Chapter 48: The busiest day
.The Third Reich under Ten Thousand Characters Volume 5: Battle of Britain
De Gaulle Hugospeller was stunned. He was completely unsure of why this French civil rightsist appeared on the British. He didn't understand. He decided to agree to De Gaulle's request to send him directly to the head of state. It was not his duty. No general was willing to involve politics. Of course, if he had political ambitions, it would be a different matter.
Before boarding the plane, Charles de Gaulle told Hugospeller that he did not come alone this time, and there was also a British envoy with him. The British envoy's plane was shot down over Boulogne. Charles de Gaulle also said that the British royal family had the intention to truce with Germany, but Churchill did not agree. Before leaving, the British king confessed that if the envoy himself could not arrive in Berlin safely, then this incident would have been assumed to have never happened.
Hugospeller watched the plane de Gaulle took off and asked himself distressedly, what did the British want to do? Before Hugospeller could come up with a clue, the SS came to the captive of an old man who claimed to be the British royal envoy. The old man was a British Lord. He refused to tell the SS officer his name and the mission he brought to Germany this time. The British Lord asked the SS officer to send him to Berlin immediately and he wanted to meet the German head of state.
Hugospeller immediately contacted his boss Keseling.
Kesseling is now inspecting northwestern France and can come to Azbrook in a short time. Before Kesseling arrives, Hugospeller ordered the Lord of the Kingdom of Sri Lanka to be held alone and no one is allowed to speak to him.
"Maybe I should contact Mr. Marshal Braushich?"
Braushich was the front-line commander-in-chief of the British, and his power was above the Air Force Chief Kesselin.
Today is destined to be Hugospele's busiest day. At noon that day, Golden Eye sent an emergency telegram, saying that the British Air Force was dispatched, and British planes were active everywhere in the western, central and northeast of the English Channel.
"The British are crazy!" Hugospeller's head was very confused. He could no longer understand whether the Third Reich was invading Britain or the United Kingdom was invading the Third Reich. "They actually took the initiative to send air force when they were at a disadvantage. What do the British grandma want to do!?"
A staff officer next to him said, "Hiss Commander. What should we do?"
"What should I do? What else can I do! Contact Lear of the 2nd Air Force immediately!" Hugospeller was furious, "Order all flyable fighter jets and fighter jets to prepare for air combat. We should give the British grandma a little color!"
Alexanderal was the commander of the 2nd Air Force, whose air force was mainly distributed in northeastern France, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
After Hugospeller and Alexanderal got in touch, the two quickly reached a consensus that the British must have planned some conspiracy. This time, the strange dispatch of the Royal Air Force was to challenge the German Air Force's overlord in Western Europe for the RAF. The Royal Air Force did not dare to go deep into the airspace of Western Europe. At most, they could only show off their power in the English Channel.
The facts and the two of them did not make any mistakes. The British discovered that the German Air Force quickly made a retreat after a large-scale deployment. However, they did not retreat thoroughly enough, but hovered over the sea near the British mainland, posing for a large-scale invasion at any time.
The German Air Force, who took off to fight, saw the Royal Air Force retreat. Due to the lack of orders to invade British local airspace, they flew in formation over the central waters of the English Channel. In this way, the two huge British air forces had more than 5,000 meters in a distance, and they stood in front of the English Channel. During this period, there were squads of the Royal Air Force that left the formation flight brigade and were playing various flight maneuvers only 2,500 meters away. They made provocative actions against the German Air Force.
Here, the military qualities of the German soldiers were once again perfectly demonstrated. Faced with the provocation of the Royal Air Force, the pilots of the German Air Force were furious, but without an offensive order, they strictly abide by the commander's order to ensure the complete flight of the formation.
The German nation is not a nation that is good at enduring, so don't expect them to do nothing when they are provoked. Under the orders of the commanders of each aviation brigade, each brigade roared into four squadrons attacking flight formations, and the four squadrons divided into eight assault flight formations in the narrow airspace. All this maneuver is dazzling, but it is so natural and smooth.
In the cockpit of a British Hurricane fighter in the distance, a British Royal Air Force lieutenant sighed: "Look. The Germans were so quick to do all this. They changed the formation mode under our surveillance. Compared with the unity and cooperation of the Germans, our planes sent to provoke were more like clowns playing acrobatics."
If Hugo Speer knew that the British Royal Air Force fighter air commander Dowding was in the Wellington bomber at the end, then perhaps Hugo Speer would order the troops to bet on the overwhelming amount of money at all costs. Unfortunately, Hugo Speer didn't know, so he continued to wait for the situation to develop on the land.
Dowding was also watching the German Air Force change formations. His mood was heavy at this moment. From the moment the Royal Air Force was dispatched to the timely response of the German Air Force, Dowding knew that the Third Reich also had its own complete radar system.
Dowding's suspicion became a fact, which made his original confidence-filled fighting spirit shake. Before the war started, he believed that with the help of radar, the Royal Air Force could block the German Air Force without radar help in the natural barrier of the English Channel, and prevent the German Air Force from having the opportunity to rely on the help of radar on a large scale to quickly consume enough German Air Force in the English Channel, turning an invasion war into a war of attrition. If the war turned into a war of attrition, it would take not much time for the Third Reich to stop the invasion of Britain under pressure.
After learning that the Third Reich had a complete radar system and seeing the German Air Force's good combat, Dowding began to understand what Churchill was worried about.
Churchill once told Dowding that Britain's maritime route was about to collapse under the threat of the Third Reich submarine force. In two months or less, without external forces, Britain would lose all the channels for colonial input to the local area, and Britain's resources stored in advance were only enough to consume for a year. It may not be able to hold on for even a year.
Churchill said this. He said that the government has issued a decree to use all oil for war, and the people of Britain will lose all transportation tools within one month. Although the government has implemented a rationing system, Britain's daily necessities will still be exhausted within four months, and there may be riots in Britain at that time. If Britain loses all its export resources, the arsenal will also fall into a state of suspension in half a year. In this six months, the aircraft manufactured by various aircraft production companies will not exceed the limit that this is the current resource production capacity of Britain.
Finally, Churchill told Dowding and the king's ministers in frustration that Britain could not hold on for much time and that he had asked the United States for help, but the United States had responded a lot. Britain needed a big victory to let the Americans see the dawn of victory, so that the greedy Americans would help Britain overcome the difficulties.
"Dodding, you need to see the German air force with your own eyes. Find a way to defeat them. Go and step on the front line yourself to encourage the young men to meet the challenges and defeat the Germans!"
Dowding followed Churchill's advice and came. He also saw the German air force with his own eyes. He also knew something. His king was wise and the king was already making final preparations. The king sent his envoy to the Germans without telling Churchill.
However, did the king really think Churchill didn't know? Churchill knew. He knew better than anyone else what the king wanted to do, but he didn't stop it, nor did he want to stop it. Dodding understood Churchill's plan. Churchill would not surrender. Even if Britain became a prison, he would definitely not be willing to surrender. Churchill hated the Germans. He always wanted to defeat the Germans. He did not stop it because he wanted to delay time. As long as the king's envoy met the head of the Third Reich and said that the British king had the intention to negotiate, the head of state might order his army to temporarily stop military operations, so that the English Channel would temporarily calm down, Britain would have more time to prepare, and Britain needed time!
Sometimes Dowding even thought kindly that the king and the prime minister were acting in a double act. As long as he was a British man, he knew that the king favored Churchill very much. He was always happy to meet with Chu. They did this to deceive the Germans in order to achieve their goals?
It is legal to use any means during war, which of course includes deception. However, Dowding believes that the king's method is not good. The king is selling the royal family's credit at a cheap price. This method is extremely risky. Whether it is successful or not, the credit of the British royal family will suffer in the end. The direct consequence is that the international community has distrust of the British royal family.
And...Is the head of the Third German Empire a fool?
The British would rather believe that they were fools than naively think that the head of state who had won many battles was a fool. Look at what the head of state named Kahn von Stark did after taking office! He bloodily eliminated the opposition forces in the country and forced the capitalists to change the economic system according to his will. He used his direct generals to firmly control the local defense system, and he magically turned the originally messy political class into extremely simple!
All this depends on the head of state who was strong enough. He mastered the domestic industrial system step by step and used the desire for national rise to arm millions of soldiers with fanatical dedication. As long as he was still alive, the Third German Empire was an indestructible war machine!
These are not the most terrifying. What is terrifying is that the Third Reich of Germany is full of talents! Not to mention the generals who performed well in the Battle of Poland and France, these generals are excellent, but they are just a group of soldiers who obey orders. No matter how powerful they are, they can only play on the local battlefield.
What is terrible is the scientists of the Third Reich of Germany and those diplomats who are always fighting on the diplomatic front!
When it comes to scientists, the first thing that comes to mind is Einstein in Germany and dozens of Nobel Prize-winning scientific talents. They are the founders of the invincible myth of the German army. There are also people like Krupp, Ford, Siemens, Tyson, Bosch, Schroeder, etc., who are on the brink of scientists and bosses. They have both their own arsenals and research experts in some fields. They also have a special identity, that is, the member of the German Military Industry Alliance, which is this identity that ties them firmly to the German tanks.
Since the Germans controlled Paris, Paris Radio has been broadcasting to Britain continuously. From the broadcast, the British learned that Italy, Spain, Hungary, Romania, and Portugal had joined the German camp and they wanted to unite to attack Britain. The British were very depressed after hearing this news, and the morale of the army suffered a severe blow. The addition of these countries allowed Germany to indirectly have industrial resources throughout Europe. What does this mean? It shows that the German diplomats are so outstanding!
If the joining of Italy, Spain, Hungary, Romania and Portugal only proves the strength of the German Third Reich and cannot prove the excellence of the German diplomats, then let’s take a look at what the Germans and the Soviets were doing during this period: the German diplomats fought on the diplomatic front of the Soviet Union, used all diplomatic means to stabilize the Soviet authorities, allowing Germany to annex Romania without any danger, and even let the Soviet Union not agree.
The military intervention in Yugoslavia is not just like this. It is just that it cannot be said that the German diplomats are outrageously excellent. The British cannot understand what the German diplomats have done, so that Stalin not only promised Germany. If Germany sends troops to Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union promises that it will not interfere with Germany's war in Yugoslavia, and also promises that he will order the red regime in Yugoslavia not to resist and appropriately help Germany conquer Yugoslavia.
The British were jealous. They couldn't be jealous. Britain had been trying to win the support of the Soviet Union, but it had never been successful. British diplomats in the Soviet Union could not even see Stalin. Stalin also made a public conversation in July, saying that he wanted to expel diplomats from Britain, Canada, Australia, and other allies in the Soviet Union, on the grounds that these people were engaged in espionage activities in the Soviet Union.
The British were angry and they were yelling, "Did the Germans not work in spies in the Soviet Union?"
The Soviet authorities ignored the British protests at all. An unfamiliar official of the Foreign Affairs Commission privately mocked that if the British were as powerful as the Germans and could conquer half of Europe in less than 10 months, the Soviet Union could tolerate the British to engage in spy work in the Soviet Union.
This is the world. The embassy set up in other countries is such a potential spy base. Everyone knows this. As long as your country has strength and no obvious handle, no one wants to make trouble.
Obviously, the Soviet Union believed that the British were almost finished and no longer needed to give face to the British. Moreover, the Soviets also hated the British because the British had been attacking the Soviet government in the international community in the past. On the contrary, the Germans never publicly showed their malice towards the Soviet Union. At some point, Germany was still willing to speak for the Soviet Union, so many Soviets said: What they were rushing is your hypocritical British gentlemen, you will piss you to death... you to death... you to death...
Well, I was so angry that I was so angry that I was so angry that I saw the German Air Force in front suddenly rushing up and driving away the Royal Air Force who were playing acrobatics without any trouble. I was so angry that I cursed on the spot: "I'm a fool who has taken the blame!"
The German Air Force's entire formation was very powerful. At any time, more than 300 aircraft were covered with a small airspace, it was so powerful. The most commendable thing is that the German Air Force's formation was kept very complete. They were like a whole! Wrong, they were originally a group!
On the other hand, the German Air Force stole a little earlier, and the newly recruited pilots were timid. They were no match for German pilots who had been through many battles. Some fighter jets were scolding each other despite the radio and wanted to turn around and run away.
"Damn American cowboy, if you want to escape alone, you will only be caught up and shot down by the Germans!" A British Air Force commander watched the hurricane fighter pilot pilots leaving the team. He saw three German Air Force players who also left the team and chased after him, scolding hatefully: "That American is dead!"
Dowding was also watching, he was indifferent to this. Even if the soldiers who did not follow the orders were not killed by the Germans, they would be sent to the gallows and hanged to death after returning to England.
The hurricane pilots of the voluntary pilots were caught up before they flew far away. The timidity made the pilot of the hurricane fighter slow to react. The hurricane fighter's climbing maneuver was bitten before he could finish it. It was just a meeting. The wing on the left of the hurricane was shot and collapsed. The hurricane that lost the left wing turned strangely in the air and fell into the water.
Chapter completed!