Karen went out with a happy face to inspect the wards of the Legion Hospital.
Happiness comes too suddenly!
After Karen left, Zhou Zhihan didn't feel sleepy at all after not sleeping all night. After being upgraded to an expectant father, Zhou Zhihan was happy, but felt inexplicably uneasy in his heart. After calming down to think, he realized that he was a little carried away, and inadvertently The seeds of disaster were laid in time.
In fact, Zhou Zhihan felt vaguely uneasy after secretly discussing with Churchill and others in the conference room of the Air Force Headquarters two days ago how to let the Germans bomb London.
But now that I know I have a child, this uneasiness has suddenly been amplified and turned into pressure.
He knew that most of the Zheng Zhi family were extremely wealthy, and some were even more ruthless. As for planning the German bombing of London, Qiu, could you not worry about the secret being leaked?
Although Zhou Zhihan knew that the German bombing of London was a historical process that no one could change, at this time... Qiu... definitely believed that letting the Germans bomb London was the result of the planning of the five of them.
The secret of letting the Germans bomb London, what would be the consequences if it were leaked... Qiu... it's impossible not to know.
In order to keep this shocking secret, Qiu may find a way to erase it.
There is a line that often appears in movies, TV, and books—only the dead can keep secrets.
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhihan felt cold in his heart.
Before, the reason why he didn't pay much attention to this matter was because he had the ability to escape and protect himself if he found out that something was wrong. But now that he has Karen and the child, he has concerns. What will happen to his wife and child if something goes wrong?
Also, who was it that I had an affair with the night before yesterday?
Julia Kristeva?
Fias Christelle?
The two of them knew they had Karen, so they probably wouldn't do that.
Who could that be?
In England, he didn't know any other girls except the two of them.
...Oh, I drank too much that night, I only remember the passion and nothing else...
It’s all the fault of alcohol…
oh,
It’s not entirely the alcohol’s fault.
It's probably all the little frog's fault...
Maybe what happened that night was just a spring dream.
Zhou Zhihan was no longer sleepy and kept smoking. He had to find a way out for his family of three, and he had to find a way to leave the UK as soon as possible. He should leave the UK in advance before... Qiu... had time to think about and deal with this matter.
Half an hour later, Zhou Zhihan stuffed some breakfast and walked out of the house. He had to go to the Chinese Embassy in the UK.
I bought a newspaper, and sure enough, all the major newspapers in the UK were overwhelmingly condemning the German Air Force's air raid on London last night, which caused thousands of casualties, destroyed many houses and left people homeless. The newspapers published the places that were bombed. The tragic scene of dead bodies everywhere, photos of the two German bombers when they dropped bombs were also published, and photos of one of the bombers being damaged by a British fighter jet were also published.
The people were angry. The German bombing of London not only did not make the British fearful and surrender, but instead made the British people unite like never before, resisting the invaders to the death and fighting to the end.
Throughout this morning, the intensity of German air strikes was greatly reduced. That was because Goering became furious after learning the news and immediately sent a telegram to the 1st Bombardment Aviation Regiment performing the bombing mission: "Immediately send the troops dropping bombs on the London blockade." Once the list is reported, the Air Force Commander will personally punish these commanders.”
Soon, the commanders of the 1st Bombardment Aviation Regiment were sent to the headquarters. Goering directly ordered that these commanders be demoted to soldiers and sent to the frontline infantry companies to charge them into battle.
Goering wanted to show the outside world that the bombing of London was unintentional.
After punishing the culprits who bombed London, in order to prevent British retaliation, Green made great efforts on Berlin's air defense. He deployed two layers of anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of searchlights inside and outside Berlin to prevent British bombers. Raid.
But it is obvious that the British, led by Churchill, did not believe that the German bombing of London was unintentional.
In the afternoon, Zhou Zhihan returned from the embassy. Not long after, he received a call from the Royal Air Force headquarters.
Arriving at the Royal Air Force headquarters, General Hugh Dowding was having a meeting.
Half an hour later, General Hugh Dowding, who had finished the meeting, told Zhou Zhihan that the War Cabinet and the Royal Air Force Headquarters had decided to bomb Berlin tonight, with him leading the team.
Zhou Zhihan frowned slightly. Going to Berlin to bomb would definitely hurt innocent people. This was not something he was willing to do.
Admiral Hugh Dowding obviously didn't notice Zhou Zhihan's expression, and looked excited: "This bombing mission, we handed it over to the Hampton Bomber Group fighting in the 12th Theater. Our plan finally succeeded. Now we are forcing Hitler to change the bombing mission." target, giving our forward airfields and radar bases some breathing space."
Zhou Zhihan was about to politely refuse.
Admiral Hugh Dowding continued: "This mission is of great importance, so I asked you to fight."
Zhou Zhihan shrank back when he spoke. He had no reason to say he couldn't go to war. Although he was Chinese, he was now under the management of the Royal Air Force and could only accept orders. Even if he didn't go, this mission would still have to be sent. Others have to complete it.
Zhou Zhihan secretly thought that after arriving over Berlin, he could just throw the shells from his bomber into the open space...
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In the summer night sky, stars twinkled, and the moonlight covered Hampton Airport with a silvery veil. In the haze, you could see the busyness of the airport before the war.
In order to prevent German bombing, the bombing airport was fully camouflaged.
Behind a wide slope is the evacuation area. Further forward, there are big trees and bushes. Hampton bombers are faintly visible in the moonlight. The bombers are covered with camouflage nets and sandbags are piled next to them. Support, they have completed refueling maintenance and reloading, and are ready to take off.
Zhou Zhihan began to arrange the combat missions, takeoff time, sequence, bomber routes and rendezvous points, and answered the pilots' questions.
Ten minutes before takeoff, each squadron was informed that this time it was a long-distance attack to bomb Berlin, so the evacuation area became lively as crowds gathered.
The pilots wore flight suits trimmed with sheepskin, flying boots, and flares tied to their calves. The large and small pockets on the flight suits contained pistols, flare guns, daggers, survival kits, chocolate, glucose, and stimulant pills.
Everyone checked it carefully again and fixed it with a small rope to prevent it from falling during parachuting or forced landing on the sea. This was a typical set of 1940 Strait frontline life-saving equipment, all in order to protect the pilot's life to the greatest extent.
The pilot put on his life jacket, checked his equipment and aircraft, calibrated his flight watch, and finally confirmed to the ground crew that everything was ready.
After looking at his watch, Zhou Zhihan said: "Everyone has five minutes to go to the back of the plane to resolve the emergency in advance. We are traveling long distance today. If you don't want to pee your pants, you can go pee."
The pilots ran to the back of their respective planes with smiles on their faces. Regardless of whether they had defecated or not, they took off their pants and squatted for five minutes before proceeding. You can pee in your pants without being laughed at, but you would feel uncomfortable if you pooped in your pants.
Five minutes later, all the pilots climbed into the cockpit and, with the help of ground crew, fastened their seat belts and parachute buckles. Then everyone raised their thumbs to indicate that everything was ready to go.
Seeing that the pilots were ready, the mechanic turned the engine handle to start the bomber. The powerful "buzzing" sound gradually turned into a deafening roar. The propellers started running at high speed. The pilots put on their flight helmets and intercom headsets, and the cockpit cover Close and lock.
Zhou Zhihan made a take-off gesture.
The bomber's wheel blocks were removed, and one bomber after another, led by the squadron leader, slowly drove out from under the camouflage net, drove onto the runway, and took off.
Zhou Zhihan led his squadron to fly at the front. After taking off, he skillfully retracted the flaps and landing gear, adjusted the propeller and turned on the bomber's bombardier to let the bombardiers get familiar with it again. Then he pressed the lever, and the Hampton bomber made a Rolling over at 45 degrees, observing the take-off and assembly situation at the rear, and seeing the aircraft group slowly following up, Zhou Zhihan piloted the aircraft to climb into the air first, then led the aircraft group to join the escorting fighter group and enter the route, and flew eastward together.
There were stars in the sky, the sea was unusually quiet, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Dozens of bombers flew blindly in the night sky like ghosts, while the night-fighting escort Hurricane fighter jets closely followed and provided cover at high altitudes behind them, maintaining visual distance at all times.
As the iconic white cliffs of the Dundunker Refinery came into view, the khaki Dungeness Strait gradually became eye-catching, and the bomber group had entered the defense range of the Luftwaffe.
Only by quietly breaking through the German defense lines could the fleet of aircraft attack Berlin.
