Running his finger over the huge aerial photo, Xu Jun found the target he was looking for under the guidance of Jeshunek.

"Oh, yes, it looks like it's completely destroyed." Xu Jun put down the magnifying glass in his hand, he straightened up and twisted his neck.

"I have already read the report of yesterday's battle, so please once again convey on my behalf to the pilots who participated in the battle the congratulations of the High Command and myself on their brilliant victory. Tell them that meritorious service members will receive medals and medals from me personally. ”。

"Yes, my Führer." Jeshunek bowed his head respectfully.

"Now on to the rest of the agenda, Your Excellency Chief of Staff." Xu Jun walked to the end of the map table and sat down in his ornate high-backed chair.

"My Führer, our Air Force Staff believes that the current conditions are ripe for an immediate entry into the second stage of combat." Jeshunek stood at the map table, picked up a whip, and pointed to the aerial maps that covered the entire table.

"Since the beginning of the week, the Air Force General Command has mobilized the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 4th Air Units, plus the Educational Auxiliary Air Force, to make a total of 8,700 sorties to effectively strike at the RAF. At present, the Eleventh Air Force of the British Royal Air Force has basically lost its combat capability, and the Twelfth Air Force has lost more than half. ”

"I need more conclusive evidence, Your Excellency Chief of Staff." Xu Jun said as he lit a cigar.

"Lord Kesselring." Jeshunek tilted his head at Kesselring.

"My Führer, this morning we sent two fighter squadrons to carry out a surprise attack on the airspace over Dover, the Fourth Air Force took off two fighter groups and a bomber group at Cherbourg to raid the Portsmouth military port, and the attack was all successful, and the British Air Force had only a few sporadic fighter squadrons to harass and intercept, all of which were annihilated on the spot, and our losses were slight, all of which came from the attack of anti-aircraft fire from the ground. What we can be sure of at the moment: ”。

Kesselring stood up and took the whip from Jeshunek. Point to the southern part of the UK on the map. "The Eleventh Air Force of the Royal Air Force, which we know to be divided into seven air defence zones, with twelve main bases and airfields, has been able to confirm in these two days of raids that the six main bases on the first line from Dover to Exeter have been completely destroyed, that the airfields have been severely damaged, and that the remaining six bases of the second line, with the exception of two airfields in the Greater London Defence Zone and one near the northern line, have also suffered serious losses.

According to the latest high-altitude reconnaissance intelligence. There are very few planes on these bases, and reports from the High Command Intelligence Service indicate that the British have begun to transfer aircraft from the strategic reserve to the bases of the 12th Air Force, but there is no sign of replenishment of the 11th Air Force. ”。

"According to the intelligence of the High Command, the British Air Force is moving their fighter defenses back, and they can no longer afford the losses caused by the battle for airspace off the southern coast. They began to concentrate their forces on point air defenses, and this morning the Times published the British government's third child evacuation order for London residents. At the same time, they are evacuating large quantities of manufacturing plants from the banks of the Thames, and the whole city is desperately digging bomb shelters and basements. Wehrle said on the side.

"How was our loss this week?" Xu Jun frowned and took the document passed by Weierle.

"The latest concrete data is being collated, my Führer. According to the data compiled by the Air Force Command from the various wings, we have lost 137 fighters from the first air raid to the present, including 30 heavy destroyers. Seventy-five other bombers, all twin-engine bombers, and more than fifty Stuka dive bombers were lost. All Stuka pilots were shot down while attacking sea targets. Most of the pilots we lost in the skies over Britain, except for those who died on the spot, have been captured by the British, and the exact number needs to be confirmed by the intelligence system. ”。

"We have ordered pilots to parachute over the Channel or to make a forced landing on the French coast as much as possible, and if they have to parachute over the UK, the pilots should immediately surrender to the nearest British team or policeman, and our seaplane fleet is now conducting search and rescue activities over the Channel every day." Jeshunek chimed in.

"Here, on behalf of those brave pilots, I would like to express my gratitude to His Excellency the Führer, thanks to your advice, many of our pilots were rescued in a timely manner. As you can expect, the British sent a large number of small fishing boats to patrol the strait, and their fishermen, while searching for and rescuing the British parachutists, shamelessly attacked our injured pilots who parachuted into the sea, and at the same time prevented our search and rescue planes from approaching.

Thankfully, we followed your advice and incorporated gunboat aircraft into the search and rescue aircraft formation, and now in the strait, any British fishing boat that dares to approach our overboard pilots will be mercilessly attacked by gunboat aircraft. ”

"Our personnel in Britain were ordered to keep a close watch on the movements of the Luftwaffe prisoners of war, their places of detention, the treatment they were subjected to, and if possible, it would be advisable to obtain a specific number and name. And pay attention to the fact that as soon as the British are found to be trying to transfer our prisoners of war overseas, they should immediately report to the high command. I am sure that the British, in order to prevent the prisoners of war from escaping, will send our prisoners to other Commonwealth countries, such as Canada, and we must not allow their plot to succeed, and in this regard the High Command Intelligence Service will consult with the Air Force and Navy. ”

"Yes, my Führer!" Wehrle nodded in acknowledgement.

"Now let's talk about the results we have obtained so far, the intelligence officers of the High Command in Britain have obtained the loss report of the Royal Air Force, this is top-secret information, it cannot be disseminated, and it is not to be recorded." Jeshunek said to the chief officer and senior staff officers of the air force present.

"At present, the British Royal Air Force has lost 520 aircraft of all types as of 12 o'clock yesterday afternoon, of which 42 are fighters, 90 are bombers, and 18 are of the rest of the aircraft. The total number of existing single-engine fighters in RAF Fighter Command has dropped to three hundred and thirty, of which only eighty are Spitfires left, and the rest are Hurricanes. They also had their latest handsome Warrior twin-engine fighters, a total of only 30 units, which were scattered across their Blenheim bomber group for use as destroyers, and had been equipped for less than a month. I think these planes are not yet capable of producing combat effectiveness.

According to intelligence, the British fighter command is trying to regroup the remaining fighter squadrons and is mobilizing their last fighter reserves, which are believed to be around one hundred and twenty, including forty Spitfires, plus those just produced in the first half of this month, and it is expected that by next week, the RAF will receive about sixty Spitfires, as well as a hundred Hurricanes. The total number of fighters will return to five hundred. ”

"They have run out of gas, and the fighter units of the British Air Force are depleting his last reserves. There are very few skilled pilots left, and the newly recruited pilots are said to have only been trained for six months and have just learned to fly in formation, while most of our pilots have already experienced a hundred battles, and even reserve pilots have all been trained for two years. Kesselring laughed.

"Don't take it lightly, my Excellency, Commander." Xu Jun smiled and shook his finger at Kesselring.

"From the analysis of the combat report of the fighter wing, our technical equipment is only on par with the British Royal Air Force, and does not occupy an overwhelming advantage. Our victory was achieved through clever tactical use and superiority in our forces. The British Spitfire was still the most threatening enemy of the Luftwaffe, and it was still important to pay attention to it.

I don't want any German pilot to have any contempt for this fighter because he was superstitious about the results in the battle report. It would cost him his life. Therefore, the work of the 9527th Imaginary Enemy Squadron has been done very well, the high command will commend it, and the scope of air combat confrontation training will continue to expand. Every fighter wing must send seed pilots to the air combat training base to conduct advanced confrontation drills, and every pilot must have a clear understanding of the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. Xu Jun raised an eyebrow and looked at Yeshunek.

"Your will, my Führer." The Chief of Staff of the Air Force hurriedly nodded yes.

"Indeed, my Führer. Of the fighters of the British Air Force, only the Spitfire poses a threat to the BF109, and the rest of the models are not worth mentioning. Your chosen plunder attack is the best tactic against Spitfire, using high-speed attacks in the vertical plane to weaken your opponent's advantage when maneuvering horizontally. Harness the ferocious fire of the cannons to strike a fatal blow. Jeshunek replied.

"The Spitfire only has a certain advantage over the BF109 in terms of roll speed, however, our pilots have reported that the Spitfire does not have much advantage over the BF109 when circling and grappling, the main problem is in the leading edge of the BF109, many inexperienced pilots tend to rush into the hover before slowing down to the speed at which the slats open, in fact, if you restrain a little and wait until the speed is reduced to the automatic slats opening, the BF109 can get a hovering radius comparable to the Spitfire." Xu Jun gestured with his palm in the air combat.

"However, I would recommend not getting into a fight with the Spitfire if possible, as our EFI system has the advantage of gravity maneuvering, which of course needs to be exploited. In addition, the question that I discussed with Kesselring last week has been confirmed so far, whether it is General Kesselring. Xu Jun said to Kesselring.

"Yes, my Führer! We did encounter problems in the voyage, due to the need to spend a lot of time to do marshalling and escort maneuvers, the stay time of the BF109 in British airspace was compressed between 30 and 20 minutes, if the enemy went out to intercept it, if you want to carry out free hunting in the target airspace, then this time is a little insufficient, many fighters are entangled with enemy aircraft for too long, and lost in vain when returning home, which I feel very sad and regretful. However, at present, all the parts for the modification of the airborne auxiliary fuel tanks have been allocated to the fighter wings, and the ground crew is working hard to speed up the modification, and the problem of range will soon be solved.

However, in the current situation, our bombers are also starting to encounter range problems, if fully loaded, the range of the HE111 will be reduced by a third, and in order to effectively attack the British Air Force's bases in the north and west, we need to modify it to increase its range, or reduce the bomb load and increase the number of bombing sorties. ”

"That's Milch's responsibility, and I've started to intervene in it, but it's going to take time." Xu Jun stood up, walked around to the map table, and stared at the aviation map with a cigar.

"By moving the defense belt back, the British Royal Air Force has seen the shortcomings in our flight range, and they are abandoning the forward air bases in order to lure us deep into the interior of Britain to attack, and then take advantage of the weakness of our army's limited time in the air to concentrate on forcing our bombing and fighter groups to fight with them, and our aircraft groups may not only give up their combat strike missions because of excessive fuel consumption, but will also become an easy target to attack when they return home."

"I have been speculating on the strategy used by the British Air Force, and listening to your analysis has opened my eyes to you, and I admire your wisdom with great admiration, my Führer." Jeshunek complimented with a smirk.

"But we don't just have the Air Force! It is time to start striking at the British in depth, the British chain radar system has lost its inducing effect, these behemoths are of little use to us, and will cause some obstacles in the later operations. Xu Jun exhaled a puff of smoke.

"It's time, give you two days to destroy all radar stations in the target area, and the high command will issue you a written order."

"Yes, my Führer"

"Jeshunek, I agreed to start the second phase of the battle, and now it's ...... At one o'clock in the afternoon of the fifteenth. Tomorrow morning, the 16th began at 1 a.m., and at the same time the 16th was determined to be D-5. Xu Jun walked back to his seat.

"That's all for this regular meeting, Jeshunek and Kesselring stay, and half an hour later attend the regular army meeting of the High Command. I think Brauchitsch will have a lot of questions for you, and you'll have half an hour to get the information ready. ”

"Yes, my Führer!" The Air Force officers stood up and saluted, then gathered the papers and photos on the table and walked out of the conference room in a huddle. Jeshunek walked last, and after nodding respectfully to Xu Jun, he closed the door with his own hands.

Xu Jun turned around and walked to the window, raised his head and looked at the zeppelin floating high above the base.

"Weierle!"

"Yes, my Führer."

The name "Sea Lion" always feels a little unlucky, how about changing it to "Overlord"? (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and faster!)