Chapter 576: Air Battle Britain
According to the division of the theater of operations, the entire British Isles was divided into four regions, the most important of which was the 11th theater, which was responsible for the security of London and the southeast of Britain, which was the closest to the European continent and the concentration of British industry, so Germany focused its attack here.
As long as the weather permits, Britain and Germany will launch a large-scale tragic air battle, dozens or even more planes are sunk every day, and a large number of excellent pilots are constantly sacrificed.
Pilots have to go out several times a day, day or night, even those pilots who are shot down, after escaping, must fly into the blue sky again, there is no time to adjust their mentality, the situation of the war no longer allows them to have any fear.
Bai Chongxi has also been in contact with many British and French colonial troops in the southwest over the years, and he knows very well that those people do not have any will to fight at all, and they are bullying the weak with their superior equipment, and once they lose their equipment advantage, they will soon collapse, so they also have a trace of contempt for the British army.
But now Bai Chongxi has changed his opinion, the British still have blood, but their bloodiness will only break out when the country is in danger, and those colonies were originally taken by them, so it is naturally not worth fighting for the colonies.
After the five-day recuperation period, China's first planes were also engaged in battle, and the commander of the air force was Wu Kaijie, the famous ace pilot of China, who had just been in Germany two years ago to help them train pilots for carrier-based aircraft, and now he was joining forces with Britain to deal with the Germans.
This absurdity perfectly illustrates what is called eternal interests, and in fact, the British know it very well. China had helped Germany build up its military. And now help yourself against Germany. Speaking of which, China is only using Germany as a pawn, and the spearhead is still the world hegemony of Britain.
It is not only China that has such intentions, but also the United States on the other side of the Atlantic, and in fact the United States has moved much more than China. Most of the money needed for Germany's reindustrialization was a loan from the United States, and now the United States has turned its head to support Britain?
In fact, the Soviet Union was also hatching its own calculations, Britain and France wanted to bring disaster to the east, and Stalin was desperate to sign a treaty with Germany. Let Britain and France suffer first, and now the Soviet Union and Germany still maintain close trade ties, don't they also hope to use German power to overthrow the old era!
At this time, the Soviet Union also adopted an expansion posture in the European direction, the three Baltic states, half of Poland were included in the territory of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union easily won the Soviet-Finnish war, which is very different from the historical situation.
You must know that in the original history of the Soviet-Finnish War, the Soviet Union was defeated, the number of people killed exceeded 200,000, plus 500,000 casualties, the Soviet Union lost more than 700,000 people. In his memoirs, Khrushchev directly said that the Soviet Union lost millions of people.
Finnish veterans also recalled that for every Finnish soldier who fell, ten Soviet soldiers fell. It was precisely this war that fully exposed the serious problems of the Soviet army, so that Hitler saw the weakness of the Soviets and made up his mind to attack the Soviet Union.
However, in this time and space, the Soviet Union suffered a heavy blow from the Chinese army in the Far East more than ten years ago, and the large-scale bravery of aircraft and tanks greatly changed the shape of the battlefield.
The Soviet-Finnish War became a glorious display of the Soviet Union's achievements in 20 years of construction, and at the beginning of the war, the Soviet Union concentrated 500,000 soldiers to attack Finland from the north, center and south, and the speed of the attack was comparable to that of Germany's blitzkrieg.
After a war, the Soviet Union took one-third of Finland's territory, won a wide depth for Leningrad, and also made the world re-understand this red empire, the sickle can not only harvest food, but also harvest life, and the hammer can not only hit the product, but also the head.
Britain is now extremely powerless in the face of Germany, China, and the Red Empire, and Churchill foresaw that even if Britain won the war, it would lose the world.
However, he could not give up the war, he could only grit his teeth, take one step at a time, and do his best to maintain the face of the British Empire.
There was a loud bang, a huge fireball appeared over London, and a bomber painted with the German swastika fell sharply to the ground, and the pilot had already parachuted in advance, but unfortunately, there was British soil below, and he was doomed to be captured.
The Chinese Air Force, a new force that shot down the bomber, was a new force in the air battle, and they were full of morale and skill, and they quickly exerted great combat effectiveness, successfully shooting down six German planes on the first day.
The next day this number was raised to ten, including three escort Bf109e, while the Chinese side lost only three aircraft and one pilot, and as the war continued, the record of the Chinese pilots became more and more prominent, and the number of German aircraft shot down skyrocketed.
There are a few talented young men who have painted the fuselage with a different number of five-pointed stars, and it is believed that a group of ace pilots will soon be born, and the air battle of Britain has become a training ground in China.
In the early days of China, the navy, land and air forces all had the shadow of Germany, and now the German army also has Chinese characteristics, so the Chinese pilots also have a clear understanding of the Luftwaffe.
The German army is skilled in technology, comprehensive supporting facilities, can ensure that the Luftwaffe has a strong combat effectiveness, and the German pilots are carefully selected to be the most loyal to the Nazis, with a tenacious will to fight, in addition to the repeated battles, let them grow rapidly, in the tactical level of the Luftwaffe is almost the first in the world.
But Germany is not invulnerable, the main problem is that they have a not very clever leader, although Air Marshal Goering was an ace pilot in the First World War, but now he is full of brains, and is developing in the direction of full of brains, mediocrity, incompetence, and repeated errors in judgment.
After more than a month of fighting, Germany lost a large number of pilots, and the British resistance did not weaken in any way, on the contrary, it became more and more intense, and the war ended beyond expectations, and Goering continued to make mistakes from the beginning of the war, and it was a fatal mistake.
First of all, they insisted that the British could be defeated with only the air force, and in the process of attacking, they gave up the attack on the radar station, so that the British could calmly deal with it and detect the large German aircraft group in advance.
However, the long-term battle also made the British a little unbearable, and in desperation, the British launched a night attack on Berlin, Germany, hoping to provoke Germany and let Germany focus on London, which was also a helpless move, the British were ready to lose their pawns and protect the car, although London was the capital, but the real support for Britain was the military industrial area, and the German army was attracted to London, which was also easy to defend.
Once again, Goering was fooled, and when he really began to bomb London, his actions played into the hands of the British, the RAF was given a chance to recuperate, and the Chinese pilots were also engaged in battle at this time, and achieved brilliant results.
At this time, a game of chase was being staged over London, and a phoenix, after shooting down a German bomber, became the target of German fighters, and the Germans had actually noticed the phoenix for a long time.
This novel fighter has not appeared in the previous British Air Force, and the design style is completely different from the British, with a strong oriental color, especially the symbol of the phoenix painted on the fuselage makes the Germans believe that this is a Chinese aircraft.
At this time, Germany also received the news that China had sent a volunteer air force, just as China knew about Germany, Germany also knew China, Germany also knew that China was a difficult opponent to deal with, and the Nazi air force was also looking forward to competing with the Chinese air force to prove who was the master of the air.
After the Phoenix shot down a German bomber, it was targeted by German fighters, and the German pilots drove the planes to rush towards the Chinese planes from behind as fast as possible, and the Chinese pilots also sensed the danger and hurriedly pulled the planes up quickly and out of the range of the German planes.
However, the Germans are not easy to deal with, still firmly chasing the phoenix, the two in the sky like two swift birds, keep chasing, China's cutting-edge pilot Liu Shaoqing has seen sweat on the brain, he has never encountered such a difficult opponent.
Most of the opponents are experienced pilots, and the Bf109e fighter piloted is also a very good fighter, with flexible operation, a minimum turning radius of only 125 meters at low altitude, and can make various combat maneuvers.
Compared with China's Phoenix, it can only be said that each has its own merits, after a period of chasing, the German plane suddenly stopped chasing, Liu Shaoqing suddenly felt a little surprised, in the confrontation just now, the other party actually has the advantage, as long as you hold on for a while, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be shot down, but why did the other party take the initiative to retreat!
He immediately understood that the other party was out of gas, and short legs were the biggest fatal flaw of this one, after Liu Shaoqing thought of this, he was suddenly excited, hurriedly turned his head, and began to chase the other party at the maximum speed.
Liu Shaoqing had already guessed the other party's troubles, so he adopted attrition tactics, relying on the outstanding speed of the phoenix, blocking the way of the opponent's retreat, and then constantly delaying time, after a dog fight, Liu Shaoqing finally pressed the switch, and a string of bullets hit the wing of the German plane. (To be continued.) )