"President, London is finished!" This was the first thing Wang Yaqiao said when he saw Xiao Zhenlei.

In fact, in terms of air force strength, the British are not losing to Germany, but Britain lacks powerful fighters, and the 300 fighters bought back from China have not been delayed by Xiao Zhenlei to the General Staff to deliberately delay the loading time and make the British Air Force delay the combat effectiveness of these 300 fighters.

Judging from the current situation in Europe, the Germans can carry out any kind of large-scale bombing of the British mainland, but the British cannot carry out a large-scale bombing of the German mainland, and neither the planes produced and manufactured by the British themselves or the 300 fighters bought back from China can complete such a long voyage from London to the German mainland for bombing.

However, Germany could take off fighter planes from the coastal zone near France near the English Channel to bomb the British mainland, and the British bombardment of the German army in France had no effect, which made the German army have the absolute upper hand in the air force operation, and Germany was still inherently invincible.

Xiao Zhenlei immediately asked, "What is the specific situation?" ”

Wang Yaqiao reported: "Germany made a move against Britain yesterday, and the German army spent four days building 24 military airfields on the west coastline of France near the English Channel, completing the transfer of 300 warplanes overnight, and then using these 24 airfields as a bridgehead to attack London yesterday morning carried out three batches of bombing in turn. They first bombed the airfield, located southwest of London, where more than sixty percent of British aircraft were stored. It only took half an hour to reimburse him completely, and the second wave of bombers blew up important military and civilian facilities such as major transportation routes, important bridges, railway trunk lines, barracks, ports, and naval bases leading to London throughout Britain. A large number of third-wave bombers bombed some buildings in the city of London, including some of the buildings of the London authorities, and the arsenal and two anti-aircraft artillery positions were also bombed into ruins! A large number of Londoners tried to escape the city, but they were stranded in the city because of the lack of road traffic. According to the reliable information we have received, this morning, all the stocks of the London stock market fell to the bottom, the stock market had to be forced to close, and the prices of daily necessities in the London market soared more than tenfold, especially the prices of grain and meat! And the Germans are still bombing London today. There is no sign of stopping, we are pushing carts, and the Germans will continue to bomb Britain for a long time to come, possibly other cities."

After listening to this, Xiao Zhenlei took out a cigarette and lit it, took two puffs and walked around the office, thinking in his head, and stopped two minutes later and asked, "Have the cabinet members such as the King and Prime Minister Asquith been evacuated?" ”

Wang Yaqiao shook his head and said: "According to our intelligence, the German air raid this time was very sudden. We also got the news after the fact, and I believe that the British side did not know about it beforehand, and the difference between the first and second waves of bombing was only half an hour, but after the traffic between London and the outside world was blown up. Even the British top brass can't get out of London quickly, and according to the intelligence we have obtained, they should still be in London."

The Intelligence Analysis Division of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau did a good job of analysis. After the bombing, British Prime Minister Asquith immediately thought of withdrawing King George V and other members of the royal family from the London area. But it didn't work out, on the one hand, because the situation didn't allow it. On the other hand, King George V refused to leave Buckingham Palace, George V believed that his stay in London could play a role in stabilizing the hearts of the people, and once he evacuated London because he was worried about his own safety, then the British people would not be able to continue to support the war, and he and other members of the royal family were hiding in the basement of Buckingham Palace to rest. In fact, the Germans did not want to blow up Buckingham Palace at all.

Wang Yaqiao couldn't help but say, "President, will we do something wrong?" I fear that the British will be in a state of despair, and that the Allies will be defeated, and that the Germans will turn against us after defeating the Allies."

Xiao Zhenlei laughed when he heard this, "Hahaha?????? Rest assured, rest assured, Britain is not so fragile, it is also the world hegemon for hundreds of years, and it will not be unbearable because of such a small blow, the British are only temporarily at a tactical disadvantage, its own advantages have not yet been brought into play, and this strength of the Germans will not be able to support it for long, you think about it, the logistics of six or seven million troops is not a place as big as a slap in the face of Germany can be supported for a long time, I believe that within a year, the German economy will have a strict problem, There will also be logistical problems one after another, as long as the British can guarantee the usual sea lanes, guarantee naval superiority, the British will not lose! ”

Wang Yaqiao frowned and said: "But Germany is only afraid that it will not let Britain continue to maintain naval superiority, and now the 300 fighters that Britain purchased from our country have all been blown up before they come in handy, along with more than sixty percent of the fighters of Britain itself, and now the strength of the British Air Force is not the opponent of the Germans at all, and Germany can continue to consume the strength of the British Air Force while bombing the British Navy with the Air Force!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and shook his head and said: "In terms of the combat radius of our first-generation fighters, the Germans are produced with reference to our technical data and drawings, and I believe that the combat radius of their fighters will not be larger than the combat radius of our first-generation fighters, so the range that the Luftwaffe can bomb is only in England, and the British still have a large number of arsenals, shipyards, aircraft manufacturing, naval ports, etc. in Scotland and other places, and the British still have strength, The British naval fleet could retreat to the military ports around Scotland for repairs and rest, and the German bombers could not fly that far".

Wang Yaqiao said: "I'm not talking about this, I'm saying that since German bombers can carry out covering bombing in England, then the British naval fleet will not dare to appear in the surrounding waters, without the threat of the British naval fleet, Germany can land on the British mainland to fight, as long as the German army is allowed to land in England, and ensure that the support will not be cut off, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the British army, if you want to block the German attack, I don't have much hope!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Wang Yaqiao's words, his face suddenly became solemn, Wang Yaqiao said that this situation is not impossible, but very likely to happen, whether Germany dares to carry out a landing operation on the British mainland, it depends on whether the British can let the air force withstand the attack of the Luftwaffe, if Britain has not completely lost air supremacy, Germany will never and dare not carry out the landing, because the risk of the army to the sea is too great, the slightest carelessness will be the end of the whole army, after all, the troop carrier has no defensive power.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhenlei's expression suddenly relaxed, it is impossible to make Britain completely lose air supremacy, with Britain's industrial production capacity, it can replenish the lost fighters in a short period of time, unless the Luftwaffe is already strong enough to be the kind of Cheng dù during World War II, but in fact, the Luftwaffe at this time has just started to develop, and it is inferior to Britain before the war, and it is basically impossible to safely seize air supremacy.

"Don't worry, the Germans will not dare to carry out the landing on British soil without completely seizing air supremacy! Even if Britain is defeated and the Entente surrenders, it will not be so easy for the Germans to deal with us, after all, Germany and our country are still separated by 108,000 miles before, with Tsarist Russia in the middle, we have enough strategic space to maneuver with the Germans, and in the end, Germany will not be able to fight, and can only shake hands with us and make peace."

Xiao Zhenlei deduced that soon the British side would send people to ask China for help, or ask China to send troops to Europe to fight against Germany, after all, the pressure on Britain is too great now, and Tsarist Russia can't count on it, and now Tsarist Russia can only passively defend, and it is basically impossible for Tsarist Russia to take the initiative to attack the German army, and only China still has the spare strength to send troops to Europe to fight against Germany.

Xiao Zhenlei was very clear about this, but he didn't want to agree so happily, he wanted to use this as a condition to demand that the British and French forces withdraw from French Indochina, British Burma, British Bengal and British Malaysia, and Hua would take over the management of these places.

Xiao Zhenlei believes that this requirement is not excessive, you must know that now the pressure on Britain and France and other Entente countries is very large, Germany can bomb the British mainland, France has long been defeated, at this time China asked the British and French forces to withdraw from the above areas and let China take over, this is completely feasible, everyone is an ally, although they help each other, but they must share some benefits, China can't help you Britain and France fight in vain, right? If Germany can be defeated, Britain and France will be able to regain the interests that were stolen by Germany, but if they fail, it will not only be those places in Southeast Asia that will be lost!

As for whether Britain and France will agree, he will not be like this question for the time being, because the day has come to inspect Wandao, and he must be prepared to go south, this time he will not only inspect Wandao, he is ready to take the train south to inspect various places along the way. (To be continued......)