The sun was still shining outside the window, and on August 9, Germany still launched a full 300 bombers to attack the main urban area of London. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Fierce air battles continued to erupt over London, and the British took off 44 fighters to fight, but did not serve the purpose of driving out the German bombers.

In this battle, the British lost a full 30 fighters, and only 14 returned safely. And Germany was shot down only 3 bombers, and 12 fighters.

The main reason for this disparity was the absolute superiority of the German fighters in numbers. 44 British fighters, to face a full 130 German fighters escorted.

Because of tactical innovations, the German fighter unit was not tied to the bomber group, but became a free hunting force, specifically looking for opportunities after the chaos of the British fighter formation.

In this way, the number of British fighters became smaller and smaller, so that finally there was a situation that the Germans wanted to see.

The British fighter force fell into a disadvantage, and had to send planes to fight the German planes, and the attrition loss became a fatal wound, and the British Air Force gradually bled to death.

The loss of 30 of the 44 fighters was the last straw for General Dowding, whose air force had completely lost air supremacy over London.

The 13th Air Group had to go into a state of rest that day, after all, their current strength was less than half of what they had at the beginning of the battle.

What made Dowding even more desperate was that British fighter production could not keep up with consumption, and the replenishment that Churchill promised him was simply a lie.

He didn't get any additions other than five new Spitfires and five new Hurricanes.

He lost more than 30 planes in one day, only to receive only 10, how could this not make him angry?

Churchill was also furious, and most of the replenishment he promised to Dowding had now sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic.

However, in the case of the attack on the J-18 transport fleet, the navy is desperately trying to shirk its responsibility.

In Churchill's view, if it were not for the leakage of intelligence, how could such an important supplementary transport fleet be discovered by the German Navy so coincidentally.

He believed that it must have been the German Navy that had mastered the routes and other information of the British Navy transport fleet, so that it was possible to design an ambush circle so accurately and attack such a huge fleet.

Hearing his subordinates say this, Churchill looked at each other hatefully and said, "You don't think it's a bad intelligence leak? ”

From the beginning of Operation Ballista, that is, the unilateral decision of Britain to attack the French fleet, the judgment of intelligence leakage has been troubling British high-level decision-makers.

Because of the judgment of the commander of the H fleet, Somerville, the British naval top brass suspected each other of arresting and censoring, and for a month they were tossed and turned, but they were not able to find the spies of the Germans.

The same thing happened immediately after that with the Air Force, which has been under review for seven days, and most of the commanders are still locked in confinement cells, unable to conduct air defense operations.

This gave the Germans numerous tactical advantages and made the British counterattack stiff and unruly. Britain has paid countless costs and gained nothing.

Therefore, after the J-18 transport fleet was ambushed, the British naval top brass immediately made up their minds that it was not the work of enemy spies.

Because they're afraid, they're afraid to go into that horrible state of censorship again. If you fall into internal chaos again, it will cause more problems.

They were fed up with the atmosphere of suspicion of their own people, so one by one they endured Churchill's murderous gaze and pretended to be confused.

You can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, and in the same way, you can't wake up a person who is pretending to be confused.

Churchill, too, had been emaciated by the German spy who seemed to never be found, and he looked at his men and did not say a word for a long time.

In this state, he didn't know what to do. If he insisted on his judgment, he would be making enemies of almost all of his men.

"Sir, I have to ask solemnly......" One of the admirals looked at Churchill and said, "On what basis did the first person who thought that there was a traitor among us?" ”

After hearing this ......question, Churchill suddenly realized that Somerville's judgment might be a mistake.

Fleet H was ambushed by the Italian Navy, and it is possible that it was not a spy who revealed the news, but just in time for the Italian fleet to go to the Oran Sea.

Thinking about it this way, it is possible that the Italian navy went to Oran for the same purpose as the British H fleet: to take out the escaped French fleet!

It's just that Britain took the lead themselves, so the Italian navy turned into a friendly force to save the French fleet......

If you think about it this way, then Somerville's judgment that there are spies within the navy is a wrong conclusion.

Relying on a wrong conclusion, judging that there are spies in one's own people, and finally finding nothing, is naturally a matter of course.

However, if this is really the case, then the matter on the naval side can still be explained, and what should we think about the incident at the radar station of the Air Force?

"As for the navy, I will trust your judgment for the time being......" Churchill thought about it in his mind, and he also thought that it might be because Italy was crooked, which aroused his suspicions.

After all, the Air Force and Navy have high-level spies, and they can provide a lot of detailed information to the German speculation, which is too whimsical.

If the Germans really had the ability to arrange several high-level spies at the level of generals at the top of the British leadership, how could they explain the success of Operation Dunkirk under the noses of the Germans?

As for what exactly is wrong with the Air Force...... Churchill also knew that there would be no decent answer to asking the person in front of him.

The Navy and the Air Force are not the same department, and the Air Force has absolutely nothing to do with the affairs of the Air Force.

Whether the Air Force has spies or not, the Navy will not ask, and it has no right to ask. As for whether the Air Force will review or not...... What the hell about the navy?

After thinking about it, Churchill still had a headache. The fact that the J-18 transport fleet was ambushed by German submarines at sea had already brought the British side into a dangerous trough against the forces of German expansion.

If it could not replenish its forces in time, Britain would really be powerless to resist the German troops that landed, and he Churchill would become the last Prime Minister of Britain......

"The matter of the J-18 transport fleet will continue to be investigated secretly! But since you all think it was an accident, let's treat it as an accident! Churchill had no choice but to compromise.

Then he looked at his men and continued: "The GH-67 transport fleet is already on its way, don't have any accidents!" ”

After he finished speaking, he paused, and then stared at the admiral who spoke first just now: "I hope that the accident you said will not occur a second or third time...... Otherwise, it means that it is not an accident. ”

The general was stunned, then stood there without answering Churchill's words. Churchill stopped paying attention to him, turned and walked back behind his desk.

Now, he can only believe for a moment that the Germans had gained some advantage by mistake, and that the British top brass had made the foolish mistake of suspecting themselves.

"Sir, this kind of thing is strange......" said an officer of the British intelligence service to Churchill, who had just wanted to sit down.

Churchill was stunned for a moment, then stood behind his desk, looked at the other and asked, "What do you want to say, say it?" ”

"If we have important intelligence about the enemy...... For example, the enemy's password, the specific location of the industrial area, etc., will it be used without reservation? The intelligence officer opened his mouth to express his doubts.

"Although I know that the information that the Germans have obtained is indeed very important, especially the matter of the radar station." The officer was a little apprehensive in front of Churchill, and little by little he said what he thought.

The more he spoke, the more fluent he became, and the speed of his speech became faster: "However, since there is such a hidden intelligence officer, who knows if he will get other more important information?" ”

"So such an important intelligence officer, Germany will definitely protect it at all costs." He spoke his own judgment.

Churchill seemed to hear something, but did not grasp the key to it, so he frowned and commanded him: "Go on!" Keep talking! ”

"If we have such an intelligence officer, we will try our best to protect him, so that the other party will not know about his existence at all!" The intelligence officer said to Churchill: "But the Germans seem to have done the opposite. ”

"It seems to be the opposite!" This sentence, like a thunderbolt from the sky, woke up Churchill and plunged him into a thicker fog.

"They seem to be afraid that we don't know that our information has been leaked, and they want to use it completely to attack our ......," the intelligence officer said his speculation.

"If you analyze it from the other party's point of view, it is not reasonable." When he said this, he closed his mouth.

As the saying goes, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and the Germans' blatant use of intelligence in this way exudes a fearless arrogance from the inside out.

Churchill was not a fool, and he quickly made his own judgment: either the other side only got the information by chance, and did not really infiltrate the British high-level, and if the information obtained by chance was not used, it would be invalid after it expired.

There is another possibility: the intelligence agent who infiltrated the UK on the other side is something that the UK cannot find at all......

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