British fighters were still chasing the German bomber group, but as time went on, they seemed to run out of fuel. And their tough offensive firepower intensive German strategic bombers, which cost them dearly. Only 14 of the 20 Hurricanes remain, and a few are flying with injuries.

The German strategic bombers were not doing well, two planes were hit by machine guns, and there were bullet holes in the wings and belly, but because of the sturdy design structure, none of these planes suffered major damage, but there were reported losses in which 3 machine gunners were hit and two were killed.

Colonel Nils was also very worried if today these British fighters were not 20, but 40 or even more, if they were not equipped with 7. 7 mm caliber machine guns, but 20 mm caliber cannons or even 30 mm caliber cannons, so what will happen to their bomber unit today?

The British are not fools either, they will sum up their lessons, and today's situation of not being able to cause trouble for bomber groups because of the small caliber of weapons will definitely be submitted to the technical department on the second day, and maybe in a week or two, British fighters will be enough to pose a very deadly threat to German bombers.

Just thinking about these questions, suddenly the British fighters began to break away from the battle and retreated to the rear. Then there was a cheer from the headphones, as a dense group of German fighters appeared in the distant sky.

Because Lütjans reported that there was no convergence of bomber groups, this time the air force made a big investment, and under Dick's order, the Dutch air defense forces on the coastline took off 53 FW-190D fighters and arrived at the meeting point on time.

"Revenge formation! Revenge formation! We are here to welcome you home!" Soon, dozens of fighters flew to the left and right of the bomber formation and began to accompany the flight. There was still an endless stream of icy water below, but all the pilots knew they were completely safe now.

"Colonel Nils calls to the ground base! Colonel Nils calls to the ground base! We have wounded people, please prepare the airport for first aid. When he saw the coastline of the Netherlands, Colonel Nils finally let go of his hanging heart, exhaled deeply, and began to clean up the aftermath.

He picked up the paper jiàn splint next to him, took out a pen and wrote down some problems on it: the fighter escort of the Navy did not arrive in time, the appearance of new British fighters, and the accident of the female gunner suddenly stopped firing.

"Colonel, I should give some of the shooting personnel some armor protection, so that they can shoot better. The co-pilot said loudly.

"That's a great idea!" Colonel Nils nodded, and then scribbled down a sentence on paper with a pen: build yì to add some armor plates to the firing position.

Soon, the first butcher bomber landed on the runway of the airport in a cheer, and the ground crew hurriedly stepped forward to help the pilots inside to leave the plane.

Bomber No. 35 was the most severely damaged, with the entire belly turret destroyed and at least twice as many bullet holes left on the plane. The body of one machine gunner was carried off the plane by ground crew, while another wounded shooter was taken aside by paramedics and began to be rescued and bandaged.

Because the bottom of the butcher's belly turret was only 30 centimeters above the ground, when the body of the female gunner was unloaded from the plane, her legs were just above the ankles due to the friction with the runway during landing.

When she got her body out of the plane, everyone had an indescribable uncomfortable feeling, the girl named Belina had dried up blood on her chest and back, her whole face was blue from the cold, and her feet were left on the other side of the runway because of the impact of the plane's landing, looking miserable.

"She gave her life for the Führer, for Germany! Colonel Nils watched her body being placed in a woven bag, and said in a very uncomfortable tone: "From this day onwards, more terrible battles will await us, and we must always be ready to sacrifice ourselves like Miss Belina." ”

Everyone listened to Nils's words, and watched in silence as their comrades were wrapped up and placed in boxes made of thin wooden planks that had been prepared. The pilot's cemetery on the side of the airport, which was sent as a fallen martyr, was small in size, with only a few lonely unlucky people.

This was another victory for the Luftwaffe, who bombed London, the capital of England, causing great panic in the British leadership. They themselves lost only two soldiers and three others wounded - all 44 bombers returned, and only one damaged one was in need of repairs.

In addition, just as they were returning, another 4 bombers arrived here, and the Butcher Bomber Force already had 48 of these super bombing weapons. Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the factories in the rear, if the raw materials are sufficient, Germany can produce 6 such butcher bombers per day at this stage. Of course, compared to 20 FW-190D fighters per day or 30 Leopard tanks per day, this production is not particularly huge.

"Is there anything that needs to be improved?" Dick and a few of his operational staff officers began to summarize the bombing operation back in the tower.

"First of all, the safety of bombers, the range of our escort fighters is really insufficient, and the use of naval fighter escorts is prone to all kinds of coordination problems, which is a matter that must be solved. Nils looked at his record and replied.

After each operation, the units participating in the war had a summary meeting, which was ordered by the Führer himself. What is said must be recorded for investigation, and it must be summed up what is really useful, such as the use of weapons and equipment, tactical problems, and so on.

"It is no secret that the development plan for long-range escort fighters is not going well, and the Führer is interested in single-engine long-range fighters with high-power engines, and some generals, including myself, feel that it is more appropriate to use twin-engine large fighters for the time being. Dick said with a sigh.

Accardo came from later generations, and naturally knew what kind of goods the so-called German twin-engine fighter series was, and the long-range fighters produced from such wasteful materials were often difficult to protect themselves against British fighters, let alone protect those strategic bombers.

Therefore, he prefers a single-engine escort fighter like the American P-51, which can fight in the face of British aircraft, and combined with the defensive weapons of the strategic bombers themselves, Britain can be put in the terrible situation of Germany in those years -- according to the land area, Britain is more afraid of strategic bombing than Germany.

However, the consequence of insisting on the development of long-range single-engine fighters is that the German long-range fighter project is progressing slowly because of the engine power problem, which leads to the shortage of long-range escort fighters in Germany at the present stage.

There are a number of alternative projects, such as retrofitting FW-190D fighters with disposable fuel tanks, such as finding ways to use aircraft carriers to escort bombers. But these alternatives all have problems of one kind or another, so this is also a situation that is quite a headache for the Luftwaffe leadership.

"My personal opinion is that if you don't take the north of France and get as close to the south of Britain as possible, then strategic bombers should no longer take off to bomb the southern part of Britain. Nils frowned and said: "Raiding British airspace without fighter escort is tantamount to suicide." ”

"We need to redraw our battle plan for this, so we can't jump to conclusions now. Dick nodded, but his words rejected Niels's proposal: "But both the Führer and the Air Force Staff believe that since the bombing of Britain has begun, it cannot be stopped. It must be until Britain is completely destroyed, or surrendered. ”

"The second problem is that we need to add protective steel plates to the machine gun shooters and four turrets, and this time our bombers are losing all the shooters, so I proposed to add some protection to these positions. Nils said his second Jianyì.

Several staff officers on the side hurriedly recorded that this construction can be said to be a very important combat experience, and if it can, it should be modified on the bombers produced in the future.

"There's no problem with that!" Dick continued to nod his head and said approvingly, "The Air Force Staff will immediately contact the manufacturer of the aircraft and ask them to make certain changes. ”

"So, the last question is the matter of the female machine gun control officer. Nils looked at his records and said: "During the whole operation, we were originally in a state of suppression, but because of the sudden death of Belina in battle, which led to the chaos of the entire formation, our losses began at this moment. ”

"Did you get hit first?" Dick saw Nils' slurring.

"She didn't turn off the intercom, and we could hear her breathing and vomiting long after the ceasefire. Nils had no choice but to tell the truth: "So I suggest that we should strengthen the training of these female soldiers, and if possible, try to let them see blood." ”

Dick was silent for a while, he stared at Nils, and finally sighed: "Colonel Nils, the report you got back from the front line is very important, including the pilot record, which left valuable combat experience for our army's long-range air formation flights. As for the issue of women soldiers, this is one of the Führer's top plans, and I need to meet with the Führer to be able to determine the direction of future improvement. Thank you for your comments! If there are no further questions, then adjourn!"