Chapter 028: Britannia Rest (I)

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Ji Feng did not continue to delve into this matter, this matter has already made the War Department very embarrassed, if he intervenes now, maybe the army will rebel collectively. So now all Ji Feng needs to do is pretend that nothing happened.

With the last point of the UK. The army was completely driven out of Great Britain and the British Empire was orthodox. House George V. The government was forced to move its capital to Canada and declared it a government in exile. Prefecture. And those in Northern Ireland in the UK. The army was not abandoned, they still had supplies from the British mainland and even military purchases that had just been made from the United States.

Germany. At this time, the army was preparing to carry out the final work of sweeping the battlefield on the Western Front. When the last of the British. After the army is cleared, only Army Group A will remain on the entire Western Front, and Army Group B and Army Group C will be transferred to the Eastern Front to carry out the legendary Barbarossa Plan. And now, because the USSR was completely icy and snowy, it was not suitable for the implementation of the Barbarossa plan.

All the remaining British troops in Europe were under the command of General Montgomery, and in fact Britain had only one Royal Guards division and two colonial motorized infantry divisions left in Europe. In addition, there are a number of conscripts and the Royal Navy's home fleet. The Royal Air Force has been sent out of flight and is now training in North America.

The commander-in-chief of the German forces in Britain was General Bock, but in reality it was mainly General Rommel who was in charge, and now Germany had two infantry divisions, an armored division, two crotch guard flag corps, a paratrooper regiment and the Greater German Panzergrenadier Division. In addition, there were several warships of the High Seas Fleet, the most famous of which was the captured and converted "Adolf Hi. "Teller" (CVNB-3Adolf・HitlerclassSuperaircraftCarrier, Nuclear).

The Air Force is the Second Air Force under the command of Air Marshal Richthofen, which has several fighter wings, dive bomber wings, and the first special bomber wing, mainly transport aircraft and light assault gliders. These would be the most elite air forces Germany had ever seen.

In addition, the United States sent a number of "volunteers" to Northern Ireland to fight in the war. These so-called "volunteers" went to Northern Ireland in almost all formations, with the majority of the "volunteers" coming from the 1st "Big Red One" Infantry Division. The infantry themselves were supposed to be pure infantry formations, but at the request of President Roosevelt, a small number of Sherman M4A3E8 "Jumbo" tanks were obtained. These tanks are armed with 76 mm long-barreled tank guns and are very well armoured. But there is still one weakness: lighters! For various reasons, these tanks still use gasoline engines, which catch fire if they are hit, and then the entire tank is scrapped.

Ji Feng relied on his advantage of power and power to build a 4,000 I-class fighter with the "Shuttle". These people are almost indistinguishable from real people. The performance is very good, and the task of these men is to assist the real landing army to open up the landing ground.

The number of these men is the First Special Combat Flag of the Armed Crotch Guard, and the commander is the newly promoted Berman First Class Commando Captain.

The armament of this flag group is mainly heavy equipment: Tank F2 No. 4 (Experimental), Tank No. 3 N (infantry support heavy combat vehicle with 75 mm short-barreled guns), Tank D No. 2 (Spitfire) and Tank No. 1 N (small mobile infantry machine gun bunker). In addition, each soldier also has a G-41 semi-automatic rifle, equipped with 20~30 magazines, several iron fist anti-tank rocket launchers. Non-commissioned officers and officers are MP-41 micro-punches and 10 magazines, as well as the non-commissioned officer's radio communication equipment (portable version, carried on the back) and the officer's map bag and binoculars.

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The 1st Group of the 1st Special Bomber Wing of the Luftwaffe had a total of 66 Junkers Ju-52 transport planes with a special paratrooper of the 7th Airborne Division. A total of 1,840 men flew to Belfast in Northern Ireland, while a very large German naval fleet 100 nautical miles from Belfast was sailing for Belfast with most of the 7th Light Armoured Division on board. What many people didn't expect was that Ji Feng, as the head of the Third Reich, actually rode in this fleet as a bystander. In the captain's cabin of the USS Teleer super-nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

The deck of the super-nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is very spacious, and because of its weight, this aircraft carrier is very stable even when sailing in the rough Atlantic. Riding on this aircraft carrier is like standing on the ground, smooth and comfortable.

It was a pity for those small thin-skinned destroyers, whose hulls made of only a layer of iron looked very small in the sea. When you encounter a huge wave, it is like being overturned.

And those troop carriers are slightly better, but not much better. Looking at this situation, naval aviation can only be allowed to carry out ground attacks on British ground targets for a period of time before they can land. But none of this was too much for the now powerful German Navy.

Resting on the deck is the He-112 strategic bomber, modeled after the American B-24 "Liberator" heavy bomber, which is very sturdy because of the reinforced fuselage structure that can withstand more damage.

The bomb load of these aircraft reached a terrifying 9 tons, of course, so that a runway of 500 meters plus a steam \ hydraulic catapult was required to take off. So the aircraft carrier carried only 36 such bombers. And after the bombing mission is completed, these bombers will turn to fly back to military airfields on the British mainland. This is the shuttle bombing that Ji Feng thought of, although it doesn't seem to be perfect, but this is the best way to look at it now.

After watching these German eagles struggle on the deck and fly into the blue sky, Ji Feng began to plan his space fleet.

During the planning, Ji Feng found that his space fleet lacked some cruisers. The role of these cruisers was enormous, and it was extremely important that they were able to serve as the last line of defensive firepower on the periphery of the main force of the fleet. In Ji Feng's concept, even at certain times, heavy cruisers can be used as combat cruisers.

So Ji Feng began to design heavy cruisers and light cruisers in his mind. The heavy cruisers were of the "Black Hole" class, and the light cruisers were of the "Neutron Star" class. [Note 1]

After the design, Ji Feng came to the command cabin wearing a thick coat, which was the first time Ji Feng had reached this cabin during the entire voyage.

Ji Feng once again shamelessly put on the military uniform of a mid-level post - Lieutenant Commander of the Navy. The medals are still those, but this one seems more relatable.

Second, most people didn't notice Ji Feng's arrival, because the bridge of the battleship, which was the flagship, was still very busy. The strict Germans, in particular, were even busier.

A squadron of camera-mounted Ju-87B-2 dive bombers took off for Belfast and its vicinity to take photographs. In fact, Ji Feng couldn't use these backward technologies at all now, because Ji Feng had already placed two Eye of God and a Death Light Satellite in space. Now all the situation in Belfast is in Ji Feng's mind.

Beauty. The planes of the army have been painted with British livery, so these "volunteers" have become British. Soldier.

The British had long known the information about the departure of these warships from the port and sent several bomber groups to carry out deterrent bombing. Some of them carried torpedoes, some carried bombs. These are the existential beings that can make warships disappear completely from the world.

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The anti-aircraft early warning radar on the German battleship detected the enemy and made it known to the personnel in the command room. Now "Adolf Shee. The command room of the "Teller" sent 4 fighter squadrons (48 fighters) to the skies to meet the enemy, and since there was no special BF-109 model for naval aviation, these fighters were all modified from land-based models, mainly BF-109E-3 modifications.

The BF-109E-3 uses an 895 kW Daimler-Benz DB601N engine, and the 12-cylinder engine gives her an extremely high speed of 570 km/h. After the Navy's modification, the maximum range was 1,000 km (with drop fuel tanks). The main armament is one 20 mm MG-151 cannon in the propeller hub, two 13 mm MG-17 aviation machine guns arranged in the nose and two 7.92 mm machine guns in the underwing pods. This fighter can be described as very ferocious, and with experienced pilots, this aircraft is almost invincible.

As long as you don't get bitten by a fierce guy like Sea Fire, there will be no problem with six points.

The Count Zeppelin and Hermann Goering each sent out a squadron of fighters to intercept the RAF bomber formation.

The 72 German aircraft manufacturers formed an impermeable defensive network over the entire fleet, and any air power that tried to get through to Guò would be held back to the fullest.

In the hangars of the three aircraft carriers, the more advanced Ju-87B-3 is carrying bombs and torpedoes for ground attack. These bombers have been replaced with more powerful Junkers Jumo211H engines, both in terms of bomb load and maximum combat radius. Now these aircraft of naval aviation can carry one 500-kilogram bomb and four 50-kilogram bombs or an 800-kilogram aviation torpedo. And it is capable of level flight with bombs in place, up to 330 kilometers per hour.

The combat mission of these aircraft was to the British. The ground targets of the army attacked, and there were also a number of large-tonnage transport ships waiting for them in the port of Belfast. For the current German torpedoes, the airdrop prevents them from having a depth problem, so now they are a weapon full of lethality and keen to attack.

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Britain was at the end of its power, and most of the bombers sent were old Swordfish ship-based torpedo bombers and a few miscellaneous fighters. Advanced fighters are only the P-40, SBD, and TBD produced in the United States. The former's range was not enough, and this attack was even a one-way mission; The latter is not much better, and because of the isolationism of the United States, there are many loopholes.

The RAF pilots are all novice pilots with less than 200 hours of flying time, while the majority of German naval aviation pilots are elite pilots from the Air Force. Some of the British pilots could only take off, and the German pilots were all veteran pilots who had participated in hunting battles over Britain and had a lot of combat experience.

Volunteer flying teams from the United States also took part in the fighting, and their weapons were slightly more advanced: F4F-3, B-25. These planes are very lethal aircraft - the F4F has six .50-inch aviation machine guns, and has pilot armor, fuel tank liners, and other protective equipment; The B-25 has a firepower network composed of 10 aviation machine guns, this time they are mounted on the MK.13 air-dropped anti-ship torpedo, although it still has a lot of shortcomings, but it has been improved to the maximum, 30 mm fuel tank armor, engine carbon dioxide fire extinguisher, etc., so that this aircraft has survivability beyond ordinary people.

Since it was the first time to carry out an aircraft carrier escort mission, the pilots of these carrier-based aircraft were a little confused. Several aircraft failed to take off even after enemy aircraft had already begun to attack.

Under the double interception of experienced anti-aircraft gunners and fighter pilots, many British aircraft were shot down.

But there was a "Swordfish" carrier-based torpedo bomber that actually broke through to the Germans . The defense forces on the warship managed to drop a torpedo, which headed towards the bulky "Adolf Hi. The bow of the "Teller" rushed forward.

The bulky battleship had no chance of dodging at all. Ji Feng was already standing on the bridge, and when he saw the torpedo, he didn't think that the torpedo would have any big impact on his battleship.

A fighter jet was accelerating on the deck, not even the cockpit canopy was closed.

The pilot saw the torpedo and rolled towards the high-speed torpedo before the plane could take off.

The "Boom ......" torpedo was detonated, and the fighter pilot narrowly escaped.

Ji Feng returned to the inside of the bridge and said to Admiral Lu Teyans, "Who is that pilot?" I want him to come to me right away! ”

So a herald immediately ran to call the pilot, who had just been salvaged.

Ji Feng asked, "Young man, what's your name?" ”

The pilot apparently did not expect to meet the Reich Führer in this place.

The young man said, "Albert Heinz, Lieutenant of Naval Aviation. ”

Ji Feng said very firmly: "Okay, Albert, now you are a captain of naval aviation." ”

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The weather improved, and the entire RAF suffered huge losses. Only a small number of P-40s and other American-made fighters successfully returned home. The US "Volunteer Air Force" lost nearly half of its losses, which was very painful.

The old Swordfish torpedo bombers dropped their torpedoes and chose their targets to hit, and although most of them were shot down, one Swordfish crashed into a German. The bridge of the warship "Hermann Goering". The plane exploded randomly, and the little fuel left became an accelerant. The deck of the "Hermann Goering" was in flames, but fortunately, Ji Feng replaced the wooden flight deck with a new material flight deck and added a secondary deck, and her carrier-based aircraft was able to return and land.

The fuel systems of all warships were filled with carbon dioxide long before the attack began, so the fire was now largely contained. In addition, the new metal has excellent heat resistance, so the part of the "Hermann Goering" that can be seen to be attacked is a somewhat crooked bridge structure.

The weather is gradually becoming a sunny day, and the sea is no longer a choppy scene. Now the German landing forces are attacking Belfast on all fronts.

Small ships were salvaged from all over Germany and the occupied territories, and there were 4,000 landing craft. It's almost time for the legendary Normandy landings.

The German landing army looked like a dark army was about to completely swallow the British army because the landing craft were painted gray and the uniforms were also gray.

The infantry deployed by the British in the first line of defense was not an elite unit. Elite Germany led by Rommel. The army was quickly crushed by erosion. Most of the British soldiers were either killed or surrendered to the Germans, and a small number of face-loving loyalists retreated to the second line of defense, preparing to resist the German attack on the second line of defense. For these people, there would be little hope if they did not resist the German offensive.

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[Note 1] The number of two-class warships

"Black Hole" class heavy space cruiser

Weight: 150,000,000 tons.

Members: 1,255 (machine qì) people.

Power equipment: 40 helium-powered adjustable engines, 3 helium-powered non-adjustable engines.

Armament: 3 * twin 203 mm "Star Destroyer Cannon" (two in the front and one in the back) (particle cannon), 12 127 mm "Near Defense Vanguard" (six on the left and six on the right) (particle cannon), 500 37 mm quadruple small automatic anti-aircraft guns (particle cannons).

Energy equipment: 50 helium-powered reactors, 25 hydrogen-powered reactors.

Other equipment: flight decks, hangars, military factories, etc.

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Neutron Star-class light space cruiser

Weight: 75,000,000 tons.

Members: 775 (machine qì) people.

Power equipment: 20 helium-powered adjustable engines, 4 helium-powered non-adjustable engines.

Armament: 5 * triple 152 mm "Star Destroyer Cannon" (three in the front and two in the rear) (particle cannon), 24 127 mm "Advance Defense Vanguard" (12 on the left and 12 on the right) (particle cannon), 400 37 mm quadruple small automatic anti-aircraft guns (particle cannon).

Energy equipment: 40 helium-powered reactors, 20 hydrogen-powered reactors.

Other equipment: military factories, etc.