Chapter 504: The Bombing of London (2)
Creed drove the plane to the direction of the airport as fast as possible, he only had to let Leteum be lucky at this time, his only hope was that he could get rid of the German aircraft group behind him and land at the airport to inform the airport, but he did not expect that his plane was carrying out at maximum speed but still could not get rid of several German fighters chasing behind him.
Although the German army obtained the manufacturing technical data and production drawings of the first generation of fighters in China, but at the beginning, the Chinese side left a hand in the technical aspects and materials of aircraft engines, and these two are the most important parts of the performance of an aircraft, the Germans can only use their own production of improved engines after getting the technical data and drawings, but the fighters produced by the Germans are very close to the first generation fighters of China in terms of performance, and the Chinese fighters used by the British are second-hand goods. In terms of performance, it certainly could not be compared with the new factory, so Creed was never able to get rid of the German fighters.
The German fighters were impatient to chase and began to fire at Creed's fighters, Creed had to drive the plane to swing left and right, up and down, in order to avoid the bullets fired by the German fighters behind him, he was not the protagonist of the movie, God did not bless him, after escaping for a while, just a few minutes before arriving at the airport, his fighter plane was hit by a bullet in the engine, the plane suddenly lost power, and fell downward, but Creed was clever, in the process of the plane losing power and falling, he immediately parachuted, But the German fighters did not intend to let him go, and several German fighters fired back and forth at him as he was descending, and he was not very lucky, and was hit in the chest and abdomen by a bullet on the way down.
Since the air battle has just begun. The British did not pay much attention to air defense, so they did not set up an air defense observation post on the top of a nearby high hill. There were no anti-aircraft artillery positions in various parts of the country, and it was difficult to run even a few anti-aircraft guns in Britain.
This allowed the first group of German bombers to fly unhindered over the airfield southwest of London. At this time, hundreds of fighters were parked on this airfield, and the SE.5 fighters produced by the British were parked on both sides of the lawn and runway, and these fighters were now equipped with machine gun coordinators, so that the machine guns would no longer hit the propeller when firing, and the replacement machine gun coordinators had to pay patent royalties to the Chinese side, which caused the British authorities to lose a lot of money.
In addition to these SE.5 fighters parked on the lawn and on both sides of the runway, there are also more than 200 Huaguo Flying Eagle generation fighters that have been assembled in the hangar around the runway. Fill them up with fuel and ammunition, as pilots will soon be flying them for flight and combat training.
However, at this moment, there was a terrible and thrilling siren over the airport, which raised the hearts of everyone in the airport, and the siren sounded for less than a few seconds, and before the pilots and ground staff knew what was happening, a violent explosion was heard nearby.
"Boom-"
"Boom-"
"Woo woo - da".
The first German group arrived over the airfield and quickly launched an attack in an orderly manner. The division of labor was very clear, and it was clear that the situation inside the airfield had been studied beforehand and how to bomb it.
The first to be attacked were a large number of Huaguo Flying Eagle first-generation fighters parked in the hangars around the airport, and one after another aerial bombs fell from under the belly of the bombers, and from the top of the hangar into the interior of the violent explosion. The plane that was blown up in the hangar caught fire on the spot, and soon the fuel exploded, and the warplanes around the hangar were also affected. In this way, like dominoes, the fighters in the hangar erupted in a series of explosions. One plane after another exploded non-stop.
Other bombers began bombing the sides of the runway and the warplanes parked on the lawn, and the fighters fired wildly at the pilots, terrain personnel, and airfield defense personnel running all over the runway. The British troops in the airfield fell to both sides like mowed wheat stalks, and the airstrip was turned over like a ploughed field by machine-gun bullets.
The British didn't have time to react at all, although many British pilots had climbed into the plane, but they couldn't take off, because a large number of runways had been scrapped by German fighter machine guns, and the SE.5 fighters parked outside were two-seater, one person piloted, one person observed and shot, and no one could do without anyone, while the first generation fighter of the Huaguo Flying Eagle was a one-man fighter, and the pilot not only flew the plane, but also observed and shot, but these planes were parked in the hangar, The two or three minutes just now were all reimbursed by German bombers.
Many British fighters that had already started had just accelerated to prepare for takeoff, but they were targeted by German fighters, and a series of machine-gun bullets came over, and the British planes that were about to take off were suddenly exploded.
The airport was littered with scurrying Britons, the corpses of British pilots, ground crews and British soldiers, explosions everywhere, and billowing smoke rose from the entire airport.
German fighters and bombers kept shuttling back and forth over the airfield, bullets and aerial bombs were constantly pouring on the airfield, planes were constantly being hit and exploded, and British people were killed.
The sound of explosions, machine gun fire, screams, and screams were chaotically intertwined, and the whole airport seemed to become a hell on earth at this time, the plane parked at this airport was so dense that a British pilot climbed on the plane in time, and it was destroyed by German fighters because it was crowded and did not have enough time to take off.
For half an hour, German warplanes ravaged the airfield without stopping, but by the time the German fleet began to return, there was not a single finished plane left on the entire airfield, and the airfield was littered with corpses, the wreckage of the planes, the flames, the thick smoke, and the mixed smell of wooden, rubber and burnt human corpses filled the entire airfield.
British Prime Minister Asquith and his cabinet members were deplored when they learned of the news, and the news reached King George V, who immediately instructed Asquith to immediately carry out the aftermath and take appropriate measures to prevent the Germans from carrying out another large-scale bombing.
However, even King George V and Prime Minister Asquith and his cabinet members did not expect that this bombing was only the first wave of German bombardment, and the second wave of bombardments was soon coming, and the second wave of bombers targeted the ports, shipyards and barracks and railway lines in and around London.
The resurgence of the loud roar made the citizens of London even more panicked, and people rushed out of their houses and offices to observe what was going on.
The German spies were apparently well aware of the military strongholds, railway lines, subways, shipyards, docks, and some important bridges and transportation hubs in London and the surrounding areas.
But after some important transportation hubs were blown up, the whole of London came to a standstill, especially after some bridges were blown up, a large number of people, horse-drawn carriages, and cars were blocked, and traffic was completely paralyzed.
The barracks and the naval base port were also the focus of the German bomber group, among which the port of London was bombed, a large number of British warships anchored there were bombed to scrap metal, and the military camps around London were also damaged, and the losses were extremely heavy.
But before the British could recover from their misery, the third wave of German attack planes arrived, and this time the third wave of bombers not only continued to bomb the British warships anchored in the military harbor that had not yet been completely blown up, but also bombed some buildings and traffic intersections in the city of London, which made the citizens of London even more confused.
The British Army's War Office and Admiralty buildings in the city of London were heavily bombed, and many of the offices of the London authorities were not spared, but the Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace, where the British royal family lived, were unharmed.
All the German fighter pilots were ordered not to attack the buildings in these two places, and all the German pilots did not know the reason, and even many high-ranking officials and parliamentarians in London did not understand why the Germans did not attack the Prime Minister's residence and Buckingham Palace, only King George V and Prime Minister Asquith and some shrewd politicians guessed the intentions of the Germans, and the Germans wanted to leave room so that the British top brass would surrender in the future, and if the British king and the prime minister were killed, who would lead the British people to surrender? It can be seen that the Germans are still very rational until now, at least Wilhelm II is sensible, although he is a little arrogant, he has always hoped to negotiate peace with the British, but John Bull is obviously unwilling to give up his dignity and frame to make peace with the Germans, William II's calculation is wrong, in fact, Wilhelm II's heart is still too soft, he has too much hope for Britain to carry out peace talks, but unfortunately John Bull neither appreciates nor buys it.
If Wilhelm II is ruthless and lets the plane bomb Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street to kill the Prime Minister and the King, at least in the short term, it will definitely plunge Britain into chaos, you must know that even the King is dead, and it is not so easy for the British to quickly introduce two new leaders, as long as Britain is in chaos, Germany can use this time to hit Britain hard.
During World War II in history, when Hitler ordered the Air Force to bomb London, he did not let the Luftwaffe bomb Buckingham Palace and the Prime Minister's residence, and the US military also did not bomb the Japanese Imperial Palace when it bombed Tokyo. (To be continued......)