During these three days, Li Ling ran around, because now he is no longer just the commander of the 1st Huaxia Division, but the chief of the general staff of the entire 1st Landing Group, and he needs to study and formulate the personnel distribution and tactical formulation of all troops in the first stage of the entire landing operation. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although Britain looks very strong, it is only what it seems, Britain has no decent armed forces other than the powerful Royal Navy, the few army divisions are seriously underequipped, a huge country has only a few hundred artillery pieces and a few tanks, and the British Royal Air Force has also lost all the time in the war of attrition, and less than a thousand aircraft have made it impossible for them to defend the skies over the English Channel.

Therefore, according to the idea of the Supreme Command, the troops that really carried out the sea-crossing landing operation did not need to devote all their strength as they did to attack France, and only 30 divisions, of which 8 armored divisions were sufficient.

The campaign against Britain was in essence not a duel between the army, but a war to test the defense of the navy and the offensive of the air force.

That is, just three days after the troops began to assemble in full force and the 16th operational order was issued, the time for the real offensive was determined, but it was not issued to the whole army, but only to the various commands.

Li Ling stood in the hall of the temporary headquarters of the First Landing Cluster, took the order in his hand, and read it over and over again, "Marshal, are you sure that the time of our attack is on the morning of August 25th?" ”

The commander of the first landing group was Fedor von Bock, who had just been awarded the rank of field marshal, and the commanders of the small group were all field marshals, so you can imagine the importance of this battle of the German high command, and they wanted to try to solve Britain in the shortest possible time, because they did not have much time to spend on a small island country, and the Soviet Union to the east of Germany was the real threat.

"Yes, I also just got the order, I don't know exactly why it was set on the 25th, it is said that the Navy and the Air Force decided by themselves, in short, it doesn't matter what time it is for our Army, as long as it is on England, everything is no longer a problem."

"However, it is clear that it only indicates the specific time of Eagle Day, that is, the time of the full-scale attack of the Air Force, and it does not indicate the time when the landing force will officially launch the attack."

"Let all the units be ready before the 25th, and as soon as the day of the eagle arrives and the air force begins a full-scale offensive, the navy will at the same time completely blockade the English Channel, and then the time before we board the ship and cross the sea can be counted in seconds."

Bock looked up at the roof, as the commander of the first landing group, the burden on his body was not ordinarily heavy, before the whole world could not find such a large-scale landing campaign, although according to the war chess deduction, everything should go smoothly, but he was still a little worried, for fear that something would be missed, and there would be some accidents.

"Okay, then in that case, I'll go back, after all, my troops, as an important part of the offensive, have not been formed for a long time, and I need to go back to make final preparations."

"Then you go, just keep the communication going, if there is any problem, I will let someone find you."

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After leaving the headquarters and returning to the garrison of the First Huaxia Division, Li Ling's whole person began to get busy nervously, and he could no longer see that cynical smile on his face, which was full of a solemn atmosphere, and the requirements for the training of the troops were becoming more and more strict.

In the midst of the rigorous training work, time always passed very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the time had already reached the 24th, and there was only one last day before the start time of the air force's general offensive.

While the army and navy were preparing for war, the Luftwaffe was also not easy, because Eagle Day was the time for their all-out attack, which was an order given directly to the Luftwaffe, and they were the ones who were most nervous.

For the Luftwaffe as a whole, there is actually one unit that is the most special and at the same time the most intense.

This unit is located at the St. Omer airfield in the rear of Calais, it is a newly formed air force, unlike other new air groups, they are all elites drawn from various units, and only a small number are rookies! Such a unit is not destined to be an ordinary one!

Because the aircraft they flew was not the same aircraft that the Luftwaffe had ever been equipped with, but the entire 60 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers that had been produced by Germany at full speed!

These behemoths have been waiting for the war to come, just like all the crew members in this unit.

"Urgent order, urgent order!"

On the morning of that day, while the pilots were still eating breakfast in the cafeteria, a young man who was not very old suddenly rushed into the canteen with an order, and his noise instantly attracted everyone's attention.

However, it is clear that the Air Force is a place where seniority is very serious, and this emergency order was directly snatched away by a veteran pilot.

When the veteran got the order, his face finally became solemn, and then he walked to the middle of the cafeteria and held it high in the air.

"Gentlemen, the sky over the strait is clear, and we will have our first combat mission! Tomorrow is Eagle Day, we will appear in the skies over the British for the first time today, carrying out bombing missions, the purpose is to clear the way for tomorrow's all-out attack, our bombing target is the rear airfield of the British, this time codenamed Operation Eagle Day! ”

As he spoke, the veteran pilot's hand began to tremble. Trembling, he was so excited.

This air force has never appeared in the public eye, and no one knows what the combat effectiveness of this new aircraft is, but these pilots know very well, they never imagined that there could be such a perfect aircraft, they have been waiting for the real combat order to be given, they know that when the order is given, they will make history, they will shock the world!

"Emergency assembly, emergency assembly, each captain will go to the conference room to assemble within 10 minutes, and a combat mission will be issued! Repeated, there is a combat mission issued! ”

The loudspeaker in the corner of the cafeteria suddenly rang out without warning, and everyone knew that the moment they had been waiting for was finally coming!

"Beautiful!" "Okay!" "It's finally time for this day!"

For a moment, the entire cafeteria erupted in bursts of cheers, yes, they had suppressed it for too long. They were all waiting for this moment, waiting for the moment when all the bombs they carried on their planes were poured over the heads of the British at the same time!

(To be continued.) )