Chapter 551: Stealing the Sky and Changing the Day Air Attack on Vimolk
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"Could this be true?"
Churchill was scooping in his hand the truth report on the German attack on Norway provided by the Chinese Empire to the British Intelligence Bureau, and the report on the heavy water produced by the Mork hydroelectric power station made Churchill highly concerned. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.infoββ
Since the news of the announcement of the construction of the battleship Guanghua Emperor by the Chinese Empire, the naval powers of the world have paid great attention to the performance parameters of this warship, especially the nuclear reactor technology.
The intelligence bureau of the British ** intelligence has a very strong ability to gather, especially the most sensitive to the various movements of the Chinese Empire, although it contains the revenge psychology of Britain being defeated by the Chinese Empire, but it is more of an affirmation of the advanced scientific and technological strength of the Chinese Empire. The British Intelligence Agency spends hundreds of millions of pounds a year to inquire about and collect all kinds of intelligence about the Chinese Empire, and it also has all kinds of information about the Chinese Empire's nuclear engineering research.
Colonel Herman, the chief of the Military Intelligence Agency, said: "Your Excellency, it is not yet possible to confirm whether heavy water is a key material for nuclear reactors and bombs. However, the Mork hydropower station has always been a place of fierce contention between the CIA of the Chinese Empire and the German OKW Intelligence Service, and we have reported to the Cabinet for a long time on this point. The Chinese Empire could not fight the Germans to the death for a small hydropower station, so the heavy water produced by the Mork Hydropower Station is undoubtedly the key. The Chinese Empire was not worried about Germany at all in terms of conventional weaponry, but was worried about the nuclear weapons program proposed by the German FΓΌhrer Hitler, which was said to be enough to destroy a city with a nuclear bomb the size of a cannonball. β
Churchill asked, "By your judgment." Is the information given to us by the Chinese Empire true? β
Herman nodded, "Yes!" β
"Since it is a key material for nuclear weapons. ββSo why did the Chinese Empire tell us? Churchill asked puzzledly: "The pervasive Chinese spies should know that we are also conducting nuclear weapons research, and according to your analysis, they are doing their best to prevent Germany from acquiring nuclear weapons, so why not stop us?" Neither France nor the USSR had the intelligence to stop it! β
In 1935, the British universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool and Birmingham were in full swing to research on atomic energy, and were helped by many foreign scientists from Australia, New Zealand, the Soviet Union, the United States and other countries who fled to the UK. In May 1936, after Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he established the Wallace Church of the Imperial Chemical Company in the capital. The secret council of which Perrin was an assistant, codenamed "Rao Pipe Factory". The famous Danish physicist Nils? Bohr, who provided the British with important information that the Germans "used the slow neutron chain reaction to make bombs", accelerated the speed of scientific research for the British.
In the years that followed. The British are spending more and more money on nuclear weapons, and for the sake of secrecy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill can only defraud parliament of appropriations under the guise of building power plants. But the money for nuclear weapons research and development is huge, and the economic crisis in the UK has not yet been shaken off. Financial constraints and the British Parliament pursued the use of funds, which put Churchill under great pressure. Although the British have made significant progress in the research on the separation of rare uranium isotopes for the structure and supply core, the international uranium resources are controlled by the Chinese Empire, and the British separator technology for uranium enrichment cannot reach the production of weapons-grade uranium concentrations, and with the outbreak of World War II, Britain's financial resources are more used for war with the Allies, and the funds for nuclear weapons research and development are even more tight.
Churchill once sent the former Australian scientist Marcus ? The delegation led by Oliver Laut visited the Chinese Empire, hoping to obtain the nuclear reactor research and development technology of the Chinese Empire. But the Chinese Empire refused, and they did not even allow the British to have access to experts in nuclear physics such as Marie Curie. The British used the pretext of peaceful development of nuclear energy for the benefit of mankind. But this trick did not work for the Chinese Empire.
Herman explained: "If I am not mistaken, the fact that Germany is developing nuclear weapons much faster than we and other countries is putting a lot of pressure on the Chinese Empire." At present, the Chinese Empire does not want to intervene in the European war, and if it does not want to offend the Germans head-on, it can only let us take action. βββ
Churchill snorted coldly and said, "How can we be at their mercy!" Dragging the Chinese Empire into the water is our primary strategic task in the future, and we must not allow them to stay out of the situation and reap the benefits of the last world war. β
Herman agreed: "I agree with you! It is not time to let the Chinese Empire make war money like it did in the last war. However, the great national power of the Chinese Empire, regardless of which side it sided, had a decisive influence on the outcome of the entire war. Can you guarantee that the Chinese Empire will be on our side, and not on the German side? β
Churchillton was speechless, he could not guarantee this.
Herman continued: "If we want the Chinese Empire to be on our side, now is our chance!" β
Churchill thought for a moment. He asked, "You mean we helped them this time, which is to please them?" β
Herman smiled and said, "Didn't you say that you would drag the Chinese Empire into the water at any cost?" We let the Germans know that our attack on the Mork hydroelectric power station was secretly instigated by the Chinese Empire, and asked Hitler to seek revenge on the Chinese Empire. β
Churchill shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this alone can't drag the Chinese Empire into the water!" β
Herman said: "Even if you can't drag the Chinese empire into the water. At the very least, it will create some contradictions between China and Germany, even if the Chinese Empire does not join our camp. At least not to join the Allies. β
Churchill thought about it, nodded and said: "Then do as you say, and we will be a thug for the Chinese Empire!" If this is true, then it shows that the nuclear weapons program of the Germans is already ahead of us. Since even the Chinese Empire is so concerned and worried about nuclear weapons, it proves the correctness of our research on nuclear weapons. At the same time, if the Germans were allowed to develop nuclear weapons in advance, we would be even more passive. βββ
Herman nodded, and said with deep sympathy: "Yes, we must stop the Germans from developing nuclear weapons." I will personally arrange this operation, and I also ask His Excellency the Prime Minister to cooperate with the Imperial Air Force. β
Churchill suddenly asked, "What are you going to do?" β
Herman said: "Of course it was destroyed directly! I'll send agents on the ground to provide accurate location guidance to the Air Force bomber group. The Air Force carried out saturation bombing of the Mork hydroelectric power station. One hour is guaranteed to complete the task. β
"No!" Churchill shook his head and said: "Don't blow up the Mork hydropower station first, since heavy water is an important material for the development of nuclear weapons, it is naturally useful for our nuclear weapons research." In this way, you first send out a special combat team to find a way to get the heavy water production technology out, and then destroy it. β
Herman frowned and said: "It has been defended by the German army layer by layer, and even the agents of the Chinese Empire have no way to get close, and it may be difficult for us to get this technology." β
Churchill snapped: "Try it no matter how hard it is!" It's about the future of the British Empire! You have to pay attention! β
"Yes!" Herman suddenly said, "I will do my best to complete the task!" β
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Since the British High Command demanded the technology for the industrial production of heavy water, it did not dare to easily destroy the entire power plant. This severely shackled the British special operators. Coupled with the fact that Germany attached great importance to the power station, the first sabotage mission failed, and the British suffered heavy losses under the fierce counterattack of the German army.
According to these circumstances, it is necessary to blow up the plant. The only way to do this was to send a special force and select a special team from the Norwegian Resistance to cooperate with the sabotage attack, all of whom were familiar with the factory and the surrounding terrain. ββ
In the end, the task of blowing up the equipment for the production of heavy water was given to two British airborne special service platoons (the predecessor of the British Air Force Special Operations Team). The British army gathered extensive intelligence and learned through the Norwegian Resistance that the German occupation authorities had requested an increase in the production of heavy water, and had obtained a plan for the installation of supplementary production equipment, which was carefully analysed and studied.
In view of the lack of radar at the German air defense warning facility in Norway, the British decided to send the fighters there by glider, and Norwegian underground workers were required to pick them up on the high ground north of the factory. Gliders loaded with special assault teams and explosives take a lot of risks when landing, as calm weather is rare along the coast of central Norway. And on the high grounds, there are many convex rocks and trenches. Major General Browning and Colonel Norman worked together to develop an action plan. Since a large amount of explosives is required to destroy the target, it is not suitable to parachute, so it was decided to use 2 gliders and tow them by 2 bombers. The attackers were divided into two groups of 16 people each, and according to the plan of action, the fighters were trained in extreme secrecy.
On October 19, two British Halifax bombers, towing two gliders, took off from a military airfield in Scotland. According to the plan, there was a small radio beacon machine on the landing site in the hilly regions of Norway. Controlled by a single operative. The beacon machine indicates the position of the tractor to ensure that the glider enters the predetermined air and disengages. The landing was guarded by members of the secret Norwegian resistance and marked by a bonfire.
For the first time, the RAF towed a glider with a bomber, the inexperience of the crew, coupled with bad weather. The first tractor could not receive ground signals due to a malfunction of navigation equipment. I had to rely on the map to guess the flight. Later, the plane entered Miyun, lost altitude due to operational failure, and when it reached the north of Stavanger, the towing rope broke, and the glider landed in the dark, killing two pilots and six combat members, and seriously wounding four others, and being captured by German patrols. The other flew over the target area, but due to the premature detachment, the glider landed near Hleyland and was detected by the enemy. Three members of the assault team were killed on landing, and the others were captured. Served as a towed bomber crashed into a nearby mountain. The crew lost their lives.
In addition, the German detective team had intercepted the radio signal of the British, immediately arrived at the accident site by car, and found explosive bags and detonators in the wreckage of the glider. ββThe British fled for their lives with their wounded companions, and they were captured before they went far, and the captives were escorted to the city defense headquarters in the city of Eggersund, where after a short interrogation, according to Hitler's orders on the disposal of enemy airborne personnel and partisans, they were all shot.
The first attack failed, but the British high command did not give up and sent several batches of special combat teams one after another. They were indomitable and miraculously tactically paralyzed the production of the heavy water plant for a long time, effectively curbing the nuclear tests carried out by Germany.
Hitler placed more emphasis on nuclear weapons than Britain had assumed, and Hitler strengthened the security of the power plant. And send experts to understand the production technology of heavy water. We should concentrate a large amount of material and financial resources, appoint a group of scientists, step up the establishment of heavy water production bases in the country, and speed up the development of nuclear weapons and reactors.
At this time, Germany had already achieved great success in nuclear materials. After the merger of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Germany obtained uranium needs for asphalt in Przybram and Yahimov, and at the same time, German geologists also discovered uranium needs in the eastern part of the German mainland, which made it impossible for Germany to rely on the expensive and pitiful amount of uranium imported from the Chinese Empire. The Germans had a need for uranium and immediately began the uranium enrichment project. If there is enough heavy water raw materials, then Germany's success in developing nuclear weapons is just around the corner.
In November 1938, Hitler set about building heavy water factories on his home turf, and on the other hand, he stepped up his order to produce heavy water in large quantities in Norwegian factories. It was shipped to Germany by ship, which accelerated the process of experiments in atomic fission. After several failed attempts by the British, the British authorities, believing that they could not drag it out any longer, decided to completely destroy the plant.
In order to prevent the development of the atomic bomb in Nazi Germany, the British General Staff developed another assault action plan, codenamed "Operation Condor".
In the underground war room of the British Wartime Cabinet Joint Operations Command, Prime Minister Churchill lectured the 126 Goldman bomber commandos: "Gentlemen, the fate of Britain and the victory of the Allies will depend on your actions, and my cabinet members and I await your good news." β
The British bomber group set off with Churchill's encouragement. But to the dismay of the British, the Germans had anticipated British air strikes, so they massively reinforced the anti-aircraft fire of the Norwegian heavy water plant and sent fighter groups to intercept it.
The result was self-evident, 52 British bombers and 20 fighters escorting the escort were all hit by heavy German fire, losing more than half of them, and the British hurriedly dropped their bombs a few kilometers away from the heavy water plant and turned back.
The repeated defeats of the British made the Chinese Empire, which had been watching from the sidelines, feel bad.
Soon, Wang Chenhao convened a pre-imperial meeting to discuss countermeasures. Eventually, Air Minister Liu Xiang proposed that the Imperial Air Force complete the task of destroying the German heavy water plant.
"Your Majesty, the minister's solution is to paint all the Imperial bomber groups participating in the operation with the British Air Force insignia. All the signs of the Imperial Air Force were erased from it, so that in time a bomber was shot down, and the Germans could not find any evidence to correct the Reich. β
Wang Chenhao asked, "But what about the pilot?" What if any of them are captured? As soon as the Germans saw the faces of our pilots, whether they wore the uniform of the British Air Force or not, they knew that the Reich had done it. β
Wang Shizhen said at this time: "Your Majesty." The minister can find a way to replace all the pilots with Caucasians! β
Seeing that Wang Chenhao was puzzled, Wang Shizhen hurriedly explained: "Has Your Majesty forgotten? More than twenty years ago. Your wise decision has allowed the empire to bring in millions of brides from Europe and the United States, and so far, they have bred more than two million mixed-race children for the empire, of which the emperor's family members account for more than half. At present, a special half-race group army has been formed among the three armies of the empire, and they have the blood of Chinese on their bodies, but their appearance is no different from Western whites, except that black hair needs to be changed color. β
Wang Chenhao then remembered that he had indeed considered this back then.
Thinking of this, Wang Chenhao was immediately relieved and said: "Since this is the case, then we will pretend to be British and immediately destroy the heavy water plant of the Germans." β
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At midnight on December 14, 1938, 50 H6N3 (an improved version of the H6N1 H-6 bomber) long-range bombers took off from the Belfast Air Base of the Imperial Chinese Empire in Ireland, and under the escort of 30 Black Hawk fighters, they rose to an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters and flew towards Norway.
The planes were painted with the logo of the British Goldman Air Regiment, all signs of the Chinese Empire were removed, hundreds of tons of aerial bombs were carried, and all the crew pilots were soldiers of the Chinese Empire with white faces.
The night before, the Chinese Imperial Navy's Little Yellow Fish submarine secretly sent six members of the Imperial Marine Corps Special Operations Group codenamed "Divine Eagle" to Norway, and they were already secretly lurking near the Norwegian Heavy Water Plant.
All six members of the "Condor" were disguised, two disguised as German soldiers, two disguised as Norwegian workers, and the other two disguised as Norwegian students. They carried with them the most advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire, including M96 long-range sniper rifles with silencers, M16 automatic rifles and M22 special pistols, radio proximity guidance devices, time bombs, climbing equipment and other special weapons and equipment.
Five minutes later, six black dots crossed the ice above Lake Skulichai and quickly converged on a small nearby plateau. Captain Zhang Naiwu, the captain of the team, took out the map and compass, and quickly determined the exact location.
"Later, our bomber group will come over, C6 (special combat team combat number) is responsible for contacting the bomber group, I cover C3 and C4 to install all radio proximity guidance devices to the predetermined position, C5 is responsible for arranging mines to cover our retreat, and C2 organizes sniper points on the opposite hill to provide long-range fire support."
Zhang Naiwu paused, and then said: "Now start to check the watch, 21:13:4." After everyone was in position, waiting for my order, the bomber group would arrive at 1:12 a.m. for saturation bombing, and we would assemble at the seashore as planned, where the Little Yellow Croaker would meet us. If we are separated, we will retreat to northern Norway according to plan number two, and go to the Reich to meet at the Swedish embassy. If you are unfortunate enough to be captured, you know what to do, right? β
"Understood!"
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