In his previous life, John knew a little about the "Sea Lion Project" of the German invasion of the British mainland. www.biquge.info The Wehrmacht High Command planned to land 13 divisions in the first wave of the offensive at various points on the southern coast from Ramsgate west to Lem Regis in the east, and to place 12,000 airborne troops behind the landing sites.

After that, the Germans were to advance into the island, gaining a foothold on the front that stretched east from Gloucester to the south of Kirchester. Hitler and his commanders believed that by that time Britain should have surrendered and a military junta would be established.

However, John knew very little about the "Cromwell" plan, the home defense plan formulated by the British, in his previous life. When he read these "classified documents", John somewhat understood why this plan was deliberately covered up by the British authorities. Because in this defense plan, he smelled a strong smell of burning jade.

One of the materials shows that in the south of England, where the Germans are most likely to land, not only will the regular troops of the Southern Military District and the National Guard fight to the last soldier, they even plan to distribute Molotov cocktails to civilians, and 150,000 have already been produced.

In another material, the British were also preparing to blow up all the important bridges, railway lines in the south of England after the Germans landed. Moreover, the installation of explosives has already begun.

It was clear to everyone that this move, while cutting off the German advance route, would also cut off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of regular troops and the National Guard in the Southern Military District, meaning that they had no third choice but to die in battle and be captured.

"These Brits are ruthless, how do they feel like Japanese style." John smacked his tongue as he watched. Could it be that this plan was designed by British Field Marshal Hirohito?

That said, Britain has always had a tradition of awarding the title of marshal to foreign heads of state or members of the royal family. Japan's Emperor Hirohito was awarded the title of British Field Marshal in 1930, while his father, Emperor Taisho, received it in 1918. However, it is not surprising to consider that during the First World War, Kaiser Wilhelm II was also a "British Field Marshal".

The ruthlessness of the English reminded John of the soft-footed Frenchman quite naturally. It seems that the so-called "feudal remnants" are also not useless. In many cases, the traditional feudal aristocracy had the courage to sacrifice for the country and the nation more than the weak capitalist class "democrats". They consider it their duty to fight for the honor of their homeland and contribute in times of crisis.

Even though the traditional "gentlemen's wars" are long gone, these children of the British aristocracy, influenced by the martial spirit and chivalric tradition, still play an important role in the military world. As in the last world war, a significant number of the first British young men to sign up for the army came from aristocratic families.

Because these people have been hunting on horseback in the manor territory since they were children, and their military quality is far beyond that of ordinary civilians, they are basically low-level officers in the front-line troops, that is, the group of people who need to personally lead their soldiers to charge into battle.

John had read a report in his previous life that in World War I, 6 million British adult males went to war, and the mortality rate was 12.5%. The mortality rate of the children of British nobles who enlisted in the army was more than 20%. At Eton College, a famous aristocratic school in Britain at that time, the casualty rate of aristocratic students participating in the war was even as high as 45%.

It is no wonder that Hitler also always favored the traditional aristocracy of Germany, who were much more reliable than the capitalists in wartime.

Of course, the British did not wait passively for the enemy to land. They are well aware that hundreds of self-powered barges have moved south from German and Dutch ports to northern French ports in the past few weeks. However, the German Navy lacked the necessary escort capabilities, and until it completely gained air supremacy over the Channel, it was only a means to threaten the British population and create panic and chaos.

Therefore, the current struggle for air supremacy is the key to the Battle of Great Britain. As soon as they lost air supremacy, the landing of the Germans was inevitable. To this end, Churchill's close friend, Baron Beaverbrook, a dynamic newspaper proprietor, had been invited to join the wartime cabinet as the newly created Minister of Aircraft Production.

The Canadian-born journalist provocatively bypassed the normal working procedures of Whitehall and stepped on the toes of other departments to steal all the resources available to the aircraft factory. A month before he took office, Britain planned to produce 171 combat aircraft, but only 141 were completed. And this month, aircraft production has begun to move closer to 500 aircraft.

However, it is clear that aircraft alone will not work, and the loss of pilots is a big problem. Goering was constantly attacking RAF airfields and radar stations, and despite the extremely "stingy" throwing in his planes by Air Force General Sir Hugh Dowding, experienced fighter pilots continued to be lost. Little by little, the fighter forces of the Royal Air Force are heading towards collapse.

Now, pilots who have just completed their training, often only getting used to the Spitfire for less than 20 hours to be put into combat, and many of them are shot down in the first sortie. Dowding had lost 11 of his 46 squadron leaders, 39 of his 97 squad leaders, and those who survived were physically exhausted.

In a Royal Air Force recruitment and training document, John saw plans for an additional international air wing. Pilots from Commonwealth countries such as South Africa, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Canada, Australia and New Zealand are arriving with their own aircraft.

In addition, a number of freedom fighters from "fallen countries" such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Norway, France, and the Netherlands, as well as "neutral countries" such as the United States, Iceland, Denmark, and Ireland, will also join the ranks of the Royal Air Force.

For example, the three Czech fighter squadrons (310th, 311th, 312th squadrons) that have been put into battle, most of them are the elite of the former Czechoslovak Air Force. After the German annexation of Czechoslovakia, they broke away from the army and joined the French Foreign Legion, where they fought the Germans in Porto and had extensive combat experience.

The Polish Air Force, which had its own headquarters in London (it was part of the Polish government-in-exile and under the unified command of the Royal Air Force, maintained its own independent status), also took an active part in the defense of Great Britain's airspace. The more than 300 pilots had all undergone two years of training, had an average of 500 hours of flying experience and were filled with hatred for the Germans. The first two Polish squadrons, 302 and 303, based in Middlesex, had already achieved high numbers of shootdowns.

Of greatest interest to John was the part of the material about the American Volunteer Fighter Squadron. Obviously, the British were not very comfortable with the Yankee Eagles, who had only a short period of experience flying small civil aircraft, into battle. They were equipped with only a couple of American Buffalo carrier-based aircraft. John speculated that this was probably the same batch that Crawford had found at the Dallas Aviation School.

But John knew that these adventurous American lads weren't so easy to fool. Historically, this batch of "buffaloes" was quickly scrapped in a succession of inexplicable landing accidents. It wasn't until the British had to dress them up with "Hurricanes" that the boys stopped.

While others don't think highly of them, John doesn't. Historically, the Eagle Squadron is also a legend of the U.S. Air Force, giving birth to a large number of ace pilots. He's looking forward to meeting future aerial combat heroes like Bill Duna and Geth Diamond.