"We know it's dangerous, but we don't have a choice!" At this time, at Hunton's air base, Craig Brown, squadron leader of the 36th Blenheim Bomber Squadron, shouted to his subordinates: "Yes, yes, this task is what I have won." ”

"The Germans are raging above our heads, right in our capital, London, and the Germans have bombed our seat of government in a vain attempt to bring us to our knees, but we will never give in!"

Craig was giving his subordinates a battle order, but this order was unacceptable to many people.

The bombing of Berlin, the capital of Germany, was definitely a mortal mission, and such a task was not ordered, but applied, and out of six bomber squadrons, Craig applied for this mission.

Now, he had to convince his men.

"Yes, we will not give in!" One of the captains said: "Since the Germans threw the bomb on our capital, we also want to throw the bomb on the head of the Germans, and our crew is willing to carry out this mission!" ”

"This time, six bombers are needed to bomb Berlin, and now, whoever wants to go, raise their hands and sign up." Craig said.

He was very satisfied, and his subordinates raised their hands in unison!

"Okay, everybody's great." "Then we'll choose the six most experienced crews to bomb Berlin, and the rest, to bomb Paris," Craig said. ”

Bomb Paris!

When Craig applied for the order, the entire squadron was dispatched to bomb Berlin, which was very dangerous, and the symbolic significance was even greater, so Craig only planned to use six, and the rest were all going to bomb Paris, because that evil guy was in Paris!

When the commander of the bomber unit received the task, he searched and found that only the Blenheim bomber was suitable for his subordinates.

In the thirties, most of the British bombers, like fighters, were biplanes, and single-wing ones were quite rare, and the famous four-engine bomber Lancaster, which was famous in later history, has not yet been seen.

The predecessor of the "Blenheim" was the "Bristol" 142, the fastest flying passenger aircraft in Europe, which first flew in April 1935. At the same time, after being converted into a bomber, it was also the first modern all-metal load-bearing cantilever monoplane ordered by the British Air Force.

In March 1937, Blenheim bombers began to equip the British Air Force's bombing squadrons to replace the aging light biplane bombers such as the Hawke, Hart and Odarksey.

And by now, this bomber is already the main force of British medium bombers. Not only the British mainland, but also the overseas colonies were equipped with a lot.

Throughout World War II, a total of 4,422 Blenheim aircraft participated in combat operations in various theaters.

The latest modification of this bomber already has a endurance of more than 2,300 kilometers, which is just enough to meet the round-trip bombing of Berlin.

Therefore, just from the choice of route, they put forward high requirements, they must not make any mistakes in the middle, otherwise, they may not be able to fly back.

"It seems that we can only fly in a straight line, starting from the base, crossing Dutch airspace and reaching Berlin. In this way, it was also possible to avoid the radar warning network of the Germans. A captain said.

If you look at the distance, it seems that it will be easier to fly directly over the North Sea from the middle of Britain, but the Germans have deployed a radar warning network along the northern coast, which makes it easy to expose their own targets.

What's even more terrifying is that flying at sea, without any landmarks as a reference, is so easy to get lost, even if it is a one-degree error, enough for them to pass by Berlin and finally return in vain.

Only by using Dutch landmarks halfway corrections when flying over the Netherlands will they be able to find their destination accurately.

It's a must.

Compared with the bombing of Berlin, the route of bombing Paris is much more convenient, and a straight line is enough.

"I suggest that we bomb the bomber units in Paris and go first as the first echelon, and the bombing fleet in Berlin as the second echelon." Another captain said.

The Germans must have also deployed radar equipment on the French coast, and as soon as they passed, they would alarm the German air defense network.

In this way, the attention of the Germans was on France, which could enter Dutch airspace from the north, which was more effective.

You know, in this era, night interception is still a big problem, and the number of night fighters of the Germans is absolutely rare.

"Okay, then we'll settle it." "Now, all the crew members are going to rest, and at six o'clock in the afternoon, they're ready to go!" ”

If you want to be good at night, you have to be mentally healthy now.

They rested, and the ground crew, began to be busy, preparing for the departure of the bombers for takeoff, maintenance, inspection, refueling, hanging bombs.

When the sun goes down, everything is ready.

"This time, the most difficult thing is not to guard against the interception of the Germans, nor to ground anti-aircraft artillery, but whether to accurately find the target." Craig looked at the energetic crew in front of him and gave an order: "So, I hope that every navigator will guide meticulously, and at the same time, obey the orders of the long plane." ”

The most difficult thing is to navigate! You know, in World War II, the most advanced navigation technology was Germany, and the British were good at jamming the radio navigation signals of the Germans.

British radio navigation was only used in large quantities in 42 years, and now it is not mature at all, and it is very difficult to use primitive and backward means to guide flight.

Even so, they have to get the job done!

"Crunch!" At this moment, behind them, a car suddenly stopped, and from the car, a fat man got out.

Churchill!

There was a commotion at the scene, and no one could have imagined that in the war, the prime minister would be able to see them off!

"Ladies and gentlemen, the bombing of Berlin, the capital of Germany, and the bombing of Paris are a major combat operation for us, and the people of the British Empire are looking forward to your triumphant arrival! I, right here, await your triumphant return! ”

Churchill's words were not many, but the atmosphere was immediately stirred, and those present were still full of tragedy in their hearts, but now they were ambitious and full of heroism.

The whole country and the people are watching behind their backs!

Night finally fell, and one bomber after another, taking off from the runway, flew towards a point of no return.