Chapter 646: Operation Sea Lion in the Decisive Battle of the Atlantic

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From the west coast of Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean to the coast of Greece in the Balkans of the Mediterranean, the US-German alliance has millions of troops stationed and defends more than 15,000 kilometers of coastline. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.infoβ•”β•—

The League** carried out a major defense of the main coastline where it was possible to land on the joint **, most of the forces were concentrated in France, the Netherlands and Spain facing the Atlantic, equipped with tens of thousands of anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns and strong coastal fortifications, and several field airfields were built not far behind each coastal fortification, equipped with various combat aircraft.

It can be said that Hitler was afraid of the Chinese Empire from the very beginning, and before he officially fought with the Chinese Emperor, he had already switched to a strategic defensive state, and he had already lost the first move from a strategic point of view, resulting in an obviously passive state of the entire European war situation.

However, this did not mean that the Germans did not have any counter-measures. When the Chinese Emperor successively increased its troops to Europe, the German army launched a sea lion operation against the British mainland, carrying out large-scale bombing of various strategic points in Britain, trying to destroy the Chinese Emperor's troop concentration area on the island of England and preventing or delaying the Chinese Empire's landing operations in Europe.

In order to carry out air offensive operations, the Luftwaffe concentrated two air group army groups and more than 5,200 combat aircraft of various types. During the Anglo-German armistice, Britain quickly acquired a large number of advanced combat aircraft from the Chinese Empire. By the beginning of the Luftwaffe's implementation of the Sea Lion program, Britain had 1,852 anti-aircraft fighters, 1,912 anti-aircraft guns, and 1,420 bombers. Although still inferior in numbers, the British Air Force received hundreds of jet combat aircraft from the Chinese Empire, as well as three huge radar stations built by the Chinese Empire in the British Isles, capable of detecting any German aircraft flying from the European continent.

Almost as soon as the Luftwaffe took off from the ground airfield, the British Air Defense Command would learn about it through these three large radar stations, and the British Air Force would ambush the Luftwaffe halfway in time. Despite the weakness of the troops, the Luftwaffe was dealt a heavy blow by relying on the tactical deployment of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent.

The first Sunday since the Chinese Empire declared war on Germany. The Battle of Great Britain began right over the choppy English Channel.

German reconnaissance planes spotted a convoy of Imperial Chinese convoys quietly heading towards Portsmouth, believing that the Imperial Chinese was transporting troops and military supplies to Britain.

"Strike now! Blow up and sink the Chinese Imperial fleet! ”

Hitler did not hesitate to give the order to attack, and Goering immediately deployed in the air force headquarters, and the air battle of Great Britain began. β•”β•—

With Goering's order, more than 200 German planes divided into four attack echelons and flew directly to the target area with murderous vigour.

According to Goering's idea, he was ready to show his hand in front of Hitler.

But. What broke Goering was. The Royal Air Force, with the help of the Chinese Empire's advanced ground-based radar system, soon discovered the German formation.

To ensure the safety of this transport fleet of the Chinese Empire. The British Royal Air Force quickly dispatched 40 J-11 jet fighters and 60 British-made "Whirlwind" propeller fighters to quietly approach the enemy aircraft group under the cover of clouds.

Perhaps the Germans were too confident. They did not notice the arrival of the British planes at all.

German aircraft were deployed in four tiers, with the Do-17 bomber group on combat duty at the bottom, the ME-110 fighter group on close support mission in the middle, and the ME-109 fighter group on the top two floors. β•”β•—

Although the number of German planes was twice that of the British planes, in the face of the situation of being outnumbered by the enemy, the British commander Hill was not afraid at all, and ordered 60 Whirlwind fighters to tempt the German aircraft group first. Then let the remaining dozens of J-11 fighters take the opportunity to dive and attack.

He was well aware that the J-11 fighter was diving extremely fast. The German plane would have been shot down without having had time to react, so he was confident of victory.

Things turned out to be exactly what Hill had predicted.

When more than 50 Whirlwind fighters of the British army appeared. The German fleet was soon spotted, and more than 100 German fighters quickly broke away from the formation and went to intercept the British aircraft.

"Attack!"

At the sound of an order, more than 40 Jian-11 fighters above the clouds suddenly swooped down from above the clouds, and the cannons were aimed at the German fighters.

The German fighters only stared at the British planes in front of them, and did not notice the other group of British planes in ambush in the clouds, so they had to rush to the battle in a panic.

However, to their surprise, the British fighters were extremely fast, and they flew close in the blink of an eye. β•”β•—When the German pilots were dumbfounded one by one, the British fighters had already opened fire.

"Bang bang bang!"

The British fighter took aim and opened fire. The German fighter plane did not have time to dodge, and then was shot and fell headlong in black smoke.

In just one shot, more than 40 J-11 jet fighters of the British army knocked out more than 30 German fighters.

The sudden attack caused the rest of the German fighters to fall into confusion, their original battle formation was disrupted, and many squadron leaders or squad leaders were the British Army's focus on taking care of the formation, and they were shot down in the first round, so that the German aircraft group command temporarily failed.

At this time, more than 60 British Whirlwind fighters also joined the battle group, and they quickly rushed into the German formation and took advantage of the chaos to attack the lone German plane.

The British and German fighters got into a scuffle, and after about 15 minutes of entanglement, the Germans lost two-thirds of their more than 100 escort fighters.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the German bomber group hurriedly turned around and fled. β•”β•— Some even collided together, and suddenly they all turned into pieces of wreckage and fell into the sea one after another.

However, the British army's more than 40 J-11 fighters were extremely fast, and they chased and attacked the German bombers in the rear, and did not give up until the fuel alarm.

The Germans came with more than 200 planes, and when they returned, there were less than 30 left, and all of them were wounded, which made Goering lose face and lose the first battle, and Hitler was also very dissatisfied with this.

In order to save face, Goering gave the order to attack on all fronts the next day.

Operation Sea Lion officially begins.

More than 2,480 German bombers, under the cover of nearly 3,000 fighters, launched an unprecedented fierce attack on nine major airfields in the territory of Britain. The goal is very clear, that is, to destroy the bases in Britain that may provide supplies and rest for the Chinese Emperor before the Chinese Imperial Expeditionary Force arrives in Britain.

Although the British army had been prepared for this, the radar system was able to detect the German aircraft group early. However, the Germans were so numerous that the British Air Force lost 1,446 aircraft and 329 pilots killed or wounded in the ensuing days.

However, it was the Luftwaffe that suffered the greater casualties.

A few days of air fighting caused the Luftwaffe to lose 3,122 aircraft, including more than a thousand bombers, and this huge loss was very painful for the Luftwaffe.

More importantly, the British Air Force's lost propeller fighters were quickly reported to the Chinese Empire, which would provide the British Air Force with more advanced J-11 jet fighters on a one-to-one basis, which greatly increased the strength of the British Air Force. The British Air Force pilots have been using the emergency parachuting system provided by the Chinese Empire, which has made the casualty rate of British pilots extremely low. Thus saving a large number of excellent pilots.

On the other hand, although Germany was also mass-producing jet fighters, Germany's industrial capacity was far from being a match for the Chinese Empire. For every 1 ME262 jet fighter produced by Germany, the Chinese Empire produced 4 J-11 jet fighters. Moreover, the performance of the J-11 far exceeds that of the ME262, but the cost is one percent lower than that of the ME262. In terms of industrial production capacity, technical level, and cost, Germany was far from being an opponent of the Chinese Empire.

Of course, there is also the most important reason, that is, the German mainland is facing the non-stop air raids of the United Nations Air Force such as the Chinese Empire, which has seriously damaged the factories in Germany and the industrial production capacity has deteriorated. The Chinese Empire itself was extremely safe, and the scale of industrial production in a state of war was constantly expanding, and the gap between the industrial capacity of China and Germany was already huge. Even if the Chinese Emperor did not land and fight in Europe, it would be enough to drag Germany down by fighting industrial capacity and consumption with Germany.

In order to support the British homeland's air defense operations, the Chinese Empire quickly mobilized more than 1,000 fighters and more than 2,000 bombers from the Irish air base and several military bases in the Mediterranean Sea to break into the territory of France and bomb various large and medium-sized airfields in France to prevent German planes from going to Britain for bombing.

On the eighth day of the Battle of Britain, the Cretan Air Wing that had taken off from the Cretan base of the Chinese Empire encountered foggy weather on land during an air raid on Frankfurt, and as a result, it accidentally attacked Berlin, the capital of Germany.

More than 200 H7 Flying Fortress strategic bombers dropped more than 10,000 aerial bombs over Berlin, destroying more than half of the urban areas in the southern and western suburbs of Berlin and destroying more than 110,000 buildings, most of which were civilian houses. The bombing caused half of Berlin's city to fall into flames, and thick smoke swept through the whole of Berlin, killing and injuring more than 40,000 Berlin citizens.

Even the Reichstacet and his official residence were accidentally bombed, making Hitler furious.

The Luftwaffe then retaliated, but German strategic bombers could not fly to the capital of the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Imperial Air Force was so strong that German planes would be intercepted and shot down by aircraft from the Empire's military bases around the world before they could enter the airspace of the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, the Luftwaffe chose to bomb London in retaliation.

Due to the fact that the Sea Lion battle plan implemented by the Luftwaffe did not go well, the losses of the Luftwaffe were much greater than those of the British Air Force. Therefore, the German High Command changed its tactics and no longer used the air force as the main force, but instead the army launched the newly developed V2 missiles from Germany to London, England. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )