"Your Excellency, two hours have passed since the scheduled return time, and if you look at this day and the length of time, there are very few estimates left to fly back. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 At the tower of the PU2 airfield, an officer said to Lieutenant General Trenchard, who was still insisting on waiting for the bomber formation to return, at this time, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening, and more than 12 hours had passed since the departure of the group, which was basically more than the maximum endurance of the FB27 bomber, and the V1500 bomber was almost close to the limit, and considering that during the entire battle, when he went out with a bomb, then the endurance time was naturally shortened.

"No, I'm going to wait, it's me who sent these good lads to this unpredictable battlefield, so it's my duty and duty to watch them return safely." Lieutenant General Trenchard trembled and lit his pipe, and the sparks flickered, just as confident as the current lieutenant general. It was almost on the verge of ruin.

The first to come back was the B group that attacked Constantinople, the two squadrons had a total of 36 bombers and 24 returned, a steady two-thirds, 7 of the 12 bombers lost were destroyed, and 5 bombers were lost because of damage or malfunction, although this loss rate was still a bit high in the eyes of Vice Admiral Trenchard, but considering that they blew up two German super dreadnoughts, it was still worth it overall, and the personnel of the British Navy were congratulating the vice admiral on the success of Group B.

And then the situation of the C group was very bad, the same 2 squadrons of 36 bombers, in the end only 14 planes flew back alive, more than half of the bombers were destroyed or lost due to malfunctions, after hearing the news, Lieutenant General Trenchard's heart was like a knife. However, it is said that they have severely damaged 2 German battleships, and there may be one of them Super Dreadnought, which seems to be a reasonable record, and Vice Admiral Trenhard is worried about his own losses, but for the others, it is also a huge victory!

And for the largest group A, after the interruption of communications, the lieutenant general himself was extremely worried, they flew the farthest, although by surprise, but considering the slow return route, the German interceptor force had plenty of time to arrange interception, in this case, considering the losses of group B and group C, Lieutenant General Trenchard's initial guess of the attack loss of group A was about 45%.

"Forty-five percent, that's more than 30 bombers, including the precious V1500 bomber." As soon as he thought of this, Lieutenant Admiral Trenchard felt heartache, the most elite equipment and the most elite crew of the Royal Air Force organized this attack, they may not be too remarkable in terms of numbers, and in terms of the value of the equipment, they are not particularly amazing, but the hundreds of crew members who operate these flying behemoths are the treasures of the Royal Air Force! They are the best of the best! It's the tinder of the Royal Air Force bomber unit! These people are worth much more than the bombers they fly!

"Group A has a total of 420 crews, and he was selected by me from the entire air force, even if it is only half of the loss, then the combat efficiency of the Royal Air Force bomber unit will be reduced by at least 1 percent!" While waiting for Group A to return, Lieutenant General Trenhard said. Because they are fighting in the airspace above the enemy, it is almost impossible for the personnel to be rescued as long as the plane is destroyed, and even if the Turks do not capture them, they will not have the ability to swim across the Aegean Sea.......

And as time passed, even after the scheduled return time was extended by more than 1 hour, the return that Lieutenant General Trenchard was looking forward to did not come! When the sun set and night gradually fell, the bomber unit of Group A had not returned, and at this time, communication and communication were not ......restored.

It's not that the Germans' electronic jamming covered the entire flight route, but that the British bomber units, which were already scared, didn't even dare to send a report! Please.,If you send a message, it will be positioned sideways by radio by the other party.,What if the other party chases after me again at this time?! Looking at the bombers with less than a squadron left around him, Colonel Short asked the entire fleet to maintain radio silence! And this order was naturally endorsed by colleagues who were already nervously broken.

"General, they're back! Our reconnaissance ships at sea saw our bombers. At this time, the dead silence of the tower was finally broken by the ringing of the telephone, and a British destroyer 20 kilometers away from the airport spotted the returning British bomber detachment, and notified the airport by telegram, and the airport forwarded the information by telephone.

"How many more? I knew they would come back, maybe they chose a tortuous path to avoid interception, but they came back in the end, my children, the warriors of the British Empire! Lieutenant General Trenhard threw away his pipe and said happily.

"Now, go and get ready for our warriors' triumph, empty all the runways, prepare the ground crews for their return, and the logistics department, tell the cooks, throw all the damn cans in the trash! They need fresh beef, seafood specialties from the Mediterranean, and wine from Bordeaux, France! Just go! Lieutenant General Trenchard was a little incoherent, and he couldn't wait to see his men come back in safety and enjoy the hard time after the battle.

Under the orders of the lieutenant general, thousands of people working at the airport, from the commander down to the cook, were mobilized to prepare for the arrival of the A group, and even the cars prepared for the senior officers had already driven to the tarmac, and the warriors of the British Empire, who had been fighting in the sky for twelve hours, and now that they were back, how could they walk back on their feet? Arranging a car is inevitable! And the chefs are not unequivocal, preparing a table, meat, vegetables and wine for at least 500 people to eat. In the end, however, what they waited for was .......

"This, it seems to be a little less." After the blurred figure on the horizon finally became clear, the Britons present finally discovered that there were three or two kittens when Colonel Short came, and compared with the black pressure when he set off, the size of this group was too small, and it could even be described as pitiful.

"Maybe it's just a striker." An officer whispered.

"Even if there are other planes still alive, if they don't fly back within half an hour, then we will have to go to sea to catch them." An officer next to him said with a pale face.

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