Section 513 The Volunteer Air Force shall intervene

On 7 September, the German air raid on London finally began, and at dusk, Goering and Kesselring stood on the hill off the coast of Calais and watched as 625 bombers and 648 fighters of the 2nd Air Force flew over the Channel and flew towards London. The British did not expect the Germans to attack London, and the fighters that took off to intercept them pounced, and the German planes dropped 500 tons of bombs and incendiary bombs on London. After nightfall, another 250 German planes attacked, London did not have night fighters, night air defense could only rely on anti-aircraft guns and searchlights, air raids lasted from 8 p.m. to early morning, more than 1,300 places in London were on fire, many neighborhoods became a sea of fire, and even Buckingham Palace, where the British king lived, was bombed. In the horrific air raids that night, more than 300 Londoners were killed and more than 1,500 wounded. After dawn the next day, the sun could not penetrate the thick black smoke over London! Goering told his wife: "London is on fire!" "The massive German air raid on London was an attempt to bring Britain to its knees with brutal bombardments that destroyed the city. However, the British people did not succumb to such heavy losses, but on the contrary aroused hatred and determination to fight against the tyranny of the Workers' Party!

For seven days from September 7, the Germans carried out large-scale air raids on London, day and night, causing huge losses in life and property. But the loss was not in vain! The British Air Force was given a precious respite and quickly regained its combat effectiveness. In addition, there were also changes in the command sequence of the British Air Force; Dowding, commander of the Fighter Command, and Pike, the commander of the 11th Group, advocated that the squadrons should be used as units to enter the battle one by one, while the 12th Brigade Commander Mallory advocated the formation of 3 to 7 squadrons to meet the battle. After a period of actual combat testing, the British Air Force affirmed the large formation operation, with Admiral Stanmore, the deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, replacing Dowding, and the 12th Group Captain Mallory replacing Pike, as the commander of the Fighter Command and the commander of the 11th Group, respectively.

On 15 September, after eight days of adjustment and replenishment, the British Air Force dispatched more than 300 fighters from 19 squadrons to meet a large group of 200 German bombers and 600 fighters heading to London. During the day, 56 German planes were shot down, including 34 bombers, another 12 crashed with serious injuries on the way back and landing, 80 planes landed with bullet marks all over their bodies, and the British lost 20 "Hurricanes" and 6 "Spitfires" in air battles, and 7 were seriously wounded and scrapped. On this day, at the turning point of the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe finally realized that it did not have air supremacy in southern Britain and was not able to carry out air strikes as it wanted during the day, and the British Air Force was not only not destroyed, but also very strong!

Prime Minister Winston Churchill personally visited the command center of the 11th Brigade to supervise the battle, and he called this day the most intense day in the history of world air warfare! After the war, Britain designated September 15 as British Air War Day to commemorate this glorious victory!

On 16 and 17 September, the British Air Force launched bombers to launch a fierce attack on the German ships and troops assembled along the coast for landing, sinking and damaging nearly 100 ships, and inflicting heavy losses on the Germans in personnel and materials, forcing Sitara to order a halt to the build-up of ships along the coast on 18 September.

From 16 to 19 September, due to bad weather, the Germans carried out only small air raids, and the results were small. In order to reduce the loss of aircraft, Goering ordered the air raid on London to be changed from day to night from October 1, and in view of the British fighters' emphasis on attacking bombers and ignoring the characteristics of fighters, Messerschmitt-109 bombs were added during the day to carry out sneak attacks. At first, it worked, and the Messerschmitt-109, which had been equipped with bombs, reached the target without hindrance, and the bombing was successful one after another. The British immediately learned their lesson and intercepted any German aircraft, but because the Messerschmitt-109 was very bulky and vulnerable to bombs, and suffered great losses, the Germans had to stop this tactic.

In October, the Germans continued to carry out terrorist air raids on London, trying to force Britain to submit with huge material losses and deaths, but under the heavy air raids, the citizens of London still worked, lived and played as usual, and maintained the optimism and humor of the British. On 25 October, the Italian Air Force also sent planes to join the British air raids, but the Italian pilots were frightened by the sight of the British anti-aircraft artillery fire, and still dropped their bombs and fled. It was not until November 10, when the British shot down an Italian plane for the first time, that it became known that Italy had also taken part in the air battle.

On October 12, Sitara was almost forced to decide to postpone the "Sea Lion Plan" until the spring of 1941, in fact abandoning the plan to land in Britain, the so-called postponement was only a cover for the eyes and ears of the people, because the German high command had already decided to invade Red Russia in the summer of 1941, and it was naturally impossible to attack Britain again.

"You say the Chinese do not agree with us to suspend the Sea Lion program?" Sitara's mustache was almost up to his nostrils, because the Chinese Volunteers, who had only been providing repair and maintenance services for Chinese fighters, had suddenly bypassed the Luftwaffe through the Military Observer Mission (in fact, it was Ge Fatzi) and proposed to the Chief of the General Staff, Field Marshal Blausic, the establishment of a joint command, and the proposal for the Chinese Volunteer Air Force to directly participate in the war against Germany. Under the arrangement of Rear Admiral Lin Huaiqing, under the arrangement of Yang Shuai, he even proposed that the Chinese Volunteers should independently dispatch to defeat the British defense and control system, and after destroying at least 80 percent of the British air defense fighters, the Sino-German joint air force would control the sea supremacy in the strait, and deal heavy damage to the Royal Navy to ensure absolute air and sea supremacy in the strait area during the first 15 days of the Sea Lion operation. Fifteen days later, more than a dozen divisions of the two Panzer Corps of the German Army have gained a foothold, how much more waves can the British make?

"I'm afraid so. My Führer. Marshal Kasselin replied, "Although it is somewhat undignified, the proposal of the Chinese is the best solution to the current predicament of the Air Force." After communication, the Chinese agreed that we would be the commander of the joint air command, and the Chinese general would be the chief of staff. ”

"How's Goering doing? Heinrich, are all those damned British lurkers hanged? "Sitara really doesn't understand the Air Force, although the Air Knight looks like a Superior Smecta, but as the Führer, he has always relied on Goering to control the Air Force.

"Marshal Goering was shocked by the shock wave of the explosion, although the Xianglong sedan was very strong and no shelmon entered the body, but Marshal Goering's concussion symptoms were serious, and it was difficult to recover from a skull fracture in a short time. The doctors of the Chinese Volunteers have already performed a craniotomy on him, but he will need half a year of recuperation..."Looking at the Führer, whose face was gradually darkening, Heinrich, a humanoid vicious dog, immediately changed the subject: "The residents of Meryl Town have all been imprisoned in the Hoffenheim concentration camp, and all the suspects have been executed. ”

"Well, it seems that Marshal Goering needs to continue to rest for a while, Marshal Kesselline, the Luftwaffe will depend on you to master, I agree in principle with the Chinese's suggestion, if I can completely eliminate the flying insects of the British within a month, I will consider the next move." Damn Brits, vile and shameless topper hooligans, a bunch of tuberculosis carriers and inceste...."Watching the Führer's habitual curse of the British, Kessellin and Heinrich also habitually turned on the mute function, automatically blocking the great and righteous Führer's little inhumane hobby.

"It seems that the Germans have not given up yet, and we will continue to strengthen our ties with the United States, and only they can help Britain through this difficult time, except for Canada and India, everyone else can make concessions. If it weren't for the damn yellow-skinned monkey" instead of Hugh. Admiral Stanmore of Dowding was also doing similar things to Marshal Kessellin in Downing Street, and when he reported that the Luftwaffe was still intensifying air strikes against Britain and that more and more Chinese planes were intervening, he had already expected that the time had come for Fat Qiu to spray the Chinese. Admiral Stanmore, who was standing in front of the fat man who was sobbing his saliva, now wanted the Yankees' P40 fighter jet and the umbrella he kept in the gatehouse of the Prime Minister's Palace.

The German Air Force, under the command of Field Marshal Kesselling, continued to carry out night air raids on London and extended to Coventry, Birmingham, Liverpool, Southampton and other cities. The purpose of the German air raids was no longer to destroy the British Air Force, but to carry out air raids on British industrial cities to weaken the British military industry and create the illusion of attacking Britain. The most typical battle of this phase was the air raid on Coventry, the British aviation industry base, codenamed "Moonlight Sonata", on the night of 14 November.

What is particularly tragic is that the British army had accurately grasped the German army's air raid plan in advance by deciphering the German army's top secret - the Enigma cipher machine, but in order to prevent the German army from discovering this "super secret", the British wartime cabinet decided to do business as usual, neither increasing the air defense force in Coventry, nor issuing an alarm in advance to evacuate the civilians! That night, the German army dispatched a total of 349 B6 "Whirlwind" bombers, because the German army used the radio navigation technology codenamed "X-wax paste", the bombing was very accurate, 394 tons of explosive bombs and 56 tons of incendiary bombs fell in the center of Coventry, the Germans also dropped 127 time bombs to disrupt the British rescue operation, more than 50,000 buildings in Coventry were destroyed, 554 people were killed, 864 people were seriously injured, 12 factories producing aircraft parts were seriously damaged, resulting in a 20% reduction in British aircraft production, The water and electricity supply in Coventry city was interrupted for 35 days before it was restored, and the damage was quite heavy.

The British took off 120 night fighter sorties to intercept them, and the anti-aircraft artillery unit fired more than 12,000 shells, but only one German plane was shot down or damaged. From a purely military point of view, this air raid was very successful, and because it possessed the typical characteristics of strategic bombing, it was praised by many military experts as the "prototype" of the Luftwaffe's strategic bombing, and had a very far-reaching influence and significance in military history.