Chapter 913: The Battle of Britain Breaks Out (Part II)

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In the evening, Hamburg is as usual, and the lights are bustling and bustling. Workers gather in the beer hall after work, chatting and reminiscing about the joy of revenge on France. The machines in the factories rotated for eight hours and then stopped on time, the officers drove their cars to all sorts of social dances, and the soldiers roamed the streets with the smell of fat powder. China, Britain, the Soviet Union, Japan and other countries have entered the wartime system, and even the American factories on the other side of the Atlantic have begun to implement three-shift shifts, only Germany still maintains an eight-hour working day, and workers can not only enjoy the comfort of weekends, but even go to Paris or the Mediterranean for vacation.

This is the real Germany, a Germany that thinks it is strong, but is completely unprepared for world war.

At the mouth of the Elbe, a minelayer slowly sailed towards the Golan Bay. At this time, Germany may only have a navy that is really fighting, but they can only ensure coastal security by self-blockade.

Sailor Ham stood at the bow of the ship, carefully guiding the minelayer into the minefield. This is a dangerous job, and even if there is a breto, if you deviate at the slightest deviation, you will set yourself on fire. Just when he was engrossed in looking at the sea, he was suddenly awakened by a noise, raised his head and cursed secretly in his heart, who else is flying so late? As he searched for the source of the sound, two never-before-seen fighter jets almost grazed the mast and skimmed overhead. "Aren't these damn air forces flying so low that they're not afraid of crashing into the woods?" Ham cursed with the sailors on deck, and in their hearts they didn't like the arrogant Air Force. Before they could finish scolding, the minelayers seemed to rush into the swarm of locusts that were scurrying around, and one fighter plane after another hissed and swept past them at low altitude.

"Look, it's not our plane. Who knows this sign? "A sharp-eyed sailor finally noticed that something was wrong, pointed to the flag of the Republic of China on the fuselage and shouted loudly." God, this is the Chinese flag, the Chinese Air Force! Ham was the first to recognize the flag, and quickly turned and ran towards the bridge. The Chinese air service regiment had been hyped up when it arrived in Britain, so the Germans knew about it, but the exact equipment and number of personnel were kept strictly secret.

Seeing the thunderbolt group heading east at an extremely low altitude, the minelayers thought that the air service regiment was going to attack Bremen, so they hurriedly called the Bremen military port to prepare for air defense. Enter the Elbe. This means that there are only ninety-five kilometers left in Hamburg, which is a distance of fifteen minutes for a lightning bolt that penetrates at a low altitude of 400 kilometers per hour. But this is also the longest fifteen minutes, and even Liu Cuigang, who is sitting in the cabin, is worried about whether he will encounter a group of German planes flying in the sky. But in fact, his worries were completely unfounded. When the bright city lights appear in front of you. All the Thunderbolt pilots were amazed that not a single German fighter plane had taken off to intercept it in the sky over Hamburg.

What's going on? Why don't you have one? Immediately after the radio silence was lifted, the communication channel was filled with the surprised voices of the pilots. Liu Cuigang also lost his mind for a short time, he always thought that after rushing into the Elbe, the Germans would take off at least one squadron to intercept it, and then he would have the opportunity to kill in the sky over Hamburg and beat the pride of the Luftwaffe in front of millions of Germans. But he never thought about it. It's actually such a scene of singing and dancing. No light control? And what about German planes? And what about German radars? And what about German anti-aircraft guns? It was not until later that everyone learned that compared with the British with a tight air defense network, the German army had only deployed 20 88-mm anti-aircraft guns and six searchlights in Hamburg, and the air defense commander did not expect enemy planes to enter Hamburg. So there were only half a base number of shells in the anti-aircraft artillery positions. Moreover, the German army that swept across Europe was not at all as powerful as advertised in terms of technology, negligent and lax, without light control, not even equipped with radar, and even listeners were only assigned to coastal cities such as Bremen.

It's not just Liu Cuigang who lost his mind. The citizens and soldiers of Hamburg on the ground were also puzzled, and walked out of the tavern and their homes to look up. As for the commander of the air defense. He also called the Air Force General Staff in a stern tone to ask which reckless flying team actually broke into Hamburg at night, causing panic among the citizens, and vowed to report to the Führer and investigate responsibility.

"The first team followed me to the airport, and the second team strafed industrial targets. Leave half the bullet and retreat after ten minutes! Liu Cuigang quickly reacted from his distraction and rushed towards Hamburg Airport with twenty-four lightning planes. At this moment, he was extremely angry with the British dead brain, they were already the enemy of life and death, and they were still passively facing the battle, if they were willing to send bombers, Hamburg would have collapsed at this moment.

When he found the airport, Liu's radio also received a call from the tower, but his attention was drawn to the neat JU52 and ME110 on the tarmac. Thunderbolt formations whizzed over the airfield in groups of four. Tongues of fire rushed out from under the wings and swept through the German fleet. As soon as the gunfire rang out, the Germans finally realized that it was an air raid, and the German soldiers rushed out of the rest area, but before they could get close to the plane, they were beaten before they could get close to the plane.

Like a blind bear who broke into the bud rice field, 24 lightning planes completely destroyed the planes in the Hamburg airport with 12 waves of strafing, and finally Liu Cuigang also destroyed the tower and oil depot. At the same time, formations strafing industrial targets also attacked the docks and factories, and although there were no bombs, the panic caused by 127-mm armor-piercing incendiary bombs was no small at all. Soon, the sky over Hamburg was filled with the sound of terrible air raid sirens, and beams of light rose from the ground. "Soar to 6000 meters, retreat." Without bombers, Liu Cuigangen would not be in love with the fight, and quickly pulled to a high altitude and accelerated to escape to the sea.

When the group left the Hamburg air defense circle, the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground only chased the tail and fired a few shots. After arriving in the Golan Bay, Liu Cuigang also encountered more than 30 BF109s that arrived from Bremen to intercept them. But the thunderbolt that hits and runs is not entangled at all, and the speed of 680 kilometers per hour makes the bf109, which lacks speed, can only watch the opponent's arrogance disappear into the night.

On the first night of August 1, 1940, this seemingly ordinary day was destined to become an indispensable part of the giant wheel of history. The first large-scale appearance of the Chinese air service regiment to aid Britain kicked off with a surprise attack and handed over a proud report card. With its own loss of six aircraft, a total of 61 BF109s, 39 ME110s, 11 JU52s and 27 HE111s were destroyed, which directly reduced the size of the Luftwaffe by three percent and killed 31 people. More than 100 people were injured. Moreover, all the destroyed planes were lost on the ground, not only performing a low-altitude penetration and hit-and-run tactics, but also demonstrating the superiority of the Thunderbolt in speed, climb and handling. Most importantly, it gave Germany its first taste of the bitter fruits of the war, much to Hitler's dissatisfaction.

When the air service regiment returned to the station, the entire base was boiling, and even the most ordinary British soldiers rushed up to hug and greet them. Hitler, who was attending a banquet in Berlin, was extremely angry, and although the losses were not large, the surprise attack really stunned him. "Destroy! The British Air Force must be completely destroyed! When he came to his senses, he first scolded Goering on the phone. Then immediately let Ribbentrop visit Moscow to negotiate the purchase of warships and more raw materials. Goering was also annoyed, he had just slapped his chest and wanted to destroy the British Air Force within a week to open up the landing ground, but he didn't expect the words to fall. was slapped in the face. Of course, the air marshal, who had always reported defects in his small belly, would not swallow this breath, so he called Kesselring and Marshal Spiere overnight and demanded that the game be ended and the attack on Britain should be strengthened.

Kesselring's tactics were simple, bomb London directly, destroy London, and destroy London. But Spiel thinks it should bloom more. And the bombing of London should be avoided to irritate Britain. The quarrel continued until the next morning, when Goering decided that August 3 would be the Day of the Eagle.

In the early morning of Eagle Day, the Luftwaffe gathered 130 BF109s and 100 bombers to go to British ports to lay mines. Fulfilled his promise to defeat the British Navy with the Air Force. However, the British Royal Air Force, which had been waiting for Germany to come to the door, did its best this time, and under the guidance of radar, directly dispatched 400 Spitfires and Hurricanes to meet the battle.

It's going to be fatal!

Goering only wanted to make a small bet, but he didn't expect Churchill to choose Stud directly.

German pilots were able to fight again. I can't make up for the numerical disadvantage! Knowing that his beloved fighter plane was beaten by several or even a dozen British fighters, Goering's fat flesh trembled. In this case. The first day's mine-laying operation was, of course, a failure. But he would not admit defeat, and the next day he directly gathered 800 bombers and fighters, and tried to overwhelm Britain with numbers in three mighty ways.

The unusually tragic air battle of Britain began.

Charles had long expected that Germany's retaliation would come one after another, so he also rushed to meet it with 500 fighters. In the end, he also played a small trick, deliberately letting Liu Cui just go out half an hour late, and then intercept it when the German group retreated.

Britain's coastal arsenals, power stations, petrochemical plants, vital railways and bridges have been hit hardest since the start of the war. In just one day, two of the six radar stations were destroyed, countless factories and facilities were destroyed, and 67 fighters were lost in one go. However, the Luftwaffe did not take advantage of it, not only was 91 planes shot down on the spot, but also ambushed by Liu Cuigang when retreating to the center line of the strait. One hundred and twenty lightning roared down from the sky, taking advantage of their speed and operational agility, and shot down 17 HE111 and DO-17 bombers that retreated first in one go, and then engaged in an air battle with the broken BF109.

This time, Liu Cuigang's tactics were simpler, in his words, that is, "if you can't fight, you will run, and if you run far, you will come back to fight", constantly using speed and performance advantages to entangle the BF109 fleet. This trick can kill the German pilots, the BF109 is notoriously short legs, and they have little fuel left after entanglement with the British Air Force, if they are entangled, they may not have to hit themselves and fall into the sea first. But it was not so easy to escape, and in the face of faster lightning, the German pilots felt like they were surrounded by a swarm of flies. Whenever they wanted to run, they would be pursued, and if they fought to the death, the thunderbolt would speed up shamelessly and run away.

This harassment tactic did not end until the Air Service Regiment itself lost 9 aircraft, but shot down 22 aircraft, and 4 BF109s crashed due to running out of fuel.

But both Liu Cuigang and the British and German air forces knew that the battle had just begun