding: "Colonel Zhou, please speak!"
Zhou Zhihan: "Now I need the artillery positions around the giant oil pipe tank storage facility to be fully fired. Give me two minutes to fight. And I found that there are a large number of bombers near the oil tank storage facility."
Admiral Hugh Dowding: "Roger that!"
It was heard that a large number of bombers were near the oil storage tanks, the lifeblood of the country. The entire basement was dead silent. Everyone was thinking, God bless England!
If the oil storage tank is bombed, the consequences will be disastrous!
A few seconds later, Admiral Hugh Dowding connected to the ground clearance position near the oil storage tank: "I order, fire into the air immediately for two minutes!"
"boom……"
The air defense position near the oil storage tank fired thousands of rounds, lighting up the entire night sky, shaking the earth, and waves of overwhelming air flowed through the air and spread all around.
Zhou Zhihan was at high altitude, facing the firelight, and could see the pilots of the two He123 bombers. He turned around and saw the heavy artillery fire 20 kilometers away on the right. The power was so shocking that they immediately turned around and flew towards London after a few seconds.
Zhou Zhihan's eyesight was so good that he even saw that there were no communicators on the sides of the flight caps of the two bomber pilots, and there was no radar on the bomber's head.
This shows that these two aircraft did not have navigation equipment, and their flight paths relied on the navigation of the leading aircraft. They lost visual contact with the aircraft equipped with radio open circuits in front of them on the way, so they deviated from the main attack course.
The trajectory of history never deviates and moves forward. As expected, no one can stop it.
Zhou Zhihan held the microphone: "General!"
"Colonel Zhou!"
"Please order the ground troops to launch two illumination bombs in 2 minutes, 25 kilometers west of the giant oil tank storage facility, from south to north, with an interval of 30 seconds."
Admiral Hugh Dowding: "Understood"
As soon as Admiral Hugh Dowding finished speaking, Zhou Zhihan pressed the lever, and the A214 Spitfire dived five kilometers to the left at top speed.
2 minutes later.
The two disoriented bombers were panicking and preparing to veer westward.
Suddenly, a flare rose from the ground 4 or 5 kilometers to their left. A fighter jet made a few incredible rolls in the flare, and opened fire with a "shoo, swoop, swoop", and the flames hit the flare. Dazzling in the darkness of the outer circle.
A bomber pilot said to his companion flying next to him: "Damn it...it's the sound of the Spitfire's machine gun. We can't go there. We adjust the direction and keep moving forward."
The two bombers immediately changed their course slightly and flew in the direction of London that they had no idea about.
Suddenly, another flare rose from the ground 5 kilometers to the left of the two bombers. Then, they saw a fighter jet dive from the air to the ground, seemingly chasing some target.
The pilot of the bomber wiped his sweat: "Damn it... luckily I didn't go over there. They were all damn British fighter jets!"
Zhou Zhihan held the microphone: "General!"
General Hugh Dowding: "How is Colonel Zhou?"
"Huh..." Zhou Zhihan exhaled a long breath, "Two bombers are flying towards London!"
Admiral Hugh Dowding clenched his fist with his other hand and shook it suddenly to express his joy.
Churchill leaned back, relaxed in the large chaise longue, and puffed on his cigar.
Although he acted calm just now, his heart was actually racing. At that moment, he was really worried that the two bombers would deviate from their course.
Then the four people sat quietly like this, with the lights in the room flickering on and off. Since the room was almost airtight, the smoke became even more dense.
I don't know how many minutes have passed, or if only ten seconds have passed.
"Dong dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door outside.
The four people were tense when they suddenly heard a knock on the door and seemed to be startled.
They are indeed too nervous. Whether they can change the fate of Britain is almost a matter of one move. Not to mention people, even God will be nervous.
Admiral Hugh Dowding calmed down and said, "Come in!"
His adjutant walked in quickly: "General! The commander of the air defense force defending the giant oil tank storage facility just called and said that just a few minutes ago when they opened fire, they discovered that they were not far away in the light of artillery fire. A large group of German bombers appeared. They were frightened by our anti-aircraft artillery and immediately changed direction and flew elsewhere.
The commander of the anti-aircraft artillery position judged that these bombers were preparing to bomb the giant oil storage tank facility. Seeing that our army was prepared, the German bomber group left.
The shelling just now was really crucial, otherwise our army's oil storage tanks would definitely be attacked by German bombers. "
The adjutant exited and closed the door.
Major General Parker waved his fist: "God! Colonel Zhou saved us once again! If these oil storage tanks are bombed, the fuel for the fighter jets will not be available, which will be even worse for our already stretched Royal Air Force!" "
The Minister of Air Force started to pour the wine again, with an incredulous tone and a happy expression: "Mr. Prime Minister, what we sent with these 24 fighter jets is really worth it! Let's not talk about whether Colonel Zhou can let the German bombers attack London tonight. He said that for his credit for saving the oil storage tank just now, it would be worth giving him 24 more fighter jets!"
The Prime Minister nodded. If the oil storage tanks were bombed and triggered continuous explosions, the British fighter fleets would run out of fuel in less than two days, and more than half of the fighter jets would have to park at the airport, waiting for the German bombers to arrive. Come.
Admiral Hugh Dowding made the sign of the cross: "God bless England!"
Then, there was deathly silence in the basement again, and the four people stared at the intercom in front of General Hugh Dowding.
Zhou Zhihan piloted the A214 Spitfire in the dark, pulled the lever, climbed upwards at high speed, and once again flew over the two German bombers. He used the overhead tracking method to quietly observe the flight attitude of the two bombers. With his current Experience shows that whenever the pilots of these two bombers want to change their course, he can detect it a few seconds in advance and then quickly think of ways to correct it.
At this moment, a thought suddenly entered Zhou Zhihan's heart. Perhaps he traveled here to correct some deviations in the historical trajectory?
Keep moving forward.
The two bombers were still 5 kilometers away from London.
Zhou Zhihan: "General!"
When the four people in the basement heard this, they all sat upright.
Admiral Hugh Dowding immediately replied: "Colonel Zhou!"
Zhou Zhihan: "The two bombers are still 5 kilometers away from London. I will force them to drop bombs soon. The London ground defense forces are not allowed to fire without my order."
Admiral Hugh Dowding: "Understood!"
After the communication ended, General Hugh Dowding: "Give me the artillery defense positions in London..."
Major General Pike stood up and paced back and forth in the small basement.
Finally, the Minister of Air Force could no longer sit still and stood up.
Zhou Zhihan stared intently at the two bombers below.
Suddenly, fire burst into the sky in the distance. In the fire, the rear gunner of a He123 bomber inadvertently looked up at the sky.
