Chapter 504: Sea Lion (Medium)
-- London
Churchill looked at the information coming at the highest level, and almost jumped in fright, the Luftwaffe was about to go out to bomb Britain, although he had been mentally prepared, Churchill still felt that his back was constantly sweating, this battle, life and death are at stake!
"According to intelligence, their first attack is at dusk today, and they will directly use more than 1,500 warplanes of all kinds to attack all our radar stations and large airfields without any temptation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ Info" Air Admiral Hugh Dowding, who is also the commander-in-chief of the British Air Force, said to Churchill: "We should immediately abandon some unimportant targets and choose a few ways to concentrate our air forces to strike at them, only then can we have any hope of victory, and at the same time we must fight flexibly, take advantage of our army's local operations, fight air force guerrilla warfare, fight if we win, and run away after taking a bite." β
The gap in air force between Germany and Britain is too great, and it can only be used in this way of maneuvering to form more and fight less in some areas.
"Give up? It's all British territory, it's all British people..."Churchill took a hard puff on his cigar and said, "Do the things that go to war, try to do as well as you can." β
Britain is the earliest country to use radar, in history is to make good use of radar this advanced weapon to resolve Germany's air raids invisibly, after the failure of Dunkirk, Churchill immediately invested a lot of money in the construction of radar, at this time there are 67 radar stations in the whole country, including 51 on the southeast coast, this number is much more than Jiang Cheng and others imagined.
"It's coming! Here it comes!! The enemy is coming! The British radar soldiers, who had been waiting in front of the radar for a long time, hurriedly shouted to the outside world, "There are more than 100 of them, and the target is expected to be the Newcastle area." β
"Enemy planes appeared, numbering about seventy, and the target was expected to be Kent"
"Enemy planes are coming, numbering about eighty, and the target is expected to be Sussex"
One by one, the news reached Dao Ding, who took a sip of black tea and said, "Divide the troops into many ways, a fist becomes a slap, how much power can you have?" Don't be afraid. Immediately prepare your troops to attack, first hitting targets that might threaten the radar station. β
The main force of the German offensive was the Ju-87 and Ju-88, of which the Ju-87 is the world-famous Stuka, and the Ju-88 can be said to be the most important German bomber.
However, both aircraft had their own shortcomings that could not be ignored in this battle -- the Stuka had a short range, with a designed cruising radius of only 448 kilometers, and the distance from London to Paris alone was nearly this distance, and even the distance from Brussels, Belgium, which was closer to Britain, to London was 360 kilometers, and the Stuka could only stay for a short time at such a distance.
The range of the Ju-88 as a real bomber, the range is much larger, but there is basically not enough self-defense ability, and the maximum lift is only 8200 meters, at this time the main fighter of the United Kingdom is the Hurricane fighter, this aircraft is slightly inferior to the main aircraft of Germany at this time BF109 in combat, but the bomber is a dozen accurate. Not to mention the Spitfire, which is already capable of fighting enough to rival the BF109.
The battle soon began, and what made Dowding feel strange was that although as he expected, in the situation of fighting more and fighting less deliberately formed by himself, the German planes soon couldn't hold on to the defeat, but the report from the front line said that the opposite side was all German fighter units, and the bomber units were all hanging far behind, not as he imagined that they were going to engage in wave attacks, and Dowding felt as if he had been calculated by someone, and his heart was a little hairy.
But after all, the first large-scale air war ended in Germany's defeat, and even the German air force hurried home without even dropping a bomb on British soil, which was an excellent propaganda opportunity in politics, and Churchill naturally would not let it go, and immediately opened all propaganda channels to announce the victory of the air battle in Great Britain, and in the propaganda, it seemed that it was only a matter of time before the counterattack on the European continent was launched.
-- Berlin Chancellery
"16 to 34? Is this the answer you gave me? Hitler threw the war report on Goering's head, and Goering let it hit his bald head and remained motionless.
"Why? Why did the British know so well the direction of our offensive, even with radar, it should definitely not be like this! Hitler said in circles.
Germany also has radar, so the performance of the radar is very clear, although the radar can indeed warn, but the scope of its early warning is limited, only the flight altitude below 4500 meters can be effectively found, and even if there is a radar, it can only know a general direction of attack, it is impossible to find the enemy aircraft so accurately and quickly, especially at dusk and night, it is even more difficult, which can only show that the British actually know where they want to attack, but it is more accurate after combining the intelligence of the radar.
Goering also understood this, he looked at Himmler and said, "My FΓΌhrer, I suspect that our Sea Lion plan has been leaked, and I demand that the next plan no longer follow the steps of the Sea Lion plan, and that the Air Force independently decide the goal and intensity of the attack." β
Hitler squinted at Goering for a while, nodded and said, "You're right, that Chinese Jiang told me before that our intelligence was leaked, it seems that he is right again, Himmler, why is a Chinese businessman's intelligence force stronger than ours?" You have to do a review of this matter! β
Although in history, because Germany trusts the local cipher machine too much and makes the intelligence war fail step by step, this is not to say that Germany does not attach importance to intelligence, if you look at the previous French battles and Polish battles, you can understand that the key to the blitzkrieg is to defeat the opponent at the first time, knock out all the enemy's command system, blow up all the enemy's airports and other military facilities, these are impossible to do without accurate information, it can be said that the German army that fought the blitzkrieg is the most aware of the importance of military intelligence.
Himmler snapped and said, "Please rest assured, I will investigate this matter immediately!" β
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"Hehe, I said Lao Xi." Jiang Cheng poured Himmler a cup of tea and said, "What do you call this, I am kind enough to think about the empire and provide reliable information for the empire, why do you still suspect me?" β
Himmler took the teacup and said helplessly, "Don't call me Lao Xi according to your habits, Himmler is my name." β
Jiang Cheng said hesitantly, "It doesn't matter, Lao Xi, do you say I'm wronged?" β
Himmler snorted, "I don't think you're wronged at all, you say that you don't have any information, you can get it every time, and if you want to say that you don't have any power in Britain, I don't believe it." β
There is another person next to him, with blonde hair and small eyes, and he looks resolute, staring at Jiang Cheng, this person is Reinhard Heydrich, this time he and Himmler came to Jiang Cheng to find out about this intelligence leak.
Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "I have some friends in England, but you have to believe me, I am on our German side, otherwise, why should I tell the FΓΌhrer this news?" I do know who leaked the news, but unfortunately I can't tell you. β
"Why?" Heydrich immediately said, "It is the honor and duty of all German citizens to serve the Reich and the FΓΌhrer, although Mr. Jiang is not us Germans, but he is our honorary citizen, and naturally he should also serve the Reich!" Your prevarication can easily make us suspect your intentions and intentions. β
Jiang Cheng's hand was raised awkwardly, and after looking at Heydrich, he smiled at Himmler and said, "I said Lao Xi, did Heydrich have any misunderstanding with me?" How I felt that his tone was full of unfriendliness and hostility. β
Himmler also smiled bitterly, can he not be hostile? The intelligence work within Germany was in fact the responsibility of the Heydrich, who was only the nominal leader.
At this time, the German intelligence agency was actually divided into two parts, the internal security department of the SS and the head of Heydrich, and its design from the beginning was to monitor the internal and eliminate internal hidden dangers.
In fact, since the Weimar era, the Wehrmacht Intelligence Agency has been Germany's only overseas spy agency, and has been controlled by the Navy for a long time, and in 1934 the chief was Pazig, who was a typical professional soldier with a conservative and orthodox personality, and lacked a good impression of the SS Security Service. Naturally, it was difficult to get along with Heydrich, and in the end he was forced to step down, and then he was succeeded by Admiral Canaris, who was Heydrich's superior, and the two worked together on the Berlin ship for two years, and had a good personal relationship. After that, the two even became neighbors.
Because before 1937, Hitler was forbidden to develop intelligence forces in Britain, mainly to prevent Germany from attracting Britain's attention before it was strong, which made Germany's intelligence forces in Britain relatively weak, but by this time Germany, there were already more than 250 spies of all kinds in Britain, which made it that in 1938, the German General Staff had a military map that marked most of the airports, port facilities, military factories, important warehouses and other information in eastern Britain. Before the Polish campaign, Canaris reported to Hitler that there were more than 3,000 German spies abroad, and that they were constantly increasing, and it was this excellent work that made him more and more important in Hitler's heart, and even gained the upper hand in the later battle with Heydrich's SS.
This time Heydrich came mainly because this time according to Jiang Cheng's statement, it was leaked internally, so according to the division of duties, it should belong to the category of the SS, and if he can prove that this time by the Military Intelligence Agency, then he can regain the upper hand in the struggle with Canaris, especially he attaches great importance to Jiang Cheng's overseas intelligence force, he believes that if he can get Jiang Cheng's overseas intelligence force, then his SS will not lose to Canaris in the acquisition of military intelligence.
Jiang Cheng was very clear about Heydrich's thoughts in his heart, he actually despised Heydrich in his heart, you must know that Heydrich was of Jewish blood, but he took the lead in the later anti-Semitic actions, which reminded Jiang Cheng of various ancient Chinese traitors.
Jiang Cheng said to Himmler, "I don't say that I have my troubles, but I can tell you where you can find his name and evidence." β
"Oh? Where is it? Himmler's eyes lit up and he said that it would be better if there was evidence.
Jiang Cheng pointed to the West and said, "In the UK"
"You're not going to ask us about Churchill, are you?" Heydrich said dissatisfied.
"Haha, you're really joking, of course not." Jiang Cheng pointed at Heydrich and said, "There is an intelligence center in Britain, this intelligence center is called Bletchley Garden, I don't know if you have heard of it?" β
Himmler and Heydrich looked at each other and shook their heads slightly, indicating that this was the first time they had heard of this place.
Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "I really want to say Lao Xi, are you going to use your brains in this overseas intelligence staff, or I will hand over to you the performance appraisal and digital personnel methods that our company is currently using?" Are those people you overseas really doing things? You don't just take the money, do you? β
Himmler blushed a little, Himmler was actually very gentlemanly when he was inside, he said embarrassedly, "Then you have time to show me, I think there is something to learn from, don't you sell it, tell me what Bletchley Garden is." β
Jiang Cheng smiled evilly and pulled Himmler over, Heydrich wanted to follow and eavesdrop, but Jiang Cheng glared at him and said, "What are you talking to, I'm talking to your chief, what are you thinking about?" Nothing big or small! β
Heydrich's face turned blue with anger, and he snorted and took a few steps back, Himmler shook his head and whispered to Jiang Cheng, "You don't like him?" β
Jiang Cheng sighed, "It's that he doesn't like me, you know me, I've always been kind to others, but if someone doesn't like me, I won't try to make him like me, after all, so many people in the world love me, and I'm also very uncomfortable." β
Himmler smiled and said, "Let's get down to business, who is that man?" Can't even say that? Don't worry, I only bury it in my heart and never tell others that it was you who said it. β
Jiang Cheng pursed his lips and said, "Don't mind, I don't want to mess with that person, you go check it yourself, let me tell you, Bletchley Garden is a mansion in Bletchley Town, Milton Keynes, England, where the UK's top intelligence analysts and a large number of mathematicians gathered, they are analyzing our German intelligence and telegraph codes day and night, don't relax, I can tell you that they have researched something, I can tell you the specific address, everything you want is there, But how you get it is your business. β
As he spoke, Jiang Cheng whispered the address twice, so that Himmler remembered it in his heart.
Himmler picked up his hat and was about to leave, but he stepped forward and asked, "Tell me, who is he, I feel bad!" (To be continued.) )